Hogwarts Card System Chapter 108

Chapter 108: Talent Card [Voice of Heartbeat (Red)]

“System, extract talent!”

As soon as Ted’s voice fell, three cards spread out in his mind.

The first card depicted a person glowing all over, with swords and weapons bouncing off them.

[Psionic Skin (Blue)]

Talent Card

Your skin has adapted to the enhancement of psionic energy and evolved accordingly, gaining psionic protection.

As long as your psionic energy is not depleted, your skin can resist some ordinary damage and even abnormal damage.

The second card depicted a person with a crystal vertical eye on their forehead, emitting light.

[Forehead Inlay Eye (Blue)]

Talent Card

Due to the prolonged accumulation of psionic energy, a crystal eye formed from concentrated psionic energy has grown on your forehead.

The crystal eye will greatly enhance your perception and the effects of some related psionic abilities.

The third card depicted a person speaking or singing, with many musical notes flying out of their mouth. Many people, various animals, and birds gathered around them, watching and listening.

[Voice of Heartbeat (Red)]

Talent Card

Psionic energy makes your voice incredibly captivating. Whether speaking, singing, or even just making simple, meaningless sounds, it deeply touches people and evokes empathy.

Your psionic abilities related to sound and language will be greatly enhanced, and your words and songs can easily move hearts.

Is there any need to think about how to choose?

Choose the highest level!

The first talent is quite good, equivalent to a constant Stone Skin spell. It should be able to block swords and even low-level curses without a problem.

But for a wizard, being hit is already fatal.

What if it’s an Avada Kedavra? No skin can withstand that!

If possible, Ted didn’t want to gamble on whether his skin was thick enough.

The second talent wasn’t even considered. How could he go out with a rhomboid crystal on his forehead?!

After all, this wasn’t a world where great power belonged to individuals, where one person could fight against the world. Being too different from ordinary people was often not a good thing.

The third talent was absolutely wonderful!

Although it might not improve hard power and combat effectiveness as much as the first two, its potential value was very high.

Ted, as a Legilimens himself, was very good at “persuading” people.

Combined with the subtle influence of the Charm of Good Feelings and his harmlessly cute appearance, there was a reason why he could quickly establish the “Idle Fish Network” in Diagon Alley!

If he also had [Voice of Heartbeat (Red)]!

Then who else could be the best sales champion in the wizarding world but him?!

Now, as long as people weren’t wary or hostile towards Ted, he could easily chat with them. In just a few minutes, he could gain their initial goodwill and leave a very good first impression.

With this, running for Minister for Magic would be easy in the future!

If he succeeded in the election after the age of thirty, he would consider it a huge failure.

Friends, a good horse is on its legs, and a good person is on their mouth!

…

Next, Ted stayed in the basement for two days straight.

He continuously practiced his psionic control until he no longer accidentally blew up a water glass or made water float in mid-air, or even evaporated it, when he picked up a cup.

Psionic energy was like invisible senses and limbs. When it suddenly became too powerful, it would go out of control. Now, he had finally adapted.

What made him leave his seclusion was a letter from a friend.

On the last day of July, the friends agreed to meet in Diagon Alley.

Hermione excitedly got out of the car, waved to her dad, and rushed towards the Leaky Cauldron.

Mr. Granger watched his daughter run towards a wall and disappear in an instant. He could only shake his head helplessly and drive away.

In just that short time, he was already starting to worry if the door at home was locked.

He knew that this was a Muggle-Repelling Charm, a spell specifically designed to block ordinary people like him who couldn’t do magic.

His daughter was now in a different world from him. All he could do was hope she would be happy in the future.

At this moment, Hermione, immersed in the joy of seeing her friends soon, didn’t notice the problem she would only feel years later. That was the sorrow of growing up…

For over a month, she couldn’t use magic at home, and she couldn’t even receive the Daily Prophet. She could only learn about changes in the wizarding world through her friends’ letters, and she was practically bursting.

Now that she was finally going to Diagon Alley, she wanted to cast spells to her heart’s content.

And Ted, she wondered how he was doing? She heard that he and Jerry had set up a stall in Diagon Alley, opened an “Idle Fish Network,” and became second-hand goods intermediaries… She really wanted to see it right away.

Having not seen Ted for a long time, Hermione felt like she had no motivation to study. She urgently needed Ted’s stimulation!

Pushing the door open, Hermione cautiously scanned her surroundings, then approached the bar counter. She mustered her courage and said to the somewhat fierce-looking Old Tom, “Hello, I’m looking for Ted, Ted Epiphany. Does he live here?”

Old Tom’s stern old face broke into a smile. “Hahahaha, yes, he lives here. We only have one Ted here.” He then shouted to the drinking customers, “That’s right!”

“That’s right! Little Ted, the appraisal expert~”

“It’s Little Ted, the Idle Fish Prince!”

“I call him the strongest appraisal young wizard~”

The customers cheered excitedly and burst into laughter.

Ted’s “Idle Fish Network” had given them no small amount of amusement during this time.

It was worth noting that the proportion of eccentric people in the wizarding community was quite high, so there were always some strange people bringing strange things for appraisal.

Just two days ago, Ted appraised a fully automatic, magical-powered, self-comforting rod-shaped object made from an unknown animal horn, rare minerals, and goblin silver.

You might call it vulgar, but the materials alone cost thirty to forty Galleons. But if you said it wasn’t vulgar and claimed it was a cauldron stirring rod, you’d have to make it look like that for people to believe you…

The question was, would the Idle Fish Network list it for sale or not?

Oh, and that wizard even asked Ted for a certificate proving that the item was genuine and worked well!

These regular bar patrons hadn’t encountered such amusing things in years. They’d probably be talking about it until next year!

Ansu, who had been squatting by the bar wall, heard the commotion and flew over. “Hermione, it’s Hermione, caw-caw~ Follow me, caw-caw~”

Old Tom said to Hermione, who was still bewildered by everyone’s laughter, “Follow it. It’ll take you to Ted.”

Hermione followed Ansu to the basement. When Ted saw Hermione and Ansu enter, he immediately smiled.

He hadn’t realized it had been over a month. He actually missed her.

“Hermione!”

“Ted… Have you been reviewing your textbooks recently?”

“Uh, how about we talk about something else first?”

“You haven’t been reviewing, have you? Then this year’s top student will be mine!” The little witch proudly lifted her head.

“Yes, yes, yes. I’ve been busy with other things this holiday, so my grades must have fallen behind. This time, you’ll definitely surpass me~”

Hermione also looked at Ted strangely. She thought Ted’s voice sounded very nice.

Hermione: That’s right, that’s how it is. This year, I will definitely be first! If you can talk, say more! I can take it!

(End of this chapter)