Hogwarts Card System Chapter 158

Chapter 159: [Slime Cultivation Manual]?

As Ted sang, the music and lights grew increasingly psychedelic, and that captivating power reappeared.

Ted’s voice seemed to burrow into people’s ears, gently stirring their heartstrings, making them exhilarated, lively, and causing them to hum along or simply dance to the music without realizing it.

Many people clapped their hands to the rhythm, their feet involuntarily bouncing lightly.

Especially when the song reached its climax and was repeatedly sung, accompanied by the joyful rhythm and flashing colorful lights, the young wizards linked arms in pairs and began to skip and laugh in circles around the Great Hall…

In that moment, all worries vanished like smoke, leaving only the music in their ears and smiling faces before their eyes, as if it were an endless feast of joy.

Ted took out the [Transformation Candy (Green)] he had received as a reward from a previous holiday task, and his friends and classmates eagerly snatched them up.

Although there were only ten candies, having ten strangely-shaped classmates at the ball intensified the psychedelic atmosphere.

Pirates, bird-people, bunny-eared girls, skeletons… all holding hands and dancing together.

Ted released the [Fire Dragon Fireworks (Green)], letting it circle and breathe fire on the ceiling, eliciting gasps of amazement.

There was also the [Wobbly Tiger (Green)], which many young wizards sat on and refused to get off, lining up to sway on it to the music~

Laughter and singing intertwined, making this early spring Valentine’s Day a day that many young wizards would recall with a smile years later.

…

[Heart-Throb Grand Fireworks (Green)]

Item Card

Releases fireworks that create a “Pink Heart” display over a large area. All who see this fireworks display will experience a momentary heart-throb.

Uses: 1/1.

Note: My dear, that is not love~

This card seems quite useful!

Ted had thought that holiday task reward cards like this were just for fun.

It could only be used once, so he had to save it for a crucial moment.

For example, when Dumbledore and Voldemort were fighting, make them fall for each other?

Ted imagined their expressions and couldn’t help but shiver: Forget it, forget it!

That exceptionally terrible Valentine’s Day was saved by Ted.

Afterward, Lockhart was quiet for a long time and didn’t cause any more trouble.

Perhaps he had resigned himself to fate.

Lockhart: They say minor fame comes from hype, major fame comes from destiny. I must clash with Hogwarts; things weren’t smooth when I was a student. I wrote myself hundreds of love letters on Valentine’s Day, hoping to become popular, but I was exposed and laughed at for years.

I thought that since I was famous now, I’d come back to reclaim my reputation and perhaps piggyback on the Boy-Who-Lived’s fame. Instead, I ended up with nine-turn fatty intestines, and they weren’t even properly cleaned.

The Boy-Who-Lived is even more pathetic than me, spending his days messing around in the greenhouse, covered in dirt.

Lockhart was starting to lose hope in this dreadful school. He’d just muddle through these few months and then resign. Anyway, he heard no one could serve a second term.

Even if Dumbledore knelt and begged me this time, I absolutely wouldn’t do it!

In a blink of an eye, a new month arrived. The young wizards were forgetful; they always forgot bad experiences quickly, like someone being petrified.

They preferred to remember that unforgettable Valentine’s Day ball, a dreamlike evening where memory and fantasy blurred, as if everyone had spent an unforgettable night under the dreamy, violet moonlight…

“Ding~ Talent [Otherworldly Knowledge (Gold)] triggered, discovered [Otherworldly Reincarnated Slime (Green)].”

[Otherworldly Reincarnated Slime (Green)] records the growth and evolution process of a two-dimensional otaku who reincarnated into another world as a slime. Requires 300 experience to exchange.

Reincarnated Slime? Growth and evolution?!

It seems everyone has their own destiny~

A Slime Cultivation Manual, huh? Give me a copy to read!

With 300 experience consumed, Ted’s mind conjured a translucent blue slime, initially only fist-sized, evolving over several years into the leader of a monster tribe.

During this period, it underwent various useful, useless, successful, or failed evolution projects.

It was truly rich in experience.

Slimes are incredibly malleable creatures.

However, for Ted currently, it wasn’t of much use.

At most, it enriched the types of magical bloodlines and magical creature transformations, an area even Professor Quirrell had not ventured into.

During this time, Ted wasn’t idle; he focused on one particular research, a pressing one.

The first priority against the Basilisk was not to look into its eyes.

It was even more sinister than the Sharingan.

How was he supposed to fight it then?

So, Ted had been researching glasses recently!

Otherworldly knowledge from the [Overwatch Soldier 76 Tactical Goggles Remnant (Green)], the Azeroth Engineering Shadow Goggles blueprint, plus his previous attempt.

Ted believed he could definitely develop a pair of glasses that could resist the Basilisk’s gaze!

If he failed, he’d probably have to ask Director Dumbledore to step in. He certainly wouldn’t risk going into the Chamber of Secrets himself.

However, judging by the current progress, he was close to success.

The final step was to integrate the various plans and methods, then create a test product to see the effect.

While Ted was busily making the crucial item for passing the level, his friends weren’t idle either.

Especially Harry!

She had noticed on Valentine’s Day—Malfoy was a bit strange.

So, the Invisibility Cloak was deployed, and she transformed into a stalker, following him~

After several days of trailing him, Harry finally decided to make her move.

So, she ambushed Comrade Malfoy from behind, using a Jelly-Legs Jinx to knock him down, his legs as soft as noodles, unable to stand up.

Even worse, his inseparable cronies weren’t around, and Malfoy panicked!

Harry stepped out from behind an armor suit in the corridor, looking at Malfoy with a triumphant expression.

Malfoy, seeing his arch-nemesis, breathed a sigh of relief. He was used to being bullied by her anyway; at least it wasn’t someone else.

Harry didn’t wait for Malfoy to question her and attacked first: “Malfoy! You secretly went to the girls’ bathroom the other day? What kind of conspiracy are you up to!”

Malfoy was stunned: This Harry Potter not only ambushed him but also slandered him!

“I didn’t! How can you accuse me of something out of thin air?!”

“You did!”

“I didn’t!”

“You did! You did! You~ did! I saw it with my own eyes!”

“I… I didn’t~” Malfoy was young after all, and Harry’s righteous and imposing words made him lose his confidence a bit—Did I really go to the girls’ bathroom? Impossible! I couldn’t do such a thing!

Just then, Jerry, who was also out at night, suddenly appeared. Seeing his two old acquaintances there, he immediately got excited.

Jerry: “Oh my goodness, who on earth ambushed our Young Master Malfoy? Aren’t you afraid he’ll tell his father?”

Malfoy: “You! Humph~”

At this point, the effect of Harry’s Jelly-Legs Jinx also wore off. Malfoy staggered to his feet and immediately bolted, emphasizing speed!

“I’ll get my revenge~~~”

Harry curled her lip in disdain: “Hmph~ He ran away? How boring! He’s changed, not as interesting as before.”

Harry used to often ridicule Malfoy and his father with Sirius. Draco was often subjected to ineffective resistance and “iron fist” education.

But now Draco had learned his lesson and wouldn’t fall for it.

He seemed to have adopted a “take whatever you dish out” attitude, making it less fun to bully him.

Recently, the friends had all been busy with their own things.

Harry was tailing Malfoy, Jerry was exploring the castle at night, looking for magical puzzles, and Hermione, needless to say, was previewing third-year courses—that’s right, she had already started self-studying third-year material.

Neville, on the other hand, had rooted himself in the greenhouse, coming back dusty and disheveled every day.

The experimental seeds he and Goof Oasis had cultivated had already sprouted, and they were now closely monitoring their growth and effects.

He found that Herbology was truly profound and was deeply immersed in it.

In the dormitory, Neville was telling Jerry about his new discovery.

Neville: “You know, croton oil is a powerful laxative. One drop can make you go for a day, stuck to the toilet.”

Jerry: “I didn’t know, but it’s not too late to know now. Where can I get that stuff?”

Neville ignored him and continued: “But if you add spotted chickpeas to croton oil, the effect changes. It makes you fart continuously, with great power!”

Jerry’s eyes lit up: “That’s great! I need that! I’ll use some on Lockhart!”

Ron, slumped in a chair nearby, looked dejected, with dark circles under his eyes—he hadn’t been sleeping well lately.

Jerry poked him with a finger: “Ron, aren’t you eating enough? I have some cheese here, want some?”

Ron forced a bitter smile: “I’m having such a tough time! My friend, I’ve been under a lot of stress lately…”


Thanks to Lone Soul 1994 for the 100-point reward.

(End of Chapter)