Chapter 31 Mike's Plan

The next day, when Mike opened his eyes, he saw a photo of himself and his family in the Mirror of Erised. He had slept in this abandoned classroom last night.

After a night of thinking, he had guessed that the experience last night should have been designed. From the time he came out of the Room of Requirement to the secret passage he often used, he suddenly led to this abandoned classroom. There was only one person who could do this, and that was Dumbledore.

Mike could roughly guess the reason why Dumbledore did this, which was nothing more than wanting to test his character. Mike

had noticed Dumbledore's dissatisfaction with him since their first meeting. In fact, this test had not come until now, which was somewhat beyond Mike's expectations. He originally thought that Dumbledore would talk to him soon after he entered school.

However, Dumbledore did not show up last night, and it seemed that he had passed the test.

Mike walked out of the classroom facing the dazzling sunlight outside the classroom. After what happened last night, he had understood what he wanted most. He wanted to go home!

In the next few days, Mike worked harder to learn magic. If he wanted to go home, he must have strong strength.

After the battle with the troll, Mike had a clearer understanding of his own fighting ability. Now, in terms of fighting ability alone, he is probably on par with students in grades 6 and 7, but in terms of the number of magics he has mastered and his understanding of magic, Mike is not even as good as students in grades 3 and 4. It

should be mentioned here that the teaching model of Hogwarts is rather strange. The young wizards in grades 1 and 2 are almost free-range, and what they learn are the most basic things in the wizarding world. But this is understandable, after all, it is to take care of young wizards of Muggle origin.

From the third grade, when they can choose elective courses, Hogwarts began to truly educate young wizards in magic. It can be said that this is the first crossroads in the lives of young wizards, and the elective courses they choose will have a great impact on your future. At the same time, starting from the third grade, the students' learning pressure also began to increase. From

the third grade to the end of the fourth grade, the learning pressure will be greater year by year in these two years, because they will face the first wizard level test, the OWLs test, at the end of the fourth grade.

After the OWLs, students have to choose NEWTs courses according to their scores. The OWLs exam is like the college entrance examination, and the NEWTs courses that can be chosen after the exam are like university courses.

Many NEWTs courses have their own score lines, and the score lines for popular subjects such as potions and spells are very high, but if you study these courses, it will be of great help to your future employment and your strength.

Students who have extremely poor scores can only choose some low-requirement courses like Muggle Studies to study, but after graduation they will face the problem of graduation equals unemployment, unless your family has a mine.

From the fifth grade, Hogwarts students have been divided into two groups, one is the students who have studied difficult courses such as potions, and the other is the students who have chosen garbage courses.

The former will have endless homework and books to read every day. Although the latter is more difficult than the first and second grades, the degree of hardship is not even as good as the third and fourth grades, which can be said to be very easy.

Finally, there is the NEWTs exam, which is the highest academic certificate that Hogwarts can give, and it is also the most valuable academic certificate in Europe for hundreds of years. After graduation, whether you are employed or married, people will use your NEWTs and the subjects you have studied as a standard. If your grades are good enough, even if you are a Muggle wizard, you can live very well in the wizarding world.

But in contrast, the study pressure of sixth and seventh grade graduates is so great that it is unimaginable. In the original book, Hermione used the time turner to attend all the elective courses in the third grade, which caused her to lack energy, but this intensity of study can be said to be the norm for sixth and seventh grade students.

So almost all the senior wizards you see on the campus of Hogwarts look hurried, and they rarely participate in entertainment activities such as Quidditch. It's not because they don't like entertainment, but because they are too busy.

But fortunately, hard study brings rapid growth in strength. The level and number of spells mastered by sixth and seventh grade students are no less than most adult wizards, so Mike's combat effectiveness is really strong at this time.

You should know that Mike now has mastered conventional attack spells such as armor protection and disarmament. The reason why his combat effectiveness is so high is largely due to his combat experience in his previous life.

Attacking with a wand is like shooting with a pistol, which requires very high accuracy. The reason why many wizards have low combat effectiveness is that their range is too short. If you are far away from them, they can't hit you. However, Mike was a sharpshooter in his previous life, and shooting is as easy as drinking water for him.

In addition, Mike also has the blessing of emotional casting skills and magic control skills. The magic he casts far exceeds that of wizards with the same magic level as him.

At present, in addition to learning new magic, Mike has to improve his magic perception and magic control. The higher Mike's magic control ability, the stronger his magic.

However, many magics are too difficult to learn just by reading books. This is not because Mike has no talent, but because the textbooks in the wizarding world are too pitfalls. You can't learn the magic above just by reading textbooks. You must combine the teachings of others. Only those private notes of others have real learning value.

Mike had also consulted Professor Flitwick, but when Professor Flitwick saw that all the spells Mike asked him were high-level spells, he advised him not to aim too high and just master the spells he had learned. Mike strongly suspected that Dumbledore had given the old man a hint.

Thinking of this, Mike gritted his teeth. Dumbledore, this old bee, was very bad!

But Mike was not completely out of ideas. There must be a place where there were detailed methods of casting those high-level spells, and even methods of releasing the Unforgivable Curse. That was the Restricted Books Area.

He asked Penelope to help him cast the Disillusionment Spell in order to enter the Restricted Books Area. Dumbledore would leave Hogwarts during the final exams of the first grade, and that was the best opportunity for Mike to enter the Restricted Books Area.

As for the restrictions in the Restricted Books Area, Mike also had his own solution.

Since the last battle with the troll, Mike felt that his ability to perceive magic had soared a lot. Now Mike could vaguely perceive the magic outside his body.

After discovering this, Mike immediately went to the library. As expected, in front of the entrance to the restricted area, Mike sensed the presence of magic. It was magic that was like infrared rays across the wall. Although these threads intertwined to form a net, it did not mean that Mike could not enter.

Now it depends on whether Penelope can get the Disillusionment Charm. If Penelope can't get it before Christmas, Mike may not have time to learn this complicated spell. At that time, he will have to take the risk of asking Harry to borrow the invisibility cloak.