Partner Card, Voldemort?

Basil was utterly speechless.

Harry still believed Ron's story.

Quirrell, stammering and looking pathetic, was indeed hard to suspect.

For the next while, Basil was boredly dealing with Hermione's dull attempts at conversation, which were almost entirely book knowledge.

He ate ice cream with a golden spoon.

Unfortunately, he couldn't steal the golden spoon and sell it for money; he had already asked Ron.

It was so unfair, when the entire school belonged to him!

At the same time, he was flipping through the entire layout of Hogwarts in his mind.

Unlike in the game, none of the rooms were labeled.

He needed to mark them himself.

Therefore, he could only guess based on the layout.

Among them, the Headmaster's office was the easiest to identify, with its ceiling and walls covered in countless portraits, Fawkes the phoenix dozing on a golden perch, and the intricate, misty silver instruments.

Click. Basil blinked.

He took a dynamic picture of the phoenix.

—A prompt of 10,000 dispelled his idea of creating a phoenix summoning card.

He shifted his attention to the gargoyle at the entrance of the Headmaster's office.

It had bat-like wings and a pointed mouth.

Basil frowned.

In his past life, a nun he knew who was Catholic had a similar stone statue in front of her family's quadrangle house.

His gaze shifted to Hermione.

In the West, a student who excelled academically often had some exposure to theology.

So, he briefly described the stone statue to Hermione, the Muggle-born academic prodigy.

Hermione immediately guessed, "That's a Gorgon. It's considered a monster that collects rainwater and serves as a guardian in the underworld.

That's why it's placed on the roofs or water spout outlets of churches with Gothic architecture."

"The reason it's created with a terrifying appearance is, on one hand, to warn unbelievers: if you don't believe in religion, you'll be eaten by a monster. On the other hand, it's to drive out evil spirits from the church, so for the purpose of exorcising demons, the monster's appearance naturally needs to be as terrifying as possible."

Ron, who was bad-mouthing Percy with Harry nearby, came over.

"A charging Gorgon!"

"Is it used in the Muggle world too?"

"We use it more when we're cursing someone or expressing surprise. When cursing, it means 'ugly person'."

"Basil, you don't know?"

Basil coughed, "I've never heard a single curse word."

In fact, this was true.

His grandmother had never allowed such words to reach his ears.

Even when he went to Diagon Alley, at the Leaky Cauldron, the atmosphere became civilized when he appeared.

This included the drunken patrons.

The filthy word "Mudblood" was something he only knew from his past life memories.

His eyes welled up.

For the first time, he truly felt cared for.

In his pocket, the seven Galleons belonging to old Tom felt inexplicably hot.

Composing himself.

He lowered his head and refocused his gaze on Hogwarts in his mind.

Setting off from his current location, the Great Hall.

Not far away, in another large room on the first floor, surrounded by wooden panels, filled with dark wood chairs, and containing a large wardrobe, he found a pair of gargoyles in front of the door.

Inside the wardrobe was a strange creature, like a flowing black mist.

Click!

Gems: 13554.271 (-500)

[Magical Creature: Boggart]

[Level: 1]

[Magical Power Cost: 3]

[Summon Boggart. When a single enemy unit appears within a 2m radius in front, the Boggart will transform into the form that unit fears most. Absorbs excess negative emotions.]

[Health: 0]

[Weaknesses: Laughter, positive emotions, spells containing positive emotions]

[Note: Boggarts are non-beings, a type of magical creature. They are born from human emotions and feed on them. They themselves transcend life and death. Muggles can only perceive all currently known non-beings indirectly. Because non-beings transcend life and death, they are not born, nor do they die. It is also impossible to truly destroy them, they can only be driven away by positive emotions or spells containing positive emotions.]

[Maximum Capture: 1]

[Note: Too many intelligent beings within range will confuse the Boggart, making it unsure what form to take.]

[Transfiguration Form Library: 0 (Cap 10)]

[Damage: 0-10]

[Note: The Boggart's nature causes it to absorb the negative emotions that could potentially harm enemy units, absorbing any excess beyond its body's capacity. Therefore, enemy units will not suffer physical damage due to negative emotions. Unless the form that the enemy unit fears is too dangerous and possesses active offensive capabilities, it will deal damage less than or equal to 10 based on that form.]

[Grimoire Level: Level 2 (1000/400)]

"Non-beings? They'd probably be considered gods in Japan."

"It was mentioned in 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.' Boggarts like narrow, dark spaces. Like wardrobes, the gaps under beds, sinks, and cabinets under desks. But judging by the card description, it's not actually afraid of light? Just dislikes it."

"But even so, this is still a trash card."

"Transfiguration Form Library? The Boggart summoned by my card can also inscribe the fear-forms of others?"

"But I remember the book saying their transfigurations can't fully mimic the same power or magic. For example, a Boggart that turns into a Dementor can't have a strong negative impact on people, and the scream of a Boggart that turns into a banshee isn't fatal."

"Hmm, 0-10, the note below explains it."

"However, if someone saw Voldemort and feared him the most, would the damage be 10 for Voldemort?"

"And the important thing isn't the damage; for magical creatures, their special abilities are more important."

"Boggarts can replicate some of their powers."

"This is practically a god-tier card."

"One card encompasses multiple summon cards and companion cards."

"Wait, Voldemort."

"Harry, who hasn't seen a Dementor, would his fear-form be Voldemort?"

Basil looked at Harry, who was devouring treacle tart.

Harry, danger!

He spoke, "Harry, what do you think is under Professor Quirrell's scarf?"

Harry looked at Quirrell's purple scarf.

In that instant, the [Grimoire] in Basil's mind flipped pages, and [Boggart] lit up, following Basil's gaze, projecting its power onto Harry.

A true hero, killing with his eyes!

Harry suddenly lost all color. The scene conjured by the Boggart, originating from the deepest fears in Harry's heart, entered his mind along with Basil's gaze.

The monster told his mother to go away, stepped over his father's corpse, and walked towards him.

His mother didn't move, pleading.

The monster laughed.

As a green light struck, his mother, shouting his name, inexplicably fell.

The green light rebounded and appeared before his eyes – the bald, scarlet-eyed, noseless creature with slit-like nostrils and pearly white skin.

In full view of everyone, Harry stood up.

He pointed at the back of Quirrell's head, and the magical name blurted out: "Voldemort!"

Then he fainted onto the ground.

In Basil's mind, the [Boggart] page suddenly updated.

[Voldemort (False)]

[Health: 0]

[Hehehe laughs, then casts a Killing Curse with a 10 damage value using a Purple Yew Wand (False)]

Then it returned to its original state.

However, the number next to the Boggart's [Transfiguration Form Library] entry had changed to 1.