I'm So Stupid

"Noah, how did you do that?"

After class, Noah was unsurprisingly surrounded by his roommates.

Looking at the curious expressions on the three of them, Noah found it both funny and a little helpless. It was not just them, nor just the Ravenclaw students—almost every student who had attended the class was looking at Noah with more or less intense curiosity.

Because what Noah had done was honestly a little too exaggerated!

Although the Levitation Charm was not a difficult spell, and could even be called a very basic one, mastering it quickly was by no means easy.

After all, young wizards had practically no control over their own magic. Even though this spell did not require much magic power at all, they still had no way to complete this simple spell on their first try.

But Noah was different. He had actually pulled it off in one go!

Even Professor Flitwick had praised his Levitation Charm as exceptionally perfect, and because of Noah's performance, he had awarded Ravenclaw ten points!

Most exaggerated of all, through word of mouth, almost the entire house now knew that Noah had been daydreaming earlier!

In other words, Noah had not practiced the spell at all. After learning it, he had basically succeeded on his very first cast!

Just what kind of terrifying ability did someone need to do that?

"Honestly, I really want to say it was pretty simple, guys." Noah shook his head somewhat helplessly. "Trust me, it's just a basic spell. It isn't as hard as you imagine. You just need to pay attention to controlling your magic."

"Is that so? Then why did you succeed on your first try while we were muddled for ages?" Kate looked at Noah doubtfully. Clearly, he was not all that convinced.

Noah shrugged. Although he had no way to explain anything, surely geniuses like this were not that rare, right?

But soon, Noah thought of something!

He suddenly felt that if his talent came from hard training that others could see, would that not be better than being able to complete anything in one go like now?

Although he really had worked quite hard, if no one saw the results, it was different.

Besides, Noah could not say what the future would be like. He felt that having more friends should make things much better, and he still had plenty of time right now!

"At this stage, Mutants haven't started large-scale trouble with ordinary people yet. Tony Stark should have only just turned over a new leaf, and the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. probably still isn't that Egghead. Although I'm still young, there's never anything wrong with making preparations early. Hogwarts is a school. I can totally get some resources here!"

Noah thought silently, suddenly realizing that he had really been quite stupid before.

There were so many students at Hogwarts. Leaving everything else aside, around two hundred and fifty new young mages entered every year.

If he could find a way to gather the outstanding resources among these young mages together, then in the future that would definitely become an unimaginable force!

"I'm such an idiot. Although pursuing personal strength is definitely not wrong, sometimes one person simply can't do that many things. Even gods are the same! Having a powerful force of my own is the best way to survive the chaos of the future!"

At that moment, Noah figured it out. Personal martial strength was necessary, but no matter how strong one person was, unless he reached the point where he could casually blow up an entire universe by himself, others might not necessarily be all that afraid of him.

And the stronger he became, the more things he would need to face. It was not as if he could handle absolutely everything personally, right?

Hogwarts counted as an excellent talent hub. Although the family situations of the Slytherin students were a little better, that did not mean the students from other houses were no good!

Take the guys in his own dormitory, for instance. Aside from himself, which of them did not come from a wizarding family?

And Noah had also realized that he had been mistaken about something before. Building a good relationship with them personally did not necessarily mean building a good relationship with their families.

Unless the old people in their families kicked the bucket, perhaps he would have some chance, and even then his position would be relatively low.

"Being downstream really isn't interesting. I might as well recruit talent and gather talent. Ideally, I'd create something like the Brotherhood or Skull and Bones. Once there are enough talented people in every field, maybe the entire British wizarding world will be within my sphere of influence in the future!"

A faint smile appeared on Noah's face, but he quickly restrained it.

He was thinking too far ahead. If things went that way, the future would certainly be bright, but right now Noah was nothing and had nothing. He still needed to work step by step to make it happen.

"What are you thinking about, Noah?" Evan noticed that Noah had fallen into a bit of a daze after speaking, which struck him as strange.

"Nothing. Mm, what I mean is... all right, I admit it. This really isn't the first time I've used this spell." Noah came back to himself, thought for a moment, and then spoke in a low voice.

"What?" Sure enough, after Noah said this, Evan and the other two immediately showed expressions of disbelief.

What was going on?

Could it be that this kid had someone giving him private lessons?

They themselves came from wizarding families. Although they were not nobles, they had still been wizards for generations. They had grown up in that kind of environment since childhood, so logically speaking, they should have been exposed to magical knowledge much earlier than Noah.

But now Noah was telling them this was not the first time he had used the spell. How were they supposed to accept that?

Could this kid not be a Muggle-born?

Or had someone taught him before he came to school?

"Keep your voices down. I don't want everyone knowing this secret." Noah gave the three boys a somewhat displeased look, then turned and walked away. "Want to know? Follow me."

Evan and the other three exchanged glances. In the end, Kate thought for a moment and took the lead in following. He was truly curious how Noah had managed to reach this point.

Luns and Evan were not slow either. Since they were all in the same dormitory, their relationship was also very good. Since Noah was willing to tell them, they were naturally happy to go see for themselves.

Of course, if Noah had run into some kind of trouble, they would also help him, just as they had once mistakenly believed Noah was always sleeping because he had been cursed.

They would spend seven years together in the future. That kind of bond would be unimaginable later on, just like their parents and their old roommates, who were still extremely close even now, while their children were also unbelievably good friends with them.

Following Noah's steps, they did not head directly toward Ravenclaw's common room. Instead, they made their way up to the eighth floor. This was where the Headmaster's Office was, and also where Professor Flitwick's office was.

Evan and the others were somewhat puzzled. Could it be that Professor Dumbledore or Professor Flitwick had been giving Noah private lessons?