Setting Out for Hogwarts

The holidays passed quickly.

King's Cross Station.

Dylan was personally driven there by his parents.

"Be careful. Once you get there..." Maeve reminded him.

"Did you bring everything?" Hubert asked.

"Don't worry, I've brought all my personal belongings, and the rest has already been sent to the school. I'll be careful too." Dylan nodded.

Then he reminded his parents, "You don't have to work so hard or put in so much overtime. Once I become a Wizard, I'll be able to make lots of money. Don't tire yourselves out."

"Good boy. It's not your turn to worry about us yet." Maeve ruffled Dylan's hair.

"All right, don't be late. Go on." Hubert said.

Dylan nodded lightly. "I'll write to you from the academy. Remember to keep an eye out for my owl."

"Mummy will."

He said goodbye to his parents.

Dylan only carried a travel backpack as he walked into the station.

It wasn't his first time here. When his parents had time off, they occasionally took him traveling.

So he quickly found the Third Pillar between Platform 9 and Platform 10.

After he approached it, Dylan discovered that the Muggles nearby paid no attention to it at all.

Even when they looked over, they acted as though they couldn't see it and quickly shifted their gazes away.

Dylan saw a Young Wizard run straight into the pillar, while the people around him showed no reaction whatsoever.

He couldn't help taking a deep breath.

Running straight into a pillar still required him to overcome some psychological pressure.

"Go!"

Dylan closed his eyes and charged headfirst into the pillar.

In an instant, he felt as though he had entered a void.

Then, after taking a few more steps forward, the sensation of emptiness immediately vanished, and everything before his eyes suddenly brightened.

"Rumble..."

A Red Train pulled into the platform.

Steam billowed everywhere.

Dylan blinked. For a moment, he thought of the nearly silent High-Speed Rail, and even the Maglev Train.

Although their technology hasn't reached that level, the wizards must have cast some kind of spell on the train to make it go faster, right?

After entering, Dylan noticed that the number of children and parents around him had suddenly increased.

He had no family with him.

So he had no need to wait for anything. Once the train came to a stop, he walked straight to the nearest door.

The carriages could be boarded freely, and the tickets had no seat restrictions whatsoever.

After getting on, he immediately found a nearby compartment and entered it.

He removed the backpack from his shoulders and placed it beside him, then sat down on the left.

After glancing at the scenery outside the window, Dylan took a book from his Inventory.

He kept many of his belongings in his Inventory, which also allowed him to save on shipping costs.

After spending this period researching spells,

Dylan had discovered that merely lingering on the surface was far from enough to learn magic.

He had to study it deeply and fully understand a spell's underlying meaning.

Only then could he raise a spell to Max Level.

He opened the book in his hands.

It was one he hadn't finished reading before leaving home.

It was also one that Professor McGonagall had recommended to him at the bookstore: Concise Essentials of Transfiguration Spells.

Opening to the bookmarked page, Dylan continued reading.

The book explained the principles of Transfiguration Spells in detail, as well as what to pay attention to when using them in various situations.

However, part of it involved Advanced Transfiguration Spells.

Dylan had yet to attend any classes, and simply reading the book wasn't enough for him to fully understand the essentials of Advanced Transfiguration Spells.

Even so, the book contained extremely detailed records and descriptions of Basic Transfiguration Spells.

It could be said to progress from the basics to the advanced, and it even explained how to use Transfiguration Spells in various practical situations.

It was unquestionably an excellent book.

If he could fully master it,

his Transfiguration might be able to reach the advanced level as well.

"I didn't expect using Transfiguration Spells during an ambush to have such a powerful effect."

Dylan flipped to the section on the practical application of Transfiguration Spells.

It depicted quite a few scenarios showing how Transfiguration Spells should be used under certain circumstances.

Dylan thought of the Wand Beautification function granted by his system.

In an instant, quite a few underhanded methods flashed through his mind.

They were even dirtier than some of the ambush techniques recorded in the book...

I feel like the practical explanations in this book are vivid, but something is still missing. Or rather, when it comes to practical situations requiring an ambush, it doesn't explain the methods of ambush thoroughly enough.

With six Max Level Spells, even when learning other spells now,

Dylan could always draw parallels and apply what he knew.

Not to mention that his thoughts were not limited to this one century. His experiences from two lifetimes had combined to reach an entirely new level.

This made him think of countless ways to use Transfiguration Spells to catch people off guard.

"Swish."

The compartment door was pulled open.

Two redheads poked their heads in.

"Hey~ hello. Are you the only one here?" one redhead asked.

"Would you mind if we sat here?" the other added.

"I'm sitting here alone, so come in." Dylan glanced at the two of them.

Two names immediately sprang to mind.

After the two redheads sat down, they eagerly began introducing themselves to Dylan.

"Thanks. I'm Fred."

"No, I'm Fred. He's George."

"Who says? George, I'm obviously Fred!"

The two argued for a while.

Seeing Dylan merely watching them in silence, they both turned their heads toward him.

"What's your name?"

"Dylan."

He answered casually.

After learning their names, Dylan realized that they were the Weasley Family's twins.

Since they were here, didn't that mean...

"Are you upperclassmen at the academy?"

"Oh, of course!"

"Are you a new student? Then you'll be in the same year as our little brother."

"But from the looks of it, you two definitely won't be sorted into the same academy."

"Yeah, he's reading a book. Ron would never read a book."

Ron?

So he and Harry Potter were actually in the same year?

Although he had watched Harry Potter, he didn't remember the exact timeline. He only knew roughly what happened before and after, and what events took place.

For example, it seemed that one of these twins would die in the great battle later on.

But he couldn't remember which one.

"You look like you're definitely going to become a Ravenclaw student."

"I think so too!"

"It's hard to understand. Who would read a book during the journey?"

"This even looks like a specialized book outside the curriculum."

"Good heavens, I can already predict which academy the Sorting Hat will send this Young Wizard to!"

"I already said that!"

"I agreed too."