Explosion Curse

"What? What old cow?"

Cedric's mind was filled with question marks.

Linley sighed wistfully and explained in a low voice.

"At noon today, a prefect from my house, the one who argued with her boyfriend, suddenly asked me to take a walk by the lake tonight. She also told me that her boyfriend had spoken ill of me behind her back before."

Cedric looked as if he had seen a ghost.

"What does she mean?"

"What do you mean?"

"She, does she want to..."

Linley propped his chin with a worried expression, his tone carrying a hint of melancholy. "It's all my fault. It's my fault for being so handsome and having such an outstanding temperament. If I were a girl, I'd probably be smitten too."

Cedric: "..."

"But she has a boyfriend now. Do you think her behavior counts as cheating?"

Cedric stammered, "I don't think so. Doesn't she argue with Raphael every day? It looks like they're about to break up."

"Help me think about how to refuse her without hurting her too much," Linley suddenly said.

"You don't like her?"

Linley rolled his eyes.

"Big brother, I'm only twelve years old! What's wrong with all of you? Why do you always subconsciously ignore my age?"

It was then that Cedric realized Linley's face was still very young. Not to mention him, even Cedric was only fourteen now.

"Sorry, your behavior always makes me feel like you're eighteen. Wait, what's wrong with being twelve? She's only five years older than you, it's not impossible for you two."

Linley gave Cedric a strange look.

Well, pedophilia is an old Western tradition.

"Let me be direct. I just see her as a senior, nothing more."

"Then you've asked the wrong person. I have no experience rejecting girls' confessions," Cedric stated a heartbreaking fact with a blank expression.

Linley rubbed his forehead, his head aching. He pushed the troublesome matter aside and suddenly remembered Cedric's future girlfriend.

"Do you have any memorable people among the first-year students in Ian's house?"

Cedric didn't know Linley's intention. He tilted his head and thought seriously, then shook his head.

"No, I don't know any of the new Ravenclaw students this year."

Linley shook his head regretfully. Perhaps Autumn Zhang was still too young, her features not yet fully developed. He figured Cedric would come around in his third or fourth year.

They sat by the Black Lake with fishing rods for an hour, but of course, they didn't catch a single fish.

At night, Linley encountered Raphael on his way back to the Slytherin common room.

Raphael also saw Linley and snorted, his expression not friendly.

Linley couldn't help but feel a little wronged.

Why so fierce? Your girlfriend was the one who made the first move.

Two days passed.

Since Betty's主动 invitation that day, she hadn't spoken to Linley again, as if she had forgotten about him.

However, on Saturday noon, Cedric sneakily gave Linley some information.

"It seems your two prefects officially broke up today."

The pumpkin juice in Linley's mouth almost sprayed onto Ian's face across from him.

"How do you know?"

"This morning, on the lawn during Flying class, they had a huge argument. Many people saw it. Betty initiated the breakup, and Raphael's expression was reportedly very bad at the time, but he eventually agreed."

Linley's face darkened. "I suddenly have a bad feeling."

Ian, who was quietly cutting his steak, hadn't understood what they were talking about from the beginning. However, he sensed that it wasn't anything good, so he didn't ask.

Linley hid in his dormitory for both days of the weekend, not going out.

However, on Sunday afternoon, when he returned from Professor Foxx's office after studying dark magic, he was intercepted by Betty.

"Linley, have you been avoiding me lately?"

Linley calmly showed her the book in his hand.

"No, senior. Isn't the end of the term approaching? I've just been studying harder, hoping to get good grades on the final exams."

His explanation was reasonable, and Betty believed him.

"Then are you free next Saturday? Professor Snape needs two students to help process potion ingredients. You and I will go together then."

Her reason was also reasonable. Linley didn't believe it, but he couldn't refuse.

He couldn't possibly say he was going fishing with Cedric, could he?

"Senior, I'm a little afraid of Professor Snape. Can I not go? You could find someone else. Mark and Michel look quite suitable, in my opinion."

"No! Professor Snape specifically requested you."

With Betty saying that, Linley didn't dare to question her further.

It was no secret at Hogwarts that he had a good relationship with Professor Foxx. If Professor Snape didn't deliberately make things difficult for him, he would have been grateful, so how could he dare to seek him out proactively?

Unable to resist, Linley could only meekly accept.

However, he had decided that he absolutely had to find an opportunity to clarify this matter with Betty.

He truly had no interest in her.

While matters of the heart were troublesome for Linley, they were merely a small interlude in his campus life.

His main focus at Hogwarts remained his studies.

It didn't matter whether it was dark magic or white magic; the feeling of absorbing knowledge made Linley feel wonderful.

As for the task from Ian, he could only let nature take its course for now.

This underage werewolf clearly had some unresolved issues. On the surface, he seemed to have a decent relationship with Linley and Cedric, even considering them friends. But in reality, he hadn't truly opened up to them yet.

Still, Linley wasn't in a hurry. It would be a miracle if those three attribute points were so easy to obtain.

In addition to his formal courses at Hogwarts, Professor Foxx also dedicated some time each day to teaching him dark magic.

The Sectumsempra that Professor Foxx taught him at Christmas, he had actually mastered on the same day.

It was just that due to his magic capacity threshold, the effect of the Sectumsempra he cast was significantly weaker than Professor Foxx's.

This was even with his seven points of dark magic talent, which provided a bonus to the effectiveness of dark magic.

Otherwise, it would have been even weaker.

Linley didn't have many good solutions for the issue of insufficient magic power. Besides the magic points he gained from completing tasks issued by the system, the only other way was to wait for his age to gradually increase, as his magic would grow with him.

However, he certainly wouldn't stop practicing dark magic during this time.

Although the effect was greatly reduced, he could still cast it.

After Sectumsempra, Professor Foxx taught Linley a new dark magic: the Explosion Curse.

The incantation was "Thunderclap Explosion," which caused a violent explosion in the target. The explosion's effect depended on the caster's abilities.

Is the title of my book poorly chosen, or is the synopsis unappealing? The results after being recommended last week were very ordinary, and I didn't get promoted. I'm so sad. Please give me some votes to comfort me (_)