Easter Holiday

After that day, Skylar became even more strict and diligent in his self-discipline. Wherever he was, Skylar could be seen engrossed in reading thick books.

He first devoured the "Myriad Transformations Spell," and then tackled the Dark Arts books in Malfoy's Chamber of Secrets: "Dark Potions" and "Fallen Creatures." These books were all ancient texts, thousands of pages long, not only difficult to understand but also dry and tedious in their language. They contained many Dark Arts spells that aimed to demoralize readers and lure unsuspecting readers into corruption.

However, Skylar, who had already set his goal, would not let the dry words distract him, nor let the profound content wear down his patience, nor would he let the pursuit of quick success make him frivolous—because in his vision that transcends time and space, he had already seen his future, and all he had to do was move towards it step by step!

In the book "Fallen Creatures," he read about an unknown dark wizard's research on the curse on Werewolf. He had tried to break the curse, not to turn the Werewolf back into normal people, but to keep Werewolf in their Werewolf form forever, while also keeping them under his control. His research ultimately failed.

Interestingly, his research direction was somewhat similar to the Armenia wizard's notes that Skylar had obtained from Lockhart; both were inspired by ancient magic passed down from the Seleucid Empire. Skylar realized that perhaps the breakthrough point for the "Homorphus Charm" lay here.

In the book "Dark Potions," he discovered a potion that might greatly enhance his strength— Baruffio's Brain Elixir. Most of the ingredients needed for Baruffio's Brain Elixir were not difficult to find, but they were very expensive. He had already collected a considerable amount of Jumping Toadstool in the Forbidden Forest for future use, and he could have Dobby collect Frog Brains and Dragon Claw Powder from the various apothecaries in Diagon Alley.

The only problem was with the Runespoor eggs — Runespoor eggs were Class C prohibited commodities and could not be found in ordinary pharmacies. Skylar could only hope to try his luck in the underground black market of Knockturn Alley or with Nicholas.

As for why Baruffio's Brain Elixir is made, it's a Potions Baruffio's Brain Elixir can significantly enhance the user's mental abilities, and many wizards confuse it with Wit-Sharpening Potions.

Wit-Sharpening Potion can only make the drinker's thinking clearer, but they cannot make people smarter; however, Baruffio's Brain Elixir can develop the brain and improve memory. Every year, there are many seventh-year students at Hogwarts who go to the black market to buy Baruffio's Brain Elixir to help them get good grades in NEWT.

However, Skylar believed that these people did not recognize the true value of Baruffio's Brain Elixir. The greatest value of Baruffio's Brain Elixir should be used to enhance a person's mental strength. Mental strength determines how precise a wizard's control over spells is, and many complex spells have a fairly high requirement for mental strength.

Most importantly, in his experiments with the Mask of Pain, Skylar discovered that the rate of increase in magic power is not constant. There are two factors that can affect the rate of increase in magic power, and the rate of increase can be increased by strengthening the soul and mental power.

Skylar had no immediate thoughts on soul strength, but taking the Baruffio's Brain Elixir was undoubtedly the most obvious and easiest way to enhance mental power.

Soon, the Easter holiday arrived.

For most students, the Easter break wasn't a time for real relaxation. Third-year students had never had so much homework, and Neville seemed on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and he wasn't alone. The sounds of Ron and the others struggling with their assignments could often be heard in the Gryffindor Common Room.

Hermione was busier. Even without Divination Class and with Skylar handling Hagrid's affairs, she still attended more classes than anyone else in her year. She was usually the last to leave the common room at night and the first to arrive at the library the next morning. She had dark circles under her eyes like Lupin and always looked sullen.

On the day Hermione hit Draco, Harry and Ron stood up for her, and the two reconciled with Hermione. Ron also forgave Hermione for Scabbers, but they hadn't seen a smile on her face for a long time, as if the proud yet innocent girl from back then had never existed.

Harry had to squeeze in his homework in between his daily Quidditch practice, not to mention his endless tactical discussions with Wood.

The Gryffindor vs. Slytherin match will be held on the first Saturday after Easter. Slytherin Quidditch Team leads the league by a full two hundred points, meaning Harry and his team need to win by more than two hundred points to clinch the cup. This means Harry's task becomes that he must first stop Draco from catching the Golden Snitch, and only after his team has a 60-point lead can he try to catch the Golden Snitch himself, making it several times more difficult than usual.

The most carefree person was Skylar: he had long since finished his holiday homework and didn't need to attend Quidditch training. The day after Easter began, he moved from the Floo Network that Hogwarts had specially connected him to to Sardinia, Italy.

Sardinia is an island located southwest of the Italy peninsula, and is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

Sardinia is a melting pot of cultures. Sardinian language, a language derived from Latin language, is still spoken on the island. However, in the north, Catalan language, from the Iberian Peninsula, is spoken. In the south, Licia dialect is used. Therefore, even native Italy may find themselves completely unable to understand or communicate with the island.

Throughout Muggle history, Sardinia has always been a strategically important location, having been successively occupied and colonized by the Phoenicians, Centaur, Vandals, Goths, and Byzantines.

However, in the wizarding world, this place has always been the headquarters of the Medieval European Wizards Association, and the International Wizards' Conference was held here before the establishment of the International Confederation of Wizards.

Even today, the International Confederation of Wizards has completely replaced the former's role and is more widely recognized in the international wizarding community. The Medieval European Wizards Association still wields considerable influence.

This is because there are medieval books here, many of which contain precious and rare ancient Runic magic research and records. Moreover, this organization has a close relationship with Silver Spear, which is responsible for organizing the "All-European Dueling Tournament".

When Skylar emerged from the fireplace, he was covered in soot, but he felt no dizziness or discomfort. He looked with satisfaction at the intact Anti-Dizziness Bracelet on his wrist—after countless improvements, the Anti-Dizziness Bracelet could withstand such a long-distance transmission without breaking.

[Anti-Dizziness Bracelet invention complete!]

Skylar cast a Scouring Charm on himself, then observed the towering, spacious Great Hall he was in.

The Great Hall is decorated and carved in a medieval style, and the walls are covered with portraits of famous Europe wizards from the medieval period. Skylar recognized many of them— Cornelius Agrippa, the Germany Magical Theory; Paracelsus, the Switzerland alchemist; Cleopatra, the famous Ireland Cliodna; and of course, Merlin, Slytherin's proudest representative!

These portraits all inherited most of the memories of the people who lived before their birth (from birth to the time the portraits were painted). Upon seeing Skylar arrive, they gathered in small groups and whispered about Skylar identity. Skylar couldn't help but smile. It seemed that visitors to this place were very rare, leaving these portraits feeling quite bored.

Skylar walked to the reception desk, where the table was covered with various silverwares. There sat a middle-aged witch dressed in medieval attire, her wizard robes adorned with exaggeratedly fluffy lace ruffles at the collar and cuffs. Seeing this, Skylar couldn't help but chuckle to himself, thinking that he could admire this design again on Ron when he was in his fourth year.

Skylar, displaying impeccable aristocratic manners, politely inquired, "Hello, madam. I am Malfoy, from Great Britain. I have an appointment with your chairwoman, Ms. Cleopatra, today. Please inform her of this."

Seeing Skylar's impeccable manners, the witch knew he must be from an ancient Europe family. Not daring to be negligent, she asked Skylar to wait a moment, then hurriedly wrote Skylar name on a small piece of paper, rolled it up, and put it into the mouth of a silver vessel shaped like a rat. After the paper was put in, it turned into a flash of fire, as if it had been burned.

Seeing Skylar staring at the silverware with interest, the witch explained, "This is a teleporter; it can directly send a note to another piece of silverware."

Before long, a piece of paper was spat out of the silverware's mouth with a spark.

The witch glanced at him quickly, then stood up and led Skylar to a side hall, from where they went up a long spiral staircase. This staircase was enchanted with automatic rotation, just like an escalator in the Muggle world; once you stepped on it, it would automatically ascend step by step.

Arriving at a door inscribed with "Gulana Cleopatra," the witch bowed and left Skylar behind.

Skylar pushed open the door and saw Ms. Cleopatra, with whom he had been frequently corresponding this semester. To Skylar's surprise, Cleopatra was very young, and Skylar estimated that she was probably between 29 and 32 years old.

She wore gold-rimmed glasses, but they couldn't hide the shrewd and sharp look in her eyes behind the lenses.

However, what attracted Skylar's attention even more than her intellectual and elegant facial features was the rings of different shapes on each of her fingers. Without exception, each ring was engraved with an Ancient Runic Magic Symbols, and under the effect of the Magic Eye, each one emitted a completely different magical fluctuation.

Cleopatra smiled. "Skylar, you don't mind me calling you that, do you? Truly a young hero, so handsome and talented."

Skylar thought to himself, "Wow, that's impressive." Few people would abandon etiquette and address someone by their first name directly. If it were someone else, it would definitely be considered extremely rude.

However, somehow, coming from such a beautiful and distinguished lady, it only made one feel flattered. In addition, the age difference between her and Skylar was not too great (a difference of more than ten years is not a big deal in the wizarding world), and calling each other by name directly created an atmosphere of siblings of the same generation, making people feel very close.

Skylar carefully chose his words: "Thank you for your kind words, Ms. Cleopatra. Your elegance and achievements are truly admirable; to hold such a high position at such a young age, and to be so beautiful as well."

Cleopatra covered her mouth and chuckled softly, lazily raising a delicate hand to gently tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. She gave Skylar a charmingly reproachful look. "Oh, you have such a sweet tongue. But you should still call me Sister Gulana! It's more friendly that way."

Skylar obediently called out, "Sister Gulana."

Cleopatra smiled with satisfaction. "Alright, I won't tease you anymore. I believe you've already seen the offer I made in my letter. I see your potential, and I'd like to invite you, on behalf of the council, to join the Medieval European Wizards Association and become its youth representative—simply put, our spokesperson. This spokesperson role doesn't have many practical obligations; you just need to link all your personal achievements to the council—for example, the combination charm you developed, the Cheering Charm and Patronus Charm, will still be credited as your inventor, but you must add the prefix 'Youth Representative of the Medieval European Wizards Association' before your name."

"Of course, in return, the Parliament will provide you with corresponding benefits—knowledge, power, wealth, status, and honor. Our library, which is never open to the public, will be open to you personally; we will also make it easy for you to enter Silver Spear and participate in duels at any time; as for wealth and status, I think you don't need them for now; and as for honor—regarding this, I must first explain that the Daily Prophet is secretly and firmly controlled by your Britain Ministry of Magic, and our hands cannot reach there, but—"

Cleopatra's sharp eyes gleamed. "At least seventy percent of the media in all of Europe are our property, including the France Le Cri de la Gargouille *, the Northern Europe * Viking Daily *, the gossip magazine * Bewitched and Bothered *, the women's magazine * Witch Weekly *, the Quibbler magazine * The Quidditch Age *, the broom guide magazine * The Broomstick Encyclopedia *, and so on. Just imagine, all these media outlets under our control are standing behind you, saying good things about you, building momentum for you, creating a certain kind of fame for you in the public eye..."

(Note: "Le Cri de la Gargouille" is the author's own translation; the full French meaning is "The Call of the Gargoyle Le Cri de la Gargouille." The People's Press translation of "Gargoyle" is "Stone Monster," referring to the statue guarding the Headmaster's Office.)