Hogwarts: I Obtained the Paternal System, Part 23

[ Ding, congratulations to the host for gaining +50 Paternal Points. ]

Well, damn...

He could actually move a phoenix to tears?

Darren did not know whether to laugh or cry. In the end, he patted the little phoenix's featherless body and pushed it aside.

Then he took out his wand.

He already had some ideas about this wand.

In Journey to the West, the thing related to wands and dragons could only be Sun Wukong's Golden Cudgel.

Ahem, because they were both sticks.

So he was supposed to say it out loud?

"Ruyi, Ruyi, do as I wish, reveal your power at once!"

The wand did not change at all.

Darren smiled awkwardly. Right, right, he had forgotten. That was from Calabash Brothers.

"Ruyi Golden Cudgel? Ruyi?"

[ Ding, congratulations to the host for activating the Ruyi Wand. The Ruyi Wand can transform into any type of wand wood and can also freely change its wand core.

After obtaining Master-Level Transfiguration, it can freely transform into any type of creature. ]

Well, damn?

How could it be you?

Darren was stunned.

He had considered Azure Dragon's possible identity—an immortal, a transmigrator, a reborn person—but it turned out to be the system?

[ Ding, congratulations to the host for discovering the system's hidden Easter egg and unlocking the host's Character Panel. ]

Darren: "..."

System, if you insist on rewarding me next time, could you be a little more straightforward?

Instead of making me fork out ten thousand Galleons and buy it with my own money!

Unfortunately, the system ignored him.

Darren sighed and forgave the system for this bout of unreasonable nonsense.

[ Character Panel ]

What was the use of a panel that only opened in Chapter Twenty-Four?

Name: Darren Potter

Talent Points: 0

Potions Talent: 6

Dark Arts Talent: 9

Transfiguration Talent: 4

Divination Talent: 2

Charms Talent: 5

Animal Affinity Talent: 3

Plant Affinity Talent: 4

...

...

Items: Ruyi Wand, Phoenix Carol

Abilities: God-Level Legilimency, Mundungus's Thieving Ability, Academic-Level Memory, Controllable Obscurus

Title: Unlosable Wand

Paternal Points: 740

PS: Although I know many young readers will complain that the Character Panel is just padding, this chapter is still meant to sort everything out.

Some of the rewards may have been forgotten as everyone kept reading. To be honest, sometimes the author forgets while writing too.

The Character Panel will appear as little as possible from now on.

Chapter 25: Dark Arts Talent

Good heavens!

Darren could only exclaim, "Good heavens!"

His Dark Arts Talent was actually a full 9 points.

It was over.

He was toast.

He could already imagine the Sorting Hat's reaction at the opening feast.

That day, Dumbledore would sit smiling in the headmaster's chair, watching the Sorting Hat sort him.

Then he would hear something like this.

Sorting Hat: "Hmm, hmm, hmm. The situation is a little complicated, but it cannot stump the great Sorting Hat... Azkaban Academy!"

It was a little exaggerated, but Darren truly could not imagine what consequences awaited him.

After all, Dark Wizards were all people with extremely strong Dark Arts Talent.

Those without talent simply could not learn it.

Darren panicked for quite a while before remembering that the Sorting Hat could not see his talents. It could only see what he was thinking.

Perfect. He could keep pretending to be a saintly father.

That really gave him a fright.

[ System, can these talents be increased? ]

Darren suddenly thought of this question.

He realized that aside from his Dark Arts Talent, none of his other talents seemed particularly high.

Only Potions was at 6 points. Everything else was below 5.

[ Ding, all of the host's talents can be increased using Paternal Points. One hundred Paternal Points can be exchanged for one Talent Point. The maximum talent limit is one hundred. ]

What?

Darren's mouth fell open.

I thought talents were scored out of ten, and now you're telling me they're scored out of a hundred?

[ Ding, wizard talents can grow. Talents can be increased through diligent study, reading books, hands-on experiments, and other such processes. ]

[ Ding, all talents of newly enrolled students are below ten points. Please rest assured, host. ]

Well, damn...

He was certainly reassured, but it also made him feel that he still had a long road ahead in magic!

He wondered how high Dumbledore and the others' talents were, how quickly they increased, and whether it was as convenient as Darren using Paternal Points to increase his.

Darren looked at the Character Panel.

Darren currently had 740 Paternal Points, the result of his efforts over the past two days.

That meant he could exchange them for 7 Talent Points.

[ System, exchange 700 Paternal Points for Talent Points. ]

[ Ding, exchange successful. ]

Darren did not plan to use the seven Talent Points yet. He intended to wait until classes began.

After all, he did not have many yet, so he had to use them where they mattered most.

After sorting out his things, Darren spent quite a while playing with his Ruyi Wand.

The Ruyi Wand could transform into the wood of other wands.

In other words, if he wanted to study healing, he could turn the Ruyi Wand into Hawthorn wood.

If he wanted to study Herbology, he could turn the wand into Chestnut wood.

If he wanted to learn Wandmaking like Ollivander, or make flying brooms, he could turn the wand into Birch wood.

When he wanted greater power, he could even turn the wand into Elder wood, Holly wood, Aspen wood, Larch wood...

And if he wanted to increase his luck, he could turn it into Fir wood, the lucky wand wood.

Its appearance did not change, but its properties did.