Life as Still as Water

More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and it is now October 29th. During this time, Harry Potter has enjoyed a rare period of peace.

Aside from his increasingly grim expression, Professor Quirrell didn't cause any more trouble in class. Dudley also surprisingly well-behaved; even though he was already a bully in Hufflepuff, for some reason he didn't cause Harry any trouble.

Draco Malfoy, their initial enemy, has long since become a silent friend, and they rarely communicate unless absolutely necessary.

Perhaps it was Lucius Malfoy's influence (as he mentioned in his few conversations with Draco), but Rita Skeeter never wrote about his scandals again, and now Harry sometimes feels that everything before was like a dream.

Even with his troublesome friend Ron, who was always restless and wanted to create more buzz, Harry found a good way to deal with him—praise him.

"Ron, I heard you know a lot about Quidditch. Could you tell me about it?" Harry would say this to Ron whenever he showed signs of a seizure. Sometimes it was something else, though Harry knew what Ron would say.

However, Harry has recently found a universal solution: chess, which Ron is really good at. Whenever Ron has the urge to do something rash, Harry will deduce from his chess skills that Ron is smart, and then pretend to flatter him by saying that he definitely wouldn't do that, and that it's unwise.

Thus, one of the triggers for Harry's peaceful life— Ron —was resolved.

However, although Harry's daily life is peaceful, it doesn't mean that everything is going in a good direction.

After he became the Seeker, Potions Class Master Snape never praised him in class again. Sure enough, Snape was still angry because his Seeker father had angered Voldemort and caused his mother's death. So, just because he became the Seeker, his attitude changed. If it weren't for his brief training in Atlantis, he probably wouldn't even have given him that occasional stiff smile.

But that wasn't the worst part. Roger Davies's teaching and those so-called tactical discussions made Harry lose all confidence in himself.

Harry knew he was a genius; in Ron's eyes, even his brother Charlie was a bit inferior to him. But could he really do it all on his own?

If he ultimately fails, will he become the loser Roger described as someone who didn't cooperate with his tactics?

Fortunately, apart from that, everything is fine. Ryan has been busy with something lately, and he disappears whenever he has free time, so Harry doesn't even have a chance to ask to go to Atlantis again.

What Harry didn't know was that the reason he had been able to live peacefully until now was because Ryan was busy with other things and had no time to bother Harry anymore.

The reason Harry's popularity was so great in the first month was actually because Dudley Dursley became a wizard, which was actually Ryan's doing.

For the past month, Ryan has been trying to locate his position and find the route to Moon City.

It's strange. Even though the Anywhere Door has been confirmed to lead to the moon, Ryan can't use it to go to the moon. There are no level 6 wizards in Moon City, Ryan can confirm that.

Because every level 6 wizard leaves a strong and indelible mark in Ryan's magical vision, and as candidates for godhood (level 7), they are already extraordinary beings.

A level 6 wizard cannot be compared to someone who has mastered a level 6 spell. If we really want to count that way, there are quite a few wizards with such trump cards.

There are several such beings among the underwater wizards. Amelia Bones's Protego Maxima is at level 6, and Filius Flitwick, Snape, McGonagall, and others are at roughly the same level.

Level 6 is a transformation at the level of life. Voldemort's transformation was a magical Transfiguration, while Dumbledore's was the most outrageous. He completed his transformation through a concept, a philosophical way of thinking, which he called love!

So, the wizards of Moon City shouldn't have been able to stop him, but after Ryan "thought" about it, he discovered that they had a complete grasp of the hidden concept of the moon itself, relying on the group.

Their magical powers are all transformed into a shared concept, much like Atlantis. Atlantis represents peace, while Moon City represents secrecy. Ryan seriously suspects that they plagiarized Smith.

In addition, they are still on the moon, which is too far from Earth, and the gap between them and Ryan is leveled off due to the great distance.

As time passed, Ryan was surprised to find that he had done virtually nothing, except occasionally spending time with Penelope and Kate to try and maintain their relationship. He hadn't visited Harry in a long time.

Harry Potter actually started living a peaceful life, even after his failed attempt to land on Moon City.

How Dudley Dursley! How could he act like a good person? In the first place, Ryan made him a wizard not only to study the spells on Harry, but also to add some spice to Ryan's peaceful life.

Ryan has regretted making Harry Potter Ravenclaw more than once. If he were Gryffindor, wandering around at night every day, constantly being tricked by Ryan's little pranks, leading to his capture, and eventually Gryffindor with fewer points, that would be such a wonderful thing!

And how come Ron is so easy to deal with? Wasn't he supposed to be getting the talkative Sage to write a book?

If he were to actually write it, Ryan would be willing to secretly fund its sale through Smith's channels, even if it resulted in losses. Ryan is now rich again.

Ryan rubbed his hair, but no hair fell out. How boring. It's so strong that his hair doesn't fall out at all. Ryan used to love playing with his hair.

Actually, all these failures and the lack of interesting shows are not the real issues.

The worst part is that Halloween is just around the corner, and Kate and Penelope take this holiday very seriously, so I'll have to put in a lot of effort to prepare activities.

Moreover, the aroma of roasted pumpkin is now everywhere, which reminds Ryan of a culinary disaster: the pumpkin rice that his brother in his previous life loved most.

Ryan accepts and even enjoys pumpkin, whether it's used to make Pumpkin Juice or sweet soup.

But if it's mixed with rice and made into something like eight-treasure rice, that would be a nightmare. In my childhood, I was the only one in my family who hated pumpkin, and I could only eat the parts that weren't covered in it.

The roasted pumpkin tasted almost exactly like pumpkin rice. Ryan rubbed his Jingming acupoint to temporarily block out his sense of smell.

At the same time, he was thinking about what good things might happen. "Oh right! Quirrell is going to unleash Troll on Halloween in a couple of days!"

In this way, Quirrell would have a chance to steal the Philosopher's Stone, Halloween would be ruined, and he would only need to deliver presents. He could also pull off some stunts during this time, and Harry would also get a "surprise." Wouldn't that be perfect?

"Everyone can have the Halloween they want, well, except Snape, who will, unsurprisingly, get bitten by a dog."

"Halloween, how wonderful!" Ryan smiled expectantly.

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