Chapter 214 Translating Slytherin's Research Materials

It was a calm afternoon.

Nothing much happened at Hogwarts except for Harry and Ron getting twenty points deducted by Snape in the corridor.

Andy sometimes wondered just how twisted Snape's feelings for Harry had got to the point that he would give up his adult dignity to bully a small child all day.

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Ravenclaw Private Library.

"There's no one in the common room," Andy said as he glanced at the wall clock in the common room.

It was now nine-thirty at night.

"Hermione, let's go!" Andy urged.

Hermione looked at Andy with a helpless look, "Andy, we agreed that we have to be back to bed by twelve, we can't delay tomorrow's classes."

"Sure!" Andy assured.

Grabbing the Old English translation dictionary, Andy and Hermione left the common room and made their way down the stairs towards the second floor.

"Andy!"

"Eh?"

Hermione suddenly said, "Since Slytherin really did leave behind a Chamber of Secrets, do you think the legend of the Ravenclaw Library could be true as well?"

Andy was also a bit curious, and after thinking about it, he said, "I guess it's true! Only, I don't know what's the use of that. After reading all the books ... are there any secrets hidden in those books?"

Hermione continued, "Then do you think that Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, would have left something behind as well."

Andy shook his head, "There are no rumours about that at Hogwarts."

Hermione said a little greedily, "What a shame; if only we could decipher all the secrets of the Big Four."

Andy: I wish I could!

As they spoke, Andy and Hermione made their way to the abandoned girl's lavatory on the second floor, and Andy waved his wand - locking the door and placing an Imperturbable Charm in one fell swoop.

"Hiss (open)!"

Andy opened the entrance to the chamber with a parseltongue.

"Andy!"

Hermione suddenly turned her head to Andy, confused, "We forgot the flying broom."

Andy: "..."

"I have an idea ... Hermione, want to try?"

Andy turned his head to Hermione and said, "I'll use the levitation charm on you, and you'll use the levitation charm on me, guess what happens next?"

Hermione's eyes lit up, "We both fly together?"

"Uh-huh!" Andy shrugged.

Hermione took out her wand and pointed it at Andy, her tone serious, "Andy, I'm ready."

"Wingardium Leviosa!"

As the spell was recited, Andy slowly flew into the air under Hermione's control, "This is the first time I've experienced floating using a levitation charm, well ... it's kinda fun."

While speaking, Andy took his wand and slightly pointed it at Hermione, and Hermione's entire body flew into the air.

"The two of us are really flying!"

Hermione was a little surprised.

If she and Andy skilfully mastered the levitation charm, they could fly anywhere they wanted to go in the future.

This was much more exciting than riding in a car.

"Just fly down to the chamber like this?" Hermione asked.

"Wait!"

Andy asked from the heart, "Hermione, you can surely control me, right?"

In case you fail ...   

Andy's little arms and legs, wouldn't be broken in pieces, right?

"Nonsense!" Hermione rolled her eyes.

The little witch gently moved her wand, and Andy's entire body immediately floated in the direction of the chamber's entrance.

"Well done!" Andy nodded his approval before controlling Hermione to float behind him.

The two of them, one after the other, controlled each other with a levitation charm and slowly flew towards the base of the chamber.

"It feels so good to have my feet on the ground." After landing, Hermione couldn't help but move her body a bit. The feeling of floating in the air was fun, but after a long time, there was always a feeling of discomfort in the body.

"Hermione, do you think we've developed a new use for the levitation charm?" Andy said as he walked towards the depths of the chamber.

"Of course, it doesn't count!"

Hermione said excitedly, "Maybe the levitation charm will become a new way for skilled wizards to travel in the future."

"Don't forget about Apparition." Andy reminded.

Amid their small talk, Andy and Hermione arrived at the innermost chamber, and after opening the door to the lab, the two of them walked in together.

"Andy, which one should we translate first?" Hermione asked.

Andy found a black-covered book from the cabinet, "Translate this one first."

"Good!" Hermione was full of energy and took the Old English Dictionary and was ready to translate that book.

"Wait!"

Andy hastily pulled Hermione back and said with a helpless face, "Hermione, we are wizards."

"Huh?" Hermione looked confused.

Andy took his wand and tapped it on top of the Old English Dictionary, the black-covered book, and the notebook before casting a spell on the feather quill to make the feather quill write in motion.

After casting the spell, the Old English Dictionary, the black-covered book, and the notebook flew into the air at the same time, and the feather quill wrote rapidly on the top of the notebook.

The black-covered book and the Old English Dictionary flipped back and forth as if someone was actually looking up information.

"This is how a wizard copies a book."

Andy said, "The books at Hogwarts used to be written in Old English, and the professors also had to correct the assignments of the seven grades every week. If they wrote it all by hand, they really couldn't complete it, even if their hands broke."

The little witch was a little embarrassed, "I just ... didn't think about it for a second."

Andy said, "We have to learn to solve problems with our wands and make spell-casting our instinct."

Andy remembered that when Harry and Ron were fighting the trolls in the film, one climbed up to the neck of the troll to start a physical fight while the other stood at a distance and threw rocks.

They throw rocks at a tank with high HP.

It was fine in the first year, but it was unthinkable to throw rocks and fight with the enemy when you were about to graduate in the seventh year, right?

Andy continued, "Now I'll use my wand for everything except for things I have to do with my hands."

"As long as we keep it up for a long time; when we're in danger later on, our hands will be able to pull out our wands before our minds can."

Hermione thought hard about Andy's words for a moment, and finally said, "Maybe you're right, I'll give it a try."

Without having to worry about copying the book, Andy and Hermione were left with absolutely nothing to do.

"Andy, what kind of magic do you think Slytherin would have recorded in his research materials?"

Hermione plopped down on the round table, yawning as she said, "My guess is it must be evil dark magic! Otherwise, Slytherin wouldn't be hiding out here secretly researching it."

"It's magic transfiguration!" Andy said frankly.

Hermione would be able to see the books and manuscripts soon anyway, and she would know the truth sooner or later.

"Magic Transfiguration?"

Hermione stared, "Is that a type of Transfiguration?"

Andy explained, "It's human transfiguration! The body is modified through human transfiguration."

The young witch exclaimed, "Human Transfiguration? No wonder Slytherin is hiding and secretly researching it! Andy, do you think Slytherin might have experimented on the students?"

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