"Ivan, how about we go back to the dorm after dinner and play some wizard's chess?" Ron asked Ivan on Wednesday afternoon after their last class, munching on a chicken leg with his mouth full in the common room.
Ivan slowly put the last piece of steak in his mouth, thought for a moment, and shook his head in refusal.
"No, I have to go to the library later. You can play with Harry."
"Harry's chess skills are too awful, there's no challenge at all," Ron said, shaking his head in disappointment. Then, as if he had suddenly realized what Ivan had said, he dropped the chicken leg in his hand onto the ground.
"Good heavens! The library? I thought there was only one person in the whole year who would go there!"
"Hermione?" Ivan thought for a moment. The only young wizard who would run to the library every day just a few days after the start of school should be their know-it-all Miss Granger.
"Yes, who else could it be?" Ron said with an exaggerated tone.
Harry, who was standing nearby, suddenly tugged on Ron's shoulder. Ron then realized that Hermione, holding a stack of books, was also in the common room, so he lowered his voice and told everyone how much Hermione liked to lecture and how arrogant she was.
Fortunately, perhaps because of the distance, Hermione didn't react, so she probably didn't hear Ron's words.
Harry also stood there awkwardly, listening. He didn't like talking about people behind their backs, but the other young wizards were very interested.
It has to be said that in the short few days since the start of school, Miss Granger has become famous in the young wizards' gossip circle for her lecturing nature.
Ivan didn't participate in the discussion about Hermione, but he wasn't surprised by this situation.
After all, they were all eleven or twelve-year-old wizards, and no one liked being lectured to, especially by a peer.
"Ivan, what are you going to do in the library?" Harry asked curiously.
Are your brothers not fun anymore? Pui, are your brothers not good enough? Or is wizard's chess not fun anymore? Although Ron didn't say anything, his eyes clearly meant that.
It was like a buddy who always made plans to play games after school suddenly saying one day that he was going to the library to study hard.
The corner of Ivan's mouth twitched.
He didn't want to play wizard's chess at all, he was just making some attempts to see if there were other ways to get academic points.
It's not because wizard's chess is novel and fun...
"Don't you guys think the professors are giving us more and more difficult assignments? What will we do at the end of the term if we don't work hard now?" Ivan glanced at Harry and sighed after a long while.
Ivan knew that his talent was mediocre, coupled with the disadvantage of his wand's compatibility, his spellcasting level was basically in the middle to lower range among the first-year wizards.
In this case, if he wanted to improve the evaluation of the professors, he could only work hard on the knowledge level.
Improving his knowledge reserves and answering questions might even get him some impression points.
"Ron, are you coming?" Ivan asked Ron as he packed up his things after eating.
Although Ron's magical talent was a little better than his, it was at most above average. Compared to Harry, the gap was still obvious. In addition, Ron himself didn't work hard, so he would be the weakest of the Golden Trio in the future.
So, out of good intentions, Ivan still gave him a reminder.
Although Ivan didn't expect Ron to agree.
Sure enough, Ron shook his head rapidly. "Are you kidding me? We've only been here for a few days, the end of the term is still far away, what's the rush?"
"Then forget it," Ivan said, not caring, and walked straight towards the library.
"Watch, Ivan will be back in an hour at most, otherwise I'll eat the chessboard," Ron muttered, swearing.
Hogwarts Library has the most and most complete magic books in all of Britain and even Europe, from ordinary teaching books to profound forbidden spells and dark magic, it can be said that everything is available!
Ivan, who came to the library for the first time, was also shocked by the massive collection of books. Rows of bookshelves were closely connected together, and each bookshelf had as many as thousands of magic books, which was much more spectacular than what Ivan had seen in movies in his previous life.
Perhaps because it was the beginning of the school year, there were not many young wizards in the library. They were scattered in twos and threes, leaning on the bookshelves or the corridors, which left a lot of space in the middle rest area.
[Ding, discovered the library]
The system sound that rang in his mind pulled Ivan's attention back. He took a closer look and found that the task of exploring Hogwarts in the task tree had increased by five percentage points at once.
And more importantly, counting the added academic points, he could just gather enough 100 academic points needed to redeem the academic master experience card.
Ivan couldn't help but look towards the restricted section. The mind-reading and Occlumency magic he was looking for could be found here.
"Child, are you looking for any books?" Mrs. Irma Pince, the librarian, walked over from the side and asked softly.
"Yes, madam, where are the books related to Transfiguration? Preferably the more basic ones," Ivan retracted his gaze from the restricted section and turned to Mrs. Pince.
"Come with me," Mrs. Pince guided Ivan to a bookshelf, took out "A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" from the shelf, and handed it to Ivan. Then, she paused and continued.
"You were just looking at the restricted section. Unless you can get authorization from the professors, you are not allowed to view or borrow related books."
"I'm just curious, I'm not really planning to go in," Ivan said, shrugging casually as he held the book in his hand.
Ivan didn't intend to read these dangerous forbidden books in the near future, after all, with his current magic foundation, it was not appropriate to learn these profound magic.
Anyway, there was still a whole semester left, he would wait until he had free time and opportunity.
After explaining to Ivan, Mrs. Pince turned around and left neatly, after all, she had to keep an eye on those older wizards, and almost every once in a while, a wizard would try to break into the restricted section.
Of course, before leaving, Mrs. Pince did not forget to remind Ivan to prohibit noise in the library!
Walking to the rest area and sitting down, Ivan was not in a hurry to experiment with the effect of the academic master experience card, but turned over the book by himself, preparing to read for a while in a normal state, and then compare to see how many times the learning efficiency could be improved.
Soon, only the sound of turning pages was left in the lounge, and occasionally the thoughts would be interrupted by a slight noise from elsewhere.