{Library, Hogwarts}
{4rd Sep 1991}
{3rd Person POV}
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"Did I say something?" Hermine asked and Rigel turned back to look at the concerned look on her face.
"No..." Rigel replied as he waved away her worries, though he did not know how to explain the situation. Should he introduce the Slytherin bigotry right in the introduction phase?
'I hope she does not run away,' Rigel thought as he continued, "...it wasn't something you said, Daphne, well she is the heir to one of the oldest magical houses in Britain, so she is just a little tense around muggle-borns?" Rigel explained.
Hermione's face hardened as her eyes swayed from his face toward Daphne's retreating figure. "You mean she left because I am a muggle-born?"
"In a sense," Rigel replied. The conversation stopped there as an awkward air rolled through the table, Hermione seemed put out by the idea so Rigel had to shift the conversation, "...so how are you liking Hogwarts so far?"
'Requirement Analysis' Rigel thought, he pulled up Hermione's page once again as he browsed through the changes that had taken place. Of the 8 requirements he had already completed one, granted it was the easiest one since he already had practiced all of the spells beforehand.
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[Requirements!]
[1. Get better marks than her in any class or test.] {Locked: LP needed- 100}
[2. Consistently beat her in performing a spell before her 3 times in a row.]{Completed}
[3. Explain to her your understanding of magic and agree to join her study group.]{Locked: LP needed- 500}
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Since there haven't been many classes both Gryffindor and Slytherin shared just 2 classes together, for Potions and Transfiguration. Still in the first Transfiguration class itself, he learns all three spells before Hermione. Although only one of them was recognized as a spell by the system, it seems the requirements were set from Hermione's POV so he was fine.
With at least one requirement done, he could technically begin working on Hermione but he decided to hold off on seducing the brunette for the time being. Considering that she had just seen an ugly side of Slytherin, he didn't want to do something that would paint him with a similar brush.
'Though I would have to get to her soon, maybe after saving her from the troll... will the troll even be let loose in this world?' Rigel thought. The randomness of the world events and the growing distance between the current and canon timeline meant that he could not predict these smaller things.
'For now, I should focus on my current magical capabilities and prepare a fight with a Basilisk just in case.' Rigel thought. He looked at Hermione and decided on a simpler plan.
"Hogwarts?" Hermione repeated his question as she thought about it, although the style of teaching was definitely something she was unfamiliar with the vastness of the library itself stimulated her thirst for knowledge.
"What can I say, to someone who had no idea that something like magic was possible? The grandness of it all... is breathtaking and at the same time overwhelming." Hermione admitted as she tried her best to explain her feelings.
"I can understand that totally... I-" Rigel stopped as he looked around, his actions got Hermione's attention, and when he leaned forward and whispered Hermione leaned closer as well. "I grew up in an orphanage in London so I had to change a lot of plans to come to Hogwarts. Though I realize I have got quite a sum of money that has been left behind from my Father's side so now I'm stuck in a war against one of the other older families over my inheritance." Rigel admitted.
His words made Hermione go through an entire range of emotions from pity to surprise to confusion. Reading her was a lot easier than Daphne or other Slytherin girls that was for sure, "But I still can't get my hands out of the possibilities with magic. From what I could find about potions, most medwitches can cure almost any injuries so quite possibly cancer and other terminal illnesses could be cured. Can you imagine how good it would be for the world if we could modify the potion recipes by understanding their chemistry, we might be able to come up with a cure for cancer if we can recreate its effects..." Rigel gave Hermione an excited look.
Hermione was confused at the massive amounts of info that Rigel dumped on her, but still, she was easily able to appreciate Rigel's train of thought. Especially since she grew up with a deeper understanding of science after completing her studies and her graduation mastery was on the subject of chemistry itself.
"I know, but apparently magic and electricity don't mix and to study the chemistry of potion ingredients we need to absorb them through an electron microscope and other devices and experiments that need electricity to work..." She pointed out, that she had already searched through this avenue and couldn't come up with any good solution.
"Yeah, that might be a problem, though the reason behind that could simply be that the two forms of energies don't work together or cancel each other out. I can't tell anything without some experiments but over the summer I couldn't do anything since I was forced to be in a lockdown..." Rigel shrugged.
Hermione nodded, she looked over her shoulders and then replied, "I did manage to look at the Snake Fangs that we used today under a normal lens microscope before, and it worked fine, though I couldn't sense anything special about the ingredients, there were no hints of any kind of energy that might interfere with an electronic reading..." She whispered. Rigel looked at Hermione with surprise and then nodded. It would make sense that she would not wait patiently for a few months before Hogwarts.
Rigel knew Hermione was smart from the stories but in those, she was just depicted as booksmart. Now he was thinking that it may not entirely be true and other than her beauty, her smarts might be the greatest gain he could get upon dominating her.
'If Daphne and Hermione combine their knowledge of Potion and Chemistry, I'm sure they could come up with a way to make amazing new recipes...' Rigel thought, though the task of getting the two opposite witches to work together wouldn't be easy.
'For now, let's focus on the immediate task at hand.' Rigel thought.
"Hey, you have already scoured the library a lot right? Did you find any spell that can copy and repeat the sounds?" Rigel asked.
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AN - Sneak peek into late-stage empire-building stuff!
P.S- 36 Extra Chapters on P.atreon!
{Library, Hogwarts}
{4rd Sep 1991}
{3rd Person POV}
"Hey, you have already scoured the library a lot right? Did you find any spell that can copy and repeat certain sounds?" Rigel asked. He needed to copy roosters crowing before whoever had the diary began his murder spree.
"A spell to echo sounds?" Hermione questioned, she turned her head toward the bookshelves as she went through the books she had read in the last 3 days in her head. There was nothing that exactly matched what Rigel was asking about but there indeed was a book on illusion magic that dealt with auditory illusions.
"I don't remember any spell that does exactly what you are asking, but there was a spell I read about in a book that can make copies of books, maybe there was something like what you want in there," Hermione spoke and upon seeing Rigel nod in interest, she motioned for him to follow her.
"Follow me, it was right here in that section over there... is this your first time coming to the Library?" Hermione asked.
"Well yeah... being labeled as the dark lord kind of makes it difficult to move about in the castle," Rigel shrugged and Hermione turned around to look at Rigel only to notice that his eyes were looking down at her ass.
She turned back around and blushed as she tried not to sway her hips too much. Hermione knew she was quite beautiful, back in the muggle world she had many suitors because of her intelligence after being bullied in her teenage years. Her confidence actually took a hit when realized she was lacking only after coming to the Wizarding world and comparing herself to the witches like Daphne.
The freckles on her face were quite pronounced and her chest was flatter than most witches her age, still, the fact that her chest would grow if she practiced more magic gave her some comfort. Even before coming to the wizarding world, she had heard some whispers about comments made by boys about how her breasts were rather small.
She shoved the indecent thoughts from her mind and focused on the situation she found herself in. Rigel was smart, that much she could conclude based on his insights into magic and the way he approached learning. He was open-minded about her blood status although she was aware that the rest of her house was not too friendly with her fellow muggle-borns. A couple of days ago, Dean Thomas, another muggle-born from Gryffindor, had already faced some bullying at the hands of some Slytherin second years.
'But is it worth it to interact with him and bring trouble for both of us in the long run?' Hermione questioned. For the first time even though the answer was particularly clear, it logically being a resounding NO, she felt herself reluctant to actually follow through with her reasoning.
Was it because she could empathize with the situation that Rigel was in, probably? Was it because she found him a little attractive...
'Who am I kidding,' Hermione berated herself for lying to herself and admitted that the boy was attractive. He was lean with a hint of muscle, his dark locks curled slightly as his hair was on the longer side. He may not be the most handsome guy she had ever seen but he felt more real.
There were slight bags under his eyes that were likely the result of late-night studies. A picture of Rigel working hard in a small room in an Orphanage sprung to her mind and she wouldn't lie that she found that image a little attractive. And above all else, she knew the reason she was reluctant to walk away from this small interaction she was having with him.
He walked away from that gorgeous blond simply because he could see that she was nervous. It was a simple gesture and one he did unknowingly perhaps but she couldn't help but feel a little grateful toward him.
Her train of thought came to a stop as she suddenly came to a stop. Maybe it was too sudden as she felt Rigel barely stop himself from colliding with her, his attention likely focused on her swaying ass which she unknowingly had begun doing again. She felt his strong hands wrap around her tender waist for just a second as he stooped himself from colliding with her.... the second was agonizingly long before he backed away.
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"Sorry about that... err I was looking at the title of the books and didn't notice you stop," Rigel immediately fired an excuse.
Hermione gave him a look that he couldn't decipher but she was blushing slightly as she nodded. Rigel was relieved when he saw no negative emotions filter onto her face as she reached up and picked out a book from the shelves. He read the title of the tome.
'''Illusion Magic: The Realm of Lies'''
He gave Hermione an inquiring look with his eyebrows leaning upward, her choice of reading material was quite unique.
"It seemed interesting..." Hermione defended herself with a lame shrug to which Rigel nodded. At the very least the author knew what he was doing as he extended his hand and Hermione placed the book in his grasp. In a swift motion, he took the book from her and opened it. His focus shifted from the beautiful brunette to getting a piece of the puzzle that might be his biggest trump card against the danger that he might end up facing this year.
The first few pages of the book were rather simple with the author rambling about the usefulness of his magical art that Rigel somehow doubted, still the first spell did surprise him.
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'''...Take for example the Fire writing spell, more commonly known as the Flagrate spell. Flagrate is the incantation of a charm that allows one to write or draw in midair with fiery lines. The shape lingers for some time. But have you ever noticed if you can actually get burnt by these floating lines of firey words? The answer to that question is No because even though the incantation of the Fire writing spell is very close to that of the Burning Touch Curse (It's incantation being Flagrante), this spell had nothing to do with the rest of the fire-conjuring charms.
The incantation closely resembles most family commonly known fire spells because Fire is already linked to the Latin words in your mind so it makes focusing on the effects a little easier. In addition, since this spell doesn't require wand movements except the slight twisting of your wand, it is easy to mistakenly classify the Flagrate spell with the Flagrante curse and the rest of the Fire conjuring spells.
So what is the Flagrate Charm, the charm works by conjuring a small mist that magically alters the light that touches it giving it the appearance of fire to anyone who sees the spell, another interesting fact you would notice is if you try to use the spell in complete darkness it doesn't work and you couldn't see your writing floating in front of your. Illusion magic is a branch of magic that combines charm and Transfiguration, so even though it might look like a simple spell, beware that the difficulties of these spells might be greater than most 3rd year spells...'''
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AN - Had a rough day, feeling a little under the weather today so the chap is a few minutes late. Slept a little too much!
P.S- 36+ Extra Chapters on P.atreon at- p.atreon.com/Light_novel_addict
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