"Today's lesson ends here."
"Everyone, remember the trick of the wand movement, and it will be much easier to cast any spell in the future."
Soon, Ivan's class for today ended: "Q&A time begins, if you have any questions, you can ask now."
Parvati did not ask questions immediately but cast the spell again according to what Ivan said today.
"I succeeded!!"
Looking at the Levitation Charm she cast, Parvati was excited.
"No wonder your Levitation Charm failed before, Parvati."
Hermione was deeply impressed by Ivan's knowledge of magic: "So this was the problem."
"Ivan is truly remarkable. He solved the problem so quickly."
Especially after witnessing the battle that night, Ivan's image was infinitely magnified in the young witch's heart.
Many times, Ivan's words were even more important than those authoritative books.
"Then shall we go back and rest?"
Harry looked at the time and found that Ivan finished class half an hour earlier than usual today.
This was different from his usual habits.
So Harry thought that Ivan might have other arrangements.
"Harry, it seems that you are the one with the best observation among all of them."
Harry just smiled when he received Ivan's compliment.
The longer he was with Ivan, the more he understood his friend's character.
Ivan was very gentle and humble.
He just liked to make some jokes and tease you occasionally.
For example, Ivan often teased Harry with Malfoy, saying that they might have been a couple in their previous life, otherwise, why would they love and hate each other as soon as they met?
"Cough! I admit that we hate each other, but what is this love part about?" Harry thought.
"So, what are we going to do next?"
Hermione claimed to be the person who knew Ivan best, but since Harry came along, our savior had a tendency to replace her and become the person Ivan trusted the most.
The young witch was full of worry and didn't dare to let Ivan and Harry be alone recently.
"Come to think of it, we have been at Hogwarts for almost two months, right?"
Ivan saw the four young wizards nod, so he lowered his voice and said: "Have you ever been on a night tour?"
"Night tour?!"
Hermione exclaimed, but she immediately covered her mouth, then carefully checked the door to make sure it was closed: "Ivan, night tours are strictly prohibited. We can't do things that violate school rules, or we will lose points!"
"Hermione, are you afraid of losing points?"
"…"
Hermione was indeed afraid, but she didn't want to show cowardice in front of Ivan!
She was a witch who wanted to protect Ivan and fight alongside him.
It's just a mere deduction of points, Hermione was not afraid!
"Wait a minute."
Harry asked curiously, "Ivan, are you going to take us on a night tour?"
"Why not?"
Ivan noticed that Harry and Parvati's eyes lit up when they heard about the night tour.
But Neville, the Gryffindor sword's future master, clearly needed more experience.
He was already worried about what would happen if they were caught before the night tour even began.
"Ahem..."
After speaking tough, Hermione's natural fear of school rules once again took the upper hand: "I think we need to plan this carefully, at least be prepared to avoid getting caught during a night tour."
"By the way," Hermione looked at Ivan, "If we do get caught, will Professor McGonagall handle it impartially?"
The subtext was clear—Ivan, you are Professor McGonagall's favorite student. Would she let us off for your sake?
"It's best not to be caught by Professor McGonagall."
"Even if it falls into Snape's hands, it's better than falling into Professor McGonagall's hands."
Ivan said awkwardly, "Everyone in Hogwarts knows that our head of the house is very stern about these things!"
"What should we do then?"
"Of course, don't get caught!"
Ivan smiled, "As long as we don't get caught during a night tour, it doesn't violate school rules."
"Don't get caught..." Hermione held her forehead helplessly.
There was no way. Hermione felt that what Ivan said made sense, and she couldn't find any reason to refute it.
What could she do? If Ivan was going, did she have any other choice but to go with him?
"Count me in!" Harry was eager to try. "George and Fred have mentioned this to me more than once."
"Can you take me with you?" Parvati said timidly, though she was actually very excited. "I've always wanted to go on a night tour..."
How could the little lion of Gryffindor resist the temptation of adventure? The two of them couldn't wait.
"Neville?"
Finally, only Neville was left.
Ivan looked over, and the boy nodded firmly, "I'll go with you."
"Hehe~ Very good."
"Then next, it's time to make plans and set goals."
Ivan said, "Tonight, let's go back to our respective dormitories and meet in the common room after 11 o'clock."
"Where are we going?"
"On the seventh floor, next to the tapestry where the troll beats Barnabas the Barmy with a club."
Ivan mentioned a location, but the young wizards didn't understand the significance of this place.
However, anyone who has read Harry Potter should know that there is a mysterious room at this location—the Room of Requirement.
After Ivan's teaching, the progress of the young wizards was visible to the naked eye.
He thought it was time to increase the amount of training and start actual combat training.
There was no tutorial in this area at Hogwarts.
No, there should have been, but because of a noseless curse, the course was directly killed.
The Defense Against the Dark Arts class is supposed to be a practical exercise, allowing young wizards to solve various dangers and troubles they may encounter in life through magic.
But Professor Quirrell is a fraud.
His class, let alone beneficial, was useless.
Ivan suspected that he did it on purpose, in order to lower the level of the young wizards at Hogwarts and reduce the difficulty for Voldemort to conquer the British wizarding world.
Time passed quickly.
After the young wizards went back, Ivan chatted with Neville for a while, and then gathered with Hermione, Harry, and Parvati in the lounge.
"Are you all here?"
Ivan was relieved to see Hermione and Parvati.
Harry, on the other hand, was surprised that he could come out so silently.
"Ron and the others, no reaction?"
"Ahem."
Harry coughed awkwardly and said, "Well, Ron and the others sleep very deeply at night, and they can't be woken up under normal circumstances."
"Okay."
Ivan didn't know how to respond: 'Should I say that the young wizards of this class are really not vigilant?'
But on second thought, this is Hogwarts, not the wild.
Everyone can be so assured — it is the confidence that Hogwarts brings them.
"Okay, let's go."
Ivan cast a Disillusionment Charm on the four people.
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With a burst of coolness pouring down from the top of their heads, the figures of the five people disappeared in the lounge.
"Merlin's socks! You all disappeared?"
"Oh! I disappeared too!"
"Where are you?"
"Ouch, Harry, you stepped on my foot."
"Ah, sorry, Neville, I didn't see..."
Among the four little wizards, only Hermione was calm and knew that it was the Disillusionment Charm.
In contrast, it was the first time for Harry and the others to experience this magic.
"The Disillusionment Charm, a spell that can make people invisible," Hermione explained. "But this magic can't completely erase the figure. If you get closer, others can actually see it."
The Disillusionment Charm is more like the transformation of a chameleon, becoming transparent but not completely invisible.
However, Hermione soon found something wrong.
"Wait a minute!!"
Hermione was extremely shocked at this moment because she found that she couldn't see the light or shadow of the others at all.
You know, at such a close distance, it is impossible for the flaw of the Disillusionment Charm to go unnoticed.
But the problem is that no matter how Hermione observes others and herself, she only gets one fact—they are truly invisible!
"Is this the Disillusionment Charm that you improved, Ivan?"
"Ah."
Ivan did not hide it and said frankly, "I slightly corrected some details of this magic and optimized it."
What does it mean to "slightly correct" it?
Is this even human language?
Optimizing the spell casually is simply incredible!
"As long as you don't move vigorously, my Disillusionment Charm will be like a real Invisibility Cloak, and no trace can be found."
The principle is not complicated. In fact, Ivan inserted a "memory" into the spell.
This memory allows people to briefly record the surrounding environment when they move, slow down the sense of disharmony caused by distortion, and reduce the probability of exposure.
However, if they move too fast, the small memory will not be able to handle it, causing the light and shadow on the body to distort.
"Even so, it's very powerful."
Harry never thought that spells could be improved. Even though he had seen Ivan's improved magic time and time again, he still found it hard to break away from the traditional mindset.
It can only be said that people are different.
Harry is willing to learn all kinds of magic, but he does not intend to create or optimize magic.
He is self-aware and knows that he is not cut out for this.
"Watch your feet, don't fall."
Ivan and the others were in an invisible state. They were connected one by one, holding hands with each other to ensure that no one fell behind.
The night at Hogwarts was extremely quiet.
As they walked through the corridors, the paintings on both sides had gone to sleep. Only their footsteps echoed faintly in the empty halls.
The little wizards did not ask questions but simply followed Ivan, continuing to move forward.
The whole journey was surprisingly uneventful.
They did not meet Filch, nor were they targeted by Mrs. Norris. They arrived at their destination without any twists or turns.
"Huh~"
With a flick of his wand, Ivan removed the Disillusionment Charm covering everyone.
"Is there anything here?"
Hermione looked around, but unfortunately found nothing.
"Could it be a secret passage?"
Parvati saw Ivan standing in front of the tapestry of the troll: "I heard that Hogwarts has many secret passages. Ivan, did you find a secret passage here?"
"I dare not compare with the Weasley brothers in the ability to find secret passages."
"They are really amazing."
Ivan told them one thing: the Weasley brothers may have found 80% of the secret passages in Hogwarts.
"So many!"
Hermione said, "How many times have they wandered at night?"
"Countless."
Ivan replied, "Except for the first few times they were caught by Filch, they haven't been discovered for a long time."
'Especially after finding the Marauder's Map in Filch's drawer, the Weasley twins completely let themselves go.'
"As long as you don't get caught, it's not a violation," Ivan repeated the words that the two always said. "Tsk tsk, two prank geniuses—you can't learn that."
Hermione wanted to ask what was so good about this; she didn't want Ivan to become like the Weasley twins.
"Don't worry, I'm not that free."
Pranks and such are not as interesting as studying magic.
"I brought you here to prepare for the actual combat training later."
Ivan patted Hermione's shoulder and told them the real purpose of tonight.
"Actual combat training?"
Harry and Parvati had come later, so they didn't know Ivan's original plan.
Now, hearing about actual combat, they were surprised.
"There's nothing here," Harry said.
It seemed like Ivan meant to take them out to find a place as a field for practical training.
"Ivan, don't keep us in suspense, tell us quickly," Hermione said. The little witch was not used to being out late at night. Standing in the corridor on the seventh floor, she always felt uneasy that Filch might catch them at any moment.
"Yeah," Ivan said, waving his hand at the four of them. "Everyone, make way, and then watch what I do."
Next, Ivan walked back and forth against the wall three times in the puzzled eyes of the four.
"I need a room to practice spells..." Ivan muttered as he walked.
And just when Ivan walked the third time, an ancient-looking door began to slowly emerge on the empty wall.
"Huh?"
The four little wizards looked at each other.
They really didn't expect that there was such a magical secret room here!
"This, this is also a secret passage?" Harry asked.
"This is not a secret passage," Ivan stood in front of the door and smiled. "It is the Room of Requirement. Hermione, you should have heard of it."
"Room of Requirement! This is the Room of Requirement!" Hermione was surprised. "Many old books said things about it but weren't able to confirm it. I always thought it was just a legend, made up by little wizards in the past, but I didn't expect..."
She really couldn't imagine that the Room of Requirement was in this place.
"I'll tell you secretly, even the Weasley brothers couldn't find this room."
"So what is the Room of Requirement?" Harry asked.
Neville, looking confused, added, "Yeah... sorry but I don't really understand."
"The Room of Requirement, also known as the 'Room of Coming and Going'," Parvati explained. "Because this room can only be entered when a person truly needs it. It sometimes appears and sometimes disappears, but when it appears, it is always arranged to meet the needs of the person seeking help."
"That's true."
Ivan pointed to the door behind him and said, "The way to enter the Room of Requirement is very simple, just walk past this wall three times, while thinking about the room you need in your mind."
"The room you need?" Hermione repeated.
"Exactly," Ivan said. "If you want to go to the toilet, you will find that this place has become a toilet. If you want something, it will become a warehouse."
"Then, Ivan, your wish just now was for a room to practice magic?" Harry asked.
"Let's go in and take a look," Ivan said, pushing open the door of the Room of Requirement. "If everything worked as planned, there should be everything we need inside."
After he spoke, the four little ones couldn't help but rush inside.
It was a spacious room with torches lit inside, resembling an underground classroom.
There was a row of wooden bookshelves along the wall. There were no chairs on the floor, but there were large satin cushions.
On the shelf at the other end of the room were various instruments such as sneakoscopes, secrecy sensors, and a large cracked magic mirror.
"What are these?" Parvati asked curiously as the little wizards looked around the room.
Ivan explained casually, "The cushions are for when we practice the Stunning Spell."
"What about these mirrors?" Harry asked.
"A kind of Dark magic detector, the small one is called a sneakoscope, and the large one is a magic mirror," Ivan explained, closing the door behind him. "The inside and outside of the Room of Requirement are independent, which means that as long as we close the door, no one outside can detect what happens inside."
"That's great," Harry said. "This is simply the best place to practice spells!"
"Everyone, come and see this basket!"
Hermione said, as if she had discovered something.
Everyone gathered around, and they saw that there were bookshelves in the room filled with various books related to spells and Defense Against the Dark Arts.
"Common Spells and Countermeasures, Victory Over the Dark Arts, Self-Defense Spells, Fighting Poison with Poison..." The little witch's hand stroked the spines of these books, and her excitement was unmistakable.
"Alright, Hermione, there will be plenty of time later," Ivan said, patting the little witch's head, signaling for her to focus.
He then sat on the mat with the four of them and said, "From now on, we will gather here every Friday night to practice magic together."
"At night, just like tonight?" Harry asked, worried about getting caught. He didn't know the Disillusionment Charm after all.
Thinking about it, Harry felt a bit pitiful. Parvati was with Hermione, Neville could follow Ivan, and only he seemed pitiful, weak, and helpless....
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