บท 25: Halloween
Just like that, a few months passed by. And it was already Halloween time. After checking, Edward realized that most of the plots proceeded the same way without him.
Whether it was Harry Potter joining the Quidditch team after Neville had an accident in class, the midnight duel with Draco that led to Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville finally meeting Hagrid's Fluffy.
As today was Halloween, Edward knew that the troll incident would occur. At first, he did not plan to intervene, but he suddenly changed his mind.
Edward realized that with her intelligence and wit, Hermione was the perfect person to be part of his future elite team of powerful and talented witches and wizards that he planned to create. So, he decided to make a great first impression on her.
So, during the Great Hall dinner, Edward took out his version of the Marauder's Map and tracked all the people in the castle. He saw Hermione in the girl's bathroom, and he also saw when Quirrell released the troll.
Using the excuses that he had to go to the restroom, Edward left the Great Hall and headed for the girls' bathroom. And he only showed up when the troll finally discovered Hermione.
Edward watched as the troll raised his club and was about to hit her, he waved his wand and a Shield Charm appeared around her, also deflecting the troll's massive club.
"Professor Bones," said Hermione with a look of relief on her face as she watched Edward slowly approach her while simultaneously ignoring the troll.
"It is very dangerous to be out there alone, Ms. Granger," replied Edward calmly.
"I'm sorry," she replied while lowering her head.
"It's fine as long as you are okay."
Then, Edward looked at the troll that was trying to destroy his shield, with no success whatsoever.
"Interesting magical creatures," suddenly said, Edward.
"Who? Trolls?" asked Hermione with a puzzled look on her face.
"Yes. Many people think that they are stupid magical beasts with a very low level of intelligence. However, most people fail to see the value in them. Do you know that a troll's skin is very magic resistant? Also, this part of its body is part of ancient magic."
"Ancient magic? Is that the same one you mentioned that Harry's mother used to save his life from You-Know-Who?"
"Yes," nodded Edward. "Imagine if wizards could thoroughly understand this kind of magic and replicate it? Imagine having the magic resistance of both dragons and trolls, with the strength of giants? That would truly be a fascinating thing, wouldn't it?"
"But professor, didn't you say that ancient magic could not be wielded by wizards? That only act of pure self-sacrifice can allow a witch or wizard to use it?" asked Hermione.
"You are partially correct. I do not think a wizard can wield the power of love like Harry's mother did. However, replicating the innate abilities of magical animals like trolls and dragons is still possible, just need the right method.
"Not to mention that even if ancient magic is impossible to wield, it doesn't mean that we should not study it. I believe that magic is like science, meaning there are underlying principles that govern them. And our jobs as wizards is to study and discover these principles."
After saying this, Edward then looked at the pondering Hermione and he secretly nodded. He came here not only to give her a first good impression but also to spread some of his ideas to her. Now that he was done, he decided to finish this troll off.
With a wave of his wand, the club of the troll transfigured into long chains that bound the troll until he fell on the ground, squirming and trying to free himself. Then, Edward walked next to his ears and pointed his wand. A powerful scream ringed on the troll's head, rupturing his eardrum, then he passed out. The odd thing was that this sound did not travel out loud but only stayed in the vicinity of Edward and Hermione.
The spell that Edward used by one he modifies the Sonorous Charm into a specific sound wave attack to either kill or incapacitate his enemies--depending on the intensity that he chooses.
Soon after Edward dealt with the troll, he saw Harry and Ron rushing to the girls' bathroom.
"It seems that you have some true friends willing to go through danger to save you, Miss. Granger. That is an enviable thing."
"It seems so."
A few seconds later, Harry and Ron rushed inside and saw the troll on the ground. However, they were more occupied by her safety. After making sure she was alright did they notice Edward and the passed-out troll.
Soon after, the other teachers came, and things proceeded similarly in the book with Hermione admitting that she went after the troll. Of course, she also acknowledged the fact that it was Edward who saved her life.
Then, everybody proceeded to go their ways.
บท 26: Body Modification
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The next day after the troll incident, the school did not immediately return to calm as all the students were talking about it. As for Edward, he was thinking about his future increase in strength.
All the things that he said to Hermione about ancient magic were not just random words but a plan he had made for himself.
On top of increasing his magic power level, Edward also planned to modify his Life Code to have a similar ability to dragon skin and even the strength of giants.
In the original canon timeline, Hagrid was able to bend Vernon Dursley's shotguns into a knot with his bare hand. Although Edward considered himself a pure mage, he did not mind having extraordinary strength just in case he found himself in a place where magic does not work normally.
At first, Edward wanted to transplant another creature's bloodline into himself in an attempt to change his own Life Code, but he soon changed his mind after reading one of the books on the Restricted area.
It turned out someone in the past had a similar idea as him. Although this person did not discover the Life Code, he did find a way to isolate the bloodline of magical creatures and transplant it into other people.
However, according to that particular book, this was a dangerous practice as the majority of bloodline transplants failed. As for the ones who succeeded, their appearances were forcibly changed to be quite similar to the creatures that the original bloodline came from.
For example, if someone were to transplant a Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon's bloodline into them, then said person will develop reptilian features and scales all over their bodies, turning them into half human and half magical creatures.
In the past few months, Edward went back to his secret base on the moon and recreated the experiment in the book. And he discovered that the reason for the failure of the bloodline transplant was because each creatures' bloodline has its own Will embedded into it.
And this Will will fight back when it is transplanted into a foreign body. And even if it fails in the fight, it can slowly transform a person to be more like the form of the animal that the bloodline came from.
After making this discovery, Edward then decided to improve his own already existing bloodline, instead of adding foreign ones to his body. To Edward, since wizards have their bloodlines, then they can be also considered magical animals.
Now, all he has to do is find a way to copy some of the magical abilities or characteristics of other animals--like dragon' skin, giant' strength, and the phoenix's immortal-like ability--and recreate them into his human bloodline.
And if he cannot do that, then he has to create spells that copy these bloodline abilities.
Edward is very close to achieving his goal. In the past months, he has discovered the magic virus that werewolves contain in their bodies that allow them to transform bloodline. He has even managed to isolate and remove this magical virus from any werewolf.
Now, what he is studying is how to program this magic virus so that it does not transform him into a werewolf, but modify his Life Code according to his instruction. Many books in the Restricted Area of the Library have inspired Edward and he believes that by the end of the first year, he should be successful in his endeavor.
Of course, Edward also knows that this process will not be as simple as he made it to be. To properly modify the Life Code, a vast amount of knowledge regarding its complexity is required. However, that problem will be solved by his experiment of observing how the embryo of all kinds of magical creatures develops.
To conduct this experiment, Edward got hold of a lot of magical creatures; a pair to be exact. He then forced them to mate, then placed them in an Alchemy room that observed and recorded the development of the embryo's Life Code from its moment of inception(i.e. just a sperm) to their slow development in the womb, and finally, to the moment they are born.
To conduct this experiment, Edward spent a lot of money as he had to buy countless different kinds of animals. At some point, he felt like he was Noah from the bible.
However, Edward felt like it was worth it with all the data he has received; his understanding of the Life Code has exponentially increased, and he believed that by next year, he should be ready to modify his own body.
By then, he will reach the level of strength of Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Voldemort. By then, no one could truly restrict him in the world. Well. maybe except for Death itself.
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