Chapter 431: Rice: I Didn’t Sign up for Alchemy? Why Is This Course on the Schedule?

Voldemort walked on the busy streets. He wrapped his head with cloth and bandages, so that outsiders could not see his true face. But this appearance of hiding his head and face almost wrote "I have a problem" on his forehead, which also caused no one in the bustling Diagon Alley to be willing to approach him.

This is exactly what Voldemort wants.

If the hounds of the Ministry of Magic smell his scent, they will definitely pounce on him. In the past, Voldemort didn't mind someone rushing over to die, but now it's not possible. Now he has lost the ability to cast magic and can't stand the tossing.

The reason why Voldemort took the risk to go to Diagon Alley was naturally to get a wand.

The damage left on his body by the mysterious strong man before has basically healed, but the violent magic is still interfering with the flow of his magic, making Voldemort unable to cast magic without a wand.

But if he can get a wand, everything will be different. Voldemort, who is proficient in spells, naturally understands what the blessing of a wand means to a wizard. It means from nothing to something, from zero to one, it is a qualitative change in the level of spellcasting. Casting without a wand is completely different from casting with a wand.

At this moment, Voldemort naturally couldn't walk into Ollivander's Wand Shop to choose a wand, so he set his sights on the second-hand shop in Diagon Alley, where there are second-hand wands for sale.

The sources of these wands are more or less shady. After all, the importance of wands to wizards is self-evident. The wands that appear here basically have only two sources: wands that are damaged and abandoned and then repaired, and wands of dead people.

"How much?" Voldemort stared at the second-hand wands in the corner of the shop. In the past, he disdained it, but now he almost drooled when he looked at these rags.

The shop owner looked at Voldemort for a moment with a scrutinizing eye, and then slowly said: "The left one is three Galleons, the right one is five Galleons, no bargaining."

The second-hand wands did not drop in price too much because they were second-hand, and they were not much cheaper than the first-hand wands at Ollivander.

Voldemort was silent after hearing this, because he had no money...

After his resurrection, he mastered the power of death, and there were people from the Secret Society around him, so why should he consider money? In fact, after he chose to use the name Voldemort, he basically never carried money with him - the master of the Death Eaters, the contemporary Dark Lord, how could he spend money to buy things?

After hearing the shop owner's offer, Voldemort said "hmm" without comment, turned around and walked two steps into the store, and the shop owner followed him directly.

Voldemort did not show any abnormality, but just walked around the store, taking one or two things from time to time to look at them, and asking the shop owner a few seemingly stupid questions from time to time.

He was waiting for the right time.

How to get a wand without money? It's very simple, either steal or rob, and these two skills are very familiar to Voldemort, who was born in an orphanage and served as the Dark Lord.

There are not many people in the store now, and there are a few passers-by outside the store. It's not the best time to take action...

Suddenly, Voldemort's eyes condensed: he caught the opportunity!

He touched the store owner's arm, and the other party immediately became alert, but Voldemort didn't say anything, just quietly pointed outside the store. The store owner looked back and found that a rat-like wizard was quietly putting the goods on the stall outside the store into his pocket while he was focusing all his attention on the masked man in front of him.

Yeah? I actually misunderstood this masked man? He is quite nice! Such a thought flashed through the store owner's mind, and then he immediately took action.

"Hey!" The store owner shouted, and pulled out the wand from under his robe, and then shot out a stun spell.

The wizard ducked quickly, and the Stunning Curse brushed his hair and hit a passerby. The wizard took the opportunity to flip the stall in front of him towards the owner, and then ran away.

In the chaos, Voldemort walked out of the second-hand store, shook his robe, and took the opportunity to roll up a second-hand wand on the shelf that was in good condition.

The owner was chasing the wizard who stole things and didn't notice Voldemort's little move at all.

After succeeding, Voldemort quickly left this place of trouble. After turning a few corners and walking into a secluded alley, he began to check the harvest that he had taken a huge risk to get today.

A wand that looked good, but judging from the color of the wand handle, the wand was obviously not from a decent place.

Voldemort snorted: The goods sold in Diagon Alley often cannot withstand tracing!

But compared to Knockturn Alley, the goods in Diagon Alley are still much more normal. The reason why Voldemort chose Diagon Alley was that he was worried that he would fail in Knockturn Alley without a wand and unable to cast magic.

With a wave of his hand, a string of sparks suddenly appeared at the tip of the newly acquired second-hand wand, and Voldemort laughed coldly: Great, I finally got some of my power back!

He could feel that even if the magic power was still sluggish, he could finally cast some simple spells.

"Hey, you look very happy-"

Suddenly, a voice sounded behind Voldemort. He looked back and saw two people appearing at the entrance of the alley, completely blocking his way out.

"Why don't you tell us why you are so happy?" The other person had a malicious smile on his face and stared at Voldemort.

Voldemort: ...

He hasn't encountered such a thing for a long time.

The atmosphere of Knockturn Alley is still the same as when he was young... the strong prey on the weak, and evil is rampant.

"It's just a wand..." Voldemort said softly, and before the two could react, Voldemort swung a punch and hit the man on the left on the chin, knocking him out instantly.

The wizard on the right raised his wand and shot a spell like lightning, but Voldemort easily dodged it by turning sideways, and then a pale green light flashed across-

The second wizard leaned against the wall of the alley and fell slowly. He had stopped breathing when he fell to the ground, and there was a panic expression on his face, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying before he died.

Voldemort stood there, gasping for breath.

The killing curse just now had exhausted all his strength. After forcibly using magic to release the spell, the magic power left in his body by the mysterious strong man boiled up again, messing up the situation in his body.

This is also the reason why he used his fist to solve an enemy at the beginning-he only had the power of one blow.

Sweat soon soaked his robe, and Voldemort's fingers were shaking constantly. He felt extremely bad at the moment.

"Hu... Hu..." He panted, endured the discomfort and squatted down, rummaged through the two robbers for a while, robbed all their wands and cash, and twisted the neck of the fainted wizard.

After doing all this, Voldemort took a few deep breaths again and walked out of the alley with all his strength. He knew very well that the location where he had just clashed with the two gangsters was not very good. It was at the entrance of the alley, and it was possible that someone saw the movement of the killing curse.

He had to leave as soon as possible. Now he did not have the ability to stay awake after casting the killing curse again.

Sure enough, the sound of the Killing Curse scared away all the wizards who were walking on the edge of the law. Even in Knockturn Alley, it was extremely rare to use the Unforgivable Curse.

No one wanted to get involved in such a dispute, and they all ran as far away as possible.

However, this "window period" was short-lived. After a while, there would definitely be bold wizards who sneaked over to check the scene and see if they could pick up any bargains. These small shrimps might be able to use things that the dark wizard bosses looked down on.

If Voldemort didn't leave quickly, he would run into these "hyenas", and then there would be more twists and turns.

Voldemort walked quickly on the empty street and disappeared at the corner at the end of the street. Now he needed to find a secluded place to heal his wounds and use time to dispel the hidden injuries left in his body by the monster.

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Hogwarts Castle was lively again.

The selection ceremony at the opening ceremony last night was still a topic that everyone talked about with relish. Harry Potter of Gryffindor, Hermione Granger of Ravenclaw, Cedric Diggory of Hufflepuff, and the Greengrass sisters of Slytherin are all hotly discussed figures.

Of course, there are some unexpected contestants, such as Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, and Les Lint.

These people are either known for their mediocre qualifications or crazy. Compared with Neville and Luna, Les's reputation is much better, because he is just low-key and not noticeable. If you really dig deeper, you will find that this guy's test scores are suddenly a mess.

Les didn't pay much attention to this. His purpose of participating in the competition is fundamentally different from other contestants.

To put it bluntly, he is a bit like the GM in the krypton gold web game, and a bit like a dog, who is used to ensure the smooth operation of the game.

Of course, he is also quite looking forward to the "uncontrollable details" mentioned by Rowena: what kind of thing can make Rowena feel out of control? Isn't this too amazing?

After a few perfunctory words to his classmates, Rice sat down at the long table of Slytherin College and started to enjoy breakfast.

Apart from other British meals, breakfast is still quite rich. While Rice put various fried and grilled foods on the plate, he took out the class schedule for this semester.

Although the main task of this semester is to participate in the competition, Hogwarts still prepared a class schedule for the contestants, because the start time of the competition is set in October, and they have to follow other students for a month.

After taking a look at the class schedule, the first thing that caught my eye was the two big red squares on Saturday and Sunday. As contestants who will represent Hogwarts in the competition, their weekend time is completely occupied.

The professors of Hogwarts will make up lessons for them during this period to strengthen their emergency response capabilities and make them more prepared for future competitions.

Skipping the weekend, Rice's eyes continued to wander on the class schedule.

He was looking at which classes he could skip, and then he was surprised to find that there was an Alchemy class on his schedule.

This is weird! Les froze with the fork in his hand suspended in the air: he didn't meet the registration requirements for Alchemy at all!

First of all, he had never taken the O.W.L.s exam - he had to get five "excellent" grades in O.W.L.s and must be excellent in Charms to be eligible to take the Alchemy class. Secondly, even if he met the requirements, he would not take the initiative to take Rowena's class - he was not that free.

Then, there can only be one reason why the Alchemy course will appear on his schedule: Rowena is behind it.

No way, again? Rice complained in his heart.

Obviously, Rowena needs an assistant, and he was chosen by her.

But it was not only Rice who received special care. Others such as Daphne, Astoria, Hermione, Cedric and others were also forced to have an Alchemy course in their schedules.

They are all Rowena's key training targets.

Compared to forcibly participating in the championship, it is still acceptable to take Rowena's Alchemy. Rice also wants to see Rowena's methods.

She is the best at Alchemy among the four of them. In the past, if you want to listen to her share her experience, you have to pay tuition. Now you can listen to it for free, which makes Rice feel like picking up a thousand gold galleons.

The same is true for other students. They all have a strong curiosity about the legendary Alchemy.

This subject is so unpopular that Hogwarts even stopped offering this course for a long time. Now that it is reopened, almost no one can resist the temptation to listen.

In order to save time, Rowena arranged the class time of the whole school together, and all students, regardless of grade, were divided into one class. But this is normal, because after many screenings, there are only seventeen students in Hogwarts who can take her class.

The class is not held in any classroom, but in Rowena's office.

When Les, Daphne and Astoria rushed to Rowena's office together, they found that there was almost no place to stay inside.

Although there were only a dozen students, the professors' offices were obviously not designed with so many people in mind. More importantly, most of the area in the office was occupied by a large platform, which made the office look particularly crowded at the moment.

"It looks like everyone is here." Rowena's voice suddenly sounded, and the next second she appeared from nowhere and appeared in front of everyone.

"Then we can start today's teaching. I will show you what alchemy is." Rowena waved her hand, signaling all students to go into her office first.

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