In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Of course, contacting Dumbledore doesn't mean you can reach him by just contacting him.

The Ministry of Magic has strict control over all communication methods in the wizarding world. Even if you want to adopt an owl, you need to go to the Department of Magical Transport to register. The Auror Command has the right to shoot down any owl that has not been registered.

It will take time for Aberforth to contact Dumbledore, and Jon is not in a hurry. After all, they have not yet obtained the set mission goal, and they still need to find a way to solve the three paintings in the tower.

"The methods used to make the magic portrait are not superb, but the process is very complicated, especially the emotions of the portrait itself need to be added. But if you want to destroy a portrait, you can actually use a universal cracking spell."

"Curse stop?"

Aberforth nodded.

"Yes, although the universal cracking spell cannot completely erase the magic on the portrait, it can turn the portrait into an ordinary portrait for a period of time, and the length of time depends on your mastery of the cracking spell. But the problem is , the ordinary cracking spell can only have an effect on one target at the same time, which means that after you rush into that room, you can only disable one painting."

Jon frowned and then asked.

"So what do I do?"

Aberforth shook his head.

"If there was only one painting, then this would actually be a pretty easy thing to do, but now that there are three paintings, I don't know what to do next."

Jon thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked

"Can we teach someone else this spell?"

Although he didn't say everything, Aberforth understood the meaning.

"You want me to find a way to get two magic wands, let you take them into the castle, and let you teach the little girl who has discovered your identity and another person to unspell the spell. The three of them can cast different spells on different portraits at the same time. Use a spell?"

Jon nodded and said.

"Universal Unspelling is not a difficult spell to learn. As long as you can find a way to get two wands, you teach me and I will teach them. It shouldn't take two or three months."

This seemed like a perfect solution, but Aberforth poured cold water on him.

"This idea is indeed feasible, but you still can't avoid the enrollment contract on those Muggle students." Aberforth explained to him, "That contract not only restricted their space for activities, but also allowed them to only During the execution of the contract, there will never be a way to hold the wand. The Dark Lord has thought of it from the beginning, and is prepared to eliminate the possibility of these children coming into contact with the wand to cast spells from the source."

Jon asked still unwillingly.

"What would happen if they got the wand?"

Aberforth answered him seriously.

"Three years ago, an adult Mudblood wizard couldn't bear the oppression and tried to steal the wand of a mixed-blood wizard and flee from the UK. He had received a normal magical education before the Dark Lord took control of Hogwarts, so he knew How to cast spells with a wand. But after the Dark Lord took complete control of magic, he was forced to sign a slave clause similar to the current enrollment contract, giving up the right to use the wand for life, and the moment he got the wand In an instant, the hand holding his wand was singed."

It's vicious, but it's also effective.

As long as the mudbloods are unable to hold the wand for the rest of their lives, then even if they want to resist, they will not be able to make any waves. They are not even as good as the goblins who have also been taken away the right to use the wand. After all, they still have their own rights. The method of casting spells belonging to one's own race.

Jon's idea was rejected. After that, they could not think of any other more effective plan. They could only learn the universal wand gesture and spell pronunciation from Aberforth, and mastered the spell themselves. Let’s talk about other things.

It was already late at night, so Jon did not stay here in Aberforth and returned to the castle at three or four in the morning.

Although Christmas has passed, there is still some time left for the Christmas holiday.

Pure-blood and mixed-blood students have not returned to school yet, and the campus still seems empty. However, after the Christmas dinner, most of the professors have returned to the school, including Snape and Barty Jr., they all She is a single teacher and doesn't have much of a family. If she doesn't have anything to do outside, she basically stays in the castle.

In the day or two after Christmas, Jon had been alert to Snape's reaction. The Marauder's Map was always open. Whenever he had time, he would pay attention to see if anyone passed by near the principal's office. , or have plans to enter.

After all, Voldemort's ban on anyone entering his principal's office was just a guess on his part. Whether Snape and Barty Jr., two of his confidants, had permission to enter and exit it, Jon needed to observe more.

And also after Christmas, he began the punishment given to him by Dolohov, cleaning the public bathroom in the castle alone until the end of the holiday.

Having alone time is not a punishment at all for Jon, and he hopes that Dolohov will assign him more opportunities like this in the future.

As long as he always looks at the Marauder's Map and pays attention to whether anyone is passing by the bathroom, Jon can use this time to practice the spell. As for the cleaning work, using a wand to cast a Cleansing Charm is undoubtedly much faster and more convenient than hand gestures, so After the punishment, his life became more comfortable and compact than before.

The only thing that makes people a little uncomfortable is that the smell in the bathroom is not very good.

After finishing today's work, I returned to the basement. There was not so much work to do during the holidays, so most of the other Mudblood students were able to have some free time. However, their freedom of movement was still restricted and they could only work in the basement. The underground cannot go to the ground.

It was already time for dinner when Jon came back. Their food in the past few days was slightly better than before. At least the bread was not so hard, and they could occasionally drink some pumpkin juice with flavor.

Even if the discovery of Jon's true identity was made clear, Hermione did not show much closeness to him in normal times. This little girl was indeed very smart and knew what to do and what to restrain.

"This holiday is much better than last semester." Hanton sat next to Jon during the meal. He bit the bread and chatted quietly, "Mr. Dolokhov is very happy these days, and those few The professors who usually hate us have all gone home. During last Christmas vacation, Crutchie accidentally bumped into Professor Carlo when she went to water the flowers in the garden, and she was almost tortured to death by that professor. .”

Jon just listened absently at first, still thinking about how to solve the problem of the three portraits, but after a while, he suddenly seemed to have thought of something and turned to stare at Hanton.

"You mean Professor Carlo is not in the castle this holiday?"