Their mission is to lay eggs and die.
Avoiding other creatures to breed is the instinct of these Fire Grey Snakes. However, this group of Fire Grey Snakes, contrary to their usual behavior, came out from various places to attack the little wizards.
"It's a magical transformation."
Penelope, holding her magic wand, cautiously approached Ian.
"Can you help?"
She gazed deeply at this outstandingly handsome younger schoolmate in front of her.
"Of course." Ian drew his own wand. The Petrification Curse does have some effect on the Fire Grey Snakes, but he felt it was only a temporary solution that didn't address the root of the threat.
"Inflatus!"
Ian cast the spell at a Fire Grey Snake crawling in from the window, and in the next moment, the unfortunate creature began to swell until it burst into a mist of blood.
"????"
Penelope, standing beside him, trembled slightly when she saw this. She wanted to ask, but didn't dare—was that really the Engorgement Charm and not the Severing Charm?
The older students couldn't help but glance over.
However, the first and second-year little wizards looked at Ian with considerable admiration.
"Headcount done! Everyone, stick together. Older students, protect the younger schoolmates." Male prefect Ditrik finally gathered everyone.
He led at the forefront.
Leading everyone towards Hogwarts Hall—besides the tension, Ian also sensed a bit of excitement from this male prefect?
Many of the older students seemed to share similar emotions.
"Applying what you've learned, finally getting a practical opportunity..." Ian didn't plan to blend into the crowd as a nobody, especially since a kind senior had already found him.
Pretend to be weak?
Who in their right mind likes to pretend to be weak?
If you don't pretend to be weak, does that mean you can't defeat a tiger?
Impossible!
"Inflatus!"
"Inflatus!"
...
With the use of magic, skill level rising, the Engorgement Charm leveled up, a sudden enlightenment in Spellless Spellcasting arose, and it became another day of becoming stronger. Even those Fire Grey Snakes frozen by the seniors, Ian eliminated them with an Engorgement Charm to prevent future troubles.
Who knows how long students' spells would last? Sparing one could lead to dozens more being born! Ian felt he was helping the seniors clean up their mess.
However.
"Junior... do you have some peculiar hobby?" Penelope seemed to have a new perception of Ian, feeling more and more unnerved by the sight of the exploding blood mist.
"Huh?"
Ian turned his head in confusion, not forgetting to flick his hand as yet another Fire Grey Snake burst into mist. He had saved another classmate, feeling his moral sense instantly filled.
"Dumbledore wanted me to tell you, the twins you're looking for—it is him." Not daring to ask more, Penelope diverted the topic with another matter.
Having become a prefect of Ravenclaw among so many smart people, Penelope naturally understood what Dumbledore wanted her to do and realized that the younger student might not be what she had imagined.
"Hiss!"
Now it was Ian's turn to tremble. The fluctuation of magical power caused a Fire Grey Snake to swell dozens of times over, the exploding mist splashing onto quite a few of the older students guarding the younger ones.
"What should we do? I want to curse him out... but I'm afraid he'll accidentally cast a spell on me." The seniors could only silently wipe the bloodstains from their faces.
"Sure enough, such a handsome junior, with powerful magic, he must have done it by accident. I must forgive him, otherwise, I'd definitely leave a bad impression on him."
The emotions of several senior girls were very stable; they even exchanged glances, with expressions more nonchalant than the others, as if to show they were less concerned.
"Has Ian been secretly working hard studying?" Qiu Zhang, watching Ian's performance, couldn't help but ask Brother Xiao Hei beside her, who seemed somewhat absent-minded.
"I don't think so; he goes to sleep earlier than William. Ah, I wonder how Rebecca is, whether she's hurt, how could such a dangerous disaster happen at Hogwarts?"
He was worried about his Little Black Sister.
"It must be something Slytherin people did." Qiu Zhang had quite a bias against Slytherin; she wanted to ask Ian's other roommate, but William wasn't interested in talking to her.
"Indeed! So ruthless! Even understands how to intimidate others! He must be the future number two among the Saints! The ancestors' blessing must have placed me in such a good dorm!"
William hid in the crowd with excited eyes, firmly fixed on Ian ahead. His roommate's silhouette seemed infinitely elevated, and he seemed to sense the glory and family praise in the air.
"Cursed House-Elves, if not for them, I could've done more than Ian's homework—I could've washed his shoes, socks, and underwear, surely bringing us closer."
William didn't seem worried about the threat from the Fire Grey Snakes at all.
"Maybe, when Ian is peeing, I could help hold it for him; he took so long in the bathroom yesterday, his hand must be tired." He really couldn't find another role where he could be useful.
Poor kid.
Only eleven years old.
Already pressured by family to curry favor.
"Boom!"
Everyone lost in their thoughts.
Ian was originally shocked that Ariana's brother was actually Dumbledore, when suddenly, near the hall, a loud explosion occurred ahead.