He had been waiting for this day for three years.
Three years, a truly long time.
Felix leaned back in his chair, lost in thought.
Back then, he was still an innocent 11-year-old boy, carrying dreams and aspirations.
Felix admitted to being ambitious. Anyone who was mature in their thinking and had some knowledge of the upcoming events would not lack ideas to make a mark in the world. So, it was only natural that he was sorted into Slytherin House.
However, this House, known for ambition, bloodline, and glory, was not particularly friendly to him. It had been less than a year since the fall of the Dark Lord, and remnants of the “pure-blood” ideology still held sway. As the stronghold of pure-blood families, Slytherin House experienced even greater internal turbulence.
And precisely at this time, a student from a Muggle orphanage was sorted into Slytherin (although one of his parents might have been a wizard, it was not impossible given the circumstances of that time), and the impact on them was immense. In fact, examples like Felix were rare, though not nonexistent.
If Felix were just an ordinary person, or even a typical time-traveler, his seven years at school would likely have been plagued by “campus violence,” “bullying,” and “indifference,”.
But unfortunately, Felix was not an ordinary person; he was a man (boy?) with a golden finger—a person who could forcefully advance the power of certain practical spells through repeated practice, surpassing his level of magical theory.
Of course, there were limits to this advancement.
For example, if his magical theory level was 1, through repeated, extensive, and excessive practice, he could elevate a specific spell to a level 2 or even 3, but the higher he went, the more challenging it became.
Although the golden finger was not all-powerful, it did help him overcome the initial awkward phase. Looking back at his first three years of school, it could be considered a masterpiece of face-slapping:
Before starting school, driven by his curiosity about magic, he spent most of his time practicing two spells that he had mastered. These two spells were “Petrificus Totalus” and “Protego.”
One offensive and one defensive, reflecting his moderate mindset when allocating skill points in his previous life’s games.
Relatively speaking, Petrificus Totalus was simpler. After thousands of tedious spellcasting practices, Felix forcibly raised its level to 2, while Protego was barely cast at a level 1 proficiency.
For someone whose theoretical level was close to zero, this was nothing short of a miracle! The magical world should have awarded him a Merlin’s Medal.
With his level 2 Petrificus Totalus, Felix defeated the entire first-year Slytherin class in the first week of school, and he even managed to knock down a second-year student who had cast a curse on him, leaving him shivering in the bathroom for a night.
This act had a significant impact, at least causing Severus Snape, who had just become the youngest head of house in history, a lot of headaches.
Severus Snape had to bear the external pressure from other Slytherin parents while dealing with the complex internal conflicts within the school. To be fair, this severely tested the management skills of the newly appointed Professor Snape.
And what troubled Snape even more was that Felix, by the end of his first year, defeated the entire second-year class, leaving many seats empty at the end of the year feast.
And in the second year, under Snape’s oppression, Felix restrained himself considerably. Instead of sending Slytherin students to the infirmary on a large scale, he sent them one by one.
By the end of the third year, Felix had become the true powerhouse of Slytherin, the uncrowned king. The effect was significant, and no one dared to disrespect him in the entire school. Of course, there were still some people outside of school who boasted and threatened to teach him a lesson.
Indeed, Felix had spent a full three years in school, but he had never been anywhere else except Diagon Alley to purchase textbooks.
What a miserable school life…
Of course, every story has its twists, and Felix’s twist came in the fourth year.
During the fourth-year vacation, Felix finally ventured outside of school and defeated seven adult wizards who attempted to attack him, sending them all to Azkaban.
That was considered big news at the time, but an even bigger news followed. At the fifth-year entrance banquet, Felix challenged Shafiq, one of the sacred 28 pure-blood families, to a pure-blood family duel.
Felix can still recall the look on Snape’s usually composed face and Dumbledore’s widened eyes. It was quite amusing!
The so-called pure-blood family duel is an ancient form of combat where family members fight against each other until one side is completely defeated or wiped out!
Even in the most chaotic and disorderly times, this type of duel was extremely rare. However, it must be admitted that this form of combat did exist and had not been abolished.
When Felix stood in front of the only Shafiq in Slytherin and calmly humiliated the Shafiq family in front of everyone, following the ancient dueling etiquette (one of the necessary steps in a family duel), the sixth-year Shafiq collapsed on the ground, his body trembling.
Even when Headmaster Dumbledore tried to persuade him after the banquet, Felix didn’t reconsider the duel. He still remembers the words he said to Dumbledore, “Headmaster, Shafiq attacked me twice during the summer vacation! Four people in total! The first time it was one person, and the second time it was three. Do you know what spells they used?”
Dumbledore, with his graying hair, had a profound and wise gaze, but he remained silent.
And Felix calmly continued, “Unforgivable Curses, except for the Killing Curse, they used the other two. Of course, they didn’t succeed. It’s hard for me to imagine that four years after the fall of the Dark Lord, there are still people who would do such things.”
Dumbledore, sounding somewhat weary, replied, “The Shafiq family isn’t Death Eaters—at least not entirely. They are just devoted to pure-blood ideology… a very stubborn family.”
“But that doesn’t make much difference to me, does it? They sent four people after me during the vacation, and as far as I know, the Shafiq family isn’t exactly thriving. Four people… including the elderly and underage, do they have ten members in total?”
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The Shafiq family was completely outmatched. Felix’s combat prowess had been acknowledged during the summer vacation, and with the four Shafiq family members sent to Azkaban, they were left with fewer than four fighters!
They could only resort to using their influence to employ unconventional tactics, but the results were meager because, in the presence of pure-blood families, family honor held paramount importance.
This unfinished duel caused a huge uproar in the entire British wizarding world. After enduring various twists and turns for almost half a year, it culminated in the permanent departure of the Shafiq family from the British wizarding world. The centuries-old tradition of pure-blood family duels was officially abolished through legal means influenced by certain individuals after that.
This event came to be known as the 87 Duel Incident, and its far-reaching impact was no less significant than the fall of Voldemort for certain stubborn factions within the pure-blood families!
During the fifth-year vacation, Felix visited several pure-blood families. In summary, he had amicable meetings and reached friendly agreements on certain issues.
In his final two years at Hogwarts, Felix posed no threat and delved into the mysteries of magic. When it came time to graduate, he expressed a desire to stay and teach at the school. However, Dumbledore rejected his request on the grounds of being too young. Nonetheless, he enjoyed a comfortable life during the other times, and the little snakes behaved themselves.
Summing up his seven years of school life, he had a reasonably pleasant experience.
Of course, Professor Snape might not see it the same way. According to the latest gossip at Hogwarts, a certain professor’s nasty character was related to a notorious student he taught in his early years!
