Chapter 113
Back in the dormitory.
Daphne and Astoria were in their own rooms.
"Soren, I have called upon some lower-year students who are friendly with my family, in the name of Greengrass. They are all from Slytherin, and the prototype of the Dragon Society has already been established," Daphne reported first.
Astoria interjected, "I have no issues here either; Hestia and Flora from the Carrow family have also agreed to join."
Soren valued the twin sisters Hestia and Flora highly; they carried the bloodline of the Carrow family, which was one of the Sacred 28 pure-blood families. Moreover, the wands they used were made from the same magical creature materials, and if they cast spells together, they could produce a synergistic effect greater than the sum of their parts.
This synergistic effect was quite astonishing. Historically, the Boot brothers, founders of the Ilvermorny School in North America, had once teamed up at the age of 16, using wands of the same origin to unleash power that could rival the infamous dark witch, Gormley Gunter.
Thinking of this, Soren couldn't help but whimsically imagine a scene where Harry Potter and Voldemort teamed up against an enemy.
"Well done!" Soren asked, "How many people are in the organization now?"
"Following your instructions, I haven't reached out to the upper-year students for now, nor have I let our year know, so the main force consists of third and second-year students," Daphne said.
Soren planned to leave the upper-year students to Narelle, but Narelle's loyalty and abilities were still under assessment, and he didn't want to attract the attention of the Ghost Society. Therefore, Soren decided to put off recruiting them for the time being.
As for the first-year students, they had just enrolled and were not yet familiar with the school's daily life, and they might lack awareness of confidentiality, so Soren was not considering them for now.
"There are only you, me, and Mori in the fourth year, six students in the third year, and ten in the second year including Astoria," Daphne summarized. "That makes a total of 19 people, which is even better than I expected."
Soren carefully reviewed the list Daphne provided and was very satisfied with her organizational skills. After complimenting her, he asked, "Is there anything else? When shall we hold the first general meeting?"
Daphne frowned slightly, as if organizing her thoughts, then said, "Soren, I don't know if you've heard of the 'Ghost Society' student organization?"
Soren nodded; it seemed even Daphne was aware of the Ghost Society.
Daphne continued, "This organization is very mysterious; I don't know much about it. I only heard of its existence while recruiting members. I heard that your brother was invited... as for whether he accepted, I don't know."
"As for the Ghost Society, you two should keep it in mind; I'll mention it to Mori. You don't need to worry about them for now... They need to be more discreet than us, so they definitely won't act against us openly... We just need to be careful."
Soren didn't want to have any conflicts with the Ghost Society for the time being. Dealing with Lestrange and Selwyn was manageable, but facing an organization with unknown strength like the Ghost Society at the initial stage of establishing their own organization would be unwise.
Moreover, based on the tropes Soren was used to from reading light novels in his past life, provoking the small fry could very well attract the big players. Behind the Ghost Society was the Walpurgis Knights, who could use two generations of dark wizards as pawns!
In the following time, Soren immersed himself in studying "The Book of Ancient Dragons," beauty potions, gnome pombe cultivation, and advanced applications of the Ironclad Spell.
Time flew by, and soon it was October 1st.
The Sleeping Dragon Society held its first organizational meeting in Newt's suitcase space. The new members were filled with curiosity about this mysterious space and developed even more admiration for Soren's magical prowess.
First was a self-introduction ceremony to help the members get acquainted, followed by Daphne reading the pre-designed rules and regulations. The most important rule was that the existence of the organization must not be disclosed to any third party, and violators would face very severe penalties. The Sleeping Dragon Society would operate as a completely secret underground student organization.
Next, Daphne announced the three main purposes of the Sleeping Dragon Organization:
First, to increase the cohesion of the organization. Every senior member has the obligation to guide junior members they encounter, while members of the same year should help each other, communicate, and maintain a good interactive relationship.
Second, the organization will regularly hold duel training sessions to cultivate members' practical combat abilities. This activity will be personally supervised by Soren—at this point, many members couldn't help but cheer.
Third, resource sharing. The organization aims to gather the collective strength of its members to establish a shared library in the suitcase space, allowing each member to contribute and share knowledge. Currently, all members come from Slytherin, mostly from wizarding family backgrounds, and can transcribe family collections to contribute. When members from Muggle family backgrounds appear in the future, they can conduct research for the organization or complete tasks, at which point a fair system will be established to calculate their contribution value in exchange for equivalent resources in the library.
There's no need to worry about the initial resources for the shared library. Soren himself, along with the collection of the Greengrass family, has over five hundred books, even after excluding some private collections that are not suitable for public disclosure.
Referring to Hermione's creation of Dumbledore's Army in the original work, Soren issued each member a gold Galleon with a mutable spell as a membership card. Whenever members are summoned, whether for a general meeting or combat training, the coin will change to display the time and location of the gathering.
After completing these tasks, the Sleeping Dragon Society officially adjourned.
["Main Character Force" Sleeping Dragon Society Established!]
The next day, before dawn, Soren got up and explored the castle dungeon—destination: the kitchen!
Soren left the Slytherin common room and walked through a wide stone corridor, discovering various food illustrations decorating the surrounding walls.
"Not bad luck." Soren quickly found a large portrait depicting a huge silver bowl filled with fruit.
He gently touched the large green pear inside the silver bowl, and to his surprise, the pear began to wiggle and, giggling, suddenly transformed into a large green doorknob. He reached out, grabbed the knob, and pulled the door open, entering the legendary kitchen.
The kitchen was as large as the hall above, with many dishes arranged on the surrounding cabinets. Four long wooden tables were also set up, identical to the tables of the four houses in the hall above.
Some food was already laid out on the tables, presumably for the students' breakfast. When mealtime arrived, house-elves would magically transport the food to the corresponding tables above.
"Sir, is there something you need?" A house-elf spotted Soren and hurried over to him.
"The dining hall isn't open yet, so I thought I would check out the kitchen," Soren said with a polite smile.
"Please follow me, sir." The house-elf took Soren's hand and led him to sit at the edge of a table. Six house-elves hurried over, carrying a large silver tray with a pot of milk, ham, fried eggs, toast, salad, and pumpkin porridge.
"Thank you." After pouring himself half a cup of milk and enjoying a delicious meal, Soren asked, "This is my first time here; may I walk around and explore?"
"Of course, sir!" The house-elf nodded eagerly.
Soren was most interested in the food cold storage, as wizards do not use Muggle refrigerators, and to his knowledge, there was no cooling spell in the magical world. The so-called "Binding Spell" actually immobilizes the target and stops its movement.
Soren strolled leisurely around the kitchen.
There were hundreds of house-elves in the kitchen, skillfully waving their long fingers to magically control knives, spatulas, soup spoons, and stew pots, orderly carrying out various cooking procedures.
At the end of the kitchen, Soren finally reached a small room specifically for storing ingredients. The door was engraved with a rune resembling a Neolithic symbol—Soren recognized this rune as "Isa," meaning "ice" and "stillness."
The rune emanated a powerful magical aura.
At this moment, Soren had already gained a basic understanding of ancient Neolithic spells and was well aware of their difficulty.
Soren possessed extensive knowledge of ancient magical scripts. Even he had spent a considerable amount of time and effort mastering the "Guardian" Neolithic rune—having first encountered it during the silver spear trial, and even when helping Astoria dispel a curse, he could only cast a half-finished Neolithic spell.
Until the moment Lohart self-destructed, in a moment of desperation, Soren successfully manifested the magic, completing the entire process of the ancient Guruni spell. This achievement may seem astonishing today, but in reality, he had only mastered a single ancient Guruni magic symbol from the vast sea of runes.
It is said that wizards of the Middle Ages understood the ancient Guruni spell, which filled him with admiration and longing for the wizarding world of that era.
Whether it was the four founders of Hogwarts or the Peverell brothers who invented the three Deathly Hallows, their application of the ancient Guruni magic symbols was truly remarkable, something Soren felt he could hardly compare to. Whether it was the Invisibility Cloak of Death or the door to the kitchen's cold storage, the powerful magical fluctuations they emitted even after nearly a thousand years were undoubtedly impressive and became Soren's future goal.
Soren pushed the door open and walked in.
The moment Soren stepped into the cold storage room, the "Isa" magic symbol emitted a dazzling white light, transforming into a pure white beam directed at Soren!
Soren knew the power of the ancient Guruni spell and dared not use the Iron Armor Charm to block this attack.
He raised his right hand and quickly drew the "Eihwaz" rune with his index finger. A small palace-like illusion immediately enveloped Soren, and the two ancient Guruni magic symbols collided, producing a hissing sound and canceling each other out.
The commotion was not small. All the house-elves rushed over to see what was happening.
Suddenly, the little elves parted to the sides, revealing a walkway. An elderly house-elf, leaning on a cane, slowly approached Soren and spoke in a frail voice, "The one foretold in the prophecy, you have finally appeared..."
The elderly house-elf introduced himself as Goober, the eldest among the more than a hundred house-elves in the Hogwarts kitchen. He had lived in Hogwarts like other house-elves since birth until the day he was chosen as an elder, inheriting a prophecy from the previous elder.
The prophecy stated that a student from Hogwarts would come to the kitchen, trigger the magic above the cold storage, and successfully withstand it on the spot.
Over the years, countless students had ventured into the kitchen, but none had ever triggered this magic.
In fact, all the students came for food, showing no interest in anything else in the kitchen.
Goober raised his cane and released a unique house-elf spell at an inconspicuous corner of the cold storage, where an ancient-looking pot suddenly appeared, emanating a faint silver glow.
"O foretold one, you are the chosen heir of Hufflepuff. Take this pot; it is Hufflepuff's most cherished treasure. When you use it to brew food, it can enhance the flavor..."
What? What use is this pot? As the young master of the Malfoy family, when would he ever need to cook himself? Not to mention, he already had three house-elves serving him.
As if sensing the disappointment on Soren's face, Goober smiled and said, "Do not underestimate this pot. As one of the most powerful wizards of her time, Hufflepuff's treasures cannot be so simple!"
What? Old man, don't speak only halfway!
Goober gently touched a pattern on the front of the pot, and it immediately transformed into a cauldron!
"As long as you inject a bit of magic here, it can turn into a cauldron. If you use it to brew potions, it can increase the success rate and shorten the brewing time..." Goober explained.
Upon hearing this, Soren finally showed a look of surprise. High-level complex potions like the Polyjuice Potion, Truth Serum, and Felix Felicis all carry a significant risk of failure, even when brewed by a master potion-maker, not to mention the lengthy brewing times that can last weeks or even months. If it could improve the success rate and shorten the brewing time, the value of this cauldron was simply immeasurable!
[Hufflepuff's Cauldron Obtained!]
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