"Wow... that's brutal!" Adrian muttered.
Standing at a high position, he could see a wizard in an old wizard robe come out of the ruined room cursing. Judging from the shape of his mouth, he seemed to be complaining about his bad luck.
After all, there were so many houses around, why did it have to attack his?
The werewolf's recovery ability was truly amazing. During the time it had been knocked to the ground, the wounds on its body had already begun to heal.
The wizard obviously saw this too. His expression became even more impatient. The wand in his hand began to spread with black energy, and his mouth chanted an unknown eerie spell.
The black mist spread to form the appearance of a human face. Its mouth opened and closed as it rushed toward the werewolf on the ground with a piercing scream.
At this moment, the red brick wall behind was knocked down by a massive force. Another taller werewolf with silver-white fur rushed into the battlefield and slammed the thinner werewolf aside. But the black gas corroded its arm.
The silver-white fur was corroded by the black gas and fell off. There were deep wounds on its arm with no sign of healing at all. The werewolf let out an angry roar, then bit the thin werewolf and ran away.
The wizard's face was gloomy as if it could drip water, but he didn't chase. Instead, he waved his wand and cast a repair charm to restore everything to the way it was before the battle.
Even with such a big commotion, the rest of Knockturn Alley remained quiet. No one would come out to stop or check it.
For them, this was just another peaceful day in Knockturn Alley.
At least there wouldn't be one or two more dead bodies on the street tomorrow.
Adrian, who'd watched the whole battle, looked very grim. The strength of both sides in the battle exceeded his expectations. If he'd been involved just now, it would be difficult to say whether he could escape unless he used grade points for experience card mode.
But his grade points were only one thousand, which couldn't be replenished. They were used once and gone.
'It seems I must find a way as soon as possible to raise the Patronus Charm to level four' Adrian thought urgently.
'And I'm too lacking in high-le'thality curses...'
[Ding!]
[The first school year is over. The host is detected to have returned safely. The system is updating...]
While Adrian was lying on the bed planning how to improve his strength during summer vacation, the long-absent system prompt sounded at this moment.
'System update?'
Adrian immediately sat up from the bed and began to check the update items in his mind, but the system was still cold. There was no hint or even mention of when the update would be completed.
The only thing that made Adrian feel a little safer was that when updating, the system's functions wouldn't be closed because of this, which meant he could still consume grade points to improve combat effectiveness in critical moments.
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The next morning, Adrian still woke according to his biological clock even though he hadn't slept well. Relying on his memory, he brushed his teeth in the bathroom, then Adrian sat at the dining table, holding a knife and fork, preparing to eat.
However, after waiting for more than half an hour, he didn't see Irene. If Adrian had known how to operate the magical kitchen at home, he would have done it himself.
It wasn't until the time was near nine o'clock that Irene in her nightgown yawned and walked out of the room.
"Sit down first. I'll cook." After Irene finished speaking, she entered the kitchen and walked out with plates in a few minutes.
Breakfast was very simple, a few sandwiches and two bowls of porridge. But the taste wasn't bad, only slightly worse than the house elves at Hogwarts.
"Mom... What happened with those werewolves last night?" Adrian called out a little stiffly, but fortunately, Irene didn't seem to notice the slight difference in the address.
"Did you hear that too?" Irene looked at Adrian for a moment and tapped his head with a spoon. "Then go to bed early next time!"
Adrian was quite speechless. How could he sleep with such loud wolf howling?
Irene then explained aloud.
"That group of werewolves suddenly came to Knockturn Alley more than two months ago. It's possible they couldn't stay in other places and were driven over. It's just that they'd been very low-key and didn't cause any major trouble before, so no one wanted to deal with them."
"I just don't know why things got out of control yesterday." Irene showed some doubt here but didn't think too much about it.
Now that something had happened, that group of werewolves probably wouldn't be able to stay in Knockturn Alley.
Adrian didn't intend to continue asking. After satisfying his curiosity, he quickly turned the topic to the Trace and explained his plan to practice magic during summer vacation.
"That's easy. Give me your wand and I'll take care of it for you. It may take a week, or maybe a little longer." Irene was very satisfied with Adrian's learning enthusiasm and said so.
"Okay." Adrian handed the wand over.
Since Irene had a solution, that was naturally best.
But after the wand left his hand, Adrian felt empty and insecure. What should he do for the next few days?
After thinking about it, Irene put down her knife and fork and walked into the basement. When she came out again, she had a wooden box in her hand.
"You can use this wand first for the next few days. Try to see if it fits." Irene opened the box, took out the wand inside, and handed it to Adrian.
Adrian curiously reached out and took it, trying to channel magic into it. He found the process was very smooth. Under his wave, the sandwiches and porridge on the table floated.
At the same time, Adrian looked at the newly appeared information in the system bar.
[Magical item: Wand (hawthorn wood, dragon heartstring, twelve inches long)
[Magic: Medium]
[Compatibility: 89%]
[Description: This wand has been specially treated. There are seven ancient runes in the middle that can conceal the fluctuations and traces of spellcasting.]
"This also has eighty-nine percent compatibility. How unsuitable was my wand before?" Adrian murmured silently in his heart.
However, the explanation in the description still surprised Adrian. He looked at the middle of the wand. There were a few strange characters there. When he'd used the Levitation Charm before, he'd noticed the fluctuation of the spell was indeed much weaker than usual.
"How is it? Is it comfortable?" Irene asked.
"It's comfortable." Adrian nodded.
"I knew it would fit you well." Irene wasn't surprised and put away the empty box.
"Did you make this wand, Mom?" Adrian looked at the strange characters burned into the wand and asked curiously. He remembered no other wands seemed to have such a thing.
"Of course not. Making a wand is very advanced technique. I just modified this wand." Irene shook her head.