After eating Sirius's melon, Andy wasn't too concerned about what would happen next.
With Dumbledore in charge and Peter Pettigrew in custody, the case from twelve years ago would finally be resolved.
Andy planned to spend the last few days of his summer holiday taking care of his own business.
First, he would buy his third-year textbooks.
When school starts, Andy plans to sign up for all the elective classes and apply for a Time Turner. If he counts the compulsory classes, Andy needs to buy textbooks for a full twelve courses.
Andy also had a quick look at the textbook for the Defence Against the Dark Arts class.
Hmm... this textbook is normal.
Andy just hopes that the professor will also be normal this time. He doesn't expect him to be highly knowledgeable, just able to teach normally will be fine.
Other than that, Andy doesn't want anything else.
After all, it is quite tiring to say goodbye to a professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts every year.
It is mainly mentally exhausting!
In addition to buying the textbook, Andy also needs to order a few new sets of wizard robes and a new set of supplies, such as a cauldron.
Having made an appointment with Hermione, Andy spent the whole day taking care of everything.
It is worth mentioning that Hermione bought an orange cat.
It was a cat named Crookshanks.
Likewise, it had a fat body, a flat face and a long tail that looked like a paintbrush with every hair standing on end.
In short, it was ugly!
The point is Hermione dotes on it. She always carries the fat orange cat around, muttering, "Poor Crookshanks, no one wants to buy him."
Andy was so annoyed that he couldn't even eat his meal properly.
Ever since he had learned to transform into an animal, Andy had felt a strange affinity for creatures like cats.
But Andy's strange feelings only lasted for a short while.
Because Andy needed to prepare for magic transfiguration.
This time, Andy set up his laboratory in the mountains near Hogsmeade village.
It was a cave, and the materials were readily available. Andy only needed to use magic to transform the overall structure of the cave, and the whole project would be considered a success.
There was still some Polyjuice Potion left.
Andy used it to transform into different identities and bought all the ingredients for the potion from Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley.
Three days before the start of the new academic year, Andy had completed all the preparations for the magic transfiguration.
Now everything was ready, except for a test subject. Once the Resurrection Stone was in place, Andy could officially begin the experiment of dark magic transfiguration – the magic transfiguration that steals the power of death.
To save time, Andy plans to bring his own magic transfiguration to the schedule.
In Andy's plan, the dark magic transfiguration experiment will take place after the start of the school year – after all, the Resurrection Stone is still in Snape's hands at the moment, and he cannot return it to Andy until after the start of the school year.
Half a month after the start of the experiment, if successful, Andy will prepare for his own dark magic transfiguration.
In this way, once the experiment is successful, Andy only needs to wait patiently for half a month to complete his own magic transfiguration.
If the experiment fails, Andy will end it immediately, as there is not enough power of death.
With all the preparations made, Andy can finally rest for a few days.
***
If someone were to list the biggest news in the wizarding world during this period, it would probably be the vindication of Sirius Black.
The Daily Prophet featured Sirius in its headlines for seven consecutive days, and the Ministry of Magic was criticized by many media outlets. Even newspapers in Europe started to criticize the British Ministry of Magic.
Azkaban was attacked, Sirius escaped from prison, the Ministry was invaded, and Sirius was vindicated...
Thinking about what had happened in the past two years, Andy couldn't help but feel sad for the Minister, Fudge—who had only been in charge of the Ministry of Magic for three years.
Some people in the wizarding world had even called for Fudge to step down.
Besides, Andy had a feeling that Fudge wouldn't have an easy time over the next year.
Because Andy and Snape have exchanged letters!
Snape has no intention of teaming up with Andy, but Andy can sense his wavering heart between the lines – he wants to infiltrate the Department of Mysteries!
Snape can turn a blind eye to Andy's crimes, but he will never commit a crime with Andy.
This is the only pride he has as a professor.
Andy naturally won't force Snape.
Infiltrating the Ministry of Magic... Once you've done it once, you can do it again.
When Andy is fully prepared, he will naturally explore the Department of Mysteries again.
There are so many other rooms, the Department of Mysteries archive, and Time-Turners - the Department of Mysteries has so many wonderful things waiting for Andy to explore.
So... Andy hopes that Fudge can be a little more resilient!
After all, if a more capable minister were to take over, infiltrating the Ministry of Magic might not be as easy as it is now.
***
For the last three days of the summer holidays, Andy temporarily put aside his studies and spent all his time with his family.
He talked to Kyle about the situation in the wizarding world, helped Helen with the housework and making potions, or took Isabel to the Muggle world to have some fun.
The three days passed in the blink of an eye.
On the night before school started, Andy opened the system panel.
[Potential Points: 3]
[Charms: 7] [Magic: 3]
[Transfiguration: 5] [Soul: 4]
[Dark Magic: 4] [Mind: 5]
[Alchemy: 3] [Thinking: 5]
[Divination: 3] [Will: 5]
After more than two years of studying magic, Andy's ten attributes have improved a lot. Although the values of some of his talents are still very low, compared to two years ago, Andy's talents have made a qualitative leap.
This is reflected in Andy's powerful magical abilities.
Whether it was the solo battle with Snape in the wilderness or the encounter with five Aurors in the Department of Mysteries, Andy has shown his powerful magical abilities.
The Daily Prophet once conducted an exclusive interview with Scrimgeour, who said: 'The dark wizard who infiltrated the Ministry of Magic that night was extremely powerful. If it weren't for the fact that the opponent didn't have the heart to kill, we might not have come out unscathed.'
Andy's strength has been officially recognised!
After these two battles, Andy had a good idea of his own strength.
If he was a little more cautious and had the help of the Fat Cat Patronus, there would be no one in the entire British wizarding world, apart from Dumbledore, who could defeat Andy in a one-on-one battle.
So Andy set his sights on Dumbledore!
As the saying goes, the rising tide pushes down the receding tide, and the receding tide dies on the beach. Andy thought it was time to challenge the authority!
'If this time's Dark Magic Transfiguration is successful, maybe... I can try to challenge him!'
Andy thought to himself, 'Even if I fail the challenge, it will show just how far I am from the top wizards in the wizarding world.'
No matter how you look at it, it's a win-win!
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