When a man has a goal, even the greatest difficulties can be overcome with all sorts of ingenious methods.
Cohen's method of quickly and safely earning sin points—
in the following two weeks, Cohen played a series of highly efficient pranks on his classmates and second-year wizards.
Friday morning, after the last Potions class.
"You have to explain this to me, Mr. Norton."
Professor McGonagall blocked the door of the Potions classroom, her eyes practically spitting fire:
"According to Mr. Macmillan, he only came into contact with the candy you gave him before his hair turned green."
"Maybe the candy went bad..." Cohen argued, "Or maybe it was my father's prank. I heard him say he wanted to dye my hair green last time—" "
Oh, so the 'hair clip that suddenly squeaks and turns into a mouse' that you gave Miss Abbott was also your father's prank, Mr. Norton?" Professor McGonagall emphasized "Mr."
"That's my mother—"
"Solitary confinement, one week!"
Professor McGonagall handed down her verdict:
"I've taught your parents, so I know they wouldn't play such pointless pranks on anyone—you don't want them being called to school two weeks before Christmas, do you?"
"Over a hundred students have come to me in the last two weeks to report you—some even screaming that you're the Dark Lord. You should be ashamed. Classmates are partners who help each other through tough times, not the targets of those stupid pranks!"
These accusations were somewhat exaggerated. Cohen was merely secretly absorbing a bit of their amusement while telling them some horror stories told in his own voice.
Cohen felt that if it were Voldemort, it would be their souls and lives that were destroyed, not the rainbow unicorn and Babytty in their hearts.
"Grow up a bit, stop learning childish tricks from the Weasley brothers..." Professor McGonagall said earnestly to Cohen. "Your talent in Transfiguration and Charms is very high. If you're really bored, you can come to me and Professor Flitwick to discuss and learn some knowledge for the next stage."
"Charms are not toys to be played with casually. You need to understand that if you make a mistake, it can lead to some very serious consequences..."
Professor McGonagall spent nearly half an hour educating Cohen on how to treat his classmates "kindly." Only after Cohen repeatedly nodded and swore that he would not do it again did she reluctantly let him go.
Yes, yes, Cohen admitted that he had indeed gone too far...
But putting aside the fact that Cohen had squandered his sin points and failed to accumulate enough to unlock the side quest, were Hogwarts students without fault?
"Are you completely unreasonable?"
After returning to the Room of Requirement, the Earl scoffed at Cohen's "conscience struggle."
"I'm just eleven years and four months old. Being childish is normal, okay!" Cohen lay down on the bed in the corner of the room and stretched comfortably.
After two weeks of relentless effort, Cohen finally managed to rack up his sin points. [ Current Sin Points
: 1999]
Almost there! Who will be the last target of this prank? It's so hard to guess—
Cohen's gaze fell on the incessantly chattering Earl. "Aa
...
Fortunately, this unexpected method had managed to steal a little, which made Cohen feel that the conditions for earning sin points might be related to the target's level of acceptance.
[Current sin points (2000/2000) have been met, evil side quest unlocked]
[Note: You inherently evil Dementor, I'm going to download Genshin Impact into your system]
"..."
Cohen felt that he would never have a sunny smile again—no, Dementors can't produce sunlight, that's what sunflowers are for.
[Evil Side Quest (1/7)]
[1. Prevent Harry Potter from obtaining the Philosopher's Stone]
[Reward: 1000 Sin Points, Frostbite (Weapon)]
[Note: Subsequent evil side quests will change depending on your choices, please pay attention to your stance]
"Simple, I'll just get the Philosopher's Stone, won't I?"
With that, Cohen no longer concealed his aura—
"When the hell are you going to turn my hair back!" The Earl roared this sentence for the second time in this room, "I must have created mosquitoes in my past life to end up as your pet in this one!"
This time, Cohen didn't need to go to Professor Kettleburn to get scolded, he could now cast the counter-spell of the Vanishing Charm.
But this spell might bring a lot of things, because it not only brought back the Earl's feathers that had just disappeared, but also the feathers that Cohen had previously made disappear...
"You bastard—"
—After
entering November, the climate in the Scottish Highlands began to become somewhat cruel.
What was originally a "slightly cold" autumn season had, in just one month, been covered in frost.
Cohen suspected that Dumbledore's decision to make Filch work in the castle was pure torture—Filch had to shovel all the frost crystals off the brick floor in front of the castle all by himself, without being able to use magic.
This made Filch a ticking time bomb during this period; any young wizard who dared to come within five meters of him outdoors would be locked up for two days.
Fred and George contributed significantly to provoking Filch, sneaking out every night to sprinkle water at the castle gate to make the ice harder to shovel.
Cohen did the same.
"You have to eat some breakfast, Harry,"
Cohen said kindly, looking at Harry, who looked like a student preparing for his high school graduation exams, on a sunny Saturday morning.
"I don't want to eat anything," Harry said, his head aching.
Today was his first Quidditch match, and Snape had confiscated the copy of "The Wonderful Quidditch" that Hermione had lent him—he hadn't been able to get it back from Snape.
And Harry witnessed a horrifying sight—Snape's leg was covered in blood, a mark Harry was certain Snape had left as he tried to pass through the three-headed dog in the fourth-floor corridor.
"It's hard to say, I think it was him too," Cohen said, siding with Harry.
Snape was definitely the one who stole the Philosopher's Stone, right?
Voldemort was also a strong possibility…
Quirrell was hiding too well—holy crap, who is Cohen Norton?
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