"Achoo!"
The young girl, who had just celebrated her eleventh birthday, sneezed while lying on her bed, bored out of her mind.
She ruthlessly rubbed her slightly upturned nose, causing two silver strands of hair to stick straight up from the top of her head.
Without a doubt, the only person who would be thinking about her at this moment was the little loli next door, Hermione.
Who would have thought that after fleeing to the Muggle world to escape disaster, she would end up living right next door to Hermione, one of the original story's Golden Trio?
In order to live out her life peacefully as a slacker, she had been a shut-in for years, relying entirely on private tutors who came to her home.
But the one and only time she went out, she was spotted by the young female protagonist, and through a series of coincidences, was forced to awaken a system...
She just wanted to slack off in the Muggle world for her entire life; she had absolutely no desire to enter the dangerous magical world and trade blasts with a certain noseless monster!
Pistols and cannons aren't good enough?
One missile comes flying over, and it doesn't matter what kind of wizard you are, you're all toast!
Why did they have to force her to learn how to poke people with a little wooden stick!
Looking at the information displayed on the pale blue screen before her, she couldn't help but feel another wave of anxiety.
[The Delicious Maiden System is at your service.]
[Host: Kate Shafiq]
[Class: Wizard (Unawakened)]
[Charisma: 7]
[Strength: 4]
[Agility: 6]
[Spirit: 5]
[Vitality: 5]
[Luck: 10]
[Mana: Unknown]
[Stacked Ability I: Gifted Student Talent: Level 7]
[Stacked Ability II: Magic Resistance: Level 6]
[System Main Quest: Decline Hogwarts's admission invitation.]
Seriously… this system definitely had a screw loose.
Its name was weird enough, but even the system's startup sound was very… unique.
Kate would never forget that rainy day when she met Hermione and her mother. She had originally planned to act all profound to make the little brown-haired girl keep her distance.
But she was only halfway through her performance when Hermione took the initiative and pulled her into the bathroom.
The moment the original protagonist's hand touched hers, her vision instantly filled with garbled text.
Then, a cheerful system notification rang out in her mind.
[Ta-da!]
[Congratulations, Host, for choosing the Delicious Maiden System! This system will help the host strive to become even more delicious!]
Listen to that. What kind of bullshit was that?
She thought she had transmigrated into the world of Hannibal.
[This system's purpose is to make the host more wonderful and flavorful. Host, please strictly follow the system's instructions to complete your quests.]
Listen to this… Ugh, forget it.
Considering the young female protagonist was right there beside her, Kate managed to hold back a torrent of curses.
Still, she shut Hermione out of the bathroom.
As she turned on the shower, she listened to the system chattering noisily in her ear.
[System initiating Newbie Gift Pack. Host may choose one.]
[Charisma +1]
[Luck +1]
[Hermione Granger's Limited Gifted Student Talent. A growth-type talent that can be upgraded as your favorability with the limited character increases. This option will not be available again once this window is closed.]
This description… really shows some blatant favoritism, hey…
Though she was speechless, Kate patiently chose the last option.
And just like that, a new stacked ability was added to her pitifully short list of personal attributes.
[Note: Stacked abilities can only be used when in contact with this world's main characters or with individuals whose favorability with the host has reached a certain level.]
[Note: The attributes of abilities copied from male characters will be halved. Please use them wisely, Host.]
Oh, so even if she managed to copy the abilities of a certain noseless man, she wouldn't be able to trade blasts with him.
What else was there to say?
Wasn't it better to just keep slacking off!
And so… Kate took the Portkey her old butler gave her and ran for it.
In the years that followed, she did try to distance herself from that enthusiastic little brown-haired girl, but it was just too good!
The Gifted Student Talent was just too damn good!
Although its initial level was only 3, it was enough to raise the reading comprehension of someone like her—a total slacker in her past life—by several levels!
Heaven knows how much effort her old butler, Rand, had put into getting her to read more books related to the magical world.
To repay him for the hardship of taking care of a little brat like her at his old age, Kate could only tearfully get closer to Hermione.
And tearfully upgrade the Gifted Student Talent to Level 7.
Along the way, she also copied the old butler's Magic Resistance.
For all these years, besides the occasional level-up notification that would pop up when she and little Hermione were studying together, the system was basically just a character attribute panel on display.
Just when even Kate thought she could live out her life peacefully as a slacker in the Muggle world, an owl landed on her windowsill.
"HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Miss Shafiq:
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress"
Kate's hands trembled as she read the letter.
It's here, it's here. The letter that thousands of children and billions of adults in the real world dreamed of receiving was now in her hands.
As someone who had read the original novels several times in her past life, it would be a lie to say she wasn't excited.
But when she thought about the things that might happen after enrolling, Kate couldn't bring herself to be happy.
Voldemort, the second-generation Dark Lord. Although netizens in her past life loved to jokingly call him the noseless freak or England's hick gangster…
When you're truly shrouded in the shadow of something more terrifying than any terrorist, no one can face it lightly.
In this life, her name was Kate Shafiq.
The Shafiq family was one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight pure-blood families in the magical world, definitely considered famous and renowned, with mountains of wealth.
Yet, this illustrious family's population had gradually dwindled during the years of struggle against Voldemort, and now, she was the only one left.
Because she had transmigrated a bit late, she didn't have a deep impression of her so-called family members, nor any real affection for them.
But watching the number of people gathering for dinner at home decrease day by day, it was inevitable that a shadow would be cast over her.
So when the butler proposed taking her away from the magical world to seek temporary refuge, she agreed without a second thought.
And now they wanted her to go back…
Kate took a deep breath, looked at the letter in her hand, then glanced at the main system quest in her quest log.
Damned system, for once, I'll listen to you!
She stomped downstairs barefoot to the butler's bedroom, knocked forcefully on the door, and blurted out the moment it opened: "I'm not going to Hogwarts!"
"I am very sorry, Miss Shafiq, to hear you say such a thing upon our first meeting."
Kate: ???
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