Finally, Madison came to a conclusion: "It seems like every director of the Harry Potter movies loves giving Hermione more scenes, making her look like an all-knowing genius and the only one in the trio who can solve problems."
Basil: "Yes, yes, yes."
Madison nodded with satisfaction and continued, "The movies also cut a lot of fun easter eggs."
"Like Mrs. Gladys Gudgeon, the fanatical fan Lockhart mentioned himself. She actually appears in the fifth book too, still writing weekly letters to a disgraced Lockhart."
"The book also mentions another Vanishing Cabinet at Hogwarts. The one Peeves broke."
"What? You said Hogwarts has one?" Basil was interested now.
He knew how valuable a Vanishing Cabinet was.
Items put into a Vanishing Cabinet didn't truly vanish; they were transported to a connected cabinet elsewhere.
Some wizarding families used them as a secure, singular entry and exit point to protect their homes.
The Grangers had once considered getting one.
But given the expense, and the fact that Vanishing Cabinets used as exits weren't particularly sturdy and could be easily destroyed, they abandoned the idea.
Seeing Basil's curiosity, Madison explained from her end, "Of course. It's all connected to Nearly Headless Nick's Deathday Party, which wasn't in the movie."
"To get Harry out of trouble with Filch, Nick convinced Peeves to smash the Vanishing Cabinet right above Filch's office."
"Nick used that favor to guilt-trip Harry and his friends into attending his Deathday Party."
"That same broken cabinet... Draco spent nearly an entire semester fixing it in the sixth year. Eventually, he used it to let Death Eaters into Hogwarts."
"And the twin cabinet connected to it is in Knockturn Alley, inside Borgin and Burkes. It's the black cabinet Harry hid in."
"In the sixth movie, Half-Blood Prince, the Death Eaters get their hands on it."
"I see," Basil rubbed his chin, thinking he should have Riddle pay a visit to Borgin and Burkes once he returned to Hogwarts.
Maybe tell the owner that Gregory's World Case works great, too.
"I'll continue." Madison coughed lightly. "I mentioned the Deathday Party was cut, right?"
"While everyone else was at the Halloween feast, Harry was at the Deathday Party."
"Harry stumbled upon the petrified Mrs. Norris after leaving the Deathday Party."
"In that context, it makes sense that he'd bump into other students and professors leaving the Halloween feast."
"But in the movie, Harry is coming back from detention. It was already past curfew."
"Yet somehow, the entire school—staff and students—was wandering the halls at night to catch Harry with the petrified cat? That's ridiculous."
"Oh, and History of Magic was cut too."
"So in the movie, Hermione asks about the Chamber of Secrets in Transfiguration class instead of asking Professor Binns. Does that make any sense?"
"With Professor McGonagall's personality, why would she agree to discuss a topic unrelated to her lesson?"
Basil, who received special treatment from McGonagall, raised his hand. "I think it's possible."
Madison smiled and shook her head, assuming Basil was joking.
She ignored him and continued, "After that, Hermione and the boys suspected Malfoy. They planned to brew Polyjuice Potion."
"In the movie, Hermione just pulls Moste Potente Potions off a regular shelf like it's nothing. The ingredients are glossed over too."
"But actually—"
Basil raised a hand: "Professor Montgomery, I know this one. It's in the Restricted Section. I've seen the title on the shelves there."
Madison snapped, "Sweetie, I'm not in the mood for roleplay right now. You know my jaw is sore because of you."
"Yes, Moste Potente Potions is in the Restricted Section. You need a teacher's signed permission note."
"So Harry and Hermione targeted Lockhart."
"This part is funny in the book. Harry sacrifices himself to act out scenes with Lockhart, and Hermione sweet-talks him just to get the signature."
"The movie skipped all of it."
"I always thought Harry Potter would be better as a TV series."
Madison's resentment was growing.
"Later, the ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion were stolen from Snape's private stores by Harry and the others. This is a plot point."
"In the fourth book, when Snape finds Boomslang skin and Bicorn horn missing again, he suspects Harry immediately. Only later does he realize it was actually Barty Crouch Jr. disguised as Moody."
"Next is the Quidditch match."
"The movie changed the rainy weather to sunny, cut the Weasley twins' concern for Harry, the Gryffindor team's unity, and Wood's obsession with winning. Whatever, I don't care about sports on broomsticks anyway."
"But the movie gave Hermione more scenes again. It showed her blowing up the Rogue Bludger with a spell."
"In the book, Dobby stopped tampering with the Bludger because he saw Harry fall and the match end."
"Even funnier: when visiting Harry in the hospital wing, the book version of Dobby is incredibly guilty and sobbing."
"The movie changed it to Dobby waving happily at Harry."
"In the book, Harry actually wanted to strangle Dobby once he figured it out. He only stopped because Dobby looked so pitiful."
"If it were the movie version of Dobby, Harry probably would have choked him out."
"Next, the brewing."
"In the book, Hermione was very cautious. Even in the abandoned bathroom, she brewed it inside a stall, with waterproof flames in a toilet bowl, balancing the cauldron on the seat."
"In the movie, she just sets up shop right in the middle of the bathroom floor."
Basil: "True, very sloppy."
Madison nodded in approval. "And later. The school organized the Dueling Club, right? In the actual practice session, they just let students pair up. That's how Hermione got the chance to pluck a hair from Millicent Bulstrode—which turned out to be cat hair."
"The movie skipped all that straight to Harry vs. Draco."
"That spell Draco used to summon the snake? Snape taught it to him right then and there just to make Harry—who looks like James—look bad."
"Of course, because of the snake, Harry revealed he was a Parselmouth."
"So everyone thought he was the Heir of Slytherin."
"In the book, when Harry heard people badmouthing him, he'd deliberately pop up behind them to scare them."
"In the movie, he just slinks away sadly. It didn't show his Gryffindor side at all."
"Then, Justin Finch-Fletchley gets petrified."
"In the book, Peeves yells about it, and the Hufflepuffs who were badmouthing Harry go pale. It gave Harry a very 'villain caught in the act' vibe."
"It was kind of satisfying. But in the movie? Filch just calls McGonagall. Boring."
"After that, it's mostly similar to the book, just cutting minor details. Like Harry's Christmas gifts, or how Polyjuice Potion changes color and texture depending on the person."
"But there are interesting details. In the Slytherin common room, Malfoy shows 'Crabbe and Goyle' (Harry and Ron) a newspaper article mocking Mr. Weasley. He also mentions for the first time that the Malfoy family's secret stash is under the drawing-room floor."
"Which is where Harry, Luna, and Ollivander are imprisoned in the seventh book."
("And where Narcissa pledged her loyalty to me," Basil thought to himself.)
"Also, the movie made Harry too careless."
"In the book, on Valentine's Day, while running from a singing dwarf hired by Lockhart, Harry's ink bottle breaks. He discovers the diary's secret when he sees it absorb the ink."
"In the movie, Harry just writes 'My name is Harry Potter' in it."
"So brave. Writes in any random book he finds."
"Especially after Ron had just warned him about dangerous books confiscated by the Ministry. Ron listed examples: a book that burns your eyes out, Sonnets of a Sorcerer which makes you speak in limericks for life, and a book you can never stop reading so you have to do everything with one hand."
"And in the book, Harry didn't ask Riddle questions first. Riddle used smooth talk to seduce Harry's curiosity, making Harry volunteer to enter his memory, which misled him to think Hagrid was the culprit."
"The movie's changes really downgraded young Voldemort's charisma."
"Later, the movie cut the course selection. Hermione took all the classes. This was foreshadowing for the Time-Turner in the third book."
"In the book, when the diary was stolen, Ginny just made a mess of the dormitory."
"In the movie, it looked like a tornado hit. Pillows slashed open. Made Ginny look insane."
"What else?" Basil was starting to find this rant entertaining.
"What else?" Madison had vented most of her anger. But since Basil asked, she racked her brain.
"They cut Malfoy sucking up to Snape, saying Snape should be Headmaster."
"The Hufflepuffs apologizing to Harry after Hermione was attacked. They reasoned that even if Harry was the Heir, he wouldn't hurt Hermione. So he must be innocent."
"Ron's fear of the Forbidden Forest. In the book, it was his first time. In the first year, it was Neville who went to the forest with Harry, not Ron."
"They cut Aragog explaining that Hagrid found him a wife so he could have all those children."
"In the book, Harry was quick and used Expelliarmus to disarm Lockhart, throwing his wand out the window."
"That's why Lockhart had to use Ron's broken wand later, which backfired and erased his memory."
"In the movie, Harry and Ron just point their wands at him, and he surrenders."
"Makes Harry look weaker and the scene less interesting."
"In the book, Harry stuffed the diary into the sock, not the sock into the diary like in the movie."
"Anything else?" Basil's eyes were intense.
Madison: "..."
"Spare me. That's it. I can't think of anymore."
Finally, Basil let Madison off the hook.
After reviewing the location of the Horcruxes from her, he let her go.
There was plenty of time later.
Besides, he needed to check if he had awakened any talents.
Under the influx of the strange, omnipresent emotional energy of this world.
"Hmm? No change?" Basil frowned.
But then, he noticed a magnifying glass icon next to the [Red Dragon Bloodline] talent.
After clicking it, text floated before his eyes.
[Note: This talent has mutated under the influence of Emotional Power, unknown Exotic Divine Magic, and the Source of Negative Emotion.]
[Dragon Blood Ignition State: Your skin resists spells with damage below 5. HP +30. Immune to fire and Exotic Magic damage below 100. Fire and Exotic Magic damage reduced by 50%.]
[Consuming an additional 300 Supernatural Energy allows transformation into the 'Dragon of Good and Evil' form.]
[Dragon of Good and Evil: Transform into a 66.6-foot-long Red Dragon with a crown of horns.]
[Fire Damage: 300]
[HP: 500]
[Note: Can stack with the HP bonus from the 'Fenrir Wolf' Echo.]
[Movement Speed: Fast]
[Scale Armor of Evil (Full Body): Ignores damage below 100. Absorbs surrounding fear to auto-repair.]
[Note: This armor is conceptual, so unscaled areas like eyes possess equal defense.]
[Crown of Good (Dragon Horns): Grants 100 damage bonus to self and 50 damage bonus to allies.]
[Note: Shaped by the Sacred Exotic Magic gathered by the King of the Virtuous in the Fairytale World.]
Clearly, "Exotic Magic" referred to the emotional power of this world—what the fairytale wizards called "Magic."
Compared to the Harry Potter world, it was more like a mana bar.
Outbursts of emotion would cause a surge in this magic.
Like Sophie—her emotional power was currently at 23.
That was unimaginable in the Harry Potter world.
This magic, combined with the power of Good from Excalibur and the [Source of Negative Emotion] core in his [Obsidian Shadow] wand, had created a synergy.
It caused the [Red Dragon Bloodline]—Basil's talent as a Fairytale Wizard—to mutate.
Just in the ignition state, his resistance to spells and fire, as well as his HP, had increased significantly.
Not to mention, he gained adaptive resistance to this world's emotional power (Exotic Magic).
And finally, the Dragon of Good and Evil form was born.
This was likely the avatar Rafal spent hundreds of years creating to destroy the Fairytale Kingdom.
The only difference was that the Red Dragon Rafal turned into probably didn't have the [Crown of Good].
According to the system notes, this form was catalyzed by Basil's existing King Arthur concept, fused with the magic of Good from Excalibur.
But unfortunately... 300 Supernatural Energy.
Basil currently had, at most, 19 Magic, even with the [Magic Book] bonus.
If he counted the [Wand Appearance] bonus of 10 to his 'Magic' bar...
That was only 29.
The remaining 271... Basil would be an old man before he naturally accumulated that much magic.
However, after the [Piercing Ritual], once Basil officially took the job of a Fairytale Wizard, he would possess this world's magic—Emotional Power.
If the negative emotions in the [Source of Negative Emotion] could truly be converted into this world's magic, plus Basil's [Inspire] talent... gathering that 271 might not be impossible.