Over the next few weeks, Kate immersed herself in grinding spells and exercising her body.
Because a lot of things happened last month, she hadn't been able to stick to her exercise plan, so she hadn't gained a single Attribute Point.
This undoubtedly made her quite irritated; failing to milk the System for freebies was practically a disaster for her.
Therefore, this month, while Hermione was busy revising, she finally freed up her hands to train her body hard.
The final result was that after less than a month of training, her physique hadn't noticeably improved, but her height had shot up a bit, reaching 152 centimeters.
Among thirteen-year-old girls in this era, that was already considered tall.
This made her stand out prominently among the crowd of eleven-year-old kids, and even the probability of her being called on to answer questions in class had greatly increased.
Because of this, Slytherin had also earned quite a few points thanks to her, causing the little snakes' attitude towards her to visibly improve.
Except for Malfoy.
This guy seemed to hate her even more than before. The moment he saw her, he was eager to use every sarcastic word he had learned since birth.
But every time he wanted to say a few more words, he would be choked back by a single glare from Kate.
Talk about being weak but addicted to picking fights.
Kate had no interest in this little kid Delar, who was a girl disguised as a boy. If it weren't for the alchemical item hidden who-knows-where on him, she wouldn't even bother dealing with this guy.
According to her estimation, the function of the alchemical item on Delar should be gender disguise—at least before hitting puberty, it hid things quite well.
In that case, there was no need for her to risk exposing Delar just to take back the alchemical item, lest it cause unnecessary trouble.
As for Hagrid's side, in order to avoid risks, she never went to the gamekeeper's hut again after sending over a reading list. Furthermore, more than half a month ago, she had already notified Newt about this matter.
Newt replied indicating he understood, but as for what he planned to do afterward, she had no idea.
It would be nothing more than notifying Dumbledore, letting Old Man Dumbledore pay attention to the matter, and then arranging all the transfer measures after the little dragon hatched.
No matter how you looked at it, this was much more reliable than those kids privately contacting Charlie Weasley in the original works.
So, while Hagrid thought he was keeping everything hidden, she had already leaked the secret.
Tsk, it did sound pretty scummy when put like that.
Finally, after completing a final five-minute plank, Kate at last heard the System's notification sound.
[Routine Quest: Complete the required exercise tasks for one consecutive month. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining 5 Attribute Points.]
Before Kate even had time to catch her breath, she immediately allocated them, adding them to a few of her weaker attributes.
[Delicious Maiden System is continuously at your service.]
[Host: Kate Shafiq]
[Profession: Wizard]
[Title: Lord of the Manor]
[Charisma: 40]
[Strength: 28]
[Agility: 27]
[Spirit: 30]
[Vitality: 61]
[Luck: 27+5]
[Mana: 53]
[Academy Reputation: 27]
[Family Reputation: 18]
[Wand Output Power: 1.6]
[Wand Attribute Points: 8]
After a month of training, her Strength attribute had automatically increased by one point. The other points were evenly distributed among Strength, Agility, and Spirit.
The moment the Attribute Points were added, she felt as if her weak arms had recovered a bit of strength.
"I'm still short 5 Attribute Points for Strength and Agility. Fortunately, I just need to persist for another month to add them."
She sat on the floor without any regard for her image, letting out a long breath and quickly adjusting her breathing.
Aside from exercising her body, she had also practiced a few spells this month. Her Levitation Charm, which was already at Level 9, went without saying, but she had also trained her other spells up to Level 5.
She had even practiced the Unlocking Charm to Level 7, not far from Level 8.
Kate couldn't wait to see what kind of spell the Unlocking Charm could extend into.
But before that, she needed to do some stretching and take a shower.
Thank the System. Besides urging her to exercise, it actually came with a complimentary stretching tutorial, saving her from being tormented by soreness to the point of insomnia after every workout. It was simply deeply moving.
An hour later, having just finished her shower and preparing to sit on her bed to practice Occlumency once as per routine, Kate suddenly heard a knock on the door.
It was already past curfew at this hour; who would still come visiting?
She walked to the door vigilantly, pressed down on the doorknob, and asked, "Who is it?"
Prior to this, she had already cast an Anti-Unlocking Charm on the door, precisely to prevent anyone from sneaking in.
Hermione's voice sounded from outside. "It's me. Harry and the others found the dragon egg."
Kate immediately opened the door, only to see Hermione poking half her head out from under the Invisibility Cloak.
In the original works, it was Harry who snuck out every night. How had it now become Hermione running over to her place every few days during curfew?
She had even managed to get Harry's Invisibility Cloak.
She quickly pulled her into the room. "Why did you come over at this time?"
"Harry and the others saw Hagrid looking for books on breeding dragons in the library, so they ran over to his place and discovered the dragon egg." Hermione pulled off the Invisibility Cloak and dragged Kate to sit on the bed.
"Also, Harry said that Hagrid likes dragons the most, and a stranger just happened to have a dragon egg in his pocket, and just happened to lose it to him in a game of cards while drinking."
"Hearing them say that, I also felt it was way too much of a coincidence. So we suspect this matter is mostly likely related to Professor Quirrell!"
Hermione said this almost all in one breath. Just as her voice fell, she saw Kate come over with a cup of water.
Her throat felt dry. She took the water and gulped it down. "I only heard them talking about it right before curfew, which is why I borrowed the Invisibility Cloak from Harry to come find you."
Calmly placing the empty cup on the table, Kate nodded in agreement. "Running back and forth like this is both dangerous and troublesome. Later, I'll look into whether there are any spells that would allow us to communicate directly."
If it weren't for the fact that cell phone electromagnetic waves suffered from interference here, she would definitely equip every student and professor at Hogwarts with one!
Even a brick phone would be better than running back and forth like this.
Hermione was speechless for a moment and couldn't help but lightly smack her. "I'm being serious!"
"I wasn't joking with you either." Kate sat beside her. "Since you guys think Professor Quirrell orchestrated this plot to snatch the Philosopher's Stone, what is his motive?"
"Immortality, of course!" Hermione stated as if it were obvious.
Kate shook her head. "Just for immortality, he's willing to break into Gringotts and go to such convoluted lengths to enter the dungeons? Many people might want immortality, but the vast majority of them don't have that kind of strength."
"Are you saying there's someone else behind him pulling the strings?" Hermione furrowed her brows tightly. "But who would covet the Philosopher's Stone? Do you think—"
She turned her head, only to see that Kate had already gotten into bed and even specifically left an empty spot for her. "Want to join me?"
Hermione's small face flushed red. Grabbing the Invisibility Cloak, she immediately stood up. "No need, I think I'd better head back first!"
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