After Hagrid's visit, Harry's suspicions of Hogwarts' agendas had sharpened, driving him to expand the system's capabilities. During his morning run, weaving through alleys and the park near the docks, he thought about the new protocols that could help him to monitor his surroundings and track people, and also improve his body and mind to anchor his knowledge, ensuring he entered Hogwarts as a force.
The park's willows swayed in the breeze, their shadows pooling around a secluded bench where Harry paused, looking for a safe space to experiment. He needed a way to sense his surroundings for movements, sounds, or magical energies without draining his stamina. Settling on the bench, he summoned the system's translucent screen, its silver text crisp against the morning light, and projected his Status:
Status: Harry Potter (Shade)
Attributes:
Strength => 10.
Agility => 14.
Stamina => 15.
Intelligence => 18
Magic => 20
Health Points => 150.
He thought about a new implementation:
'Create a new feature, Surrounding Awareness.
Monitor my immediate environment within a ten-meter radius for physical movements, sounds, and magical signatures, alerting me to unusual activity.
Passive activation with minimum magic drain. Use Magic Pulse with a 5-second interval for implementation.
Save the protocol.'
The screen pulsed, confirming:
'Surrounding Awareness' Protocol saved. Monitoring activation with 1 magic point consumed for 30 minutes with minimum magic drain.
Harry sat still, counting to five, and feeling the changes that occurred due to the new Protocol. The screen displayed all sorts of things for him:
Surrounding Awareness: Active.
Detecting birds flapping, eight meters, treetops. Distant muggle footsteps, ten meters, non-threatening. Wand's magical signature, stable.
He felt that it was too much information, so he adjusted the Protocol:
'Update feature, Surrounding Awareness.
Monitor and report things that are harmful or ill-intended towards me.
Save the protocol changes.'
Moving to a busier street, Harry tested the protocol near a cluster of muggles chatting outside a shop. There was no report as the conditions were not met.
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Harry was feeling a little different after the magic incident on his birthday. At first, he thought it was only due to the introduction of the system into his body, but after going out with Hagrid to Diagon Alley and some time adjusting his body with some regular physical exercise, he could feel that his magic was different from before. It was still about the same (he performed some magic exercise, and there were no changes to the performance of his spells), but there was more depth to it now. He could feel it, that he could increase his magic more than he could do before. It was something he would have to think more about before implementing anything.
Harry's thoughts then turned to other people, Hagrid's magic presence, and vague loyalties fresh in his mind. Lena had taught him to sense magical auras—unique signatures reflecting a wizard's power and intent. He needed a broader tool to catalog anyone, tracking their magical feel, actions, and traits, without constant system use. He summoned the system and projected his thoughts:
'Create a new feature, People Database.
Record individuals' magical signatures, notable actions, observed traits, personality and behavior.
Update with interactions, trigger on direct contact, magical activity, or if any type of intent is directed to me.
Save the protocol.'
The screen confirmed: 'People Database' Protocol saved. Ready to record on contact or magical detection.
Harry tested, approaching a busy market street. A shopkeeper's brisk gestures and loud haggling triggered the protocol:
People Database:
Unnamed Shopkeeper.
Magical Signature: None.
Notable Actions: Aggressive sales, quick movements.
Personality: Assertive (0.8/1.0), opportunistic (0.75/1.0).
Note: No strategic value.
The protocol's focus on contact or magic ensured efficiency. He refined the protocol:
'Update feature, People Database.
Prioritize magical signatures over non-magical interactions unless strategically relevant.
Save the protocol changes.'
The system confirmed: People Database updated. Prioritizing magical signatures.
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Midday found Harry in a quiet alley, the park's bustle too distracting for his next experiment. Lena and Jasper had shown him techniques to improve his memory to better his learning, so now Harry thought about improving these techniques with his magical system. Harry envisioned a magical memory place, like a digital office, secure and structured, where knowledge was stored like a database, with topics and people organized by data points. This would anchor his recall, ensuring he mastered spells, potions, and intel with precision.
Harry closed his eyes, his mind focusing on the past learning. He constructed the palace mentally: a sleek, glass-and-steel building, its exterior warded with durable shields and enchantments. The lobby featured a biometric scanner, reading his magical signature for entry, a safeguard caution. Elevators show floors above but also hide special buttons for underground floors for Hogwarts, magic, people, and threats, each requiring a mental password. Security firewalls, glowing like circuit patterns, protected each floor, while surveillance, hidden cameras, logged unauthorized access. The bottom-most floor, a vault for sensitive data, demanded a retinal scan tied to him, ensuring only he could access critical secrets.
Knowledge was stored as database records, each topic or person a file with data points. Hogwarts had records for staff, houses, and layout, with details empty as he was yet to join there. The system's interface would project records, letting Harry query or update them mentally, like a mental computer.
After making a visualisation, He projected:
'Create a new feature, Memory Palace.
Construct a digital office with secure floors, biometric authentication, and security firewalls. Store knowledge as a database, with topics and people assigned data points for traits and details.
Enhance recall through magical focus, trigger on intent or study.
Save the protocol.'
The screen confirmed: 'Memory Palace' Protocol saved. Constructing mental framework, ready for data storage.
Entering the palace mentally, the lobby's scanner pulsed, granting access, and the elevator opened to the Hogwarts floor. He created a record for Hagrid:
Hagrid: Groundskeeper, Dumbledore loyalist, creature expert.
Personality—earnest, trusting.
Strategic Value—Hogwarts access.
Querying it, the system projected:
Memory Palace:
Hagrid Record. Data Points: Role (Groundskeeper, 0.9/1.0), Loyalty (Dumbledore, 0.95/1.0), Expertise (Creatures, 0.85/1.0). Cross-reference: People Database.
Testing security, Harry tried accessing the vault without the retinal scan, triggering a firewall: Memory Palace: Access denied. Authorized credentials required.
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As dusk painted the sky, Harry lingered by the docks, the system's screen fading but its presence a mental anchor. The Surrounding Awareness would guard him in Hogwarts' halls, its ten-meter range spotting eavesdroppers or ambushes, syncing with the bracelet's hostility detection. The People Database enabled him to catalog students and professors, its data points guiding alliances and threat assessment. The Memory Palace, his cornerstone, ensured he mastered spells, potions, and intel, its database structure perfect for cross-referencing with Hogwarts Intel.
He tested Hogwarts Intel, adding: Hogwarts Intel: Diagon Alley Insights. Staff—McGonagall (strict, Transfiguration), Flitwick (charms master). Layout—Leaky Cauldron entry, Gringotts hub. Strategic Value—map early, ally with skilled peers. The Memory Palace stored it: McGonagall: Discipline (0.9/1.0), expertise (0.95/1.0).
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