Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 111 Fishing during the holidays (bushi)

His face is pale, he stays up at night, and he always has a strange smell. Taken together, these three clues make people doubt whether Quirrell has something to hide?

Moreover, looking at this guy's young appearance, Horace felt that it might be too much to conclude that he had "kidney deficiency".

Then, the only reasonable explanation left is: Quirrell became a vampire!
After hearing Grandpa Horace's speculation, Bourne said in his heart that he was indeed a master of potions, and indeed he was not good at reasoning at all.

Of course, it was impossible for Bourne to say this now, after all, he was still drinking the hot cocoa that Grandpa Horace ordered for him.

One cannot betray one's own taste.

The only thing he's curious about now is: taking the Knight Bus so late, what was Quilo doing tonight?
He remembered that Hagrid had borrowed recreational books about raising dragons from the Hogwarts library. Perhaps because he knew the news, he went to Greece to get a fire dragon egg, hoping to get a way to deal with the three-headed dog from Hagrid?

Or perhaps, he has recently been afraid to buy unexplained magical animal blood from smugglers (fear of being cheated); and he cannot risk being discovered by Bourne's new ranger team to escape from the ban. Hunt wild magical animals in the forest. So, are you going to secretly go somewhere else tonight to get some magical supplements?

However, because he didn't know if Quirrell had any magical items with the Traceless Stretch Charm attached to them - although he looked like he was travel-stained, he, like Horace and his grandson, didn't have any magic items with him. What baggage - Byrne cannot yet determine.

"No, I have to test it out." It was not Bourne who said this, but his Grandpa Horace.

The old man originally wanted to write a letter of accusation to Dumbledore, but considering that the principal would probably not be at Hogwarts in the next few days, and Bourne would need to stay at school for the remaining days of Christmas. holiday.

Therefore, he felt that it was necessary to confirm now what the identity of this Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was, and whether this guy was suitable to stay in Hogwarts?

And just when Bourne thought that Horace would leave a "It doesn't matter, I will take action anyway", and then walked out of the box to question the two-faced professor, the potion master once again refreshed his mind. Developed his knowledge of potions.

The old man actually gave the Knight Bus a spoonful of magic potion. This was not an anthropomorphic figure of speech, but a real kind of potion!

I saw that Horace took out a bottle of magic potion that looked like glittered petroleum from his hunting suit pocket, a British one-ounce long-handled silver medicine spoon, and a piece of parchment and matching quill.

Because he planned to take Bourne on vacation, Horace packed many different kinds of magic potions in his hunting suit pocket.

"This is a magic potion specially used for machines. The main materials are metal dung beetles, magnetic powder butterflies from Hanover, and a small amount of slices of Florber caterpillars."

Horace gave Bourne a brief explanation. Of course, it's more of a show off than an explanation. Bourne said that he would ask Snape for advice on potions during the holidays, which somewhat annoyed the old man.

Snape knows nothing about Potions?

He may know how to brew some "common products", or he may have used some clever tricks to improve the original brewing techniques, but how can he compare with Slughorn, a potion family that has been passed down for hundreds of years?

In terms of the richness of the potion formulas inherited by Slughorn, not only is it absolutely number one, it is at least far ahead of more than 99% of wizards.

"You may try to make this kind of magic potion in the future, but remember not to use Flobber caterpillar slime that is available on the market, but be sure to slice them yourself.

Because, the reason why Florob caterpillars are used when making this potion is not to thicken the potion, but to prevent the machine product that drinks it from being too 'smart' - saving us the potion masters. Cause trouble. "

While explaining, Horace did not stop working on his hands. He used a quill to write and draw on the parchment. Bourne looked at it curiously and realized that the Potions Master seemed to be calculating the volume and weight of the Knight Bus under them - who said wizards don't have to learn well? math? If you are not good at mathematical calculations and will only use the "I am thinking" method to do potion experiments, that will cause big problems!

Of course, Horace was not solving partial differential equations. He was just making some rough calculations to facilitate control of the dosage.

Like a time-tested cafeteria aunt, Horace sprinkled two spoonfuls and a drop of the magic potion onto the body of the Knight Bus with a deft flick of her wrist.

"Knight Bus, Knight Bus, wake up, wake up!"

After reciting a spell, under the influence of this "spiritual evocation potion", this large magic vehicle manufactured by the British Ministry of Magic briefly possessed the properties of an alchemical item and generated a virtual soul.

The role of this virtual soul is very simple, which is to answer questions honestly.

"Tell me, what are the unclean things in the car?" Horace asked.

"The driver Ern Pullan's leftover barbeques with barbeque sauce and the 'Jiagjiaji' plate were placed on the bonnet; there was no one on the third floor, and Stan Sampak left his unwashed smelly socks to hang out; there were There were several vixen eggs hidden in the clothes of a passenger, which were about to hatch; a neon wizard had previously thrown a few discount coupons used by the xx club under the seat..."

(Jia Ge Jia Ge: A snack in Barbados. Pork and beef are minced and stewed with beans, onions, and oats, then mixed with butter and eaten together. Because Barbados is one of the Commonwealth countries, Jia Ge Jia Ge is a snack from the 90s. A takeaway food that was very popular in the UK in the early days, I read about it from the novel.)
"Stop, stop."

In the carriage where Bourne and Horace were riding, the awakened virtual soul of the Knight Bus was like performing a menu, reporting in detail the unclean things it had detected hidden in its body.

Obviously, it would be wrong.

Horace patted his forehead with his fat palm and said to Bourne speechlessly: "When I repaired my own car before, the awakened soul would never be so chatty. It would always come first. Time tells me exactly where the mechanical failure is.”

Bourne said obediently that it was definitely not that your question was inaccurate, but that the virtual soul of Knight Bus was a bit retarded.

Moreover, he also hinted: As long as you can leave him the remaining bottle of "Spirit-Calling Potion", whatever you say now is right.

He didn't know that this kind of potion existed before. If he had known earlier, he would have reached the maximum level of skill in brewing this kind of potion.

After all, although this potion may not seem very important, for an Astartes, its effect is simply huge!
In the past, he only interacted with the machine soul at the spiritual level. Now Bourne wants to try it. He uses the "Evocation Potion" and the loyal chain sword to exchange battle experiences. What kind of experience will it be like?
Just when Bourne was lost in reverie after discovering the "New World", Horace also modified his question and accurately reported the seat number where Quirrell was sitting: "Look at this seat and feel it. Is there anything unusual about the passenger sitting in this seat...is he a dark magical creature?"

The virtual soul of Knight Bus gave a negative answer. But it also honestly pointed out: "The passenger was a little weak. He was always talking to himself while sitting in his seat, as if he had some serious illness."

Bourne just listened obediently without making any comments. He didn't have much expectations for this answer. After all, it is very reasonable that a virtual soul cannot break through a brain protected by "Occlumency".

However, this answer reassured Horace. In fact, the old wizard felt a little guilty that he had just peeked into Quirrell's privacy. So after the potion lost its effect, he specially called the flight attendant Stan Sampac over and ordered a glass of cinnamon mulled wine for Quirrell, which was good for sleeping.

This Knight Bus is not very scientific in terms of speed management and stop design.

But I have to admit, it is indeed magical. After Bourne and Horace got on the bus in north London, it took less than an hour for the car to drive all the way to the small town deep in the mountains of Scotland (Hogwarts may not be here, This magical castle cannot be mapped or marked).

This also includes the time it takes for the bus to make a temporary turn and go somewhere else to pick up several wizards who wave their wands to summon it.

When the car stopped, the old man and the young man unbuckled their seat belts and walked out of the box. As expected, they and the two-faced professor got off the bus at Hogsmeade.

Seeing Horace and Bourne, Quirrell was obviously surprised and panicked. He wanted to say hello to them but ended up hiccupping - this was the result of the glass of mulled wine.

"Hahaha," Horace laughed heartily.

Of course, he didn't laugh at Quirrell all the time. Instead, he chatted with him about things in school as a senior in the workplace.

Although Quirrell didn't understand, why did the grandfather and grandson return to school on the first day of vacation? But he still found every opportunity to propose that he could be responsible for sending Bourne back to Hogwarts Castle.

Unsurprisingly, he was rejected by Horace. It's not that he still doubted anything wrong with Quirrell this time, it's just that the old man couldn't bear to say goodbye to his eldest grandson.

Following the mountain road that the students would be led by Yeqi in the cart when school started in the past, they walked slowly and leisurely to the gate of the castle.

Unsurprisingly, the person who opened the small door next to the castle gate for them was none other than Mr. Filch, whom all young wizards were familiar with.

Even during the Christmas holidays, Filch still carried a kerosene lantern and took his cat Mrs. Norris on routine inspections in Hogwarts Castle.

"Um, why do you two, Dean Slughorn and Professor Lodge, come to school at this time?"

Because it was Christmas, Filch wore a brand new brown woolen sweater today, but he still had the dirty old windbreaker on it.

After putting a few people into the castle, Filch re-bolted the side door. In Hogwarts Castle at night, there are only a few braziers with Gubler's fairy fire in the huge entrance hall providing limited light. The bronze statue of Merlin standing in the middle of the entrance hall is shimmering with a layer of gauze-like light. Dense light and shadow.

Because it had been hit by a troll's club not long ago and had not had time to repair it, this bronze statue of Merlin was still missing half of its beard.

In order to match the Christmas atmosphere, Professor McGonagall used Transfiguration to give it a wizard's hat, and a coat made of mistletoe leaves and branches, which just covered up this small imperfection.

Therefore, the bronze statue now looks like an antique large green Santa Claus (Santa Claus wears green clothes and is not fat. Later, Coca-Cola launched a red chubby Santa Claus image for publicity).

After letting the three and a half of them in, Filch walked over to "Green Santa" and sat down again. He had already completed a tour of the castle and had just placed a chair next to the statue.

He is waiting for his gift.

Quirrell returned to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office on the third floor. Bourne kept silently sending this man's back out of his sight with his eyes.

For the guy who had attacked him, and at the same time, the remnant soul of Voldemort in this guy was a blasphemy designated by the Emperor (responsive to the purity mark), Bourne was naturally not afraid to retaliate against him with the greatest malice.

Horace did not leave for the time being. As soon as he entered the castle gate, he summoned his patronus and sent the silver-white Tebo warthog to run to Snape's private office in a familiar manner.

Even though it was getting late, he still had to meet with the professor who stayed behind before he could leave with peace of mind.

And during this waiting time, an unexpected surprise suddenly appeared - it was an accident because neither Bourne nor Horace expected it; it was not an accident because Filch Reacting immediately, the Hogwarts caretaker was already prepared - when the decorated statue of Merlin began to move slightly laterally, he picked up the balled up fishing net at his feet. , throwing it hard towards a hole exposed after the statue was removed.

"Ouch!"

"watt?"

With two unique exclamations, the two little wizards who happened to be caught in the net were pulled out of the hole bit by bit by Filch, who was "clop-clop-clop-clop".

Yes, Bourne thought, two acquaintances.

Harry and Ron.

"It's the little wizard who wanders at night again. Isn't it possible that you can't even take a day off on Christmas Eve?"

Horace said with a smile. Although he was no longer a professor at Hogwarts, he still recognized who the two were at a glance. After all, both Harry and Ron are actually very recognizable. One is the famous "Savior", and the other is the youngest son of the Weasley family with ancestral red hair.

"It's really difficult for you both to discover this secret passage of the Merlin Statue. If you use this hard work in studying, your academic performance will definitely be the first in your grade."

Horace said teasingly.

However, the two parties involved who were caught red-handed could not agree with what he said at all.

Their two smart little minds could clearly distinguish between the two choices of ranking first in the grade and offending Hermione, that terrible little witch.

(End of this chapter)