Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 154 Horse-shaped water monster and mark magic
The deans of the four houses of Hogwarts select two prefects, one male and one female, from among the fifth-year students in their houses every year.

After being elected as prefects, these people will remain in this position until they graduate from seventh grade, barring any serious fault.

Moreover, the male/female student council presidents of Hogwarts are basically selected from among the prefects.

It can be said that every prefect at Hogwarts has an outstanding wizard.

Although it is undeniable that some of these prefects have grown up to be dark wizards, and some may have unsatisfactory future lives, it is true that no one who can become a prefect is a mediocre person with mediocre magic power.

After graduation, these prefects will basically become the mainstay of the magic world, and most of them will work in the Ministry of Magic.

Most of the British Ministers of Magic in the past generations were actually prefects of various houses when they attended Hogwarts, and even Minister Fudge was no exception.

There were even some good wizards who came up with an algorithm to judge whether the British Ministry of Magic was running well.

They believe that as long as they count the proportion of people who have served as Hogwarts prefects among the main heads of various departments of the Ministry of Magic in that term, and see if this proportion reaches 70% - the number "seven" is magical If the number is reached, it means that the development situation of the Ministry of Magic is relatively optimistic; on the contrary, it means that the Ministry of Magic is filled with a large number of mediocre people who have nothing to do with their bodies, and there is basically no need to count on the Ministry of Magic in that term.

Although these statements are somewhat "rumors", they can also explain the level of "Hogwarts prefects".

They are the face of Hogwarts!

Bullying a young wizard at Hogwarts may be just a challenge to Dumbledore's good temper; bullying a prefect at Hogwarts may be equivalent to slamming the soles of your feet into the walls of this thousand-year-old institution. Losing face, this is an insult to every wizard born in Hogwarts.

Merlin couldn't stand this kind of thing!

Not to mention, Horace Slughorn has taught Hogwarts for decades and also served as the headmaster of Slytherin. The word "Hogwarts" in this old man's heart may have as much weight as Bourne, the only heir in the family, is almost the same.

Seeing the old man who usually showed a "cheerful" face, his face suddenly sunk like water, Bourne couldn't help but said: "Those guys have a way to die. Not to mention, they dare to arrogantly call themselves 'emperors'—— Merlin can't save them even if he comes."

Of course, this does not mean that Horace immediately wants to go to the door alone and smash the "Emperor's New Clothes" store.

He is a wizard, not a gangster, and civilized people naturally have more civilized ways of doing things.

"Miss Crevat, don't worry, I will help you solve this matter."

Horace regained his former good-natured look, and then jokingly said to Penello: "Also, we can also write a letter to your Headmaster Flitwick. I'm actually very surprised, how can those villains have the courage to bully Excellent student leader in Ravenclaw?

Don't they know that in addition to loving learning, Ravenclaw students actually have many wizard dueling champions? "

Upon hearing this, Penello showed a look of joy at first, but the joy on her face quickly disappeared.

The young witch lowered her head and held her sleeves with both hands. "In fact, my father did borrow money from the 'Emperor', and they also signed a magical contract. This contract was notarized by the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic. So..."

And just when she wanted to continue saying something, a limping figure suddenly walked out of the alley next to the Bazaar Street and walked quickly to a few people.

"There's something wrong with that magic contract."

Penello looked at the visitor and couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Professor Kettleburn, why are you here too?"

When Bourne and Horace saw this, the grandfather and grandson couldn't help but look at each other, and the two smart men showed exactly the same look of understanding.

"I see."
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Clean water magic pet shop.

Just like the name of the store "Qingshui", this pet store is cleaned spotlessly and there is no bad smell that is often found in ordinary pet stores.

However, this may also be related to the insufficient supply of goods in this pet store. Most of the row of pet cages against the wall of the store are empty, and it seems that no "tenants" have lived in them for a long time.

The store door is closed, the window blinds are drawn down, and the entire store can only be illuminated by a few tallow candles.

"This shop was originally opened by a friend of mine, his name is Icario Krivat." Sitting on a Greek-style Davros folding wicker chair, Professor Kettleburn was drinking oatmeal. Said to Horace.

"This child's name is Penelo Crevat. She is Icario's daughter. Of course, she is also a student of our Hogwarts."

Looking at the young witch who couldn't help but fall asleep after drinking the oatmeal mixed with a small amount of "living hell soup potion", the old professor's eyes showed a trace of affection.

"One of the purposes of my coming to the Pillars of Hercules this time is to take her back to the British Isles. I also have a spare property in Hogsmeade Village, which is just suitable for Miss Crevat to live."

"So, Siwa, you have other purposes for coming here?" Horace discovered the hidden message in this old colleague's words.

"Yes, Dean Slughorn." Professor Kettleburn pondered for a moment, and finally nodded and admitted.

“About Christmas last year, Icario wrote me a letter and asked me some questions about the kelpie.

I was recuperating from an injury at that time and could not come to him in person, so I wrote a letter to introduce the lovely magical animal, and then asked the owl to send him several books introducing the habits of the Equus.

Then, about three weeks ago, just before exam week at Hogwarts, Icario wrote to me to tell me that he had a nasty case of dragon pox.

I originally wanted to rush to see him, but he told me in his letter not to go to him first, but to do something for him first.

He said that someone had ordered a water monster from his store before and wanted to keep it as a pet.

You know, here at the Pillars of Heracles, there are many laws that are more relaxed than in the UK, except for the "Secrecy Act".

Kelpies are not classified as 'untameable' wizard pets - adult wizards, if they are capable enough, can actually adopt them legally.

Icario had already imported an adult equestrian, but just as he was escorting it to the port of Gibraltar, the equestrian transformed into a sea snake and escaped from the gap in the cage.

In the process of trying to catch it again, Icario was bitten, and the horse-shaped water monster turned into a sea snake and completely escaped into the sea.

However, he used a marking spell I taught him to mark the kelpie.

Perhaps because the horse-shaped water monster carried germs, Icario developed dragon pox soon after being bitten. He was very worried that the water monster would attack others, so he wanted me to help catch it. "

Horace nodded and praised: "Listen to what you said, Mr. Crevat is indeed a very responsible person and a good person."

Upon hearing this, Professor Kettleburn couldn't help but take out a pink handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the tears flowing from his eyes.

"Yes, Ikario is a good man, but it's a pity that he met a bad man!" After saying this word, Kettleburn's tone became particularly excited, and his expression became gritted teeth.

Then, in front of Horace and Byrne, Professor Kettleburn removed one of his arms.

This was a magical prosthetic leg given to him by Dumbledore, who was still a transfiguration professor at the time, after the accident in the opera "The Fountain of Good Luck". When Bourne followed the professor to the Forbidden Forest, he often watched him take off the magical prosthesis and then take out various tools from the space expanded by the Traceless Stretch Curse.

Unlike other people's amazement or surprise, when faced with his own disability, Kettleburn not only did not feel any self-pity, but actually seemed quite free and easy.

"Hand of Glory." Kettleburn read out a command.

Immediately afterwards, his prosthetic limb began to deform rapidly - the bones in the middle continued to extend outward, and gradually turned into a pocket.

"I'll take you in and take a look." As he spoke, Kettleburn took the lead in opening his pocket and getting in.

Horace also took Bourne into the drill, and then they saw a scene that shocked them: Although they already knew that the bag was under a permanent traceless expansion spell, none of them expected that it could actually expand. A space of this size.

"Good guy, are you moving the Forbidden Forest and the Black Lake into this place?"

Looking at the lush woods and the turquoise lake a few meters away, Horace couldn't help but sigh.

"That's not the case." After hearing this, Keltburn, who was standing on a small dock next to the lake, shook his head.

"This was actually more than a month ago. When I was communicating with Mr. Scamander, he helped me transform the original 'Invisible Stretch Spell' space to make it more suitable for a magizoologist. .

I have to admit that Mr. Scamander may be more skilled than Principal Dumbledore in the application of environmental and weather magic. He also suggested that I transplant some water bodies from the Black Lake and some trees growing in the Forbidden Forest to form an ecosystem with microcirculation. "

Then, at Professor Kettleburn's signal, Horace and Burn also walked onto the lakeside pier.

All three of them put on the "Iron Armor Curse" and the "Waterproof and Moisture-proof Curse".

Then Professor Kettleburn pouted his lips again and skillfully imitated the sound of the horse called "Herodian",
As the lake water continued to roll, a creature with a horse's head and many broad-leaf cattail-like hairs wrapped around its body broke through the water while swaying its huge snake-like body.

Professor Kettleburn stomped the pier under his feet, and an iron-hooked wooden barrel floated out from under the pier. He opened the lid of the barrel with his only remaining hand and filled it with palm-sized millet. Herrings were thrown one by one at the open-mouthed kelpie.

"Bourne, do you want to try feeding this little guy?" Professor Keltburn asked Bourne.

"It was concentrating on eating and not in any danger at all."

As a result, Horace directly rejected Professor Kettleburn's kindness on behalf of Bourne.

Just kidding, he knew very well that the horse-shaped water monster was a magical creature that could easily attack humans.

They can assume a variety of shapes, most often appearing as horses and sea serpents.

Horse-shaped water monsters usually lure unwary people by inviting them to ride on their backs, and then they will dive headlong into the water and devour the person, leaving the person's internal organs floating to the surface.

Seeing that his old colleague was unwilling to let his grandnephew try it, Kettleburn did not force it. After all, he also knew that not everyone could appreciate the cuteness of these little cuties like he did.

"Dean Slughorn probably doesn't know yet, but this little guy Bourne might be more talented at taming magical animals than Hagrid.

Even the mad Poison Horned Beast can be calmed down, and there is no risk to him at all when approaching a horse-shaped water monster. "

Of course, this was just what Professor Kettleburn was thinking. He then started talking about business: "This horse-shaped water monster is called House. This is the name I gave it. Icario cast a marking spell on it. , I found it in the Atlantic Ocean not long ago.”

While speaking, Professor Kettleburn used the Flying Charm to summon a map embroidered with gold and silver thread.

It was kept in a cone-shaped sniffing nest by the lake. Shortly after it flew out, a cow-like spotted coat came out of the nest and stood with its arms akimbo facing the three upright sniffing dogs by the lake. The ape pointed.

"Don't worry, I'll give it back to you in a minute, I promise." He comforted the spot with a sniff, and then Kettleburn unfolded the magic map for Horace and Burn.

"This is a technique I learned from several young wizards before. They improved the interpersonal spell and the manifestation spell and created a very useful map spell.

As long as a specific marking spell is cast on the target, the marked target will appear on this map.

Originally, I planned to use this spell when studying cats and leopards in the Americas, but until now I have never had the chance to go there. Maybe I will have to wait until I retire to have time..."

The cat leopard is a magical animal similar to a jaguar. The threat to wizards is as high as 5X, which is the same level as the fire dragon.

They can walk upright on two legs, run faster than an arrow, and their eyes can use Legilimency.

Unless the Occlumency can be used all the time, ordinary wizards will never be able to get close to them.

Because the number of cats and leopards is not large and they are difficult to track and observe, the wizard's understanding of this magical animal is currently limited to their appearance and some of their basic abilities.

Wizards still don't know much about their living habits. Even the famous Newt Scamander only briefly mentioned this magical animal in his books, without making particularly detailed written or image records.

The compound spell that combines the dual functions of marking and tracking is indeed suitable for the study of this magical animal.

　A few words to add, Ron has also been a prefect, and don't underestimate Ron: First, this child's talent is actually only slightly worse than his two genius brothers, and his magic level is actually among the best in Hogwarts. Echelon, the results are similar to Harry Potter; secondly, although the Weasley family is looked down upon by many pure-blood families, even Lucius Malfoy cannot deny that the Weasley family are all pure-blooded families. A wizard of blood - even if you carefully look through the genealogy, Weasley is definitely more pure and older than Malfoy. After all, Malfoy's pure-blood lineage can only be traced back to the time when he entered England with William the Conqueror, while the Weasley family is It can be traced back to the Celtic period before Roman rule in Britain.

　　
　
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