Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 71 Loyal, smart and easy to support

Time passed by quietly, and it was only the second week of school, and Bourne's schedule evolved into what a "volume king" should look like.

In addition to normal classes and exercises, he not only has to go to the library every day at noon and evening to work as an assistant custodian, but he also has to take time to see Peeves.

And because batter George was injured and unable to do strenuous activities within a month or two, he was temporarily "caught" to receive special training from Wood to prepare for the upcoming Quidditch League.

Bourne wanted to refuse, but Professor McGonagall personally talked to him.

The tone of the conversation was that "participation in college activities is voluntary and there is no such thing as 'force'".

However, the focus of this conversation was "Gryffindor does not raise idlers."

What else could Bourne do?
However, his grandfather, who had many ears and eyes, somehow "happened" to hear about it at the first time.

Horace seemed very happy about this and wrote a special letter to Bourne telling him to give him a broomstick best suited for batsmen.

In addition, Horace also sent a brown paper bag with the word "Top Secret" along with the letter. Inside the paper bag was a "Quidditch Winning Guide" that would only be passed down among successive Slytherin Quidditch captains.

Byrne flipped through the booklet and found that the core idea could be summarized in a few sentences:
Because Hufflepuff is very resilient, it is necessary to equip the chaser with a good broom and try to end the game as quickly as possible without delay;
You can use any means necessary to play against Gryffindor. Players are not allowed to eat any food of unknown origin before the game, and they must not be left alone;
And Ravenclaw... enjoy the game.

Bourne thought about it and showed the guide to the Wood and Weasley twins. However, what was a bit surprising was that the three veteran players did not seem too excited.

There is nothing to say about how to fight against Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw teams. It has been an old tradition for many years.

After all, this is the winning guide for the Slytherin team, and naturally it does not specifically describe how to deal with the Slytherin team.

Wood explained to him: "Because we have seen it too much in the past, and the professors deduct points very severely, so these off-the-table tricks are basically no longer used."

At the same time, the Gryffindor Quidditch captain also reminded him: "The focus of the fight against Slytherin now is mainly on the field.

According to reliable information, Flint asked Professor Bubaji to buy several Muggle sports magazines from K country a few days ago to study and study.

Bourne, you and Fred, as hitters, must be more careful when playing. "
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In addition to Bourne, there is another person in Hogwarts who has also entered a "busy" state.

Perhaps because of the psychic attack from the rat tail juice, the two-faced professor has been holding back his anger recently.

When giving a Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson to the little wizard, he found a red hat.

The red hat is somewhat similar to the dwarf. He is short and strong, but his appearance is exactly like that of an old man. Regardless of his age or gender, he has a long white beard and a pair of vicious red eyes.

They have sharp nails on their hands and like to attack Muggle humans. They wear a red hat dyed with the blood of their victims and wear a pair of iron boots on their feet.

Usually, this kind of dark magic creature will choose to live in castles and dungeons, because those places are dark and people have probably shed blood there in the past.

However, for wizards, red hats are actually a relatively easy dark magic creature to deal with.

The "Guide to Defense Against the Dark Arts" records many ways to deal with them: from the simplest way of washing their hats with the "Clear Water Spring Charm" to make them feel uncomfortable and run away; to using the "Tarantella Dance" on them The little evil curse makes them wearing iron boots so tired that they doubt their life...

These methods are all feasible.

However, Professor Quirrell, who had suppressed his anger, showed the young wizards another method that was not recorded in the textbooks.

"All petrified!"

Professor Quirrell cast a petrifying spell on a red hat, and then walked up to the little monster, which was almost as high as his waist.

"I'm very angry, please bear with me."

After saying that, he stretched out his hands and pulled down the iconic red hat on the little monster's head.

The hat immediately covered Red Hat's head, and then he opened his arms from left to right, punching and kicking the little monster who couldn't see him.

This week, except for the fifth and seventh years, all the little wizards at Hogwarts saw this brutal scene in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

As for the two grades that needed to take the OWLs and NEWT exams, the students experienced a nightmare exam. Many students' hands holding quills were trembling after class.

"Professor Quirrell is no longer a human being!"

This message soon spread like wildfire in Hogwarts Castle. Some young wizards have even begun to speculate whether the legendary "Defense Against the Dark Arts Curse" has had an effect on this professor, and how long Professor Quirrell can last?
Seeing that the wind was coming, the daring Weasley twins immediately hooked up with their good brother Lee Jordan and started a gambling game among the little wizards. In the past few years at school, the three of them have made a lot of money by teaching the Defense Against the Dark Arts course.
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At the end of the second week of school, Horace also fulfilled the promise he made to Bourne last Sunday.

Early on Friday morning, dozens of owls collectively rushed into the banquet hall of Hogwarts as if they were about to launch a low-altitude bombing.

Together they were carrying three rattan boxes.

Three boxes?

When he saw these three boxes for the first time, Bourne was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head to get rid of the unreliable guess that had just surfaced.

(He was thinking: Could it be that Grandpa Horace divided the pet into three parts for the convenience of packaging and transportation?)
When the owl unloaded the goods and placed the rattan box on the long table belonging to Gryffindor, he was 100% sure that his guess just now was unreliable.

However, the reality is stranger than speculation.

"Could Grandpa Horace be——"

Indeed, the requirements for an ideal pet proposed by Bourne and Horace are: loyal, intelligent, and easy to maintain.

But he never expected that the old wizard would simply give him three little ancestors... um, no, they are pets!
Just after Bourne held a second of silence in anticipation of the destruction of his good life in the future, all his friends who saw the owl delivering the box had gathered around him.

"Bourne, is this the pet your grandpa gave you? Come on, open the box and take a look!" Ron said excitedly, even more anxious than the recipient of the gift, Bourne.

Harry also bent down with curiosity on his face, wanting to see through the cracks in the rattan what kind of animal was in the box. "This is definitely not an owl like Hedwig, otherwise it would be enough to just put it in a cage and send it over. No, the owl can be flown directly to Hogwarts."

Neville also hugged Leif, who was wrapped in a napkin, waiting for the moment the secret was revealed. He just asked Seamus for help, and the two worked together to give Leif some cold medicine. The toad sneaked to the Black Lake last night, but when he came back in the morning, he caught a cold.

"I hope Bourne's pet can be better behaved and never be like Leif." The chubby Neville said helplessly: "Because of it, I haven't had breakfast yet."

"You haven't had breakfast. I don't want to eat at all." Seamus stood next to Neville with a grimace and put his arm around the fellow sufferer's shoulders. "We obviously went to the hospital wing to give Leif some cold medicine, but Madam Pomfrey gave each of us a cup of cold medicine. The smell...it must have celery juice added to it. I'm still nauseated to this day. ..." Amidst the "chirping" sounds of his friends, Bourne, who was a little "loveless" because he wanted to take care of three pets, finally "plucked up the courage" to lift the three rattan boxes in one go. cover.

These three boxes contained: a swallow-tailed dog, a catnives, and a strange-looking... "hamster"? ? ?
At this moment, a scene that stunned all the little wizards present appeared.

"Dear little Bourne, are you surprised? Are you surprised? The envelope is in the box. Take it out and take a look!"

That weird-looking "hamster" actually speaks human words! Moreover, it imitates the voice of Horace!
The little wizards were stunned.

Ron was the first to realize it: "This little guy probably has the blood of a marten, that magical animal that can imitate human speech."

Because the Weasley family's Burrow was located in the countryside and there were martens nearby, Ron had seen this magical animal when he was a child.

However, the reason why he used the word "most likely" was because he was very sure that the marten looked nothing like the little guy in front of him.

After the weird-looking "hamster" finished speaking, he lay back on a small cushion in the rattan box, crossed his legs and took out a peeled nut from a bag on his belly, and ate it by himself. It stood up, as if it was not the one who had just spoken.

"Weird little guy."

Bourne's interest was also aroused by this weird little "hamster". According to the sentence it just conveyed (Horace's), he found a thick letter from the rattan box, which contained a A letter, plus three cards.

"Dear Bourne.

These three little guys are gifts that I carefully selected for you. They meet your requirements for pets.

Loyal, smart, easy to take care of - can you guess which characteristics each little guy corresponds to?
These three little guys are all hybrid magical animals.

However, except for the talking 'hamster' which has proven pedigree - it is the offspring of a cross between a sniffer and a marten - the other two little guys who look like cat nives and swallow-tailed dogs, I actually didn't do anything about it. Know what their ancestry is.

You might as well give it a try and solve the mystery of their bloodline. Maybe it will be interesting?

The expert who brought them to Britain gave me a few pieces of information, which I will tell you so you can use them as a reference.

1. A dog that looked like a swallow-tailed dog had its tail operated on using a painless cutting spell, but the cut-off tail soon grew back.

2. The cat with golden gradient fur is very young. Some magical zoologists doubt whether it has the blood of a tiger or a lion.

3. That dog will eat almost anything, and it is easy to feed it (the little guy even stole the eggs of a fire ash snake when transporting it).

4. During the transportation of the cat, the cage was found to be empty several times, but later it always appeared in the cage again without knowing when.

As for the little thing that looks a bit like a "hamster", it is actually very smart. Compared to its paternal bloodline, the Marten, its intelligence level is more like that of the smart Xiu Xiu.

Its life experience is very pitiful. Because it is a mixed-breed Niffler, and it has inherited the yellow fur of the marten, its brothers and sisters bullied it a lot. When it was a child, it was often stuffed into a bag in its belly by its brothers and sisters.

Because of this, it's slightly claustrophobic, so I choose rattan boxes with gaps to transport them.

……

You see those three cards, they are the pet name contracts I purchased for you. Each card has information about the little one, as long as you write down the name for them on the corresponding card. Next time you call this name, they will know you are calling them.

Isn't it very convenient? "

Originally, Bourne was actually a little resistant to having three pets. However, after reading this letter, he became somewhat interested in adopting these three little guys.

In fact, his little friends (who also came together to read the letter) were also full of curiosity about the three cute little guys.

Especially Hermione.

Although the little witch didn't chatter like other little wizards before, after reading the letter, she couldn't help but hug the "hamster" who had been "bullied" by her brothers and sisters when she was a child. It hurts so much.

Even though the "hamster" thought she was irritating him and kept pushing her chest with his little paws, Hermione had no intention of letting go.

The hamster showed a look of despair.

"Bourne, I think you must adopt them. If you feel that you are too busy at ordinary times, we can also help you take care of them. Especially this mixed-breed Niffler, he is so pitiful." Hermione said to Bourne seriously.

"Don't you say you hate rodents? Every time I hold Scabbers, you tell me to stay away from you." Ron couldn't help but complain.

"You need to take care of it!" Hermione shouted back at him angrily: "Besides, this is a mixed-race Niffler, but it looks a bit like a hamster."

Because of what happened last weekend, the relationship between Ron and Hermione has eased a lot, but they still choke each other from time to time.

"Okay." Bourne finally decided to adopt these three pets, "But first, we have to think about what to name them."

"Dots, circles, circles..." Ron gave a suggestion, but his proposal was immediately rejected by a unanimous vote.

"Names are magical!" Hermione raised her white neck and rolled her eyes at Ron like a proud white goose. "The three little cuties are all hybrid magical animals, and they deserve some grand names - which sounds like they are not easy to bully."

As she spoke, she gave the mixed-breed a "love patch."

However, what Hermione said really inspired Bourne a lot, and he immediately had an idea.

A dog, a cat, and a hybrid Sniff that resembles a hamster. Bourne happened to know three of them with "attractive" names that fit their identities.

So, he used transfiguration to create a quill and wrote three names on the three pet cards——

Leman Russ;

Ryan Jonson;

And little...Khan.

(End of this chapter)