Everyday Players at Hogwarts.

Chapter 776: Horse-Shaped Water Monster

Afternoon came quickly. In the Potions classroom, Ron was very nervous.

"Merlin's beard! It's all Harry, if it wasn't him, it would have been Mrs. Potter next to me.

Instead." Ron muttered in his heart, listening to Snape's breathing behind him.

He could almost picture Snape sneering and pointing his hooked nose at him.

He could only handle the frog brain in his hand carefully.

Fear of being deducted points.

On the other side, in the room next to the Potions classroom, Harry sat awkwardly in a high-backed chair near the fireplace.

Opposite him, Lily rested her chin on her hand, looking Harry up and down.

He looked as if he couldn't get enough of it.

"If I had known, I would have just stayed in the library.

Why did I have to hang out outside the examination hall? I was caught by my mother. "Thinking of this, Harry sighed.

"Harry, are you alright? Your Phoenix Patronus this morning caused quite a stir throughout the school.

Didn't you succeed?
Why do you look so miserable?" Lily said as she moved a little closer to Harry.

"Ah?" Harry didn't dare to tell the real reason, so he lied, "I'm worried that the gillyweed will be late."

Harry's ability to lie made his words flawless, and Lily didn't notice any flaws at all.

"Gillweed?

Are you going to use it?
It’s a good idea indeed.

You can save magic power and use it more to deal with those four aquatic magical creatures.

And if you know the Patronus Charm, those dark creatures won't cause you any trouble." Lily analyzed.

"Is it that exaggerated? Is the Patronus Charm so powerful?" Harry was stunned.

"You," Lily rubbed Harry's head, "you have to understand that the Patronus Charm is a very advanced magic.

Many fully qualified witches and wizards have difficulty using this spell.

To some extent, a wizard who can use the Patronus Charm, especially one who can summon a corporeal Patronus like you, is more valuable than a warrior in the tournament."

"Is it so powerful?" Harry didn't feel anything substantial.

"This is an invisible condition for becoming a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic."

"What about Fudge?"

"Him?" Lily's expression became a little strange, "I can only say that Dumbledore's influence is much greater than the Patronus Charm.

By writing letters to Dumbledore for every decision he made, he began to be seen as Dumbledore's incarnation, his puppet.

Even a 5-year-old child who just died and came to that world knows that he is the most stupid person in the world and always makes things worse.

He always sends many owls to Dumbledore every morning to ask for his advice."

"This"

"You understand. In the eyes of others, it is not Cornelius Fudge but Dumbledore who is the Minister of Magic." Lily said softly.

"We were just talking about gillyweed. How come it's about Fudge now?" Harry laughed.

"Oh, yeah," Lily poked her cheek, "Speaking of gillyweed, Sif has some stored there too.

If you need it, I can give it to you."

Harry finally didn't agree.

He really didn't want to have anything to do with Snape right now.

Not even Snape's potions.

After the Potions exam, there was another exam unexpectedly. It was an astronomy exam at midnight, and everyone went to the top floor.

Harry could only stay alone in the dormitory, flipping through the book "Freshwater Magical Beasts and Their Habits".

"KELPIE Magical Classification Level: XXXX
This British and Irish water monster can take on a variety of shapes, but it most often appears in the form of a horse with a mane of broad-leaved cattails.

It lures the unwary onto its back, then dives to the bottom of a river or lake and devours the person, leaving his entrails to float to the surface.

The correct way to defeat a Kelpie is to use the Placement Spell to put a bridle on its head, then it will become docile and obedient and will no longer pose a threat to you, but don't let it go easily, it will hold a grudge and curse you.

Hmm, curse? This magical creature can curse people?

I have a permanent patronus, so it shouldn't be a threat to me.

Well, let me see the case." Harry touched the page and read, "The world's largest horse-shaped water monster was found in Loch Ness in Scotland. Oh, so the Loch Ness monster is referring to this?

The Kelpie's favorite image is the sea serpent.

Observers from the International Confederation of Wizards once witnessed a scene where a team of Muggle investigators approached a sea serpent and saw it transform into a snake.

So, what I need to watch out for at the bottom of the lake are water plants and sea snakes. They are likely to be transformed Kelpie."

The door creaked open. "I'm so tired from the exams. I just heard you talking about the Kelpie, Harry?"

It was Ron who came in.

He looked tired and lay straight on the bed as soon as he came in.

However, his face was full of pride, "Hey! I guessed right.

You are in the dormitory. Ginny said you were under the astronomy tower!"

Harry did not respond to Ron's ambiguous words, but directly replied to the question, "Well, there used to be a Kelpie in the Black Lagoon.

It’s just that when Newt was fired, he took a lot of his magical creature companions with him.

The Kelpie is one of them.”

"Have you figured out how to deal with it?

We haven't learned about it in Magical Creatures yet."

"The method described in the book is a bit strange. I suspect that the kelpie the author encountered happened to be relatively docile.

However, the main purpose of these water-shaped magical creatures in the competition is to hinder us from getting the badge.

Then, I can use Transfiguration to conjure up their favorite food to attract their attention. Then I can sneakily get the badge."

"so?"

"So, what I remember is mainly the appearance of the food they like.

I noticed that colorful ball fish is a favorite food of most aquatic magical creatures.

I just happened to have seen it in the stream near your house, and even eaten it."

"Ever eaten it? Impossible. If I had, I would definitely remember it." Ron, who was quite confident in his memory related to food, shook his head.

"Um," Harry's eyes wandered, "Ginny gave it to me, actually.

Luna’s family’s specialty is the fried golden ball fish with ginger.

Well, to be exact, they have a whole cookbook centered around colored fish.”

"Is it delicious? I mean, why is Ginny like this? She didn't even give me something so delicious."

"It's delicious. It also left a deep impression on me. I'm sure I'll win the competition this time."

"Then why were you reading about Kelpie?"

"Because of all the magical aquatic creatures, it is the only one that can change its appearance like a Boggart.

I need to understand its general form.”

(End of this chapter)