Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 446 Should I say I want to learn the Patronus Charm in front of the Dementor's father...?

Since Cohen has been brought up, the candidate is easy to determine—because there's only one unemployed middle-aged person in the Cohen family.

“Edward… I remember—he used to come for a walk with Rose here. I remember a little unicorn ran out of the forest back then, and your mother really liked that little guy,” Hagrid recalled as he spoke to Cohen. “But it’s a pity, there seemed to be some dark wizard activity around that time, and that little unicorn…”

"Is only one little unicorn missing?" Cohen suddenly asked.

“If I remember correctly, the centaurs were furious. That dark wizard stole the unicorn cub right under their noses,” Hagrid said regretfully. “Back then, my relationship with the centaurs was a bit strained—you know, because of Aragog…”

"It's a miracle they didn't stop you from leaving the forest," Ron said, shuddering. "If someone kept a giant spider in my backyard, I'd do everything in my power to get them and the spider out—"

“Actually, that little guy might have already been found…” Cohen’s lips twitched.

The timing seems to match up—Rose and Edward had a child less than two years after graduation, and Herbert's youngest son was born not long after Edward and his classmates were in fifth or sixth grade.

The birth of "Nightmare" requires a fresh unicorn cub's corpse, and Ari's origin is very likely this little unicorn that went missing in the Forbidden Forest.

So in a sense, Rose's favorite little animal ended up coming to her house.

After chatting with Hagrid about school life for a while, they didn't disturb Hagrid's rest any longer and left before dinner to eat in the auditorium.

Hagrid said he needed to go to bed early, as he was exhausted from the recent events.

To Harry's delight, Hagrid returned to his post on Wednesday, and the substitute professor, Grubland, had reassigned the Magical Creatures Protection class to him.

Cohen was also very happy because Hagrid traded a lot of magical animal pelts for the "right to use" the two-headed lynx for his classes. These magical animal pelts were also materials that Cohen often used for alchemy or medicine making.

Most of the students were also surprised by Hagrid's first class of the semester, because the two-headed lynx was one of the few creatures Hagrid brought out that wasn't too scary. It looked like a gray-furred two-headed cat that liked to meow cutely.

Only Ron was unhappy; the two-headed lynx liked to eat spiders, so they had to feed it spiders during class.

“You can touch them, but don’t touch their claws—see those shiny black things on them? They could burst into high temperatures at any moment and melt the ore—they eat ore,” Hagrid explained to them during class. “Of course, they eat some fish and spiders too; ore is just a snack for them…”

“I don’t see any similarities between spiders and ore.” Ron refused to go near the bucket teeming with tiny spiders. They needed to wear gloves, grab a handful, and let the two-headed lynx lick them clean, and they had to work in pairs—otherwise, the two heads of the lynx would fight over the food.

“Luckily it’s mine, otherwise our group wouldn’t be able to do anything,” Cohen said, grabbing a handful of spiders and holding them to the left side of the lynx’s head. “Eat half, and give the rest to your little brother—no fighting, or I’ll let the old water snake sneak into your den tonight…”

With Cohen around, the two lynx heads became friendly and respectful, deferring to each other and giving more spiders to their "good brother" to eat.

Feeding can only be done with one hand; Cohen holds the wand in his other hand to prevent the spider from crawling anywhere other than his glove.

But this action was clearly unnecessary, because the spiders remained motionless after Cohen caught them.

The lesson went very smoothly. Even when a Slytherin student, fearless and troublesome, took off his glove and pinched the lynx's paw hard, it didn't retaliate by scratching the other person.

It's highly likely that Cohen used the old water snake, the one who bullied them, as a threat, which is why they didn't dare to make any moves.

Cohen didn't give those who secretly bullied his cat a good ending either; at least the two Slytherin students Cohen didn't recognize hadn't had a happy day. Protecting Magical Creatures was considered relatively easy with little extra homework, but Transfiguration, Charms, and Potions were far more difficult and demanding than the other courses. Many students were already looking forward to the first gathering of the Dungeons & Dragons Club that Edward had mentioned, hoping to relax and unwind with the new games.

Just when Cohen thought Edward had completely integrated with the students, a Ravenclaw student raised a very serious and suspicious question during Thursday's Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

“Professor, I saw a spell called Patronus Charm in the OWL exam syllabus that Professor Flitwick gave us. Considering our exams next semester, should we learn this?” Michael Corner asked.

To say you want to learn the Patronus Charm in front of the Dementor's father...

Cohen looked at the warrior with great surprise.

What is a guardian deity?

"I've never heard of this spell before..."

Did you learn this before?

"Definitely not, we haven't really learned spells properly in Defense Against the Dark Arts class..."

“Oh, you guys haven’t learned this before—” Edward tried to change the subject, “I thought the other professors would teach it…”

“It’s the most effective spell against Dementors, isn’t it?” Michael said. “The newspapers say the Dementors have escaped—you said you’d teach us how to protect ourselves as much as possible…”

“That’s certainly true,” Edward said.

But he really didn't want to teach them the Patronus Charm in front of Cohen—fearing that Cohen would think his father was handing out the knife that killed him to everyone for free.

However, Edward's reluctant appearance reminded everyone in the classroom of the previous rumor.

Could Cohen really be a Dementor? Is that why his father didn't want to teach them the Patronus Charm...?

Cohen sighed, sensing that Edward was mentally drained—even with the Guardian Charm, it was useless against those whose souls he could absorb, and even without the Guardian Charm, Cohen would have difficulty dealing with those whose souls he couldn't absorb.

So when everyone was clamoring to learn the Patronus Charm, Cohen also joined in the clamor.

"Are you crazy?" Harry whispered to Cohen.

“The Dementors are definitely too dangerous for you now,” Cohen said in a low voice. “And I’m not actually that afraid of Patronus.”

The Dementor Empire needs fresh wizards, and so does Cohen; providing some protection in the early stages is essential.

Of course, the main reason is to make it easier for Edward to attend classes.

(End of this chapter)