Hogwarts Study Panel

Chapter 361, page 359: The Wizard's Hut

At the speed of a mere wizard, Sheen had a hard time keeping up with the cat and leopard.

But clearly, he wasn't always a little wizard.

Thus, a strange scene appeared high above Lin Yu.

A black cat was standing on the owl's back, gazing into the distance with sharp eyes.

Below them, an animal that looked like a cougar was galloping.

However, the forest was too dense, and after a few breaths, even Bai Yi couldn't find any trace of the cat-leopard and could only let it disappear into the dense forest.

The black cat's whiskers trembled as it touched the silvery-white owl's tail feathers with its paw.

Soon, from behind a large, ancient, gnarled tree that looked very resilient, a young wizard in a snow-stained robe emerged, an owl still perched on his shoulder.

Bai Yi glared angrily at the dense forest, chattering as if she wanted to burn the forest down.

"No."

Sheen said slowly.

Although Baiyi, as an owl, is very intelligent, she ultimately lacks the wisdom of a wizard.

This always amused Sheen.

They walked through the snow, the soft sounds of footsteps and friction, along with the clatter of stones and branches falling.

At this moment, he and Bai Yi are climbing down a steep, tree-lined hillside, gradually approaching the narrow riverbank with glowing mushrooms at the bottom of the slope.

Sheen was also pondering:

The good news is that cats and leopards do exist in Iphamoni, and there seem to be quite a few.

The bad news is that the leopard cat is very fast, and even if Sheen finds it, he may not be able to get close to it—not every leopard cat is as friendly to wizards as the one in Mr. Scamander's suitcase.

However, Sheen had even better news—his teacher of spatial magic was none other than a world-class Master of Magical Creatures.

So, with his question in mind, he went to find Mr. Scamander, who was standing by the frozen creek.

At his feet, three cats were leaving plum blossom-like footprints in the snow.

This reminded Sheehan that Mr. Scamander seemed to have a fondness for magical creatures like cats.

After all, during his retirement in Dorset, he and his wife kept three pet cats: Hobby, Millie, and Moller.

Good morning, Mr. Scamander.

Sheen stepped across the wooden bridge and crossed the stream.

"Good morning."

Newt replied shyly. He looked into the distance, and following his gaze, Sheehan's heart skipped a beat.

In the jungle, a leopard cat was curiously observing them from a distance.

"Cats and leopards are proud and curious. This means that wizards need to look into their hidden, magical eyes."

They are incredibly intelligent magical creatures, capable of reading many things from a wizard's eyes. Therefore, they rarely take a liking to a wizard, and most of the time they simply disappear.

But for the few sorcerers who dared to approach, the leopard cats wouldn't refuse their advances, which was how the Cherokki warriors successfully obtained leopard cat fur.

Mr. Scamander spoke slowly in a storytelling tone.

As he turned his head slightly, he saw the little wizard struggling to open his eyes wider so that he could make eye contact with the cat and leopard.

This made him want to laugh.

"Distance is sometimes a problem."

He gently reminded him. So Sheen quietly approached the cat-leopard, and the large cat-like creature tilted its head, staring straight at Sheen with its yellow eyes.

[You have gained the favor of the magical creature, the unnamed cat-leopard, by using your expert standards. Affinity +50]

The panel's sound rang out at just the right moment, and Sheen's breathing was as light as falling snowflakes.

"Cats and leopards possess the ability to hypnotize and manipulate minds, making it very difficult to lower one's guard against such magical animals."

This means that the wizard will completely reveal his inner world…

Newt added softly.

Sheen was already standing not far from the cat-leopard. The cat-like creature hesitated for a long time, but finally disappeared in a flash.

The young wizard couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.

"Once, when I was talking to the goblins in the herb garden, I parted some perilla leaves and found a ferret that was as big as a giant."

Instead of running away or hiding as a ferret usually does, it pounced on me, knocking me to the ground on my back.

Clearly, it was a groundhog, a stubborn groundhog. It took me two months to stop it from continuing to wreak havoc in the herb garden.

Newt said shyly.

Sheen looked out at the snow-covered treetops in the distance, knowing that gaining the trust of magical creatures would be a long and arduous process.

……

For many days afterward, the cat-leopard could always be found in Sheen's magical studies.

As Sheen finished cutting down a piece of land and shrank it, the cat-leopard chased crows in the nearby jungle.
As Sheen shrunk and enlarged a yew tree, the cat-leopard tested the hardness of the ice on the stream covered with a thick layer of ice with its claws.
When Sheen was finally able to put a patch of grass into the Wizard's Book, the cat-leopard tried to capture Bai Yi, but was scared away by Bai Yi, who had turned into a giant fire dragon, and didn't come to observe Sheen for an entire afternoon.

The space inside the Wizard's Book grew larger and larger, and Sheen's skills became more and more proficient.

A few days later, Sheen was able to practice on his own without making any mistakes.

So his progress accelerated to a new level.

The warm sun rose and then disappeared, the winter snow stopped and then fell again, and Sheen spent his days with spatial and weather spells.

On a rainy and snowy day, the three-day, then extended to five-day, magical animal course was coming to an end.

Mr. Scamander will also be leaving Ifamoni.

This made Sheen's time even more precious.

Finally, just before the fifth day was over, Sheen had achieved something:
[You have practiced the Split Spell to a proficient standard, proficiency +10]

[Spatial Spell: Beginner Level (70/900) (Collapse)]

All the spatial spells have been integrated together, but of course, Sheen can also open them to view them individually.

【Weather Curse: Apprentice Level (20/300) (Collapse)】

Although progress on the weather curse is still limited, at least Sheen has some initial means of regulating the climate.

The perfection of these two types of spells also means that Sheen has the foundation to build the internal space of the Wizard's Book.

So one evening, Sheehan went to the riverbank where he and Mr. Scamander often stayed.

After a night of renovation, the interior of Sheen's Wizarding Book was already taking shape:
Upon entering, you are greeted by a field, with yellow and pink wildflowers growing on the lush green grass, filled with the scent of spring sunshine.

To the left of the field was a stream that meandered past a small wooden cabin with bright windows and a steaming chimney. A sign on the door read: Wizard's Hut.

In the distance from the wooden house lies a dense forest, with beech and yew being the most common tree species.

It was like an oil painting. Sheen stood at the door of the cabin with satisfaction, thinking that this 300-square-meter space should be enough to house a small number of magical creatures.

(End of this chapter)