Aberforth looks completely different from his brother. Not only is he more irritable, but he is also a very sloppy old man.
There is always a strange greasy smell in his bar, and the tables, chairs and benches are a little sticky, as if a customer accidentally spilled beer and it was not wiped clean.
But there is really no need for him to care too much about the hygiene of his shop. Anyway, he does not rely on the income of this bar to survive, and no matter how clean he is, the business will definitely not be as good as the other one in Hogsmeade.
Three Broomsticks bar is good.
After all, one is Ms. Rosmerta, whose charm is still there, and many boys in Hogwarts Castle are secretly fascinated by it. The other is a dirty, unshaven, weird-tempered old man. Everyone knows which one to go to.
Aberforth brought Jon a glass of butterbeer, and by the way, he made him a sandwich made of freshly fried, hot eggs and ham at the bar.
Although the wine glass containing butterbeer looked suspicious, as to whether its owner had cleaned it since he bought it, Jon still directly picked up the wine glass and drank half of it.
This is not just because he walked around half a circle in Hogwarts Castle today, and then climbed the stairs along the secret passage for more than ten minutes. When he arrived at the Pig's Head Bar, he had a long conversation with Aberforth. Until now
Because I just took a sip of water.
This is especially because during the two months in the castle, except for plain water, he had never touched any slightly flavored drinks. Butterbeer was originally a bit too sweet for Jon's taste, and he didn't drink much on the carriage.
He loves to drink, but now he drank most of the glass directly.
The freshly baked sandwiches also tasted very good. No matter how good Aberforth's cooking skills were, this was the first hot food Jon had eaten in a while. Three meals a day in the castle were not dry.
Bread is just cold, hard bacon.
Looking at Jon who was devouring his food, Aberforth waited for him to drink up all the remaining butterbeer in the wooden cup with his second sip, and swallowed the sandwich he had not chewed in his mouth before he spoke.
"I'll help you with the rooster thing. There's no way to replace it with anything else. You have to have a real rooster to be effective against the basilisk. But there's one thing you need to think about. How can you not attract attention?
Bring a chicken into that castle? And make sure it doesn't croak when it's not in use."
Jon took another bite of the sandwich in his hand and said thoughtfully.
"Can this problem be solved by using transfiguration?"
Aberforth was slightly startled.
"You mean to turn the chicken into a dead object that cannot move, and then undo its transformation when it is needed?"
"Yes." Jon nodded and said, "How long can your transformation spell last at most?"
"Transformation from living things to dead things and from dead things to living things are relatively difficult skills in the art of transfiguration." Aberforth said it was difficult without showing any embarrassment on his face, "But if it were me
If you use it, I can make the chicken's transformation last for more than a week as long as you want."
After all, he is from the Dumbledore family and is an old wizard who has lived for more than a hundred years. Whether it is spells or transformation, his magical attainments far exceed more than 95% of wizards in the wizarding world.
Jon was not surprised by this. If Aberforth couldn't even do this, then he would have to doubt his level.
"It's up to you to cast a spell on the rooster and try to turn it into something small, easy to carry and unobtrusive. Then when I need to use it, I can directly remove the transformation spell attached to it.
It shouldn’t require any advanced deformation skills to release the deformation.”
"But as I said before, the rooster thing is easy to handle, but just like this, there is a high probability that the basilisk will not be killed." Aberforth sat opposite Jon and said solemnly, "
You need to be there to assist the rooster, not only to protect it from being killed, but also to control the basilisk's movements so that it cannot escape quickly."
After Jon finished eating his sandwich, he touched the wand in his hand habitually and said.
"Although the basilisk has high magic resistance, it doesn't mean that no spell can have an effect on it, right?"
"Its defense is actually far from the strength of dragon skin, but even if there are indeed many spells that can do this, can you use them?" Aberforth looked at Jon.
What are you mocking, but asking questions very seriously.
Jon shook his head and truthfully said all the spells he knew now.
"The Petrifying Curse, the Cleaning Curse, the Wand Illuminating Curse, the Levitation Curse, the Unlocking Curse, the Repairing Curse, the Cutting Curse, the Softening Curse and the Locking Curse (the last six spells are included in the first-grade textbook "Standard Spells: Elementary").
"
To be honest, considering that Jon has only been exposed to magic for a year, he has been able to learn so many spells beyond Aberforth's expectation, and among them, the Petrification Curse can be regarded as a medium-level spell, which is generally a first-grade spell.
Students have no access to it at all, so Jon can be considered very talented if he can learn it.
"While we were on the carriage, most of my energy was focused on mastering the levitation spell, so I was somewhat relaxed about learning other spells. Otherwise, I would definitely have learned some more useful spells."
After hearing Jon's explanation, Aberforth couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Proficient in the levitation spell? Is this the spell you are most proficient in?"
It could be seen that Aberforth obviously felt that wasting time on spells like the Levitation Curse was purely mentally ill. Jon did not explain much in words, but directly demonstrated it to him with practical actions.
The "floating spell" that I know.
"Wingardim Leviosa."
The ring had been worn around his neck when he entered the secret passage. After Jon recited the spell, his whole body flew up in front of Aberforth!
Seeing Jon, who just recited a floating spell with a different pronunciation, flew up without relying on any external object, Aberforth's eyes were as big as eggs.
Only then did he realize that the floating spell he understood and the "floating spell" Jon learned to use could be said to be two different kinds of magic.
After showing what he knew now, Jon lifted the effect of the "Levitation Curse". He didn't want to show off, but at this time he had better explain everything he knew clearly, so Ah
Only Fusi can determine what areas he needs to strengthen based on his abilities.