In the principal's office, Charles felt like he had arrived at the senior citizens' activity center. Dumbledore, Care of Magical Creatures professor Sylvanus Kettleburn and Newt Scamander, all old men, were standing around.
Studying carefully in front of the huge carcass of the lying bat.
Charles was lectured by Professor McGonagall for almost half an hour, with no sign of ending.
Kettleburn came over and patted Charles on the shoulder with his only original hand, and said to Professor McGonagall with a smile: "Minerva, don't be too harsh on talented young people."
Professor McGonagall's body was still trembling slightly, and she glared at Kettleburn fiercely and said: "Sylvanus, I don't want any student to be like you with only one arm and half a leg!" Kettleburn's early love for magical animals was like Hagrid's, but he didn't have Hagrid's physique, so that he now has one hand and one and a half legs that are magical prosthetics.
He didn't take it seriously and said very proudly: "Oh, it's all worth it for those cute little guys."
At this time, the former principal Armando Dippet, who was hanging on the wall, shouted angrily: "Kettleburn, have you never reflected in all these years? How many times have you messed up things and hurt so many people? You have
Have you ever thought about your responsibilities?"
"I was too protective of you in those years, and I gave you the illusion that the mistakes you made were trivial matters. I should have asked you to go to Azkaban and reflect!"
Kettleburn was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and stopped talking.
Dumbledore hurriedly smoothed things over: "Dippet, Silvanus has become much more stable in recent years than before."
Phineas Black on the wall said harshly: "That's right. At least he didn't lose the remaining arm and half of his leg. Doesn't this mean that he is stable?"
The situation calmed down, and Newt continued to interrupt, saying in a very exaggerated voice: "The first person to record the Voldemort bat was Flavius Bobby, in Papua New Guinea in 1782. He escaped from the attack and used the guardian
The divine curse drove away the bats,
"That is to say, Smith, a first-year student, is already proficient in mastering the Patronus Charm."
The Patronus Charm is not a simple spell like the Floating Charm. Even in the Ministry of Magic, there are many people who cannot draw a white circle. It is incredible that a first-year student can summon a divine guardian who can kill Voldemort Bats.
Things.
Everyone in the principal's office and the portrait were immediately diverted, and all looked at Charles.
Charles scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "I saw it when I was reading a book some time ago, and I learned it by trying it myself."
After saying that, he raised his wand and made several circles in the air, and silver-white light mist poured out from the tip of the wand.
But he didn't let the purple cabbage come out, which was a bit shocking.
Kettleburn patted Charles on the shoulder and said excitedly: "This is really amazing. I thought you killed the Voldemort Bat with a stone."
Professor McGonagall was surprised at first, and then smiled from the bottom of her heart.
Dumbledore nodded, also smiling.
Newt said to Charles: "Smith, can you tell me how you eliminated this crouching bat? It would be best if you could talk about its behavior before it was eliminated, such as how it moved, how it attacked, and
What are you afraid of?"
"The last time I was closest to a Voldemort bat was 20 years ago. A wizard in Kenya caught a small Voldemort bat in a trap. After I got the news, I immediately wrote a letter hoping that he could leave it to me."
"The other party also agreed, but when I arrived, he roasted the Voldemort Bat and served it to me."
Everyone in the principal's office was speechless. Only Charles asked stupidly: "Is it delicious?"
Newt didn't answer, but he looked like he wanted to hit someone.
Charles immediately pretended that he was an ignorant child.
Dumbledore said to him very seriously: "Charles, it is wrong to eat rare magical animals."
"When I first arrived at Hogwarts, there was a class called Beastiality. When I graduated, it had become a class on Care of Magical Creatures."
"In the first few years when I went to school, there were still a lot of poachers capturing magical animals. They all disappeared when I was in school, but the number of magical animals has become very rare. If you continue to harm magical animals, they will become extinct.
of."
Charles immediately entered the good student mode, and then told the centaurs how to eliminate the Voldemort Bat. However, the Voldemort Bat was killed by his guardian who hit his head against the wall.
Newt recorded what he said and murmured happily at the same time: "It turns out that the Voldemort bat is afraid of light. This is a very useful piece of news. It lives in a hot cave and seems to be very afraid of the cold..."
After finishing speaking, Charles asked Newt: "Mr. Scamander, since the Voldemort bat lives in a hot place, why did it come to the cold Scotland?"
It is very unnatural for an animal to come to a place that is opposite to its own habitat. If it were summer, it could be said that it was lost or chased by heaven and earth in a panic. But before this, it was winter, and the voluptuous bat would have been frozen to death when passing through Europe. It was impossible.
Run to Scotland.
Moreover, the Voldemort bat was found in a hot cave, so don’t expect it to go there directly with a map and navigation.
Everyone present knew that the Voldemort Bat was brought by someone or some people, but the motive was hard to say.
Before Newt could answer, Dumbledore said: "I think it might have escaped from someone's cage."
He immediately thought of the two mysterious foreign wizards who suddenly appeared before, and wondered if they might have some conspiracy.
At this time, Armando Dippet asked Kettleburn loudly on the wall: "Sylvanus, did you secretly bring the Voldebat back?"
Kettleburn immediately shouted the same: "I won't do this kind of thing anymore!"
After their reminder, Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore, and before she could say anything, Dumbledore said: "I know, I will investigate clearly."
Charles also reacted and meowed. Could it be that Hagrid got this Voldemort Bat back?
Dumbledore also seemed to want to figure this out. He asked Charles to go back to rest and prepared to put Voldemort into an empty classroom.
"Newt," Dumbledore said slightly, "if you want to continue studying Voldemort, I'm afraid you'll have to live here for a while."
Newt was thinking about how to borrow the Voldemort Bat back for research, and such a rare magical animal must be kept in the Hogwarts collection, so Dumbledore made the first move.
Charles used a bag to help carry the corpse of Voldemort Bat to the classroom where the Mirror of Erised was originally placed. Professor McGonagall took Newt to settle down. Finally, Dumbledore asked Charles and himself to go to the kitchen to have something to eat.
Just in time, Charles told Dumbledore about the discovery of a passage in the hot cave.
There may be some treasures in that place, or there may be some dangerous existence sealed there. Instead of taking the risk yourself, it is better to let Da Hao take it there.
Dumbledore thought very seriously after hearing this, and waited until Charles was almost full before saying: "Why that cave is hot has troubled wizards for many years. There are various theories, and some people think that it is related to the four buildings of Hogwarts."
It has something to do with why the founders built the school here."