"What can a vampire do for me?" Erwin thought as he left the principal's office.
After passing through the corridor and turning into the library, Erwin showed Mrs. Pince the note Dumbledore had given him before leaving.
The skinny librarian held the note close to his glasses and double-checked that the principal's seal on the note was authentic. Then without saying a word, he turned around and disappeared behind the rows of bookshelves.
Erwin waited for more than a minute. Mrs. Pince brought two books and threw them to Erwin with an indifferent expression. "You'd better not let other students see you reading these books." She reminded coldly.
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Erwin held the two books in his hands. Their cold shells and sharp spikes on the edges seemed to be designed to give readers the first impression that they were dangerous.
"The Scarlet Curse", "Blood and Punishment".
Since you want to use a high-level vampire, you must not know anything about blood magic. Although human wizards can only have some superficial knowledge at most, it is still necessary to do some theoretical research.
What Erwin didn't expect was that there were books about blood magic in the Hogwarts library. The Restricted Book Area was as familiar to him as home. He was certain that he had never seen these two blood magic books before.
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This means that in addition to the forbidden book area, there is also a "hidden bookshelf", and the books on it are the ones that must be strictly restricted from dissemination.
When I opened the title page, an obscure atmosphere hit my face. The material of the pages should be old, and the fonts did not look like they were printed in batches, which meant that they might be unique copies.
Hopefully the knowledge they record is not out of date.
Erwin put away the two books calmly. There are ready-made magic book making tools in Flamel's cabin. Esmeralda can complete the copying of these two books in half an hour, so that he can
Save it for later study.
It’s time for lunch again, three meals a day are always indispensable.
Erwin walked out of the library and heard a loud child's voice, "Mr. Harry Potter!"
For a moment, everyone around them looked over there.
The famous boy looked hopeless, "You really don't have to be so excited every time you see me, classmate Colin..."
"Sorry." Freshman Colin Creevey said hurriedly, holding an old-fashioned camera with a large flash. "Can I take some Halloween-themed photos for you?"
"Ah - well, I remembered that I left something in the dormitory and forgot to take it out. I'm going to leave first." The boy who survived made an excuse very skillfully, and then fled quickly.
He must have been annoyed by Colin many times.
Colin's eyes were a little disappointed.
"That camera you're holding...is it allowed to be used in school?" Erwin suddenly asked.
Colin turned around with some surprise and looked at the senior who was a head taller than him, "Well, it took a lot of effort for me to get my father to agree to buy it for me."
"Can you show it to me?"
Colin was very happy and handed over the camera.
Erwin fiddled with it and took a photo. After a few seconds, a photo popped up from the bottom of the camera. It was black and white. Like most book illustrations, it was a dynamic picture.
The basic imaging principle of the so-called magic camera should be no different from that of an ordinary camera.
"It doesn't feel as easy to use as a normal camera, right?" Erwin smiled at Colin.
Just like the Hogwarts Express, which was still a steam train, this type of camera from 70 to 80 years ago shows that there were once a few wizards who saw the development of conventional society and used magic to improve a certain product, but the number of such people
Very few, things like this are very rare.
The development speed of wizard society, which has a severely insufficient population base, is naturally far slower than that of regular society. This is why it is not difficult to understand why many things used by wizards are far behind the times from a normal perspective.
The little boy's eyes immediately lit up, "Are your parents Muggles too?"
Erwin nodded.
The same family background made Colin feel close to him.
"Lend it to me for two days, and I can make this camera take color photos." Erwin shook this antique-like thing towards Colin.
"Really?" Colin was stunned.
"You can let me try it." Erwin patted his shoulder, "If it breaks, I will directly pay you for a brand new one."
"Then...okay." Colin was still a little hesitant. After all, the little boy was reluctant to part with his beloved things.
During lunch time, the decorations in the auditorium were full of Halloween atmosphere, with huge jack-o'-lanterns floating in the air.
In this case, Harry Potter had no way to avoid Colin Creevey and could only deal with this little fanboy with a wry smile. Erwin noticed the quarrel between Percy and Ron.
"My stupid brother." Percy's patience seemed to be running out. "Don't you understand that you can't spend these galleons even if they are in your hands? As long as you buy anything new, your mother will know and ask questions
Where did your money come from?"
Ron was stunned. He really hadn't thought about this.
"Then we can only keep the money?" He pursed his lips in a silly manner.
"The best way is to invest it. I have discussed this with Erwin...but you don't have to worry about it. Let's do this. I will buy you a new wand and use the money I earned from my part-time job during the holidays." Percy said.
The words sent Ron away.
In fact, what Erwin and Percy were talking about was not purely investment. After learning that Percy was interested in working in the Ministry of Magic after graduation, Erwin suggested that he use the money as start-up capital.
"By the way, if you want a new wand, don't mention it to George and Fred." A somewhat worried Percy said in Ron's ear again.
Not far away, Erwin smiled and said nothing.
After lunch, Erwin walked up to Melanie and whispered to her, "Follow me."
The girls around Melanie instantly put on faces that were half-smiling but not smiling. In their eyes, this young couple was actually dating in public.
Melanie could only smile in agreement.
In broad daylight, Erwin took her into the Forbidden Forest. After making sure there was no one around, he took out his wand and pointed it at the female vampire.
Melanie's eyes were a little helpless and she looked pitiful.
The woman was indifferent to playing Erwin again, but he put down the wand again. Although the wand was indeed useful, he should rely on it as little as possible if possible.
He tried to directly sense the magic shackles on Melanie's body. After many attempts, he finally got a response, 'Nat Sheets of Destiny', a core sequence response.
A rich golden light appeared on Melanie's wrists and the back of her neck, and her expression became distorted and painful. As the golden light became brighter, her expression became flustered, with pleading eyes.
Erwin stopped debugging the magic text shackles. As Dumbledore said, whether it is increasing or weakening the magic text shackles, it can cause harm to Melanie. The status quo is just enough to maintain the balance, and as long as it is destroyed
At this balance, Melanie's life would be at stake.
In other words, he actually has control over Melanie's life and death.
Then there is no doubt that he is in an absolute upper-class position towards her.
"Are you able to control these magic words so quickly?" Melanie's voice was full of resentment.
"Essentially, I don't really want to embarrass you." Erwin said casually.
Of course, the existence of Flamel's cabin could not be shown to this female vampire, so he sent her back directly. Melanie was not qualified to express objections.
Changing Colin's camera to color is not difficult, it only requires an additional magic text code. Erwin spent most of the afternoon tinkering with his new projectile weapon, and it has already begun to bear fruit.
In the evening, go back to the castle for dinner. Although Halloween is also celebrated, this holiday does not seem to be as important to wizards as Christmas and Easter. Muggles are happy to dress up as ghosts, zombies, vampires and other monsters on Halloween, but wizards
We know what things are real, and dressing ourselves up like that is as funny as wearing animal skins.
Therefore, Hogwarts on Halloween eve, in addition to some festive decorations, also has a dinner that is a little more sumptuous than usual.
While eating, Erwin noticed that Harry, Ron and Hermione were not there. According to Harry's roommate Dean Thomas, they were invited by Nearly Headless Nick to attend his memorial dinner.
"In other words, ghosts know how long they have been dead. They at least retain some concept of time."
"Although communicating with ghosts will make you find that they are no different from ordinary people, in fact, except for what happened during their lifetime, their memories can only last for a short time." Melanie said.
Indeed, Nearly Headless Nick has been at Hogwarts for five hundred years, but he can't name a few principals.
Melanie suddenly pulled Erwin's sleeve, "Ginny is gone." She whispered.
"She said she didn't feel well, so she went back to the dormitory early." Percy told Erwin.
Of course Erwin still remembered the girl who hissed at the faucet that night, but when he mentioned this to Percy in an insidious way a few days ago, the older brother knew nothing about his sister and firmly believed that Wei
No one in the Sly family is a Parseltongue.
"Only descendants of Slytherin can understand Parsel Language. How could our family..."
After eating and drinking, the students left in twos and threes. Erwin and Melanie were preparing to return to Gryffindor Tower, but as soon as they left the auditorium, they heard a roar.
All the students recognized Filch's voice.
It was the women's bathroom on the second floor again. When everyone arrived at the scene, they saw a stiff cat, a helpless Harry, and a grief-stricken Filch.
There is writing on the wall next to it, written in red dye that looks like blood:
"The secret chamber has been opened. Those who are enemies of the heir should be alert."
"People who are enemies of the heir?" Brother Malfoy screamed exaggeratedly, looking at Hermione and Erwin with undisguised malicious eyes, "Of course it's you, Mudbloods."