After coming out of Professor McGonagall's office, Ani is going to go to the library first. Today is Saturday, which is where Hermione hangs out most often.
The library is on the same second floor as the current director's office, but they are far apart.
After getting used to life in the magical world, the first thing people learn is not to believe their own eyes.
Do you think that's a doorknob? No, it's actually a three-dimensional portrait.
It obviously looks like a wall. Don’t panic, just walk over and you will reach another place.
Ordinary three bedrooms and one living room?
No, no, no, after opening the door, you might be able to see a grassland, enough to accommodate more than ten men roping horses, as well as their horses, cattle and sheep.
Think about it, even Mr. Weasley's old Ford can accommodate their whole family, what about Hogwarts?
It’s just that most areas are not open.
After all, the original intention of building Hogwarts was to protect a pure land in darkness and chaos. It was clearly built as a war fortress. If the firepower was fully used, the magic power required to be invested would be extremely terrifying. Maybe it might not even be affordable with the current state of the magic nodes.
Starting.
Walking on the way to the library, Aini resisted the urge to turn on his magic perception. Sylvie's warning still rang in his ears. Mr. Scamander didn't want to squat in front of the castle one day with an umbrella, waiting.
Let's chat with this big guy.
After gaining the ability to know what he sees and understand in the incomplete version, the temptation of this thousand-year-old castle is too great for him. Aini believes that even if he can only analyze the most superficial part of it, it will definitely be a huge gain beyond imagination.
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In this way, he could only let his thoughts wander randomly, so as not to calm down and look around him as if he was being scratched by a cat.
Even if magic perception is not turned on, Aini can still detect the magic whizzing around him. I really don’t know what a spectacular sight it will be when this castle is fully activated.
There is no doubt that the four giants must have put a lot of effort into the place they recognized, and the power contained therein must be earth-shattering.
However, given the reputation and strength of the four giants at the time, the castle's defense measures had never been fully activated. If it was effective, it might be a pity.
Ani really wants to see its true appearance, but now most of the energy supply in the magic node is directed to the greenhouse, the Potions Office, the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest and other places, and is used to cultivate materials or refine potions.
Transferring will obviously cause unnecessary losses.
In addition, he currently lacks the authority of Slytherin, so it is destined that his small wish will be difficult to achieve.
Huh?
Aini suddenly felt that he had missed something, but when he thought about it, he had no clue...
"S...Professor Scamander."
Hearing the call from behind, Ani no longer thought about it. Anyway, even if he couldn't find the answer for a while, he could just use his magic perception to plow the castle again later.
"Sir, this is the photo you asked for."
Colin Creevey ran over panting and handed a thick paper bag into Aini's hand.
"Thank you, Mr. Creevey. But how did you find me?"
Ani's first impression of Colin Creevey was that the boy could always find Harry Potter and express his admiration to him.
Don’t think this is easy to do. Just think about how difficult it is to find a senior with a different course in college without a mobile phone.
"I heard my husband's footsteps downstairs, and I happened to catch up with him with the photos."
Colin smiled with relief and said, Professor Scamander paid a full Galleons, and he didn't have much pocket money. This windfall can bring some "decent" gifts to his family at Christmas.<
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After hearing his answer, Ani thought to himself. Sure enough, it must have been his extraordinary hearing that allowed Colin to always catch Harry.
"Professor, Muggle photos will not be moved, but Senior George gave me a bottle of developing potion. Are you satisfied with the effect?"
At this point, the boy felt a little uneasy. Making the photos move was still a completely new field for him, especially...
The behavior of those Lockharts is really not very friendly.
Hearing this, Aini picked up the paper bag, and the corners on it collapsed softly. It seemed that Colin had been carrying it for the past two days.
Ani took out a few photos. The top Lockhart was stuck to the edge of the photo, as if trying to escape. The other Lockhart was covering his face, but it may have been squeezed due to too much strength.
My nose felt extremely itchy, and I sneezed loudly. Two more bright marks were immediately added to the white milk stains.
In the other photos, Lockhart is also dodgy and evasive, not at all like he usually does when he is rushing to be photographed.
But no matter how they dodge, after a while they will end up in the same pose as when Aini pressed the shutter, with white milk spurting out of his nostrils, looking extremely funny, and there is no chance of him being the winner of the "Most Charming Smile Award"
What does it look like?
"Perfect, Mr. Creevey. Perhaps I should place a long-term order from you, and if I can still capture such an interesting work, ten pictures will be a galleons."
Aini cheerfully gave the boy five galleons. This transaction was a sure profit and not only supported the younger generation, but also believed that Mr. Lockhart would be "willing" to pay a good price for these excellent works. p>
Not to mention that his plan needs to undermine his confidence in the early stage, and at least he must pay back all the money the students spent on books.
Thirty or forty galleons, if Hogwarts hadn't temporarily increased the student aid...
Ani shook his head and stopped thinking about it. After chatting for a few words, he said goodbye to the joyful Colin. Before he could turn around, Ani heard the rapid footsteps coming from behind.
"Hi, Hermione, what's wrong? You don't look good."
Seeing the girl's angry look, Aini smiled and teased her.
The little witch glared at him angrily. Don't you have any idea why you don't look good?
The escaped Welsh green dragon, the severely damaged Gringotts, and the goblin whose specific damage was unknown, these things have been lingering in her mind for several days.
According to the "Daily Prophet" report, at dawn on September 3, when the vigilant goblins were inspecting the underground vault, they were attacked by the fire dragon that had secretly broken free and lit small candles.
Because things happened in a hurry, and as a basement guard, the fire dragon was already engraved with magic patterns, so it would not trigger dense magic circles and curses when it acted. For a while, the goblin suffered heavy losses, and was successfully broken through by the Welsh green dragon.
Go out and set a fire in the hall before leaving.
Afterwards, the British Ministry of Magic and Gringotts conducted a large-scale search of the surrounding area, but found nothing. The fire dragon seemed to disappear out of thin air, leaving no trace.
The little wizards have been discussing this a lot, and the heat has not dissipated to this day. There are also different speculations on the cause. Some of them sound quite reliable, but many more are very outrageous.
But no matter what everyone said, Hermione had no interest in participating.
She participated in the whole prologue of the Gringotts Fire Dragon Incident!