A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 281 Maps and Magic

After half an hour—

Sirius sat on the sofa with a dark face. He heard the bad news that Peter Pettigrew had run away, or rather, hid in a place where no one knew and pretended not to come out.

He thought frustratingly, could it be that what he has been doing for so long has been useless?

Felix picked out another book from the bookshelf, which actually mentioned a complete ancient magic.The portrait of Headmaster Phineas Black did not deceive him. The collection of books here is indeed extraordinary, although some of them were moved from the restricted area of ​​Hogwarts.

It seems that when the old man was the principal, he did not do much for the benefit of his family.

It's a pity that the world is impermanent, and the Black family has fallen to this point...

"Have you tried the Marauder's Map?" Sirius asked suddenly.

"The Marauder's Map, what's that?" Felix looked up from the book.

Sirius said in a muffled voice: "It's a moving map that records the locations and secret passages of Hogwarts. It looks like a stack of folded parchment. We made it together when we were in school—I, Jen Tom, Remus, and... Peter Pettigrew."

"The Marauder's Map can mark the tracks of everyone within Hogwarts, even Dumbledore."

Felix blinked. He already knew what Lupine wanted from Filch. He said with certainty, "Filch should have confiscated this map."

"We did it on purpose." Sirius pouted, "We were about to graduate at that time, and we were desperate for someone to inherit our sacred prank business, so we found an appropriate opportunity to attract Filch's attention and ask him to accept it." Go to the map."

Felix nodded slightly, it turned out that there was still such a past.

Sirius wondered, "Didn't Remus tell you?"

Felix said softly, "The map was lost, Filch himself admitted."

"That old jerk!" Sirius shouted unwillingly, he slammed the wall hard, and then said discouragedly: "Even if there is a map, it may not be useful, Peter Pettigrew can block his name."

"Shield? Did you use the trace spell?"

"More than that, tracing spells, footprint revealing, name magic, miniature simulation spells, concealment spells, anti-disturbance spells, protection magic, and later, transformation, divination, and alchemy...too many things."

Felix looked at Sirius in amazement, having only mastered some of the spells himself.

Sirius explained: "At first James brought a magical map-making book from home, and we relied on this book to make the prototype of the Marauder's Map, of course-there were no moving names at that time. I went all over the library, found spells that can lock traces from various corners, and kept adding them, and in the end, even we ourselves couldn't remember how many spells we used."

He spread his hands, "You know, when we saw Headmaster Dumbledore's name on the map, we thought we were invincible. No one can escape the Marauder's Map, because you can escape a certain Magical detection, but not against the second, third, fourth..."

Felix couldn't help stroking his hands and admiring, if Sirius didn't say it, who would know these things?He even saw the shadows of the other three creators through Sirius.

A stunning magical creation appeared in the hands of four students who had not yet graduated.

What happened afterwards was even more embarrassing. The war interrupted their normal life trajectory, and if Sirius hadn't mentioned it, maybe even the existence of the Marauder's Map itself would have been quietly submerged in history.

"How do the four of you divide the work?" Felix couldn't help asking for more information. If it could be copied, it would definitely be as good as any known magic item.

Sirius glanced at him strangely, "James is good at Transfiguration, I'm good at spells, especially silent casting, many spells were added after I learned them, Remus knows everything, he put a bunch of scattered things Glue it up, and as for Peter Pettigrew..."

He frowned, suppressing his disgust and said, "He is more careful, checking for gaps and making up for omissions."

After Sirius finished speaking, he paused thoughtfully, looked at Felix for a while, and said slowly, "Maybe he might not be able to block the Marauder's Map."

"why?"

"I remember—there was a spell that only James and I knew. During the seventh grade Halloween holiday, we went home separately, and James found an interesting magic from the old house."

He looked at Felix with a light in his eyes, "That's a curse, or enslavement magic. No, that's not accurate," he frowned, "It should be said to be a contract."

"Magic contract?"

"That's right," Sirius said affirmatively. He glanced at the door of the study and said in a low voice, "It's a very old book. The author of the book participated in the House Elf War. The wizard at that time invented a magic. Designed to enslave house-elves."

Felix raised his eyebrows, and he said in a magical tone: "Does this have anything to do with the Marauder's Map? Wait—I figured it out, the connection between the master and the servant?"

Sirius was surprised by his keenness, "You are right, there is a close connection between the house-elves and their masters, this connection goes deep into the blood, passed down from generation to generation, and now few people know about it, so the house-elves Only then will I never betray my master."

Not always……

Enslavement by magic is always inferior, Felix thought. There is no such thing as permanent, unbreakable magic, and Dobby was an example.Even the side effect of the Cruciatus Curse, one of the three Unforgivable Curses, wasn't he cracked it?
Following this line of thought, the Cruciatus Curse no longer worked for him.pain?He has too many ways to block the pain. What is truly terrifying about the Cruciatus Curse is that it transcends the body and reaches the pain in the deepest part of the mind.

And when he protects his memory layer by layer, the Cruciatus Curse will have extremely limited influence on him, but it can be used as a disguise...

Sirius continued to say: "—Think about it, no matter where the owner is, the master can summon the house-elf, oh, not in Azkaban, I tried, maybe the distance is too far..."

"Maybe the Ministry of Magic collected this part of the information and made corresponding precautions." Felix guessed.

"In short, James and I tried to add part of this magic—when the master summons, the house elves perceive the master's location because of the contract—into the map, we devised a little trick," Sirius said happily Laughed, "When you walked into Hogwarts, you signed a temporary blank contract by default, without any binding force, you can even refuse!"

Felix smiled and said: "The premise is that the person discovers the contract, but I think you will not let it take effect at all, but are in a waiting state..."

"That's it!" said Sirius excitedly, and he let out a strange cry: "It's completely harmless, but your position will be exposed."

"The best part is that Peter Pettigrew didn't know this, and within a few days of returning from the Halloween break, we decided to leave the map at Hogwarts - with the help of Filch to find the next master, in his office only The most adventurous students will come out, and we have some restrictions in place for that."

Trapped in happy memories, Sirius narrowed his eyes and murmured softly.

After a while, he said sadly, "It's a pity that the map is lost."

Felix pondered: "If you are asked to make a new Marauder's Map, can you do it? Lupine is also at school, and he may be able to help."

"I know he's there," Sirius said, and he thought for a long time, "It's going to be hard to remake, I don't remember a lot of things..."

"We could try it together, I'm interested in it."

"Us?" Sirius stared blankly at Felix.

Felix didn't answer, he glanced at the time, "There are still two hours until ten o'clock, it's completely in time."

He said happily: "I'm going to take you to Hogwarts. Of course, I need to get in touch with Principal Dumbledore first. Well, I may face inquiries from the Ministry of Magic. I will lie that I didn't catch you, Let you run away. I don’t know if anyone will believe it..."

Sirius glared at Felix, who felt he had been taunted.

"Excuse me, where is the portrait of Phineas Black, I didn't see him in the row of portraits on the wall."

"...in the second bedroom on the right hand side of the platform on the second floor."

Felix walked away, and a few minutes later, he came back again, "It's already agreed, Dumbledore wants us to act more secretly." He lightly touched the ring on his left hand with his wand, and took out a seal from it. Candy box with Honeydukes.

"what is this?"

"A little wizard gave me a Christmas present. I haven't finished it yet. I'm a little tired... But I think it can also be used to hold a person."

"Have you cast the Untraceable Stretching Curse?"

"Oh, no," Felix asked suspiciously, "Who would cast the Untraceable Stretching Charm in a candy box?" He looked at the dazed Sirius and said, "I just happened to think of a suitable spell—"

He pointed his wand at Sirius, and the tip of the wand burst into a strong blue light.

(End of this chapter)