A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 636 After Halloween
The office door opened.

"Hello," Felix stared blankly at Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and Harry and Ron took a step back flinching. "Staying up so late...Nightswimming to the door of the professor's office...what can I do?" Behind them, Ginny rolled her eyes, and her eyes kept jumping between them; Luna looked in a trance.

Hearing the word 'night excursion', all doubts were held in my throat.

Hermione hid her fierce eyes, held Varen up, and said in a high-pitched voice, "Oh, Professor, we're coming over to give you Varen back... Do you know where we found her? It's so far."

Felix blinked and muttered, "I'm surprised too, the little guy disappeared after just drinking a glass of water...Thank you."

He reached out to grab Varen, but Hermione drew her hand back, leaving him in vain.She hugged Varen, and stared at him at the same time, as if she was shocked that he was able to evade it completely.Varen fluttered excitedly in Hermione's arms, chirping and scolding him with a heartbroken look.

"What's Varun talking about?" Hermione asked knowingly.

"Thank you for sending her back." Felix glanced at the angry Niffler and said calmly.

Hermione puffed out her cheeks.The only one who can be so irritating is the professor himself. She let go of most of her worries, gave Valence to Felix, thought for a while and said, "Hmm...Professor? I have recently accumulated some questions on ancient runes. , can I come over to ask you for advice tomorrow?"

"...don't come too early, I want to sleep late." Felix said dryly, so Hermione pretended to be obedient and retreated to the back without speaking, and he turned his gaze to the others.

Harry and Ron shook their heads quickly. Hermione pulled them here forcibly. Although they also had questions, it was obviously not a good time to ask questions. The howling makes them just want to go back to the warm and comfortable bed, and they have training tomorrow morning.

Ginny also waved her hand, indicating that she had no doubts.Luna asked calmly, "Professor, does the Horned Snork really exist?"

Felix hesitated for a moment, and said, "I can't give you the answer either, maybe it really exists somewhere in the world—" Luna's protruding eyes opened in surprise. "I thought so too! That's why I took Care of Fantastic Beasts!"

"—Well, it's pretty good. But you have to be mentally prepared, not all searches have good results."

"Like the Resurrection Stone?" Luna asked.

"Yes," Felix said slowly, "but it's not the same, I promised you to keep an eye on it, remember?"

Luna smiled.

"Oh yes! I remember," she said. "Perhaps Firenze is right, and when the time comes, it will show itself. Like the things I lost." Ginny said grimly: " You didn't lose them at all, someone hid them on purpose to play tricks on you."

"You're right." Luna said unhurriedly: "Good night, oh, good morning. I'm going back to sort out my father's and my letters. My father will send two letters every week this year. I've already I can’t memorize them anymore, so I can only pack them up first.” She walked away blithely.

Ron stared after her.

"What letter?"

After sending them all away, Felix closed the door, and turned around to see Varun jumping on the sofa, holding a quill pen in his hand and writing in the air. He had already written two lines in the blink of an eye, and he didn't stop at all. The meaning seems to be preparing for a long speech.

Felix glanced at the word at the beginning, it was 'liar', he walked over and grabbed Xixiu with a smile, "Oh, what are you practicing, it's so late, sleep, sleep."

Varun watched in despair as the indictment got further and further away from him. "Bang!" The bedroom door was closed, and the magic lamp was also extinguished. Only a few lines of crooked words gleamed in the darkness, proving that tonight was not peaceful.

The castle turned into a world of ice and snow, and it snowed for two days in a row, covering the grounds with a thick layer of knee-deep snow.

Felix lolls on the couch, wrapped in a quilt, and on a small table lies a letter from Carlotta Pinkstone, whom the 74-year-old campaigner eagerly dubs ' My dear comrade-in-arms whom I have never met', apparently, Carlotta thinks it is possible to win Felix to her side, for which she may have made up a lot of lessons these days, trying to mention him as magic The contribution made by the world, and now 'I am eager to see the one side'.

She also told Felix to be cautious, saying that she was 'not very convenient at the moment' because the evil Ministry of Magic had sent two people to watch her, 'one clumsy, with an over-enthusiastic look; the other sarcastic, aristocratic. hypocrisy and arrogance. '

Felix thought for less than half a minute before picking up a quill and writing a letter to Tonks, asking how she was doing.

The owl brought the reply in less than half an hour.

Felix took out a map and searched for a while, and found the two names in the Three Broomsticks pub in Hogsmeade village. Surprisingly, he also saw Collins Foley, but he couldn't put her together. 'Aristocratic hypocrisy and arrogance'.

There was a knock on the door.

Felix stared at the door with vacant eyes, and the door opened by itself, and Hermione jumped in happily. She came here the next day, and the reason was to ask for advice on how to use the Rune Book.But Felix had been waiting for her to ask about her experience of straying into the Hogwarts campus in the 40s that night.

"Sit down, Miss Granger."

Felix got up, wrapped himself in the quilt, went to the bedroom to change, and came back with two cups of hot cocoa. "Thank you," said Hermione, pointing to the letter on the table. "They were in Hogsmeade last weekend. Oh, sorry, I accidentally saw it when I moved the table."

"Hogsmeade? Who are you talking about?"

"Tonks, Collins, and Carlotta Pinkstone," said Hermione, sipping hot cocoa and squinting happily, "Ron bumped into them in Hogsmeade last weekend. "

Felix nodded, not wanting to talk much.

"Professor," Hermione breathed lightly, "if you're not going to have any contact with her, you'd better tell her straight up."

"Now is not the time," muttered Felix.

He thought for a while and said, "You can write a reply letter for me, just say-well, I can't fight against the Ministry of Magic, the rules are very important-yes, just tell her that." Hermione wrote quickly Send him a text message, and Felix smiled, "Very good."

When the owl flew out of the window, Hermione said, "She's definitely not going to let it go."

Felix shrugged. "But that's a matter for the future. Alright, Miss Granger, let's continue talking about the Book of Runes. At present, there are only two people in this world with too few samples. Many conclusions can only be guessed and then verified... What do you think? Did it help you much?"

Felix wondered about the effect of the Book of Runes on 'normal people', that is, those who were not rune masters.

"I can't say it well," Hermione thought seriously, "I have been busy filling in my understanding of the runes for more than a month, and the feedback you mentioned is very little, but I do feel that my control over the ancient runes has changed. Strong... just don't know if it's an illusion, other students have also improved a lot."

"How many ancient magics have you mastered?"

"Counting the two taught in class, there are five." Hermione held out a hand.

Felix was lost in thought.

"The effect may not be visible in the short term. When you are reading the book of runes in the future - I believe you will do this. If you suddenly feel any whimsy, don't suppress it, let your reason rest for a while, Give yourself inspiration, maybe there will be unexpected gains.”

"Yes, Professor."

Around noon, Varun emerged dazedly wrapped in a small blanket that looked like a fur cloak.It came over, barked feebly as a greeting, and then climbed onto the sofa.Hermione scratched Varren's chin.

"Harry and the others are training?" Felix asked, they were talking about something unrelated to Rune.

"Oh, yeah." Hermione laughed, and couldn't help it. "They trained really hard, Harry and Ron, and Ginny. Because the original Quidditch commentator Lee Jordan graduated this year." Yes, Luna is going to apply, no, has already been selected, she is the only candidate... Harry is terrified."

Felix blinked and smiled too.As we all know, Luna is a very special girl, no one knows what her hosting style is like, and since she is familiar with half of the Gryffindor players, it is naturally Harry and the others who are most affected.

"Professor? Ms. Burns recently gave me some information about the living conditions of the humanoid race. I found..."

……

The Halloween party passed without a hitch.It didn't change much from previous years, except that a student led a ten-foot-tall fire dragon into the auditorium, scaring all the little wizards.After people calmed down, they discovered that the student sneaked into the Transfiguration classroom and took out a batch of Transfiguration smoke that Professor McGonagall had personally purchased.

The atmosphere was very lively.Although the details of the fake fire dragon are a little rough, but with the cheerful festive atmosphere, it still won a lot of applause.It was just because the effect was so good that even Professor McGonagall was alarmed. After that, the students never saw that student at the dinner party again.

"Fred and George have successors," said Ron, relieved.

"Don't know which house it's from," said Hermione in surprise, "I hope it's not Gryffindor."

"It's unlikely." Harry said in a low voice. "When I came out, I heard a group of students discussing the traditional activities of the 'Defend the School Rules' club in the lounge. Someone mentioned the fire dragon..."

"what is that?"

"Fire dragon?"

"No, it's a 'traditional event'."

"You said that!" Ron interrupted enthusiastically: "No one knows whether it's true or not-but they say that Fred and George left an invisible rule before graduation, and each member must contribute to the completion of the school rules, so -"

"In this way?" Hermione squinted.

"Yeah, at least next year's Halloween, no one will lead a dragon around the city again."

After Halloween, it has snowed a few times, and now the snow outside the field is several feet deep. The students would rather take a long detour than pass through the vegetable garden, because the terrain is uneven, and some short students can easily step on it. So Kong buried himself.

The holiday decorations for Halloween have not completely disappeared. Occasionally, you can see a few bats slipping through the net or jack-o-lanterns with small candles floating in the corridors. The professors and students find it very interesting, and no one cares about them , Let the candlelight in the pumpkin lantern become more and more gloomy.

"It's unlucky to be in the same group as Malfoy again in this class." Ron said, staring at the candles glowing green, and he couldn't wait to start complaining as soon as they came out of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Harry cast a sympathetic look.

As the content of the course deepened, Professor Bagshot was no longer satisfied with making small fights, but let the students duel in pairs.It's just that the rules are a bit different: the dueling party must close its eyes and face the enemy.As for who will be engaged in this unpleasant job, it will be decided by lottery.And Ron always drew the next lottery.

Few students could stay intact until the end of get out of class, and a large number of students spontaneously asked Harry and the others for tips on the Iron Armor Curse.

This spell is widely welcomed because it protects against regular jinxes, does not need to be deliberately maintained, and does not affect normal casting.Harry, Ron, and Hermione are all proficient in the Iron Man Charm, and Neville, Seamus, Dean and other members of the frontline watch station can barely master it, so in theory, they are safe in class.But there are exceptions to everything, and Draco Malfoy is that exception.

After he spent a lot of time mastering the throwing spell, Ron ushered in a hard life.Although the Man-shaped Iron Armor Charm can resist small firearms (from Professor Bagshot's evaluation, which is why he allowed students to use this spell), it is obviously not resistant to falling, and has no shock absorption effect. When Ron couldn't help lifting the spell , What greeted him was a series of spells such as Horn Curse, Tickle Curse, and Nonsense Curse.Of course, Draco Malfoy was also having a hard time, and Ron's counterattack was equally sharp.

But Draco didn't know when he had mastered an excellent healing spell, and he carried all kinds of potions with him, which greatly reduced the effect of Ron's revenge, and he was angry about it.

"If I let go..." During lunch, Ron waved his arms vigorously while describing, leaving an unspoken pause. As a result, the sausage on the fork was thrown far away and hit Ravenc On the dinner table of Law College.

"Are you going to treat him as an enemy?" Hermione said with her eyebrows furrowed tightly.

Ron opened his mouth and stammered, "Why? I, heh, I was kidding." When Hermione got up to leave, he whispered to Harry, "I really want to do this, I know a lot of spells." Well, unfortunately..."

They followed Hermione to the staff lounge next to the Great Hall.

There are already many students in it, Neville, Susan Burns, Blaise Zabini, Padma Patil, Ernie McMillan, Justin Fenrieri, and more than a dozen A familiar face that Harry couldn't name, they stood in the crowd and waited for a while, Draco Malfoy opened the door and walked in, seeing Harry and the others at the door, his face was a little gloomy.

There were four professors sitting in the staff lounge—five to be precise, but the ghost Professor Binns was automatically ignored by them—Professor McGonagall, Professor Hape, Professor Snape, and Professor Bagshot.

Felix cleared his throat.

A huge wooden box fell in front of the students, and inside it was bound into a volume of thick parchment.

"Animagus learning materials, Sirius - Professor Black promised to give you, I hope you haven't forgotten his name... You have four days to preview these contents, and every Saturday for the next two months morning--"

"professor!"

"professor."

The voices of Harry and Draco Malfoy echoed in the staff room at the same time, they looked at each other, and then looked away immediately.

"Any questions?"

"There's a Quidditch match this Saturday morning." Seeing that Malfoy was silent, Harry said bravely.

"Okay, let's change it to ten o'clock on Sunday morning - gather here, Professor McGonagall and I will explain the tricks of practicing Animagus to everyone, and we will start trying real transformation around the Christmas holiday, so You will choose to stay in school this holiday." Felix said not very confidently, because he had thought of transforming students into small animals when preparing lessons, and experienced that feeling for himself.As a result, Professor McGonagall, who was worried at the side, found out and severely criticized him.

Although the process is not very beautiful, but the result is gratifying.Someone offered to help share the work, and Felix had nothing to complain about.

The eyes of the students sparkled with excitement, this is the transformation of Animagus!At least on the bright side, only eight people (including Rita Skeeter) have mastered it this century. If they can learn it, they will definitely be famous.

But when they bent over to take out a full three-inch thick material from the wooden box, the faces of these people began to turn pale, and their bodies swayed involuntarily.Professor McGonagall, who had a serious expression, nodded in satisfaction. Nearly two-thirds of the content was added by her strong request.

Well, Felix didn't raise any objections.

(End of this chapter)