Archdruid of Hogwarts

Rather than saying that Ernie cares about the combination of Voldemort + Quirrell, it is better to say that he cares about the impact of his own butterfly effect.

He really wanted to arrange a suitable spy outside the school to track Quirrell while he was away from school. Unfortunately, as of now, he has not been able to find anyone he truly trusts.

Tracking Voldemort isn't easy.

He felt it was inappropriate to tell the spy that Voldemort was inhabiting Quirrell and to make him alert enough. But on the other hand, he was not at ease just letting the spies keep an eye on Quirrell, who was acting funny.

Just like what happened to Harry and Hermione when they were secretly watching at school, as soon as Voldemort wakes up, Quirrell will change from a funny beep to a sinister beep, which can easily lead to danger.

He would rather not know about Quirrell's holiday activities than take the risk.

He believed that with Voldemort's suspicion and cowardice (he is fierce in appearance, speaks in pretense, and is the most ruthless, but lacks the spirit of fighting), once he finds out that someone has investigated Quirrell, he will not return to Hogwart. of tz.

Although Hogwarts has the facilities to protect professors, it also has Dumbledore whom he fears the most. He dared to take the wrong approach and play tricks under the light, but he did not dare to bet that the people investigating Quirrell would not communicate with Dumbledore.

Although the magic stone is good, there is far more than one way to return. What Peter Pettigrew later did, Voldemort might not be able to accomplish by controlling Quirrell.

As for the so-called "enemy's blood", in the original historical line, Voldemort took Harry's blood to resurrect him in order to break the ancient protective spell on Harry.

After breaking it, he could cast spells on Harry without being repelled.

Therefore, Voldemort's operation in the original historical line was more about establishing his authority in front of the Death Eaters, using the method of killing chickens to scare monkeys, breaking the rumors that have been circulating for many years, and at the same time allowing the Death Eaters to clearly recall the past. The terror of being dominated by his power.

And if the conditions are not mature enough, Voldemort can completely separate the action steps.

He can be resurrected first, then trick Harry into coming out, break the ancient curse, and finally summon the Death Eaters to stage a blood sacrifice.

If we really do this now, it will be resurrected three years earlier than the original history. This is something Ernie cannot tolerate.

In contrast, Ernie would rather Voldemort control Quirrell to find some monsters again, or simply release the basilisk to attract attention and take the opportunity to steal the Philosopher's Stone.

So now that Iron Triangle continues to monitor Quirrell, he is naturally happy to see what happens.

In just two or three days, some new discoveries were made during the surveillance, and Quirrell seemed to have run into the Forbidden Forest again.

Ernie was sure that Quirrell was not after the unicorn.

He was quite concerned about the replacement of the unicorn. He had already prepared it before the vacation was over. One day after school started, it was placed properly. He even personally surveyed and designed several travel routes for the fake unicorn.

Yes, the unicorn substitute has no brains. If you want to behave more like a living being, external assistance is indispensable.

But on the contrary, such products have surveillance functions themselves. If Quirrell can see them, they can also see Quirrell.

"It seems that we need to confirm again what trick Quirrell is playing." After making this decision, he told the Iron Triangle.

He was worried that Audio-Technica would follow him. With the physical abilities of the young wizards and the complex terrain in the Forbidden Forest, they were easily exposed.

Audio-Technica is quite happy that Ernie is willing to participate in this matter.

Ron even confidently stated that he would be able to expose Quirrell's secret.

The opportunity to follow came within a few days.

At night, somewhere in the castle, Ernie was practicing his skills by repairing the magic circle when he received the 'Concentric Beating Candy' notification.

This candy was bought at the Bizarre Candy Shop in Hogsmeade. One red and one basket, two in a pair. No matter how far apart they are, one will jump and the other will jump.

‘Quantum sugar’, as Ernie calls it, is now a simple means of notification.

Soon after, Ernie used his flying ability to arrive near the Corona Garden outside the wooden covered bridge.

However, Quirrell made progress, and after crossing the wooden covered bridge, he apparated away directly. (The magical protective boundary of Hogwarts is here, which was shown by the original Neville when he was guarding the bridge)

Ernie hummed a few times, transformed into his moon-winged form, and flew towards the Forbidden Forest.

He has a strong desire to master 'Apparition', but unfortunately he is not yet able to grasp the corresponding emotions of using this technique.

It just so happens that the level of this technique is very high.

I finally found a breakthrough, which was to master the 'sense of space'.

This is also the reason why he put aside the actual combat training in the secret society activity room and practiced the magic circle.

Practicing a magic circle has three major benefits for individuals.

1. Master the magic circle.

Ernie's gains in this area are very superficial because he lacks sufficient knowledge of magic patterns, runes, and magic circles. At present, he does not seek a deep understanding, but only seeks cultivation.

Over time, I have remembered some and understood some, but that's all.

2. Multi-threaded thinking, acquire and strengthen the ability to multi-task.

Ernie's progress in this area can only be said to be quite satisfactory. As an ordinary person in his previous life, his mind and wisdom were quite satisfactory. There is always a reason why he became a social animal.

3. Sense of space.

The magic circle is three-dimensional, and only with enough sense of space can we accurately grasp the pattern, shape of the magic circle, the location and movement trajectory of the rune magic patterns.

There is still great progress in this area. Perhaps this is related to the fact that the ability in this area has never been developed in previous lives. It is easy first and then difficult. This is the case with many knowledge.

Although he hasn't learned how to disapparate yet, Ernie has his own way of tracking it.

After flying for a certain distance, he landed on the ground, then placed his palms against a big tree and slowly closed his eyes.

After a while, the eyes opened again, the pupils disappeared, the crystal and the pupils turned into a glowing new green color, and there was even a mist of light flowing out of the eyes.

Then, a unique sound came out of his mouth, a bit like the sound of branches blown by the wind.

Mu language.

A language that a druid must master.

As an archdruid, he can detect and get some information through trees (if you are interested, you can watch the movie {Death of the Dead}).

Especially when Quirrell was being followed last year, he had already labeled him a 'natural enemy'. The forest itself was very unfriendly to it and was relatively easy to detect.

It took about twenty minutes for the news to come back that Quirrell had not entered the Forbidden Forest.

Ernie was really a little depressed now.

"It seems that it's time for Quirrell to take medicine. It's not a good idea to escape like this. Just in time, I'd like to give you a taste of the original MacMillan Nightmare Seed."...

It was not until five o'clock in the morning that Ernie waited for Quirrell's return.

"Oh!" He had just finished apparating, and after walking a few steps, he stepped on a hard object and pricked his foot.

He used magic to blow it out in a ventive manner and saw that it turned out to be the branches of a cedar tree, covered with snow. He had not been able to see it before.

Quirrell cursed in a low voice: "Damn it, Hagrid, you didn't even bother to clean up the garbage carefully after Christmas!"

This is not the first time that his foot has been pricked. In fact, since the end of September last year, he has been experiencing trouble in the forest. His foot is either sprained or stumbled or pricked, as if he can't even walk.

After Quirrell limped away with one foot, Ernie took away the branches.

There were many opportunities to collect Quirrell's blood in the past, but there was no corresponding technique. Over time, the effect of the blood would lose its effectiveness, so I never collected it.

This time is different. The power of nightmare goes well with Curse of Flesh. If you can get the target's blood, hair, etc., you can play more tricks.

Taking the collected blood, Ernie did not go back to the dormitory, but went to the secret society, where it was safer to perform some magic operations.

In the basement of the virtual combat training, with a few simple fiddling, it can be switched to a studio. Of course, it is simple and only occupies a corner of the basement.

After some skillful operation, the encapsulated nightmare blood curse was created.

At first glance, it looks like a sealed test tube.

But the blood mass soaked in some kind of transparent liquid in the test tube is very interesting.

It is like a ball of yarn that can be freely assembled at will, and like a living creature, twisting and changing from time to time, and no matter how it changes, its edges are always black.

In fact, even Ernie himself was a little surprised that the Nightmare Blood Curse turned out to be like this.

For Ernie, it was a real sense of déjà vu.

Review the official explanation of the Obscurus: When a wizard child hates his own magic and consciously tries to suppress it, it is possible to create a dark, parasitic magical force called the Obscurus.

Keyword terms, negative emotions, magic, host.

Well, they all match the Nightmare Blood Curse, which is really interesting...