Hogwarts The Dark Arts Awakening

The black devil is dead, the minister should be appointed; the age of Xinwei is good, and the world will be prosperous.

That might sum up the Ministry of Magic's recent publicity efforts, at least in Jerry's opinion.

After preemptively publishing the report on the murder case of a dark wizard, it didn't take long for the Daily Prophet to start slapping itself repeatedly, changing its propaganda stance again and again.

At first it was claimed that this was a demonstration by the remaining Death Eaters; only a day later, they changed their story and said that this was just an internal conflict between dark wizards due to uneven distribution of spoils, and all the participants had been wiped out...

After a brutal autopsy, the confessions of two witnesses, and a pre-flashback curse examination of the wand, the Ministry of Magic believed that the deceased in this case were a group of out-and-out dark wizards.

This 'evidence' contributed to the Daily Prophet's first 180-degree turn on the case, followed by the second and third times...

After jumping left and right several times, the Daily Prophet's propaganda was finally unified at the end of July - under the powerful attack of the Ministry of Magic, the dark wizard criminal gangs collapsed and dispersed one after another. One of the gangs unexpectedly fell into internal strife, and one of the gangs was eliminated in the chaos. the other party.

The newspaper used its headlines to claim that the dark wizard who committed the case was probably still at large, and issued a reward notice from the Ministry of Magic to the public. Even if there were just some clues, there would be corresponding rewards...

As for the progress of the Ministry of Magic in solving the case, it is roughly comparable to the progress of Jerry's research on Gormlaith's soul fragment, but neither has achieved much results.

So far, everything the Ministry of Magic has discovered has stopped at the crime scene.The Aurors tried hard, but could not find any clues that could lead to the outside world. The deceased and the murderer seemed to have popped out of the cracks in the rocks, and their specific identities could not be found at all.

Jerry also failed to make any breakthrough on the poisonous snake that hosted the fragment of Gormlaith's soul.

Although [Legilimency] was used to obtain the entire process of the other party's induction of Leona, and even the formula for the potion that could reduce the body's resistance to foreign souls was developed, it was not possible to dig out the other party's life history in detail. I didn’t find enough knowledge from what I had seen.

The consciousness of the poisonous snake is very ignorant and chaotic, not even comparable to that of half-man and half-animal. It does not seem to be able to independently plan conspiracies.

Jerry suspected that Gormlaith's soul might exist in a more special way than Voldemort. It was just a tiny fragment of soul used to carry out his plan.

While the Ministry of Magic and Jerry were busy on their own, various reporters and correspondents from the Daily Prophet also took turns reporting on the progress of the investigation of the murder of the dark wizard in Little Hangleton from different angles. A case.

Interestingly, even the same reporter has hugely different reporting stances at different points in time.

Obviously, the repeated changes in the reporting stance of the Daily Prophet represent the struggle between various parties behind it - Fudge, who wants to be perfunctory and muddle through, and Dumbledore, who is determined to investigate in depth...

This is undoubtedly a whirlpool that will involve many people. Jerry originally thought that Little Hangleton where he was located would be the center of the storm, but it turned out not to be the case.

Except for the helpers sent by Dumbledore and the Aurors who came to reconfirm the confession, no other unplanned people came to the door, as if the village had been forgotten by the outside world again.

'That's just right. I can wait for school to start with peace of mind. 'With this in mind, Jerry started today's spell practice, with Remus Lupin as his personal instructor.

That's right, Dumbledore's messenger is none other than Mr. Moon-faced.

When he first met each other, Jerry was also surprised. He didn't expect that Dumbledore would send him here.As a werewolf, the other party is not suitable for dealing with the Ministry of Magic, right?

However, it’s not surprising if you think about it carefully.

Dumbledore didn't have much choice in this matter. The professors and teachers at Hogwarts still had to prepare for the intense teaching work in the new school year; there were not many members of the Order of the Phoenix. suitable.

The Order of the Phoenix is ​​just a volunteer organization that resists Voldemort and his Death Eaters, not an army with laws and regulations.Its members basically have their own careers and lives, so naturally they can't always be called upon.

Lupine, who was unable to find stable employment due to his status as a werewolf, naturally became the first choice for such temporary errands, and he did his best.

After getting along with him for half a month, Jerry was convinced that Lupine, who was sent to Riddle House, was not as poor as when he first appeared in the original book, but he was not yet an office worker who clocked in on time.

According to the information obtained during the exchange, Lu Ping was still doing odd jobs on the move.However, now that he has friends by his side, he can live a good life.

Obviously, Lupine's friend was Sirius Black, his good friend he met when he was a student at Hogwarts. This dog-shaped Animagus did not live in the sea-view room of Azkaban.

Jerry was not too surprised by this. In the original work, Sirius Black was summarily thrown into prison. On the one hand, it was because of the rough style of the Ministry of Magic, which had not yet recovered from the Wizarding War, and on the other hand, because Black himself had no intention of doing so. Defend.

When the Potters used the Fidelity Charm to hide themselves, James Potter originally planned to have his best friend and child's godfather, Sirius Black, be the Secret Keeper.

The idea of ​​changing the secret keeper to Peter Pettigrew was Sirius's own idea. He felt that this could mislead the Death Eaters in the direction of their pursuit, making them pursue him while ignoring the real secret keeper, thereby better protecting Sirius. A special family.

To be fair, this isn't a bad idea.If nothing else, it can indeed cause Death Eaters to waste their energy in the wrong direction.

However, Peter Pettigrew had actually become a traitor a long time ago, and naturally betrayed the Potter family very happily.

For this reason, Sirius Black has never been able to forgive himself, believing that he was heavily responsible for his friend's death.

So in the original book, when Peter Pettigrew faked his death and escaped, Blake acted crazy.After being arrested and imprisoned, he neither tried to prove his innocence nor escaped as an Animagus early on.

Sirius Black originally mistakenly believed that Peter Pettigrew had cast a spell incorrectly and exploded himself to death. He believed that he had avenged his friend Potter, so he chose to wait for death in Azkaban until he accidentally discovered Peter's Animagus... …

Jerry nodded, yes, due to his intervention, Peter Pettigrew failed to use 'self-destruction' to fake his death, so Sirius Black naturally couldn't be captured without mercy.

I just don’t know if Black has now been completely cleared of all charges, or if he has only restored his reputation in a small circle.

However, Jerry obviously couldn't ask Lupine such a sensitive question directly, even if the other person was right next to him.

That's right.

In the garden filled with flowers, Lupine was carefully and patiently instructing Jerry on the techniques of casting spells.His face was calm and his eyes were meticulous.

"Beginners must pay attention to the pronunciation of the spell and the gesture of waving the stick when casting spells. Of course, the corresponding mental state is also essential."

After discovering that Jerry was practicing magic spells on his own, Lupine offered to tutor him and warned the new student of the risks of learning magic alone.

The consequences of chanting the wrong spell are unpredictable. It may not happen at all, or it may have catastrophic consequences.For example, an excited bull suddenly appears on the caster's body, or he or she accidentally transforms himself or others.

When wizards practice magic alone with which they are not familiar enough, the possibility of spell casting errors is undoubtedly high.If something really bad happens and there is no one around to turn to, it will obviously be a terrible disaster...

"Take the Firming Mantra as an example. When reciting this mantra, you need to concentrate and make your pronunciation connected and continuous. Only in this way can the effect of the spell be guaranteed and the target be unbreakable."

After Lupine explained the key points of casting the Firming Charm, he waved his cypress wand to demonstrate to the students personally, aiming it at the fence in front of him and casting a Firming Charm.

His voice when reciting the incantation was just like what he said before, in one breath, without any hesitation or pause.

Although the words '+2, +3' did not appear on the fence, its increasingly upright posture and the quietly closing slits made people feel that it was indeed stronger than before.

"Okay, you can try it too." Lupine signaled Jerry to start practicing.

Then, another firming spell fell on the fence, and the light magic light smoothly ejected from the tip of the wand, hitting the target.

Lupine walked to the fence, stretched out his hand to test and nodded, "The effect is great! However, it is best to practice it a few more times to deepen the impression."

Then, practicing over and over again, the protective power of the fence gradually moved closer to the floor of Ryudong Temple.

According to the previous plan, Jerry decided to create the persona of a genius wizard for himself, so that he would not be helpless when encountering situations where he needed to cast spells after school started.Learning magic quickly in front of Lupine is naturally the way to get immediate results.

So far, this plan is going well.

After half a month, Jerry had apparently 'learned' most of the spells in the "Standard Spells" series, leaving only a few spells that Lupine thought were not suitable for exposing children to too early, such as the Crushing Curse.

Lupine didn't want Jerry to smash the child to pieces in a rage during a conflict with a child of the same age.

Accordingly, Lupine handed Jerry the evil curse [Upside Down Golden Bell] and its breaking spell [Golden Bell Falling to the Ground].He felt that this would obviously be safer for the students at Hogwarts.

After all, the child in front of him is progressing too fast.Not long ago, he was only relying on instinct to control magic power, but now he can use more spells than half of the seventh grade students.

This earth-shaking change actually happened within half a month.If Lupine was not a witness and participant in the entire process, he would never believe it.

When Lupine compared Jerry's situation with his own situation when he was in school, he suddenly started to doubt his life. This was so fast that it was almost abnormal.

Just as Lupine was silently praising Jerry's talent, a cooing sound suddenly sounded, and a brown owl fell from the sky and landed on the fence with a newspaper in its mouth.

"Okay, let me see what the Daily Prophet is talking about." Jerry paused his practice and stepped forward to take over today's newspaper.

——On July 1991, 7, the British magical world is still calm today.