demon hunter at hogwarts

"Mr. Black, we meet again." Professor Tofty saw Regulus walking into the auditorium and adjusted his glasses on his nose with a smile, "I will give you the scene when I was proctoring the astronomy exam. I can’t forget it, it seems like just last year…”

Regulus smiled awkwardly but politely.

To a certain extent, Professor Tofty was right. Only one year had passed for Regulus.

Professor Tofodi said tremblingly in a nostalgic tone: "I still remember... the students did not do very well in the astronomy test that year, but your score was excellent... I have an old friend, Girolamo. ·A descendant of Cardano, who has a lot of research on astrology. He thought that you might achieve success in astrology, but you have disappeared since then, but it is not too late..."

Before Regulus had time to answer, Professor Marchban had already walked over and spoke in a loud voice: "Although my eyesight is not very good, I can still see such a big Dark Mark suddenly appearing in mid-air. , from the perspective of the astronomy tower, it just blocks the star field of Ophiuchus and Aquila. How can the students complete the star map? I once proposed to retake the exam, but it was rejected by the ministry, those old stubborns!"

The criss-crossing wrinkles on her face reminded people of spider webs.

Regulus secretly found it funny that Professor Marchbain, who looked much older than Dumbledore, was actually calling others stubborn.

"Can you satisfy the old man's curiosity?" Professor Tofodi suddenly came over, "How did you do it? Fill in most of the star charts without being able to observe them? Do you have research on astrology? Hogwarts doesn’t offer this class!”

"The positions of the stars will not change. They may appear in the same place for hundreds of years. As for the trajectory of the planets, through calculation, an approximate position can be determined." Regulus answered truthfully, "When I was a child, in order to recognize I know what star I'm named after, and I studied astronomy for a while, but astrology..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard Professor Marchban say loudly: "Dumbledore! I'm still wondering how you will come out. Are you just going to come down the stairs like this? Don't you want to give us a surprise? "

Regulus followed Professor Marchbain's voice across the auditorium and saw Dumbledore coming in from the door.

"You answered my question, and I will also reveal a little secret to you." Professor Tofty suddenly said mysteriously, "We were the proctors for Albus's NEWTs exam back then. After Bu Si’s practical exams in Charms and Transfiguration, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep well for a week.”

He pointed in the direction of Professor Marchban and spoke very softly, so Professor Marchban, who was hard of hearing, did not hear him.

Upon hearing this news, Regulus' expression became strange.

Ever since he first laid eyes on Dumbledore, the old headmaster had already had this image of white beard and white hair, and it seemed that nothing had changed in the past 20 years.

He had already seen Voldemort, and at this moment, he couldn't help but begin to imagine Dumbledore, who was seventeen or eighteen years old, standing confidently in front of the examiner, waving his wand, and performing amazing magics one after another.

"Everyone has worked hard. Maybe after a long journey, you need some dessert to replenish your energy? I recommend Lemon Olaf. Of course, pudding with raspberry jam is also a good choice, Regulus?"

Dumbledore, who was over 100 years old, spoke, bringing Regulus's thoughts back to reality.

"Please give me your instructions, principal."

"Can you please take everyone to the staff room? Minerva is too busy right now and can't get away."

"Happy to serve."

When leading the examiners through the auditorium, most students chose to avoid looking, hoping not to be noticed by the examiners.

After settling down the examiners, Regulus walked along the stairs to the eighth floor, and said to the gargoyle at the door of the principal's office: "Raspberry jam."

The gargoyle jumped away obediently.

"I was wondering if you would come." Dumbledore had a half-eaten raspberry jam pudding in front of him. There was some jam on his beard, which looked a little funny. "Would you like one?"

The old principal snapped his fingers, and a set of exquisite tableware appeared out of thin air on the table. The next second, the same food appeared on the plate.

"I thought the castle's magic only allowed food prepared by the elves to be transported to the auditorium." Regulus picked up the plate and looked at the pudding inside.

"The headmaster must have some privileges, right?" Dumbledore said with a smile, "I noticed that you have been worried about something recently. Let me tell you."

"After they finish their exams, our ridiculous contract will end." Regulus said, "I'm very lucky that nothing happened this year... that made me have to leave my job midway. I’m just thinking about my future. Have you found the candidate for next year?”

"I remember I once said that Quirinus Quirrell would come back next semester to take over this position. As far as I know, he has finished his trip a few days ago and returned to his home." Dumbledore Said, "So, you also want to come for employment consultation? When I entered the auditorium just now, I seemed to hear Mr. Tofodi talking to you about astrology..."

Regulus stared at Dumbledore with suspicion. He clearly remembered that when Professor Tofty was chatting with him, Dumbledore had not yet entered the hall, but their position was near the staff table.

There is an entire auditorium in the middle, as well as hundreds of chattering students.

"My hearing is better..." Dumbledore explained this.

Seeing that Regulus didn't believe it, Dumbledore returned to the previous topic: "There are not many astrologers in the UK now. I think a few of them are more like liars. If you want to do this, it's not bad." .”

"I have no interest in astrology, old Tofodi's friend...I don't know much about it, but I have read about Girolamo Cardano..." Regulus said disapprovingly, "He said , the stars had revealed to him the date of his death, but when that day came, he waited until night, and nothing happened, so he simply committed suicide in order to save his reputation."

"But this just shows that his prediction was correct. Judging from the results, he did die on that day, no matter what method it was."

Dumbledore was getting irritating again.

"I won't discuss this with you." Regulus was already used to Dumbledore's behavior. "As for astrology, I rather agree with the centaurs' point of view. Compared with the vast universe, human birth, old age, illness and death are , it doesn’t matter at all. Just like we don’t bother to pay attention to whether the clothes we wear when we go out today will affect the life of the ants in the doorway.”

"It's best not for Sybil to hear what you said." Dumbledore said with a smile, "Many people don't like others to point out their careers."

"I hope her hearing isn't as good as yours," Regulus said stiffly.

"So, tell me about your plan?" Dumbledore leaned back in his chair, as if he was really giving "employment consultation" to Regulus.

Valley</span> "Some time ago, a student told me that after graduation, he plans to travel and explore around the world to find...the meaning of life." Regulus said, "His statement gave me Some inspiration, I also feel that some things will not be delivered to the door obediently, we have to take action.”

"Interesting idea... When I graduated, I originally planned to travel the world with Ephias." Dumbledore's eyes flashed with unknown meaning, "Let's not talk about it anymore, who is this student? "

"Barnaby Lee, his parents are Death Eaters. I asked Sirius that they died in Azkaban a few years ago, just like Barty Crouch Jr." Regulus Said, "His grandma has also passed away, and now he has no relatives. I think this may also be a reason. He can do what he wants to do without any scruples."

Dumbledore shook his head slightly, as if to shoo away an invisible fly.

"headmaster?"

"But you still have family, don't you? Traveling on holiday is not that safe. The night before our poor Dai Llewellyn was eaten by the Chimera, he wrote to his family describing the island of Mykonos. Charming scenery." Dumbledore's tone was normal, as if nothing happened just now.

"After a less successful cave expedition, I will definitely proceed with caution." Regulus smiled, stood up and prepared to leave the office, "This is not a consultation, but a decision."

"Decision..." Dumbledore repeated Regulus's words, and finally nodded slowly, "Okay."

"Under this starry sky, on this land, what was Merlin doing a thousand years ago? He was looking for traces left by the gods everywhere." Regulus stopped and stood at the top of the stairs and said, "In comparison, what I'm looking for is just a few broken souls."

"We," Dumbledore corrected.

Regulus walked down the spiral staircase step by step.

After coming out of the principal's office, he planned to prepare for class, but halfway through he remembered that the last Defense Against the Dark Arts class in fifth grade had been canceled due to preparation for the exam.

Not being able to offer any parting words to those students, he sighed a little and returned to his office.

Nailed on the wall was the nautical chart that he had shown to Mundungus at the Hog's Head Bar.

Several locations were marked on it with green ink, and the route was drawn.

These locations were some information he had obtained through many days of investigation. Most of the sources were people similar to Mundungus.

On the pretext of buying dark magical creatures, he frequented Knockturn Alley and the Hog's Head Bar, letting these people inquire about Barty Crouch's movements.

For this purpose, Regulus spent a lot of gold Galleons. Basically, all the salary he received as a professor at Hogwarts this year has been invested in this.

Among the ten pieces of information obtained, eight were useless, and the remaining two were half-true and half-false, and might even be misleading.

But now that Rita Skeeter's Animagus has been recognized, Regulus really can't find anyone to find out the information, so he can only use this method of finding a needle in a haystack.

It was impossible for him to tell the smugglers and thieves what he was looking for.

Fortunately, after sorting it out for a period of time, he summarized a rough range. After asking Mundungus for confirmation, he determined that Delia Island, where the legendary five-legged monster lived, was nearby.

In the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by Newt Scamander, Pentapods are defined as Class 5X dangerous creatures.

They are not the result of over-modification of body parts by some wizards, as in those vulgar jokes in wizard legends.

According to the history of magic, hundreds of years ago, the island of Delia, located in the sea at the northernmost tip of Scotland, had not yet become unmarkable on the map.

Due to its remoteness, no Muggle influence, and no war, some wizards gradually settled on the island. At that time, there were two largest wizard families, one with the surname Macliver and the other with the surname MacBoone.

In the beginning, everyone could live in harmony, but as the two families grew more powerful, some friction inevitably occurred.

One time after drinking, the leaders of the two families chose to use a duel to solve the problem. As a result, the leader of the McIver family, Dugald McIver, was defeated by the enemy's leader, Gentles Mac, due to an accidental oversight. Boone, fell dead.

Others in McIver's family were indignant. They suspected that the other party had committed fraud, because the McBoone family had a reputation for being clumsy in casting spells and had no reason to win.

So, in order to take revenge, they mobilized the whole family to raid the residence of the McBoone family on a dark and stormy night.

In terms of spell-casting skills, the McIvors were undoubtedly superior. They quickly defeated their opponents and used their carefully researched transformation techniques to turn all the people named McBoone into five-legged ones. monster.

McIver and the others did not expect that it was this move that would bring disaster to everyone on the island.

When they began to celebrate their victory, they discovered that the five-legged monsters transformed by those named McBoone were agile and ferocious in character, and were much more difficult to deal with than they were in human form.

Soon, the five-legged monsters began a crazy counterattack, and by the time the McCliver family tried to turn them into human forms, it was too late.

The five-legged monsters quickly killed everyone in the McIver family, and, driven by their bloodthirsty instinct, launched a brutal attack on all the wizards on the island.

The wizards had absolutely no way to deal with these monsters, and those who failed to escape in time were all eaten by the five-legged monsters.

When there were no more wizards on the island, the five-legged monsters discovered that no one could use magic to transform them back into human form, and they would always be that way.

Later, the Department for the Management and Control of Magical Creatures of the Ministry of Magic tried to send people to capture the samples, hoping to find a way to change them back to their original shapes, but they were resisted by the five-legged monsters. They could not speak, but had human intelligence and consciousness.

In the book, Newt wrote his own opinion: The McBoone family may prefer to be animals for a lifetime than to be human beings.