demon hunter at hogwarts

Harry took the envelope from Sirius, took it out with slightly trembling hands, and read:

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore.

(President of the International Federation of Magic, President of the Wizarding Association, first-class magician of the Merlin Sir Order)

"I had forgotten that Dumbledore had so many titles..." After reading this, Sirius said softly to Regulus and Lupin beside him.

Dear Mr. Porter:

We are pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.Attached is a list of required books and equipment.

Semester is scheduled to start on September 31.We will be waiting for your owl to bring your reply before July [-]st.

Vice Principal (Female)

Sincerely, Minerva McGonagall

"So, 30 years later, my dear Professor McGonagall is still writing admission notices to new students." Luping concluded.

"What do you mean...waiting for my owl to bring me a reply?" Harry asked with some confusion, holding the letter.

Sirius snapped his fingers, and a potted plant on the windowsill suddenly stretched out a long vine and stretched out from the window.

After a moment, a piece of parchment and a quill were rolled up in the vine and handed to Harry. Sirius winked at Regulus in a show-off manner.

Ron's eyes widened.

"Cool!" Lupine exclaimed, "You can always come up with something new."

"It's a small matter..." Sirius said, then turned to Harry, "Just write a few sentences, to the effect that you received the letter and understood the requirements in the letter... To be honest, this process is actually unnecessary. They even I know what color socks you are wearing..."

"But this has been a tradition since the founding of Hogwarts." Regulus said, "Let's write a reply first. It doesn't have to be very formal... I remember that they basically won't read the content."

Everyone laughed, but Harry still wrote his reply seriously.

After the Hogwarts owl took away the reply, Harry opened the list of necessities and looked at the items listed on it.

"...I remember that the school requires you to wear school robes. We can go to Madam Malkin's robe store. The robes there have automatic ironing functions. This is the only advantage." Sirius said, "Those who pride themselves on taste All the guys like the products of Tuofan Clothing Store, but no one knows how to iron their own clothes, except Moon Face, of course. I have to admit, we were really shocked when we first found him ironing his pants in the dormitory... "

"Because I don't know how long each piece of clothing will last, so I have to cherish every minute and second I spend with them." Lupine said with a smile, exchanging a meaningful look with Sirius.

Arthur and Ron looked puzzled by Lupine's words.

At this time, Harry suddenly spoke excitedly.

"Ron, I'm going to buy necessities tomorrow. Do you want to come with me?"

"Well... that... actually... I already have robes and a wand." Ron muttered, his face turning as red as his hair, "As for necessities, Charlie has just graduated, I can use his... …It can’t be wasted, right? The quality of his set of scales is quite good…”

"Of course we will go!" Arthur interrupted his younger son with a smile, "We are going to buy some new textbooks. The book list is different every year, and some books will have new editions, such as Mr. Scamander's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, if I remember correctly, he revised it again this year.”

"Yes, because there may not be reproductive isolation between manticores and fire crabs, which will overturn some of his previous theories..." Hagrid, who had been ignored, suddenly spoke, "I'm sure I discovered it. A new creature, but Newt was unwilling to write it into the textbooks. He said it was just a terrible accident... Just wait, I will prove it to him."

"what?"

Harry looked at Hagrid confused, not expecting that his suggestion would go so far off topic.

"Don't worry about this. This should be your fourth or fifth grade course, and the premise is that you take the Care of Magical Creatures course." Regulus said, "We will talk about shopping tomorrow. Don't forget why everyone is doing this tonight. it's here."

"Celebrate my birthday..." Harry seemed to have noticed Ron's embarrassment, and he never mentioned buying anything at the subsequent birthday dinner.

Harry was sure that even the always pampered Dudley had never enjoyed such a wonderful birthday party.

It is worth mentioning that Sirius took out a bottle of wine that was said to have been collected by his father Orion for many years and was not willing to drink it, and shared it with everyone.

Before that, Regulus had to recite the sleeping spell to the Black ancestors on the wall one by one to prevent them from being unable to stand the stimulation and doing something emotional.

After drinking and eating, Arthur drove his flying car and took Ron home.

"Actually, Muggles don't advocate this approach..." Lupine watched the car disappear into the night sky, "I hope he can get home smoothly."

"I added some modifications to his car. Now the car doesn't need anyone to control it. As long as you shout the destination loudly at the steering wheel, it will find a suitable route..." Sirius said, "Arthur is an optimistic guy. , a bit like you."

"I'm a pessimistic person." Lupine shook his head, "It's time for me to leave... Greyback has been in a bad mood recently. Scabior disappeared, which left him with one less source of funds... According to me As we know, Scabior has been poaching in Europe in exchange for gold galleons after he was released from prison..."

"Oops! I forgot to tell you... so you wasted some time." Sirius slapped his forehead hard, pointed at Regulus and said, "Thanks to him, Scabior can never give Gray Burke offers gold galleons."

"Huh?" Lupine looked at Regulus questioningly.

"It's just a coincidence... They are not very lucky." Regulus spread his hands, showing an innocent look.

The next day, Diagon Alley.

While walking through the Leaky Cauldron, a witch named Cordori shook Harry's hand at least five times, and Quirrell happened to be in the bar, reportedly going to buy some new books about vampires.

"Kodori is still so nervous..." Sirius said helplessly when crossing the wall, "And that Quirrell... can't even speak a complete sentence, can he really teach students? "

"Harry is the 'Boy Who Lived'. He has to get used to his fame. As for Quirrell... he can teach the students spells. I remember he doesn't stutter when he recites spells." Regulus He said thoughtfully, "I'm going to Flourish and Blotts to buy some books. I'll meet you at the Leaky Cauldron... um, Florin's Soda Shop."

So, several people acted separately.

The narrow Flourish Blossom Bookstore was crowded with people, especially the first floor where textbooks were sold. Most of the customers were parents bringing their children to buy books.

Beside the stairs, a little girl with thick and unkempt brown hair was holding a copy of "Curse and Counter-Curse" and reading the annotations aloud:

"Professor Winndice Winridian, former headmaster of Hogwarts and honorary life member of the Apothecary Society, will teach you in this book how to use the latest revenge techniques to tease your friends and bewitch your enemies: hair loss, discounts Legs, tongue binding and many other techniques..."

Regulus concluded that her parents must be Muggles because they seemed awkward and not as excited as his daughter.

He passed by a few people and walked up to the second floor. The customers here were much quieter because they sold more advanced magic books.

Regulus pulled out a copy of "Forgotten Ancient Magic and Spells" by E. Reams and started reading.

This book mentions many legends about blood curses, some of which have even spread to Muggles and become their fairy tales.

For example, the prince was turned into a frog. After sleeping in the princess's bed, he returned to his human form and lived happily with the princess...

In Russian legends, the prince retained his magical abilities, but transformed into an ugly and cruel hairy monster. In the end, he was saved by the daughter of the Grand Duke of Kiev with a kiss...

A picture immediately formed in Regulus' mind, and he couldn't help but shudder.

All in all, these so-called methods of breaking the blood curse don't seem particularly reliable.

After choosing the books he needed, Regulus went to Florin's Cold Drink Shop to wait as agreed.

"Professor Black, welcome!" The store owner Florin Fusco is a man who always has a kind smile. He recognized Regulus and greeted him warmly, "Would you like a chocolate nut sundae? "

"Thank you." Regulus did not refuse Florin's proposal. It was always nice to get an ice cream on a hot summer day.

"You must try my new recipe, it has received rave reviews..." Florin waved his wand, and various ingredients flew in the air, combining into a delicious-looking ice cream, which flew smoothly to Regulus. before.

In front of the counter on the other side, several young wizards who looked like Muggles were staring at a container in surprise.

There was a blazing flame underneath the container, but the ice cream inside the container showed no sign of melting.

"...This flame is cast by a fire-condensing spell, so its temperature is much lower than it looks. You can even put your hand into it..." Regulus heard again the little boy he met at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. The girl's voice said, "Haven't you heard of Wendelin the Soothsayer? It's written in this book. I just read it when I bought the book..."

The little girl pulled out Bathilda Bagshot's "A History of Magic" from the pile of books in her father's arms, and turned hastily through the pages, trying to find words to support her point.

But the little wizards didn't seem to want to listen to her popular science history, and soon focused their attention on the exquisite ice cream.

"She is right. The diviner Wendelin is proficient in the Fire Condensation Spell. She once used this spell to escape 47 trials by fire..." Florin nodded, but the expression on his face was a bit complicated, "But in fact, history is better than books. What's written in it is much scarier. If the Fire Condensation Spell was so easy to learn, Wendelin wouldn't be written on the Chocolate Frog picture."

"At least I can't." Regulus agreed. "I remember that when I was in seventh grade, Professor Flitwick taught the principles of spells, but I never had time to practice them."

"We all know that Muggles are afraid of wizards. Many doctors, fortune tellers and even women living alone have been tried as witches." Florin said, "Most are Muggles, but there are a few who are real witches. No. All witches can escape the stake and the gallows. If they don't have a wand, they will die in that situation...the same goes for wizards. You should know poor Sir Nicholas, right?"

"It is said that he was once a palace wizard, but when he was helping the princess to treat her illness, he accidentally gave her a pair of fangs, so he was executed..." Regulus recalled, "There is a legend that his head was The ax struck more than forty times, but nothing came down..."

"It was him. Regrettably, as soon as the incident happened, he was handed over his wand and thrown into prison. He didn't even have a chance to repair his mistakes. I guess... he was framed. Florin's voice was a little heavy, "No one paid attention to his plea, because even Muggles know that wizards are not so scary without their wands."

Regulus believed deeply in this regard. Only truly powerful wizards could master wandless spellcasting. Many ordinary adult wizards were no different from Muggles without a wand.

As for the legendary Wagadu Academy, which does not use a wand and only relies on rituals and gestures to perform magic, he has never seen it before and doesn't know what their magical power is.

While chatting with Florin, Regulus discovered that the cold drink shop owner was quite knowledgeable and could pick up both official and unofficial history at his fingertips.

"If I were Principal Dumbledore, I would definitely ask you to be the professor of the History of Magic..." Regulus commented, "I can guarantee that the students' enthusiasm for this course will increase a lot..."

"I've even thought about incentives. If anyone can get excellent in the exam, they can get my limited coupons during the summer vacation..." Florin said with a smile, "It's just a joke, I'm used to being so leisurely. If business is not good for a certain period of time, I can take a short break and travel... looking for some legendary things."

"Like?"

"Have you ever heard of Ravenclaw's diadem?" Florin suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "I have been investigating for a while, and all the relevant legends stopped about 1000 years ago. I was thinking , if we can find some people who have experienced that era, there may be some clues..."

Before Florin finished speaking, Harry, who was in high spirits, had already walked into the store, carrying a birdcage in his hand, and inside was a snow-white owl.

Behind him, Sirius was carrying a lot of things in big and small bags. When he saw Regulus from a distance, he shouted: "Help me!"

Regulus waved his wand and put the pile of textbooks, potions supplies, and robes into his bag.

Florin had already gone to greet Harry, and Regulus's words were still echoing in his ears.