Azkaban: The Fifth House of Hogwarts

Mrs. Pince, who escaped from the seal in bed, arrived at the library early in the morning. The jam bread she picked up on the way was her breakfast. No matter whether the weather was cold or warm, she had been on duty in the library for decades. , even holidays are no exception.

The reason why she came to Hogwarts was not the generous salary, but that she enjoyed the quiet feeling surrounded by books. This is why any little wizard who dared to make noise in the library would be stopped by her. Reprimand them mercilessly. If you dare to do it again, then say goodbye to the library.

Her stubbornness makes it difficult for her to find a suitable job elsewhere, but here, this is her paradise.

The genius at this moment was just dawning, but after she opened the library door, she discovered that she was not the first person to come here today.

Rollo, who was forced to go to bed at twelve o'clock by Professor McGonagall, got up early. His biological clock only allowed him to sleep for five hours. An extra minute seemed like a blasphemy against the beautiful tomorrow.

"Good morning, Mrs. Pince."

Rollo put down the book in his hand and said hello to her, then handed over a note.

"Please also register. I need to borrow this book."

Rollo showed the ancient book in his hand, which was exactly the one he found last night, "The Origin of Wizards: Are We Humans or Beasts?" 》.

While waiting for Mrs. Pince to arrive, he had roughly read through half of the book, and the more he read, the more interested he became.

The experiments and conjectures recorded in it can be called crazy, and they also revealed many truths buried in history for him.

"The forbidden book area..." Mrs. Pince glared at Rollo, entering the forbidden book area without her consent. Strictly speaking, this is already a violation, "Forget it, since you have the professor's approval, it is a first offense." I won’t care.”

Mrs. Pince took the book from Rollo's hand and walked to the stage to register. She moved skillfully and quickly. "There are strict rules for borrowing books in the restricted area. Whether it is a professor or a student, the borrowing time cannot exceed one week. And Re-loaning or copying is strictly prohibited.”

"If the books in the restricted book area are damaged or lost due to your fault, then you will be in big trouble, including but not limited to compensation for losses, dismissal or expulsion, etc."

Mrs. Pince pushed over the loan slip and handed Rollo a quill.

"A large part of the books in the forbidden book area are single copies, so I hope you can take care of them. If you are not sure about your confused behavior, I suggest you read them here."

"Okay, Mrs. Pince, thank you for the reminder."

Pushing back the signed loan slip, it was the first time for Luo Luo to know that there were so many issues that needed attention when borrowing books in the forbidden book area.

"You're welcome. I hope you won't cause trouble for Professor Kettleburn and don't betray his trust in you."

Mrs. Pince handed back the note written by Professor Kettleburn for Rollo and waved her hand to indicate that he could leave.

It was not breakfast time yet, and the auditorium was empty, but Rollo turned the corridor stairs familiarly and followed the stairs to the door of the kitchen of Hogwarts.

Needless to say, the elves are hardworking. The staggered rest times ensure that they can provide Hogwarts with everything they need 24 hours a day and anytime.

The bread sticks, fried slightly crispy by butter, were still soft and fluffy on the inside. After being coated with a layer of refreshing mixed jam, the happy morning embraced Rollo.

When he opened the door and was about to say goodbye to the elf, a boy who was rubbing his sleepy eyes and carrying a broom happened to bump into Rollo.

"Sorry, sorry." Cedric, who was no longer sleepy for a moment, said quickly. As the Seeker of the Hufflepuff team, he has been under a lot of pressure recently. This is not the first time he has gotten up early like this, but he didn't expect to bump into him. In fact, many Hufflepuff badgers eat late-night snacks, but not many get up early.

"It's okay, the jam wasn't spilled."

A beautiful and swift silent floating spell froze the jam jar that had just slipped. Rollo, who was holding a brown paper bag of butter and bread in his hand, smiled casually.

"Are you Cedric? I think I saw you once on the court."

"Hufflepuff got up so early for training?"

"It's Rollo." After seeing the person in front of him clearly, Cedric couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Have you Slytherin's involution become so serious?"

Although Rollo was not carrying a broom, Seid knew that Rollo had a small bag with him, so it was easy to stuff a few broomsticks into it.

"Please give me a way to survive. I really don't know why your team members are so motivated. The training time in one week is almost as much as what we had in the previous month."

With these helpless smiles on his face, Ced complained to Rollo. It was indeed a good thing that the Slytherin team was no longer a group of high-risk baboons wielding wooden sticks and fists, but now they were leading the other three house teams. The pressure is far greater than before.

"After all, we are a newly formed team. We have no competition experience, and our flying proficiency is not as good as yours. We don't have an experienced captain to lead the team. We can only practice more. There is no other way."

"But the weather outside is not good now, so you need to wear more clothes."

"Thank you for your concern. I've prepared a fur cloak."

The two of them missed each other, but before Rollo could get far, Cedric, who was holding a bacon sandwich in his mouth, quickly caught up.

"Hey Rollo, I want to ask you something."

"It was Fred and George who invited me to join their team. I have done some research on Transfiguration and joined Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration Club. My father is in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures and can help them get what they need. nice one....."

"So, is it true what happened between the two of them? Ten thousand galleons of funding per year, and an investment of one hundred thousand when opening the store?"

As the most dazzling little genius that has appeared in Hufflepuff in recent years, although Cedric is as low-key and unassuming as the little badger, he is able to show off both his abilities, potential and family background, and is comparable to Fred George. Even if he is a good friend, it is normal for him to be invited to join the team.

In terms of selecting people, Fred George is also extremely picky, even more strict than Rollo. For them, this is business and a matter of dividing boundaries with friendship. Lee Jordan, who has an equally good relationship with them, is still only Staying on the level of friends, instead of coming to the front of partners like Cedric.

"Of course, I have already given them the first amount of funds this year." Rollo's eyes lingered on Cedric for a moment, "It seems that they have a good eye for selecting people. Professor McGonagall has often mentioned your transformation." Magical talent."

"Thank you, thank you. I still have a lot of things to study hard."

Seid smiled sheepishly, revealing his true appearance as a slightly shy sunny boy.

Ced is quite popular among Hufflepuff girls, and many people even pay attention to him outside Hufflepuff House. A boy who is a little immature but has already developed the prototype of Prince Charming, naturally cannot escape the fantasy in his mind. The eyes of a girl in love.

"I was shocked when they told me about it, but I found it interesting."

"Then are you ready to join the gang?"

"I came to ask you this time... I actually want to know if you would mind. After all, this is..."

"I don't interfere in any of their affairs, including research and development, recruiting like-minded companions, etc. I believe in them because this is a career they are determined to fight for, and they will not be lazy in this kind of thing."

"Fred and George have chosen you, and if that's your wish, Cedric, then I'd be happy to see that too."

"Thank you very much, so maybe I should call you 'boss' too?"

Cedric, who had a smile on his face, was indeed very excited. As the director of the department, his father's monthly salary was only 270 gold galleons. Counting all the random windfalls, he could earn up to [-] gold galleons a month and only [-] gold galleons a year. Six thousand galleons.

Although this is considered a very high salary among wizards, it is not as much as the twins' annual research funding.

"But this is not a reason for me to let my guard down on the field. The Slytherin team is working hard to win the championship this year. You must be careful."

"I'm looking forward to a wonderful match with you. See you on the field in half a month!"

Cedric waved to Rollo, then bit his sandwich and walked toward the gate of Hogwarts, entering the cold wind and light snow to hone his ability to soar into the sky.

A person's talent indeed determines the upper limit or even the lower limit. Whether he can reach the upper limit of his talent is inseparable from his own efforts. Fortunately, Cedric possesses all these qualities.

Next to the fireplace burning with strong flames, Rollo leaned on an old but still soft chair and read a book. It was only after opening the book that he truly understood what happened to the centaurs tribe that night. Chat with Setina.

At that time, Setina mentioned that "in the eyes of centaurs, wizards are actually not human beings." At that time, Rollo did not realize that there was something wrong with this statement, but now, he finally understood the meaning of this statement.

Maybe there is such a thing as pure blood among wizards, but now more than 90.00% of wizards, especially those wizard families that claim to be pure blood, are all mixed-blood existences.

Their essence is no different from hybrid giants like Hagrid, except that the blood in their bodies is thin and unlike Hagrid, they retain or appear the hybrid characteristics and maintain their human appearance.

"There is no way to know how the earliest wizards appeared. The great wizard Merlin we respect is not the first wizard in the world. We do not deny his greatness, but the history of the magic world is much longer than Merlin. many."

"I read through all the epic legends I could find, and also learned a lot of information from many intelligent creatures through my own adventures. What I can confirm from the legends is that the earliest wizard who appeared was A being much more powerful than today's wizards."

"And now we are just two completely different people who inherited their wizard names."

"I have done research on the origins of many creatures, including fire dragons, chimeras, feathered serpents and other powerful magical creatures. But during the research on them, I was surprised to find that I actually have the same characteristics in my body. They have almost the same characteristics, and I actually have some common characteristics with those stupid fire dragons."

"This is not a similarity in appearance or ability, but a subtle similarity in magic power."

"After many of my experiments, I can tell you readers with certainty that I have fire dragon blood flowing through my body, even if it is so small that I cannot even give a single piece of evidence that makes people believe what I am saying, but sometimes , some things cannot be said or written on paper.”

"Although I can't confirm this to others, readers who read this book I hope you can give me trust, even just a little bit."

"In order to try to confirm my guess, I enthusiastically invited several good friends whose names I don't know to help me with my experiment. Although it is the first time we have met, you don't have to doubt our relationship. I came from a murder scene. By taking them away, although I couldn't prevent that regrettable thing from happening, I gained their friendship and several candidates for the test subjects."

"I fully conducted an in-depth study and exploration of my friend. The anatomical details of the experiment and the potions and spells used are as shown in the following pictures-"

The dozens of slightly faded magic photos were definitely not taken with a camera. After all, cameras might not have been invented at that time, and cameras couldn't capture such perspective 3D images.

These bloody pictures are probably the reason why this book is kept in the restricted book area. After all, these pictures are indeed too irritating. Even Rollo, a half-experienced veterinarian and ancestral pig butcher, frowned.

"I compared their magical properties and characteristics with those of many magical creatures in great detail. Although I couldn't find the corresponding magical creatures for three of them, there was still one lucky person who succeeded."

"He is a wizard from a pure-blood wizard family. For my personal safety and to prevent this book from being burned, I am not going to reveal their names, but what I can confirm is that he does have the same thing as me in his body. The blood of the fire dragon, and it’s clearer than mine.”

"This may have something to do with my origin. My father is a wizard, but my mother is a Muggle who cannot do magic. Although I haven't been able to look at my bastard father, my mother once told me, After he learned that she was pregnant, he suddenly disappeared from my mother's presence, which also caused my mother to be homeless for half her life."

"Perhaps I can make a new guess. Why do pure-blood wizard families like to marry each other so much? I guess they do it to preserve the bloodline from magical creatures to a greater extent. Maybe they don't know it. The inner meaning is given to maintain the purity of the bloodline.”

"This may also be the reason why wizards have appeared in pure-blood wizard families for generations. However, the children of wizards who marry Muggles may not necessarily have magical talents. This is already a recognized fact, and it is also the source of the theory of blood pollution. Where.”

"For this reason, I made a special trip to visit this lucky man's family, and invited his uncle, who loved him very much, and his cousin, who was abandoned by the family, to be my guests."

"I confirmed my conclusion once again. His uncle also has fire dragon blood that is more obvious than mine, while his squib cousin has much thinner blood than I do. I almost failed to discover this extremely minute detail. "

"Although I can't prove all this on paper, I dare to swear to Merlin that the research I did is absolutely correct."

"But there are still many questions that bother me, that is, how did wizards come into being? If we were originally Muggles without magical abilities, how did we get this power that does not belong to us? And this power Besides giving us access to magic, what more can we do with it?"

"I will continue my research until the day I discover the truth."

"Wizards don't have pure blood. Maybe we are just a bunch of hybrids of humans and beasts. Maybe this won't make you happy, but this is the fact I discovered."

Rollo, who had roughly finished reading the book, tilted his chin and fell into deep thought.

"Yeah, where did the wizard come from?"

He fell into a long thought, so he reluctantly opened the book again and began to study it more carefully.