The Pacifist Necromancer of Hogwarts

Within a few days, a student came to Anthony with a parental consent form and wanted to adopt a cat. Anthony took out the aid station questionnaire from the drawer and studied it with him.

Name, age...please give me the consent form. Let's fill in your parents, shall we?

The student nodded and filled in his mother's name on the questionnaire: Next item, occupation. My mother is a therapist at St. Mungo's.

Anthony said: Great, fill in the medical staff.

Okay. The student lowered his head and wrote a few more words, Living conditions...

Anthony took the questionnaire and looked at it. Because it is inconvenient to directly ask about salary, the questionnaire tactfully asks people who are interested in adopting pets what kind of living conditions they can provide for their pets.

Wide space for activities. Anthony said, Absolutely sufficient food, rich exploration content, relatively ample companionship time, and will also provide pets with opportunities to communicate and play with other similar species...

The student said: Ah...ok.

Anthony said: If you don't mind, you can also write about your family situation. I remember that you also have an older brother who has graduated? You can write 'family harmony, the eldest son is working independently, and the second son is studying' to express yourself Life is very stable…what’s next?”

Pet Preferences.

I won't get involved in this. You can just write what you want. Anthony said, watching the student write furiously, Wait a minute, don't write about Professor McGonagall, just write about the tabby cat...

But I also hope that she will be smart and smart. The student said.

Anthony said: Then write about the smart and clever tabby cat. Do you really not mind if Hufflepuff loses a few more points?

…

Anthony registered his intention to adopt a pet, put away the questionnaire he filled out, and prepared to contact Ms. Howard again in a few days.

The rescue station may contact the applicant and want to chat in person. As far as I know, this is a trust-based rescue station. Anthony said, They will not ask for your specific address, but if you tell the rescue station you Living in London all year round will increase the probability of your adoption being approved.

I don't live in London all year round. The student said doubtfully.

Anthony nodded: But your mother works at St. Mungo's, and she is the pet adoption applicant.

The student sighed: Why is it so troublesome? Do they want to talk to my mother? She can say five magic nouns in three sentences.

Anthony said: It doesn't matter, I can probably convince the aid station to talk to you instead.

He can think of many excuses right now: medical staff are busy with work and cannot be separated for the time being, applying for adoption is mainly to accompany the child, the child will be the person who takes care of the most pets in the future, and so on.

Judging from Ms. Howard's attitude during her last visit, she quite liked the students.

So you have to be prepared. Anthony said. Once we submit the adoption intention questionnaire, the rescue center may want us to organize an interview. If everything goes well, I will arrange the time during the holidays and will not meet with you. Course schedules or exams will happen. But in addition to reviewing your homework and preparing for the final exam, you also need to prepare for the interview at the rescue station.

Professor, stop talking about studying and final exams... the student groaned, I still have a few papers to finish...

Anthony smiled and said: Come on.

Okay, for my cat, I will! said the student. What do I need to prepare, professor?

Anthony flipped through his lesson plan and found a piece of parchment sandwiched inside: I listed the questions you may be asked, and the back is relevant Muggle knowledge. I made a guess based on your performance in class. , these questions may be a bit difficult for wizards, so I’ve summarized some of them for you.”

For wizards, they may not think about things like deworming and vaccinations, and they may also forget how to ensure that their pets do not disturb other people, not to mention that they have absolutely no idea about various Muggle cat foods.

Copy into pairs. Anthony clicked on the parchment and handed the conjured copy to the student who was staring longingly. Here, if you have any questions, you can come to me. If I'm not here, either leave a note , or ask the owl to send me a message.

Okay, I will prepare well. The other party quickly glanced at the parchment, Thank you, Professor Anthony.

You're welcome.

The student put the parchment into his bag and left with heavy steps, as if he suddenly knew that he had one more test, and he had to pass this test.

Anthony smiled. If this student can really prepare everything on his parchment, then he can definitely try to pretend to integrate into Muggle society in the future. In fact, he didn't need to know that much information... If he could hold on until the interview came, Anthony planned to give him a catch-all sentence.

Whether he is asked what to do if a cat scratches a person, or how to deal with various diseases that cats may contract, he only needs to scratch his head, and then smile cheerfully: I don't know, I guess I will ask more professionally. adults, let them handle this.

…

On this day, a total of five students brought consent forms from their parents, including the Weasley brothers. They said they should have been the first to get consent because Molly Weasley agreed almost immediately.

But Errol was too old, Fred said. It took at least five breaks before he brought this piece of paper that said 'no problem'.

George said, You can probably see why we want the owl so much, right? He noticed that Anthony was staring at a strange mark in the lower right corner of the consent form, Oh, that's because Errol fell into Fred's In pumpkin juice.”

Anthony nodded: I understand.

Because of the special nature of the pet they wanted to adopt, Anthony couldn't guarantee that the rescue center would agree. However, he asked Professor McGonagall where the public owl in the school's owl house came from. If Muggles who are concerned about birds notice that there are many owls flying here, it is hard to imagine why they have not discovered that there is a strange school here until now.

Because Hogwarts cannot be plotted. Professor McGonagall told him, In addition, the thirty miles outside the castle belong to Hogwarts. We have marked off a part of it and registered it as an owl habitat with some Muggle institutions. lands and protected areas.”

Anthony's goal was to prove that the Weasley brothers worked and studied in this reserve and brought the owl to Scotland as compliantly as possible.