Chapter 187 Michelle’s Patronus
It was still more than a month before meeting Michael.
Naturally, John would not waste this time.
In the following time, he began to frequent the Forbidden Forest with Alice to hunt Acromantulas, and continued to hunt Dementors.
Among them, the cleanup work of Acromantula went very smoothly.
With the help of the centaurs, they have cleared the entire outer layer of the Forbidden Forest, as well as a small half of the deep layer of the Forbidden Forest.
This brought them over five thousand galleons.
Of course, more than 3000 Galleons belonged to John, and Alice only received a dividend of nearly [-] Galleons.
The huge gap in income made Alice even more enthusiastic about selling the 'Directional Spell Tracker' to John.
Unfortunately, John had no interest in talking to Alice about this matter before he found 'Blake's Tracking Object'.
This made Alice's various hints and nudges useless.
The hunting work of the Dementors was also very smooth.
Dumbledore was furious when the Dementors invaded the Quidditch pitch.
Under pressure from Dumbledore, the Ministry of Magic also tightened its control over dementors.
Although I don't know how the Ministry of Magic did it, since then, the Dementors have been lying flat, and their resistance has been reduced many times, which greatly reduced the difficulty of John's hunting.
This strange situation gave John a general understanding of the Ministry of Magic's thoughts and attitude.
The Ministry of Magic still believes that Dumbledore is hunting dementors.
John guessed that people from the Ministry of Magic probably thought it would be a good deal to send some Dementors to Dumbledore to kill in order to calm Dumbledore's anger.
After all, although dementors are nominally 'employees' employed by the Ministry of Magic, in fact, they are just slaves of the Ministry of Magic, and they are the kind of harmful alien slaves that no one likes.
But now the kindness of the Ministry of Magic has given John an advantage.
The day before Hogsmeade, Michelle suddenly approached John, followed by a panting Hermione.
"John, I have something good to show you, come with me!"
Michelle said excitedly, and then she dragged John and ran out of Hogwarts Castle.
John didn't refuse and just followed Michelle with a smile.
Hermione, on the other hand, couldn't help but sigh.
She looked as if she were dying of exhaustion.
Several people left Hogwarts Castle all the way and arrived at Hagrid's hut.
Hagrid was tossing the flames in the fireplace at this time. When he saw John and others visiting, his eyes lit up and he said:
"John, you came just in time, I'm preparing a lesson!"
"Preparing lessons?" John looked at Hagrid with a puzzled expression. "Preparing lessons in front of the fireplace?"
"Of course not. I plan to let everyone bake a pile of magic flames in the next class so that we can observe the birth process of the ash snake. What do you think?"
Hagrid asked with some anxiety.
His anxiety and nervousness are understandable.
Since being warned by John when he first started school, his teaching style has become more conservative.
Sometimes when he really had nothing to teach, he would even ask his students to raise Frobe armyworms.
Naturally, not many people would like such disgusting things, so students generally began to express disappointment in Hagrid.
Other professors wouldn't feel bad about something like this.
But Hagrid was different, he was sad.
Looking at the flames dancing in the fireplace, John nodded and said:
"That's definitely a good idea. It's getting colder now, and if you can keep the students warm for a whole class, they'll definitely appreciate it. Not to mention learning about ash snakes. . Of course, the premise is that you have to be careful not to cause a fire. After all, fire ash snakes like to hide by nature."
"You can rest assured about this. The class venue is by the Black Lake, and there will definitely be no fire!" Hagrid laughed happily, "Hahaha! I'm so happy today! John, let's have a banquet! "
"Wait a minute! I still have something to show John!"
Michelle said quickly.
"Of course," John smiled, "What is it? Is it some kind of novel candy?"
"It's something better!"
Michelle emphasized, and then drew out her wand, "Calling for divine protection!"
"call--"
A large amount of silver-white light poured out. Under the slightly astonished gazes of John and Hagrid, the light quickly condensed into a large number of substantial silver-white thin lines, and then continued to compress, and finally turned into a white dove, falling on on John's shoulders.
"How did you learn the physical form of the patron saint?"
John stared at the white dove and asked slowly.
"We asked Professor Lupin to teach us the [Patronus Charm]," Hermione, who finally calmed down, explained, "Sorry, John. We originally wanted to ask you to learn it, but you have never been free, and Michelle Said I wanted to give you a surprise."
Michelle quickly answered again:
"How? How about this surprise?"
"Pretty good."
As John spoke, he stretched out his hand towards the white dove.
The other person seemed not to be afraid of people at all, and took the initiative to rub his head against John's fingers.
The moment he came into contact with it, John felt a joyful and peaceful emotion rising uncontrollably from his heart.
Regardless of appearance or ability, this patron saint in the image of a dove of peace is very consistent with Michelle's characteristics: kind, enthusiastic, and infectious.
His python patron saint didn't have this ability.
The Python Patronus is obviously more aggressive and more effective against Dementors.
John guessed that this might be related to the fact that when he first learned the [Patronus Charm], he was focused on hunting dementors.
But after hearing what John said, Michelle pouted and said dissatisfied:
"You obviously don't look surprised at all!"
John smiled and said:
"There is nothing we can do about it. Because I know that the [Patron Saint Curse] will not be able to trouble you."
As soon as he said this, Michelle immediately started to smile again.
When Hermione heard this, she pursed her lips and said:
"Yes, Michelle is very talented. Professor Lupine only taught us once, and she was already able to release the non-materialized [Patronus Charm]. And after practicing for less than half a month, the materialized guardian spell The god was successfully trained by her. But now I can only release a little bit of silvery mist."
"Don't be discouraged, Hermione." John comforted, "You know Michelle's character. Her kind of optimism is the most suitable for the [Patronus Charm]."
Hermione nodded vigorously and said:
"I'm not discouraged, I'm just sighing. People are indeed different. Just like you and Michelle, both are so outstanding. They can even learn magic like [Patronus Charm] easily. And Harry and I still have Not so Ron."
"Harry and Ron?"
"Yes, they are also learning the [Patronus Charm]. But their progress is not good, and so far they cannot release even a little bit of positive energy." Hermione continued, "This is also understandable. After all, Gryffindor just lost the game some time ago. Not only was Harry injured, but his Nimbus 2000 also hit the Whomping Willow and was severed. This made the two of them feel very bad.
Besides, tomorrow is Hogsmeade day, and Harry can't go. "
"Poor Harry," Michelle said a moment of silence for Harry, then looked at John and said, "By the way, John, will you go tomorrow?"
Facing Michelle's slightly expectant gaze, John nodded.
"Great!"
Michelle cheered.
She was extremely excited and started talking endlessly about what she had seen in Hogsmeade.
Even after the banquet prepared by Hagrid began, she had no intention of stopping.
John, Hagrid and Hermione were also happy to see this happen, and everyone chimed in from time to time. Hagrid, a frequent visitor to Hogsmeade, also introduced several interesting shops to everyone.
For example, Mrs. Puddifu's Tea House is specially designed for young couples to go on dates.
But what John didn't expect was that Michelle's excitement lasted longer than he imagined.
Early the next morning, she squatted in the hall.
John was caught by her as soon as he appeared.
"John, we have to hurry up!"
As Michelle said this, she began to push John towards the outside of the castle again.
John, who looked confused and hadn't even eaten breakfast, was taken directly to the closed iron gate of the exit.
Because it was so early, there was no one here.
At this time, John finally understood what Michelle was thinking.
This is to grab the first place to go out.
But...is this necessary?
It’s not like elementary school students and junior high school students in the previous life rushed to go to the canteen at noon.
Now that the matter was over, seeing that Michelle was still excited, John didn't disturb her interest.
The two of them waited at the door for a long time, until more and more students lined up behind them, and then Filch came over with a stinky face.
"Oh, Michelle, you're first again."
Seeing Michelle, Filch had a smile on his face.
While he was talking, he let them go without even asking for permission from Michelle and John.
Then, Michelle and John started running wildly again.
They almost ran at full speed to Hogsmeade.
This means that John can use magic to bless his body. If it were someone else, he would never be able to catch up with Michelle.
And the first time they entered Hogsmeade, John also saw Michael's familiar face.