333 Talent, Countermeasure, Screaming Shack

333 Talent, Countermeasure, Screaming Shack

The werewolf reports were still affecting the school a little bit, but it was much weaker than at the beginning. Principal Dumbledore seemed to have prepared various countermeasures to deal with the mysterious man.After the first full moon night passed safely, not only did the parents of the students rarely send letters of complaint, but even the Ministry of Magic stopped caring about this matter.

After all, Principal Dumbledore promised to stay at Hogwarts, and he was the students' strictest guarantee.

And since Gryffindor House won the final Quidditch Cup, not many people paid attention to that report - the school was gradually approaching exam week, and everyone was taking the time to review their homework.

Lily didn't know what Karan was doing recently, but she didn't want to continue to care about it. She paid special attention to the results of the exam and was eager to get No. 1 again, even if it was suspected of Karan deliberately cheating.

Snape's behavior was no different from Lily's. He rarely went to the potion preparation room anymore, and even his conflicts with Slytherin students had reduced a lot.

Karan also worked hard, but this effort was not used in preparation for the exam, but in the human transformation involved in Animagus.

"Okay, let's go here today."

In the Shrieking Shack, Karan waved his ash wand and restored various objects that had been transformed into small animals.

Regulus slumped on the floor, silently picking up his wand, a look of despair on his face.

"Why don't we start with a single mandrake leaf?" he asked confused.

In the method of becoming an Animagus, the first step is to continuously hold a single mandrake leaf in your mouth. You must not swallow the leaf or take it out of your mouth at any time. If the leaf leaves your mouth, The whole process would have to start over.And this time needs to last for a whole month, that is, from the full moon to the next full moon.

"This is to avoid mistakes when casting the spell in the subsequent steps." Karan explained patiently: "Not everyone can become an Animagus. At least the skills of transformation must be passed. Otherwise, who knows what will happen if you fail. What a monster to be.”

Regulus shuddered silently as he thought of the pictures that Karan showed him of failed transformations.

"I will remind Sirius and the others about this," he said quickly.

Karan smiled nonchalantly, but he thought that maybe Lily and the others could also become Animagus. Anyway, many of them had good grades, and even without his own help, they might be able to do it. The same can be done.

But these are things that need to be considered later. What Karan urgently needs to solve now is the problem of werewolf transformation, but it is a pity that he and Gespard did not gain much.

The days passed, and soon it was time for the second full moon.The three people in the Hufflepuff dormitory once again walked into the suitcase. Wolfe would undergo some inexplicable changes from time to time under Karan's spell. Once, it even swelled into a balloon. Wolff did not care about this. Too many opinions, it just felt light and funny, but it almost scared Steve.

"You...can you do it?" Steve grabbed Wolf's tail, which was floating in the air, to prevent it from flying into the sky.At the same time, he turned his head and asked Karan: "How come it has no effect at all? It also turned Wolf into a glowing balloon."

Karan rubbed his brows with a headache. These were the spells suggested by Gespard, plus some spells he got himself. But every time, Wolf could not cover up the influence of the full moon. Only its size changed. .

While the two of them were waiting silently for Wolf to return to his original state, Gaspard suddenly emerged from the magic tent, holding in his hand the tuft of hair that would glow during the full moon.

"Don't waste your magic power." He said as soon as he came out: "It's exactly what I thought. The reason for Wolf's abnormality can only be detected during the full moon. Normally, he is just an ordinary moon wolf. What? There’s no way to study it.”

This sounds like bad news, leaving them with even less free time - only the full moon day is left every month.

But Karan could hear the pride in Gespard's tone - since this problem had been discovered, it at least meant that Gespard had made new progress.

"That's right." Before Karan could ask, Gespard continued calmly: "I did find some abnormalities. Do you know the disappearing spell? It is an extremely difficult form of transformation. Only when we You don’t learn it until fifth grade.”

Karan nodded with a strange look on his face - could it be that Gaspard had to change his strategy?The werewolf's troubles made him gradually go crazy, and even wanted to disappear the moon altogether?

Steve's thoughts were much simpler than Callan's, but he still asked in horror: "What are you going to do? Are you going to make Wolf disappear?"

In Steve's expectation, Gaspard could definitely do this kind of thing.Steve was even ready to let Wolf fly to avoid being poisoned by Gaspard.

Gaspard's glasses flashed twice, as if to express his inner dissatisfaction, which made the two of them immediately cover their eyes.

After applying a small ring, Gespard continued: "The reason why I mentioned the disappearing curse is because it may be somewhat similar to the reason why a werewolf transforms."

"Werewolves can only transform when there is a full moon, but there is obviously no moonlight in the suitcase, and I have never heard of a werewolf that can avoid transforming by hiding - maybe the moonlight itself is not The real reason for the werewolf transformation.”

Steve was baffled by what he said, but Karan immediately realized the key: "This is somewhat similar to the blood curse I mentioned to you before - if the inducement for transformation is only in the blood of the werewolf, And the full moon is just a countdown.”

"It sounds reasonable." Gespard added: "But I think the influence of the full moon still exists. After all, the time interval between each full moon is different-sometimes it is longer, and sometimes it is longer. Shorter. I think the full moon at least plays a role in some unknown magic. This magic is a signal that symbolizes the werewolf's transformation, but it is not the moonlight that transmits the magic, but something that we cannot detect."

"This reminds me of the disappearing curse." Gespard finally began to explain the reason why he mentioned the disappearing curse: "There is such a sentence in the disappearing curse - [The disappeared thing is turned into nothingness, that is to say , transformed into all things.】"

“I think what causes the werewolf to transform is something similar to the disappeared object—undetectable, but everywhere.”

This time Steve finally understood. He wrapped Wolf's glowing tail around his neck, bit his finger and said, "So, all our previous efforts were in vain? Because we were targeting the moonlight at that time. Instead of this ubiquitous...[Unknown]?"

"That's not the unknown." Karan said suddenly. He raised his head to face Wolf's time: "There is no doubt that the so-called [unknown] caused by the full moon is a kind of curse - the wizard was affected by the curse and became irrational. Werewolves will regard those who are close to them as their most wanted targets. Under the influence of the same curse, Wolf will not undergo such terrible changes, but this is not because of the blessing given by the full moon, but because Wolf has already It became the price itself - it is not a wizard, completely different from humans, but a moon wolf that does not want to see another one of its kind."

Everything is clear. The arrival of the full moon will trigger the werewolf's transformation, but the reason is not the beautiful moonlight, but the curse hidden deeper.And this curse is very similar to the thing that disappeared - turned into hypocrisy, difficult to detect, but at the same time turned into everything, making it everywhere, leaving the werewolf with no way to escape.

"Ancient magic..." Karan murmured: "It's really scary."

This is a consensus that several people have long ago - werewolves have existed for so long that there is no written record of the appearance of the first werewolf. This must be related to the weird and unpredictable ancient magic, which only exists in the disappearing history.

"Ancient magic..." Steve also murmured, and his eyes slowly widened: "Doesn't that mean we can't succeed? What could be more difficult than solving the unknown ancient magic? ? Directly destroy the moon?"

Wolf, who gradually returned to his original state, quietly floated down. He took the lead in comforting Steve and howled twice.

Karan and Gaspard immediately looked over, and Steve explained in frustration: "Wolf said it didn't want to see us sad. It had already anticipated such an outcome. It's a problem that hasn't been solved for so many years." Of course it can’t be done all at once, and even Principal Dumbledore is helpless about it.”

"Alas..." Steve sighed softly. Although he was unwilling to experiment on Wolf, he finally agreed for the same reason as Wolf - at least there would be no more Moon Wolf tragedies. .

Gespard lowered his head and stared at the luminous silver hair in his hands: "How about asking my parents for help? Anyway, I have to ask them for help regarding the basilisk shedding. This is the best thing to do."

Steve cast a hopeful look at him, but Callan didn't speak.

When he heard "Principal Dumbledore", he suddenly froze.

[Because the mummies in the ancient tombs do not have talents, because this is not equivalent. 】

These were the words Dumbledore said when he explained the curse that Meadows was contaminated with. When there was no way out for the time being, Principal Dumbledore suggested that the curse be re-extended to the blue phoenix Antioch, which could help Meadows. Dos alleviates many problems.

The reason why Principal Dumbledore made this suggestion was because the mummies in the ancient tomb were not gifted and could not establish an equal connection in the cursed mark - but Meadows was different. She was a late bloomer and a different person. Ordinary wizard.

The curse mark on Meadows is an ancient magic that can replace "love".

The curse in the moonlight is also ancient magic, and it may also require a special wizard to solve it - an unusual one, such as... a natural master of Occlumency.

"No wonder..." Karan murmured inexplicably, thinking of one of the old wizards Lockhart met in the future.

"No wonder there is only one recorded wizard who can solve werewolf transformation. The spell to restore human form is not the most difficult. The real difficulty lies in talent - a wizard with talent must be able to successfully do this."

Steve looked over in confusion, but Gaspard was carefully considering Karan's words.

The so-called old wizard was regarded by Gesper as information that Karan found from nowhere. This did not arouse him too much concern, but paid more attention to another thing - it must be a talented wizard.

"Is this talent used to resist the curse in the moonlight?" Gaspard asked: "Does one have to have the power to compete with it in order to completely solve the werewolf's transformation problem?"

Karan nodded slightly, but then he frowned tightly.

Steve still didn't understand what the two were talking about, but he was at least vaguely aware of one thing.

"Do you have a solution?" Steve asked impatiently: "Would you like to give it a try? We still have a lot of time before dawn."

But Karan was still frowning tightly, and Gesper explained for him: "No need to try. If Karan's guess is true, then we have succeeded, but at the same time we have failed."

"Not every wizard can solve the curse of the full moon. At least it must be a wizard with unique talents. Only in this way can he compete with the curse."

Gaspard happened to know Callan's talent - not every wizard can be recognized by two wands, or even use them with the same ease.

"Yeah." Karan sighed softly: "This is not the result I want. Talented wizards are not common, and it is impossible to run around saving werewolves - it is too time-consuming, no matter what Whether it’s searching for traces of werewolves or fighting against the curse, it’s too much of a loss.”

He turned to look at Wolf, with a rare apology in his eyes: "The experiment ends here. The curse has not had a negative impact on you. It is almost impossible for us to find the existence and source of the curse. There is no place for it." It’s too unreal to be absent.”

[Unless you use the humanoid restoration spell on the werewolf, you can passively come into contact with the curse during the confrontation process, but Wolf does not need to restore humanoid form, it is born as a moon wolf. 】

Karan added silently in his heart and gradually became silent.

The beautiful Moon Wolf was silent together. It exuded a faint silver glow, but it was no longer full of natural freehand brushwork, but was whimpering softly in sadness.

This is too cruel for it, and the cruel fact destroys its last hope. The werewolf is a tragedy from beginning to end and is difficult to change.

Steve couldn't help but panic. He didn't understand why Karan concluded all the endings without doing anything.

"There will definitely be a way."

He suppressed his restless thoughts and said: "We are only in the second grade now, and there will be plenty of time in the future. There will definitely be a way, right?"

Steve had a pitiful expression on his face. Under his panicked gaze, even Gaspard's tone softened a lot: "What you said makes sense. I'll go look for mine during the holiday." Please ask your parents for help, their level of alchemy is much higher than mine."

Steve glanced at Wolf quietly. After seeing that the other person's sobbing had stopped, he secretly gave a thumbs up to Guspard, and then locked his eyes on Callan, staring at him intently. put.

"You are right." Karan abandoned the negative thoughts in his heart and said with a smile: "These are only temporary. Different wizards will always have their own methods, and I happen to be the one who is different. people."

After a period of good words of comfort, Wolf's mood finally improved again. For this reason, Karan almost said the name of the Wolfsbane potion.

"A good potion idea." After leaving the suitcase, Gaspard praised: "It allows the werewolf to stay sane after transforming, but has to fall into a deep sleep. Although this does not sound perfect, it at least reduces the problem. Less difficulty and more possibility of success.”

He stared directly at Karan and almost blurted out: Where is the formula?Is it already in your head?Let me open it and take a look.

"Go, go." Karan waved his hand twice. Until now, he had not figured out how to prepare the wolfsbane potion. Now coupled with the disaster of the werewolf riot, it is even more difficult to get the wizards to care about the werewolves.

The next few days were spent in exams. Lily became a little nervous inexplicably, and Snape seemed nervous and gloomy. The two of them would always try to find Callan after each exam, and they were very happy. Ask him directly about his performance during the exam.

"I asked you, are you bothered?" Karan said impatiently: "I have said the same old things, why do you care so much about my grades?"

Lily grunted in dissatisfaction. She was very angry at Karan for deliberately hiding his strength.

"What else is there to pretend?" She glanced at her eyes and said, "You have long been famous for the Chamber of Secrets. Even the mysterious man has seen your transformation skills with his own eyes. Don't you think this is too deliberate? This is He Chipachi has one of the few chances to win the Academy Cup, and you don’t want to give it a try?”

Snape said from the side: "That's right."

Karan stared at the two of them inexplicably. At this time, Steve, who was standing next to him, suddenly sniffed twice.

"Such a familiar scent." He said and put his nose close to Lily and Snape's schoolbags. The two of them wanted to stop them guiltily, but Karan's wandless magic immediately opened the schoolbags, revealing that they were all lined up inside. snacks.

"These are the snacks Greta made in the kitchen. Did you also receive them?" Steve asked in surprise.

Karan's eyes suddenly turned suspicious. Lily immediately covered her schoolbag with force and pretended to cough twice: "We met by chance. So what, I still have to review, Sifu?"

Snape avoided Callan's gaze, and he immediately nodded and said, "I'll go too!"

Karan rolled his eyes at the two's backs.

Finally, the exams were over and they had a whole week to play before the results came out.Regulus, who was still reviewing the answers to the paper silently in his mind, suddenly bumped into a figure. After looking up and seeing the other person's face clearly, he even had the urge to turn around and run away.

"Will the Marauders go to the Shrieking Shack today?" Karan asked, expressionless.

"No, they plan to have a good time." Regulus said cautiously: "That's what I planned too..."

Karan nodded, as if he didn't hear the second half of Regulus's words, he just took Regulus' arm and turned around to leave.

"Then hurry up. There are still many things to teach you before the holiday. At least you need to understand how to use the magic gold coins."

Regulus was dragged along by Karan, with a look of despair on his face.