361 Boggart, elective, thief, elf

361 Boggart, elective, thief, elf

When falsehood becomes truth?

Karan never understood what Sybil's words meant. It sounded like a prophecy, but he couldn't be completely sure. After all, it was only a short half-sentence, and Karan didn't know what was behind it.

He later went to the Three Broomsticks Tavern several times, but as a blind old man with limited mobility, Cassandra the Prophet was quickly admitted to Hogwarts School in advance, and her great-great-granddaughter Sybil also received This convenience--but this does confirm the fact that Cassandra Prophet is indeed the new divination class professor.

"Divination class..."

The pale Remus blinked and said, "I didn't plan to take the Divination class originally, but this time I have to think about it carefully."

Today is the last full moon night before the start of school, and it is also the second time Karan has been a guest at Professor Leer's house - unlike the last time, he can finally get here by using Floo powder.

Remus didn't expect Karan to agree so easily. He originally thought Karan would only help him once.

"Has the principal replied to your letter?"

Callan sat in front of the window. He scooped up a large piece of Mrs. Hope's special strawberry pudding with a spoon and asked casually: "What should we do when school starts again? Can the Screaming Shack still be used?"

Remus shook his head honestly: "It's useless. After the werewolf attack, the place has been completely exposed and is no longer safe. As for the principal... I don't know what the principal's plan is. He is just here. The letter said we would talk about it after school starts."

Karan nodded silently and continued eating the pudding while waiting for night to fall.

Remus hesitated for a while. He looked at Karan's profile, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you tell the principal about helping me?"

This was something Calant had specifically asked the Lupine family - he promised to help Remus avoid the torture of the full moon night, but they were not allowed to tell anyone about it, including Principal Dumbledore.

Karan has made up his mind that he will help Remus solve the problem of transformation even after school starts - this is his only chance to contact the Taboo. His natural status as a closed-brained person can make him immune to the Moonlight Taboo. of invasion.Although there is still a jumping cauldron in his hand, it involves blood magic. Apart from the Deathly Hallows Invisibility Cloak, Karan has no way to deal with the Forbidden One of the jumping cauldron.

The reason why Karan wants to contact the Forbidden One is because he has not forgotten another Deathly Hallows - the Elder Wand.Now that it is in the hands of Principal Dumbledore, Callan needs to know whether there is also a Forbidden One there - Antioch, the eldest of the three brothers of death and Callan's ancestor.

If it is true as he guessed - taboos are similar to Horcruxes, both have the ability to change the living, making the living become evil without knowing it...

"Just wait, there will always be a chance."

Karan quickly swept away the remaining pudding, floated a small bottle of potion from his pocket, and flew to Remus.

"It's still a sleeping pill, drink it."

Remus did not extend his hand. He asked hesitantly: "Can you not drink? This time I want to stay with my parents during the full moon - as a human being."

Just like he had never slept well on a full moon night, this was also an experience that Remus had not had in many years.

Karan didn't say no.

"That's what you asked for yourself."

He raised his wand and pointed the tip at Remus, who was still in human form, and saw fear in the other person's eyes.

"All petrochemical!"

Remus forced himself not to dodge. He was immediately hit by the spell and fell to the floor like a stone.

Mrs. Hope, who had already had the experience of waiting in the living room, could not help but tremble. Mr. Lear patted his wife's back gently. He looked out the window worriedly. The full moon was gradually rising.

Vaguely, the two of them heard a dull roar.

"What's going on?" Mrs. Hope asked uneasily: "Didn't Remus drink the sleeping potion?"

Mr. Lear was stunned, and then his expression changed drastically. He immediately clenched the wand in his hand and made a gesture of rushing towards Remus' bedroom.

But the door suddenly opened.

The two people who walked out were eating large pieces of dark chocolate. Remus looked like he had just been fished out of ice water, and his hair was wet with cold sweat.

"ended."

Karan leaned against the fence and stuffed the last bit of chocolate into his mouth.

Mr. and Mrs. Lupin rushed up quickly, and Remus forced a smile: "I originally wanted to give you a surprise..."

He was suddenly hugged tightly by Mrs. Hope, and Mr. Lear immediately looked at Callan after heaving a sigh of relief.

"What...what are you going to do?" Karan backed away and said, "This is all Remus's idea."

It turns out that Karan misunderstood Mr. Lear's meaning - he was upset about Karan's leaving without saying goodbye last time, which was not the treatment of a benefactor.

Mrs. Hope finally came to her senses and said, "If you really don't want to stay, just take them all."

She walked to the kitchen and pulled out a thick pudding cake, all for Karan.

"And this." Professor Lear groped in his pocket for a long time, and finally found an iron box with a corner in it.

"There is a Boggart here, which I found not long ago. I thought you might be interested - after all, we have all seen the Boggart with our own eyes, and you solved it. So I specially put this ordinary Boggart in there. The boggart caught it, remember to be careful and don't let it slip away accidentally."

Of course Mr. Lear would not do this if he was facing ordinary students. He had not yet taught second grade students to formally deal with Boggarts.But Karan is different. Not only can he restore the human form spell, but he can also defeat Baiget who ran away from Mr. Lear himself. This is not easy.

This was a pleasant surprise.

Karan carefully put the iron box in his pocket, held the cake that was taller than his head, and strode into the fireplace where the magic fire was burning.

"Gobstone Club Store!"

After an earth-shaking dizziness, Karan barely managed to stand still. Snape, who happened to be passing by the fireplace, quickly ran over to help stabilize the cake.

"It's really fast."

After helping Callan put the cake on the table, Snape glanced out the window: "It's just dark now. This is much easier than studying the potion formula - do you want to stay for dinner?"

"Let's put the things back in my house first." Karan was thinking about the Boggart in the iron box, and he couldn't wait any longer.

"Then wait a moment." Snape turned and returned to his bedroom: "Take your suitcase with you by the way."

Steve's suitcase is also in Gobstone's shop. This was deliberately arranged by Karan before going to Mr. Lear's house - Wolf alone cannot protect the jumping cauldron, and it will be safer with Snape. .

One of them was holding a huge cake, and the other was holding a suitcase. After explaining to Mrs. Prince, they walked out of the store.

"Remember to come back for dinner." Mrs. Prince, wearing an apron, shouted from behind the two of them: "Both of you."

The two of them walked on the streets where there were fewer and fewer people. The village now seemed a bit desolate, especially as it was approaching night.

"Have you thought about what electives to choose?" Snape asked casually, resolving the slightly lonely atmosphere.

Karan replied calmly: "Divination class, and Care of Magical Creatures class."

"Are you really planning to learn divination?" Snape asked in surprise, "But didn't you say you have no talent?"

Snape saw with his own eyes that Kahlan rummaged through the box and found a crystal ball that had been put aside for an unknown period of time, as well as a book "Looking at the Future" that they had just published before enrolling - these were all things Kahlan originally lived in Diagon Alley. He bought it when he was young. At that time, he didn't know that his magical talent was related to his status as a closed-brained person, so he wanted to try any kind of magic, but it failed. He didn't see anything from the crystal ball. Useful stuff.

"But with Cassandra's prophet here, no one can refuse her divination class." Karan said matter-of-factly.

"What about the Care of Magical Creatures class?" There was a hint of disgust in Snape's expression: "You don't really want Hagrid's class, do you? We all know that he will be the next professor, and we have all seen it. The courage and strength with which he dared to pounce on the Chimera beast, I strongly suspect that he would regard this as the minimum standard for students."

"It's not because of Steve." Karan sighed and said: "He wrote me seven - no, eight letters, and there was another one this morning. They were all about asking about elective courses. Later, He simply didn’t even try to hide it anymore, and directly asked Gaspard and I to choose the Care of Magical Creatures class, otherwise he would make us look good after school starts.”

"What will he do?" Snape asked curiously. In his impression, Steve shouldn't be that dangerous, as long as he doesn't steal his snacks and don't mess with his precious magical animals.

"It's not clear yet." Karan spread his hands helplessly and said: "But he has repeatedly told me many times to make sure that I bring him the suitcase when I go to Diagon Alley. It is probably inseparable from the basement of his home. Those magical animals in it—but it’s time to return them to him, as long as I find a place to hide the jumping cauldron in advance.”

Snape nodded silently, but unfortunately their application of the jumping pot was limited to magic snacks, and they were not able to fully utilize all the magical effects of the jumping pot. It would take a long time.

"So you only plan to take two courses?" After careful consideration, Snape said with a strange expression: "This is the minimum number of elective courses allowed - it's really your style, you don't want to waste any time."

"What about you?" Karan asked nonchalantly, "What course are you going to choose?"

"I...I plan to wait a little longer." Snape said hesitantly: "Lily wants to choose them all, and I am still considering it. After all, studying the jumping cauldron will take up a lot of time. "

At this time, the two finally walked back to Karan's house.He put one hand on the door handle and was about to continue saying something when his expression suddenly changed.

"What's wrong?" Snape asked nervously.

Karan frowned slightly. He first placed the cake gently on the ground, and then quietly took out the ash wand in his pocket.

"Shh," he whispered.

"It seems that there are guests coming."

The sudden change shocked Snape, and Callan's reaction made him even more frightened - even though the Three Broomsticks were not far from here, Callan had no intention of asking the Auror for help, and instead left the room alone. The door was pushed open slowly and slowly to avoid making any noise, and then he waved to Snape.

"Are you going to stay outside, or come in with me?"

Of course, Snape couldn't leave Karan here alone, and it was too late to dissuade him at this time. He had to carry the suitcase in one hand (it couldn't be put outside like a cake, Wolf was still in the suitcase), and in the other He also took out his wand with one hand and quietly followed Karan into the house.

With a slight click, the door closed again, shutting out the moonlight.

The two stood at the door one behind the other. In front of them was the living room that led directly to the room. The lights were not lit, but they both clearly saw signs of being turned over. The cushions of the sofa fell to the floor, and the carpet was tampered with. It was completely opened, and even the flowers in the vase were taken out and inspected, leaving a long trail of water marks on the ground.

At this time, the thief who sneaked in secretly was in the study on the other side of the living room. From the sound of his voice, it sounded like there was only one person on the other side, and he was still rummaging around for something, but did not find that the owner had returned to the house.

"I obviously have some protective magic set up..."

Snape listened with fear as Callan whispered the terrible words. He had been here so many times and had never seen what the so-called protective magic was.

"Why are there thieves?" Snape asked in a low voice, confused.

Karan shook his head in confusion as well.

"Go and see and you'll know."

He had no intention of letting this uninvited guest go. No matter who the other party was, Karan had to figure out why he was being targeted.

"It's really your style." Snape muttered in a low voice, but he immediately cheered up and followed Karan closely to avoid any dangerous enemies hiding elsewhere.

The two walked quietly toward the study. Karan raised the ash wand to his chest, preparing for a duel.Although he had not yet walked into the study in person, he could roughly determine the location of the uninvited guest by relying on the fluctuations of wandless magic, and then——

"All petrochemical!"

It was as if he had grown an extra eye. The petrification spell accurately hit the uninvited guest in the study. The figure's arms suddenly came together in the darkness, and he couldn't even make a sound. He fell to the floor with a thud. It swayed a few times and then stopped.

"This is.......?"

After seeing the figure on the floor clearly, Snape almost screamed. He thought Callan had cast a failed transformation spell.

"House elf."

Karan frowned and said, his face became even more confused: "No wonder the protective spell didn't work. The magic of wizards and elves is different. But why is it a house elf?"

Lying on the floor was a house elf with eyes as big as light bulbs. He was dressed in the same dirty rags as Kreacher.In addition, he seems to be younger, and there are not so many wrinkles on his face. This is also the result of comparison with Kleche.

At this time, the house elf seemed to have realized that he had been caught by the owner of the house. The only eye that could still move was filled with tears of fear and kept spinning around.

"What should we do next?" Snape glanced at the messy bookcases and drawers: "He is obviously looking for something. Do you want to interrogate him?"

Karan nodded silently. Snape was not surprised by this result, but he still reminded in a low voice: "The nature of house elves to obey their master's orders is engraved in their bones. It will be difficult to ask for something after a while. .”

"It's ok."

Kahlan walked calmly to the petrified house elf. He lowered his head and looked into the panicked face.

"You have to try."

He waved his wand and released the restraint on the elf's mouth, but before he could ask any words, the elf immediately began to howl loudly, with a voice as ugly as a broken trumpet.

Snape quickly blocked his ears, and Karan waved his wand again to seal the elf's mouth. After a while, it was released again.

After repeating this process several times, what I heard again was finally no longer an unpleasant cry. The elf kept sobbing softly. His body was still lying hard on the ground, and he couldn't even wipe away his tears with his hands.

Snape had no sympathy for what an elf thief deserved, and he had no sympathy for a house elf.

Karan controlled a paper towel to float over, wiped away the tears and snot on his uneasy face, and then threw the waste paper into the wastebasket.

"Tell me, who sent you here?" Karan then asked fiercely and raised his wand again in a threatening manner.

"Uh...Uh..." The house elf became more and more frightened, and vague syllables came out of his mouth. Karan suddenly realized that this was the house elf's preparation. Say your name - every house elf does this, they don't say me, they say their name.

But the person who assigned the house elf seemed to be very cautious. He had given an order prohibiting the house elf from doing this, leaving him speechless.

"Someone asked you to come over and steal something?" Karan asked again.

The house elf still didn't answer, but his eyes kept widening in fear - obviously, Karan guessed correctly, someone had indeed ordered the house elf in front of him to come and steal things.

"What could it be?" Snape turned around and asked, subconsciously grabbing the suitcase in his hand: "Could it be this..."

He didn't say it outright because he was wary of house elves, but Karan already understood what he meant.

Jumping pot.

This sounds like the only reason why Karan might be targeted, but the problem is that no one will leak the news, and the only possible one, Kreacher, has also had all relevant memories erased by Karan.

Or... an elder wand?

There aren't many things Callan owns that are of real value, but the elder wand is special - who could be the one to assign the house elf?Could it be Dumbledore?

Callan remembered that Dumbledore was particularly concerned about Meadows' physical condition, and was happy to see Blue Phoenix establish a seal connection with her - now it seems that it may be related to the unknown blood magic left by Antioch, at least After having Blue Phoenix, Meadows' temperament changed drastically, and he was no longer so cold-blooded.

And now, Dumbledore has set his next target on himself, so he wants to steal the elder wand?

There are so many house elves in the school kitchen, he only needs to send one over at random. The elves all admire him and no one will leak the secret...

Just as Karan's thinking became more and more distracted, Snape's patience was gradually worn away.

"What are you asking so much for?"

He stepped forward, walked to the elf, raised his wand and pointed it at him, and sneered sinisterly: "I told you a long time ago that this is a waste of effort. It just so happened that I learned two new black magic skills some time ago. You can use the spell to try——"

"Wait a minute!" Karan suddenly stopped him.

Snape, who was like a little devil, turned around disdainfully and said, "You must be soft-hearted, right?"

The big devil Karan immediately stared back: "Do you think I look like Lily?"

"I just feel..."

As he spoke, he took out a flat iron box from his pocket, and the smile on his face looked even more sinister than Snape's.

"Since we don't have Veritaserum, maybe a boggart would be good too, and see if visceral fear can pry his mouth open."

The corners of Snape's mouth twitched, and he retreated silently, resigned to the defeat.

Karan smiled and walked forward. The elf suddenly became more frightened, but he still refused to say anything.

"You brought it on yourself."

Karan threw the iron box to the floor without hesitation. He and Snape took two steps back to avoid affecting the Boggart's transformation.

The spinning figure emerged from the shadow of the floor, rising little by little. The fear in the house elf's heart seemed not to be something strange, but a wizard - this was exactly the result Karan wanted to achieve, no matter what Whoever the boggart turns into will leave clues.

Finally, the boggart gradually took shape, and the house elf let out his most frightening cry, with his broken gong's throat threatening to burst into smoke.

The boggart looked at the house elf at his feet indifferently, and after a while his expression suddenly turned into anger and disgust.

"Trash!" the Boggart shouted in a deep voice. He seemed to want to punish the house elf: "Damn trash!"

Snape's cheeks suddenly tensed up. He subconsciously grabbed Karan's arm and almost took him away without holding back.

It's Abraxas Malfoy!

The Boggart turned out to be Abraxas Malfoy, a fugitive from Azkaban still at large!

Karan's eyes slowly widened, and he gradually shifted his gaze to the crying house elf, with a hint of surprise in his tone.

"More than?"

The house elf was stunned for a moment, and then he yelled crazily: "Dobby disobeyed his master's order! Dobby disobeyed his master's order!"

He looked like he wanted to punish himself desperately. The nature engraved in his bones broke free from the shackles of the petrification spell. Different systems of magic allowed him to get rid of the fear in front of him. After a sudden explosion, he transformed and disappeared from the study.

The Boggart turned to look at the two of them. A photo that looked exactly like the wanted criminal in the newspaper appeared in front of them. Karan cast a funny spell and locked the Boggart in the iron box again.

Snape was still staring blankly at the messy study.

"Let's go to my house for dinner first."

He said abruptly, his eyes widening.

"My mother is still waiting for us at home."