363 reply, school starts, Saoirse, teacher’s desk

363 reply, school starts, Saoirse, teacher’s desk

After Mr. Borgin walked back to the back room with a frown on his face, Karan waited silently for a while, and then immediately slipped out of the store.

When he returned to the ice cream shop again, Lily was about to ask several people to split up to find him, and was still asking whether Wolf's nose was working.

"You actually want Moon Wolf to do such a thing?" Steve looked indignant: "It's not a dog!"

"That's right!" Karan suddenly took off his invisibility cloak and echoed, startling everyone.

"Where have you been?" Lily asked angrily: "Steve has eaten four portions of ice cream and you haven't come back yet?"

Steve suddenly became even more dissatisfied: "There are only three servings! Wolf even ate one!"

"Okay, stop arguing." Karan quickly asked a few people to keep their voices down, and then quickly told them what they had just seen.

After listening, several people were silent for a while, for different reasons.

"You actually went to Knockturn Alley?" Lily tapped the glass hard: "Underage wizards are not allowed to go there!"

Snape was also a little dissatisfied: "And you didn't bring me with you. Next time -"

Lily said "Hmm" and glanced sideways.

"There will be no next time!" Snape immediately said seriously: "There will be no next time. I will keep an eye on you!"

Steve had not yet understood what Callan was talking about. He asked with a confused expression: "When did you start to suspect Burke? How did he become the murderer who helped Malfoy escape from prison?"

"Because of the Loch Ness Monster." Karan recounted what he had encountered on the Knight Bus, and then added: "Mr. Leal was also there at the time, and he was also a witness."

"But..." Steve said hesitantly: "The Loch Ness Monster is the largest horse-shaped water monster in the world. To subdue it is no less difficult than facing a fire dragon. Is Bock so capable? Even if Even my father had trouble doing this when facing an unfamiliar horse-shaped water monster, which is a XXXX level magical animal."

It just so happened that at this moment, the adults who had gone to Gringotts together finally came back. Each of them was carrying a heavy bag and kept making happy noises.

"Merlin, please, four cups of ice cream!"

After seeing the empty glass on the table, Mr. Newt was startled: "Thankfully Tina didn't come, otherwise she would have taught you a lesson, Steve! Steve? I'm talking to you. , since when did my majesty become so small?”

Steve was still thinking about the Loch Ness Monster and had not come back to his senses.

Karan walked over quickly: "Mr. Newt, I have something to tell you."

"I know you have a good relationship, but don't even think about interceding for him - what? Is it related to Malfoy?"

Mr. Newt's expression immediately became much more solemn. When he heard that Karan secretly went to Knockturn Alley, he immediately showed the same expression as Lily.But after he heard everything, he didn't care about this little thing anymore.

"You're saying that Burke went to Malfoy Manor after taking a bunch of dark magic items?"

Mr. Newt obviously felt that something was wrong with this place, but he still explained seriously: "In fact, I am not surprised at all by this matter. Do you still remember the report in the newspaper about the dark magic items in Malfoy Manor? ?After that, many thieves would visit Malfoy Manor, and they were all sneaky guys. Especially after Lucius also disappeared, Malfoy Manor was even more unguarded, and there would always be people trying to pick up the missing items. , hoping to see if I can find some dark magic items that have not been confiscated by the Ministry of Magic. That's why I said that I am not surprised that Burke would do such a thing. He has always been keen on acquiring those evil items. Something, even by any means necessary.”

"Of course, this will not have much impact on the Malfoy family. Ancient families like this have the most tightly secured vaults in Gringotts, where the real wealth is protected by the goblins... ..."

There was a look of distrust on Callan's face. These reasons alone could not convince him - Bock's behavior was still too suspicious.

Mr. Newt smiled and patted Karan on the shoulder: "That's good. Anyway, I haven't been to Loch Ness for a long time. I will go again when I have time. If this can help catch Malfoy, then It’s nothing to worry about.”

"But you have to promise me that you will never go to Knockturn Alley again."

Due to the lack of a guardian, the parents of Karan's friends are very concerned about him, that is, Mr. Newt, who is not so strict, knows about this. If it were Mrs. Tina, even Mrs. Prince, they would keep a close eye on him. Karan, no longer give him a chance to make mistakes.

The two returned to the ice cream shop, and then the first place they went to was Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. They had a lot of new books to buy in the new semester.

The embarrassed-looking manager almost fainted after seeing four children.

"Are they all from Hogwarts?" he asked abruptly, "Come to buy new textbooks?"

Karan had begun to feel uneasy in his heart.

"Okay, come on, come on."

The manager said as if he was risking his life. He stuffed two thick pieces of cotton wool into his ears and walked to a bookshelf filled with ravings. As if he had seen something disgusting, he quickly took out four books. Then they were thrown in front of the four people one by one.

This is the book they will use in the divination class, called "Conversation between the Past and the Future". There is a moving eye and mouth on the cover. It looks like a book on black magic.

"Cassandra Seer's taste... is truly unique."

Karan picked up the book in disgust, looked at him with eyes, and immediately spoke: "You man full of misfortune, be careful, be careful of the people around you."

"Are you trying to sow discord?" Snape asked curiously, and he also touched the book in front of him with his finger.

"The guy with a sad heart." The magic book spoke again: "The bed bug in the gutter, the snot in other people's mouth, damn it, damn it!"

"Why is it still swearing?" Lily frowned and said, slapping her mouth twice angrily and looking at her immediately.

"A sad fate." The magic book changed its words: "A woman who seeks her own death, a mudblood who becomes angry with shame——"

"Hey!" Steve screamed strangely, and he quickly blocked the mouth of the magic book: "How dare you say this word? This book is crazy!"

"Mudblood?" Lily looked at Snape in confusion: "What does that mean?"

Snape hesitated and refused to explain. Due to Lily's bloodline, he had never said anything too unpleasant, and he even deceived Lily that there was no difference between being a Muggle-born at Hogwarts.

"Hurry up and forget this word!" Steve's reaction was horrifying: "Maybe we should write to Cassandra the Prophet and ask her to change the textbook. This is really too much!"

As he spoke, he took his palm away and looked at him with gleaming eyes. What he said was not good: "Little Fatty, glutton, no one likes you, no one likes you!"

Steve was about to explode with anger and his face turned red.

"If you find it annoying, just plug the book's mouth." The manager finally came over and said, "It's really uncomfortable to be scolded every day. This is the first time I've bought such harsh and mean goods!"

Compared with these divination books, the books Hagrid requested were much cuter - as long as you handle them gently, the "Monster Manual" won't shout at you.

"Bad book! Bad book!"

After finally figuring out what the Mudblood meant, Lily angrily stuffed a piece of old cloth into the book's mouth and covered its eyes.

"By the way, why didn't you tell Mr. Newt about Dobby?" She turned around and asked quietly, and Snape and Steve also looked at Kahlan.

"You can't tell anyone about the jumping cauldron." Karan explained in a low voice, and he didn't want to make the elder wand in his hand public. This might be Dobby's purpose. He had to figure it out in advance. What's going on.

After leaving Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, the next shopping process was much more enjoyable. Everyone except Karan bought a brand new crystal ball, but all they could see so far were clouds of fog, and the other people's He has also grown a lot, so he needs to buy new witch robes according to his size.

Everyone had a good afternoon shopping in Diagon Alley, and by the end everyone was carrying big and small bags.

"Finally finished shopping." Mr. Newt was carrying the most items, which were all potions related to magical animals: "It's time to go home, kids. How do you go back?"

He curiously asked Mr. and Mrs. Evans, who was very interested in the progress of Muggle technology.

Karan took this opportunity to quietly approach Steve: "What is the magical animal that you said you wanted to show me before?"

In the end, he couldn't help but ask.

Steve showed a troubled expression: "Well... I thought that would be useful, but now it seems that it is not certain. In short, you will know when school starts, if you can see it. "

"Don't tell me it's a fire dragon." Karan expressed his worries.

"How is that possible?" Steve waved his hands and said goodbye: "The fire dragon is much cuter than what I said."

After saying goodbye to Lily, Callan and Snape followed Mrs. Prince to the Leaky Cauldron and borrowed the fireplace here to return to Hogsmeade.

The next time was waiting for school to start. Although Callan returned Steve's suitcase, the Hopping Pot was still with him. Snape would come over every day, and the two continued to study the Hopping Pot.

Now the two of them have finally started to use the jumping cauldron to prepare potions. They need to become familiar with this process as soon as possible so that they can easily consider what ingredients are more suitable.

As a result, when the first hypnotic agent was successfully prepared, Snape's face looked abnormally ugly, and Karan's expression was also a little strange.

Snape stared at the mediocre potions in the crucible. He hesitated and said, "Could the reason why Linfred created so many potions formulas be just because the curse of the Hopping Cauldron forced him to do this?" Do? This magical crucible itself is actually not magical..."

No wonder Snape guessed like this: when the two of them were preparing potions, the jumping cauldron was used no differently from an ordinary cauldron.

This is not good news, especially when Karan knows that the jumping cauldron has another purpose - to brew special non-beings.

Is this the real purpose of Tiao Tiao Cao's creation?

"Try again."

Karan had no choice but to say: "Maybe I just haven't figured out the method yet. I saw with my own eyes the creation process of the Deathly Hallows Invisibility Cloak."

"But it's not a potion..." Snape whispered.

Just when the two were silent, an owl suddenly flew in. Karan recognized it as the one in Steve's house, and it seemed to be named Jackson.

"Mr. Newt wrote back!"

Karan said in surprise, and Snape quickly came over. He knew that Mr. Newt went to Loch Ness because of Karan's experience at Borgin-Bock, but he didn't expect to receive a reply from him before school started.

"let me see."

After comforting Jackson, Karan took out the envelope from his paws, opened it eagerly and said, "Karan, how have you been these days? After saying goodbye to Diagon Alley, it didn't take a few days. , I made a special trip to Loch Ness.”

"I'm sorry to inform you - Karan, your guess is wrong. The world's largest horse-shaped water monster lives in Loch Ness. You should know through Steve that people in the Scamander family have the ability to communicate with magic. The ability of animals to communicate - I have tried to contact the Loch Ness Monster. It has never left here, nor has it been to Azkaban, nor has it seen Bok - this is what the Loch Ness Monster told me personally... ....”

Karan's voice gradually became quieter, and Snape frowned in confusion: "Why can't it be because of the Forgetting Curse?"

"Because Equus is a magical animal." Karan explained in a low voice: "Wizards cannot tamper with the memory of magical animals, just like Legilimens cannot know the thoughts of magical animals."

"And even if someone did it, Mr. Newt would definitely be able to tell that something was wrong..."

"Is my guess really wrong?"

The two looked at each other silently, and their confusion remained unsolved until the last day before school started.

Unlike last year, the start of school this year was absolutely terrible. In the afternoon, the sky was filled with dark and dense clouds. Karan even suspected that there were dementors up there - fortunately, this was not possible, although in his eyes There were also escapees from Azkaban in the third grade, but at Dumbledore's insistence, the Ministry of Magic ultimately did not send dementors to Hogwarts.

Mrs. Prince stood in front of the door of the Gobstone Club. She carefully arranged their collars and asked them: "It's third grade. Will you two come back at the weekend? Do you want me?" Forget it, I might as well stay with my friends."

She was afraid that the two children would make the weekend a mess because of her. All along, Mrs. Prince had tried her best to avoid the two of them experiencing what she had experienced - being disliked by everyone.

"We'll take care of it."

Snape whispered, neither agreeing nor refusing.

Mrs. Prince stared at her son blankly. She finally couldn't help but smile and hugged the two of them tightly before allowing them to leave.

It was already raining heavily on the street. Riding a broomstick in this weather was definitely asking for trouble. They all wore raincoats and struggled to drag their suitcases, thinking about the roaring stove in the common room.

“Luckily I always carried my bluebell flame.”

Karan took out a blue fire bottle from his pocket and handed it to Snape to help him dispel the cold air around him.

On the dim road, two thin figures were surrounded by blue sparks. This time, there was no starlight to guide them. The heavy rain blurred his vision. Karan couldn't help but take out his broomstick. This would at least save him. Suffer some.

"How about trying to fly lower?"

Snape, who didn't like flying, also suggested.

Just when Karan couldn't help but nod in agreement, a beast-like roar suddenly came from behind the two of them, and someone seemed to be calling them.

"Hey! You two!"

Ted flew over on an extremely cool motorcycle. Karan and Snape were stunned. This was the first time they saw this vehicle.

"Where did this come from?" Karan asked curiously and interestedly. He stretched out a hand through the rain curtain and touched the car body. He couldn't put it down.

"It was lent to us by Andromeda's uncle." Ted explained: "He is that unusual guy in the Black family. I didn't know he had such a thing. If I hadn't known that Andromeda really became Auror, her uncle may not be willing to take it out yet."

"Okay, come up quickly, I'll just give you a ride."

The suitcases were all tied to the brackets behind the car. The two excitedly climbed onto the seats to hold them up. Ted pressed a glowing button, and the motorcycle roared and flew into the rain again.

"Are you going to Hogwarts too?" Karan asked loudly in the sound of rain: "Are Aurors going to be sent to the school to protect the safety of students?"

Ted's answer was choppy, and Karan didn't hear it clearly.

"I just heard a piece of news... that has some relevance to you... I plan to go see the principal... maybe you really need to be protected..." ..”

The magic motorcycle is very fast, and Ted also cast an umbrella spell on rainy days. It is much better to sit on than a broomstick soaked in the rain.

It didn't take long for them to fly straight across the train station in Hogsmeade village, and happened to meet Hagrid, who had just driven the Thestrals.

"How cool!" he whistled, holding an oil lamp in his hand.

"Sorry, Hagrid." After helping the two of them unload their luggage, Ted hurriedly got on the motorcycle: "We'll talk about it later when we have a chance. I'm rushing to see the principal now. He's in the auditorium, right?"

The three of them watched Ted disappear into the night in confusion. Callan and Snape turned to look at Hagrid. Unfortunately, Hagrid didn't know what was going on.

"Normally, I need to prepare in advance to greet the students." He said in a muffled voice, his beard trembling slightly nervously: "But now I have an additional identity - professor! It's really strange!"

Callan and Snape quickly expressed their congratulations. After learning that they both chose their own courses, Hagrid smiled even more happily.

"You won't be disappointed. I have prepared a whole vacation for this. Okay, hurry up and get on the carriage. If the surprise is revealed, it won't be a surprise."

The two chose a Thestral that seemed to be relatively peaceful and got into the carriage. Before finally closing the door, Karan stared at the Thestral for a while - it was also his patron saint and his current and future one. The magical animal Animagus that no one can become.

"Hagrid's surprise..." Snape frowned and asked, "It shouldn't be that exaggerated, right?"

Karan patted the water drops on his raincoat, shook his head and said, "I hope Steve has exchanged enough letters with him."

The two sat in the carriage silently listening to the sound of rain. After a while, they felt a vibration on the ground - it was the arrival of the Hogwarts Express.

Hagrid's loud voice immediately rang out to summon the freshmen, and hundreds of students walked towards the Thestrals. Because it was still raining heavily, no one was willing to be picky. As a result, a group of students got into the carriage of the two of them. Slytherin, and Hufflepuff.

"Greta?" Karan closed the car door for her in surprise: "Long time no see."

"Oh, it's you, Karan." Greta, who smiled very kindly, greeted Karan: "I'm telling you, my snack cooking skills have improved a lot during the holidays, and you will all try it by then. taste."

Similarly, Snape also recognized the Slytherin sitting opposite him.

"Hello, Saoirse."

He said hello anyway, Saoirse Greengrass was one of the few fellow students willing to show kindness during the time he was being called a traitor.

Karan stared curiously at the mysterious Saoirse. In his mind, Greengrass was equated with the blood curse, and he still remembered that Mr. Lear even went to find this Saoirse in a panic last semester. Saoirse asked for help, and it is not known how he handled the matter later, and whether Saoirse continued to contact Mr. Lear.

"Hello, the famous Karan."

Facing Karan's gaze, Saoirse, who seemed aloof, extended her hand generously. This was strange - a Slytherin who didn't hate Muggle-borns?What's more, Callan is a Hufflepuff.

"Saoirse is a very nice person." Greta defended her good friend whom she had just met: "She had discussed with me how to make biscuits before, and she likes sweets as much as I do."

"Discussed all the way?" Snape didn't understand how the discussion lasted for so long just by making biscuits?

Karan, on the other hand, doesn’t understand where his fame comes from. Since when did he have such a nickname?

"The secret room." Saoirse said simply: "And there are rumors in the school that you killed a large group of basilisks. Is that true?"

Greta also looked over curiously.

"More than that..." Snape silently cursed in his heart.

"It wasn't me." Karan suddenly shook his head: "It was Snape who did it. He is much better than me."

Snape took several deep breaths before resisting the urge to strangle Callan.

"Hehehe..." Saoirse let out a weird laugh, and Karan somehow felt that she and Pandora might have something in common.

"You look different from the other Slytherins," Callan said after glancing out the car window.

"Many people have said this." Saoirse said nonchalantly: "But it's not completely different."

"For example, I hate Gryffindor."

"Why?" Snape asked confused.

Saoirse frowned and stared at him, as if she had heard some unreasonable joke.

"Because I'm a Slytherin!"

Callan and Snape looked at each other silently, and neither of them spoke again for the rest of the journey.

After the carriage finally stopped, Callan and Snape got out of the carriage first, and Lily happened to be not far from them.

"It's raining really hard," she said with emotion.

Saoirse glanced sideways at Lily as she passed by a few people. She looked at Callan and Snape again, and seemed to snort because of their wrong choices.

"What's going on with this person?" Lily asked in a ridiculous tone: "Did she just provoke me?"

"Ignore her, ignore her." Karan comforted her nicely.

Snape also muttered in a low voice: "I didn't expect there to be such a stubborn person..."

Lily was still a little unhappy until she entered the castle - this was really inexplicable. How could Slytherin like Hufflepuff, but hate Gryffindor because of the grievances between the houses?

The queue in front of the auditorium gradually became shorter and shorter, and they would soon leave to their respective deans' desks, but Karan noticed in advance that the students who entered the auditorium suddenly lowered their voices and kept whispering. Whisper.

Callan soon understood the reason why they did this, and by the way, he seemed to finally know why Ted was so anxious to see Principal Dumbledore.

Sitting on the teacher's desk were faces familiar to Callan, Snape, Lily, and even most of the students.

Lucius Malfoy.

After missing for a long time, after his father escaped from Azkaban.

He shows up again at Hogwarts.

And there is only one vacant position——

Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.