Chapter 144 Burning Money and Fairy Magic
On the last day of Christmas, Heinrich fought like a mad dog.
He is very talented with fire magic, and saw his wand spout fire bats flying towards John.
John pursed his lips, and raised his hand to turn the stone pier into two big dogs in front of him. Seizing the opportunity, he pointed his wand at Heinrich's feet.
Caving underfoot, Heinrich grabbed the edge before falling.
The uneven wooden thorn pierced into the palm of his hand, and the blood slid down Heinrich's palm.
When it climbed up, John had condensed a ball of water and hit Heinrich heavily.
The water prison spell trapped Heinrich, the air in his mouth and nose was replaced by water, and John undid the spell one second before fainting.
Heinrich fell to the ground wet, and John walked over and pulled him up.
"Your strength has improved a lot." John praised.
This is no consolation. Compared with Durmstrang, Heinrich's strength has improved a lot.
It is also because of the opponent John, his reaction speed and spell level have been enhanced.
The fanaticism in his eyes was like a faithful believer, and Heinrich smiled at John. With that pale and sickly face, there was a sense of sickness and delicacy.
End of training day.
The two parted, and John went to the Gryffindor common room.
After saying the password, he went straight in.
There were many more people in the originally deserted lounge, and they shared their holidays.
Seeing John come in, the lounge fell silent.
And Crookshanks was not surprised, he was already waiting by the fireplace in the lounge.
After seeing John, it ran over.
John scooped up Crookshanks and stroked the fluffy hair.
He smiled and said, "Go ahead."
After speaking, he turned to leave.
Those left in the Gryffindor lounge looked at each other.
Taking Crookshanks outside, John let go, and Crookshanks jumped off and left without looking back.
"It really doesn't show any affection at all."
Shaking his head, John thought to himself that so many cat strips had been eaten for nothing.
Basil flew over, and it brought a package.
John opened the package, and inside was a book with a dragon skin as the cover.
"It's still Tang Mi who handles things efficiently."
Seeing this old book, John praised it.
He has been looking for traces of ancient magic, except for the blood curse, and finally saw the second one.
"Ancient Fairy Magic Record"
The book Tang Mi recovered from Egypt is also thousands of years old.
It records fairy magic.
To John, there was a fluorescent mark on the cover of the book.
Only he can see the emerald green fluorescence, which is an ancient magic mark.
Leprechaun magic is mostly primitive, and John reaches for the mark.
A memory belonging to the goblin entered his mind, and John stood still and digested it for three seconds.
"Coin Curse?"
He had a strange expression on his face, recalling the scene he had just seen.
A goblin held Gallon in his hand, and when Gallon disappeared out of thin air, the broken vase in front of him automatically repaired.
This is not elemental magic, but more like rule magic.
"The more you pay, the more you get." After careful consideration, John understood the magic.
The reason why ancient magic is ancient is because of some strange rules.
This kind of money transaction is also very interesting. Coins that cannot be minted by themselves must be currency in circulation.
After learning from the books, John finally succeeded once after an afternoon of trying.
Holding a Galleon, he looked at the shattered cup and cast the coin spell.
Garen disappeared out of thin air, and the cup in front of him was being repaired visible to the naked eye.
"How do you feel at a loss?"
Staring at the cup bought for 10 nuts in Diagon Alley, and spending 1 Galleon to restore it, it seems like a big loss.
It has to be said that it has to be a goblin, even if it is magic, it has to be a trick with hidden tricks.
Remembering that he also smashed a Quidditch goal, John brought a bag of Galleons over.
Originally, John wanted to repair it that day, but unfortunately, under his level 4 shattering spell, the damaged things were basically irreparable.
Before anyone else noticed, John came to the Quidditch pitch.
There were originally three goals on the left and right sides, and it was like a fork, standing on the field.
Now of the three goals on the right, one of them has only one pole left.
John walked over, grabbed a few Galleons, and cast the Coin Curse at the same time.
The Garon in his hand disappeared one by one, and the goal shattered by the Shattering Curse was gradually repaired at this time.
Sawdust flew over one after another, and the five Galleons in John's hand were exhausted, and half of the goal was recovered.
John added another ten Galleons, and the goal was repaired.
"The repair level is higher than the repair spell."
Looking at the same goal as before the smash, John was amazed.
If this is the case, does it mean that I can be cured with the coin spell when I encounter a spell that cannot be cured by ordinary spells?
To calm down his excited mood a little, John still needs to go through a few more experiments.
However, this Coin Curse is really costly. Just repairing a goal cost 15 Galleons.
If it weren't for the great family and business, it is estimated that they would not be able to afford it.
It's not that he hasn't tried to replace coins with other things, such as gold made of magic crystals, which cannot be used.
"We must first give value before we can create value."
After understanding, John opened the "Ancient Goblin Magic Record" and looked at it for a while. In addition to the coin curse, this book also recorded a lightning spell.
John has tested it, the power is considerable, and the most important thing is that it is very cool.
After closing the book, John walked back to the dormitory with a dark face and an empty purse.
He wanted to use the Coin Curse to repair his right hand, but the money was gone, and his right hand was not repaired at all.
"Is the soul irreparable?"
John glanced at the empty bag again, and couldn't help cursing the elf for being a fool.
It's fine if it can't be repaired, but what do you mean when you collect money and don't do anything?
Sure enough, there was a reason why the goblin was beaten up by the wizard. With their cheating magic, they were not wronged.
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school starts.
hall.
The students in twos and threes were talking together, and John found Daphne staring at him. He was a little puzzled, touched his face, and there was nothing glued on it.
"John, you... Is something wrong with you?"
Daphne hesitated for a moment, but still asked a question.
This made John even more confused about what could happen to him.
"I feel like you don't enjoy eating anymore." Daphne is an observant person.
She clearly felt that John was not as happy eating as before.
She thought something might have happened to John, something big at Christmas?
John suddenly realized, but this thing tasted like chewy wax, and he really couldn't be happy.
"It's okay, I just have a bad appetite recently."
Hearing the words "poor appetite" from John's mouth, Daphne was as shocked as seeing Gryffindors being honest.
She looked at the dishes, thinking that the dishes must not be to John's liking.
She made up her mind that she must make delicious food that could cheer John up.
If John knew what she was thinking, he would tell her, girl, your thoughts are dangerous, please stop your Hufflepuff behavior.
In the first class after school started, in the divination class, John had already begun to master his foresight ability.
Touching the crystal ball with both hands, John stared at the crystal ball, trying to see through the clouds and mist.
Professor Trelawney is teaching others and seems to have given John full marks in advance.
John did not forget the other classes and answered positively.
From the heights of the castle, Aurors and dementors can sometimes be seen searching outside.
Sirius seemed to have evaporated from the world, and neither Hogsmeade nor Hogwarts was found outside.
There was no second attack, and some speculate that Sirius may have fallen into the water and drowned while escaping.
In this regard, John can only say that young people have great brains.
Hagrid found a bunch of salamanders, and it didn't feel too cold during class.
John grabbed a salamander and stared into its eyes. The eyes of this thing resembled his own?
After carefully looking at it, but not finding any resemblance, John put the salamander down.
At night, John catches a dementor for dinner.
The cocoon was peeling off, the curse had almost turned the entire ring black, John drank the potion for repairing the soul, the familiar pain had already made him stand still.
A row of beads of sweat fell from his forehead, and John was a little used to it.
Taking out the Marauder's Map, John has gotten used to seeing a few Hermiones running around on the map from time to time.
Noticed Peter Pettigrew tossing and turning on Ron's bed, and saw Dumbledore pacing up and down the office.
Lupine usually stays in the office and seems to be busy with something.
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