A day at Hogwarts

In the early morning, the roar of wild beasts comes together with the sunshine.

Charles sat on the table by the window of the tree house, holding coffee in one hand and reading the local wizarding newspaper carefully in the other.

There is also a wizard market here. When he went shopping yesterday, he met a reporter who he had met in Wagadu. This reporter was struggling to improve his performance, so he had an interview.

The news of the interview was published in the business section, mainly talking about Dancing Grass Restaurant, and also mentioned that Charles used his vacation time to travel to Africa to look for delicious food.

This news could serve as evidence that Charles had been in Africa during this time.

Eleanor studied the Muggle newspaper in her hand carefully. Yesterday, Moscow disclosed a scandal on a small island in the Caribbean.

She was certain that the matter was related to Charles, so she had to create an alibi.

She knew how dangerous such a big thing was, so she didn't ask if she shouldn't.

"Where are you going to play today?" Eleanor asked, "I have two days left for my annual leave."

Charles replied: "I haven't been away for the past two days."

Eleanor looked horrified and asked, "Are you going to play with me?"

Charles rolled his eyes at her and said, "I bought a good thing yesterday and I plan to study it."

He bought some toys at the market yesterday, including a piece of papyrus with Arabic writing on it. When you look at it against the light, you can see that there are densely drawn dancing figures, a bit like Sherlock Holmes' "Dancing Figures" password in .

Charles taped the papyrus to the windowpane and studied it carefully.

Eleanor was puzzled when she saw the dancing figures and asked, "Is it a spell?"

"This should be written in some kind of steganographic ink. It took too long to expire."

Charles pinched his chin and said: "This papyrus is quite interesting. The Arabic on it is a bill from a Baghdad merchant family in the early 8th century. That was the end of papyrus use. The dancing people are in Latin at that time." "

"My guess is that maybe people who tried to crack it before thought it was an Arabic code, so they went in the wrong direction."

"It just so happens that I know both languages, so I can tell at a glance that the poses of these little figures are in Latin."

He thought this was quite interesting. The papyrus was produced in Egypt. The plain text recorded the contents of Baghdad, while the secret text was in Latin. It was finally sold in Kenya. There were many stories behind it.

Eleanor said: "How many languages ​​do you know?"

Charles replied: "I know a lot of mainstream languages. I studied ancient languages ​​to pass the time in the History of Magic class."

"This first half records a magic potion formula that is effective for life after being taken once."

Eleanor immediately became nervous: "You don't want to try, do you?"

She didn't know how many wizards had gotten into trouble because of random testing of potions, and she was a little worried that Charles would do the same.

Charles shook his head and said: "This is a rudimentary version of the potion used to transform Animagus. The success rate is not high, so I am not interested."

"What's interesting is that the second half records a magic spell in ancient Egypt that can allow people to partially transform into Animagus."

"It says that the Sphinx is an example of this spell being used."

Eleanor nodded after hearing this, and within two seconds, her eyes became sharp.

"You can transform into an Animagus?" She thought that if Charles didn't know how to transform, he would definitely not be interested in this. "What did you transform into?"

Charles shook his head and said, "Do you think I have time to learn?"

Eleanor thought the same thing. This guy was running around during the holidays. If he was in Hogwarts, he would definitely be watched and he wouldn't have time to learn this.

But when she thought about it again, she felt something was wrong. If Charles didn't know Animagus, how could he be interested in this curse.

So Eleanor said angrily: "Well, even I have to hide this kind of thing."

She determined that Charles had learned the Animagus transformation at some point.

Charles was unmoved and continued to study the spell on the papyrus.

This spell has the characteristics of gesture casting in the African magic system. It seems easy, but in fact it is quite simple for wizards who have learned Animagus transformation.

At the same time, he also saw a trace of Catherine's body transformation.

Charles had some ideas and couldn't help but ponder.

Eleanor did not disturb Charles' thinking, but started to ask further questions after he finished studying the magic spell: "Just tell me what you look like after the Animagus transformation."

As she spoke, she leaned her whole body against Charles and stretched out her hands to hook her neck.

Charles was unmoved. There were some things that he couldn't say even to death. If he did, he would be beaten to death.

Eleanor's hand around his neck suddenly tightened, and she asked seriously: "Could that jellyfish in the girls' collective bathroom be you?"

She believed that based on her relationship with Charles, things like Animagus form, which were not very confidential, could still be shared.

Now Charles obviously knows this magic, but he dare not say what it turns into, which means that it is very dangerous for him to say it.

Eleanor thought about it and thought that it was more likely that the jellyfish appeared in the girls' collective bathroom. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain where the jellyfish came from in the Scottish Highlands and Charles did not dare to say.

Charles continued to roll his eyes and said, "How is that possible? I'm not a descendant of Slytherin."

The logo of Slytherin House was almost changed back then, and those students were still scared when they thought about it.

Charles saw that it was difficult to get away with this, so he said disdainfully: "What era is it now? Why are we still using traditional Animagus?"

After he finished speaking, he took out a bracelet from his bag and put it on his left wrist.

This bracelet seemed to be made of stainless steel, with patterns of bears, leopards, wolves, and eagles engraved on it. After wearing it, it can automatically become as big as the wrist.

Eleanor blinked, and before she asked, she found that Charles turned into a cheetah, turned back to human form after a few seconds, and then turned into a gray wolf and an eagle.

Charles did not turn into a bear. The weight of a brown bear was too great, and the floor of the tree house might not be able to bear it.

Eleanor widened her eyes and asked in surprise: "What kind of magic is this?!"

She was quite familiar with Transfiguration, and felt that this magic was different from Animagus, because Animagus could only turn into one kind, and it was also different from the human body Transfiguration that turned others into animals. The person who was transformed by that spell could not change back by himself.

After Charles turned back into a human, he replied, "A new human transformation technique, using animal hair as a medium to transform into the corresponding animal, unlike the Animagus technique which has limitations."

"The spell on this piece of paper has some shadows of this magic, I think it can also be used universally, turning a part of a person into an animal form."

He felt very amazed that the magic from more than a thousand years ago and the new modern magic could be used together.

Eleanor was almost distracted by him, and asked with a sullen face, "Can I turn into a jellyfish?"

Charles asked her back, "Does a jellyfish have hair?"

Eleanor thought for a while and asked, "Does it have to use hair? Not body tissue?"

Charles shrugged and said, "You can't use a sausage to transform."

After several times, Eleanor finally stopped talking about it.

She asked, "Can you teach me this magic?"

Charles thought about it and agreed.

What Eleanor is doing now is very dangerous, and it would be good to have an extra way to save her life.

Besides, Charles bought this magic with money, so it is not a problem to teach it to others.