harry potter book of crimes

"Dear students, please pay attention!"

As dinner time was coming to an end that day, Professor McGonagall suddenly stood up and said something, which immediately attracted the attention of most students.

"I think everyone has learned a lot about the major events in our school's past in the history of magic class - for example, the Triwizard Tournament held the year before last was one of them. And I think everyone knows that many schools

Super activities have been put on hold for a long time due to various historical reasons..."

"To be honest, most of those activities will be of great help to your studies, but as a professor and principal of Hogwarts, I can't let everyone experience them one by one, which makes me feel very sad.

It’s shameful.”

"However, with the help of our temporarily resigned ancient magic text professor, Mr. Maka McClain, and discussions at the International Federation of Wizards meetings... finally, another dusty large-scale school event may go smoothly.

It’s on!”

Before Professor McGonagall could finish speaking, the little wizards below began to boil.

For children, it is undoubtedly boring to stay in class every day and immerse themselves in written studies. On this point, it is difficult for even the best professors to change.

At this time, a unique activity will become the most appropriate outlet for these energetic girls and boys.

And if this activity also has some educational significance, it is a wonderful thing that combines learning and relaxation.

"Quiet! Quiet!"

Professor McGonagall's majesty was still there, but she suddenly raised her hand to suppress it, and the suddenly noisy auditorium suddenly became quiet again. Those sparkling eyes were full of expectation.

What exactly is the activity?

Is it the Magic School Potions Championship? Or is it the European Youth Wizard Duel Competition? It can’t be the underage competition of the All-British Gobstone Annual Competition, right? If that’s the case, that would be too inferior!

I don’t know whether it’s because Professor McGonagall just used the Triwizard Tournament as an example, or because of the young, energetic, and aggressive nature of the young wizards, but one event after another kept spinning in everyone’s minds.

"It can't be the Potions Championship!" Hermione didn't have much interest in this kind of activity. She poured cold water on the side and whispered, "Since the last finals, a contestant was injured because of a frying pan.

After creating a large vicious swamp that cannot be eliminated to this day, the Potions Championship will never be restarted! You know, the number of fatalities in that game, including Muggles who were accidentally injured, reached an unprecedented level.

Three digits!”

"Oh! What kind of magic potion are you refining?" Ron shuddered immediately and said with a look of surprise.

"Look, it's scary just to hear it, right?" Hermione shrugged, "As for why the potion fryer created the swamp... there are no too detailed on-site records, because everyone who knows has been buried forever.

In the swamps of Northern Europe!”

Just as Hermione lowered her voice to tell everyone the sporadic records of the game, Professor McGonagall on the staff table cleared her throat briefly, and then said loudly:

"The activity that is about to be carried out this time is a magic school tour plan that was terminated due to the war! Some people may know that this is a school activity with a very long history, which has existed since the beginning of Hogwarts -

The study tour not only allows students to have an overview of the customs and scenery around the world, but also allows everyone to experience various unheard of local magic and unseen magical creatures..."

After briefly mentioning the significance of this activity, Mag turned to:

"If we strictly follow the convention, the study tour plan should be a teaching activity that can only be participated in by every student in the sixth grade. However, considering that this activity has not been held for a long time, this time it will be participated by all teachers and students of the school!"

"...After the International Federation of Wizards Education Department issues the approval documents, specific announcements will be posted on the bulletin board in the foyer. If any students are unable to participate for some reason, please remember to submit the relevant applications in advance! In addition -

"

Before Mag finished speaking, the little wizards below started making a fuss again - study tour? Isn't that just traveling around the world? This sounds so cool!

And this time, even Hermione was a little excited. Because she had loved traveling around since she was a child. Almost every few years, her parents would take her abroad during the holidays to experience foreign places.

scenery.

What's more, this study tour is a wizarding tour... Needless to say, it will be much more interesting than a Muggle trip!

Professor McGonagall, who was interrupted from her last sentence, saw that the scene was even more turbulent than before, which forced her to take out her wand and wave it, causing a harsh "crack" sound.

After finally getting everyone to be quiet again, she added:

"...Since this study tour plan requires traveling around the world, Hogwarts will send a parent opinion letter to each family. Only students with parents' signatures and permission can participate in the activities normally! Okay, today's

Dinner time is over. Now please lead the prefects to lead the students back to the common room! Good night, dear students!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Professor McGonagall left the staff table and left without looking back.

"Oh - I knew it! If my parents sign it... I won't worry about my wandering around the world!"

"Yes! It's really bad this time. Why does it happen again?"

For a moment, the Hogwarts auditorium became a mess, with people shouting and yelling one after another. There were students whose parents had always been open-minded cheering, and there were also students who felt they could not participate and were wailing. The chaos made it feel like entering.

Went to the bar at one or two in the morning.

"Professor McGonagall moves so fast!"

Maka was sitting behind the staff table, watching Mag's back quickly disappearing through the side door, and couldn't help but laugh and complain.

There is no way, this activity does require the consent of the parents. If the students are allowed to run that far without the parents knowing, it will be the school's fault regardless of whether there is an accident or not.

If some parents do not agree with their children's participation this time, then they will have to give those students a short holiday with homework.

Well, I hope those little wizards won’t be too resentful!

…

The morning after Professor McGonagall announced her study tour plan, the Daily Prophet's special interview was published on the front page, along with a magical photo of Maka and the Minister of Magic Scrimgeour being interviewed.

.

This interview report not only highlights the important news about the resumption of the Hogwarts study tour program, but also includes some discussion content about the current situation.

Especially for the part about Maka's views on "Despicable Herbo", the resurrected ancient dark wizard, the "Daily Prophet" spared no space, even taking up about one-fifth of the second page.

Area.

There is no doubt that this is the first time that Maca has publicly expressed his views on Helbo, including the differences between ancient wizards and modern wizards, as well as the similarities and differences between ancient magic and modern spells, which are all mentioned in the article.

If you have to summarize these contents, it is actually not complicated:

"Ancient magic is not as scary and mysterious as everyone imagines. According to my research, modern magic is actually another form of ancient magic. Don't think that ancient magic is more powerful than Haierbo after seeing how powerful it is.

Modern magic spells are more sophisticated, but that’s just Haierbo’s personal strength..."

"And more importantly, even Halbo is not a wizard at the pinnacle of magic. I would say that his level is actually about the same as Professor Dumbledore, but their research directions are different.

It’s just different.”

These were Maka's exact words in the interview. The female reporter's professional ethics was obviously much better than Rita Skeeter's, and she almost translated Maka's comments into the newspaper exactly.

Maka said this naturally to relieve the fear of Haierbo, or the ancient wizards, in the hearts of ordinary wizards. But from a certain perspective, what he said was actually the truth, but he deliberately missed it.

Some necessary instructions are missing.

For example, due to the serious lack of encouragement for war in the modern magic world, it can be said that it is extremely difficult to give birth to a modern wizard who is good at fighting.

Without years of accumulation, it would be almost impossible to defeat Haierbo with modern magic spells.

"Oh! What Maka said is so good! Look, there is actually no difference between modern magic and ancient magic. As long as you learn the depth, you can both exert powerful power." Think about Maka.

Isn’t that what I am? It’s just a floating spell, but in his hands he can actually hold up a huge stone monument as big as a hill!”

While the students were excited about the study tour, they did not forget to express their amazement at Maka's other interviews. However, when Hermione and others read these reports, they were not as excited as other students.

"I always feel...Maka's words are a bit evasive, aren't they?" Neville asked softly while flipping through the newspaper.

"Well," Hermione couldn't help but nodded, "I think anyone who has witnessed those major disasters with their own eyes will probably understand the horror of Haierbo... But what Maka said is actually right, it should just be Haierbo.

It's just that it's powerful, it doesn't mean that ancient magic is more powerful than modern magic."

Being able to survive from ancient times to the present is no longer something that ordinary people can do. It can be seen that Haierbo was already considered a leader among wizards in ancient times.

However, the problem now is not the strength of ancient and modern magic, but the victory or defeat between Maka and Haierbo.

Suddenly, Ron, who had been staring at the newspaper without speaking since the beginning, suddenly said:

"At least what I can see in this interview is not just Maka's discussion of ancient magic and ancient wizards... isn't it?"

After hearing this, all the friends looked at him one after another. (To be continued)