harry potter book of crimes

"The Shitabe are a tribe of magical humanoid animals native to the swamps of North America. They lay eggs. From the moment they break out of their shells, the juvenile Shitabe will maintain an appearance completely consistent with that of a human child. They usually shed their skin and enter the growth stage after 9 to 13 years.

, and gradually transforms into a snake-like shape. After a few decades, the snake-like shape can grow to 25 to 35 feet. When entering adulthood, the body can change between the human form and the snake shape at any time after the body is finalized, and has the same characteristics.

It is based on human wisdom. Because the Shitabe people are gentle and kind by nature, and deal with things calmly and calmly, as long as they get along with each other sincerely, there will usually be no danger."

When listening to John talking about how he followed the Auror Vice-Captain and the others to meet the ancient underground cave where the Shtabe family lived, Hermione across the table habitually mentioned that she had been in a certain magical book in the Hogwarts library.

I almost recited this passage that I had read in an animal book, word for word.

Naturally, most of the other friends here are used to it, including Sarah and Safina. They have been with Hermione for a long time and have long since adapted to her nerdy personality that occasionally reveals itself unconsciously.

On the opposite side, John, who was sitting opposite him, couldn't help but nod his head when he heard Miss Granger, who had become quite famous recently, talking about this Native American creature, which was no longer famous in the modern magical world.

"Yes, that's what Miss Granger said." He said, "The intelligence of the Shitabe tribe is quite high, and in human form there is almost no difference from us humans, so when the Shitabe tribe is in

After adulthood, many people actually choose to go to the surface world and live silently in No-Maj cities - their lifespans are much longer than humans, and they also have insights comparable to Legilimency, which is equivalent to that of snakes.

With their powerful perception and memory that surpasses humans, Kroger decided to take us to find them for help, which was indeed a fairly correct idea."

But when he said this, John couldn't help but shook his head, and said rather sadly:

"It's a pity that although they are indeed very similar to humans in many cases, they are ultimately different from us!"

"What happened? What happened next?" Not far away, Ron had already been listening in rapt attention. Now seeing John's expression, he couldn't help but ask.

When John heard this, he immediately shook his head again, shrugged and said:

"The adult Shtabe people have mature minds and have already adapted to living with wizards like us, so even if one of us accidentally makes some rash and offensive actions, they can basically accept it reluctantly and will not

There would be too much conflict. However, those Shitabe tribesmen who are still in the growth stage are not so easy to communicate with. However, it may be a deliberate arrangement of the Shitabe tribe. Almost all of those responsible for patrolling the shallow layers of the cave are

A member of the tribe who is still growing up - Kroger is just one of the Aurors who was once responsible for guarding the Shitabe tribe's regular liaison team. He actually doesn't know much about them."

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The encounter ten years ago made John remember one thing - if you suddenly encounter a child while walking through the water, you will never know that there is something hidden under the child's flooded waist.

Will it be a pair of human legs or a cold snake tail with scales glowing coldly?

"Bang-boom!"

A long black shadow was seen flashing past in the dim cave. The next moment, the figure of Kroger, who had been talking just now, had disappeared from sight. But just hearing the two violent collisions, John was stunned.

I know that the Auror deputy captain has probably been slapped hard on the uneven rock wall.

Is that the Shitabe tribe? What happened just now? Why did the other party suddenly launch such a ferocious attack on Kroger?

Because the incident happened suddenly, it had only been less than three minutes since the disheveled "child" quietly appeared in the darkness, and the situation has turned like this... To be honest, this is different from what John recorded in his family's books.

What I read was a bit... no, it was very different.

Oh, I remembered, just now Kroger seemed to have said something like, "In accordance with the relevant regulations of the "New American Contract," we will complete this routine contact with the nobles in the future. According to what Kroger said before, this

It was the speech of the head of the liaison team that he wrote down when he was escorting the team. He also said that the head of the liaison team at that time mentioned that this was a cliché used by the Congress to hold a routine liaison meeting with the Shitabe people - in real life

Before meeting the adult Shitabe people, it is best to say every word correctly.

But why didn't it work this time? Did Kroger memorize it wrong?

No, it seems to be just this sentence from beginning to end. Apart from the racial name of the other party, there are no non-English words mixed in it. If this is memorized incorrectly, then I am afraid that Kroger was in Ilvermorny.

I can't graduate and be his Auror.

Fortunately...well, I don't know if I should say "lucky" now! In short, at least the "child" in front of him didn't continue to attack them after he whipped Kroger away like lightning.

The few remaining people took action.

John stood there, less than half a step away from where Kroger, who was now dead or alive, was standing. The numbness aroused by the strong wind carried by the snake's tail still vaguely remained on his face. After hesitating for a moment, he saw

The other party just looked at him and others in silence but neither moved forward nor retreated, so he couldn't help but said cautiously:

"Um... may I ask your Excellency... why did you hit him just now?"

In fact, it can be said that every wizard is not too unfamiliar with communicating with humanoid magical creatures. In today's magical world, there are short but tricky goblins, murlocs who love to sing and brag, slow and irritable giants, and even

House elves who are obedient to wizards...many creatures have lived with wizards for many years.

However, no wizard dares to boast about how much he or she knows about these humanoid magical creatures, whose appearance is more or less similar to humans, but whose personalities and talents seem completely different.

Just like Auror Deputy Captain Kroger, who usually deals with vampires and werewolves, he may have gained excessive self-confidence from that extraordinary experience, and now he is suffering the consequences.

In comparison, John, who didn't know much about this aspect to begin with, naturally didn't dare to make any small moves now that Kroger was teaching him a lesson.

"Since I can't say formulaic words, then... what should I say?"

Just as he was tentatively asking a respectful question and thinking hard in secret, he didn't expect to get a response from the other party, but he heard that the "child" in front of him actually opened his mouth to answer his question——

"Because, he lied."

The pleasant words echoed gently in the dark cave.