The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

The dark clouds are still accumulating, getting thicker and thicker. The sky outside the castle is gray, and everything in the field of vision seems to be covered with a veil, a little dim.

Some light was faintly revealed from the gaps in the sky. The sky was so dark that it was hard to tell whether it was morning or afternoon, or whether the sun was rising or setting.

In the forest, the autumn colors are gradually becoming thicker. The cold-resistant trees have changed their green leaves into red leaves, and the layers are mottled, which looks very interesting. Even the leaves of the evergreen trees have turned from summer green to dark olive green.

On the forest path, dew hung on the shrubs and unknown wild flowers. Occasionally, a grass branch was overwhelmed and fell over, and the dew hit the fallen leaves, making a rustling sound.

Cool water vapor fills the air, filled with the aroma of green leaves and earth.

In a clearing outside the Forbidden Forest, the third-year wizards were taking Care of Magical Creatures class. Gryffindor and Slytherin students stood in two distinct groups.

And their professor is a tall mixed-race giant.

"I know some people were frightened by the Hippogriff in the last class, so this time we learn something gentle and cute..." Hagrid had a bright smile on his face. It was obvious that Professor Hagrid was very interested in this lesson. The teaching aids were full of confidence, "Harry, Ron, quickly bring those cuties up."

"yes……"

"Okay, Professor..."

Harry and Ron in the crowd responded feebly, went around behind the stone, and each of them took out a barrel.

Hagrid easily took the barrel from their hands, waved them back to their original positions, and smiled at the little wizards: "This may be the gentlest magical animal in the world, everyone, pay attention - "

He pushed the barrel over and its contents fell to the floor.

There were dense caterpillars crawling on the ground, like two pools of liquid, slowly spreading around. About ten inches long, the main body is brown with a white stripe on the back.

"ah!"

"insect!"

Several little witches screamed one after another and took a few steps back involuntarily. Even the boys felt their scalps numb and goosebumps all over their bodies.

"hiss……"

Loren rubbed the chicken skin on his arm. Although he had encountered many more disgusting things when handling potion ingredients, seeing two large piles of caterpillars layered on top of each other and densely squirming on the ground still made people subconscious. Want to avoid.

Loren looked at Harry and Ron and asked, "Is this the result after you helped check it out?"

"Of course not." Ron's face was a little green. These caterpillars reminded him of the experience of spitting out slugs. "But Hagrid said this is very safe. Even newborn babies will not be hurt by these gentle and cute caterpillars. "

Harry closed his eyes with some difficulty: "We have persuaded him, we have really persuaded him."

Hagrid seemed completely unable to see the reactions of the little wizards, and actively mobilized the classroom atmosphere: "Can anyone tell me what kind of animal this is?"

"It's Flobberworm, Professor." Hermione's clear and clear voice sounded from behind several people at the right time.

Was there anyone there just now?

Ron was startled. He thought about it carefully, turned his head and whispered in Harry's ear: "Did you see when she came?"

Harry shook his head: "Maybe it was there from the beginning."

"Is that so..." Ron had doubts about his memory.

"Well done, Hermione! Five points for Gryffindor!" Hagrid responded happily, then carefully picked up a small worm with his little finger and showed it to everyone.

"Flobber caterpillar, this little guy likes to eat lettuce, but in fact it eats almost all plants. Its classification by the Ministry of Magic is only the lowest level. Some people say that they are a very boring animal..."

While Hagrid was giving a lecture, Loren looked at the red-cheeked little witch and noticed that Hermione had tied her hair up with a blade of grass on it. She looked like she had just run away in a hurry.

Pulling the blades of grass out of her hair, Loren asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Hermione exhaled softly: "Professor Bubbaji got excited while talking and dragged the class..."

The teacher dragged the class... Loren was silent for a moment, there was nothing he could do, this was force majeure.

Flobber's caterpillars didn't have much knowledge, so Hagrid finished his lecture quickly: "Okay! Everyone comes up and gets a caterpillar. Your task in this class is to feed these little guys and observe how they look when they are full."

The little wizards groaned and complained.

after an hour.

Loren, Hermione, Harry and Ron sat in a circle, with a lazy Flobber caterpillar lying in front of each of them, with a bulging belly filled with chopped lettuce leaves.

As Hagrid said, this creature is very safe and very boring.

However, for the restless Hermione, this safe and boring class made her feel relaxed.

Loren also thinks that as long as the caterpillars don't appear in groups and densely packed, they don't look so disgusting. He lifted the vegetable leaves off the ground with a floating spell, persistently trying to lure the little caterpillar to stand up, and then fell to the grass again and again.

Hermione put her chin in her hands and watched Loren play this silly game. She still found it interesting after repeating it dozens of times.

Ron looked at the little caterpillar with blank eyes: "We just spent an hour stuffing lettuce leaves into their thin throats. I feel like we wasted an hour of our lives. What's even more frightening is that this may It’s not the worst.”

Harry was a little curious when he heard this: "Then what's the worst thing?"

Ron sighed: "The worst thing is that every Care of Magical Creatures lesson from now on will be like this."

Harry thought for a moment along his train of thought, and sadly realized that this thing was very likely to come true, and wailed: "Oh, no——"

The two sighed deeply, and Ron broke off a small piece of lettuce leaf and fed it to his caterpillars: "Why bother taking care of them? It's useless."

"It actually works," Hermione retorted, "Flobber caterpillars are one of the few creatures that can be summoned by the Summoning Charm while they are alive."

Loren nodded and added: "The mucus of the Florob caterpillar can be used as a thickening agent for potions."

Harry and Ron looked at each other and agreed through their eyes.

There seems to be something wrong with them

…

Room of Requirement.

Loren sat cross-legged next to the cauldron with a small fire, covered in an invisible air film. He held a book "The Rise and Fall of Dark Magic" in his hand and read it with relish.

As a regular book that can be borrowed from the school library, this book does not cover detailed spells and methods of casting spells. It only briefly introduces some of the evolution of black magic. Through these fragmentary records, Loren has a glimpse of A glimmer of historical truth.

When talking about black magic, you have to mention dark wizards.

Despicable Herbo, the famous ancient Greek dark wizard, is also the earliest and most influential dark wizard recorded in history. Cultivating basilisks, making Horcruxes... He invented and created many evil curses, which still have a profound impact on the field of black magic today.

In terms of influence, Voldemort is not worthy of carrying his shoes.

The man who inherited Herbo's mantle and once again promoted black magic was the dark wizard Godlot. As one of the former owners of the Elder Wand, he used the Elder Wand as his mentor, absorbed knowledge from the Elder Wand, and transferred a large amount of knowledge about evil spells to the world. The knowledge is compiled into a book - "Poisonous Magic"...

Looking back, Loren found that the dark wizards were gradually weakening. After the Middle Ages, there were no top dark wizards who could stand up and take the lead.

Similar to Grindelwald, Voldemort and his like can only be regarded as evil wizards, and they have made little contribution in the field of dark magic.

Of course, if Voldemort's methods of dividing his soul multiple times and creating multiple Horcruxes could be recorded, Haierbo would probably give him a high look, and he might also call him a fool.

The time in the book comes to contemporary times, and a large amount of space begins to describe Voldemort, the first wizarding war, and the story of the savior Harry Potter. The people who compiled the books did not understand the truth behind the history and could not hide their fear of Voldemort, which made this part of the book a bit boring.

After closing the book and putting it aside, Loren opened the lid of the crucible with his wand and took a look. After confirming that the wolfsbane potion was brewed successfully, he sat there and fell into deep thought.

He was hesitating whether to ask Dumbledore for a note of approval.

It was definitely impossible to learn the Unforgivable Curse now. He asked Professor Flitwick for advice on the Unforgivable Curse, but the professor suggested that he experience low-end black magic first.

The problem is, if it was just ordinary dark magic, there was no need for him to go to the headmaster and then go to Professor Flitwick with the headmaster's approval note.

You can study by yourself, you can ask Flamel, and when you encounter problems, you can also ask Professor Snape, who is also a master of dark magic, maybe even more proficient than Professor Flitwick.

Let’s practice some common black magic skills first.

Speaking of which, another thing was imminent, giving Loren even more headaches.

How should I give this magically modified wolfsbane potion to Professor Lupine and persuade him to let me watch the full moon transform?

Gudu...

Gudu...

The potion in the crucible was boiling slightly, and the sound of bubbles bursting was heard constantly.

…

On Friday, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Professor Lupine was explaining a creature called "kappa" in Japan, which to Loren looked more like a water monkey:

"Although Kaba looks like a scaly monkey, this creature lives in water. Pay attention, it has webbed hands... Look here again, there is a hollow filled with water on the top of its head, and The water inside provides energy for the creature."

"Kaba mainly lives in some shallow rivers and ponds in Japan. Kappa mainly sucks human blood and will try to strangle those who wade through the pond without defense..."

"...If you throw a cucumber with your name on it at Kabbah, Kabbah may not attack the person. Also, if Kabbah is tricked into bowing, the water in the hollow above his head will flow out and he will lose his power."

Ron, who was fascinated by what he heard, suddenly raised his hand: "Professor, would it be faster and more effective to punch it hard on the nose?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The little wizards in the classroom laughed one after another, and there were many people who had similar thoughts.

Professor Lupine also smiled gently. After recuperating at Hogwarts for a while, he had gained weight and was no longer as skinny as when he first started school. His plump cheeks made this smile more friendly.

He did not blame Ron for disrupting the order of the class, but followed his train of thought and joked: "Of course, but that is a coping method that only trolls use. As for you - I'm sorry, only the brains of trolls don't have trolls. With so much strength, this probably won’t work.”

"Oh, Professor, what you said is so hurtful!" Ron made a funny sad expression, whimpering and about to shed tears.

The little wizards around him smiled even more happily.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts class is probably the class where the young wizards are the most relaxed and laugh the loudest. They would not dare to be so presumptuous in front of the serious Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape. Although the affable Professor Flitwick can joke around, he doesn't know how to make witty remarks to make people laugh.

Happy classes always pass by quickly. Fortunately, this is the last class on Friday. When the bell rings, the little wizards rush out of the classroom even more cheerfully to welcome the leisurely weekend.

Harry and Ron went straight to the Quidditch pitch, and Hermione went to the library to do her homework on ancient runes.

In the end, only Loren, who was slowly and deliberately rubbing, and Professor Lupine, who was cleaning the water tank, were left in the classroom.

Loren walked onto the podium, and the water monkey in the water tank noticed him first. He pressed his face against the glass and grinned, showing his terrifying fangs at him.

"Once you understand its weaknesses, it will be easy to deal with it. Look -" Lupine seized the opportunity when its head was close to the glass and knocked on the glass, causing the water in its head to slosh a few times, frightening the water. Monkey Kaba shrank back.

Covering the water tank with a black curtain, Lupine turned his head and smiled: "Tell me, Loren, how many ways can you think of to deal with this little monster in the water."

Loren thought for a moment and replied: "Transfiguration, freezing spell, repel spell, stun spell...anything that can control it will do."

"Yes, the trick is to stay calm." Lu Ping got off the podium and found a seat in the first row to sit down, soothing his knees and calves that were a little stiff from standing. "What can you do if you stay at the end and wait for me?"

Loren took out a tightly sealed white porcelain bottle from his schoolbag and handed it to Lupine: "Wolfsbane Potion, Professor."

"Wolfsbane potion..." Lupine's eyes flickered, then he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it, "Life in school is so comfortable, I almost forgot about it."

He turned the porcelain bottle in his hand, and the messy thoughts in his mind gradually became clear.

His first reaction was that Snape deliberately revealed his identity, but he thought that Snape would not do it so obviously.

Yes, yes, the Philosopher's Stone... Dumbledore mentioned...

Lupine smiled and shook his head and asked, "Why did Snape ask you to hand it over to me?"

"It's not a transfer..." Loren replied quietly, "I brewed this potion."

"Did you endure it?" Lu Ping subconsciously wanted to open it and take a look.

"Don't--"

Seeing that the biological and chemical weapons were about to be leaked, Loren quickly stopped him and said in a somewhat unspeakable voice, "This potion is Professor Snape's improved formula and is not suitable for opening in public places."

Lu Ping: "..."

Suddenly I didn’t dare to drink anymore.