A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 33 Hogwarts Rumors

Campus life at Hogwarts is generally calm and peaceful, just like the weather in September, although it is windy and windy from time to time, it is always mild and pleasant.

Two weeks passed so unhurriedly. For Owen, except for the fact that Gryffindor, who was annoyed by him, would secretly trip him up from time to time, everything was unbelievably peaceful... um , There is no news about the mantra fax machine.

The enthusiastic ghosts were indeed trying to help him find it, but after finding the fax machine twice in a limited number of times, they were caught before Owen was notified on the way to rush there.

A mantra fax machine always seems to be in a location where it can be found, even if it's very remote.This made Owen wonder if it had some prophetic powers.

Once the fax machine was spotted in the Forbidden Forest by the Weasley twins, Owen had little hope of finding it on his own.Therefore, most of the time he stayed in the small remote room next to the auditorium silently reading books or practicing spells every night, waiting for news from the ghosts.

He also thought about posting a bounty among the students for finding the fax machine, since he had a lot of pocket money after all, but that would have been too noticeable.The situation was messy enough, and from Owen's point of view, Gallon might not be more attractive than an answer in the eyes of many little wizards.

Especially with the passage of time, the legend of the fax machine was rampant among the students, and more and more people were willing to believe that it really existed. There were a lot more little wizards traveling at night, which made Owen's search work even more difficult. many.Of course, it was also a challenge for Mr. Filch.

Recently, Mr. Filch has been in a state of extreme excitement as one night wandering wizard after another has been arrested and brought to justice.He began to apply to the principal frequently, hoping that the school would allow him to hang the students who violated the school rules from the ceiling of his office with iron chains, and beat them several times with a whip.In his opinion, conventional punishment methods can no longer deter these little things.

His proposal was naturally dismissed by Dumbledore with a smile. Professor Snape suggested that the prefects of each house should assist in arresting the night-walking students. Of course, the prefects of Slytherin were arranged in Granville Near the Fendor common room, the Gryffindor prefects hang out in the dungeons, as do the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs.

As soon as this proposal was passed, the little wizards really settled down a lot, and the scores of the various colleges dropped... more slowly.

Naturally, many people are crazy about this, such as Miss Hermione Granger, she tried her best to increase points in class, but she failed to slow down the trend of Gryffindors losing points and catching up to one—— The little lions are always getting more and more courageous and never compromise-for this reason, she was so angry that she pulled out a lot of her hair again.Another example is Mr. Percy Weasley, the prefect of Gryffindor, who is like a powder keg that can explode all day long.

Owen sincerely hoped they would take it easy, but he was clearly in no position to say this - after having to use some minor jinxes to repel some Gryffindor students who came to trouble him, he was "the Gryffindor buster" The title is almost confirmed, and this is almost the second rumor that has been widely circulated among the young wizards of Hogwarts.

Well, there are a few other rumors, such as why Professor Snape doesn't want to wash his hair?Is Professor Quirrell's scarf stuffed with garlic?And whether Professor Quirrell is a vampire...

It is said that Professor Snape cast a spell in his hair, and if someone tried to sneak attack him, he would be attacked by terrible hair oil... Everyone believed that this rumor came from Gryffindor.

Because of this, Professor Snape kept a gloomy face all day long, and he seemed to be chanting Avada to people at any time, and even Slytherin students would be punished for making small mistakes in class. Not to mention Gryffindor, their situation in Potions class can only be described as dire.

It is said that Professor Quirrell is actually a vampire. Many young wizards can always tell their friends a piece of "the story that Professor Quirrell and the vampire must tell" as if they saw it with their own eyes.

As for Professor Quirrell's love of garlic?This is obviously his way to confuse everyone!Everyone knows that garlic is like feces to vampires, so he stuffed his classroom and himself with garlic, taking advantage of people's blind spots so that no one would suspect him of being a vampire!

This guess is very reasonable and true, and even many young wizards seldom laughed at Professor Quirrell when they were taking Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Many people even looked at him with strange admiration.After all, poor Professor Quirrell has made such a big sacrifice in order not to reveal his identity, and it would be uneasy to laugh at the other party!

When Owen heard the rumor, he laughed outright in the Transfiguration class, causing Professor McGonagall to look over.

"Sorry, Professor." Owen restrained the smile on his face, and waved his wand to turn the button on the table into a lively beetle.

Seeing the satisfied expression on Professor McGonagall's face, Owen took the opportunity to ask: "Professor McGonagall, why can transfiguration transform living and non-living things? This beetle doesn't seem to really have life, but if We turned a beetle into a lifeless button, but why did it stay alive after it changed back?"

"In the field of transfiguration, all we need to consider is turning one object into another, without considering whether they have life." Professor McGonagall nodded, "The button turns into a beetle, in fact, the button turns into a beetle." The form of the beetle exists and is active, and after the beetle turns into a button, it continues to live in the form of a button..."

"Transfiguration cannot truly turn an inanimate object into an animate object, nor can it truly turn a living creature into something inanimate. 'Life' is not within the scope of Transfiguration, nor does it interfere with Transfiguration's Operation, so 'life' itself, in the field of transfiguration, can be regarded as non-existent."

Owen's eyes became brighter and brighter.He understood that it was just changing from one object to another, and only factors such as the complexity of the structure and the size of the mass and volume would affect the difficulty of transfiguration, and it had nothing to do with life or death.

He pointed at the ink bottle on the table with his wand, and waved it lightly. The ink bottle quickly grew feathers, pulled out its limbs, and turned into a black crow.It made a "quack" sound, flapped its wings and flew to Owen's shoulder, combing its feathers by itself.

"Very good, try this again?" Professor McGonagall nodded gratifiedly, and with a wave of his wand, he summoned a gray mouse from the corner of the classroom.

With a flick of his wand, Owen transformed the mouse into an ornate golden goblet, and with another flick of his wand, he transformed it into a boot, a spotting telescope, a white bird...

On the basis of solid theoretical knowledge and diligent practice, Owen did not expect that he would be the first to know about Transfiguration.After figuring out a trick, his level of transfiguration began to advance by leaps and bounds towards his theoretical level.

"But the Vanishing Curse is an exception?" He looked at Professor McGonagall, "It can reduce both living and inanimate things to nothing, or to everything..."

"That's right, you'd better learn the conversion spell first, I don't think it's difficult for you, and then you can start practicing the disappearing spell." A smile appeared on Professor McGonagall's usually serious face, "Your transformation Your artistic talent is excellent, don't let it down...my office is open for you at any time, and you are welcome to ask me anything you don't understand."

After she finished speaking, she muttered in a subtle tone: "Of course, it would be better if I didn't bully the Gryffindor students..."

"Thank you, Professor McGonagall." Owen maintained a decent smile, and added in a low voice, "It would be best if they didn't always chase me..."

Professor McGonagall seemed to smile slightly, and then wandered elsewhere.

(End of this chapter)