Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 231 Voldemort, you have a way to die

Finally, Bourne's eyes focused on Lockhart's wand. To be more precise, it focused on the string of pearls hanging on the wand.

Generally speaking, pearls, whether produced from river or sea mussels, are naturally a little shiny.

But the problem is that when this luster is reflected to the human eye, it basically shows the background color of pearls.

There are pink, white, yellow, and even agate-colored pearls. But although Lockhart's string of pearls looks ordinary white, the reflected luster is faintly silver?
Also, their shape is a little weird. They are not the same as ordinary pearls, but rather look like quail eggs or pigeon eggs.

"Poor little guy." Professor Kettleburn said with pity on his face as he gently stroked the teapot.

He used the shrinking potion to control the bird snake's expansion. He had just used a few dried grubs pickled with special spices to lure the bird snake into the teapot.

In this way, the bird snake is equivalent to being contained - this is a professional technique for containing bird snakes, and the inventor of this technique is the famous magical animal protection expert who visited Hogwarts last year. Professor Scamander, who has taught classes for a while.

"I just came back from the Forbidden Forest," Kettleburn said. "These bird snakes rushed out in anger because their habitats were destroyed and the eggs in the nests they built in the trees were stolen. Forbidden Forest.”

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

Kettleburn's words reminded Burne, who was standing next to him, of something: the eggs of birds and snakes are made of pure silver. In ancient times, wizards even used them as currency. Even in modern times, their eggshells are twice as valuable. Favored by some; among other things, it has shine-giving properties and is good for maintaining hair...

And when he turned his attention to Gilderoy Lockhart, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who also heard Professor Kettleburn's words, the expression on his face indeed became a little unnatural.

It was clear that not long ago, he was using the "Expelliarmus" spell to unilaterally torture the bird snake, but now his eyes were evasive when looking at the teapot in Kettleburn's hand, as if he was avoiding something.

"Another case solved." Bourne thought to himself.

So, in the middle of the night, Bourne broke a rare school rule and ran out of Gryffindor Tower for a night swim.

With the Disillusionment Charm on, the little wizard ran all the way to the library where he usually stayed, and walked into his work station skillfully.

Unlike other people, if you want to read banned books, you have to venture into the forbidden book area, and you have to choose books based on your character among rows of books with various dangerous spells attached to them.

As an assistant librarian, Byrne has a professional search assistant when it comes to finding books.

"Mirror, Mirror, find me some books related to bird and snake eggs." Facing the Mirror of Erised in front of him, Bourne expressed his request, and at the same time he did not forget to add restrictions. "Keywords: uses of bird and snake eggs, alchemy, spells, potions."

The Mirror of Erised found a total of thirteen books for Bourne.

These books cover the fields of alchemy, magic, and potions, and some of them include the application and research of bird and snake eggs.

However, while browsing, only one book called "The Book of Potions" attracted Bourne's great attention.

The first is its title. A name like "Book of Potions" makes people think of potion books such as textbooks and dictionaries.

But if there really is such a book, how could Bourne, who has a grandfather who is a real potions master (and also particularly likes to cook small stoves for his grandson), never heard of it?
This not only aroused Bourne's curiosity, but also aroused his vigilance. After all, unknown dangers may also be hidden in unknown magic books.

Therefore, he chose to use a safe method known only to librarians and opened the "Book of Potions" in a non-contact manner.

He did not take out the "Book of Potions" from the Mirror of Erised, but stood outside the mirror and opened the book in his hand in the mirror.

"I am Zygmunt Bache, the greatest pharmacist of all time!

This is not a blank promise. I've invented some of the most powerful potions in the wizarding world.

I discovered the properties of hundreds of mysterious plants and animals. I have decided to devote my life to one of the most mysterious and misunderstood branches of magic, and these pages contain the secrets of my work, the essence of it for a new generation of students at Hogwarts. "

To start with, on the first page of the "Book of Potions", the wizard named Zygmunt Bache wrote something that many pharmacists have thought about thousands of times in their hearts, but have never dared to put it down on paper. I dare not express my feelings in public.

However, Bourne did not have any preconceptions: whether he is an arrogant madman or a true genius, he must first see the real story.

The Mirror of Erised has a retrieval instruction function. On the side of the "Book of Potions", a small red star is revealed in the mirror - it means that the content of "Bird and Snake Eggs" that Bourne wants to query, It's on the page marked by the little red star.

Bourne turned the page in the mirror.

"...Bird snake eggs are a kind of magic potion material rich in magic. Its yolk and eggshell can be widely used in a variety of magic potion formulas - blessing potions, magic enhancement potions, and substitute potions.

In addition to the conventional uses that are familiar to regular pharmacists, I, Zygmunt Bach, have naturally discovered some other properties of bird and snake eggs.

1. Because its egg white is rich in magic, it can be used to make paint for 'animated images'. The effect is better than the ordinary egg white of the ball escape bird, the egg white of the fire dragon egg, and the rune snake that is sought after by some people. Egg white is even better.

According to the 'magical beast-magic' integration theory, each magical animal has its corresponding magic. The magical properties of birds and snakes are considered by many people to be "telescopic", but through research, I found that this is wrong. , its magic attribute should actually be 'accommodating'.

Unlike most other magical pigments, which often only have one property, paint mixed with bird and snake egg whites can contain more magical properties. Experienced painters can add different magic materials to paint like a potion master...

2. Long before Gringotts’ business expanded to the world—hundreds or even thousands of years—wizards in certain areas would use the shells of bird and snake eggs as a common currency. Whether it is whole or broken into pieces, sterling silver naturally carries valuable attributes.

This is an opportunity created by history and a miracle that is difficult to repeat today.

A large number of wizards, year after year, their value consensus formed a powerful magic.

This kind of magic directly transformed the bird snake, and made its eggshell contain extremely powerful magical potential. Just some modifications can make it a brand-new potion material, alchemy material, and wand raw material. .

Unfortunately, I must be modest in this regard. I am only the greatest potion maker, so I have only made corresponding explorations in the transformation of bird and snake eggs into potion materials. As for how to transform it into alchemical materials and wand materials, I can only make a few guesses, such as——"

[For example] The bottom is gone? ? ?
Bourne turned a page in the mirror, only to find that the last page of the "Book of Potions" had not only been torn out, but that person had also replaced it with a page that was about the same thickness as the other pages of the book. Blank parchment!

"Diffindo!" Bourne chanted a spell, first tore open the blank parchment again, and then took it out from the mirror. "A thoughtful book thief."

This is Byrne's evaluation of those who have done this before.

"The Book of Potions" itself is a very obscure book. Its author is unknown. It can be said that the probability of anyone borrowing it is extremely low and almost impossible.

But even so, the person who tore off the page did not take it lightly, but replaced it with a page of parchment.

"It's like Erebus who is ten thousand times kinder," Bourne made a fair assessment of the suspected thief: "But he is still a born bad guy."

It's just that the book thief is very thoughtful, but he still doesn't know enough about the magical castle of Hogwarts.

At the very least, that person probably doesn't know what a librarian (even an assistant) can do in his own little land.

Although this piece of parchment looked ordinary, when Bourne placed it in front of the Mirror of Erised, a line of writing appeared on the mirror.

【1941~1942】

Although every little wizard will buy some parchment before entering school, due to the workload and other reasons, almost every little wizard does not buy enough parchment.

Therefore, in order to prevent some little wizards from saying "I have no parchment, so I didn't do my homework", the common rooms of the four major colleges will always be filled with enough parchment by the house elves.

There is no paper, just take it for yourself, homework...ah, no, there is parchment paper.

The little wizards know all of the above, but what they don't know is that the parchment purchased by Hogwarts every year has a different number, and the goblin factory that produces parchment for Hogwarts has a different number every year. Adjust the ratio of some paper raw materials - this is a rule set by the school board. The purpose is to make it easier to trace the source and prevent goblins from being held accountable after providing inferior parchment.

So, when Bourne placed the parchment in front of the Mirror of Erised, the magic mirror instantly recognized its year information.

The pair solved another case...

The year determined by the magic mirror happened to be the time when Voldemort was studying at Hogwarts.

Moreover, it should be in this year that this guy made his first Horcrux-Tom Riddle's diary.

Presumably, in order to make the Horcrux, he spent a lot of time searching for information in the restricted section of the library that year. Only in this way could he discover this unpopular "Book of Potions". Most young wizards would not read such an unknown book.

"A heretic who creates remnant souls, and is also an evil thief who destroys books and knowledge." With a burst of psychic lightning in Bourne's hand, the parchment instantly turned into ashes, "The Emperor is above, no matter what Public and private, you guys really deserve to die."

Byrne made the right call.

However, after he took the time to read the borrowed books, his decision to go back to the dormitory temporarily was a bit unwise. He didn't go directly to Lockhart to ask "face to face" tonight, which made him miss an excellent opportunity, because Dumbledore was back the next day.

Halloween is here.

The classes in the morning were over, and all the little wizards in the academy had no classes scheduled in the afternoon, which was equivalent to being given a half-day vacation.

Although it was still pouring outside the window and the sky was as dark as ink, the Gryffindor common room was bright and cheerful.

The firelight illuminated countless soft armchairs, where people sat reading, chatting, and doing homework.

Twins Fred and George were studying what would happen if they fed a fire scorpion some hard-drawn fireworks.

Fred "rescued" this bright orange-red scorpion from the Care of Magical Creatures class. At this moment, it was lying on a table burning sullenly, surrounded by a group of curious people.

Suddenly, the salamander over there swooped into the air, spinning wildly in the room, emitting sparks and making loud noises.

Percy yelled hoarsely, scolding Fred and George.

The salamander's mouth sprays orange-red stars, which is very beautiful and spectacular. It fled into the fire with a series of explosions.

Everyone around congratulated the twins on their "feat" with applause.

Bourne stood by the window admiring the Hogwarts Castle in the rain, teasing the little Khan, and sharing rock biscuits with Ruth from time to time... As for Ryan, he didn't want anyone to find him when others would probably find him. There is no way to find it.

The auditorium on the first floor has been decorated with live bats by Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall as in previous years.

The huge pumpkins grown by Hagrid were carved into lanterns, big enough for three people to sit in them. Bourne watched with his own eyes as he carried the oversized pumpkin into the castle courtyard.

Some senior little lions also said that Principal Dumbledore should have booked performances by a skeleton dance group and the Weird Sisters in advance to entertain everyone, as he did in previous years.

"My grandma said it's a Hogwarts tradition that professors spend their own money to celebrate Halloween for little wizards."

Neville also walked to the window at this time. The child also held a bag of charcoal-roasted leather cashews in his hand, which was one of the little Khan's favorite snacks.

And while Neville was happily teasing the little Khan, Bourne actually saw some "acquaintances" from a high position on the tower.

He saw a group of dwarfs who were only half as tall as adult wizards, but half as thick as adult wizards. They were the pilots of the Hogwarts Express.

Bourne has not only dealt with them, but also has a good relationship with them.

These dwarfs were carrying some large boxes to the school gate. The person who received them was none other than Gilderoy Lockhart.

(End of this chapter)