Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 41 Snape: I’ll catch you sooner or later
Bourne decided to show off his skills.

Of course, he is not prepared to show anything beyond what some people expect. After all, strategic deception cannot be relaxed at all times.

He just wanted to show some family heritage.

When it comes to their knowledge of various magical animals, potion masters and top magical zoologists are actually on par with each other.

It's just that magizoologists have more knowledge in the three aspects of treatment, rescue and breeding, while potion masters are often only good at the efficient use of magical animals.

"I can't stop crying!" Bourne waved his wand and recited a spell.

If you have previewed "Dark Magic: Self-Defense Guide", you will know that this is actually the snot curse discussed in the first chapter, which is the curse that Ron wanted to learn.

However, Horace once taught Bourne that this curse can also be used to deal with... potion materials such as swamp diggers.

For potion makers, the most valuable part of a swamp digger's body is its muscles, but it does take a bit of skill to completely peel them off.

If you cannot master the "Separation of Flesh and Bones" spell, which has already entered the field of black magic, then the "Snot Curse", which is much easier than it, is an excellent substitute.

Following the guidance of the wand, the spell worked on each of the swamp diggers that either jumped into the air or prepared to pounce on him.

These little killers suddenly lost their vitality, and "snot" and "tears" continued to flow from their bodies.

However, because they are dark magical creatures created by a failed magic experiment, swamp diggers do not have noses and eyes at all. Living in swamps, they usually only rely on touch to hunt and survive.

When the snot curse takes effect, the bones, blood and organs in Swamp Digger's body begin to melt rapidly involuntarily, and rapidly seep out from the surface of the skin.

Their muscles become dry and hard, like a real piece of wood. The mucus squeezed out by the curse will quickly solidify on the surface of the swamp digger's body, eventually forming a translucent hard shell similar to amber.

At this stage, ordinary potion makers only need to peel off this hard shell to obtain their dry and hard muscles.

However, as a descendant of a Potions Master, Byrne knew a few other tricks to replace manual labor.

"Open the Alaho hole!"

Bourne once again cast the spell that a first-year wizard had just learned on the swamp digs that he had "roughly processed".

You know, the mouth is also a hole.

One by one, they turned into "Old Bacon" swamp diggers. Under the influence of the curse, their triangular mouths were suddenly forced to open to the limit. Immediately afterwards, their bodies split open, and the skin and the hard shell made of mucus all fell off. Those swamp diggers were only treated with magic twice, and they all turned into [swamp diggers’ bacon jerky].

Even though he said so much, in fact, the two spells that Bourne recited were so fast that they were almost connected together.

So much so that he even had time to reach out and catch a piece of [Dried Bacon from Swamp Digzi] from mid-air, and also brought it to his mouth and took a small bite of the bacon with his teeth.

"Not bad." After appreciating the quality of the meat, Bourne gave a fair evaluation based on the Horatisian method of identifying potion materials.

The little wizards were stunned.

And Professor Quirrell couldn't help but swallowed when he saw Bourne eating dried bacon from the swamp.

"G, G, Gryffindor, two points from Gryffindor! For damaging and eating teaching aids. But..."

But he immediately added: "...given that Mr. Slughorn successfully used the Snot Curse and showed us how to deal with dark magical creatures like the 'Swamp Digger', he also served as a Llanffindor earned five house points!”

The little wizards of Gryffindor instantly burst into fierce applause and cheers. This atmosphere even inspired the little badgers who usually have a good relationship with the little lions. The little wizards of Hufflepuff were also excited about Bourne's wonderful performance.

Only Hermione was a little depressed.

"Obviously I also added three points to the college, but these people, huh..." Miss Beaver thought angrily, but she also applauded Bourne. Because, she had to admit that Bourne looked really stylish when he just cast the spell.

Next, Professor Quirrell, who had no teaching aids, could only start giving a dry lecture to the young wizards.

To be fair, even if he was not possessed by Voldemort and guided by him, Quirrell's magic skills were actually among the good ones.

At the very least, if you give defense against the dark arts classes to young wizards, you will definitely become a qualified teacher.

Although he didn't know the usage of "Alajo Cave" behind Bourne, the fact that he could use the swamp dig as a teaching tool proved that he was a knowledgeable wizard.

You know, in the past few years, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers at Hogwarts would often only explain the simple snot curse in the book in the first class to the first-year students. Those people had no idea that the Snot Curse could be used against swamp diggers.

However, he had to pretend to stutter, and there were no teaching aids for demonstration, so this lesson that should have gained a lot for the little wizards, instead made many little wizards confused.

To give an example, it's like not using ginseng as a medicine to treat illnesses and save lives, but instead pickle it into kimchi and eat it.

It's a pity.

The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and the drowsy little wizards suddenly woke up. For the first time, they felt a hint of gratitude to Filch, who had already shown his stingy and mean temper even though they had only been in contact for a short time.

Thanks for ringing the bell on time!
"Keep the little wizard from the Slughorn family. I have something to ask him."

In Quirrell's mind, Voldemort said something.

The leader's words will cause his subordinates to run away and break their legs.

Originally, during the break between classes, Quirrell wanted to drink some milk tea to moisten his throat or something.

But Voldemort's words made him immediately stand up from the seat behind the podium and quickly walk towards the door of the classroom. "I hope those little wizards don't go too fast -"

However, just as Quirrell stepped out of the classroom door with his left foot, a strong hand that had been single for more than thirty years suddenly stretched out from the blind spot outside the door and grasped Quirrell's neck.

"Don't resist!"

Voldemort stopped Quirrell, who was about to use his wand to fight back, and then remained silent. The Dark Lord did not want to show his weak side to others, even if this person was once one of his more trusted subordinates.

Quirrell had a sad expression on his face. This is definitely not entirely an act.

Under Voldemort's warning, he could only let the owner of the powerful hand push him and step backward into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

The man waved the wand in his hand, and with a bang, the classroom door was closed. At the same time, Quirrell's back was pushed until it touched the wall.

Underneath the greasy hair, the man had an intimidating face. He held Quirrell's neck with one hand, and the wand in the other hand was pressed against Quirrell's temple.

"Hi~ Professor Snape, you, you want to..."

"What the hell are you doing?"

Snape stared at his colleague fiercely, his eyes and tone showing an extremely dangerous aura, as if he was going to tear Quirrell into pieces at the slightest disagreement.

"I've been watching it for two days," he said.

"Every time after finishing your class, if the students go to my potions class again, their performance in brewing potions will be far inferior to what they were in the past.

If one person is like this, I can accept it. If two people are like this, it might be a coincidence, but everyone is like this... even the recognized top students - Percy from Gryffindor and Cedry from Hufflepuff. Grams, as well as several people from Slytherin, are all like this.

Quirrell, how could I not doubt you?
Tell me, did you use a mass confusion spell or some magic potion? Also, what is your purpose? "

Snape asked, stating his cards directly.

It turns out that, just like Bourne who noticed something was wrong before, he also discovered something was wrong with Quirrell.

As the youngest professor and dean in the history of Hogwarts, Snape is undoubtedly a genius. After just a moment's thought, he violently retrieved Quirrell's methods from his vast knowledge reserve.

The only thing Snape couldn't figure out was: why did Quirrell do this, and whether someone asked him to do this?

Because Harry Potter is enrolling this year, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has also received a lot of attention.

Gringotts was invaded some time ago, and as a person on Dumbledore's side, Snape knew exactly what happened in Gringotts.

Like Dumbledore, he also speculated that the person who stole the Philosopher's Stone was a Death Eater, and the purpose may be related to resurrecting Voldemort.

Moreover, the matter involves Harry Potter...Lily's only child. He must prepare for the worst and do his best to nip all signs of bad things at the source.

"Say, you are hiding something."

Snape's wand had already penetrated Quirrell's flesh, and the sharp blade could shoot through his skull at any time and twist his brain into pulp.

Not only that, he was using Legilimency spells silently and wandlessly, trying to dig out Quirrell's secrets from his mind.

However, although his spell was successful, all he got was "I'm so scared", "This guy wants to kill me and then teach me Defense Against the Dark Arts", "Damn big bat"... Such shallow emotions.

He had no memory of "seeing" Quirrell at all.

It is precisely because of this that, as he is familiar with "Occlumency", his fear of Quirrell has once again increased a lot.

Just as Snape was weighing whether to use the most drastic means to once and for all solve this major hidden danger in Hogwarts, a line of water stains quietly appeared on the wall Quirrell was holding up, and then quickly dissipate.

"VENI VIDI——AD"

At the right time, the sound of jingling bells was heard outside the door, and Filch shook the handbell in the corridor to remind the little wizard of class.

"I will keep an eye on you," Snape said in a cold voice as he released his grip on Quirrell's neck and patted his face. "I will catch you sooner or later."

After saying that, he let Quirrell go and strode out of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom without looking back.

After going out, Snape raised his wand and waved it casually behind him.

With a "bang" sound, the classroom door hit the door frame again, and a cloud of dust fell.

Holding his neck and retching constantly, Quirrell slowly slumped along the wall to the floor.

In his heart, Quirrell asked Voldemort anxiously: "Master, this... what should I do now?"

"Didn't Severus just say that? He will catch you sooner or later." For some reason, after hearing these words, Quirrell felt that Voldemort seemed not only not anxious, but also a little happy.

"Okay, okay, I understand." He said, "Catch me sooner or later, and I will go out to do things at noon."

Voldemort: "..."

(End of this chapter)