Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 89 "Sir, times have changed!"

"You damn fool!" Voldemort yelled.

The back of Quirrell's head was buzzing, but he no longer had the energy to explain himself or beg for mercy.

"You don't need to sleep for a long time while you are alive, you will sleep forever after you die!" Voldemort also understands PUA, "What you need now is not rest, but hard work!"

He forcibly took Quirrell's body, causing the man to walk a short distance into the dense forest involuntarily, and found a humming dwarf pig monster.

The dwarf pig monster looks like a stunted pig, with long legs, a stubby tail, squinty black eyes, and a somewhat human-like face.

This magical animal likes to sneak into the pig pen and eat the sow's milk with the piglets. If left unnoticed for a long time, the pig monster will grow. The longer it goes, the bigger it grows, and the more damage it will cause to the farm it enters.

They are particularly fast-moving and difficult to catch, and can only be driven away by albino hounds.

"Wingardim Leviosa!"

Using the levitating spell to control the dwarf pig monster, Voldemort flicked his wrist and made Quirrell's alder wand rotate counterclockwise.

The dwarf pig monster seemed to have been thrown into an oversized wall-breaking machine. In an instant, its entire body was minced into a pool of blood.

Unlike Muggles' scientific-based understanding, wizards view blood as a carrier of magic power.

The proportion of blood in an organism is related to their natural magic power.

The dwarf pig monster's magical ability is not very powerful, and its innate magic is more reflected in the curse that can bring misfortune to the farm owner.

Therefore, even if Voldemort used magic spells to squeeze everything out, even the fishy internal organs, all a dwarf pig monster could provide him was less than a pint of blood.

In terms of quality, the blood of dwarf pig monsters is far inferior to the magic-rich blood of powerful magical animals that he bought from Mundungus before.

But he had blocked Mundungus.

You tolerate the fact that the product you sell contains rat tail juice. It’s supposed to supplement collagen, but it’s actually mixed with the remnants of a magic potion from unknown sources?
For such a black-hearted vendor who dares to add "technology and ruthless work" to the food he sells, even Voldemort would find it difficult not to have murderous intentions for him.

"It's safer to squeeze the juice yourself." Voldemort thought to himself.

Then, while controlling Quirrell and swallowing the floating pig monster blood into his mouth, he continued to instill in his slave that "pure natural food" without any conscience (if he had any). How clean and hygienic - it's not his mouth and intestines that are used anyway.

All he needs is to use this dwarf pig monster to replenish the magic power in his body.

"Hu~~"

Quirrell drank the pig's blood, and Voldemort felt the magic begin to replenish the man's tired body, and his weakness was relieved.

"Come here, do you want to eat a few more magical animals tonight and then go back to the castle?" Voldemort began to think about a question.

He felt that he should now be rid of the "freak" little wizard Bourne, and the also "freak" Newt Scamander.

And eating a dwarf pig monster actually only replenished his previous spell casting consumption, and did not give him enough satisfaction.

If he returns to the castle now, the next few days will become a bit painful - hanging around with Quirrell, starving for nine meals in three days - which also makes Voldemort more and more dissatisfied with this slave's ability.

"Tell me, why can't you be a rich pure-blood? In that case, there is no need for me to go hunting in the Forbidden Forest at night. Can't I just buy legal magical animal blood directly from the potion material store? Buy it all at once Two glasses, drink one, pour one.”

He had already made up his mind to find some trouble when he went back tonight and arrange a whipping education for Quirrell again... Oh no, it was for physical exercise.
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"This guy is so bold!" Professor Scamander exclaimed in surprise while sharing the information brought back by the guide bug with Burn and the others.

He originally thought that the dark wizard wearing a mask (Qui Luo), no matter how bold he was, would be running away now.

You know, that guy was not only poaching in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, he also cast an unforgivable spell in front of a professor.

Why, do you think that you are a "imprisonable but uncensorable" talent who can easily enter and leave Azkaban?
Or maybe you just look down on me, a terminally ill (autistic) old man who can only take care of some cute animals?

"He is still hunting other magical animals!" Scamander said angrily.

Because there was a guide exploring the path hundreds of meters away, he didn't have to worry about his voice being heard by the dark wizard in the distance.

"One, two...oh no, it's three dwarf pig monsters," looking at the circles of ancient magic patterns flashing from time to time on the bug stick, the old professor simultaneously translated this information similar to Morse code. come out.

After hearing this, Bourne couldn't help but feel a little speechless. He didn't know whether this was Quirrell's or Voldemort's operation?
By staying in the Forbidden Forest and continuing to hunt magical animals, he might be able to understand their thinking: this is what the saying goes, 'The thief never steals his money'.

However, they hunted three pig monsters - three little pigs - did they think they were big bad wolves or albino hounds?
"I want to stop that guy's violence!"

Professor Scamander said briefly, and then became taciturn. Bourne felt that the old wizard at this time had a temperament that was familiar to him: after the battle, he needed to wear the "Pain Gloves" to give himself the Emperor's Fist of Peace.

The fighting creed of the Imperial Fist is: strike the enemy where they are strongest and drive shame into their broken bodies.
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"The hunting efficiency is still too low!"

After eating three pig monsters in a row, Voldemort actually felt much better, not counting Quirrell's instinctive vomiting reaction.

He's a little swollen again now.

"Let's just set a fire in the Forbidden Forest. The Fire Spell is very good, hehehe."

He wanted to use fire to force out more magical animals, and then have a good meal.

Moreover, this has another advantage, that is, it is consistent with his "rabbit hole" theory-it can create obstacles for Dumbledore and make the professors at Hogwarts busy-if something goes wrong in the busy work, the castle will be destroyed. If things get messed up, wouldn't he just be able to find the Philosopher's Stone?

Voldemort still misses the stone because it is the key to his resurrection.

Even drinking the blood of magical animals can replenish magic power. But doing this is just like hunting dwarf pig monsters now, which is too inefficient; secondly, doing this itself is an emergency measure of 'treating the symptoms but not the root cause'.

Although Quirrell could be forced to drink the piggy's fishy blood, Voldemort was absolutely willing to do the same after he was resurrected.

So, he controlled Quirrell to raise the alder wand, preparing to summon a ball of fierce fire to bring some warmth to the creatures in the Forbidden Forest.

However, just as this guy was about to put his idea into practice, a "buzzing" sound of flapping wings suddenly reached his ears.

"Well, are there mosquitoes in the Forbidden Forest? It's better to burn them to death. These are useless..."

Just as he was complaining in his heart, a blue figure suddenly flashed past Quirrell's eyes.

"...Are there even mosquitoes this big in the Forbidden Forest?"

Obviously not, because it was not actually a mosquito, but a Billywig bug that had completed its stinging mission.

Voldemort felt a little dizzy.

Even though his current true form is just a remnant soul, he is still controlling Quirrell's body. In other words, he and Quirrell actually share the same brain. The Billywig stung Quirrell, and the Two-Face professor's brain reacted to the toxin, which inevitably affected Voldemort's perception.

Moreover, just like when you see a mosquito flying around you, you have probably been bitten several times.

Although Quirrell only saw one Billywig, in fact, several Billywigs had actually "bited" him.

"Something's wrong!"

Voldemort suddenly realized something.

I have to admit that this guy is a wolf slayer - especially when it comes to 'others' - he raised his wand and pointed it at Quirrell.

"Crucio!"

"Ah, ah, ah..."

This wasn't Quirrell stuttering, he was really in pain, so much so that he howled with a long note.

When the spell was released, Voldemort seamlessly switched and gave up control of his body, allowing Quirrell's soul to suffer the Cruciatus Curse.

Even though it was just to clear up Quirrell's mind through pain, rather than really wanting to torture this person, this spell still made Quirrell feel so painful that he might as well have died on the spot.

"Lord, Lord, Master... don't... stop quickly... don't stop..."

Quirrell was speechless in pain.

He didn't even realize that he was actually controlling his body at this time, so much so that he continued to cast the Cruciatus Curse on himself.

"You idiot!"

Voldemort was afraid that Quirrell would be hurt to death, so he could only reluctantly accept his body, and at the cost of enduring a few milliseconds of soul torture, he lifted the Cruciatus Curse.

Because his knowledge of the Care of Magical Creatures class when he was in school was only average, and it was a bit far away from his school days now, Tom couldn't rely on the fleeting images to identify those Billywig bugs.

Of course, this does not prevent him from using powerful spells to vent his anger by bombarding those insects that dare to bite him.

But just when he raised the wand again, he suddenly felt that the wand was "tugged" by something.

"Hmm, Vixen?" He couldn't recognize the Billywig, but neither Quirrell nor Voldemort had any problem recognizing the "common pest" holding their wands and biting them.

"Go away!"

Voldemort swung Quirrell's arm hard, and the fox who was holding the wand was also thrown away.

And just when Voldemort began to wonder if he had some trouble with bugs tonight, an unexpected attack from another magical animal in his life made him feel bad.

"How dare you!"

A "little snake" two or three meters long emerged from the grass, jumped up with a "swish", opened its mouth with fangs, and was right at Quirrell (can a Parseltongue be bitten by a snake? Voldemort died suddenly on the spot) He would never admit that the body he was controlling at this time was actually his own body (rounded up), and he received three severe bites on his calf.

Because this snake has three heads.

It is a rune snake.

And a rune snake dared to bite a Parseltongue wizard. What kind of behavior was this?
It is indeed an exaggeration to say that one is "forgetting one's ancestors"; but to say "the following is wrong" is definitely an understatement.

Merlin’s holes in his pants!

Being bitten by a snake, Voldemort's mentality was quite broken. "There must be something wrong with your body," his soul expanded several times in the shared brain, and he kept cursing Quirrell, who was shrinking in a corner of the soul realm and acting as a transparent person.

Of course, Voldemort also reflected on it: "Could it be that times have changed? Those cute little crawlers can actually bite me?"

But he quickly rejected his idea and once again attributed it to a problem with the host Quirrell's brain.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! This must be something wrong with your brain, otherwise how could I think so?"

Not to mention, Voldemort was right to think so: after being bitten by the rune snake, there was something wrong with Quirrell's brain.

Because rune snakes are venomous.

The rune snake is a three-headed snake native to the small African country of Burkina Faso (meaning "the country of gentlemen").

Their bodies are six to seven feet long and their backs are orange with black stripes. Because of the snake's conspicuous coloring, the Ministry of Magic in Burkina Faso has made some forests unplottable for their exclusive use and avoid detection by Muggles.

And because they have the distinctive feature of three heads, ancient wizards simply defined their image as the number "three" in the runic alphabet.

This is also the origin of the name of the rune snake.

Modern wizards have a relatively good understanding of the habits of rune snakes. This is largely because many ancient Parselmouths have talked with them - as a 4X level magical animal, adult rune snakes are actually He has considerable wisdom - thinking about it this way, it is indeed understandable that Voldemort's mentality collapsed.

The three heads of the rune snake each have different functions: the left head is a planner, which will decide where the rune snake should go and what it will do next; the middle head is a dreamer (the rune snake often Staying in one place motionless for several days, indulging in glorious visions and fantasies); the head on the right is a critic, and its teeth are extremely poisonous.

The right head of the rune snake will constantly comment on the actions of the left and middle heads, making irritable hissing sounds. There are often runes without the right side of the head, because the remaining two heads often work together to bite the right head off if it keeps criticizing them.

Because the three heads attack each other, rune snakes generally do not live long.

However, it is precisely because of this that rune snakes that can successfully grow to adulthood are very intelligent. The 'Critic' head on their right is not a mindless troll, but can really provide valuable objections to the other two heads.

The rune snake lays its eggs in its mouth, the only known magical animal to do so. Their eggs are valuable in potion making, stimulating reactions in the brain. In fact, the poison in the teeth of the "critic's" head actually had a stronger effect.

However, the use of this toxin to make potions must be done by experienced potion masters. Ordinary wizards use the venom of rune snakes to boil potions, and nine times out of ten, they can only make one pot. Poison that completely destroys the brain of the person who drinks it.

Although runes themselves are not particularly vicious magical animals, they were once beloved pets of dark wizards.

As early as 1926, Newt Scamander kept two runes in his box.

One of them has a normal body shape, except that the "Critic" on the right has a special hood worn on his head. The other one is extremely huge. How to describe it? If he brought it onto the Knight Bus, Newt would have to buy all the passenger tickets for it.

Finally, in 1945, Scamander, who had become famous, had to return to Hogwarts. After getting Dumbledore's approval, he placed the super giant rune snake, which he called "Nini", in the Forbidden Forest.

To this day, the rune snake is still alive, and its weight has grown to the point that it is almost heavier than the iron belly of a black KL.

Professor Dumbledore called him back from across the ocean to teach the young wizards. When he was sending those "troublesome" trolls back to the Forbidden Forest that night, the nostalgic old wizard ran to meet Nini again.

Although the rune snake has grown old, it still remembers its old friend.

Nini has lived in the Forbidden Forest for 45 years, and its descendants have become the top creatures of the food chain here, with hundreds (because not all runes are smart enough to survive to adulthood) of adult runes. The striped snake has almost no natural enemies in an area of ​​​​the Forbidden Forest.

Compared to the traditional 'Parseltongue' and rune snake relationship model, Scamander is undoubtedly more suitable for the definition of the two words "friend" and "partner". In order to communicate with Nini, he even struggled to learn how to understand and speak part of the snake language. Although it is not like a real 'Parseltongue' that can communicate with any snake, Nini is smart enough. Let it and Scamander understand each other.

The two old friends chatted all night in the Forbidden Forest. As a result, the runes headed by Nini also agreed to Scamander's proposal and concluded a contract with Hogwarts Castle similar to that of the Centaur tribe. They will gain certain protection from the magic school on the condition that they do not attack the young wizards at Hogwarts.

However, the cooperation between this group of runes and Hogwarts is not as in-depth as the centaurs. They will not take the initiative to clean up dangerous factors in the Forbidden Forest, nor have they the obligation to protect the little wizard who accidentally enters the Forbidden Forest.

Of course, everything has its own merits.

Other professors, even Principal Dumbledore couldn't give orders to the runes. After noticing Scamander's 'Spark of Help', Nini resolutely sent many descendants to come and provide help. help.

(After all, rune snakes are cold-blooded reptiles. Even if they have considerable intelligence, their ethics, morals, and emotional concepts are still very different from humans. Those descendants who are separated by several generations, in the eyes of rune snakes, In fact, it is far less important than Newt, an old friend.)
The result was the scene that made Voldemort collapse. How could he, a descendant of Slytherin and a parselmouth, be bitten by a snake? !

Moreover, as the poison spread, Voldemort gradually realized that it was not just him who was in control of the body at this time that was affected.

Even Quirrell was poisoned.

"Enough!" After being insulted for a long time, Quirrell changed his usual cowardly appearance and yelled at Voldemort.

Immediately afterwards, Quirrell actually had the courage to criticize Voldemort!
"I just advised you clearly: tonight is not a suitable time for hunting, and we should go back to the castle. However, you rejected my suggestion!"

"If you think my mortal body is not suitable for living in, then you can find a suitable body to live in. I will never stop you!"

"You think you can make all snakes obey you by being a Parseltongue?"

Quirrell pointed to the rustling bushes around him. It was obvious that there were many other things hidden there. And through Voldemort's perception, he already knew that those things were runes.

"My lord, times have changed!"

Quirrell, who had always been timid in the past, suddenly transformed into a "troll" who could tell the truth and reason - the most powerful type of troll - and dealt three consecutive blows to Voldemort. For a moment, even Voldemort was sprayed so hard that he was in a daze.

For a moment, Voldemort even had an unreal feeling that "the times have really changed" and wondered whether Quirrell's brain had been poisoned.

However, after all, he is a person who understands that "it is better to blame others than to reflect on yourself." After being sprayed, Voldemort immediately realized: This is wrong, how could I agree with what Quirrell said?
And just when Voldemort was about to attack, a word suddenly came from not far away that made his scalp numb——

"Keep playing music, keep dancing!" (Chapter 76)
This is the voice of that old guy Dumbledore!

Not good!

Not caring about punishing Quirrell for overstepping his bounds, Voldemort directly took the body by force, paying special attention to the arm that did not hold the wand.

With a heart-wrenching "crunching" sound, Quirrell's arm twisted 180 degrees in the opposite direction, and then strangled Quirrell's neck like "another person's arm".

Voldemort used the magic power in his body that had just been replenished by hunting pig monsters to turn into a black smoke and quickly rushed into the sky.

And not long after he left, the rune snakes that were originally entrenched in the bushes and stared at them all left on their own because they lost the target of their attack. After all, they are snakes with very different emotional concepts from humans, and unlike their "ancestor" Nini, who has a relationship with Scamander, they did not say hello to the old man when they left.

After waiting for a while, after the three guide bugs repeatedly confirmed that the dark wizard had completely disappeared without a trace, Professor Scamander came over with Bourne and others, wanting to check whether the man had left anything behind. What clues are there?

Bourne sheepishly came last. He flicked the naughty little guy lying on his shoulder with his finger.

Just now, this little Khan saw a lot of magical creatures attacking the dark wizard, so he wanted to show off his skills to everyone.

I don’t know how this mixed-blood Niffler, who has the blood of a marten, came up with the idea. It actually imitated Dumbledore’s voice and words that it heard at the Halloween dinner a few days ago, and directly came up with a "Jade Voice Broadcast".

And the sound of its voice scared Quirrell (Voldemort) so much that he flew away.

"I'm sorry, Professor," Bourne apologized to Scamander a little embarrassedly: "This little guy was really naughty just now. When I got back, I supervised him and made him stand in front of the wall for half an hour, and he was not allowed to eat nuts for breakfast. "

Professor Scamander waved his hands repeatedly. Not only did the old wizard think this was not a big deal, but he also recognized the little Khan's intelligence.

"Yes, what this little guy did just now was very smart." Another old man also made a similar comment. Dumbledore, who was brought from the principal's office by Fox, pushed aside a bunch of bushes and walked in front of everyone.

"You scared away a dark wizard just by imitating my voice. If you are also a student of Hogwarts, I will definitely give you 5 more house points."

Dumbledore said with a smile.

When the principal said this, the little Khan immediately took out a Gryffindor house badge from an unknown little wizard that he picked up from the dormitory from his stomach pocket, and raised his hands above his head like a light sign.

Then, it turned blank and turned to look at Bourne, as if to say: I have already set off the atmosphere for this, why don't you praise me!

(End of this chapter)