A day at Hogwarts

Chapter 463 You play yours, I play mine

People were coming and going in the corridors of the castle, Cedric and Hermione were muttering something next to a pair of armor, and it ended with Hermione shaking her head and Cedric disappointed.

Charles happened to be passing by, and after seeing Hermione leaving in a hurry, he went over and asked Cedric: "What, asking her for a date during next Hogsmeade week failed?"

Cedric punched him on the shoulder angrily and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I just invited her to be my assistant, but she has already agreed to help Finnigan."

"How about you help me?"

Charles shook his head and said, "It's not that good. I'd better continue to avoid suspicion."

Cedric could only shake his head helplessly.

Charles asked him: "What criteria do you use for selecting assistants? Isn't it the appearance?"

Cedric was used to his unreliable remarks from time to time and replied seriously: "There are many problems that need to be solved in the game. Not everyone is an all-rounder, so assistants with other specialties are needed to help."

Charles nodded and said seriously: "I see, that's why you want me to help you cook."

Cedric suddenly thought of something and said, "Yes, but you have to get the ingredients yourself. Isn't it challenging?"

Charles smiled, he wanted to deal with magical animals.

The two chatted for a while, and someone came to Cedric to introduce himself. Charles went to the library and had something to do.

As soon as he took down a book, someone behind him asked in a low voice: "Are you finally interested in Animagus?"

Charles turned around and saw Professor McGonagall looking at him with interest, and the book he was holding was an introduction to Animagus.

"I've always been curious," Charles said, "Can an Animagus speak after he transforms?"

Professor McGonagall replied: "Theoretically yes, there are such records in history."

"But this requires the cooperation of a kind of human body transformation technique to change the vocal cords and other things into human shapes."

Charles fell silent after hearing this. He had no vocal cords after his transformation.

He remembered something more and asked: "Professor, can I use magic spells after transformation?"

"It's like... using a wand with a tail."

Then he noticed that Professor McGonagall's eyes became sharp.

Professor McGonagall asked him like he was asking questions in class: "Did you see anything?"

Charles immediately realized that the problem was serious, so he said: "That so-and-so, my neighbor's relative. When he was drinking, he was bragging that he could cast spells with his tail."

Black hasn't registered with the Ministry of Magic yet, so it's hard to name him.

And with his character, it's not surprising that he could say such a thing.

Professor McGonagall said: "It is said that some people can do it, but I think he must not be able to do it without drinking."

"This is not a problem with Animagus, but that some of the animals turned into are not suitable for casting spells at all, such as birds."

"However, wandless casting and silent casting can theoretically be used after transformation."

Charles understood and thanked Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall had her own business to attend to. Before leaving, she told him two things: "If you want to learn Animagus transformation, you must inform me. This is very dangerous."

"Finigan is looking for an assistant recently. It seems that he is going to organize a band to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. I hope you can help ensure that students who are not good enough are not allowed to join."

Charles could only nod. Not to mention the Animagus matter, Seamus' matter was enough for Professor McGonagall to scratch his head.

After leaving the library, while going down the stairs, Charles met Durmstrang's girl Renate and smiled at him.

Charles immediately went up to strike up a conversation, and the two walked downstairs chatting and laughing, and met Daphne in the foyer who came up from the basement.

Daphne greeted Charles, but Charles just nodded and continued talking to Renate about how many ways to eat salmon in Norway.

Seamus and Hermione sat together at dinner, talking in low voices about who to look for as an assistant.

Seamus asked Charles: "Charles, do you know anyone who has a deep knowledge of the dark arts?"

Among the classmates they knew, there were not many who had a deep understanding of black magic. Most of these students were concentrated in Slytherin House.

Charles was eating a steak and replied without looking up: "You can go find Malfoy if you want."

Simo was silent for a moment, feeling that it actually made sense.

Malfoy has very good grades and is a Slytherin student. He is also afraid of Charles from the bottom of his heart and is not worried about him causing trouble.

Charles finished his dinner in a hurry and left the canteen earlier than others.

Lavender asked in confusion: "What happened to Charles tonight? He actually ate so little?"

Seamus said: "He seems to be thinking about some magic. He has been like this these days."

Hermione suddenly thought of something and whispered: "In the afternoon, I listened to him talking about Animagus with Professor McGonagall in the library."

After hearing this, Harry said in surprise: "He wants to learn from Animagus to transform?"

"But that's not surprising, after all, it's Charles."

People around nodded.

Harry continued: "I don't know what animal he will turn into, maybe a sheep."

Many people wanted to say ferocious animals, but they made him laugh and Ron choked.

At the same time, in the mirror space, Charles carefully went through what he was going to do next in his mind.

Ruby stood aside, wondering what he was up to today, with Hufflepuff's golden cup in front of her.

Today, Charles suddenly thought of an interesting question and decided to give it a try.

He began to cast a spell, and his body quickly changed into an Animagus form.

At the same time, some parts of his body changed.

Sound relies on vibration, and it is not a problem to have no vocal cords. Would it also be effective to make a large piece of elastic skin become a vocal cord structure?

There was a buzzing sound around, and the sound changed from time to time. After a long time, Ruby heard a low voice: "Ruby, open your wings a few times when you hear me speak."

Ruby opened her wings and fluttered a few times, and then continued to watch what the jellyfish was doing.

Charles' tentacles began to shake regularly, just like the tongue when using singing magic.

But this scene was a bit scary, and Ruby couldn't help but step back a few steps.

Next, Charles tried to sing.

...

"Ah!"

Harry was doing homework in the common room, and suddenly held his head and cried out in pain.

Hermione asked hurriedly: "Harry, what's wrong?"

Harry covered his head and said: "I heard a strange voice."

Ron asked: "Is it Charles singing again?"

Harry shook his head and said: "This is definitely not Charles, that voice..."

"I don't know what that voice is, I don't know how to describe it, I can't say it..."