Hogwarts: I am Harry's eldest cousin

Chapter 447: Unnecessary Animagus

The news of Durmstrang's closure caused quite a stir in the entire wizarding world.

This is one of the three most famous magic schools in Europe.

The high-ranking officials in power in various countries are not fools. If the previous control of the Transylvanian Ministry of Magic could be covered up, then even a blind or deaf person could see that such an obvious abnormality is abnormal.

However, the Aurors they sent to investigate disappeared without a trace, and none of them came back alive.

This made them panic.

The unknown is what scares people the most.

With this group of Death Eaters taking the lead, many criminal wizards from various countries seemed to have found a beacon and direction. They began to emerge and gather towards Transylvania. The wizarding social order that had been established with great difficulty began to gradually collapse.

It was as if we had returned to decades ago, to the past dominated by Death Eaters, a time of disorder and chaos.

Except for the three old countries of France, Germany and England, the Ministries of Magic of all European countries were affected and affected by this incident.

By the way, the people at the Italian Ministry of Magic are considering surrendering.

However, only one month had passed.

Fudge has been seldom seen in Hogwarts recently. With the Death Eaters causing trouble, he, the Minister of Magic, has also become busy. The wizard crime rate in England has been on the rise recently, but he has ruthlessly suppressed it.

All the wizards in England noticed that the current Fudge was completely different from the previous Fudge.

He is resolute and decisive.

It seemed as if he was gradually embracing the image of the wise and powerful Minister Fudge described in the Daily Prophet.

The voices complaining about him gradually decreased, and everyone began to praise him generously. The stable society brought these wizards living in England an unparalleled sense of security, especially when compared with other countries, this sense of security was even stronger.

According to some unreliable gossip (source: The Quibbler), 'Fudge' is really forming an army of fire elves.

In the Hogwarts garden, Dudley was enjoying his afternoon tea. The biscuits were baked by Hermione herself. Although the taste was a little lacking, they were definitely hard enough.

Crunch, crunch, crunch.

A series of sounds like hammering iron came out of Dudley's mouth.

"Harry, you seemed to be hesitant to speak when you saw me several times today. What do you want from me?"

Dudley turned to look at Harry who was standing behind him, and seeing that Harry still looked as if he wanted to say something but didn't, he continued to add.

"We are brothers, there is nothing bad to say."

"Brother D, there is something I would like to ask for your opinion on."

Harry thought for a while and finally said, "Sirius wants to teach me Animagus, but this magic is extremely difficult and requires a lot of energy. It may affect my learning progress, so... so I don't know what to do."

"Sirius said that Animagus is a very practical magic. He escaped from Azkaban with the help of Animagus."

What Sirius said was not wrong, he did escape from Azkaban with the help of Animagus.

but.

"In fact, there are other ways to escape from Azkaban besides Animagus."

Dudley took a sip of tea and continued, "For example, the silent casting you are learning now and the wandless spellcasting you learned before."

"If he could cast spells without a wand, then even if his wand was taken away he could still cast the Patronus Charm to resist the Dementors. If he could cast spells without a wand, then he could easily escape from Azkaban and return to England without having to cross the ocean in such a mess."

No prison could hold a wizard who could cast spells wandlessly and silently.

Wandless casting is a powerful guarantee for you after losing your wand. Silent casting allows you to remove the curse by yourself when you are under a binding curse.

Grindelwald was able to enter and exit Nurmengard at will because of this.

"Harry, you have to understand one thing, what is the purpose of learning Animagus?"

"Better concealment? Or can it improve combat capabilities?"

The purpose of wizards learning Animagus is mostly to achieve higher concealment. For example, for very common creatures such as cats and mice, hiding after transformation is definitely a relatively safe method. The Animagus of some wizards can enhance their combat capabilities. For example, when at close range, they can suddenly transform into ferocious beasts such as lions and tigers, which can definitely give the opponent a surprise attack.

"In my opinion, Animagus doesn't bring much concealment. It's not even as practical as an Disillusionment Charm or a Shrinking Charm, especially since the other party can easily find a way to target you after knowing your Animagus. For example, there's a wizard whose Animagus is a ladybug. If she's covered by a glass, she can't get out even if she dies."

Animagus has only two advantages: stealth (transform into animals, not be detected by Dementors) and occasional improvement in combat ability, but it has a lot of disadvantages.

First, what kind of creature it becomes after the transformation will determine what characteristics it possesses. The body may become extremely fragile. The most terrifying thing is that even the thinking pattern will change after the transformation.

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"This magic has too much uncertainty. You can't specify the transformation. What it turns into is entirely random. If you turn into a fly and get slapped to death, then you'll really be slapped to death."

Just like the image of the patronus in the Patronus Charm, it is all random, all races are random.

The appearance of a patronus will change according to the state of mind of the person who releases it, but this is not the case with an Animagus. Once transformed, it will remain fixed for life.

The third Animagus has another characteristic. It cannot transform into a magical creature.

Otherwise, since it can transform into a magical creature, Animagus will definitely become a required spell for wizards.

But this is the basic rule of Animagus, and only by following this rule can you transform into Animagus. Over the centuries, it is not that no one has tried to change this rule, and these wizards have died.

The key is that the difficulty of Animagus is ranked among the most difficult among all spells. Every year there are news reports of wizards dying after failing in their attempts to cast Animagus.

Well, there are dangers in not trying to change the spell.

There was a wizard who once transformed into a goldfish. He couldn't cast spells silently or without a wand, so the place he chose to transform to was still in the desert. The most important thing was that he didn't know how to change back.

By the time others found him, he had turned into a dried fish.

"The costs are too high, the returns are too low, and there is considerable risk. The costs are totally disproportionate to the benefits."

"So I don't recommend or support you wasting your time learning this magic."

This is why Dudley himself didn't learn Animagus.

You can learn it, but you don’t have to.

After Dudley's analysis, Harry felt that what he said made sense and nodded repeatedly.

When you hear this, Animagus seems pretty useless.

Chapter 448 Finding Something for Sirius to Do

In the end, Harry followed Dudley's advice and did not learn Animagus. He concentrated on learning silent spells and tried to master the most practical skill of fighting with both hands.

Not long after Harry left, Dudley called Percy over.

"Has Sirius been in frequent contact with Harry recently?"

Dudley ate another cookie and looked at the sunny and vibrant garden before continuing, "And he often gives Harry suggestions on his studies?"

"Yes." Percy lifted his glasses (according to the portrait of Percy, he was wearing glasses), took out a small notebook from his pocket, flipped through a few pages, looked at the contents and answered, "As far as I know, Professor Sirius moved back to Hogwarts after he knew that Harry didn't have Privet Drive."

"After learning about Harry's academic progress through other people, he thought that Harry's current academic workload was too heavy. As a student, he should enjoy campus life to the fullest instead of studying every day, which in his opinion was no different from being a nerd."

"Enjoy campus life?" Dudley sneered and shook his head when he heard this. "I don't think Senior Tom will give us time. Do we have to rely on him instead of ourselves? He can't even beat Bella. Besides, he is not Harry, so how does he know that Harry is not enjoying campus life? He doesn't know that Harry is secretly dating Ginny, right? He is still so self-righteous."

Percy chimed in at the right moment, "Besides, he also wanted to teach Harry himself, but due to his own level, he didn't have any magic to show off except Animagus."

Sirius's level cannot be said to be bad, but of course it cannot be said to be good either. At best, he can only teach those young wizards who have not been trained by Dudley. It is obviously unrealistic to expect him to teach the disciplinary group of the elite among the elites, especially since Harry is the leader of this elite group.

"How about finding him something to do to help train the new Aurors?"

Although it was a suggestion, there was no doubt in his tone.

Percy also agreed very cooperatively: "Mr. Dursley, I think this is a great idea. Scrimgeour will definitely be very happy. He has been complaining to me recently about the lack of staff and the poor quality of the new Aurors."

Not everyone is qualified to call Dudley Brother D. This is exclusive to the original six members of the disciplinary group. Even other people in the disciplinary group will only call him Mr. Dursley.

"Then I'll let you handle this matter."

Although Percy was still working as Fudge's secretary, he now had considerable power. Not only did he have direct contact with the Minister of Magic Fudge, but even Amelia, the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, who was known for her old-fashioned character, trusted him.

Arranging something for someone is as simple as that. As an old saying goes, 'even the officials at the door of the prime minister are of the third rank'.

"I will certainly satisfy you, Mr. Dursley."

Dudley didn't like Sirius, but he didn't forbid him from interacting with Harry. However, there was a prerequisite: he could not interfere with Harry's normal training, and he could not influence Harry with his superficial vision.

But now they are all wrong.

In that case, I'll find you something to do.

"Percy, Ms. Amelia is very optimistic about your future. When you have nothing to do, you should often go to the Auror area and show your abilities to other Aurors. After Mr. Scrimgeour is promoted to the Director of the Law Enforcement Department, you can take over his position as the Chief of Staff more quickly."

Although Dudley was not in the Ministry of Magic, he was very clear about the situation in the Ministry of Magic, and even knew who would succeed whom.

On the one hand, it was because he had people everywhere, and on the other hand, it was because Minister of Magic Fudge was in cahoots with him, and the two had discussed these issues in private more than once.

By the way, the Ministry of Magic has now restored Dumbledore's status as Chief Wizard, but Dumbledore himself expressed his unwillingness to accept it and proposed that Dudley be his successor as Chief Wizard. However, this proposal was ultimately not passed and was rejected by another senior member, Pius Thicknesse, on the grounds that he was too young and lacked qualifications.

Watching Percy's leaving, Dudley took another sip of tea. He was actually quite optimistic about Percy. He was a very capable young man who was not only serious about his work, but also had outstanding strength (in the last battle at Hogwarts, Percy's performance was very impressive. He defeated many Death Eaters in succession and finally defeated the Minister of Magic at that time).

Percy was portrayed in the original book because he yearned for power and also liked money.

For a while, he even stopped associating with the Weasley family and did many excessive things.

But in the end he came to his senses, turned over a new leaf, and stood firmly on Harry's side, because he loved his family the most.

It's okay to like power and money.

Whether young, middle-aged or old, who doesn’t like these things?

And the final look back is the most valuable.

So Dudley corrected his problems when he was at Hogwarts and gave him everything he wanted.

Percy was arguably the most loyal to Dudley of the bunch.

A few days later, Sirius, who was originally disappointed because Harry did not intend to learn Animagus, came excitedly to tell Harry a good news.

He was hired by the Ministry of Magic to train new Aurors.

Not everyone can be an Auror coach. They have to be either retired Aurors or famous wizards. Now Sirius was invited, which was a recognition of his strength and ability, so he was so excited that he didn't sleep well the whole night.

With Sirius's personality, he would naturally be willing to do something that would allow him to stand out. Being imprisoned in Azkaban for more than ten years made him out of touch with the entire wizarding society. To be honest, if he hadn't been with Harry, he really didn't know what he would do. Now that he can be a coach for the Aurors, it shows that he is still useful, so he is naturally willing to do it.

But since he is a new coach, he won't be back for a while, and time will become very precious. At least he won't be as idle as the fairy, so he came to say goodbye to Harry.

"Once I've seen how Aurors are trained, I'll come back and teach you."

Sirius said to Harry excitedly before leaving.

"Ah? Okay. Okay. Yeah."

Harry smiled dryly after hearing this and could only nod and say yes.

He learned the training methods of Aurors from Professor Moody in his fourth year.

Now he not only knows things about Aurors, but also knows things that Aurors don't know. Sirius wants to teach him, but... it's difficult, and not easy.

But he didn't want to spoil Sirius's fun at this time.

Chapter 449: The wizards are really a bunch of 'cutes'

Everyone could see that Harry and Ginny were secretly together, but they thought they had covered it up very well. Just like everyone assumed that Dudley and Hermione were a couple, they also assumed that Harry and Ginny were a couple.

Ginny would be a very good witch in Hogwarts, where there are many talented people. She is good at casting some minor evil spells and can strike with almost 100% accuracy.

In the original book, she has a very good relationship with Hermione. Even the snobbish Professor Slughorn, who only wants to "make friends with famous, successful, and powerful people", sincerely admires her and invites her to join his Slug Club.

Dudley knew about their relationship but never asked about it. He would interfere with Harry's training, study, and daily life, but he would not interfere with his feelings.

As long as Harry was happy, Dudley would support him wholeheartedly even if he wanted to marry Pansy.

"Dumbledore, do you have time? I want you to go to the village of Badley Barberton with me." At the end of the holiday, Dumbledore suddenly approached Dudley. Although he used an interrogative statement, he did not seem to give Harry a chance to refuse.

"We need to find a new professor. Professor Black just handed me his resignation letter. I thought he could stay in that position for another year."

Dudley did not respond to Dumbledore's nagging. After all, he was the culprit who caused Professor Black to resign.

"Without Harry and Neville?"

Dudley asked curiously.