"Ah! Professor Anne! Hello!"
Harry, who was standing at the outermost part of the crowd, saw Anne walking towards them. He quickly said hello and stepped forward to help Ron, who was all wet, to move to the middle of the aisle.
The other parts of Ron's body have almost recovered, but his right hand is still pointing forward stiffly, which looks a little funny. As he walked over, little Annie couldn't help but look at him twice out of curiosity.
She suddenly felt that this person was so funny! Anne could see that there were still some traces of the spell cast on the big boy's fingers, and the magic power in the entire right hand was still messy! Could it be that the spell exploded in the finger? ha! It seems that he must have failed to cast the spell and was repelled! There are people who use their fingers as magic wands? What a stupid person!
"It's Anne! Did you know? Something terrible just happened here!" Hermione was familiar with Anne. As long as she was not in class, she would call Anne by her first name without the title of professor.
Now that she sees little Annie appearing here, she immediately feels like she has found her backbone, and she no longer has to worry about being framed at will! You know, little Annie is very protective of her shortcomings! Don't talk about false accusations. Even if Hermione really killed the cat, the little girl could settle it!
"Mr. Filch's cat was murdered by someone! It's the one hanging on the wall over there!" Hermione explained the situation to Anne while helping the three of herself to clear away the suspicion! After all, the cat was indeed not killed by the three of them, they just happened to meet it while passing by!
"Huh? Murdering a cat?" After hearing Hermione's words, Anne was a little stunned, and then looked at the wall, where there was indeed a dirty cat hanging upside down! And there seems to be some writing on the wall?
Annie stepped forward curiously and observed. She also wanted to know who was so bored that he wanted to murder a cat? What's there to murder about a cat? If you are unhappy, just drive it away! Or wouldn't it be enough to set fire to it and burn it? Now he is still in the mood to hang a cat here. How boring must this person be? Even Annie herself has stopped bullying these little animals long ago! She usually only bullies those big ferocious animals!
"No! It's not dead, it's just petrified! And I'm sure I can break this magic! But they won't let it! Uh..." Seeing the opportunity to show off, Gilderoy Lockhart risked it again He came out, but unfortunately, the people around him ignored him and had to retreat in embarrassment.
"Annie, what do you see?" Dumbledore asked from the sidelines. In fact, he knew it from the beginning when he saw those words, and it was the same back then! Now he probably knows what made this cat look like this!
Originally, he thought he would just deal with it when he was free, but after seeing Harry present, he suddenly had a less mature plan! Maybe after a little brewing, this matter can be used to cultivate the boy he likes: Harry Potter?
"Well...! That's right! This cat is not dead! It is not completely petrified! It is in a strange semi-petrified state! It's like...the soul is frozen! So it can't move!" Annie checked After finishing Mrs. Loris, she lowered her head and thought about it. This state was very magical, very similar to a story her father, the mystic warlock Gregory, once told her! She had always thought it was just a story! I didn’t expect to see a similar situation here!
Rumor has it that the little daughter of a certain family in Noxus was infected by the venom of a Shurima tomb guard, and she turned into a terrifying creature with the head of a human and the body of a snake! Her eyes have also undergone special changes, and often just one glance can bring death!
During the war against Demacia, countless ordinary Demacia soldiers would instantly become completely petrified and lose their lives after looking directly into her eyes! Anyone who indirectly sees her eyes will become semi-petrified, similar to this cat! What's her name? Cassiopeia? probably?
"Then what?" Realizing that Anne had figured out so many things in so little time, Dumbledore motioned for her to continue! He himself had carefully observed it for a long time before detecting that the cat was in a semi-petrified state, but he didn't notice that its soul was frozen!
"If I'm not mistaken, this is not caused by magic! It should be caused by some kind of nasty creature!" Annie said excitedly, pointing to the upside-down cat.
"In our continent of Valoran, there is a snake demon with the head of a human and the body of a snake that can cause similar situations! People who directly see the eyes of the snake demon will be petrified by the sight and have their souls taken away and lose their lives! What they see indirectly is like It’s like this! Because the fatal sight of petrification was only seen indirectly and was not powerful enough to take away its soul, so it was frozen! That’s probably it!”
Annie turned her head and looked at the surrounding environment, and then she discovered the water in the corridor. "Ha! I know! There may be a snake demon here! Then the cat saw the snake demon's face from the reflection in the water. Eyes! Yes! That must be it!"
"Snake, basilisk?" After hearing such a terrifying thing, Harry, Ron and Hermione quickly moved closer to the crowd. They didn't expect that there would be such a terrifying monster in Hogwarts Castle! Will you die if you look directly into your eyes? Not even if you see it indirectly?
After listening to Anne's words, Snape lowered his head and thought. He hadn't realized it before, but after Annie's words, the word snake demon reminded him of some rumors in the past. So, he quickly looked up at Dumbledore, and sure enough, the old man's expression confirmed his suspicion!
Hum! Snape snorted in his heart! This old man really knows what is happening here better than anyone else! It's just that he doesn't want to say it out and wants to keep everyone in the dark! Who knows what he is planning? This old guy's moral character is indeed as bad as ever!
"The snake demon's eyes are so powerful? So! Is there any way to avoid harm?" Unexpectedly, it would be such a terrifying creature. Gilderoy Lockhart couldn't sit still! This was a fatal matter, how could he not be nervous?
Harold himself knows his own abilities best. There is no way he can be nervous if he sees a creature that may be life-threatening just by looking at it! Just looking at it can kill you! This is so exciting! How can those vampires, werewolves and the like in his books compare to this snake demon? Besides, he wrote those books himself! If he really encounters the snake demon, he will probably be finished in a matter of minutes!
"Well...it seems like you can only resist it with your own magic power, right? If the magic power is strong enough, you can survive it! Otherwise, just don't look directly into its eyes!" Annie Of course we know the weakness of this monster, and its petrified sight is nothing more than a natural use of magic power! As long as your strength is strong enough, you don't have to worry at all!
Anne was confident that even if she looked directly at it, it would only consume a little bit of her magic power and make her uncomfortable for a short while! After that, you can burn it directly! Anyway, from Annie's point of view, there is no such thing as a creature that can stare you to death with just a look!
Anne has read battle reports before! During the group fight between Noxus and Demacia, the female snake demon named Cassiopeia could only petrify the heroes of Demacia for a short time! And it was only petrified for a short period of time! Not fatal at all!
It can be seen that this kind of petrified sight is not omnipotent! It can only work wonders when it fights against creatures that are weaker than it! And the sight itself still needs to consume magic power! Magic is very rigorous! Otherwise, why would they fight in groups all day long if they stared at someone to death? If you have nothing to do, send the snake girl out for a few rounds. The entire world of Valoran will belong to them and Noxus!
"This... magic power is strong? Can you resist it yourself?"
It doesn't look like someone like me can handle this, right? Gilderoy Lockhart felt that for the sake of his own life, he should buy a pair of sunglasses immediately after returning home and wear them at all times! If you have glasses, you shouldn't be looking at each other directly, right?
"That's it! So, Severus, is there any way you can get rid of this state?" Dumbledore felt that the basilisk in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets still had some use, and now it just needs to be monitored secretly! So he quickly changed the topic, not wanting to delve into it any further!
"The school's herbal medicine room recently received a batch of mandrake seedlings. When they mature, they should be able to make a universal potion that can remove all petrification or abnormal conditions!"
Snape unhooked the petrified cat from the torch stand and held it in his hand by its tail. He needed to study it carefully when he went back and prepare a suitable potion for its current state to make sure everything was safe!
"Ah! Mandrake! I'm good at this! I'm especially good at mixing Mandrake-related potions!" Gilderoy Lockhart, who refused to be idle for a moment, appeared again, desperately trying to increase his presence.
"Sorry! I'm afraid I'm the Potions teacher!" Snape didn't give Lockhart a good look and stared at him coldly.
He has long disliked this pretty boy who likes to brag! In fact, he dislikes all pretty boys! What's more, this bastard also stole Snape's coveted position as Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts! It was okay to rob him, but now he actually wanted to interfere with his duties as the potions professor? This is really unreasonable! If he hadn't been in school now, Snape would have wanted to pull out his wand and give him a hard slap!
"Okay! That's it! Minerva, take the students back to rest! This matter needs to be kept secret for the time being, and try not to cause panic!" Dumbledore doesn't want to be entangled here anymore about a cat. , he still needs some time to think about the basilisk thing! So he quickly called Professor McGonagall to protect Harry and the three of them back to the Gryffindor lounge, and told them to keep it secret!
"Okay! Let's all disperse!" Seeing McGonagall leaving with the three students, Dumbledore also apparated back to his principal's office.
"Please wait, Professor Snape. Next Friday night, I plan to hold an interesting dueling club. I wonder if you are interested in coming to guide?" Loha saw Snape walking away with the cat. Te quickly stopped him.
"Oh? Duel Club? Haha! I think I will go!" Snape looked Lockhart up and down, as if he thought of something interesting, and nodded in agreement! Then he shook off his everlasting black wizard robe, turned around and left quickly.
Filch also followed behind Snape, because his pet cat, Mrs. Norris, was still in Snape's hands, and he must have guarded it well!
"So, little Professor Anne? What about you? Are you interested?" Lockhart turned and looked at Anne. At this time, he and Anne were the only ones left in the corridor.
"Duel club?" Annie tilted her head and thought for a moment, then refused directly: "I don't want to play with the weird uncle! Goodbye!" After saying that, it flickered out of sight, and the next moment it was teleported directly back to her. In the luxurious suite at the top of the castle!
Weird, uncle? All right! If you don’t come, you won’t come! He, Harold, was a little worried that this little girl was too powerful and would affect his performance! It would be better not to come! so be it!
When everyone was gone, the corridor became quiet again, and Lockhart was the only one left here! Looking at the dim environment around him, he remembered that the snake monster that could kill him once appeared here. Lockhart was so frightened that he trembled on the spot. He quickly lowered his head and only dared to look at his toes. , and then began to leave at a fast pace!
As he walked, he whispered in his mouth: "Don't come out, snake demon! Don't come out! We have no grudges in the past! Don't come out to scare me! Merlin bless! God bless..."
Why does Harold care whether wizards believe in God or not? Merlin definitely believes it! As for whether Merlin has the function of protecting believers, he is not sure! Think about how wizards often make fun of Merlin's beard, Merlin's pants, etc. Now Merlin has been spoiled and turned into a tone of voice! Presumably Merlin will no longer bless me after he finds out, right?
As for God..., Harold suddenly remembered an interesting thing. When witches and wizards were burned, the church was burned the most, right? So why do they wizards celebrate Christmas every year? ha! Looks like this is a good project! Maybe I should write a new book dedicated to this? The title of the book is: Harlot’s Discovery of the Century?
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Asking for recommendations
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There will be another update in the afternoon
