After capturing Nagini, Schelling became even busier.
He temporarily put aside the research and study of black magic books, alchemy books, and wizarding laws, and instead devoted himself to the research on Nagini.
The entire study was conducted in a laboratory in a suitcase space. Nagini was placed under a restraint that he could not resist, and could only lie helplessly on the experimental table, allowing Schelling to use various methods to study.
There are many dark and cruel steps in the research process, and for the sake of readers' mental health, I will not describe them one by one. Nagini suffered a lot of injuries during the research process. The hissing screams of snakes were often heard in the laboratory. Of course, no one except Schelling heard it. Aquila was an excellent research assistant. It helped a lot during the entire research process, but it was not a human being.
Neither Schelling nor Aquila had any tolerance for Nagini's miserable condition. After all, after Nagini was completely reduced to snake form, she had long lost her memories and emotions as a human being, and could no longer be considered a human being. In the original work, she was still a big villain, killing many innocent people, such as Famous historian Bathilda Bagshot.
Just when Nagini was tortured to death by Schelling, Schelling's research on the blood curse was finally completed. A piece of flesh and blood taken from Nagini was successfully suppressed by the sealing technique and turned back into human flesh.
During the long research process, Schelling also discovered some unexpected surprises.
When he was in second grade, he entered the restricted area of Hogwarts and read Merlin's research notes on increasing magic power by implanting the bloodline of magical creatures. He found that Nagini's blood seemed to have the function described in the notes, but because he himself had taken a magic-enhancing potion containing basilisk venom, the method of increasing magic proposed by Merlin might not work on him. I plan to use it on my followers after thorough research.
The time comes quickly to August.
Dumbledore was busy.
This summer, the International Federation of Wizards held a general meeting. As the president, he shoulders the important task of mediating issues in the wizarding world in various countries.
With a series of events last year, Dumbledore's prestige has declined, but this still cannot shake the fact that he is the greatest wizard at the end of this century. Of course, not everyone will agree with this view, such as Daily Prophet special correspondent Rita Skeeter. She mercilessly mocked Dumbledore as an "obsolete old madman".
In addition, as the principal of Hogwarts, he also has to work with the Department of International Cooperation, the Department of Sports, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang to prepare for the new Triwizard Tournament of Fire. This is the first time this event has been successfully restarted since it was suspended in 1792, which shows how important it is and cannot be missed. As the organizer, Hogwarts bears the most important responsibility.
The 1792 competition was also held at Hogwarts. Although he was not yet born at the time, he knew exactly what kind of disaster that competition ultimately brought - a cockatrice ran away out of control. Injured three school principals and three outside referees. The headmaster at the time was Dexter Fusco, and it was for this reason that he was expelled by the school board, tarnishing his reputation and that of Hogwarts.
(Note: Kokochis is a monster with the head of a chicken and the body of a dragon. It has two dragon claws and a pair of dragon wings. It is a close relative of the basilisk. Its gaze can kill or turn to stone. The breath it exhales when it breathes contains dramatic Poisonous. In early European folklore, it was very different from the basilisk. However, many video games, especially Dungeons and Dragons, designed it to be a combination of cockatrice and snake. Therefore, the People's Society mistranslated it as a cockatrice. In fact, it is a basilisk. It doesn’t have any snake-like characteristics on it)
(Note: There were two principals, Evra and Fusco, between the terms of the two principals, Derwent and Moore. Since Evra is one of the two most popular principals in the history of Hogwarts, the author asked Fosco to Sco takes the blame)
At the same time, he has to convince his old friend Alastor Moody to come and teach at Hogwarts. This is not over yet. The appointment of teachers at Hogwarts is no longer his family's decision. He must obtain the approval of the Teacher Appointment Committee. There is no problem with the two deans, and there is no problem with Ron Weasley. There are only three seats in total, not more than half.
Since the last semester, the relationship between Amelia of the Bones family and him has become inexplicably alienated. Dumbledore has been rejected by her several times in a row, and finally had no choice but to approach Garret. S. Greengrass.
Compared to the Malfoy and Selwyn families, Greengrass also believes in the supremacy of pure blood, but is far less extreme than the former two. After paying some price, Dumbledore finally allowed Moody's review to pass.
The root cause of all this trouble is the case of Hagrid and Madam Shabini.
Dumbledore smelled a conspiracy.
At first, he thought this was Lucius's behind-the-scenes trick. On the surface, it was aimed at Hagrid, but in fact, it was aimed at himself. After all, the Malfoy family is the villain, and they hate themselves. They will be the first to take the blame for everything.
However, after he launched an intelligence network investigation, he found that the whole incident had nothing to do with the Malfoy family. Mrs. Shabini has no grudges against herself, and there is no profit behind her actions. You must know that it is not easy to manipulate public opinion. The Daily Prophet and many British media have a backend. Dumbledore couldn't help but become concerned about this matter. It was definitely not that simple...
(Author: Dumbledore’s intelligence network is very powerful. Portraits, the Pig’s Head Bar, Florin Ice Cream Shop, etc. are all sources of intelligence for him. In the second part, his intelligence network told him that Voldemort was in Albania. In the sixth part, He was even more powerful at the time. He uncovered the entire history of Little Tom in one fell swoop. He even found a remote cave on the seaside. It was not easy to find Madame Chabini.)
Voldemort was also busy.
Without Nagini, he must force Peter Pettigrew to hunt more venomous snakes for him to refine venom of equal potency. At the same time, when Peter Pettigrew went out to collect information, he happened to meet Bertha Jorkins in the hotel who came to visit relatives.
Jorkins is an employee of Ludovic Bagman's Department of Physical Education and Sports at the Ministry of Magic. But one day when she went to Crouch Mansion to find Barty Crouch Sr. to sign some documents for her, she discovered the latter's secret and was cast a powerful forgetting spell. From then on, she became confused and forgetful. Without much effort, Peter Pettigrew deceived her into the jungle and brought her to Voldemort.
Jorkins, who knew he had been deceived, struggled in vain and was captured in two blows. When Voldemort used Legilimency on her, he keenly sensed the traces of the Forgetting Curse. He had a premonition that the memory erased by the Forgetting Curse would be of great use to him.
So, he showed Peter Pettigrew another little-known magical effect of the Cruciatus Curse - to dig out the memories hidden in the soul by creating pain. People's memories are generally stored in the brain, but deeper memories are actually hidden in the soul. The Chidan Loyalty Curse uses this principle to keep it secret.
Voldemort tortured Jorkins continuously for a day and a night before he successfully broke the amnesia curse on Jorkins, and she recalled all the lost memories. At this point, I have to say that Voldemort's Cruciatus Curse skills are really very profound. He controlled the degree of torture just right, so that he could break the Oblivion Curse without torturing her crazy.
Under Voldemort's interrogation, he successfully found out the secret that Barty Crouch Jr. was still alive, Dumbledore's plan to hire Moody, and the Triwizard Tournament. A new conspiracy gradually formed in Voldemort's mind.
Afterwards, Bertha Jorkins, who had no other use, was drained of her last value by Voldemort - killed by a killing curse.
Then, Voldemort chanted an ancient and mysterious spell in a low voice, and then he suddenly let out a long, lung-splitting scream, as if his soul was being torn apart, scaring Peter Pettigrew who was hiding aside and hearing it so that his face turned blue. Bai, trembling all over.
Compared to the busyness of others, Harry was the most laid-back.
Harry's quality of life has greatly improved since the Dursleys learned that he had a murderous godfather. He spent the entire summer vacation leisurely at home, during which time he also exchanged letters with Sirius twice. The letter was delivered by a colorful tropical bird, which meant that Sirius had left Great Britain and hid on a tropical island in southern Europe.
Hermione became much quieter during this summer vacation. Except for meal time, she almost stayed in her room reading. Interestingly, when Mrs. Granger knocked on the door several times and came in to offer condolences, she found that the book on her daughter's desk always had the same page open upwards.
Mr. Granger told several jokes at the dinner table but could not make his daughter smile. Of course, one cannot expect Mr. Granger, a dentist, to have much humor.
The person who knows her daughter best in this world is usually her mother. The attentive Mrs. Granger keenly noticed that her daughter was worried, and stopped her husband's childish joke with her eyes.
After dinner, mother and daughter chatted alone in Hermione's dormitory.
"Baby, are you unhappy about something?" Mrs. Granger's voice was gentle.
Hermione opened her mouth. She subconsciously wanted to say "I'm fine", but suddenly realized that she couldn't hide it from her mother.
"Mom, I..." There were so many things going on that Hermione didn't know where to start, but her voice started to sob uncontrollably.
Mrs. Granger hugged her daughter into her arms, "It doesn't matter. Let's talk about it when you are ready! Mom just wants you to know that she loves you and will support you at all times."
Hermione wiped away her tears and said, "Mom, I want to ask you, have you and your father ever had a fight?"
"Fool, of course there is, but -" Mrs. Granger showed a mischievous smile, "I know where the bottom line is, and I also know how to coax your father back."
"Listen, honey, differences in thoughts and ideas are inevitable between people because of their different origins and experiences. Even the two closest people cannot avoid quarrels and fights. Can you All you have to do is actively accept it.”
"Are you willing to accept it?" Hermione blinked and asked reluctantly.
"Of course, if this person is very important to you, you can also take the initiative to save the relationship. It may require you to make some changes and some compromises. As for whether it is worth it, it depends on how you measure it. We Hermione is so smart, she must know what to do, right?" Mrs. Granger said with a smile.
Hermione fell into a trance, and the past events were replayed in her mind one after another...
The boy stood in front of her and defeated the troll... The boy told her the identity of Nico Flamel... The boy persuaded her to write a letter to Dumbledore for the ignorant Ron on the train... The boy stood on the high platform in front of everyone. Grabbing her hand, that was the first time she successfully released the Patronus... The night she cried, the boy comforted her in the toilet... The day Buckbeak was sentenced to death, the boy said without any shirk. Help was promised...
Finally, the picture in her mind was of herself, Harry, and Ron being surrounded by more than a dozen Slytherin students, and the boy ruthlessly said the words of breaking off their relationship... Hermione bit her lower lip, as if she had made a decision in her heart.
At the beginning of the summer vacation, Meredith moved to Greengrass Manor. As three semesters passed, Meredith had shed the shackles of her past and let go of her senseless pride. She chose to have her family attached to Greengrass, which was the best decision for both the family and herself.
Mr. Greengrass was also extremely kind to her. Although this was due to Daphne's influence, he actually had a close friendship with the late Mr. Shafiq, and Meredith was considered an orphan of his old friend. In the end, he decided to accept Meredith as his goddaughter, who will treat him as father and daughter, and his two daughters as sisters. He also asked her and her house elf Dino to move to the manor to live together, becoming a real of a family.
Meredith, Daphne and Astoria have a very important task this summer - learning Occlumency.
As their future right-hand man, Xie Lin had already sternly told them that Occlumency was a necessary skill. Otherwise, they are likely to become Xie Lin's flaw and leak Xie Lin's secret. What's more, the use of Occlumency is not just to fight Legilimency, it can also help wizards resist the control of the Imperius Curse.
After Voldemort returns, the situation in Britain may fall into chaos, and the Imperius Curse is the biggest culprit. Whether it is Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade Village, the Ministry of Magic, Hogwarts, or even the major wizarding families, There will be people controlled by the Imperius Curse. Learning Occlumency can effectively prevent yourself from being controlled.
Xie Lin had already told them the principles and experience of Occlumency, and even specially obtained a Boggart through the black market for them to practice.
The three sensible girls also knew the seriousness of this matter and did not dare to neglect it. They practiced diligently every day since the beginning of the summer vacation, and finally achieved a small success before the end of July. It may not be enough to deal with master-level Legilimency or the Imperius Curse, but it is no longer a level that a Boggart can handle.
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