NOVEL NEXT Master Druid at Hogwarts
Chapter 67 Don't Guess the Kitty's Mind
Chapter 67 Don't Guess the Kitty's Mind
In the days that followed, the professors and students at Hogwarts discovered to their astonishment that Fish had started to listen to the lectures seriously!
Not only did I listen carefully during class, but I also did not miss homework after class.
Although those words were written like a cat crawling, and the content was also a hammer here and there without a focus, but it was already a very rare thing for Fish to sit down and do his homework!
What surprised everyone even more was that Fish stopped messing around in his spare time, but went to the library and read some books related to Transfiguration seriously...
But often without reading two pages, Fish would just lie on the table and fall asleep.
The changes brought about by Fisher's series of behaviors, apart from surprising everyone, made the library suddenly overcrowded, which greatly increased Mrs. Pince's workload, and made the already bad-tempered She became more severe.
Of course, the same thing as before was that Fish, the culprit, was still given preferential treatment. When he was sleeping in the library, Mrs. Pince even lowered his roar to almost a whisper.
"Professor McGonagall must have done something! Her education to Fish has already paid off!"
Hermione swore to her study group partners that she had been a loyal supporter of Professor McGonagall from the very beginning, and her ideal was to become a witch like Professor McGonagall.
However, some little witches think that she actually wants to follow the parent route.
No matter what Hermione's real purpose is, everyone agrees with her statement. Who made Fish spend most of his spare time flipping through books on transfiguration, or pestering Professor McGonagall to ask questions? Ask east and west.
Percy leaned over to listen to it, and when he came back, he said that the transfiguration skills that the two McGonagalls were talking about were at least at the level of OWLs.
This information, which was just a surprise to others, made Hermione, a little witch, inexplicably nervous. She silently added another hour to the time she spent in the library...
It's a pity that because there are too many people crowding the library recently, she can't even guarantee the original time. Although she can borrow books back to the dormitory to read, it is still a bit inconvenient compared to the library.
Besides...you can't see Fish in the dormitory.
Having Fish by her side while she was studying was simply the best treat for Hermione.
It didn't matter to Fish how much Hermione and the other students tried to squeeze their way into the library, or how much Mrs. Pince's workload increased.
The important thing is that his Transfiguration has hit a bottleneck.
The spell of transfiguration, turning a living thing into a dead thing, and turning a dead thing into a living thing, are completely two concepts.
Fish could now easily turn an owl into a wooden stake, but he couldn't turn a wooden stake into a living owl. The resulting owl was either a corpse or a wooden carving.
The same is true for the Golden Snitch and the broomstick that were transformed from stones and sticks. Although they are not living creatures, Fisch's transformation is even more ostentatious, not to mention flying around. will move.
It didn't take much time for Fish to turn living things into dead things, and living things into living things. Most of his learning time was spent on the bottleneck of how to turn dead things into living things.
However, no matter whether he asked Minerva or flipped through books in the library, the answers Fish got were that his understanding of Transfiguration was not deep enough, the spells he cast were not proficient enough, and his willpower was not firm enough when casting them.
very angry.
"How do I know why Meow has to shake the wand when casting spells! And how to be firm in your beliefs, you can tell me, Meow!"
Fish frantically ruffled his hair, his patience for learning Transfiguration was running out.
Throwing "Transfiguration, Little Details You Didn't Know" borrowed from the library on the bed, Fish turned back into a tabby cat and walked outside.
Although Professor McGonagall fooled him into studying and doing his homework, the nightly inspection of the site and the supper prepared by the elves were absolutely indispensable to Fish.
As for the school's curfew, that thing was useless to Fish, even Harry in the dormitory didn't bother to stop him long ago.
Not only was he too lazy to stop him, but after getting acquainted with Fish, his roommates would even use him for their own benefit.
"Fish, if you come back before twelve o'clock, please bring me something to eat."
Seamus Finnigan's voice sounded behind him, followed by Ron's echo, "And me!"
Fisch gave a "meow" without looking back, which was his agreement.
After walking out of Gryffindor's dormitory, Fish was wandering aimlessly in the castle. As he walked, he stopped suddenly and stood there in a daze. He continued to stay motionless in mid-air.
At the same time, on Fish's small head, the pair of triangular pointed ears turned back and forth a few times, and one of them was aimed at the direction of the corner.
"What's the matter with your Transfiguration? It has suddenly improved so much?"
A voice that Fish had no impression of came from the other side of the corner.
"I'm telling you quietly, don't tell others," another voice that was also unfamiliar to Fish replied, "I found a magical room, and my Transfiguration was raised there."
"What room? Where is it?"
"I suspect that it is the mysterious Flying Room that has been circulating in Hogwarts, and some people call it the Room of Requirement..."
The second voice explained to the first voice in detail how to enter the Room of Requirement, and then there was a sound of footsteps gradually going away from the corner.
"Meow?"
Fish tilted his head, and was very interested in the Room of Requirement that the two mentioned, but what puzzled him was...
Why can't I smell the scent of those two people, and the footsteps of leaving are obviously only one person?
The curious Fish quietly slipped to the corner, poked his head out and observed.
|ΦωΦ=)
However, the corridor on the other side was empty, and there was no one in sight.
strangeness……
Fish raised his hind leg in doubt and scratched his chin, then quickly gave up thinking, let's go shopping first.
After making up his mind, Fish raised his tail and walked in a random direction with small steps.
This is a matter of course, learning Transfiguration, where eating, drinking and having fun is important!
Professor Quirrell, who was hiding aside with the illusion technique, looked at the direction Fish was heading for, and was slightly taken aback.
That's not the way to the Room of Requirement!
Of course he was responsible for the previous conversation. After trying to find a way to enter the trapdoor to no avail, Quirrell still pinned his idea on Fish.
His plan was to lure Fish into the Room of Requirement, and then manipulate him with the Imperius Curse to force his way through the trapdoor guarded by the three-headed dog.
As for why not just find an opportunity to use the Imperius Curse on Fish, the main reason is that there are too many ghosts in the portraits of Hogwarts, and after being hit by the Imperius Curse, his behavior will become relatively dull, and Fish is usually a special character. He is a maverick guy, so if he doesn't pay attention, he may be noticed as abnormal. He must first find a place to practice how to control Fish, so that his behavior will not be so easy to slip through.
This is one of the reasons why Quirrell didn't use the Imperius Curse to find the Philosopher's Stone.
The more important reason is... Quirrell himself is not very good at the Imperius Curse. After all, before he was brainwashed by Voldemort, he was still an upright wizard, and it is normal to have little experience in the Unforgivable Curse.
However, Voldemort, who is good at this spell, is dying at this time. It is really difficult to use the Imperius Curse to control other professors, so they can only find students like Fish.
Voldemort, who is now in a weak state, has to be more cautious. He can't act rashly until he has the exact information about the Sorcerer's Stone. In order to ensure success to the greatest extent, he specially told Quirrell how to enter the Room of Requirement.
Then there was Quirrell's plan to pretend to be someone else to talk to, and lure Fish to the Room of Requirement...
Unfortunately, it appears that the plan has failed so far.
Seeing that Fish did not go directly to the Room of Requirement, Quirrell hesitated for a moment, and did not choose to seduce again, but silently followed behind him.
Fortunately, today is the weekend, and Fish has already done many things during the day, such as visiting Lu Wei and so on, so after wandering around for a while, Fish, who felt a little bored, turned his head and walked to the eighth floor.
Only then did Quirrell, who had been quietly following behind him, heaved a sigh of relief, and entered the Room of Requirement one step ahead of time, and lay in ambush inside.
According to the information provided in his head, Fish arrived in front of a tapestry with a painting of Barnabas beating a fool with a troll stick, but he was not in a hurry to go in.
Of course Fish didn't know that Quirrell was ambushing him, he was mainly interested in the tapestry in front of him.
Squatting in front of the tapestry, watching the troll beat silly Barnaba five or six times, and licked and scratched his fur for a while, then Fish stood up slowly, following the method he heard , walked back and forth three times in front of the tapestry.
After walking three times, a smooth door appeared on the wall. Fish, who had turned into a human form, pushed the door open and walked in carelessly.
Walking into the room, Fish saw several broomsticks and several crates containing golden snitches piled up in the corner.
"Meow ha ha ha ha! You really helped me solve this problem!" (●>▽<●)
Fish put his hands on his hips, looked up to the sky and laughed.
Ignoring those broomsticks, Fish stepped forward, took out a golden snitch from the box and stuffed it into his pocket. After hesitating for a while, he took another one.
Although according to the information Fish heard, what he thought before entering the door should be "a room for practicing transfiguration", but the little cat's thinking is - if he can get toys directly, why bother to learn transfiguration?
So he directly changed the request to "a room where the Golden Snitch can be obtained."
Fei Xu is smart! <(￣︶￣)>
Satisfied, Fish left the Room of Requirement with two Snitches in his arms.
On the other side, Professor Quirrell, who was ambush in the "transfiguration practice room" one step earlier, couldn't wait for Fish's arrival.
Quirrell: "Why haven't you come..."
……
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I can only explain the Imperius Curse in this way, because I really can’t think of why Rickylow didn’t use the Imperius Curse in the original book, and he didn’t even use it when he asked Harry where the Sorcerer’s Stone was at the end... ┑(￣ Д￣)┍
As for the Room of Requirement, the setting in the original book is a room with a transformation spell cast on it. If there are people inside, it cannot be transformed again.
But in this case, Neville relied on the Room of Requirement to hide from the Death Eaters. It doesn’t make sense here. The Death Eaters invaded Hogwarts from here. It is impossible not to search here. There are others.
In addition to the needs of the plot, I have slightly changed the setting here. The House of Response is set to be a huge space, and then according to the requirements of different people, a part of the space will be divided to change into different rooms.
This also better explains where the items stacked in the different rooms were put, and why Crabbe was able to burn down the entire Room of Requirement in the end.
(End of this chapter)
In the days that followed, the professors and students at Hogwarts discovered to their astonishment that Fish had started to listen to the lectures seriously!
Not only did I listen carefully during class, but I also did not miss homework after class.
Although those words were written like a cat crawling, and the content was also a hammer here and there without a focus, but it was already a very rare thing for Fish to sit down and do his homework!
What surprised everyone even more was that Fish stopped messing around in his spare time, but went to the library and read some books related to Transfiguration seriously...
But often without reading two pages, Fish would just lie on the table and fall asleep.
The changes brought about by Fisher's series of behaviors, apart from surprising everyone, made the library suddenly overcrowded, which greatly increased Mrs. Pince's workload, and made the already bad-tempered She became more severe.
Of course, the same thing as before was that Fish, the culprit, was still given preferential treatment. When he was sleeping in the library, Mrs. Pince even lowered his roar to almost a whisper.
"Professor McGonagall must have done something! Her education to Fish has already paid off!"
Hermione swore to her study group partners that she had been a loyal supporter of Professor McGonagall from the very beginning, and her ideal was to become a witch like Professor McGonagall.
However, some little witches think that she actually wants to follow the parent route.
No matter what Hermione's real purpose is, everyone agrees with her statement. Who made Fish spend most of his spare time flipping through books on transfiguration, or pestering Professor McGonagall to ask questions? Ask east and west.
Percy leaned over to listen to it, and when he came back, he said that the transfiguration skills that the two McGonagalls were talking about were at least at the level of OWLs.
This information, which was just a surprise to others, made Hermione, a little witch, inexplicably nervous. She silently added another hour to the time she spent in the library...
It's a pity that because there are too many people crowding the library recently, she can't even guarantee the original time. Although she can borrow books back to the dormitory to read, it is still a bit inconvenient compared to the library.
Besides...you can't see Fish in the dormitory.
Having Fish by her side while she was studying was simply the best treat for Hermione.
It didn't matter to Fish how much Hermione and the other students tried to squeeze their way into the library, or how much Mrs. Pince's workload increased.
The important thing is that his Transfiguration has hit a bottleneck.
The spell of transfiguration, turning a living thing into a dead thing, and turning a dead thing into a living thing, are completely two concepts.
Fish could now easily turn an owl into a wooden stake, but he couldn't turn a wooden stake into a living owl. The resulting owl was either a corpse or a wooden carving.
The same is true for the Golden Snitch and the broomstick that were transformed from stones and sticks. Although they are not living creatures, Fisch's transformation is even more ostentatious, not to mention flying around. will move.
It didn't take much time for Fish to turn living things into dead things, and living things into living things. Most of his learning time was spent on the bottleneck of how to turn dead things into living things.
However, no matter whether he asked Minerva or flipped through books in the library, the answers Fish got were that his understanding of Transfiguration was not deep enough, the spells he cast were not proficient enough, and his willpower was not firm enough when casting them.
very angry.
"How do I know why Meow has to shake the wand when casting spells! And how to be firm in your beliefs, you can tell me, Meow!"
Fish frantically ruffled his hair, his patience for learning Transfiguration was running out.
Throwing "Transfiguration, Little Details You Didn't Know" borrowed from the library on the bed, Fish turned back into a tabby cat and walked outside.
Although Professor McGonagall fooled him into studying and doing his homework, the nightly inspection of the site and the supper prepared by the elves were absolutely indispensable to Fish.
As for the school's curfew, that thing was useless to Fish, even Harry in the dormitory didn't bother to stop him long ago.
Not only was he too lazy to stop him, but after getting acquainted with Fish, his roommates would even use him for their own benefit.
"Fish, if you come back before twelve o'clock, please bring me something to eat."
Seamus Finnigan's voice sounded behind him, followed by Ron's echo, "And me!"
Fisch gave a "meow" without looking back, which was his agreement.
After walking out of Gryffindor's dormitory, Fish was wandering aimlessly in the castle. As he walked, he stopped suddenly and stood there in a daze. He continued to stay motionless in mid-air.
At the same time, on Fish's small head, the pair of triangular pointed ears turned back and forth a few times, and one of them was aimed at the direction of the corner.
"What's the matter with your Transfiguration? It has suddenly improved so much?"
A voice that Fish had no impression of came from the other side of the corner.
"I'm telling you quietly, don't tell others," another voice that was also unfamiliar to Fish replied, "I found a magical room, and my Transfiguration was raised there."
"What room? Where is it?"
"I suspect that it is the mysterious Flying Room that has been circulating in Hogwarts, and some people call it the Room of Requirement..."
The second voice explained to the first voice in detail how to enter the Room of Requirement, and then there was a sound of footsteps gradually going away from the corner.
"Meow?"
Fish tilted his head, and was very interested in the Room of Requirement that the two mentioned, but what puzzled him was...
Why can't I smell the scent of those two people, and the footsteps of leaving are obviously only one person?
The curious Fish quietly slipped to the corner, poked his head out and observed.
|ΦωΦ=)
However, the corridor on the other side was empty, and there was no one in sight.
strangeness……
Fish raised his hind leg in doubt and scratched his chin, then quickly gave up thinking, let's go shopping first.
After making up his mind, Fish raised his tail and walked in a random direction with small steps.
This is a matter of course, learning Transfiguration, where eating, drinking and having fun is important!
Professor Quirrell, who was hiding aside with the illusion technique, looked at the direction Fish was heading for, and was slightly taken aback.
That's not the way to the Room of Requirement!
Of course he was responsible for the previous conversation. After trying to find a way to enter the trapdoor to no avail, Quirrell still pinned his idea on Fish.
His plan was to lure Fish into the Room of Requirement, and then manipulate him with the Imperius Curse to force his way through the trapdoor guarded by the three-headed dog.
As for why not just find an opportunity to use the Imperius Curse on Fish, the main reason is that there are too many ghosts in the portraits of Hogwarts, and after being hit by the Imperius Curse, his behavior will become relatively dull, and Fish is usually a special character. He is a maverick guy, so if he doesn't pay attention, he may be noticed as abnormal. He must first find a place to practice how to control Fish, so that his behavior will not be so easy to slip through.
This is one of the reasons why Quirrell didn't use the Imperius Curse to find the Philosopher's Stone.
The more important reason is... Quirrell himself is not very good at the Imperius Curse. After all, before he was brainwashed by Voldemort, he was still an upright wizard, and it is normal to have little experience in the Unforgivable Curse.
However, Voldemort, who is good at this spell, is dying at this time. It is really difficult to use the Imperius Curse to control other professors, so they can only find students like Fish.
Voldemort, who is now in a weak state, has to be more cautious. He can't act rashly until he has the exact information about the Sorcerer's Stone. In order to ensure success to the greatest extent, he specially told Quirrell how to enter the Room of Requirement.
Then there was Quirrell's plan to pretend to be someone else to talk to, and lure Fish to the Room of Requirement...
Unfortunately, it appears that the plan has failed so far.
Seeing that Fish did not go directly to the Room of Requirement, Quirrell hesitated for a moment, and did not choose to seduce again, but silently followed behind him.
Fortunately, today is the weekend, and Fish has already done many things during the day, such as visiting Lu Wei and so on, so after wandering around for a while, Fish, who felt a little bored, turned his head and walked to the eighth floor.
Only then did Quirrell, who had been quietly following behind him, heaved a sigh of relief, and entered the Room of Requirement one step ahead of time, and lay in ambush inside.
According to the information provided in his head, Fish arrived in front of a tapestry with a painting of Barnabas beating a fool with a troll stick, but he was not in a hurry to go in.
Of course Fish didn't know that Quirrell was ambushing him, he was mainly interested in the tapestry in front of him.
Squatting in front of the tapestry, watching the troll beat silly Barnaba five or six times, and licked and scratched his fur for a while, then Fish stood up slowly, following the method he heard , walked back and forth three times in front of the tapestry.
After walking three times, a smooth door appeared on the wall. Fish, who had turned into a human form, pushed the door open and walked in carelessly.
Walking into the room, Fish saw several broomsticks and several crates containing golden snitches piled up in the corner.
"Meow ha ha ha ha! You really helped me solve this problem!" (●>▽<●)
Fish put his hands on his hips, looked up to the sky and laughed.
Ignoring those broomsticks, Fish stepped forward, took out a golden snitch from the box and stuffed it into his pocket. After hesitating for a while, he took another one.
Although according to the information Fish heard, what he thought before entering the door should be "a room for practicing transfiguration", but the little cat's thinking is - if he can get toys directly, why bother to learn transfiguration?
So he directly changed the request to "a room where the Golden Snitch can be obtained."
Fei Xu is smart! <(￣︶￣)>
Satisfied, Fish left the Room of Requirement with two Snitches in his arms.
On the other side, Professor Quirrell, who was ambush in the "transfiguration practice room" one step earlier, couldn't wait for Fish's arrival.
Quirrell: "Why haven't you come..."
……
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I can only explain the Imperius Curse in this way, because I really can’t think of why Rickylow didn’t use the Imperius Curse in the original book, and he didn’t even use it when he asked Harry where the Sorcerer’s Stone was at the end... ┑(￣ Д￣)┍
As for the Room of Requirement, the setting in the original book is a room with a transformation spell cast on it. If there are people inside, it cannot be transformed again.
But in this case, Neville relied on the Room of Requirement to hide from the Death Eaters. It doesn’t make sense here. The Death Eaters invaded Hogwarts from here. It is impossible not to search here. There are others.
In addition to the needs of the plot, I have slightly changed the setting here. The House of Response is set to be a huge space, and then according to the requirements of different people, a part of the space will be divided to change into different rooms.
This also better explains where the items stacked in the different rooms were put, and why Crabbe was able to burn down the entire Room of Requirement in the end.
(End of this chapter)
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