A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 515: The changes brought about by Anti Thief Waterfall

"Clown, warrior, lion, firebird...what do they refer to?" Ms. Burns asked tentatively. If the first two sentences opened the curtain of the era, then the last four sentences are obviously important roles on the stage. She actually had some guesses in her heart, and now she wanted to get confirmation from Dumbledore and Felix.

"Before things really happen, we can only get guesses." Dumbledore shook his head slightly.

"However, some things—such as the firebird's nirvana, don't they refer to the phoenix? Or people related to the phoenix?" Ms. Burns said, looking at Dumbledore unabashedly.

As we all know, the headmaster of Hogwarts has a phoenix named 'Fox'.

"That's one of the downsides of prophecy," said Dumbledore with a smile, "when you try to get to the 'truth', you're already stuck in it—I can think of a dozen or so that are related to the 'Firebird'." If you count foreign countries, there will be even more. It may represent some kind of magical animal, such as a phoenix; or some magic, such as a unique patron saint, transfiguration; it may even represent a state, a kind of Quality... what we guess at the moment is only what we hope to see."

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Time passed day by day, and Felix took the time to visit the Ancient Runes Association. Led by Keremi, they arrived at the office of the president of the Ancient Runes Association unimpeded—actually, it was an independent office. The study room is filled with various stone tablets, letters and ancient characters.

Felix saw old Vera at a glance. He was lying in front of the table with a row of rune cards on it, muttering words.

Kremi coughed twice, but the people at the table didn't react.

Cremy had no choice but to walk over, knocked on the table with her fingers, and reminded: "Grandfather, Professor Haipu is here..."

"Who's here?" Old Vera raised her head and looked at her blankly, her attention seemed to be still on the table, "Forget it, don't worry about that, first help me to understand how to understand here?" He waited for a few seconds, but didn't get a response, so he looked up casually, and when he met Felix's gaze, his eyes suddenly widened.

"I heard from Keremy that you have time recently, so you came here suddenly." Felix said with a smile: "I have read a few books you wrote recently, and I have some doubts. Discuss with you..."

Facts have proved that no matter how stubborn a person is, when someone offers a ladder, he will half push and half give.

At least Old Vera is such a person, he has compromised long ago, and doesn't care about embarrassment this time.

At the beginning, Felix asked a few symbolic questions, which just happened to talk about the pride of old Vera. Si's hand asked about the rune card.

"I want to compile an order according to difficulty, as a reference for learning." Old Vera said.

Felix was a little surprised when he heard that, he didn't expect him to be thinking about the textbook.

"Don't think I'm studying theoretical runes, but at least they have something in common." Old Vera reluctantly 'quoted' the definition proposed by Felix, explaining: "As long as I want, I can learn it in one day. Dozens of practical runes are not a problem at all, it’s just that writing and cognitive habits need to be adjusted.”

Felix understands that this is a trick. As the old Vera said, there is indeed some overlap between the two—theoretical runes and practical runes at the same time, the speed of learning must be very fast, but the rest will take a lot of time.

According to this idea, those old antiques in the Ancient Runes Association who have studied theoretical runes for a lifetime can actually master hundreds of runes casually, and the follow-up learning will not be too slow.

Of course, there are not so many practical runes on the market for them to learn. It's all in Felix's hands.

"Mr. Vera, I have one thing to ask you." Felix said, "This year's Hogwarts ancient runes course will be reformed, divided into a theoretical part and a practical part, and the two parts are separate. Exam. The theoretical part is okay, but the practical part needs to re-plan the teaching material-I think what you are doing now is very helpful for writing the teaching material."

"You mean to let me participate? Are you willing to give up this part of the rights?" Old Vera looked quite surprised.

"The decision is definitely still in my hands." Felix said calmly.

The ancient rune has been developed to the present, and it is no longer his alone, and there is no need for it at all. He only needs to keep an eye on the most important places without making mistakes, and it is enough not to let the development direction deviate from expectations.

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Before the start of school, a piece of good news finally came from Sword Castle. Anti-thief waterfall is complete.

"It seems different from Gringotts?" Sirius looked at the products in the laboratory.

In front of him is an arched door with straight sides, no different from a normal door frame, except that there is a half-arc on the top, and a thin water curtain hangs from the arc. Sirius and Ms. Burns One in front of the other, looking at the hazy figure of the other party through the water curtain.

"The principle has changed. I incorporated some rune circuits to replace the part of the goblin magic." Felix said. "The effect is similar. If you don't believe me, you can try it."

"What are we going to do? Is anyone carrying Polyjuice Potion?" Sirius looked at the others inquiringly, and they all shook their heads. He looked at Felix again, and Felix was smiling looking at him.

Sirius was a little dazed for a while, what does this mean. But suddenly he woke up.

"Animagus?"

Felix nodded at him, yes, that's what you think.

Sirius didn't refuse either, and his body quickly turned into a big dog covered in black fur. It has sleek fur and a large, bear-like body.

Sirius in the Animagus form looked a little excited, barked twice towards the surroundings, wagged his tail, and kept circling around Harry who came with him, looking extremely happy.

Ms. Burns' thick eyebrows twitched violently. She had to clear her throat—the **** dog had its front paws on Harry's shoulders by then. "Oh, Sirius, Ms. Burns seems to be calling you." Harry said with some effort, almost being thrown by it.

The **** dog circled the arch twice, and then slipped in from one side. The water curtain on the arch rippled in circles. Harry suddenly opened his eyes wide, as if seeing something incredible. matter.

The same is true. That thin layer of water curtain seemed to have another secret. Half of the head of the **** dog disappeared from one side, but did not appear on the other side immediately. It was completely unaware of all this, and walked forward on its own. When only two hind legs were left, half of its head appeared on the other side of the arch, as if the body of Sirius was taken by someone. After walking for a while, it looks very funny.

Harry shrugged his shoulders and suppressed a smile. The corners of the mouths of the others present, including Ms. Burns, also curled up.

But in the next second, the funny scene turned into a horror scene. The head of the **** dog began to be forced to shrink and deform, and the black hair quickly faded away, followed by his shoulders, arms and body parts, and he returned to his original form. Humanoid.

Shaking his head, Sirius didn't seem to know where he was, and it took a few seconds for him to wake up.

"It's amazing." He clicked his tongue in amazement, circling around the arch, his appearance was the same as when he transformed before, he put one hand into the water curtain, and then pulled it out again, the water curtain was not obvious this time The response was.

There was a round of applause in the laboratory.

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A week before school started, Felix got his new wand. Thirteen inches, of ebony, with a core of his own hair. When the fingers touched the wand, the fingertips suddenly became hot, and the wand vibrated slightly, as if jumping and cheering, impatiently waiting for his first spellcasting——

Felix held his wand and sliced ​​through the air like a sword—Ollivander watched intently—the 'rift' seemed to connect to another place, and expanded rapidly, sucking in the surroundings . The small wand shop seemed to change places suddenly, appearing in an overgrown and desolate place.

Everything seemed so real, the dim light, the swaying bushes, the howling howling, and Mr. Ollivander also smelled the smell of fresh earth brought by the wind. He tried to take two steps forward, but the result Hit something, but there was clearly nothing there.

"Illusions? No, more real than illusions..."

He plucked a handful of weeds from the ground and watched it become dots in his hands.

The next second, the entire illusion disappeared, and they were back in the wand shop. Felix nodded with satisfaction. Although the specific effect has yet to be verified, the magic of the thinking cabin alone has made significant progress. He can more easily make the memories in his head appear in reality, "It's much better than I expected. Thank you, Mr. Ollivander, you are the best wand master I have ever met."

"It's you who matches the wand," Mr. Ollivander said with a wry smile, "Even if you change the person or the material, it won't have the same effect."

Afterwards, Felix paid enough.

"Speaking of which, I must also thank you," said Mr. Ollivander, "thanks to your reminder, I have discovered two groups of sneakers."

"A Death Eater?"

"Maybe," Mr. Ollivander himself was not sure, "Those people are hiding their heads and showing their tails. Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic has issued alarms to every shop. Just click on the Aurors patrolling the street. will arrive quickly, and they don't have time to do anything."

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"Remus, nice to meet you, I thought you forgot us." Sirius hugged Lupin, pretending to complain.

"He may not have forgotten you, but he must have forgotten me as the boss." Felix said quietly from the side.

"Ahem——" Lupine looked away guiltily.

"What the **** is going on?" Sirius asked, as they sat in the living room of Black's old house, waiting for everyone to arrive for the meeting.

"Encountering a closed and exclusive community." Lupine explained. "It would be unwise to risk contact with the outside world under the noses of a group of sensitive werewolves. I stayed until the end of the matter." He had lingering fear on his face "One or two times I almost thought I wouldn't be able to come back."

Sirius didn't say anything, just patted him on the back twice.

Kingsley and Emmeline Vance came, and everyone gave a warm welcome to Emmeline's recovery, and the taciturn witch kept smiling.

Soon, Snape also appeared. Everyone entered the meeting room one after another. "Don't count on eavesdropping, I can do magic," Mrs. Weasley warned the children.

"Say it like it's the first time you've done it," Fred muttered. The door slammed shut in front of him.

In the conference room——

Snape was the first to speak.

"What I am reading next is a top-secret document. At the request of Headmaster Dumbledore, it is not allowed to be mentioned publicly on any occasion, and it is not allowed to be disclosed to non-Phoenix members." He deliberately glanced at Sirius , Sirius "cut".

"According to reliable information, the Dark Lord—the Mysterious Man," Snape changed his expression expressionlessly, "he has a strong interest in something in the Department of Mysteries, and is sparing no effort to search..."

"After the Thieves Falls?" interrupted Sirius.

"...you'll find that that thing can't stop him." Snape said lightly.

"I know his ability, I have fought with him—"

"You mean run away?"

Snape and Sirius were almost at each other's throats, causing everyone else quite a headache.

"Okay, we can put the greeting after the meeting," Kingsley said.

"...Given the failure of using the Imperius Curse to control the Silent Man Broderick Bird for the first time, he may send Death Eaters to collect information-he has shortcomings in this regard, and once served in the Department of Mysteries The former Death Eater, August Rookwood, was imprisoned in Azkaban again..."

"...The Anti-thief Waterfall is not omnipotent. It cannot detect people's hearts. Whether it is willing, forced, or inadvertently revealing secrets, it cannot detect or warn..."

Snape finished speaking, and then leaned back in the chair without saying a word.

"Hey, let me continue with this topic," Kingsley said calmly, "We have already prepared for this, that kind of thing has been cast with complicated protection magic, and the silent people who can come into contact with it in normal ways Strictly restricted, but there may be loopholes during the time after work, Dumbledore persuaded Ms. Burns to let the Order of the Phoenix take on the protection task, the reason is to avoid leaking information."

Not everyone in the Order of the Phoenix knew about Voldemort's goals, so when they talked about the prophecy ball, they used "that thing" to refer to it.

"I don't have much to say here," Sirius said, "We are somewhat relieved to have the Anti-Thief Falls. Amelia decided to set up one in Azkaban, and the time is tentatively scheduled for the day after tomorrow... ..." His tone suddenly became complicated, if he had this thing a few years ago, he would definitely not be able to escape.

Snape raised his head, his eyes flickering with a strange light. He said softly: "Azkaban? Are you here too? Yes, I don't think you will miss it. You met a lot of friends there..."

The meeting room almost turned into an arena.

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After the meeting was over, members of the Order of the Phoenix who had no mission stayed to enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea, while Snape and Professor McGonagall left for their own business. Felix stared at Snape's disappearing figure, and asked Mr. Weasley, "Has he been this busy?"

"Maybe, he won't stay much on weekdays." Mr. Weasley muttered. They came to the living room and sat down, and within a few moments Mrs Weasley and Tonks appeared with some dessert plates ~IndoMTL.com~ Note the last step. " Mrs. Weasley reminded.

"Oh, yes," said Tonks, and the plate came out of his hand, banging his head against the umbrella stand.

Felix moved his fingers and let the plate fall on the table.

"Thanks, I keep forgetting there's something here," Tonks said distressedly.

"Actually, that umbrella stand was moved here from the foyer two days ago," said Ginny behind her strangely, "because you always bump into it when you come back from get off work..."

Tonks covered Ginny's mouth in anger, and she ran away screaming.

"Where's Frank and Alice?" asked Felix, who hadn't been here in a while.

"They have traveled a long way, and they should go to the giant's territory." Mr. Weasley said.

On the other side, Bill was chatting with Sirius and Lupine.

"The goblins are very angry, you know, because of the Thieves Falls." Bill said the information he found in the office.

"Bad excuse, they don't want to support either of us," said Sirius.

"If you have dealt with them, you will find that goblins have a different concept than ordinary people, and to be precise, they are different from wizards." Bill shrugged and said: "They are really angry, thinking that wizards stole them. technology... But you are right, they really don't intend to stand on our side..."

"Sirius, when are you going to leave the Ministry?" Lupine asked. What he asked was not when Sirius was off duty at the Ministry of Magic, but when he would withdraw. According to the plan, Sirius would become a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts in the new school year.

"The day before school starts." Sirius said hesitantly.

"You won't be reluctant, will you?" Bill said with a smile.

"Ha, what are you kidding, I wish I could leave sooner."