The Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts is always up for business

0156 Fire Dragon Mystery

After coming out of Professor McGonagall's office, Aini was going to go to the library first. Today is Saturday, and that's where Hermione frequented.

The library is on the second floor with the current director's office, but far away.

After getting used to life in the wizarding world, one of the first things people learn is - don't trust your eyes.

You thought that was a doorknob?No, it's actually a three-dimensional portrait.

It clearly looks like a wall.Don't panic, just walking through it will get you to another place.

Ordinary three bedrooms and one living room?

No, no, after opening the door, you may see a grassland, enough to accommodate more than a dozen men with horses, as well as their horses, cattle and sheep.

Come to think of it, even Mr. Weasley's old Ford can accommodate their entire family, what about Hogwarts?

It's just that most areas are not open.

After all, the original intention of building Hogwarts was to protect a pure land in darkness and chaos. It was clearly built as a fortress of war. If the firepower is fully activated, the magic power required to be invested is extremely terrifying. Maybe even the current state of magic power nodes may not be able to afford it. rise.

On the way to the library, Aini resisted the urge to activate the magic perception. Sylvie's warning was still in his ears. Mr. Scamander didn't want to squat in front of the castle with an umbrella in his hand one day in the future, waiting And chat with this big guy.

After acquiring the incomplete version of the ability to see and know, this thousand-year-old castle is too tempting for him. Aini believes that even if he can only analyze the most obvious part of it, it is definitely a huge gain beyond imagination. .

In this way, he can only let his thoughts wander wildly, so as not to feel like being scratched by a cat when he looks around after calming down.

Even if the magic power perception is not turned on, Aini can still sense the magic power roaring around him now. I really don't know what a spectacular scene it will be when this castle is fully activated.

There is no doubt that the Big Four must have put a lot of effort into the land they recognized, and the power in it must be earth-shattering.

However, with the reputation and strength of the Big Four at that time, the defense measures of the ancient castle had never been fully activated. If it had a spirit, perhaps it would be regrettable.

Aini would really like to see its true appearance, but now most of the energy supply in the magic power node is directed to the greenhouse, the potion science office, the outskirts of the forbidden forest, etc., for cultivating materials or refining potions. Deployment will obviously cause unnecessary losses.

Furthermore, he currently lacks the authority of Slytherin, so it is destined that his small wish will be difficult to achieve.

Huh?

Aini suddenly felt that he had missed something, but when he recalled it, he had no clue...

"Professor S... Scamander."

Hearing the call behind him, Aini stopped thinking about it, anyway, even if he couldn't find the answer for a while, it would be good to plow the castle slowly with magic perception in the future.

"Sir, here is the photo you asked for."

Colin Creevey ran over panting, and handed a thick paper package to Aini.

"Thank you, Mr. Creevey. But how did you find me?"

Ernie's initial impression of Colin Creevey was that the boy could always find Harry Potter and express his admiration to him.

Don't think this is easy to do, just think about how difficult it is to find a senior with a different course in college without a mobile phone.

"I heard Mr.'s footsteps downstairs, and I happened to catch up with the photo."

Colin smiled as if relieved, Professor Scamander paid a full Galleon, his pocket money is not much, this unexpected money can bring some "decent" gifts to his family at Christmas.

After hearing his answer, Aini murmured to himself that it was as expected, presumably it was because of his extraordinary hearing that Colin could always catch Harry right.

"Professor, Muggle photos can't be moved, but senior George gave me a bottle of developing potion, are you satisfied with the effect?"

Speaking of this, the boy was a little nervous, making the photos move was still a brand new field for him, especially...

The behavior of those Lockharts was really not very friendly.

Hearing that Aini picked up the paper bag, the edges and corners on the top collapsed softly. It seems that Colin has been carrying it for the past two days.

Ernie took out a few photos, the Lockhart on the top was sticking to the edge of the photo, as if trying to escape from it, and the other Lockhart was covering his face, but it might have been squeezed too hard His nose was itchy and unbearable, he sneezed loudly, and immediately added two bright marks on the white milk stain.

Lockhart in the rest of the photos is also evasive, not at all like when he was rushing to be on camera.

But no matter how they dodge, after a period of time, they will pose as when Ai Ni presses the shutter, with white milk spraying from his nostrils, which looks extremely funny, and there is no point for the winner of the "Most Charming Smile Award" appearance?

"It's perfect, Mr. Creevey. Perhaps I should place a long-term order from you. If you can still capture such an interesting work, ten photos are a Galleon."

Aini cheerfully gave the boy five Galleons. The deal was a steady profit. It not only supported the younger generation, but I believe that Mr. Lockhart would be "willing" to pay a good price for these excellent works.

Not mentioning that his own plan needs to hit his confidence in the early stage, at least he must return all the money the students paid for the books.

Thirty to forty Galleons, if Hogwarts hadn't temporarily increased the student subsidies...

Aini shook his head and stopped thinking about it. After talking for a few words, he bid farewell to the happy Colin. Before turning around, Aini heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from behind.

"Hey, Hermione, what's the matter, you don't look very well."

Seeing the girl's angry look, Aini laughed and teased her.

The little witch glared at him angrily, why does she look bad, don't you have any idea?

The escaped Welsh green dragon, the badly damaged Gringotts, and the goblin with unknown injuries, these things have been lingering in her mind for several days.

According to the "Daily Prophet" report, at dawn on September 9, when the night watch goblin was inspecting the underground vault, he was attacked by a fire dragon that had secretly broken free, and lit candles.

Because of the haste, and as the guard of the basement, the fire dragon was already engraved with magic lines, and it would not trigger the dense magic circle and curse when it acted. The goblin suffered heavy losses for a while, and was successfully broken through by the Welsh green dragon. Go out and set a fire in the lobby before leaving.

Afterwards, the British Ministry of Magic and Gringotts conducted a large-scale search of the surrounding area, but found nothing.The fire dragon seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, leaving no trace behind.

The little wizards talked about it a lot, and the heat has not dissipated until today. There are also different speculations about the cause, some sound plausible, and more are very outrageous.

But no matter what everyone said, Hermione had no interest in participating.

She participated in the prologue of the Gringotts fire dragon incident throughout!