Chapter 65 Nicholas

Compared with the depressing and depressing atmosphere of Harry's trio, the atmosphere at Sherrin's place was full of joy and excitement.

When the Quidditch match was announced to be over, the person who was most in the limelight was not the captains of both Quidditch teams, or even Cedric who caught the Golden Snitch and saved the day - it was Sherrin!

I don’t know who took the lead and shouted out Schelling’s name first. Soon, the stadium stands were filled with excitement.

"Xie Lin! Xie Lin! Xie Lin!..." Everyone cheered loudly with all their strength.

Huge waves of sound, like the tide in flood season, one after another, starting from the Slytherin stands, then the Hufflepuff stands, then the Ravenclaw stands...

The little wizards raised their hands in the air and shouted heartily. At this moment, everyone forgot about the difference in blood and the difference in academy. They only remembered - it was Xie Lin! It is he who brings hope! It was he who brought the courage! It was he who led everyone to defeat the terrifying Dementors! It is he who brings everyone's hearts together!

People cheered heartily, and some even had tears in their eyes with excitement. The originally dark cloudy sky seemed to have been shaken open by the cheers that resounded through the sky, and a trace of golden morning light leaked out and sprinkled on the stadium.

During dinner time, the students gathered in the auditorium to eat dinner and excitedly discuss today's events. The atmosphere was very lively.

Schelling walked to the Hufflepuff long table, congratulated Cedric, and got to know the Hufflepuff players one by one under his introduction.

After a passionate conversation, the players all had a good impression of this polite classmate. When Xie Lin was leaving, he was intercepted by several senior girls from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. They gathered in the center and asked for advice on the Patronus Charm. Most of them are students in fifth grade or above. They had some contempt for the previous exchange meeting on the Patronus Charm, and now they can only secretly regret it.

Xie Lin briefly gave some key points and asked them to try it out first, and then come to him for advice if they had any questions. After Xie Lin agreed, the girls returned to their seats happily.

After getting rid of the entanglement of the girls, Xie Lin was about to walk back, but was blocked by Murray. She said in a sour tone, "You are so popular!"

Xie Lin coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment, "Everyone is just overly excited because of what happened today..." Xie Lin forcefully changed the subject, "You performed really well today, I saw your patron saint! Under the influence of so many Dementors, it is a great thing to be able to release a complete physical Patronus!"

Suddenly praised by Xie Lin, a blush appeared on Murray's face, and he said calmly: "You, you too... I saw your patron saint today... I want to say, your patron saint is so powerful!"

Schelling smiled and said: "Actually, there is no absolute relationship between the strength of a patron saint and its size. There are many small but powerful patron saints in history. For example, the patron saint of Ilyus in the Middle Ages was a very powerful mouse. ;For example, the witch Symborcia Lore a century ago - her patronus was an amazingly powerful little ladybug... So my patronus just looks scary, but it's really nothing."

Murray rolled his eyes at Sherrin, "You are still so hypocritical - why don't you say that there was a wizard named Invincible Andros in ancient Greece. His patron saint was as big as a giant, which allowed him to survive in his time. Invincible. What's more, I feel that your patron saint is not in its true complete form - are you holding back? I feel that if you really go all out, your patron saint will probably not be as good as the principal's phoenix patron saint. How much different."

Xie Lin shook his head, "Then you really think highly of me. I'm just a third-year student. How can I be compared with the principal?"

Murray thought for a while, as if he had thought of some unspeakable words. He lowered his head slightly, held the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands, and said softly: "Today, thank you for today. It was you who protected everyone, and it was you who allowed me to be here." Finding the courage to summon my patron saint in such a desperate situation... Also, your performance today is really handsome!" After saying this, Mo Rui's ears turned red, and she turned around and ran out in a hurry. Great Hall, back to the Ravenclaw dormitory.

That's it? Girls are still quite thin-skinned. Xie Lin thought they would at least kiss her on the face... Well, Xie Lin was overthinking it...

After enjoying a rich dinner, Xie Lin returned to the dormitory room, but saw Dobby in the room after a long absence.

Dobby said respectfully: "Little master, Dobby has found Mr. Nicholas's location. We can go there at any time. Do you want to leave now?"

As early as after the Patronus Charm exchange meeting, Xie Lin had already started to develop an "anti-sickness bracelet". With his unremitting efforts, he used the past three weeks to successfully produce a prototype of the trial version of the anti-sickness bracelet. Out. According to the experimental results, it can indeed prevent the discomfort caused by magical transformation. However, if the transformation process is too violent or the rotation time is too long, the bracelet may break, so Schelling still needs to further improve it.

Although the current anti-sickness bracelets are still not suitable for long-distance magic transfer, how can the wealthy Xie Lin have nothing to do? He put five bracelets on each of his arms before taking Dobby's hand. , letting Dobby take him with him to apparate. After apparating again and again and breaking off five anti-sickness bracelets, they successfully apparated to the Black Forest of Germany, thousands of miles away.

Xie Lin was quite satisfied with this journey. Although half of the bracelets on his body were broken off, he did not feel even the slightest side effects of the transformation. As a protagonist, this is how he should be. How could he be dizzy and vomiting due to magical transformation? That’s too low a price!

The Black Forest lives up to its name. Like the Forbidden Forest, it is also a dark and dark forest, covering a very vast area. In addition to elves, bowtruckles and various magical creatures, there are also some dark creatures such as hags and tribes of vampires. Quirrell was often entangled by them during his travels.

Erklings are close relatives of house elves. They are larger than goblins, with an average height of three feet. They have long, pointed faces and especially like the smell of children. Small children will be entranced by the raucous cackles of the goblins. They use this method to lure children away from their guardians and then eat them. This is why, even though they can speak human language, they are still classified as "beasts". The German Ministry of Magic has strictly controlled the number of evil spirits. Today, the number of evil spirits attacks has been greatly reduced.

According to legend, there is also a little-known Kobold tribe living in seclusion inside. Kobold is a close relative of goblins. They look similar to goblins, but their skin is darker. However, this goblin race is very good at hiding, whether it is invisible, The camouflage and deformation are excellent. This is why their existence is so rarely known.

(Note: There is no record of Cobot in the original work. Cobot in the Black Forest comes from German folklore)

In fact, these are none of Xie Lin's business, because he does not need to enter the depths of the black forest.

In the outer area of ​​​​the Black Forest, there is a pure wizarding village similar to Hogsmeade called Widbas Village. The headquarters of the Ellerby and Badmore Broomstick Company is located in this village. Under the leadership of Dobby, Xie Lin walked into a remote alley and knocked on the door of an inconspicuous cabin seven times in a rhythm that represented a code. The wooden door opened a small gap. Revealing the face of a typical German man, rough and a little wild.

At this moment, Schelling was dressed in the same way he was in Knockturn Alley. He pretended to have a deep voice and said straight to the point in fluent German: "I'm looking for Nicholas. I was introduced by the giant spider."

"Come in!" The man quickly opened the door, let Xie Lin in, and then quickly closed the door.

The furnishings inside the house are very simple, and it is obviously just a place to stay like an office, not the person's residence. The man didn't talk nonsense to Xie Lin and asked directly, "I am Nicholas, what do you want from me?"

"I need Phantom Smell Grass, the price is negotiable."

Nicholas sneered a few times, "Phantom-smelling grass can only be found in plantations monitored by the Ministry of Magic in Europe. I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about it."

Xie Lin knew exactly how to deal with this group of people, and sneered: "I believe that with enough benefits, there is nothing that cannot be bought, such as this..." Xie Lin took out a bottle of eight-eyed spider venom. , dangled in front of my eyes. "This is the venom of the eight-eyed spider. I don't need to say more about its value. I can get it easily."

Nicholas stared coldly at the bottle in Schelling's hand, with undisguised greed in his eyes.

"I have long-term access to this venom. As long as you can help me get the Phantom Smell Grass, I think we can have long-term cooperation and exchange." Xie Lin once again threw out a bait.

When Nicholas heard that there was a long-term acquisition channel, his expression changed. After some thought, he agreed to cooperate with Xie Lin. Although the two people met for the first time, they could cooperate with each other trustingly, because the magic world has a very convenient contract magic called "Unbreakable Oath". After the two agreed on the details of their cooperation, Schelling apparated back to Hogwarts under the leadership of Dobby.

A lot has happened recently.

The first thing that happened was that Lupine came back to teach, although he did seem to be ill - his old robe was looser on his body, and there were more dark shadows under his eyes. Professor Lupine returns to make Defense Against the Dark Arts enjoyable again. Especially the Gryffindors, since none of them, except Hermione, had finished Snape's essay on werewolves.

The little wizards of Slytherin were more self-conscious. After all, they had to give face to their dean, so they almost all completed their homework. Meredith, who is good at observation and reasoning, has even guessed Lupine's werewolf identity, but under Schelling's instruction, she did not let the fourth person know except Daphne.

Of course, they didn't know it, but Hermione actually guessed it.

In that class, Lupine brought a new dark creature, Hinkypunk, a one-legged little guy who looked like wisps of wispy smoke. He was very fragile and seemed to be harmless. Sex, but in fact it often lures travelers into mire in the dark wilderness at night. It holds a small lantern in its hand and jumps forward in the foggy swamp, using the light from the lantern to guide the way. If travelers follow the light, they will fall into the swamp and suffocate to death.

Hinkpunks are not actually creatures, but like ghosts, banshees, and keppora, they are classified as spirits. They are managed by the Spirit Division of the Department of Biological Management and Control in the Ministry of Magic. Because they have no entity, ordinary magic cannot have any effect on them. Only advanced black magic can harm them, such as the gaze of a basilisk can petrify spirits.

But it is not difficult to deal with them, because they have no entity, so they cannot touch or harm wizards - as long as you learn to resist their temptation and ignore their existence, you will not be dragged into the quagmire by them.

(Note: For spirits, please refer to the chapter "Non-beast Magical Creatures" in the related works)

(Note: The Department of Biological Management and Control is divided into three major divisions: Beings, Beasts, and Spirits. The three divisions are further divided into more detailed offices, such as the Office of Resettlement of Elfs under the Division of Beings, and the Ghost Office under the Division of Spirits... It is wrong for Renminshe to directly translate the Division of Spirits into the Ghost Office, which will cause readers to misunderstand the three-layer structure of "Department" > "Division" > "Office".)

The second thing is that Harry was discharged from the school hospital. Life seemed to return to normal, but the loss of the Quidditch game had an impact all the time. Harry was often seen staring at the wreckage of his broomstick in a daze. Although everyone tried various methods to make him happy, it didn't work.

In late November, Ravenclaw defeated Hufflepuff. Poor Cedric, although he was very strong individually, he could not stand the overall weakness of his teammates. In the first match between the two new Quidditch captains, he was ravaged by Roger Davis and lost miserably (the original book also used the word "flatten" to describe it, how pitiful).

This incident made Wood energetic again. After all, Gryffindor still had a chance to win the championship, although they could not lose another game. He now required the players to train day and night, and Harry and his team often flew around in the freezing cold and snow in December.

In addition to busy Quidditch training, Harry also had to learn the Patronus Charm from Professor Lupin. He had to cast a complete Patronus as soon as possible to ensure that there would be no accidents in the next game.

Thanks to Longxingtianxia for 13 recommendations! Shutongo for 7 recommendations! This book is about to reach the 200,000-word mark. Although the performance (number of collections) of this book is not very good, and because the author was a foreigner before the time travel and the author arbitrarily changed the original translation, to be honest, it has been criticized badly, but the author is really touched to have such a number of recommendation votes!