Chapter 71 Fairy Rebellion

The next day, Wednesday, the morning class was History of Magic.

Professor Binns finally finished teaching the contribution and advancement of the Medieval European Wizarding Federation to the European magic world from the 13th to the 15th century. He moved on to the next topic - the goblin rebellion.

The Goblin Rebellion is a series of rebellious movements launched by goblins to resist the discrimination and prejudice against them by wizards. This movement has been common in history, but there are only three most historic ones.

The first occurred in Hogsmeade in 1612, when the Three Broomsticks pub was selected by goblins as the headquarters of the rebel army. This riot lasted for a long time and affected the merchants and residents of Hogsmeade. huge.

The second rebellion occurred in 1752. The impact of this rebellion was even greater. Two ministers of magic even resigned because of it. At the beginning of the rebellion, the then minister of magic, Albert Butt, did not take it seriously. After all, in the environment at that time, no one thought that the goblin who usually seemed to be bullied by everyone would be so troublesome when it turned out to be really vicious. Later, things got worse and worse, and he could only take the blame and resign because of poor handling.

His successor, Basil Fleck, did not fare much better. He lasted just two months, making him the shortest-serving minister to this day - and the Goblin later became equally marginalized. After forming an alliance with the werewolves, Fleck realized that the situation was beyond his capabilities and could only resign in despair.

It was not until the then Director of the Auror Office, Hesphaestus Gore, who succeeded him as Minister of Magic, that he successfully suppressed the rebellion. Gore had already gained great fame at the time, but he advocated the use of tough measures against aliens and rejected the proposal to implement a werewolf rehabilitation program. This led later historians to believe that his style would only lead to more rebellions.

Historians' predictions were correct. Later, in the late 18th century, goblin rebellions emerged one after another - in 1762, a goblin named Vagt died. Another famous rebellion was the Sloppy Ghost Lala Incident.

The sloppy ghost Lara was insulted by a young wizard. His head was pushed into the village pond and he was not released until he almost suffocated. Angry and unwilling, the sloppy ghost Lala once again set off a goblin rebellion and became the leader of this bloody rebellion.

Today, the "Code for the Treatment of Non-Wizards and Semi-Humans" has been established, and the basic rights and interests of goblins are protected. Although they are still not allowed to hold wands, their living conditions are much better than in the past, and goblin rebellions have gradually become rare. . However, there are still many rumors that secretly, the goblin subversion group is still operating secretly, planning to overthrow the rule of the Ministry of Magic.

Xie Lin, who had a lot of inside information, knew that these rumors were not groundless.

Schelling raised his hand in a rare move. His actions quickly attracted the attention of many young wizards - apart from the time Hermione asked in the second grade, no one else had ever heard of anyone asking questions in the History of Magic class.

Professor Binns on the podium was explaining the Goblin Rebellion in 1612 very boringly. He raised his head and looked very surprised.

"Who are you--"

"I am Malfoy, Professor. I have a question. You just mentioned that the headquarters of the rebellion at that time was in the Three Broomsticks pub, but the scale of the rebellion obviously did not match the size of the Three Broomsticks pub. Besides, the location of the Three Broomsticks It is too obvious. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it lacks all kinds of natural barriers for defense. It is difficult for me to imagine how incompetent the Aurors at that time must be to be unable to attack and allow this rebellion to continue so long. Long?"

Draco, who had been staring blankly out of the window with his mouth open, suddenly woke up from his trance; Daphne's head lifted up from her arms; Pansy's elbow dropped from the table; and another A student who was paying attention to the lecture and taking notes - Murray's eyes flashed with admiration and admiration.

Professor Binns blinked. He said dryly: "Classmate, what you said makes sense. The current unanimous inference of historians is that the Minister of Magic at that time was somewhat hesitant. He was still hoping that the goblins would surrender on their own, so he did not strictly enforce the law." They attack, but there are many loopholes in this inference... There is also an inference similar to rumors, that is, the goblins have actually established a secret base somewhere underground in Hogsmeade Village, and that secret base stores magic. After the rebellion ended, the goblins destroyed all the so-called secret rooms and secret weapons before evacuating in order to keep it secret. Of course, this is just one of the conjectures. When studying history, we must make bold assumptions and be careful to verify..."

"I understand! Thank you, Professor!"

Sure enough, as Xie Lin guessed, the crypt space leading to the secret passage on the fifth floor is actually the goblin's secret room, and the so-called "holy fire" rune is obviously the core inheritance of the legendary goblin royal family—— The holy fire of the demon tribe. The Goblin Holy Fire was condensed and extracted from the goblin fire drawn from the depths of the earth by Ragnuk the First, one of the kings of the Goblin Royal Family. He even used this holy fire to create the famous "Gran" The Sword of Findor".

Gryffindor's sword also absorbs the "pursuit of knowledge" characteristic of the Holy Fire, so it has the ability to perfect itself and can absorb anything that can strengthen itself, such as the venom of the basilisk. This shows how powerful weapons made from holy fire are.

It seems that the goblins at that time did not succeed in building their secret weapon, and they were unable to completely eliminate the traces of the holy fire during their hasty evacuation, so they left behind that magic rune. Of course, the goblins at that time probably did not think that there would be wizards who would notice such an inconspicuous crack on the cracked stone wall.

(Note: The character of Ragnarok I comes from the chapter "The Sword of Gryffindor" in Pottermore. In the original text, he is the goblin king, indicating that there was a goblin kingdom in the eleventh century)

The afternoon class is the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Professor Lupin finished teaching Boggart, Red Hat, Cabba, Grindylow, and Hincklepunk, and finally began to teach more dangerous dark creatures.

The definition of dark creatures is very broad, generally referring to creatures that are bloodthirsty and murderous by nature, or are born with dark magic abilities. The most standard definition at present is: species that will actively enter the wizarding world and actively attack wizards.

The classification system of dark creatures is also different from that of magical biology - magical biology classifies species into aliens, beasts, spirits, and non-existences according to their habits. Dark creatures are classified into demons, evil spirits and living dead.

(Note: People's Publishing House translates Demon as devil, but in the author's mind, a devil should be a humanoid species with two horns, bat wings on its back and a trident in hand, similar to Diablo. In English, it should be Devil. Demon is a classification, so the author translates it as a monster here.)

Monsters are generally physical beasts or aliens with abnormal desire for human blood or human flesh. Common examples include red hats, kaba, grindylo, horse-shaped water monsters, etc., and the dwarf pig monsters, basilisks, ogres (Orge), female night demons, and werewolves who are born with the ability to curse also belong to this category.

Evil spirits are a general term for demonized ghosts. They are usually caused by the fact that wizards or Muggles died with great resentment and unwillingness, so the resentment did not dissipate and turned into evil spirits. For example, banshees were transformed from murdered women, and hinky punks were transformed from travelers who accidentally fell into a quagmire and died tragically.

The living dead is a very special category. Like evil spirits, the living dead have lived and resurrected after death, but the living dead can still carry some of their memories and consciousness before death, and even have entities and thoughts - rather than saying that they have died once, it is better to say that they have mutated into a new species because of some curse power related to death.

This category includes European vampires and inferi, Egyptian mummies, African and South American zombies, and Chinese zombies. Among them, Chinese zombies are the most mysterious.

Zombies are also called flying zombies. They are usually made by a group of dark wizards called "corpse raisers". They are covered with white hair, their eyes are as red as cinnabar, and their teeth are as sharp as blades. Their bodies will not rot, but are as hard as copper and iron. It is said that the highest-level zombies can even change, from a ghost to a calamus.

(Note: Yin corpses are a special case. They have no thoughts or souls. They are actually puppets of the walking dead)

(Note: Mummies are not invented by the author. They appear in the chapter of Boggart. They are Parvati's Boggart form. Chinese zombies are really invented by the author.)

Professor Lupin has already dabbled in the first two categories of dark creatures. Today, he will teach the category of the living dead. Of course, it is impossible for Lupin to teach about zombies with his ability. The protagonist of today's class is the most common vampire in Europe.

Of course, the goal of this course is not to teach young wizards how to hunt vampires (in fact, hunting vampires is illegal after the legislation of the "Code of Treatment of Semi-Humans for Non-Wizards"), but what to do when you encounter a vampire alone. In human terms, when you encounter a robber, how to escape, prevent, or ask for help, rather than teaching you how to knock down the robber.

Vampires are humanoid alien creatures that feed on fresh blood, especially human blood. They are easy to identify. Generally speaking, they have pale and horrible faces, thin and haggard faces, and long and sharp fangs can be clearly seen when they open their mouths.

Professor Lupin told everyone that vampires don't really need to suck human blood, they just crave the taste of blood. Most vampires in modern society raise small animals and suck their blood. He went off topic while talking. He was telling everyone what happened during his travels, such as using a bloody lollipop to deal with a thirsty vampire.

At present, most vampires and werewolves are registered with the Ministry of Magic, but that does not mean that there are no fish that slip through the net. Therefore, we should still have the necessary vigilance and prevention awareness, especially young women or underage boys and girls, who are the favorite targets of vampires.

In addition to trying not to go out alone at night, especially in the wilderness, another way to prevent being attacked by vampires is to wear amulets. Vampires hate the taste of garlic very much, so chewing a few pieces of garlic in your mouth during night walks can effectively avoid vampire attacks. Those who don't like to eat garlic can also wear garlic-flavored amulets, such as necklaces, scarves, etc., or even buy a bottle of garlic oil and apply it on the neck.

The fangs of a vampire carry a cursed power. Once bitten by a vampire, there are only three outcomes: death due to the power of the curse; complete deprivation of reason by the power of the curse and becoming a blood slave who only knows how to suck blood; successful suppression of the power of the curse and transformation into a new vampire. No matter which outcome, it is extremely bad. Vampires, like werewolves, suffer discrimination in the wizarding world and have a very difficult life.

Another thing to note is that every vampire is a natural Animagus. They do not need to learn to transform themselves into a bat. In the bat state, vampires can still appear during the day, and the fangs in the bat state still carry the power of the vampire curse, so it is also very important to identify vampires disguised as bats.

This is a purely theoretical course, so after Professor Lupin finished talking about vampires and left a paper on how to use garlic to prevent vampire attacks as homework, the class was over.

The next day, Friday, early in the morning, Hagrid took Buckbeak to London. This time he went to attend the hearing of the Committee on the Disposal of Dangerous Animals.

Although Schelling and his group did not accompany them, it did not prevent them from gathering together and waiting for the result of the hearing - Blaise had a two-way mirror, and he could know the result from his mother as soon as it came out.

The result of the hearing was within Schelling's expectations.

At the hearing, as soon as Mrs. Zabini gave her testimony, the entire committee immediately stood on his side. Hagrid was tongue-tied, and completely wasted Hermione's painstaking efforts to prepare his testimony. Not only did he not speak well in his defense, but his notes kept falling down, and he couldn't even remember the date clearly.

After the trial, the committee determined the execution date of Buckbeak's death penalty - June 6, but in fact, Buckbeak still had a chance to appeal.

Hearing this news, the little wizards of Slytherin were very happy. It happened that the next day was Hogsmeade Visit Day, so a group of people made an appointment to celebrate at the Three Broomsticks, and the generous Blaise paid for the meal.

Waggart is an important foreshadowing, provided that readers know its true identity. It represents that the wizarding world is not what most wizards imagine. The Ministry of Magic conceals many truths (just like the US Intelligence Agency conceals aliens).