Chapter 149 [Origin of Wizards and Bloodline Magic]

"Therefore, I hope that the young wizards will remember to avoid any conflict with Dementors! They are very dangerous.

Dumbledore paused, and he looked around the hall seriously. Seeing that the students seemed to have listened to his words, he was slightly relieved.

The matter of Dementors will be solved by him and the students' parents later. This is not a problem for students to consider. Dumbledore only hopes that students can be careful and cautious during this period and not give Dementors an opportunity.

He did not mention what happened on the train in front of the young wizards, and even deliberately avoided it.

This is because Dumbledore saw an invisible appeal - Rock's appeal. This time many young wizards want to join Ravenclaw, which is the embodiment of the other party's appeal.

This is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing.

Rock's performance on the train won the admiration of many young wizards. In addition, he himself has a good popularity and excellent appearance, which can easily cause young wizards to imitate.

Dumbledore can foresee that this appeal to Rock will be Admiration is likely to overwhelm the fear of Dementors. If some young wizards learn the Patronus Charm during this school year, they may collectively do something in line with the "Gryffindor" style.

Dumbledore glanced at Lupin, who proposed to teach the young wizards to learn the Patronus Charm as much as possible. Dumbledore could not find a reason to refuse students from learning advanced magic from Hogwarts, so he naturally agreed.

But he still hoped that after the students learned the Patronus Charm, they would know that not all wizards who knew magic could become the Dark Lord, and not all wizards who knew the Patronus Charm could go in and out of the Dementors group like Rock.

This was also for their safety. Dumbledore did not want any students to accidentally die because of excessive arrogance. After all, it was not in Dumbledore's plan for the Dementors to be sent by Fudge.

After the young wizards were silent for a moment, Dumbledore softened his tone slightly and smiled again: "At the same time, it is gratifying that Hogwarts has welcomed two new professors this year. "

"The first one is Professor Lupin, who generously filled the vacancy of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class."

Dumbledore had a smile on his face, happy that he could find a teacher for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

But Snape, who was sitting in the teacher's seat, was obviously not very happy. He looked at Lupin with hatred, as if he saw rat shit in a pot of potion.

Even the silver spoon slowly began to fold in his hand.

After the audience applauded Lupin, the spoon in Snape's hand was directly twisted.

The students were very respectful, and their applause was much warmer than the professors imagined. Professor McGonagall's expression even had a hint of surprise.

Because Hogwarts has new professors every year, the arrival of new professors is no longer so novel to most students, and there are few moments to welcome new professors so warmly.

Even Lupin was a little uncomfortable. He knew that the students were probably applauding him because of what happened on the train, but because of the "wolf" patronus, he was applauded. Praise and recognition were a novel experience in his life.

The big bat Snape on the side had his molars broken. He had been in Hogwarts for so many years, but he had never been applauded so hard by students.

After thinking for less than a second, Snape thought that this was because the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was loved by students.

Lupin, a werewolf born evil, should have just benefited from the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Snape stared at Lupin. Sure enough, he was the same kind of person as James Potter. James competed with him for Lily, and Lupin - he even competed with him for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor!

"Bang--" Snape's grinding sounded like chewing beans.

Dumbledore raised his eyebrows. The sound had reached his ears, so he hurriedly introduced the second professor to everyone: "Professor Kettleburn, our teacher of Care of Magical Creatures, retired at the end of last year in order to have more time with his remaining little rascals."

"So from now on, Ms. Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank will teach you the Care of Magical Creatures class. "

Rock in the audience followed the young wizards in applauding. He was not surprised by this teacher.

Because nothing happened in Hogwarts in the past two years, and the professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class last year was not Lockhart, a fake, but a reliable wizard found by Dumbledore through his connections.

So Lockhart is still a best-selling author, Voldemort's diary is not in Hogwarts, and the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets is still sleeping underground without anyone awakening it.

This also led to Hagrid's crime of killing Myrtle fifty years ago not being cleared up, and he still has a criminal record, so he can't be a professor at Hogwarts. .

But this is not particularly bad, at least Hagrid is not really suitable to be a teacher.

He is a half-giant with a strong physique. The spells cast on him by some dark wizards with insufficient skills will not even have any effect, but it is precisely because of this strength that his common sense is somewhat out of touch with ordinary people.

The magical animals that may not be harmful in his eyes may be fatal to young wizards.

In terms of strength and knowledge, he has no problem. It can only be said that with his stored knowledge and insights, he is actually more suitable for teaching advanced classes, such as those students in the senior grades who already have certain strengths.

Professor Grubbly-Plank, who now replaces Hagrid in the class, is also the professor who replaced Hagrid in the original book. She is much more sensible. During class, she takes students to observe the gentle unicorn.

Unicorns are classified as 4X by the Ministry of Magic - the highest is 5x.

Professor Grubbly-Plank's caution can also be seen from the choice of unicorns. Unicorns not only satisfy the curiosity of young wizards about powerful magical animals, but also have enough gimmicks for the 4X level, and the appearance is also good, which is very popular. The most important thing is that the temperament is also gentle, which can be regarded as a template for introductory teaching.

At least it is better than the hippogriff chosen by Hagrid. Although the hippogriff is only 3X level, one level less than the unicorn, her temper is more irritable, and it is also a dangerous carnivore.

Watching Hagrid on the stage staring at Professor Grubbly-Plank with envy, Rock began to think that it was time to find an opportunity to go to the Slytherin Chamber to find the basilisk.

He just wanted to verify some things about the origin of wizards and blood magic, and he could also help Hagrid clear his grievances.

"Well, I think the important things have been said." Dumbledore finally ended his speech. He rarely said a lot at the dinner. On weekdays, he preferred to say a few simple words. "Let's start eating."

Old Dumbledore waved his wand gently, and the next moment, the golden plates and high-footed wine glasses in front of the students were suddenly filled with food and drinks.

The students immediately began to eat heartily, and Lupin at the teacher's seat ate faster than any wizard. It was hard to imagine how long he had been hungry. The big bat on the side sneered and began to eat elegantly.

...

Until the end of the dinner, the students filed out and left the hall with heated discussions.

After turning a corner, Rock left the big team.

It was still early now, and he couldn't sleep if he went back. It would be better to roll inward for a while and find a magic manuscript to read.

Walk down along the water monster statue until you stop in front of an ordinary wall. There is a secret study behind it.

Rock pushed open the invisible door and walked in.

This place is called [Salazar Slytherin's Scripture Library]. It is a well-protected study. In the thousand-year history of Hogwarts, few people can find this room when they wander at night.

Rock knows this room because of the game Hogwarts Legacy.

There are many books about magic here, all of which are out-of-print magic books from a thousand years ago, and many of them are even left by Slytherin himself.

The progress of magic does not necessarily rely on archaeology, but mainly depends on who the object of archaeology is.

If it is Slytherin, then his research is relatively advanced even in the modern magic world.

Among them, Rock is most interested in the manuscript written by Salazar Slytherin about the origin of bloodline-

The main point of view is that the power of wizards comes from bloodline.

This is also the mainstream view of the wizarding world at that time, so the wizarding society gradually distinguished between "pure blood" and "mixed blood".

Slytherin, who advocates pure blood, has a more exaggerated idea. He believes that wizards are the product of super-friendly relationships between humans and magical animals.

Almost all the talents that human wizards can find can be found in magical animals. For example, the magical animal cat-leopard is born with the ability to read souls, and some humans also have this ability.

So Slytherin believes that the ancestors of wizards used some method to obtain the abilities of magical creatures.

Based on this point of view, Slytherin began the magic experiment of [Blood Fusion] - merging with the blood of magical animals again, and then obtaining the abilities of magical animals, so he cultivated the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets of Hogwarts, probably intending to fuse the abilities of the basilisk.

There are only so many contents in the manuscript, and the real practical part should be placed in the Chamber of Secrets by Slytherin.

The reason for this speculation is that Rock feels that the young Voldemort may have been shocked by Slytherin after seeing the manuscript of the Chamber of Secrets, and started to do magic experiments as soon as he graduated, and finally made himself neither human nor ghost.

Rock held the manuscript and sighed, "What a pity..."

He didn't feel sorry that the manuscript was only half done, but that his views conflicted with those of Slytherin.

"Whoosh--"

Peeves suddenly passed through the wall and appeared in front of Rock.

Peeves represented the mischievous will of the students. His actions were often related to the collective subconscious of the students, but since he was beaten by Rock in the first grade, he became Rock's lackey.

It may also be because since then, most students have subconsciously recognized Rock.

"Why are you here?"

"A ghost! A ghost named Snape is wandering in Hogwarts Castle!" Peeves tipped off.

Then the door behind Rock made a sound.

Peeves hurriedly passed through the wall and disappeared.

Rock turned around and looked at his Potions professor, "Oh, I thought it was a Dementor, but it turned out to be Professor Snape."

Snape's clothes kept fluttering, more like a Dementor than a ghost.

And behind Snape stood Headmaster Dumbledore.

Although this study is secret, it is not a secret to Dumbledore.

But Rock was a little confused. What are these two people doing here? They are not afraid that he will learn bad things, so they come to catch him?

Now he still has the manuscript of Slytherin's magic experiment in his hand.

Dumbledore also raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Rock to be here. There are not many little wizards who can find this study.

"Dementors?" Snape's face was gloomy. He started to attack immediately: "I didn't expect, Mr. Anderson, that after just one summer vacation, your politeness evaporated faster than the potion?"

"Or is it--" Snape suddenly paused, and then looked at Rock with disdain: "It's because you have been exposed to too many bad things that you shouldn't be exposed to during your time in Knockturn Alley, such as--werewolves and so on."

Snape and Rock had a good relationship before. The two often discussed the production of potions together. Snape helped introduce some of Rock's channels in Knockturn Alley.

Rock was never arrogant. No matter how talented he was, he didn't intend to look down on others in their professional fields. For example, Hagrid, even if he didn't look smart, his love for magical animals was real. With nearly fifty years of knowledge accumulation, Hagrid was almost as good as any magical animal master in the world.

In addition to learning, knowledge also requires time to accumulate. In this regard, Snape's experience helped Rock a lot, and some of Rock's inspiration from other worlds also helped Snape. Although there is an age gap, the two can indeed be called both teachers and friends.

It's just that the relationship between the two has been a bit bad recently.

Because Rock is very curious about the origin of wizard blood, and werewolves are well-known products of blood experiments, Rock has been constantly in contact with werewolves in the name of wolfsbane potion in Knockturn Alley, and even made a few werewolf friends as a potion master.

Snape discriminates against all werewolves equally because of Lupin.

Especially the matter of "werewolf friends", Snape is a little disgusted, because it always reminds him of James and Sirius.

In addition, he is Rock's teacher and doesn't want to see Rock look a little like James, so the two of them broke out a little conflict.

"I remember, before you went to Knockturn Alley, I specifically warned you that wizards would become unfortunate if they were close to werewolves." Snape's black eyes were motionless, staring at Rock like stones.

Rock nodded: "You are right, but on September 1, 1993, our Hogwarts welcomed its first werewolf professor."

"He became your colleague day and night."

Snape's expression froze, and he immediately turned his head and stared at Dumbledore.

"Ahem..." Dumbledore coughed twice in a hurry.

Rock couldn't be allowed to continue, otherwise Rock would start a war with him next.

Snape would probably quarrel with him for a long time about hiring Lupin.

However, Snape had already started talking: "Oh! This is really great. There happens to be a master of wolfsbane potion in the school, Dumbledore. You can completely entrust him with the task you asked me to do before."

"A giant monster came to Hogwarts, and there happened to be his favorite stick here. It's really a match made in heaven, Merlin's guidance."

"Well... Professor Snape scolded very well, but it was not aggressive enough. I think scolding the mudblood directly may be more in line with the unique style of the Half-Blood Prince."

"But I'm also very curious, Professor Snape, why do you hate werewolves so much? Did the werewolf beat you when you were a child? Or did it take away the girl you liked?" Rock asked curiously.

Snape's eyes suddenly became deep.

He was silent for a long time, and finally noticed the manuscript of Lislytherin in Rock's hand: "Hey, look what I found. Isn't this the manuscript you are looking for, Dumbledore?"

"It seems that our Mr. Anderson has some overlaps with the Dark Lord in his views on magic."

Snape changed the track, and he decided to let Dumbledore teach Rock a lesson.