Hagrid’s one-on-one lecture once again exposed his unusual aesthetic and safety standards when dealing with magical animals, which caused many people to distrust his teaching.
On the way back to the castle after class, Roger said to Scott: “I hope Miss Grapeland can come back soon. Otherwise, the accident that happened to Little Malfoy in the Care of Magical Creatures class is likely to happen again.”
Even Cedric, who has always been very friendly, agreed with Roger’s statement. He said euphemistically, “Professor Hagrid cannot well grasp the different safety boundaries between himself and us.”
Scott nodded.
It is undeniable that Hagrid is of course a good person, but he is really a little too rough and nervous.
In addition to them, other students are also expressing their dissatisfaction.
“It’s so scary. That monster. What do Professor Hagrid think? Why would anyone want to get close to a three-headed dog?”
“Maybe we’ll see the fire dragon next class.”
“Maybe a troll, or a giant.”
All the way back to the auditorium, Scott found that most of the previously injured students from Gryffindor and Slytherin had been discharged from the hospital early.
Fred and George were joking with Li Jordan at the Gryffindor table. When they saw Scott, they immediately stood up and ran over.
“How’s it going, Scott?”
The two of them took Scott aside at the same time and asked quietly.
“Were those panoramic telescopes successfully recovered?”
The magic damage on their bodies has been restored, and they no longer look like “tree men” and “blue men”.
“Have you completely recovered?” Scott asked with a smile.
When Fred and George heard this, they immediately showed painful expressions on their faces.
“Mrs. Pomfrey disliked the fact that there were too many of us and we were too noisy,” Fred said, “so she specially asked Snape to provide us with some special medicine.”
George made a retching expression, “That taste…you can see hell if you drink it.”
Fred added: “Stop talking about that, where is the panoramic telescope?”
“Didn’t you ask Eddie?” Scott asked.
He looked up at the Ravenclaw table, but found that Eddie was not there.
“We didn’t see him,” Fred said.
“All the panoramic telescopes were successfully recovered at noon today.” Scott said to the two of them. “I put them in your joke prop studio. That guy Eddie is probably there now.”
He guessed that Eddie went there directly after class to read gossip, and didn’t even have time to eat.
“Then let’s go too.” Fred said impatiently.
George nodded in agreement, “I also want to see what happened.”
Scott said to the two of them: “You go ahead. I need to attend the Transfiguration Club activities after dinner. I will not be able to meet you until the activities are over.”
Fred turned his head and glanced at the long table in the auditorium, and said hesitantly: “I think it would be better for us to have a dinner first.”
“You are right.” George said in a serious tone, “The medicines and nutritious meals in the school hospital these days have seriously damaged my taste buds.”
The two of them reached out and patted Scott on the shoulder at the same time, then went straight to the Gryffindor table to sit down, picked up the knife and fork, and were ready to wait for the food to arrive.
Scott smiled, walked to the Ravenclaw table, and sat down next to Roger and Milton.
The hot topic on the long table at this time was still the afternoon lesson on Care of Magical Creatures.
Although the fifth grade students who took this course were not comfortable with the content of today’s class, the other students were full of curiosity about the rare three-headed dog, a magical animal from Greece.
Even Milton is like that.
“It’s good to have the opportunity to meet this kind of animal.” He said, “Understanding different magical animals is what this course should learn.”
Roger shrugged his shoulders, “Of course, you are right, if Hagrid had not tried to get us close to that behemoth. You know, the three-headed dog is on the same level of danger as the fire dragon.”
After dinner, Scott went to the classroom on the second floor of the castle to participate in the activities of the Transfiguration Club.
The time came to 19:30 in the evening. In the classroom where the Transfiguration Club was located, all the students were already here, but Professor McGonagall had not yet appeared.
The students in the club looked at each other, worried that something had happened.
Because for the serious and old-fashioned Professor McGonagall, being late is an extremely unbelievable thing, but this happened.
Percy stood up and said, “I’m going to see Professor McGonagall’s office.”
At this moment, an illusory, silver cat flew in from outside the classroom and squatted on the podium.
It’s Professor McGonagall’s God-calling Protection Charm.
The voice of Professor McGonagall came from the mouth of the silver illusory cat.
“Sorry, students, some unexpected events happened in the school. Now that Dumbledore is away, I need to deal with it. This club’s activities are cancelled. Of course, you can also study and discuss on your own.”
After saying that, the cat turned into wisps of silver light and disappeared.
An unexpected event?
Scott thought of the battle between centaurs and unknown wizards in the Forbidden Forest last night.
I wonder if the professors have found any useful clues.
Scott stood up and planned to go to the secret passage to meet Eddie and the others.
Percy is trying to organize everyone to study and communicate on their own, but some people, like Scott, choose to leave the classroom.
This made Percy look a bit unhappy.
Arriving at the remote corridor on the third floor where the one-eyed hunchback witch statue was located, Scott used his magic sense to confirm that there was no one around, then opened the passage to the secret room as quickly as possible and got in.
Descending down the slide, Scott quickly reached the bottom of the secret passage.
After lighting the lighting spell, he went to the gap where the studio was and pushed open the shabby wooden door.
In the candlelit room, Eddie and the Weasley twins each held a panoramic telescope and looked at it with interest. When they heard the sound of the door opening, the three of them looked over in surprise at the same time.
“Time goes so fast?” Eddie looked at Scott.
He was probably confused by the images in the panoramic telescope, and thought the Transfiguration Club ended normally.
Scott explained the reason, closed the door, and walked to the old desk to sit down.
Fred and George had already picked up the panoramic binoculars and continued looking.
“I thought…” Eddie showed a stunned expression at first, and then suddenly became excited again, “By the way, Scott, I have made a major new discovery!”
“What new discovery?”
Scott looked at the several panoramic telescopes neatly arranged on the table, and Eddie labeled the telescopes with numbers.
Eddie said: “There are two people hiding in another house, which is a dilapidated mansion not far from Gunter’s old house.”
He shook the panoramic telescope in his hand.
“This is Lens No. 7 placed near the mansion, and I saw through it.”
Riddle House?
Scott suddenly understood.
He asked Eddie, “Did you see who it was?”
“The light is too dark.” Eddie shook his head, “But I’m sure they are all wearing black robes, they should be Death Eaters, by the way…”
He raised the telescope and took a look again, “One of them seemed to be holding a baby in his hand. It was true. I saw the baby moving!”
Not only Scott, but also Fred and George were attracted by his words and put down the panoramic telescope in their hands.
“Baby? Who would take a baby to a place like that?” Fred’s face was full of disbelief, “Do you want to breastfeed?”
“Maybe Malfoy’s father gave him a younger brother.” George said with a smile.
Scott held out his hand to Eddie, “Show me.”
Eddie placed Telescope No. 7 in his hand.
Scott raised the telescope and looked into the lens. At this time, the picture presented inside the lens was still——
Through the dilapidated windows of the Riddle House, one could indeed see two blurry black figures in the room. One of them was holding something in his arms, as if he were holding a baby.
Scott stretched out his finger to turn the circular wheel on the lens, causing the image to speed up and move back until the scene where the two black figures first appeared in the lens.
These two figures wearing pitch-black hoods and cloaks suddenly appeared through apparation. When they appeared, the edge of the screen was flashing with blood-colored light.
That was the red light specially created by Medea in Gaunt’s old house.
Scott judged from this that these two people arrived earlier than the rest of the Death Eaters.
Scott continued looking down.
After the two black figures apparated into the courtyard of Riddle House, they immediately entered the house as quickly as possible.
One of them was always holding something in his hand, like a swaddle wrapped around a baby, but Scott was sure that the so-called “baby” was Voldemort.
From this point of view, Voldemort did not “keep his appointment”.
He went, but… maybe he was afraid of Medea, or maybe he was wary of Dumbledore who appeared later. He had been hiding in the dark and never showed up.
But he directed the subsequent Death Eater battles.
Scott turned on the fast forward and saw the two black figures leaving at about 4 times the speed.
Because the light was too dark, he couldn’t see any details, but he was sure of his guess.
In the second half of the battle, the reason why the Death Eaters were able to apparate back one by one after escaping, and even use a tacit relay to take away the gold cup, was all because of the command of Voldemort himself, who was lurking not far away.
Scott paused the picture and put down Telescope No. 7 in his hand.
Fred, who couldn’t wait any longer, quickly reached out and picked it up and started reading.
“You continue to look for details and clues and record them.” Scott said to the three of them, “I need to make some preparations for the subsequent ‘editing’ of the scene.”
After speaking, he took out a rectangular mirror from the deformed lizard skin bag on his waist.
“Fortunately, I have enough materials stored.”
He muttered and took out a quill and three small glass bottles, two of which contained bright red liquid and one contained gray powder.
“What is this?” George, who happened to put down Telescope No. 5, looked at the three small glass bottles curiously.
Scott took out another larger empty glass bottle and replied, “The blood of the catnives and evil birds, as well as the powder left behind when the Boggart died.”
George’s eyes lit up, “Do you need to engrave a special magic text circuit?”
Scott nodded, “Part of this set of magic text circuits comes from inside the panoramic telescope. Of course, with the help of the professor, I made some changes to this set of magic text circuits and added some new things.”
He didn’t say which professor it was. Most people would assume it was Professor Babling, but in fact it was the Ravenclaw tutor in the portrait who helped him.
He carefully poured some of the Neko’s blood into the empty glass bottle, then poured in some Boggart powder, then put his wand into the bottle and stirred it quickly.
“I can probably guess their function.” George seemed to be very interested in what Scott prepared. “The blood of Catnives can enhance the sensitivity of the magic text circuit, and the Boggart powder… is related to changes. ?”
Scott nodded slightly, “Boggart’s powder can enhance the expressive power of some of the magic text circuits in this group of compound magic text circuits. This is a set of magic text circuits that can display images.”
As the movements of his hands quickened and magic power was input evenly, the mixture of red blood and gray powder finally turned into black.
He picked up the quill, dipped it in the glass bottle, and began to write magic words on the mirror.
Since he had practiced several times, he wrote very smoothly and quickly finished a group.
Then, he turned the mirror 90 degrees and continued writing.
He could feel that the other three were staring closely at the movements of his hands.
It wasn’t until he put down the quill that the three of them breathed heavier.
“This… seems incomplete?”
Fred looked into the mirror, which had many blank spaces left unfilled.
“It’s not finished yet.”
Scott took out a new quill, dipped it in some evil bird blood, and started writing in the blank space of the mirror.
“The blood of the evil bird…” George whispered, “Is it about the magic circuit of sound? I just regretted that the panoramic telescope does not have the function of recording sound.”
“I tried to add the vocal part.”
Scott said as he wrote.
“Of course, because the panoramic telescope cannot record sound, we were unable to match the original sound to the images.”
He quickly finished writing the rest of the magic text circuit.
Fred asked, “It was not activated. Did it fail?”
“There’s still one last step left.”
Scott took out another bottle of mercury and an extra thick quill.
He dipped the quill in mercury and drew complex arcs on the mirror.
When the last stroke fell, the originally scattered magic text circuits on the mirror were immediately connected, and they all emitted soft light.
Scott quickly picked up his wand and pointed it at the edge of the mirror.
For a moment, all the magic words and lines on the mirror began to emit golden light, but this light quickly disappeared.
As the light faded, the magic circuit on the mirror also disappeared, leaving only the smooth and clean mirror surface.
“Did it work?” Eddie asked aloud, “How to use it?”
Fred had already reached for the mirror and was playing with it.
“This is already a work of alchemy.” He said with a smile, “Although no alchemical techniques are used.”
George stared at the movements in his hands, “It seems you don’t know how to use it.”
Fred shrugged and put the mirror back in front of Scott.
Scott first packed up other things and then straightened the mirror.
“Next…” He looked at the three of them with a smile, “It’s the moment to witness the miracle.”
He took hold of his wand and held the tip against Telescope 1, which he had first looked at.
As he pulled his wand away, a strand of silver silk was connected to the tip of his wand and pulled out of Telescope No. 1.
Then he gently swung the wand and flung the long silver silk strands on the mirror.
The moment the silver catkins came into contact with the mirror, faint traces of the hidden magic circuit on the mirror immediately appeared, and the silver catkins melted and sank instantly.
When the silver wadding completely melted away, the original silver mirror surface changed again.
Just like pouring ink into clear water, the black color continues to spread in the mirror, and finally fills the front mirror, revealing the picture.
“oh!”
Looking at this scene, Eddie and the twins exclaimed in surprise at the same time.
“This is a bit like using a pensieve.” Fred pressed his wand against his temple. “This is how people usually extract memories and put them in the pensieve to look at them carefully.”
“It does have something to do with the way you use the pensieve,” Scott said.
He clicked the center of the picture with his wand, and the still picture began to play——
First, a man in green robe appeared in the dilapidated yard of Gaunt’s old house, and Medea’s carriage landed from the sky together with other men in green robe.
When Scott slides his wand to the left, the screen starts to move backwards, and when he slides his wand to the right, the screen starts to fast forward.
“This thing feels clearer and easier to use than a TV!” Eddie said in a surprised tone.
“Of course, this is the magic mirror I made!”
Scott said slightly proudly.
“Although it can only play back the images stored in it, its main function is to help me ‘edit’ and process these images.”
After a little show off, he said to the three of them: “Quickly check the images in other telescopes to see if there are any missing details.”
As he spoke, he put down his wand and began to look at the images in other panoramic telescopes.
There were seven perspectives in total. Scott had roughly gone through them all, and he suddenly knew what they were all about.
The incident that occurred in the village of Little Hangleton can be described as a three-way melee.
Medea wanted to lure Voldemort with the promise of destroying the Horcruxes, and prepared a trap for this.
But Voldemort, who had not yet recovered his strength, was extra cautious. Although he arrived at Little Hangleton Village, he did not show up. Instead, he secretly manipulated the Death Eaters to snatch possible Horcruxes.
The third party force is some Aurors with a sense of justice and Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore. Strictly speaking, they are not in the same group, but they have the same position on this matter.
For Dumbledore and those Aurors, the best result is of course to catch Medea and Voldemort in one fell swoop. Of course, they failed to achieve their goal.
And the result of this incident is-
Medea retreated and lost some of her green robes.
Voldemort got a golden cup that is not known to be true or false but is likely to be false, and lost some Death Eaters who served him.
Dumbledore and the Aurors failed to catch Medea and Voldemort. The loss was that some Aurors were injured, but the gain was that many Death Eaters and green robes were caught.
Eddie smiled and said, “It seems that the resurrected witch, as the initiator of the incident, not only did not gain anything, but also suffered great losses.”
“I think she has been prepared for this.” Scott said, “At this stage, she just needs to make a gesture of confrontation with the Dark Lord, and winning or losing is not too important.”
“Oh, does she want to tell the public that she is in the same position as everyone, so that everyone will no longer be wary of her?” Eddie said sharply.
Scott smiled, “I think this is a subtle process.”
“I only know that Azkaban will welcome new residents again.” Fred said with a smile.
“Whether it is the Death Eaters or the Green Robes, I hope that the people caught are all annoying guys.” George also laughed, “For example, old Malfoy.”
Scott said: “Although the Death Eaters and the Green Robes attacked the Aurors, it is obvious that the Death Eaters committed more serious crimes. They used the Unforgivable Curse.”
He got busy while talking, and used the same trick to save the footage in all seven panoramic telescopes into the magic mirror.
“This is a big project.” Scott slid the mirror with his magic wand, cutting the image into seven parts, muttering.
Although he only had some meager experience in editing short videos in his previous life, he had to bite the bullet.
After all, other people are even worse at this.
“Will we make money by selling such mirrors in the future? I mean, storing the videos you edited.”
Eddie asked while watching Scott’s operation.
“Such a complex function should be sold at a higher price, after all, it is too troublesome to make a mirror like this.”
“What are you thinking about? Why did you suddenly become stupid?” Scott glanced at him, “Of course, I will sell the simple version, the kind that can only play but not change.”
“Okay, you are right.”
Eddie immediately planned and began to calculate the cost and expected profit.
“Don’t be too happy too soon, Eddie.” Fred’s voice with a smile sounded.
“I’m not optimistic about this business.” George said, “Can such footage really be sold? It involves witches and demons, as well as the headmaster and Aurors.”
Eddie shook his confused head and shouted in a state of collapse: “What are we doing then!”
“After the editing is completed, I will show it to Professor Flitwick.” Scott said calmly, “It can only be sold if the professor allows it.”
“Don’t think about it. No matter from which angle, the professor will not agree to us.” Eddie said a little frustrated.
“Think more open-mindedly.” Scott edited the video quickly, “Although we may not be allowed to sell this content, we can create more content to sell. This time, it’s just a breakthrough in technical difficulty.”
Eddie immediately understood what he meant.
He might have been confused because he stared at the panoramic telescope for too long. Now that he heard a reliable way to make money, he immediately became shrewd again.
“Oh, Fred.” He aimed at Fred, “We can help you shoot a documentary about your love with Angelina, and it only costs 20 gold galleons.”
“Go away! I don’t need it!” Fred said loudly, “My love doesn’t need to be witnessed in this way!”
George couldn’t help laughing, “Hey, Fred, as your closest brother, I haven’t witnessed your love, I only witnessed your secret love.”
“Soon.” Fred said unyieldingly, “As long as I want, I can date Angelina.”
“Then don’t you need a documentary to record the first date?” Eddie asked.
