Chapter 314: Exemption

Chapter 314: Exemption

Everyone except Snape sighed in relief when they heard him say this. "Had us worried there for a moment Nick." Flitwick said honestly. Nick shrugged "To be totally honest lycanthropies creation is a fairly easy thing to deduce once you have all these details. The wizard or witch behind it likely had a wolf as their Patronus but was unhappy with simply turning into a normal wolf via the standard Animagus ritual and thus tried to modify the ritual to turn into a magical wolf. They actually got fairly close too from what I can tell."-

"See they added a component to the magic that made the the transformed state of the finished product have the standard magical beasts features such as magic resistance and powerful body. However they did this through a form of , life magic , I suppose you could call it? This is where the infectiveness of the curse came from as it made the magic itself have properties of a living thing which included propagation. They also used a botched form of soul manipulation magic to try and modify their form from pure wolfen to a larger more robust form without taking the necessary steps to insure stability. All together this curse is a half baked idea at best." Nick criticized disdainfully.-

As the people in charge of those subjects they knew better than anyone how big of a qualitative difference the subject matter is from the second year in comparison to the fourth. The matter of Transfiguration was an entirely different thing since they had already been aware of that due to his regular use of the subject openly. Runes on the other hand was a surprise that came out of nowhere. Sure they knew that Nick likely was a little aware of them thanks to his apprenticeship with Olivander but clearly he was far more than just familiar with the subject.-

"I see. Then there is no problem with what we professors have decided to do in light of the return of Voldemort as well as the value of your time. It was thoroughly discussed between all of us and we have all agreed that your continued attendance of class with your peers for the moment is a waste of both your and their time. I am prepared to exempt you from all classes for the rest of the year and possibly the next so long as you pass the exams for this years classes early."-

"While we are reluctant to admit it your time and talents would be better spent self studying and preparing for the troubles to come. Those rings of protection you make for example are quickly becoming necessary for many and we all agree that you spending your time helping prepare us is better than sticking so strictly to tradition." Dumbledore spoke slowly but seriously and Nick's jaw hit the floor. It needs to be understood that in a thousand years of history since the school had been founded not a single student had been exempted from class for more than a couple months depending on the severity of the situation.