Chapter 18： Nicholas

Compared with the frustrating and depressing atmosphere of Harry's trio, the atmosphere in Schelling is full of joy and excitement.

When the Quidditch match was announced, it was not the captains of the Quidditch teams on both sides who had the most limelight, or even Cedric who caught the Snitch and turned things around—it was Schelling!

I don't know who took the lead and called out Schelling's name first. Soon, the stadium stands boiled.

"Xie Lin! Xie Lin! Xie Lin!..." Everyone cheered loudly, using their best strength.

The huge sound waves, like the tide of the flood season, wave after wave, starting from the Slytherin stand, then the Hufflepuff stand, and then the Ravenclaw stand...

The little wizards held up their hands and screamed heartily. At this moment, everyone had forgotten the difference between bloodlines and the division of academies. They only remembered-it was Xie Lin! He brought hope! He brings courage! It was he who led everyone to defeat the terrible Dementor! It is he who keeps everyone's hearts together!

People cheered with emotion, and some even burst into tears with excitement. The originally dark clouded sky seemed to have a hole opened by the cheers resounding across the sky, leaking a trace of golden morning light, spilling on the court.

During dinner time, the students gathered in the auditorium to have dinner while discussing today’s affairs excitedly. The atmosphere was very warm.

Schelling walked to the long table of Hufflepuff, congratulated Cedric, and got acquainted with the players of Hufflepuff after his introduction.

After some enthusiastic talks, the players all had a good impression of this polite classmate. When she left, Schelling was intercepted by several senior girls from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, surrounded by the center, rushing to ask the patron saint's experience. Most of them are students in the fifth grade and above, and they have a little contempt for the Patronus Mantra exchange meeting held before, and now they can only secretly regret it.

Schelling briefly gave some points and asked them to try them first. Only when they had problems, they came to ask themselves for advice. After Schelling's promise, the girls happily returned to their seats.

got rid of the entanglement of the girls, Xie Lin was about to walk back, but was blocked by Morey. Her tone was a bit sour and honest, "You are really welcome!"

Xie Lin coughed slightly to cover up his embarrassment, "Everyone is just over-excited by what happened today..." Xie Lin changed the subject forcefully, "Today you performed really well, 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 patron saint!"

was suddenly praised by Schelling, and there was a blush on Murray's face, and he said: "You, you too...today I saw your patron saint...I want to say, your patron saint is so powerful!"

Schelling smiled and said: "Actually, the strength of the patron saint has no absolute relationship with its size. There is no shortage of small but powerful patron saints in history. For example, the patron saint of Ilius in the Middle Ages is a very powerful rat. ; For example, the witch Simpocia Lohr a century ago-her patron saint is a surprisingly strong little ladybug... so my patron saint just looks scary, but it's really nothing."

Mori gave Schelling a glance, "You are still so hypocritical-why don't you say that a wizard called the invincible Andros in ancient Greece, his patron saint is about the size of a giant, so that he can be in his time Invincible. What's more, how do I feel that your patron saint is not in its true and complete form—have you kept your hands? I feel that if you really do your best, your patron saint is probably no better than the principal’s phoenix patron saint How bad is it."

Xie Lin shook his head, "Then you really value me, I'm just a third-year student, how can I compare with the principal?"

Mori thought for a while, as if thinking of some unspeakable words, lowered his head slightly, clenched the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands, and whispered softly: "Thank you today and today. You protected everyone, and you allowed me to be here. Recovering courage from that desperate situation, summoning my patron saint... Also, your performance today is really handsome!" After saying this, Murray's ears became red, and she hurriedly turned and ran out. The auditorium, went back to the Ravenclaw dormitory.

That's it? The girl's face is still thinner, Xie Lin thought that at least there would be a kiss on her face...Well, Xie Lin thinks a little too much...

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' position. We can go there anytime. Do you want to leave now?"

As early as the end of the Patronus Mantra exchange meeting, Xie Lin started to develop the "anti-stun bracelet". With his unremitting efforts, using the past three weeks, he successfully prototyped the trial version of the anti-stun bracelet. Out. According to the experimental results, it can indeed prevent the discomfort caused by magical shifting, but if the shifting process rotates too violently, or the rotation time is too long, the bracelet may break, so Schelling still needs further improvement.

Although the current anti-stun bracelets are still not suitable for long-distance magical reshaping, how can the big local tyrant Xie Lin have no choice? He put on five bracelets on each of his arms before pulling up Dobby's hand. , Let Dobby appear with his own apparition. In the Apparition again and again, and after breaking off five anti-stun bracelets, they successfully moved to the German Black Forest thousands of miles away.

Schelling was quite satisfied with the journey. Although he broke off half of his wristbands, he did not feel even a little side effect of reshaping. As the protagonist should be like this, how can you dizzy and vomit because of magical transformation? That's too cheap!

The Black Forest, as its name suggests, is also a dark forest like the Forbidden Forest, covering a vast area. In addition to evil spirits, tree guards, and various magical creatures, there are also some dark creatures such as **** and vampires gathering tribes. Quirrell traveled to this time and was entangled by them.

Erkling is a close relative of house elves. It is larger than goblins, with an average height of three feet, with a long pointed face, and especially fond of the taste of children. The harsh clucking sound of the evil spirits will make the child listen intently. They use this method to lure children away from their guardians and then eat them. This is why, even though they 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 attacks on evil spirits has been greatly reduced.

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

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

These are actually none of Schelling's business, because he doesn't 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 Vidbas Village. The headquarters of Elreby and Badmore Broom Company are located in this village. Under the leadership of Dobby, Schelling walked into a remote alley, and knocked on the door of an inconspicuous wooden house seven times in a rhythm that represented a secret signal. The wooden door was opened by a narrow gap. A typical German man's face was revealed, rugged and wild.

At this moment Schelling used the same outfit he had in Knockdown Alley. He pretended to have a low voice and said straightforwardly in fluent German: "I'm looking for Nicholas, I was introduced by the giant spider."

"Come in!" The man opened the door quickly, and after Xie Lin was allowed to enter, he quickly closed the door.

The furnishings in the house are very simple, obviously it is just a foothold of a similar office, not the person’s residence. The man didn't talk nonsense with Schelling, and just asked, "I am Nicholas, what can you do with me?"

"I need phantom sniffing grass, the price can be negotiated."

Nicholas sneered a few times, "Sniffing phantom grass is only available in plantations monitored by the Ministry of Magic in Europe. I am afraid I can do nothing."

Xie Lin knew exactly how to deal with these people, and sneered: "I believe that with sufficient benefits, there is nothing that cannot be bought, such as this..." Xie Lin took out a bottle of eight-eyed spider venom. , Shook 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 easily get it."

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

"I have long-term access to this kind of venom. As long as you can help me get the phantom sniffing grass, I think we can cooperate for a long time and exchange it." Schelling threw a bait again.

Nicholas heard that there were long-term access channels, his expression moved, and after thinking about it, he agreed to cooperate with Schelling. Although it was only the first time that two people met, they could cooperate with each other in trust, because the magic world had the "unbreakable oath", which was a very convenient contract magic. After the two agreed on the details of the cooperation, Schelling Apparated back to Hogwarts under Dobby's leadership.

Many things have happened recently.

The first thing is that Lupin came back to teach, even though he did seem to be sick—his old robe was looser on his body, and there were more dark shadows under his eyes. Professor Lupin's return made the Defence Against the Dark Arts class more enjoyable. Especially Gryffindors, because except for Hermione, they have not completed Snape's paper on werewolves.

The little wizards in Slytherin are more conscious, after all, they have to give face to their dean, and they have almost done their homework. Meredith, who is good at observation and reasoning, has even guessed Lupin's identity as a werewolf, but under Schelling's instruction, she did not let the fourth person know about it except Daphne.

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

In that class, Lupin brought a new dark creature, Hinkypunk. This is a one-legged little guy who looks like strands of slender smoke. It is very fragile and seems not dangerous. Sex, but in fact it often lures travelers into a quagmire in the dark field at night. With a small lantern in its hand, it leaped forward in the foggy swamp, using the light in the lantern to guide the way ahead. If travelers followed the light, they would fall into the swamp and die of suffocation.

Shinkpunk does not actually belong to the category of creatures, but like ghosts, banshees, and Keppola, it belongs to the classification of spirits. In the Ministry of Magic, it is subordinated to the Spirits Division of the Department of Biological Management and Control. Responsible for management. Because there is no entity, ordinary magic cannot have an effect on it, and only advanced black magic can cause damage to them. For example, the gaze of a basilisk can petrify a spirit body.

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

(Note: For the spirit body, please refer to the chapter "Non-Beast Magical Creatures" in the related work)

(Note: The Department of Biological Management and Control is divided into three major divisions: Beings, Beast, Spirit, and Spirit. The three divisions are subdivided into more detailed offices. The elf resettlement office, there is a ghost office under the spiritual body branch... It is wrong for the People's Agency to directly translate the spiritual body branch into a ghost office, which will make readers think about "Division"> "Branch"> "Office" Misunderstanding of the three-tier structure.)

The second thing is that Harry was discharged from the school hospital. Life seems to be back to normal, but the loss of the Quidditch game has an impact all the time. Harry is often seen staring at the remains of a flying broomstick in a daze. . Although everyone tried various methods to cheer him up, none of them had any effect.

In late November, the Ravenclaw team defeated the Hufflepuff team-poor Cedric. Although his personal strength was very strong, he could not bear the overall weakness of the players. Captain Quidditch was ravaged by Roger Davis in his first match, and the loss was terrible (the original text also uses crush to describe how pitiful).

This incident made Wood more energetic. After all, the Gryffindor team still has a chance to win the championship, although they can't lose another ball. He now requires the players to train day and night, and Harry and them often fly around in the bitter snow and cold of December.

In addition to being busy with Quidditch training, Harry also has to learn the patron saint from Professor Lupin. He must cast a complete patron saint as soon as possible to ensure that there will be no accidents during the next match.