Chapter 181
Forbidden Book and Curse
Chapter 181 Forbidden Book and Curse
The next morning, Vader read the news of a fire in Little Hangleton in the Daily Prophet.
The article said that it was suspected that a dark wizard was conducting an evil experiment and burned down an uninhabited homeless man's house. After monitoring, the Ministry of Magic found traces of the burning of the Fiendfyre.
Fortunately, no one was injured or killed in the incident.
There was no mention in the newspaper that it was the Gaunt family house, let alone their glorious history as descendants of Slytherin.
I don’t know whether they felt it was unnecessary to mention it, or whether the young Ministry of Magic staff no longer knew to whom the “homeless hut” once belonged.
But Wade was sure that Dumbledore would not ignore this.
He looked at the breakfast table and saw the old headmaster recommending today's lamb chops to Professor Flitwick. There was a thick stack of newspapers on the table next to him.
Wade dropped his eyes and turned to another newspaper.
This was a daily newspaper published by Muggles, and Ferdinand had sent it to him specially. The newspaper showed clear pictures of the scene, taken from above.
The flames burned a perfect circle in the woods, with no grass growing inside the circle and no grass growing outside the boundaries.
The newspaper described the incident in an exaggerated tone and finally suggested mysteriously that this might be the trace left by the landing of an alien spacecraft.
In another newspaper, the author believed that a certain country was secretly experimenting with high-precision strike weapons, and launched an all-round criticism of Britain's defense, military, technology, bureaucracy, etc., believing that the country was not far from national destruction.
Vader: “…”
He laughed silently and then put the newspaper aside.
Breakfast is still porridge.
The house-elf minced the meat and vegetables very finely so that he could swallow them smoothly without chewing them with his teeth.
The mixed porridge doesn’t look very good, but these cute little guys are sprinkled with a layer of finely chopped celery and sesame seeds, which makes it look much better.
There were not many people in the auditorium, because the students rushed out of the auditorium quickly after breakfast. Today, the maze was reopened, and many students even rushed to line up early in the morning without eating.
After dinner, Wade went to the library to borrow and return books as usual. Thanks to Lockhart, he was able to borrow the books he wanted from the restricted area every time, and he also heard Madam Pince complain that Lockhart was too casual every time.
Wade suspected that the librarian actually knew a lot of things, such as the true origin of his notes, but Madam Pince never said much, as long as he showed the notes, he could borrow books from her.
Although she complained, she would not question the origin of the note, nor would she confront Professor Lockhart.
Vader didn't know if Madam Pince was like this to every student, or if he was getting some special treatment here.
Wade didn't delve into it. He just took the book back to the Umbrella House and absorbed all kinds of knowledge eagerly. Recently, he spent a lot of time learning about the curse.
Voldemort was an expert in curses, and the curse he placed on the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was something that not even Dumbledore could remove.
If you want to deal with Voldemort without understanding the curse and without the protection of blood magic like Harry, you will most likely suffer.
From the book, Wade learned some interesting and ancient ways of cursing, some of which he had seen in fairy tale books when he was a child, but he never thought that wizards could really do it.
Simply put, for example, the limp-leg curse is actually a curse that does not last long and is mostly used by students as a joke.
The Killing Curse and the Cruciatus Curse are also curses that require very strong emotions to be performed.
These effects were very short-lived, and what Vader learned in school was basically how to resist these spells.
Among the curses, there are some that last for a long time, have far-reaching effects, and can even be passed down through blood. They require superb skills, complex preparations, and powerful magical powers.
For example, there is a blood curse that turns people into animals, or a blood covenant that establishes an unbetrayable bond between two people.
Among the ancient curses, there are some that can turn people into animals or plants forever, or make people unable to wake up after sleeping, or make people always unlucky, etc., which are even more complicated.
The caster of the spell may also be subject to some hidden, negative influence.
Wade was watching intently when suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder.
"Hey, Wade," Michael said, "Put the book down! It's almost eleven o'clock, we should leave!"
Theo and Ryan were already waiting at the door. Wade was stunned for a moment and asked, "Let's go?"
Michael raised his eyebrows: "You didn't forget, did you? Today is the match between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff!"
Wade suddenly realized.
He was immersed in the joy of destroying the Resurrection Stone Horcrux yesterday and went to bed very late, and indeed forgot about the football game in his own college.
Because the match between Lion and Snake was postponed for two weeks, it ended up colliding with the match between Eagle and Badger.
After entering December, the wind in the sky was biting cold. The deans of several colleges were unwilling to continue to postpone their own college games, so as not to adversely affect the players' condition, so they simply arranged both games on this weekend.
They arrived at the stadium and there were already a lot of people there, but not as clearly divided as in yesterday's game.
Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are both popular, and their respective teams are mixed with students from other houses.
Wade even saw a few Ravenclaw students secretly taking off their cyan scarves and blending into the Hufflepuff team.
When they were discovered by the students from Eagle Academy, they confidently said, "We are not betraying...but that's Cedric!"
"This is his first game, well, you know... he needs more support..."
"But we need support too!" Ravenclaw Seeker Dalton waved his arms angrily. "Am I catching bugs while I'm flying in the sky?"
"You are certainly doing our house a credit, my dear."
Dalton's girlfriend kissed him on the cheek in comfort.
When the boy smiled, she added, "By the way, you are all adults now, so be careful when you are in the sky... don't knock the younger students off their brooms."
The smile on Dalton's face disappeared immediately.
He watched his girlfriend walk to the other side of the stands, looked desperately at the two junior students next to him, and asked: "What about you? Are you going to support Hufflepuff too?"
Vader and Michael looked at each other.
Michael patted Dalton's arm and said, "Of course we support Ravenclaw! Come on!"
Dalton felt better this time. He muttered something like "pretty boy" and walked towards the Ravenclaw team in anger.
"What a strong opponent, isn't it?"
A faint voice came from the side, and Wade turned around and saw Luna holding the eagle scepter.
If you look closely, you will see that it is a long branch with an eagle made of paper. The girl is quite skillful.
If Dalton had just seen Luna, he might not have been so angry.
"Hello, Luna."
As Wade spoke, he tapped the eagle with his magic wand. It immediately became much more agile, looked left and right, opened its mouth and let out a high-pitched and loud scream.
The people around were all startled and looked in their direction.
Luna ignored everyone's gazes. She nodded with satisfaction and said happily, "That's much better. Thank you."
After that, she held up her scepter and walked leisurely to the front railing. The eagle cried from time to time, and people on both sides made way, and even the Hufflepuff team members kept looking over here.
Vader also saw Cedric holding a broomstick.
He was tall and handsome, with sharp features and a slight smile on his face. Although he was only in the fourth year, he was not much lower than the captain of the seventh-year team standing in the Ravenclaw team.
With such a burly figure, it is not appropriate to be a seeker who needs to be agile. But he looked calm and didn't seem to be worried about failure.
With a whistle, the game began.
(End of this chapter)