Chapter 555 Grisham

Chapter 555 Grisham
No one knows what happened in the Owl Shed afterwards.

All we know is that since that day, not only has McLaggen behaved much more restrainedly, but even the Justice Patrol has stopped harassing any Slytherin students. Especially when they see Sherin and his gang, they will avoid them as far as possible.

Without the tyranny of the Justice Patrol, Hogwarts seemed to have returned to its peaceful past.

In the following week, Dobby continued to bring Sherin the latest information about the Sleeping Dragon Society.

In order to attract new helpers, the pure-blood traitors continuously increased their support for the original heads of the Freeh and Slahorn families, making the internal fighting between the two families more and more intense.

And Schelling was also not idle. He mobilized all the pure-blood family forces under his command - the Selwyn family, the Yaxley family, the Carrow family, the Crouch family, and the Greengrass family. They all invested a lot of resources to support Claude Foley and Squire Slughorn.

The internal fighting between the two families suddenly intensified and they fell into a stalemate.

A week passed and it was March 3th.

This day was supposed to be the day when Trelawney was fired by Umbridge in the original book, but this time it was Hagrid who was fired. Of course, Hagrid is still the gamekeeper of Hogwarts and can continue to live in Hogwarts.

As Umbridge had become Headmistress, she had the power to appoint new professors, and on the same day, a new Care of Magical Creatures professor took office.

No one had ever seen this professor, only that his name was Professor Grisham.

Schelling knew this last name - in the 30s, a bounty hunter named Gunnar Grisham was very famous. He specialized in hunting dangerous beasts for the Ministries of Magic in various countries around the world. Later, he briefly served Grindelwald, but was eventually killed by the latter.

It looks like Care of Magical Creatures is about to get interesting too.

Everyone's curiosity didn't last long, and soon his first class arrived.

At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, students gathered in twos and threes in the designated area, whispering to each other and discussing the new professor of Care of Magical Creatures.

"You mean he's really a bounty hunter?" Ron whispered in Harry's ear. "My God, this is completely different from Hagrid."

"Compared to the bounty hunter," Hermione said, holding the book with a bad look on her face, "I'm more worried that he doesn't care about the survival of these animals at all."

"quiet."

A hoarse and deep male voice suddenly interrupted all discussions.

Professor Grisham was very tall, wearing a heavy mottled dragon skin robe, with dried blood stains on his boots. His eyes were as sharp as a hawk, and he glanced at the students like a predator inspecting his prey.

He slowly glanced at the students, his rough voice like a file scraping bones: "I am Professor Grisham, your teacher of magical creatures. Some of you may already know that I used to be a bounty hunter. For magical creatures..." He raised a cruel smile at the corner of his mouth, "I have done particularly in-depth research."

"To be honest, I have some objections to the name of this course. What is Care of Magical Creatures?" He sneered contemptuously, "In my class, this course should be called 'Taming of Magical Creatures'.

Ron gasped, Hermione's face turned pale, and Harry couldn't help frowning.

"What kind of person was your previous teacher?" Grisham strode forward a few steps, his voice getting louder and louder, "Did he make you feed them, cuddle their tails, and make up names for them all day long?"

"I'm not that kind of person." He pulled out a cold silver blade from his waist and stabbed it into the wooden stake under his feet, causing wood chips to fly.

"In my opinion, so-called magical animals are just livestock. The only meaning of their existence is to provide materials for great wizards." When he said this, his eyes were terribly cold. "Livestock that cannot be tamed are only worth being hunted."

"I teach you how to hunt, how to dissect, and how to use every inch of their tissues. This is not out of cruelty, but so that when you face a real ferocious beast, you won't die too quickly."

His voice suddenly lowered, as if roaring from deep in his chest: "Because they won't pity you, nor will they give you a chance to correct the papers."

The whole place was dead silent.

The students looked at each other in bewilderment, and the atmosphere suddenly became extremely depressing. Harry frowned, obviously disagreeing with this view. Just as he was about to speak, Hermione stepped forward and said angrily, "But Professor, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them clearly states that—"

"Written by Newt Scamander?" Grisham sneered, interrupting her. "A madman who fought an entire hunting expedition to protect a nest of moonbeasts in East Africa? I respect his fraternity, but he is not worthy of teaching students."

Hermione opened her mouth, but subconsciously stepped back into the queue under that dagger-like gaze.

Schelling stood at the end of the crowd, squinting his eyes and calmly looking at the new professor. He whispered to Daphne, "I'm afraid Umbridge picked him on purpose."

Daphne's eyebrows were cold, and she nodded slightly: "I just want to completely change the educational philosophy of Hogwarts."

"Today's class," Grisham waved his hand fiercely, and four blind dogs were dragged out of the cages. These magical beasts were born without eyes, but they could sense body temperature and magic power, and were extremely sensitive to magic fluctuations. They were creatures used by many dark wizards to guard dungeons. "Your task is to kill one, then cut it open and take out its heart."

There was an immediate burst of exclamations and commotion among the students.

Ron turned pale and took a step back: "Is this lunatic serious?"

"They will attack people!" Hermione's eyes widened, "This is not teaching, this is massacre!"

"You can choose to quit," Grisham said coldly, "but your score will be zero, and your passing score will be lowered. For wizards, cowardice is a crime."

At this moment, Draco Malfoy was excited. He drew out his wand and was eager to try: "This is more like that - finally not like that Hagrid who keeps a fur ball as a pet all day long."

"Brother, don't be careless," Sherin said in a deep voice. He had already seen that Grisham intended to give the students an unforgettable warning, so these blinding dogs were trained and not easy to deal with.

"As fifth-year students, you should have mastered the full-body binding spell, right?" he said coldly. "The trick lies in the hand gestures. Attacking is not the goal. Capturing it alive will bring the greatest benefit. Aim at the first Adam's apple on its throat. That is its weak spot. Once hit, it will be unable to move."

He called out, "Potter, come up and try."

Harry was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and then walked forward.

The moment the cage door opened, the blinding dog rushed out like a cannonball. Harry's eyes widened and he quickly raised his stick.

"All petrified!"

Silver light flew out, and the blinding dog's body shook in the air, but it did not stop, but became even faster!

Hermione screamed and Ron drew his wand and was about to step forward.

"Back off." Grisham shouted coldly, and with a flick of his wrist, a beam of black light shot out like a snake swimming in the water.

boom!
The blinding dog instantly twisted and stiffened in mid-air, fell heavily to the ground, and its four paws twitched a few times before it stopped moving.

"Misjudgment," he said calmly, "You might be the one to die next time."

Harry said nothing and returned to the group.

"What you need to learn in this class is how to avoid mistakes, show mercy, and show no sympathy when facing life and death."

A cold light flashed in Grisham's eyes, and he turned around to look at the remaining blinding dogs.

"Now, divide into groups of five. Capture alive, subdue, dissect, and record every valuable inch."

"How well you do today will determine whether you can pass this semester."

"start."