Chapter 102 Care of Magical Creatures

"When did you get on such good terms with Ravenclaws?"

Looking at Amon, who was carrying two bowls of four-fruit soup and hunched back to his seat, Bernard felt a little confused.

Uther recalled:

"Adam seems to be very interested in this kind of weird Ravenclaw. The Ravenclaw school girl from last year also has a good relationship with him."

"Are you talking about Luna? Do I have a good relationship with them...just a little better than ordinary classmates."

Adam thought for a while:

“It’s not so much the weirdness, but the powerful inspiration that attracts me.”

The inspiration mentioned here is not the inspiration for creation, but the ability to perceive the spiritual dimension, whether it is Luna or Amon.

However, based on Adam's current experience, Amon can balance the boundary between reality and spirituality better than Luna, so although it is a bit strange, at least it doesn't look as... maverick as Luna.

Cologne was stunned: "Inspiration...so he can really do divination?"

He had always regarded the upright chariot as a joke and a blessing.

"I can't actually guarantee that he won't do it, but at least when he gave me divination before, he mainly focused on magic skills."

People who can divination must have strong inspiration, but people with strong inspiration may not necessarily be able to divination.

They didn't chat for too long about Adam's friendship with Ravenclaw. Professor Trelawney started her teaching after some mysterious opening remarks. Several people who didn't think they could learn it ate four-fruit soup while listening. , one class was quite enjoyable.

During lunch, the entire third-year Hufflepuff began to fall into a state of excitement.

In the afternoon, their senior Newt will teach them!

"Adam, do you know what Senior Newt will teach us this afternoon?"

As a teaching assistant, Adam was naturally targeted by his classmates early on, especially Colon and Eugene, who were waiting for Adam to reveal some information to them in advance when he returned from Newt's office.

If you can make adequate preparations before class, you will definitely leave a good impression on Senior Newt, oh no, Professor Scamander.

"Forehead……"

Adam, who had indeed learned about the content of the afternoon class in advance, pondered for a long time and said:

"After all, it's the first class, so you better not have too high expectations."

"ah?"

Colon and Eugene looked at each other for a while, wondering why Adam said that.

Could it be that the lesson Professor Scamander was going to give them was just a script and actually boring?

Impossible, Senior Newt is not that kind of person!

Adam did not explain much about the two people's doubts. They would know the specific situation in the afternoon.

…

Although what Adam said at noon was a bit subtle, Cologne and Eugene couldn't help but fall into a state of excitement when they actually saw Professor Scamander outside the Forbidden Forest.

"Hello everyone, I am your new professor this year... let's start class."

The very dry opening remarks did not dampen everyone's enthusiasm at all. Newt breathed a sigh of relief and made the same action as he did in previous classes and preparations - he took out a cage covered with cloth, and then removed the cage. black cloth on.

"This is the cub of a manticore..."

As Professor Scamander spoke, he stretched out his hand through the cage to tease the little guy inside. When the other person raised the pliers, he quickly withdrew his hand and smiled at everyone:

"Cute, right?"

Seeing the bright red little guy in the cage, the students nodded in unison. Only a few young wizards who knew the situation of manticores had strange expressions.

Manticore, the full name of Manticore, is classified as a beast by the Ministry of Magic. The danger level given by the Department for the Management of Magical Creatures is XXXXX - the same level as dragons, acromantulas and basilisks.

Their young are indeed about the size of an adult's hand, but are carnivorous and tend to be found in large groups. Manticore individuals will live alone when they reach adulthood. Their size of more than 100 meters, a large number of flexible secondary limbs, and several tails that can spit out fireballs and are as long as the body make them completely without natural enemies in the natural environment.

Even a giant dragon would not include such a powerful creature that is no less dangerous than itself in its diet!

After putting down the cage, Professor Scamander began to tell everyone about the manticore in great detail, even including his own experience:

"I once saw an adult manticore in Germany. My family and I almost died at that time. Thanks to some special means, we escaped..."

He took a piece of raw meat from Adam's hand and put it outside the cage. The little manticore stretched out its pincers very quickly and pinched the meat in, and then quickly tore the piece of meat into strips with its mouthparts. Eat clean.

"As you can see, even as a cub, the manticore is still quite aggressive and lethal, and such magical animals are not uncommon in nature."

As he spoke, Professor Scamander looked at everyone seriously and said:

"So, when encountering dangerous magical animals in the wild, how to protect yourself becomes a very important topic."

"I believe that the students who will take this course have a love for these nature elves in their hearts. Maybe you think that the protection of magical animals class should learn how to take care of magical animals, but as a magical animal expert..."

Professor Scamander couldn't help but blush at such a self-proclaimed statement, but he continued:

"I must warn you that the premise of protecting magical animals is that you must be able to protect yourself at the same time. At the same time, blind love without any professional knowledge will not protect magical animals, but may cause them greater harm... This is all my experience!"

"So, Professor Scamander, are we going to have a spell class this time?"

The speaker was a Ravenclaw, Adam remembered that his name was Michael Corner.

Such an impolite speech naturally attracted a round of unkind attention, but Professor Scamander shook his head indifferently:

"Oh! Of course not, that's Professor Flitwick's job, isn't it? What I want to teach you is how to use the knowledge of magical animals to make magical animals dispel their hostility towards you and let them feel your kindness."

Professor Scamander stretched out his hand, and Adam cooperated very well to hand over his textbook. Professor Scamander held the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and said:

"I believe you have all read my humble work more or less."

The little wizards below couldn't help laughing.

Although he had seen this scene more than once, Professor Scamander still couldn't help but wonder what was so funny about his words?

Adam reached out and pressed the corner of his mouth.

Originally, this sentence was not funny, but their Defense Against the Dark Arts professor last year also liked to say this. I don't know how he is getting along with the Dementors now.

Unlike Lockhart, Newt is really talented. "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", published by the Ministry of Magic, is almost the most authoritative popular science book on magical animals in the wizarding world - worldwide. It details the habits, habitats, and how to care for a total of 75 kinds of magical animals.

Since the first edition of this book was published, the textbook for the Hogwarts Care of Magical Animals class has not changed - the latest edition of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them".

"Based on the content of this book, I will teach you how to approach these lovely magical animals safely from the perspective of habits."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, and then saw Professor Scamander raised his hands:

"Come on, everyone, imagine yourself as a scorpion tail beast..."