Chapter 304: Horse-Shaped Water Monster
Chapter 776 Kelpie
Afternoon arrived quickly. Ron was very nervous in the Potions classroom.
"Merlin's beard! It's all Harry. If it wasn't him, it would probably be Mrs. Potter next to me.
Instead." Ron muttered to himself as he listened to Snape's breathing behind him.
He could almost picture Snape sneering and looking at him with his hooked nose.
He could only handle the frog brain in his hand carefully.
For fear of being deducted points.
On the other side, in the room next to the Potions classroom, Harry sat awkwardly in a high-backed chair near the fireplace.
Opposite him, Lily held her chin with her hand and looked Harry up and down.
She looked like she couldn't get enough of him.
"If I had known earlier, I would have stayed in the library.
Why did you have to come to the examination room to wander around. In the end, you were caught by your mother." Thinking of this, Harry sighed.
"Harry, are you okay? Your Phoenix Patronus this morning was a big hit in the whole school.
Didn't you succeed?
Why do you look so bitter?" Lily said, moving closer to Harry.
"Ah?" Harry didn't dare to tell the real reason, and lied, "I'm worried that the gillyweed will be late."
Harry's lying ability made his words flawless, and Lily didn't see any flaws at all.
"Gillweed?
Are you going to use it?
It's a good idea indeed.
You can save magic power and use it more on the four aquatic magical creatures.
And if you know the Patronus Charm, those dark creatures won't cause you any trouble." Lily analyzed.
"Is it that exaggerated? Is the Patronus Charm so powerful?" Harry was stunned.
"You," Lily rubbed Harry's head, "you have to understand that the Patronus Charm is a very advanced magic.
Many wizards who have obtained formal qualifications have difficulty using this spell.
To some extent, wizards who can use the Patronus Charm, especially wizards who can summon a patronus with a physical body like you, are more valuable than the champions of the championship."
"Is it so powerful?" Harry didn't feel anything substantial.
"This is an invisible condition for becoming a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic."
"What about Fudge?"
"Him?" Lily's expression became a little strange. "It can only be said that Dumbledore's influence is much greater than the Patronus Charm.
By writing letters to Dumbledore for every decision, he began to be regarded as Dumbledore's incarnation and puppet.
Even a 5-year-old child who had just died and came to that world knew that he was the most brainless person in the world and always messed up.
Every morning he always sent many owls to Dumbledore to ask Dumbledore for ideas."
"This."
"You understand. In the eyes of others, it is not Cornelius Fudge who is in the position of Minister of Magic, but Dumbledore." Lily said softly.
"We were just talking about Gillyweed. How come it's Fudge now?" Harry laughed.
"Yes," Lily poked her cheek, "Speaking of Gillyweed, Severus also has a store.
If you need it, I can give it to you."
Harry didn't agree in the end.
He really didn't want to have anything to do with Snape now.
Not even Snape's potions.
After the Potions exam, there was another exam unexpectedly.
At midnight, the astronomy exam was held, and everyone went to the highest building.
Harry could only flip through the book "Freshwater Magical Animals and Their Habits" and stay alone in the dormitory.
"Kelpie (Kelpie) Magical Classification Level: XXXX
This British and Irish water monster can change into a variety of shapes, but it most often appears in the shape of a horse, with broad-leaved cattails as mane.
It lures careless people to ride on its back, then dives into the bottom of a river or lake, devours the person voraciously, and lets the person's internal organs float to the surface of the water.
The correct way to defeat a kelpie is to use the placement spell to put a bridle on its head, then it will become docile and obedient, and no longer pose a threat to you, but don't let it go easily, it will hold a grudge and curse you.
Hmm, curse? This This magical creature can also curse people?
I have a permanent patronus, so it shouldn't pose a threat to me.
Well, let me take a look at the case. "Harry touched the page and read, "The world's largest kelp monster was found in Loch Ness in Scotland. Oh, so the Loch Ness monster is it?
The kelp monster's favorite image is the sea serpent.
Observers from the International Confederation of Wizards once saw such a scene: when a team of Muggle investigators approached a sea serpent, they saw it turned into a snake.
So, when I'm at the bottom of the lake, I need to pay attention to water plants and sea snakes. They are likely to be transformed by the kelp monster. "
The door opened with a creak. "I'm so tired from the exam. I just heard you talking about the kelp monster, Harry?"
It was Ron who came in.
He looked tired and lay straight on the bed as soon as he came in.
However, his face was full of pride, "Hehe! I guessed right.
You are in the dormitory. Ginny also said that you were under the astronomy tower!"
Harry did not respond to Ron's ambiguous words, but directly replied to the question, "Well, there was a Kelpie in the Black Lake.
It is said that when Newt was expelled, he took many magical creatures with him.
The Kelpie is one of them. "
"Have you thought of how to deal with it?
We haven't learned about it in the magical creatures class yet."
"The method described in the book is a bit strange. I suspect that the Kelpie the author encountered happened to be relatively docile.
However, these water-shaped magical creatures mainly hinder us from getting the badge in the competition.
At that time, I can use Transfiguration to conjure up their favorite food and attract their attention. Then sneakily get the badge. "
"So?"
"So, what I remember is actually mainly the appearance of their favorite food.
I noticed that the ball fish is the favorite food of most aquatic magical creatures.
It just so happens that I have seen it in the stream near your house, um, and even eaten it. "
"Eat it? Impossible. If I had, I would definitely remember it. "Ron, who is quite confident in his memory related to food, shook his head.
"Uh," Harry's eyes wandered, "actually Ginny gave it to me.
Luna's family is best at making Gordigan-fried colored fish.
Well, to be precise, they have a whole recipe book centered around colored fish. ”
“Is it delicious? I mean, how could Ginny be like this! She didn't even give me something so delicious.”
“It's delicious. This also left me with a deep impression of colored fish. I'm sure I'll win the competition this time.”
“Then why were you reading about the Kelpie just now?”
“Because among all the magical aquatic creatures, only it can change its appearance like a Boggart.
I need to know its normal form.”
