Chapter 19 Rat

The sky was getting slightly brighter at this time, and the little wizards had not yet gotten up.

Raven had plenty of time to discuss matters with Dumbledore.

Since Dumbledore was invited by Raven on his own initiative, Raven did not pretend to be pretentious, but actually posed a problem.

"There was an Animagus in the school, an illegal Animagus. He stayed at Hogwarts with Percy as a pet for 4 years. Now he is registered as Ron's pet. Hogwarts. Scabbers the rat.”

Raven spoke eloquently.

"You know, my teacher has a serious dislike of rats, so I have never seen him. It was not until I returned home that I realized that there has always been such an unstable factor in the house. I want to catch him. he."

After hearing Raven's words, Dumbledore also put away his casual expression and became serious.

He had always worked at Hogwarts as the Transfiguration Professor. Even after becoming the principal, he continued to assume the task of teaching Transfiguration for a period of time. It was not until he poached Professor McGonagall that he was able to step down from this responsibility. . (Let’s take a look at Fantastic Beasts 3 here. Professor McGonagall’s age does not match that in the movie at all.)

In the entire magical world, no wizard has more say in transfiguration than Dumbledore. This is not an exaggeration, but a matter of fact.

He knew very well that a wizard who was proficient in advanced transformation techniques such as Animagus, with his attainments in transformation, could cause far more damage than ordinary people could imagine.

And this is an illegal Animagus with an unknown goal, hiding next to the little wizard, which makes people feel frightened.

If he causes heavy casualties at Hogwarts, the death of this part of the future backbone may put an entire generation in the British wizarding world at risk!

"How are you sure? He has been living in the Weasley family?" Dumbledore asked seriously,

"Yes, on the one hand, my eyes are equipped with detection magic."

Raven pointed at his eyes and continued.

"On the other hand, Prototype Appearance is my best magic, bar none."

"In addition, I heard from Ron that Scabbers came to our house just a few months after he was born. He is still alive today. What does this time period remind you of?"

Although Raven said it in the form of a rhetorical question, in fact, it was almost clear that this illegal Animagus was related to Voldemort.

"Tom?" Dumbledore murmured.

Then he seemed to remember something again, so he said to Raven.

"We must control him as soon as possible. We cannot allow such a dangerous wizard to roam freely in Hogwarts."

Raven confirmed Dumbledore's idea and added.

"This capture must be successful at once, otherwise, like the idiom that Eastern wizards like to use, 'hitting the grass scares away the snake', we must catch him at once when he is relaxed."

Dumbledore seemed to read a different meaning from Raven's tone, so he asked.

"You already have an idea, right? Do you need the school to cooperate with you?"

Raven nodded calmly.

"The specific time depends on Professor McGonagall's class schedule. The stupid student couldn't turn the pet into a cup in the Transfiguration class. After class, he came to ask the professor to ask questions, and happened to meet two principals, one and one, to discuss the matter.

The two happened to be masters of transformation, and they recognized an Animagus with ulterior motives, so they were able to capture him. Is this scenario a foolproof one?

The person who can best restrain a wizard must be a strong person who is better than him in the same field, so that even if the matter is leaked, it will not cause any waves. "

After hearing Raven's words, Dumbledore thought for a moment and said with satisfaction to Raven.

"You can even take this little wizard who is not good at transformation out of the accident, and at the same time conceal your true transformation level, right?

The magic that just made a teapot bow and pour water, although the core is a first-year magic spell, but combined with the transformation spell, it is still silent and wandless. This is not the strength that a student should have.

Tell me, you should still have appeals, right? Otherwise, it will not be difficult for you to catch such a wizard without alerting others. "

Raven was not polite either, with a shy expression on her old face.

"Yes, I actually have some guesses about the identity of this illegal Animagus. If it is really as I guessed, then he cannot be disposed of secretly.

First of all, I need the school to provide veritaserum. Although my teacher and I have never needed such low-level products, if there is any shocking secret that needs to be known to the outside world, as I expected, veritaserum will be needed. Of course, this secret also needs to be disclosed by the school, so I will continue to hide it behind the scenes.

Secondly, I want to study this Animagus with the professors at the school. I hope you, principal, can help hide my identity and join this project. "

Regarding Raven's first request, Dumbledore was noncommittal. He could understand Raven's thoughts. Being famous is a mixed blessing for a researcher. This is why Nico faked his death many times and lived in seclusion.

Dumbledore envied this, but he couldn't do it. If he hadn't suppressed those guys who were ready to move, Hogwarts would have become another thing under the infiltration of those people. Then Voldemort was not in vain. died? I died, but I won? This was something Dumbledore couldn't accept.

Regarding the second point raised by Raven, Dumbledore thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed of great research value.

An Animagus dares to maintain an animal form for a long time and reaches the life limit of this species. Will the animal he transforms into evolve into a magical animal? Or does the aging of the animal form feed back into the wizard form? Or is it the fusion of animal form and wizard form? No Animagus had ever dared to do this before, he was really brave.

ah! Curious and want to study.

How often had Dumbledore ignited his passion for research, especially when such a rare sample appeared in the field he was best at? He couldn't wait to catch this guy with ulterior motives.

So Dumbledore immediately decided.

"No problem, I promised you. I will confirm the specific course schedule with Minerva, and I will ask Fox to bring you a message."

Seeing Raven, he was still a little coy and hesitant to speak. How could Old Dengtou, who had lived for more than a hundred years, still not know that this guy still had needs?

"If you have any other requests, feel free to ask."

Raven's behavior has always been very good, so Dumbledore felt comfortable letting him make requests, and most likely he wouldn't make any embarrassing requests.

"Um...I need a bunch of Gubulai fairy fire. My phoenix has just passed away." Raven said with some shame.

How could Dumbledore, who is also the owner of the Phoenix, not know what the Phoenix will look like after its nirvana? He spent a lot of time cultivating the "Eternal Fire" Gubler Fairy Fire just to prevent others from knowing that the Phoenix has this This is a funny situation, does it embarrass yourself?

Anyway, Fawkes wasn't needed recently, so Dumbledore showed an "I understand" expression and waved his hand, no problem!