#213 - Quirrell's Abnormality
Munn's studies at Hogwarts were peaceful and fulfilling.
On Tuesday morning, he created his first rune collar.
To verify the collar's function, Munn found Hagrid and went with him to try it on Fluffy.
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After arriving at the room on the fourth-floor corridor, Munn discovered that this three-headed dog was just as Hagrid had said, very sensitive to music.
Hagrid simply took out a silver whistle and blew it twice, and Fluffy's eyelids were already starting to droop.
The three dog heads also began to lower unconsciously.
However, just as the whistle sounded, the Pygmy Puffs in the rune collar's groove immediately began to jump to the rhythm.
As the whistle grew louder and louder, their jumping amplitude increased.
"It's a success, the collar really works!"
Noticing that the middle dog head wearing the collar was awakened by the Pygmy Puffs, the remaining two dog heads also instantly opened their eyes.
Hagrid immediately cheered when he saw this scene.
However, Fluffy was very irritable because something was disturbing its sleep.
After discovering that the collar was to blame, the left and right dog heads began to bite at it, but because of the angle and distance, Fluffy couldn't do anything about it.
"Oh, stop it! Fluffy, this collar is here to help you."
Hagrid said, reaching out with his two large hands to separate the dog heads.
Fluffy thought Hagrid was going to play with him, so he shifted his target from the collar to Hagrid's large hands.
"Won't the collar be damaged by Fluffy bumping into it?"
Watching Fluffy constantly rub the collar on the ground while playing, Hagrid asked with some concern.
"Don't worry, I tested the collar's hardness with [Thunderbolt Explosion], there's absolutely no problem."
This time, Munn had engraved the collar with strengthening runes, which he had originally discovered on the FireηΊΉ key, and later found relevant runes in the library and optimized them.
The new version of the [Strengthening] rune made the already very hard purple sandalwood several times harder.
Munn's [Thunderbolt Explosion] only blew the collar away, but didn't cause it any damage.
"That puts my mind at ease."
Hagrid wasn't surprised that Munn had already learned [Thunderbolt Explosion].
He took the beef spine he borrowed from the kitchen and handed it to Fluffy.
"Eat more, little guy, it's up to you next."
Watching the three dog heads frantically tear at the food, swallowing bones almost as tall as themselves in a few bites, Munn was surprised and relieved.
With the help of the rune collar, Fluffy's combat power will be further enhanced.
Not only will it eliminate Hagrid's guilt about leaking secrets, but Munn also felt that he had completed Dumbledore's instructions.
Helping Harry guard the Philosopher's Stone was the limit of what Munn could do.
After Fluffy finished enjoying his feast, Munn said goodbye to Hagrid and returned to the castle, and he also promised to make the remaining two rune collars in two days as a Christmas gift for Hagrid.
In addition to these pre-determined gifts, Munn also prepared gifts for the other professors.
The gift for Professor Flitwick was an ancient musical instrument from the Star Island tribe.
It looks very much like a Xun, and its sound is clear and melodious.
On the first night Munn arrived at Star Island, the tribesmen played a very beautiful homecoming song with it.
The gift for Professor McGonagall was a pot of fresh catnip, which the tribesmen called Ba Mao.
It was much better than the can of snacks Green Ball for Mrs. Norris.
The one who delivered the gifts to the professors was naturally Bouncy.
When this little guy returned from completing his mission, his two small paws were moving nimbly, and his mouth was covered in various food powders.
"Chirp ~" (They are all very happy ~)
"Is that so, it seems Bouncy is also very happy."
Munn said, wiping Bouncy's long mouth with his hand.
"Chirp ~" (Yes, I am also happy ~)
Time always passed quickly at Hogwarts.
In addition to completing the professors' assignments every day, Munn also had to practice spells and study alchemy.
These things were already fixed, and for Munn, he just had to do them step by step.
But things that were originally somewhat commonplace would always suddenly change.
In the Defense Against the Dark Arts class on Wednesday morning, Professor Quirrell rarely read the contents of the textbook word by word.
As soon as the class started, this professor first looked around at all the young wizards present, then closed the textbook and walked to the podium.
"Today I... we will change the way we teach, does everyone have... have anything they want to know about Defense Against the Dark Arts?"
Ron and Harry, who were originally prepared to cover their mouths and noses with their robes to sleep in class, perked up one by one after hearing Quirrell's words.
"Professor, you should have done this a long time ago."
Perhaps because he already knew that Professor Quirrell's personality was very weak, Ron had no respect for him.
"It's... it's not too late now."
Quirrell didn't dislike the young wizards' impolite behavior, he encouraged everyone to ask questions.
"Professor, I want to know how to deal with Grindylows?"
As soon as Quirrell's words fell, Hermione, who was sitting next to him, immediately stood up and asked.
She had long wanted to learn more about the magical creatures introduced in the Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook, but before it was because Quirrell wouldn't answer any questions from students.
Now that there was an opportunity, she naturally wouldn't let it go.
"Well, Miss... Miss Granger, you need to understand the weaknesses of Grindylows, such as its... its fingers are very easy to break, the screams of merpeople can also shock them, and of course, powerful attack spells can also work."
"Professor, I want to know if you really encountered a Revenant Zombie? How did you subdue the opponent?"
"Mr. Weasley, in fact, Revenant Zombies... Zombies are just rumors, what I encountered was just a vampire." Professor Quirrell used to be very taboo about people asking him this question, but today he generously satisfied the young wizards' curiosity.
"The most useful thing to deal with vampires is garlic."
Quirrell said here, using his hand to weigh a large string of garlic hanging around his neck.
"Of course, if you can go to Honeydukes Sweetshop to buy bloody lollipops, you might be able to avoid the attack."
"Really?"
Hearing Quirrell's very unusual answer, the young wizards' interest grew higher and higher.
"Professor, do you know of any more powerful flame-based magic?"
"Of course.....
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The young wizards' questions gradually exceeded the scope of Defense Against the Dark Arts, but Quirrell was able to answer each one.
Moreover, his explanations were not only vivid, but also gave various answers, which made the atmosphere in the entire classroom more and more enthusiastic.
After hearing Quirrell answer one question after another, Munn was also surprised by this usually somewhat stuttering professor.
Such a level of knowledge had long exceeded that of most professors in the school.
"Professor, do you know about curse magic? How can a curse be broken?"
After Quirrell answered Seamus' question about blasting magic, Munn immediately raised his hand and stood up.
As the high priest of the tribesmen on StarηΌ Island, Munn had been thinking about how to completely solve the curse problem of Erebus.
Now that Quirrell was willing to answer the young wizards' questions, and curse magic also belonged to the category of dark magic,
Munn immediately asked.
"Oh, Mr. Scarlett, I'm very glad you can ask a question."
Quirrell said, immediately walking through the aisle of classroom desks.
"Your question is about curses, is it? This is not ordinary magic."
Quirrell thought for a moment, then turned his back to Munn and walked towards the podium.
