Hogwarts Card System Chapter 246

Chapter 244: Do You Even Know You’re Breaking the Law?!

As it turned out, the French Ministry of Magic, whether out of a desire to keep family secrets or to see their old rival, Britain, stumble, did not immediately inform the British authorities.

By the time the French Ministry of Magic sent word five days later, the dark wizard had already made his move.

But this time, he wasn’t killing; he was robbing!

He robbed Gringotts!

Of course, he wasn’t successful.

But he killed 6 goblin employees!

This incident happened just as Ted and his friends were heading to the train station.

Whether it was killing people to absorb magic or breaking into Gringotts and killing 6 goblins, these were no small matters.

The former would cause panic, and the latter could very well incite strong dissatisfaction from the goblins.

It was well-known that they were perennially discontent. The last time the Diagon Alley monster riot killed a goblin guard, the Ministry of Magic had to expend great effort to quell it.

This time, it was directly 6, and two of them were high-ranking goblin consultants, not of low status. How could this be tolerated?!

Immediately afterward, the Wizengamot, deeming the situation serious, issued an order: this dark wizard must be apprehended.

Thus began the chase that afternoon…

Ted looked at the newspaper, lost in thought.

A dark wizard was one thing, but he was a dark wizard from another world.

A dark wizard from another world was one thing, but he could even absorb other people’s magic?

And this guy was incredibly powerful, exceptionally cunning, and had crossed three countries without being caught.

Even more dangerous, if the newspaper’s speculation was correct, and he preferred to target young wizards, wouldn’t that be very risky?

…

Although the news in the newspaper was worrying, life had to go on, and classes had to be attended.

Last year, they had already chosen the additional courses for this year.

Ted chose Divination, Ancient Runes, and Care of Magical Creatures.

This year, Ted and his friends’ schedule would be even more intense.

Among the three courses, Ancient Runes was the first to be taught.

The full name was Ancient Runes, and the teacher was Bathsheda Babbling.

She was considered a part-time professor, as the school didn’t teach many courses in this subject.

She was merely taking the opportunity to study at the school and organize more runic information.

Many ancient texts contained magic.

And Ancient Runes was the subject that taught how to master and combine more runes to achieve stronger effects.

Textbooks included Ancient Runes Made Easy, Runic Dictionary, Magical Pronunciation Chart, and advanced professional books like Advanced Runic Translation, Collection of Magical Symbols, and so on.

Ted had already begun in-depth study of Ancient Runes last year, so he was quite proficient in this subject.

However, after attending one class, Ted was somewhat disappointed.

Just like with Dark Arts, the school’s teaching of Ancient Runes was superficial.

If this was the level of instruction, it was no longer useful to Ted.

He had a deep understanding of runes. After all, he had the materials left by Ravenclaw and Slytherin, which were extremely valuable and systematic.

Unlike many current books on runes, which were one-sided and disconnected, often with inaccurate interpretations of runes.

This was the advantage of those ancient pure-blood families; they often monopolized key knowledge. Therefore, they had a significant advantage in the magical world.

Based on Ted’s research and understanding of runes, he believed that runes were the magical programming languages of different civilizations.

First, a programming language was created, and then various magical effects were developed based on this language.

In that sense, the talismans of the Heavenly Dynasty should also be a type of rune.

It was just that they were not compatible with the Western alphabet system languages. The two could not be mixed.

Runes somewhat depended on talent, mainly in terms of learning and logic.

People who hadn’t studied them were like those who hadn’t studied programming; they saw various software and apps and had no idea about their operating rules and principles.

Most wizards who had diligently attended Ancient Runes classes were similar to coders who had received a few months of simple training at a training institution; they could do some simple, repetitive tasks, but they were very limited.

But true masters could do so much more!

It was said that ordinary people cried “wah wah” when they were born, while programming masters said “Hello World~” when they were born!

The only difficulty was that this magical programming language was not public. How to obtain more information about the language was also a barrier.

This barrier simply did not exist for Ted.

Ted: I have deciphered the runes, you lose!

…

On the first Wednesday of the week, Ted and his classmates had their first Care of Magical Creatures class, in the small forest near the Forbidden Forest.

Hagrid’s original idea was to let everyone see his newly bred species—Blast-Ended Skrewts.

When Ted was developing magical creatures, he had written to Hagrid to discuss a lot of knowledge about breeding new magical animals.

Hagrid was already eager to try, and knowing that Ted was also doing similar research, he couldn’t restrain his “creativity” and started working on it during the holidays.

So, these Blast-Ended Skrewts appeared a little earlier than in the original story.

This creature was bred by Hagrid using 1 Manticore and 60 Fire Crabs.

A Manticore was a 5X-rated dangerous creature native to Greece. It had to be said that Hagrid was indeed Hagrid, being able to breed new species by combining this creature with others~

And the Fire Crab was not a crab, but a magical creature very similar to a sea turtle, native to Fiji.

Its shell had jewels of different colors and was considered an excellent natural cauldron—it enhanced potion brewing.

So, the Fire Crab was a protected magical animal, and wizards had built a sanctuary for them on a beach.

And when threatened, the Fire Crab could shoot flames from its tail.

Ted asked Hagrid for a Fire Crab shell, not for brewing potions, but for divination!

However, Ted couldn’t imagine how a Manticore and 60 Fire Crabs could breed a new species; just thinking about the possibilities made him lose sanity!

Hagrid’s methods were too extreme, weren’t they?

And you know what, he actually pulled it off.

The newly hatched Blast-Ended Skrewts looked like shelled lobsters, grayish-white, slimy, and very disgusting.

They appeared to have no heads, and many legs sprawled out from their bellies.

Each of these creatures was about six inches long and emitted a very strong smell of rotten fish and shrimp.

Ted wrote to persuade Hagrid to give up on this creature; it had no future. Absolutely no future!

It was neither powerful nor economically valuable, and it was also incredibly ugly.

What use was this thing besides being disgusting?

If you taught young wizards with this thing, they would despise you for the rest of their lives.

Besides, your unauthorized breeding of Blast-Ended Skrewts has seriously violated the “Prohibition of Animal Breeding Experiments” decree passed by the Ministry of Magic in 1965!

Do you even know you’re breaking the law?!

Don’t even think about running away! Don’t even think about taking a smuggling ship to leave the UK and go to Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia…

Finally, Ted advised him to get something that looked mighty or beautiful and cute.

Beautiful and cute were not really virtues for Hagrid, so he finally chose his own Hippogriff, specifically Buckbeak.

Buckbeak, the subject of Ted’s class, ate a Class II protected animal every day, so Malfoy better be careful~

For Ted, taking this class had no benefits, except for taking care of Hagrid’s feelings.

After all, he had already moved beyond the scope of Care of Magical Creatures; he was already creating magical creatures~

For him, magical animals either had economic value, or they were good-looking enough to keep as pets, or else… where were the magical animals? The magical animals were in the pot!

Should I write a Magical Creatures Cooking Guide?

…

Besides the new courses, the difficulty of the old courses also increased.

For example, in Transfiguration, they had to turn a mouse into a tortoise!

Live-to-live transfiguration had begun to filter out those young wizards who had no talent in Transfiguration at all.

If the courses of the past two years were already quite difficult, then starting this year, it was truly a watershed.

The course content of the previous two years could be mastered with diligent study and practice.

But starting this year, the difficulty of Transfiguration increased, and for students without talent, even if they worked twice as hard, they would fall significantly behind.

In fact, in another two or three years, they would be completely unable to keep up with the course progress.

This was also a kind of screening, allowing students who had no talent in this field to find other paths earlier.

In Transfiguration class.

Hermione: “Ted, does my tortoise not look quite right?”

Ron was furious: “Please, give me a break! Does it not look like one?!”

In front of Ron was his masterpiece—a rat-headed, rat-tailed tortoise!

Yes, he was one of those without Transfiguration talent.

Hermione was very dissatisfied with her result: “No! It’s not a tortoise, it looks like a sea turtle?”

Upon hearing this, Ron’s mind drifted for a moment, as if he saw the Palace of Versailles appearing before him~

Although he had been “Versailles-ed,” Ron firmly supported Hermione.

Ron: Everything Hermione says is right!

Because Hermione had started learning Ancient Runes a year early, she had now gained the appreciation of the Ancient Runes professor, who specifically asked her to help grade this year’s Ancient Runes homework.

Ron: As long as Hermione is still grading Ancient Runes homework, I will always support Hermione.

Jerry: Bah! I have never seen such a shameless person! Hermione, I am your number one fan!

(End of chapter)