Chapter 338 The Origin of the Monster Book
“Sorry, Hagrid.”
Andrew put away his wand and apologized to Hagrid immediately.
"It doesn't matter, I'll give that copy to you. I still have two more."
Hagrid looked unconcerned - his attention was entirely on Andrew's wand that he had put away. Come on up, it will be so much fun to magically clear away this interesting book.
"Thank you very much, Hagrid," Andrew responded seriously while squatting down to observe the remains of the monster book.
Unfortunately, it is probably dead forever - the incomplete and blank pages are definitely not something that the repair spell can interfere with.
Andrew pulled out the wand again and carefully tested it with the transformation technique, but this time the power disappeared, and everything seemed ordinary, like the most ordinary raw materials.
"It's so weird, so weird..."
Andrew muttered quietly and tried to pull out the cover, but unfortunately, the cover was destroyed together.
"What are you looking for, Andrew?"
"Author, who is the author of this book?"
Andrew stood up, "Which bookseller published this book? It's so strange, such power."
"Edward Lima"
Hagrid said the name with almost no thought.
"He is a master of magical creatures?"
"No," Hagrid said matter-of-factly, "He is a centaur with profound knowledge. That's why it is called the Monster Book of Monsters."
< br>"Centaurs are humanoids protected by the Ministry of Magic. "Type creatures?"
Andrew was stunned for a moment, "They are also monsters?"
Andrew still listened to a lot of Professor Lockhart's class last school year, plus Percy's Reviewing his notes, he was still clear about this.
Professor Lockhart also introduced it in "Walking with Vampires" - vampires, hags, and centaurs are collectively recognized as humanoid creatures. From the standpoint of the Ministry of Magic, they are treated as humans.
“Don’t you know?”
Hagrid looked at Andrew with a strange look in his eyes, “The centaurs never want to admit it. They think they are more beasts than people. Mainly because of that. The laws have harmed them, and the Centaur Liaison Office of the Ministry of Magic is now a joke. ——Because no centaurs have ever been there."
"But, these books?"
"Yes, they were ordered from the centaurs tribe, and they are responsible for publishing. ," Hagrid looked proud, "It can be said to be the most useful textbook."
"What about the original textbook?"
"There are too many mistakes in the original textbook. The old professor has long wanted to change it, but the centaur tribe over there refused to provide it in large quantities. I also bought it from the Forbidden Forest. I just got the recommendation from the tribe!”
Hagrid was particularly excited when he talked about it, and Andrew could clearly tell it - but think about it, if it was really such a process, he would be very excited. No problem.
But this means a bad thing - centaurs rarely share their unique knowledge, and the magical protection in books can undoubtedly be regarded as unique knowledge.
"Then what's the reason for being so aggressive?" Andrew looked at the wreckage on the ground, "I can understand the protection added to prevent the knowledge of creation from being plundered, but they seem to be too lively."< br>
"Haven't you heard, Andrew?" Hagrid looked like you don't even know common sense. "Knowledge itself is also a kind of power. Without this method, a lot of knowledge cannot be written in books. ”
Huh?
Andrew's eyes widened - it was the first time he heard such a statement.
“You mean, because those things themselves have power, the carrier must be magical?”
“Yes, but the methods of carrying are different. Many books in the library are It has a strange form, just for this reason.”
Hagrid seemed to be talking enthusiastically, "For example, the photos of thunderbirds' feathers cannot be published publicly, because general newspapers and parchments cannot carry the magical power contained in those feathers, but the monsters in their monster books have A photo that clearly shows the feathers.
“For another example, the scales of a dragon cannot be enlarged, but the Monster Book can be done because the carrier has been modified. Something like this happens.
"And..."
Obviously, Hagrid is extremely satisfied with his choice of teaching materials. He can't stop talking about it, and the skills contained here are also unheard of by Andrew. As a result, the two of them, one talking and the other listening, were stunned until the sun warmed their bodies significantly.
“Oh my God!”
Andrew glanced at the sky, then took out his pocket watch from his arms, "Sorry, Hagrid, I have to go back, I have something to do before breakfast!"
"I have to prepare too," Hagrid Hagrid also had worry on his face, "I have to go to the castle to have breakfast, the old professor told me!"
But unlike Andrew who ran all the way, Hagrid had no choice - the old professor told him, A professor should behave like a professor, not in a hurry or acting like a professor.
'Fortunately, I'm not late for breakfast...'
Andrew breathed a sigh of relief and ran towards Professor McGonagall's office - today is the first day of school, and he must assist the professor in passing on the class schedule. , especially those guys in the third grade who chose different courses and didn’t know how to attend without a class schedule.
"Dong dong dong."
He knocked on the door of Professor McGonagall's office,
——
"It's rare to see you so anxious, Tyler, get up this morning. Is it too late?”
Professor McGonagall was not at all worried, “Don’t be so anxious, you can eat in the office if you can’t.”
We are going to distribute the class schedule today, Professor!
"I didn't get up late, I just saw the new textbook from Professor Hagrid. I was so surprised that I almost forgot the time, Professor."
Andrew responded honestly.
"That monster book?"
Mag knew very well, "You didn't even look at it during the holiday? I thought you secretly destroyed the textbook and planned to continue refusing to admit defeat. ”
"I have this plan, and I'm going to mail order it to see if it's still available."
Andrew has no intention of giving up at all - the thing is in an intermediate state between living things and dead things, but it is still a long-term version. , but it is of great research value.
Although he focuses on human body transformation this year, the practical skill of turning dead into life still needs to be broken through.
But briefly giving life to dead objects and the textbook that seems to be alive are two different concepts - the latter has a much higher gold content, and the fragile state of life means that this magic is not so powerful. But it really made him unable to let it go.
“It’s pretty much what I guessed, but the unique magic system of the centaurs is not that difficult. You only need to care about the transformation technique, and don’t think about the protective magic. It’s all a secret now - Ah Busi may have cracked it, but he will never make it public.”
(End of this chapter)