demon hunter at hogwarts

Chapter 126

Unfortunately, Nagini's chaotic memory could only end here. She could not remember when she had been to Kache Square.

The only thing that is certain is that it was definitely not the Greek traveler Achilles who brought her here.

After a while, Nagini was put back into the bag, but Regulus remembered something and rented an owl from the hotel to send a letter.

Early the next morning, he set out from Paris and caught up with the first portkey dealer.

When his feet again stepped on the grass on the White Cliffs of Dover, Regulus felt an inexplicable excitement.

He never imagined that one day he would be able to barely control his emotions just because he had his feet on the ground in England.

When he thought about being able to return to No. 12 Grimmauld Place soon and eat delicious stews and syrup pies made by Kreacher, he couldn't help but feel excited.

But before that, he had one more thing to do.

Considering that Harry hadn't started school yet, it wasn't a wise choice to bring Nagini home hastily.

No matter how well-behaved and cooperative the blood-cursed orc-turned-snake was along the way, we couldn't forget that she once obeyed Voldemort's orders and was still under the control of magic, so she didn't know when she would have an attack.

It would be terrible if anything happened to Harry.

An hour later, in the countryside of Dorset, in front of an ordinary-looking house.

Newt Scamander was turning over the earth with magic and seemed to be tending some kind of plant. Three cats were surrounding him, jumping up and down from time to time, climbing on his shoulders and messing up his hair.

"Mr. Scamander." Regulus greeted politely.

"Just call me Newt." Newt said with a smile. "I received your letter. You said you needed help?"

He waved his wand casually, and a few gardening shears beside him automatically pruned the branches and leaves of the plants in the flower bed.

"Yes, I need the most professional help." Regulus said, "I'm afraid there is no one in the world who is more familiar with magical animals than you."

"Don't say that, Sylvanus and Rubeus are both experts." Newt said modestly, "Let's go inside and talk."

In the house, a witch was doing housework. When she heard Newt entering the house, she accidentally broke the tea cup.

She smiled awkwardly and repaired the teacup calmly.

"Please allow me to introduce you, this is my wife, Tina." Newt said with a little pride in his voice, "She is a former Auror of the Magical Congress of the United States of America."

"It's an honor to meet you, Mrs. Scamander." Regulus saluted, "Regulus Black has been teaching at Hogwarts for the past year."

Although she is very old, Tina's eyes are still bright, like a flame burning in the dark water.

Regulus thought of salamanders inexplicably, but he felt that he should not express the description.

"Rolfe often talks about you to us. He said that you are the best Defense Against the Dark Arts professor he has ever encountered since he went to school." Tina said, "It's a pity that you only taught for one year."

"This is what Dumbledore and I agreed on." Regulus was unwilling to explain more on this issue. "And the new professor is also an excellent wizard."

"Where is Nagini now?" Newt said suddenly, "She must be the one you were talking about in the letter, right?"

"Nagini? Do you mean the... blood-cursed orc girl who was with Credence?" When Tina heard the name, she suddenly remembered something.

"Yes." Newt turned to Tina, his tone hesitant, "But according to Mr. Black..."

"Just call me Regulus."

"According to Regulus, her condition is not optimistic..." Newt said seriously, "I have to see her condition with my own eyes before I can make a judgment."

"Right here?" Regulus asked, "I heard Rolf say that you should have a big zoo at home...but it looks like..."

He looked around and saw that the house was not too big and was neatly tidied.

It has nothing to do with "zoo" at all.

"Ah...I forgot, come with me." Newt stood up and led Regulus through a narrow corridor to the other side of the house.

Regulus noticed that there were various pictures of animals hanging on the walls of the corridor.

At the end of the corridor was an ordinary-looking wooden door that was unlocked.

Newt opened the door, and a familiar voice came from inside: "Grandpa, I was bitten by this soft-clawed land shrimp... Oops!"

Regulus, who followed Newt through the door, happened to see Rolf trip and fall into a pile of Flobber caterpillars used as feed.

He pursed his lips, held back his laughter, and waved his wand. The end of the wand turned into a whip, pulling poor Rolf out of the pile of caterpillars.

At the same time, Newt mercilessly cast a hurricane curse on his grandson.

The caterpillars stuck to Rolf were blown away, and several strange big birds from a distance immediately flew over and had a feast.

"Anyone bitten by a soft-clawed land shrimp will be unlucky in everything he does within a week." Newt explained, "Someone once tried to use this thing to frame his gambling opponent... but accidentally bit himself. So he lost all his family property... In short, Rolf... I'm sorry, this week will be difficult for you."

Regulus raised his eyebrows.

"Professor Black, welcome to our home!" Rolf didn't seem to be too affected, still waving his bitten hand happily, "Are you here to see the Equus?"

"Listening to what you said, I am really interested, but Mr. Scamander..." At this point, Regulus quickly changed his words, "Newt, let's get down to business first. We need someone who can make Ten Where snakes several feet long roam freely.”

"Come this way, the habitat I prepared for the rune snake is now empty..." Newt motioned for Regulus to follow him.

The two passed through each habitat. In the distance, Rolf looked around freely, trying to figure out what they wanted to say.

Soon, Regulus realized that he had made a mistake.

This place cannot be described as just "zoo".

"Newt..." Regulus, who was a little dazed, couldn't help but sigh, "I think... you kept your book secret."

There are at least ten magical animals here, none of which Regulus has ever read about in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

For example, in the bamboo forest in the distance, the animal squatting on the stone looks like a big cat, but it has two pairs of outward-turned fangs, a lion-like mane, and a long, ribbon-like tail.

"That's Zuowu." Newt introduced. "An animal from the Eastern Kingdom. It is... extremely fast and powerful. It can travel thousands of miles a day if you ride it. If I want to go to London from here, it will You can get me there in about ten seconds."

Regulus remembered the story that old Vincent told when he stayed in Paris a few days ago.

At this time, Zuowu saw Newt, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared next to Newt from the rocks in the distance, rubbing against him affectionately.

"Okay, okay... Regulus, do you have a cat teasing stick..." Newt struggled to say as he tried not to put Zowu's mane in his mouth.

"Cat teasing stick?" Regulus was stunned for a moment, and then used his wand to conjure a cat teasing stick.

"The one with the bell, shake it!" Newt gave professional guidance.

Regulus shook the cat teaser, feeling a little foolish.

Judging from the speed performance of this Zuowu just now, if it were officially placed in the Ministry of Magic's magical creature classification, it would definitely not be lower than the 4X level.

As a result, after Zuowu heard the bell, he immediately let go of Newt, his huge eyes staring closely at the cat teasing stick in Regulus' hand.

"Like a cat, very cute, right?" After getting rid of Zuowu, Newt continued to lead Regulus through each habitat.

In addition to creatures such as the Moon Chi Beast and the Ball Escape Bird, which are harmless to humans and animals, there are also a large number of ferocious magical animals here.

For example, the poisonous horned beast that looks simple and honest, like a rhinoceros that is slightly deformed after being enlarged several times, but will blow up everything in front of it if it disagrees with it.

A horned camel beast with rough skin and thick flesh, and a mouth full of tentacles.

And the Poison Leopard, which is said to be difficult to subdue even a hundred wizards.

"Oh my god...where did you find them?" Regulus couldn't help but admired.

"When I was young, I liked to travel around the world to observe the habits of magical creatures." Newt explained, "Many of the animals here were rescued by me when they were in trouble. They didn't want to go back to themselves. habitat, preferring to stay with me... Even Frank occasionally flies across the Atlantic from the wilderness of Arizona to see me..."

"Frank?"

"A Thunderbird, he was here last month." Newt said ostentatiously, "It's very beautiful, you will definitely like him."

After speaking, Newt suddenly waved his hand, and a huge, blue-green creature between a butterfly and a bat bloomed from the egg sac on his fingertips, grinning at Regulus.

"What the hell is this!" Regulus had never seen this kind of creature before. With a jolt, he jumped back three meters away. His agility was not inferior to that of Zuowu just now.

"The Curling Wing Demon," Newt said, "I didn't include it in the book, because the venom of the Curling Wing Demon can be used to prepare a powerful forgetting potion that can make people forget bad memories. This miraculous effect will bring them disaster."

At this time, the curled-winged demon shrank into a ball again, hanging on Newt's finger, swinging back and forth.

Regulus agreed with this.

There are many poachers like Scabior in the wizarding world.For Jin Galleon, they would do anything.

"Just here."

The two came to a clearing with trees, and Newt motioned to Regulus to let Nagini out.

"She's not very friendly... You'd better stand back." Regulus took out the big box containing Nagini from his bag and released the big snake.

When Nagini saw Newt, she immediately raised her head, hissed threateningly, and assumed an attacking stance.

"Calm down!" Regulus said hurriedly to the big snake, "He is here to help you. Don't you recognize him?"

"No impression... I don't remember seeing this person." Nagini slowly replied after staring at Newt for a while.

This time, it was Newt's turn to be shocked.

"You can also speak Parseltongue?" the zoologist asked in surprise, "How come Parselmouth can be wholesaled recently? A few months ago, Harry Potter found that he could talk to snakes, but your brother Very scared.”

"I received a small gift from fate." Regulus said evasively, "This is nothing compared to your ability. You can make all animals obedient."

"Many magical animals can understand human speech, and snakes are a rare exception. They are only willing to speak their own language." Newt explained seriously, "I did try, using hissing sounds to try to talk to snakes. Speaking... By observing their reactions, we can determine the meaning of certain syllables. But the effect is not very good. I think it may be an accent problem, and different types of snakes will react differently..."

Newt cast pitying eyes on Nagini.

"So, she ended up like this."

"Dumbledore said you knew her."

"Yes... that was more than 60 years ago," Newt said. "She and Credence escaped from a... 'Freak Circus' in Paris."

When the name of the circus was mentioned, Newt hesitated.

"Credence?" Regulus asked in confusion upon hearing this completely unfamiliar name.

"He is an Obscurus... You should know the Obscurus, right?" Newt raised his head and glanced at Regulus, who nodded.

Now, due to the gradual improvement of the wizarding system, the Obscurials have basically disappeared, but in the chaotic situation at the beginning of the century, those little wizards who were unable to correctly guide the magic power in their bodies became such sad existences.

"...They became companions, and Credence hoped to find his own life experience." Newt said in a nostalgic tone, "At that time, Tina and I were also looking for Credence, because he was a special Silence. Or, he was already an adult when we found him."

"Isn't it difficult for the Obscurus to live beyond the age of ten?" Regulus discovered something unusual.

"Credence's power is quite powerful. He almost destroyed New York by himself." Newt said, "and then he survived a joint attack by the twelve most elite Aurors from MACUSA... Because of this, Grindelwald also values ​​him very much and wants to recruit him to join his ranks to fight against Dumbledore."

Regulus felt very strange about this past event.

Because the name Credence has never been mentioned in any magical historical materials, if he is really as powerful as Newt said, he should leave a mark in history.

But from any point of view, Newt had no reason to make up stories about Regulus.

At this time, Nagini curled up on the ground bored.

Although she could no longer understand human language, she felt an inexplicable discomfort when she heard the syllable "Credence".

"Later, we fell into Grindelwald's trap and were all led to Père Lachaise Cemetery... I will never forget that day." Newt's voice suddenly became old and tired.

For the first time Regulus saw weariness and sadness in the old man.