Hogwarts: I am Harry's Cousin

Chapter 447 441. No necessary Animagus

The news of Durmstrang's closure caused quite a stir throughout the wizarding world.

This is one of the three famous magic schools in Europe.

The high-ranking officials in power in various countries are not fools. If the Ministry of Magic in Transylvania was previously controlled and could have been fooled, even a blind or deaf person could see that such an obvious abnormality was abnormal.

However, the Aurors they sent to investigate were like sinking into the sea, and none of them came back alive.

This made them panic.

The unknown is what scares people the most.

With this group of Death Eaters taking the lead, many criminal wizards from various countries seemed to have found a beacon and direction, and began to emerge one after another, and began to gather towards Transylvania. The social order of wizards that was finally established began to gradually collapse. bad.

It was as if he had returned to a past that was dominated by Death Eaters a few decades ago, a time of disorder and chaos.

Except for the three old countries of France, Germany, and England, the Ministry of Magic in all countries in Europe was affected and affected by this incident.

By the way, people from Italy's Ministry of Magic are considering surrendering.

However, this only lasted a short month.

Recently, Fudge has been rarely seen in Hogwarts. As these Death Eaters are causing trouble, the Minister of Magic has also become busy. Recently, the crime rate of wizards in England has begun to increase. But he was ruthlessly suppressed.

All the wizards in England noticed that Fudge now was completely different from Fudge before.

He is resolute and decisive in making decisions.

It seems that he is gradually reuniting with the image of the wise and powerful Minister Fudge described in the Daily Prophet.

The voices that complained about him gradually decreased, and everyone began to praise him without hesitation. The stable society gave this group of wizards living in England an unparalleled sense of security. Especially when compared with other countries, this safe atmosphere is even more strong.

According to some unreliable gossip (sourced by the Quibbler), 'Fudge' is really building an army of fire elves.

In the Hogwarts gardens, Dudley was enjoying afternoon tea. This time, the biscuits were baked by Hermione herself. Although the taste was not good, they were definitely hard enough.

Boom, boom, boom.

Sounds like iron being struck came from Dudley's mouth.

"Harry, you saw me a few times today but you hesitated to speak. What do you want from me?"

Dudley turned to look at Harry standing behind him, and continued to add when he saw that Harry still looked like he was about to say something.

"We are brothers, there is nothing bad to say."

"Brother D. I want to ask your opinion on something."

Harry thought for a while and finally said it: "Sirius wants to teach me the Animagus, but this magic is extremely difficult and requires a lot of energy. It may affect my learning progress, so. So I Don’t know what to do.”

"Sirius said that Animagus is a very practical magic. He escaped from Azkaban with Animagus."

What Sirius said was correct, he did escape from Azkaban with the help of Animagus.

but.

"Actually, there are other ways to escape from Azkaban besides Animagus."

Dudley took a sip of black tea and continued: "For example, the silent casting you are learning now and the wandless mastering method you learned before."

"If he can cast spells without a wand, then even if his wand is taken away, he can still cast the Patronus Charm to resist dementors. If he can cast spells without a wand, then he can easily escape from Azkaban and return to England without having to It’s so embarrassing to cross the ocean.”

No prison can contain a wizard who can cast spells without a wand or without a sound.

Wandless spellcasting is a powerful protection after losing your wand. Silent spellcasting allows you to break the spell yourself if you are under a binding spell.

This is how Grindelwald can enter and leave Nurmengard at will.

"Harry, you have to understand one thing. What is the purpose of learning Animagus?"

"Is it more stealthy? Or can it improve combat capabilities?"

Greater stealth is mostly the purpose of wizards learning Animagus. For very common creatures such as cats and mice, hiding after transformation is definitely a relatively safe method. Some wizards' Animagus can improve combat Ability, such as suddenly transforming into a lion or tiger at close range, which can definitely give the opponent a surprise attack.

"In my opinion, Animagus does not bring much concealment, and its practicality is not even as good as a Disguise Spell or a Shrinking Spell, especially when the other party knows your Animagus and it is easy to find someone to target you. Methods, for example, there is a wizard whose Animagus is a ladybug. If she is covered by a glass, she will not be able to get out of it even if she dies."

Animagus has only two advantages, stealth (transforming into animals and not being detected by dementors) and occasionally improving combat capabilities, but there are a lot of disadvantages.

First, what is the creature after transformation, and what are its characteristics? The body may become extremely fragile, and the most terrifying thing is that even the thinking mode will change after transformation.

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"The uncertainty of this magic is too great. You can't specify the transformation. What you turn into is completely random. If you turn into a fly and get swatted to death, you will really be swatted to death."

Just like the Patron Saint image of the Patron Saint Spell, it is completely random and random for all races.

The Patronus will change its image according to the mood of the person who releases it, but Animagus cannot. Once transformed, it is fixed for life.

The third Animagus has another characteristic. It cannot transform into magical creatures.

Otherwise, being able to transform into magical creatures, Animagus will definitely become a required spell for wizards.

But this is the basic rule of Animagus, and only by observing this rule can Animagus transformation be carried out. It's not like no one has tried to change this rule for thousands of years, and then these wizards all died violent deaths.

The difficulty of the key Animagus is ranked among the highest among all magic spells. Every year there are news that wizards failed to try Animagus and died.

Well, there are dangers in not trying to change the curse.

A wizard once transformed into a goldfish. He didn't know how to cast spells silently or without a wand, and the place he chose to transform was still in the desert. The most important thing was that he didn't know how to transform back.

By the time others found him, he had turned into a small dried fish.

"The cost is too high, the return is too little, and it is quite risky. The expenditure is not proportional to the income."

"So I don't recommend or support you wasting your time learning this magic."

This is also the reason why Dudley didn't learn Animagus himself.

You can learn it, but you don’t have to.

After Dudley's analysis, Harry felt that what he said made sense and nodded repeatedly.

When you hear Animagus like this, it seems useless.