Chapter 13 Forbidden Books in the Library
The forbidden section of the Hogwarts Library, which was frequented by Ranko when he was a student at Hogwarts.
At that time, he was only in his second year, and he had already shown a strong talent for magic, and the then head of Slytherin House, Horace Slughorn, was naturally favored, and it was not uncommon for young wizards who were only in their second year to sign a library card for the forbidden area.
To be honest, the reason why Ranko was able to master the theory and practice of various magic in a short period of time was due to Horace Slughorn, the head of Slytherin, who helped him a lot.
"Thank you, Salazar."
Out of the Room of Requirement, Professor McGonagall had been waiting for a long time.
The two go to the library together, while Ranko keeps thinking about the curse he had set up.
Using curses to counterbalance curses is also his usual method.
"That and the doll...... Let's hope it doesn't scare the poor juniors and the other little wizards at Hogwarts. ”
After all, his curse, well, will be more underworld when it is executed.
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Allowing Ranko to wander around the forbidden books was clearly not in line with Professor McGonagall's code of conduct, and even though Ranko had a library card signed by Professor Dumbledore, it made the older Dean of Education feel faintly uneasy.
"Professor Dumbledore has given you permission to take a book from the forbidden area, Mr. Malfoy, and I personally recommend looking for what you want in this area."
The forbidden area was separated from the library by a rope, and the librarian, Mrs. Irma Pins, saw that the Deputy Headmaster had brought someone to bring it, and the library card signed by Dumbledore, although she was a little strange who Ranko was, she was very sensible and did not ask much.
Ranko looked in the direction Professor McGonagall was pointing, and saw that a large part of the shelves in that row were all he had seen, and there was nothing new about it.
Professor, I'm sorry I didn't accept your suggestion...... Malfoy thought to himself.
Professor McGonagall saw Mr. Malfoy's gaze off the books, and said:
"There are a lot of books in the forbidden section that contain very dangerous things, and there are many protective spells or curses written by the writers, which are quite dangerous things even for masters who are proficient in magic spells."
Professor McGonagall's potential meaning is: let's pick a book that is not too dangerous, and if you are interested, leave quickly.
But Mr. Malfoy, as if he did not understand, said in the library with great interest:
"Professor McGonagall, where are the books with the Protective Charm you mentioned? Oh, I can't wait to see what's in the great works of my predecessors. ”
Joke, I haven't seen any strong winds and waves, how can a protection spell or a curse stop my inquiring gaze...... Ranko sighed in his heart.
Thinking that he has turned over many of the books here, and even buried some "little surprises" in some books, I don't know which lucky audience has been recruited Mr. Ranko looks so comfortable.
Besides, it is uncertain who will curse whom and who will protect whom.
Professor McGonagall kept her mouth shut, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Ranko Malfoy......" She closed her eyes, and the intense sense of unease grew.
I always felt that it was not a good thing to put a dark wizard in.
At some point, Mr. Malfoy took a small cart out of his pocket and staggered after them.
Looking at this posture, he didn't look like he came to the forbidden area to read books, but came here to buy goods.
"This one, this one, well, and this one, they all seem to look good."
Mr. Malfoy's eyes were burning brightly when he saw a book he was interested in or had not seen before, he stopped to look at it, and after making sure that he really didn't know that it was the books he had added after he left Hogwarts, he put the books in the cart that followed him.
"You always need to see what it's saying before you can make a choice, Professor McGonagall, you say."
McGonagall: Don't want to talk, thank you.
Professor McGonagall watched Malfoy's overwhelmed sound as the cart behind him made an overwhelmed sound, then stopped, turned to Malfoy, and said solemnly:
"Mr. Malfoy, I have to tell you that there are many things in the wizarding world that I don't know, and I probably shouldn't tell you that you can't chew too much."
Look at what people have picked, history of magic, potions, astrology, alchemy, spells, black magic, black magic, black magic, black magic......
The smorgasbord of house-elves in the castle is probably no more than that.
"I understand, Professor McGonagall."
Ranko threw another book onto the rickety cart and continued to get it without looking up.
Professor McGonagall saw that persuasion was fruitless, and had no choice but to give up.
After making sure that Malfoy wouldn't do anything, and that most of the books he had taken were not cursed on them, the older Dean of Studies left the library and headed to the Headmaster's office, ready to talk to Dumbledore, who was battling the Meditation Basin and trying to find some missing details.
Talk about Malfoy's "hodgepodge of stews."
"Do I look that unreliable?"
Mr. Malfoy was a little smirked, and found a small table in the forbidden book section, cleaned the dust from the place, and then began to dispose of the stacks of books that were about the height of a person.
"Although my memory ability is really good, I have read so many books in a short period of time and memorized them, I guess I can't do it even if Merlin comes in person."
Under the influence of magic, the pages of the book turned quickly, and Ranko only did a general glance before turning the pages quickly.
It's not for viewing, it's not for immediate memory, he's not a person with hyperamnesia, so many things can't be remembered at all.
But fortunately, he didn't learn alchemy well.
Coupled with a little financial support from the Malfoy family and the effort he put in, as long as you go through it roughly, you can have an impression, and then you can take a closer look at it yourself.
- After all, these are other people's things, and he is embarrassed to borrow them for a long time and look at them if they are not his own.
Well, the copy is also your own.
After reading the books and making sure that his memory was clearly presented, he put all the books back in their place.
While there was some interesting content in these books, it was clear that these were not what he wanted.
For him, a book that is worth taking away is nothing more than one of two things.
Either the things recorded in it are precious, or the books themselves have a certain specialness.
Unfortunately, none of the books he had seen so far had reached this level, and those that contained some evil curses had been easily lifted by him.
"It seems that Dumbledore has moved Cutting-edge Dark Arts Revealed out of the forbidden book area at this time......"
He was still thinking that if he couldn't find what he needed, he would take the book with him.