Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 98 Serpent Shadows in the Dead of Night! Another Side of Ecclesia!

Dudley had no classes on Tuesday afternoon, so he went straight to his books.

A book haven is a place where books reside, that is, a library.

In the library, Dudley studied alchemy books for about four hours.

He got up and left again, going to the school hospital, which was also on the second floor of the castle.

Using his position as a teaching assistant and under the guise of appraising healing potions, he purchased two bottles of bone-regenerating medicine, three bottles of scabies potion, four bottles of regular antidote, three tubes of tranquilizer, and one bottle of vitality tonic from Madam Pomfrey, the school doctor, at a low price.

These are all prepared for the little dwarf star that is about to be pushed to its limit.

Constantly using hormone-based, potent drugs like those used by idiots is not a long-term solution.

In the evening, Dudley went to Hagrid's again and took away several large logs that Hagrid had sawed from the Forbidden Forest during the day for making canes.

Hagrid told him that Professor Kettleburn, who only had one and a half limbs left, with just one arm and half a leg, had taken the initiative to go to the dragon's den during his spare time to check on the condition of his two old fire dragons.

It is said that the two fire dragons have pretty good vitality and their bodily functions are showing signs of recovery. If they live intimately for a while longer, they might actually lay dragon eggs.

After having dinner in the auditorium that night, Dali slept soundly for most of the night after returning to his dormitory.

Ron got up three times in the night to observe, but failed to see Dudley leave, so he had to go back to sleep disappointed, temporarily abandoning his idea of ​​a nighttime outing.

In the middle of the night, Dudley secretly got up and went to the Room of Requirement by himself without calling Harry.

He first treated Pettigrew, who was almost unrecognizable, with various healing potions, and then threw himself into the project of making a special wand from Harry's hair.

Dudley, methodical and acting according to his own plan, was unaware that Professor Ecclesia, whom he had largely dismissed his doubts about, did not, like him, rest quietly after returning to her office that evening.

……

Late at night, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office.

Eccles Hunter used magic to seal the office doors and lit candles. By the light, she walked to a corner and pulled out a suitcase.

She tapped the constellation pattern engraved on the suitcase three times with her wand, and a hidden zipper was immediately revealed.

She reached out her slender, fair hand, unzipped the bottle, and took out a beautifully decorated, narrow-necked glass bottle. The bottle shimmered with silver light and was filled with threads of memory.

Eckeris carefully opened the memory bottle, and with her wand, guided the memory threads inside, stuffing them all back into her head.

A moment later, Professor Eckeris's demeanor changed slightly. What was originally gentle, beautiful, and approachable now had a touch of allure and sinister charm.

"A black dragon emerges from its cave!"

Ecclesia processed the hidden memories that had been extracted beforehand, and with her wand pointed at an empty space in the room, she chanted a spell.

A strange python, five or six meters long, immediately emerged from the tip of her staff.

If Dudley and Harry were here, they would surely recognize the origin of this python.

On June 23rd of this year, Dudley's birthday, the Dursleys went to the zoo.

In the reptile section, Harry inadvertently activated his Parsleyan talent, inherited from a fragment of Voldemort's soul, and began to speak with a Brazilian python in the display case.

The python pitifully said it longed for its homeland, so Harry used his magic to help it.

The thick glass was affected by a vanishing spell, releasing the giant python.

He then used a snake-like voice to command the giant python not to harm anyone, and then let the Brazilian python escape on its own.

Unexpectedly, this unlucky python did not escape the clutches of fate and was summoned by Ecris again in the dead of night.

Moreover, judging from the python's current head, it is no longer the simple creature it once was.

"Owner!"

After releasing the bizarre giant python, Eckeris put away her wand, bowed respectfully to the snake, and uttered an extremely shameful name.

"Hiss... How's it going? Have you figured out where the Philosopher's Stone is?"

On the back of the Brazilian python's head, a deformed, ferocious human face protruded, its mouth, gaping open beneath the snake's scales, protruding a thin, long, forked tongue, speaking in an extremely sinister tone.

“Master, we have a lead!” Ecclesia said in a fawning tone. “Earlier tonight, Dumbledore privately summoned several of us professors and said that next week he plans to build a maze in the Forbidden Forest specifically for senior students to hone their combat skills.”

At that time, we professors will need to help set up the challenges.

He also said that reward items would be placed throughout the maze, with the magic stone being the grand prize at the deepest part of the maze.

"Hiss..."

Voldemort's main spirit, which was parasitizing the Brazilian python, spoke again in a chilling voice, "Get me the Philosopher's Stone as soon as possible! I desperately need the elixir of immortality to replenish my life force!"

Also, bring me some unicorn blood within three days!

Upon hearing this, Eckeris looked troubled: "Master! The Forbidden Forest is vast, and I have to attend classes every day to deal with those difficult professors and students. There might not be enough time..."

"I don't care about reasons! I only want results!"

Voldemort's main spirit turned the red eyes that grew from beneath the snake's scales, staring directly at Ecclesia. Thick black magical smoke began to billow from the snake's body, making it look extremely eerie. "If I can't drink unicorn blood in three days, I'll have no choice but to parasitize you!"

Eckeris's delicate body trembled, and she hurriedly replied, "I will definitely complete the task you assigned me! But..."

"Just what?"

Voldemort's main spirit's gaze grew even more malevolent.

"But as far as I know, unicorn blood, if not given voluntarily, contains a very strong curse. Drinking it would be a losing proposition, Master!"

Ecclesia spoke rapidly, expressing her loyalty and adopting a considerate attitude as if she were thinking of Voldemort's best interests.

"Hiss ha ha ha!" Voldemort's main spirit twisted the Brazilian python's body, letting out a rampant, sinister laugh. "The unicorn's blood is for this python to drink, what does it have to do with me?!"

I only want the life force from the unicorn's blood! As for the curse, the serpent's life will bear it!

Erklis's heart sank. She really hadn't expected the second-generation Dark Lord to pull so many shady tricks. It seemed she couldn't refuse the arduous task of obtaining unicorn blood.

"Is there anything else? I'm going back! That old bastard Dumbledore, I don't know what's gotten into him lately, what's gotten into him, he's killed most of my loyal men!"

This is his territory. I need to be careful until I've fully recovered!

Voldemort's main spirit grumbled angrily as he was about to extend his serpent head to touch the tip of Ecclesia's wand before returning to the hidden forest where he was temporarily residing.

Eccles' wand had been modified by him using dark magic, giving it a special function similar to a door key.

“Master! I may have found the reason why Dumbledore has changed so much.”

Ecclesia's words caused the snake body, which was possessed by Voldemort's main soul, to temporarily stop moving.

"Speak quickly!"