The Rise of the Muggles at Hogwarts

Chapter 192 Commendation and Voodoo (3)

"Ho! So fast!"

Anthony could guess that the Queen must be very busy these two days, and he thought it would be a few days before the Queen would send him a letter.Unexpectedly, I received it on the same day.

He tore open the thick letter and felt it. Inside was a handwritten letter and a medal.

At this moment, a terrifying head suddenly popped out of the wall. The head and neck were connected with some flesh. You could even see the blood vessels in his neck. The scene was very bloody at one time.

"A letter from the king? Look what's written!" The person who came was none other than Nick, who urged Anthony anxiously, completely unaware that his head was becoming the most terrifying thing in the auditorium.

"The Queen, not the King." Anthony rolled his eyes at him, and then he slowly opened the oracle in his hand.

"Ahem!" He stood up and coughed twice, and then began to read the contents of the handwriting aloud.

"Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, personally signed by Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington."

"Your fault was not a magical accident, but a failure to understand the villain's conspiracy. Due to the chain reaction caused by your arrogance, Britain suffered a major blow. However, a hundred years of storms have passed, and the achievements and faults of the predecessors have become history. In recognition of your past achievements and the criticism you have received over the centuries, you are hereby reinstated as a knight with immediate effect and awarded the Order of the British Empire."

Say it!Anthony picked up the blue Grand Cross from the table.

There are five levels of the Order of the British Empire, namely: Officers' Order, Officers' Order, Commander's Order, Lord Commander's Order, and Lord's Grand Cross.

Only the latter two have knighthoods, which are the lowest knighthoods.

Of course, in Anthony's opinion, his lady Queen is not a little bit stingy.

They are all dead, ghosts!Not only did you scold him, but you also picked the youngest one when you gave him a date.

The Order of the British Empire is the least valuable of all knightly orders. Almost all military captains can obtain one.

Like the most precious Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, and Order of St. Patrick, why don't you give me one!

Not worth the money.

"What does this mean? I don't understand!" Nick - no - Sir Nicholas was stunned when he heard the Queen's verdict. Why didn't he understand what a villain's conspiracy was?Moreover, he was ordered to be executed by the king, so he didn't apologize to him, and even scolded him. The person who did it was inexplicable.

"No wonder you died in a daze!" Anthony held the medal. "Do you want this? Well - the ghost can't take it with you."

"Yes! Why not, this is my honor!" Sir Nicholas glared at him fiercely, and then said: "Put it in the prize display room, in the most conspicuous place, so that every little wizard who passes by can see it. Everybody saw it.”

"Of course, Honorable Sir Nicholas, as you wish!" Anthony put the medal away and sat down again.

"Hmph!" The sound of Jazz made Nick feel comfortable. He simply stopped pursuing anything and floated to the side happily, and then began to order the little wizards to call him Sir when they see him in the future. This time the Queen accepted her fate personally.

"This guy!" Anthony shook his head and sighed. As expected of a Gryffindor, the circuitry in his head was extremely simple.It's still silly to be played with in the palm of someone's hand.

"Wow! That's a medal!" On the side, another simple-minded guy also exclaimed, and then he happily came over and said, "Can you show it to me? Just touch it!"

"Here, come! There's King Arthur next to you! Why do you want this thing? Hey! I really don't understand you Gryffindors." Anthony handed over the blue medal with gold rims. Ron then shook his head, with an expression that said, "Rotten wood cannot be carved."

"Of course you don't understand that you are a prince, a title! It would be great if I had a title. When people call me, it will also be Sir Weasley. Listen, how handsome." Ron held the medal with envy. said.

"Really? Then why don't you call me, His Highness Prince Anthony? What's the use?" Anthony took a bite of the chicken leg and said with a look of disgust.

"...Uh!" Ron was stunned and didn't react for a long time, "I'm used to it."

"Tch, let's talk about it." Anthony leaned over and whispered, "This kind of title is the cheapest in the UK. There are many people with this title in the UK."

"You must at least be a baron or something, His Excellency Baron Weasley, so you can have the momentum to call him out."

Baron is the highest title that an ordinary person can obtain. The earls and marquis above it all have to be related to the royal family, or their ancestors followed William the Conqueror into London. Old London is a square.Only by hereditary succession can one inherit a higher title.

As for the Duke...

Now if you want to have the title of duke, you can only get a good child, or marry and inherit.

The next higher up is the prince - then only the heir to the throne will have the title of prince.For example, Charles.This Mr. Prince.There is the Prince of Wales (the exclusive title given to the heir to the British throne during his tenure).

As for the Queen's other children, they all still have earl titles!What a tragic word.

As for Anthony, in addition to being a prince, he also has the title of Duke of Falkirk!This is Scotland, Falkirk County, where Hogwarts is located, and this is his fiefdom. (nominal)

Look, he is indeed the queen's favored child. Her two biological sons still hold the title of earl, but Anthony is already a duke.

Of course, it is unlikely to go further. In terms of aspects, the Queen may not be as good as Hermione!well!Whoever can pull out the sword from the stone will be the King of Britain, oh!It is definitely easier to ask the King of Britain to give him the title of prince than to be given by the Queen.

I just don't know if it counts...

Haha!

The first day of the New Year was spent in a happy atmosphere. When he returned to the dormitory in the evening, Anthony conveniently placed the medal symbolizing Nick's honor in the trophy display room, along with the Queen's letter.

The wind and snow that lasted for two days finally stopped the next day.

Outside the window, the whole world seems to be covered with snow.

It was a rare sunny day, but unfortunately Anthony didn't plan to go out. He ran to the library early in the morning to brush up on books.

After the London incident, he was at the root of his illness. In the past month, he would come to the library almost every free time. Whether it was the spells he had mastered or the spells he had not mastered, Anthony wanted them all.

It might also be a good choice to see how the previous seniors mastered the magic spells that he was already familiar with, and to provide some new ideas.

However, he doesn't always choose practical books on magic. He relaxes and reads some historical books, so that he can have a more complete understanding of the wizarding world by combining work and rest.

For example, the book he is reading now.

"Tracing the Origins of Magic - The Evolution of African Aboriginal Magic"

This is a very old book, which can be seen from its yellowed pages. The year when the book was written has clear numbers on the title page. 1803.

An antique from almost 200 years ago.

This is a book with a strong academic interest. Strictly speaking, it is not a history book, but a study of the connection between modern magic and ancient witchcraft, especially witchcraft in Africa.

For example, Anthony has searched for the magic of the Inferi before. Many scholars believe that this kind of magic comes from ancient African witchcraft. In Central Africa, there are people who eat the dead, so that the soul of the dead and himself become one and the same, forming an alternative resurrection. of magic.

There is also ancient mummy magic in the Egyptian region.

It can be said that death and resurrection run through this land.

This book is a book that analyzes modern magic and restores and compares past witchcraft. Anthony also found it accidentally. Judging from the preservation of this book, it has not been read for many years.

"Voodoo?"

A bright word on the book suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

Voodoo, also translated as Voodoo: one of the origins of Inferi magic, is popular in West African countries from Ghana in the west to Nigeria in the east. "Voodoo" means soul in Fang language (or Feng language). The most famous and terrifying feature of Voodoo is zombies, called resurrected corpses.If someone offends someone else, that person will find a wizard to deal with the enemy. The wizard will make him eat tetrodotoxin, and he will enter a strange state of suspended animation, become a slave, and work hard in the manor.

Of course, this is a Muggle record. If it were a wizard's record, it would mean that Voodoo really masters a magical psychic magic. It seems to be related to the Imperius Curse, and its effect is to control the will of the victim.

The book also contains the hand gestures used to perform this magic.

Yes, ancient African wizards used hand gestures to cast spells, which are a bit like the Chinese handprints.But the core is different.

It is a pity that modern wizards can only see what the hand gestures of this curse look like from the carvings of those stones. It is absolutely impossible to cast it. Even African wizards who still know how to cast spells with hand gestures cannot cast this spell.

It seems that there is something crucial that they have forgotten.

What could it be?

While flipping through the book, Anthony also imitated the gestures in the book, but unfortunately it looked like a waving hand, which was as silly as it wanted to be, and it was useless at all.

"Haha!" Anthony smiled mockingly. He was really stupid. If he simply compared his gestures, those wizards and scholars would have figured out the secret of this curse long ago.

But the gestures on the book did look familiar to Anthony.

Coupled with those ancient magic circles, the wonderful shapes of circles and lines were exactly the same as something in his memory.

Is it...

An impulse slowly rose in Anthony's heart.

Because Voodoo people also believe in spirits and have deity rituals.Voodoo believes that there is only one main god (the Great Master), and all gods are the incarnations of the main god.This seems to indicate that ancient African wizards cast spells not inwardly seeking magic, but outwardly?

For a moment, Anthony seemed to grasp the essence of magic.