Chapter 153： Preliminary Exercises for Animagus

The notebook was apparently freshly written, and the new parchment still smelled of ink.

Animagus's practice steps are quite cumbersome, plus a lot of Dumbledore's own comments, after Sean read it carefully, more than an hour has passed.

"Hey, it's so troublesome, and it depends on luck..." He had a toothache.

The first step begins with a single mandrake leaf that must be held in the mouth continuously for a full month (full moon to full moon). At no time should the leaf be swallowed or taken out of the mouth, if the leaf leaves the mouth, the whole process has to start all over again.

Sean picked up a thin piece of jade in the notebook, which was carved into the shape of a leaf. According to Dumbledore's suggestion, he'd better practice with substitutes for a while before starting the real experiment when he's skilled enough.

After all, when it really starts, if you accidentally spit out the leaves after 20 days, everything will have to start all over again, and the single-product leaves of mandrakes are also somewhat toxic.

Sean put the jade piece engraved with leaf veins into his mouth, and then found that it was a little difficult for him to even speak. Moreover, over time, he could not restrain himself from accumulating a lot of saliva in his mouth, leaking as soon as he spoke, looking like a silly drooling monster.

In the real transformation step, a single leaf of the mandrake must be contained for a full month, during which time it is necessary to talk and eat - Dumbledore specially noted that the taste of mandela leaves is very bad, It's like endive that has been soaked in rotten water for a month, with some dragon dung in it.

"No wonder even Dumbledore said that it usually takes several years to become an Animagus..." Sean sighed vaguely with the jade piece in his mouth, and then began to try to push the jade piece to the ground with his tongue. below the upper jaw.

After he had practiced for a while, Hermione came over with a book in hand.

"Sean, what are you doing?" She naturally sat aside and asked curiously.

Sean quickly turned around and wiped his saliva, and said vaguely, "Practice Alimagus..."

"what?"

"Ali Magus." Sean tried to keep his pronunciation a little more standard.

Hermione finally understood, she immediately put on a serious expression and whispered: "Animagus?! Sean, this is very deep and dangerous magic, and the illegal Animagus may be Will be sent to Azkaban! Also, how did you get how to use it?"

Sean tried to explain, but the jade piece in his mouth kept hindering his tongue, so he had to spit it out.

He exhaled and moved his mouth again. For the first time, Sean realized how wonderful it was to be able to speak normally.

"Don't worry, I won't put myself in danger, and I have professional guidance. As for whether it's illegal or not-Hermione, you won't betray me."

After practicing Animagus, Sean really didn't want to register himself with the Ministry of Magic. When that time comes, ask Professor Dumbledore's opinion.

"Of course I won't betray you!" Hermione gave him a hard look. "But Animagus is very dangerous. Only seven wizards in this century have mastered it!"

"To be precise, seven Animagus are registered on the Ministry of Magic's list." Sean corrected the girl's statement, and there are several illegal Animagus he knows.

James Potter, Sirius, Peter Pettigrew, Rita Skeeter, and Shaun thinks someone like Snape is probably an illegal Animagus too.

This kind of magic is indeed extremely difficult, but Sean feels that most wizards who can practice should be reluctant to reveal their Animagus form - the Ministry of Magic can't find it anyway.

"You just got extra points from Snape, and then you're going to break the school rules?!" Hermione said angrily.

"Tergeo," Sean said lazily after cleaning the saliva from the jade tablets, "Actually, I've been breaking the school rules, and just raising squiggles or something is enough for me to be expelled and sent back to school. Azkaban."

"What?!" Hermione's eyes widened, "You're still raising the Winged Demon?!"

"Uh..." Sean sneered. He handed the Winged Demon to Hermione once yesterday. He subconsciously thought that the other party knew about it. In fact-Hermione thought he only kept a bird snake...

Hermione looked like a blown-up cat. She first looked around carefully to make sure that no one was paying attention to this corner, then the girl stood up angrily and put her hands on her hips.

"Tell me, how many things have you done that violated the school rules!" she asked in a low voice angrily.

"Relax, Hermione, that's all," he whispered comfortingly.

The girl puffed her cheeks, and the expression on her face was obvious: Do you think I believe you?

"It's not actually a violation of school rules, after all, I haven't been found out, have I?" Sean explained.

In fact, Hogwarts has always been like this. The point of violating the school rules is not to "violate", but to not be caught...

"You're just a fluke!" Hermione gave him a sullen look.

The girl seemed to want to have a seizure, but her chest heaved a few times and sat down slumped.

"I can't believe that my best friend at Hogwarts even has a Winged Demon!" she whimpered resignedly, "One day, I'll be expelled from school for covering you up, ooh !"

Sean smiled to please Hermione, and this changed the girl's mood from cloudy to sunny.

Hermione, who had accepted her fate, regained her studious nature Sean generously showed her the Animagus practice method, which was not a top-secret content, and with him by his side, Hermione didn't practice secretly out of curiosity.

"God, looks so dangerous... Sean, you don't want to try it now, do you? Dumbledore actually wants to teach you?" Hermione handed him the notebook worriedly.

"Animagus is not as dangerous as you think. As long as I follow the steps strictly, I will not be in danger. What's more, I have only just started practicing, and it won't take a few days. To learn the spell, I have to be fully prepared."

The time span of training Animagus is often in years, and Sean still lacks many necessary conditions.

For example, after the first step is completed, the leaves need to be removed at the full moon, fill a small crystal vial with saliva, soak the leaves in it, and let it receive pure moonlight (if the night is cloudy, you will have to find A new leaf of Mandela grass, all over again).

It depends on luck. After all, the weather is a thing that changes.