Chapter 55: Catastrophe of Fantastic Beasts
Chapter 55 Disaster of Fantastic Beasts
After Halloween, November has entered, and the cold weather has made the little wizards even more reluctant to get up.
At eight o'clock in the morning, Kyle, who had put on a thick robe and yawned, came to the auditorium and prepared to have breakfast.
When the owls swarmed into the auditorium as usual, the broom Cedric had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived, and as he expected, it was a Nimbus 1700.
"That's great, Cedric, that's great." A senior Hufflepuff player excitedly slapped Cedric on the shoulder and said, "You are the seeker. With this Nimbus 1700, we The gap with Slytherin is much smaller.
I have seen the strength of their seeker. To be honest, it is not much better than a troll who can ride a broomstick. "
By the way, Hufflepuff’s first Quidditch match was against Slytherin.
Originally, they were a little worried that the equipment gap was too big, but suddenly such good news came.
A nimbus costing 1,700 was not enough to boost their morale, but adding Cedric as a seeker made it different.
In the training match, Cedric's fastest time was to catch the Golden Snitch in five minutes. He was only a few seconds away from breaking the Hogwarts record for the fastest Seeker.
A top-notch broom, paired with a talented seeker, the Hufflepuff players didn't know how they were going to lose.
Is it possible that Slytherin can still lead them by 150 points in five minutes?
Do not make jokes.
Kyle was also very happy. Although he did not participate, it would be great if the house could take home a Quidditch Cup.
He turned his head to look at Cedric's brand new nimbus. It wasn't until his fingers felt a tingling pain that he realized there was an owl parked in front of him.
“Sorry little guy, I didn’t notice.”
Kyle quickly took out a piece of Motla rat meat and fed it to the other party, then took off the letter from its paw and read it.
“Dear Kyle:
I'm sorry for taking so long to reply to you, because I have been really busy recently. I always thought that I had replied to you. It was not until this morning that I found the unfinished letter in the office. I hope you can forgive me.
We have also received the galleons you sent. I am proud of you, child. I was not as good as you when I was in the first grade.
In addition, your mother asked me to tell you that she accepted your galleons, but you can’t even think about the broom.
But she has prepared something else for you, which will be delivered to you in two days. I hope you like it.
That's it, I wish you a pleasant stay at Hogwarts.
—Your father, Chris. "
After reading the letter, the light in Kyle’s eyes disappeared visibly.
Although he had already guessed that Diana was not as easy to deceive as Mr. Diggory, Kyle was still disappointed after seeing the result.
And it’s still the result of being so late.
He sent the letter in early September, and it’s already November before he replies. What on earth is Chris so busy doing that he can’t go back to the office for two months?
Uncle Newt went on a trip?
Just when Kyle was confused, Cedric suddenly took a picture of the Daily Prophet in front of him.
“Kyle, look, something big has happened. No wonder it took so long for my dad to mail the broom to me.”
On the front page of the Daily Prophet, there is a photo of many magical animals, but they are all locked up.
There is a bold caption next to the photo.
"According to relevant sources, on September 3 this year, the Ministry of Magic's crackdowns accidentally failed when arresting a group of magical animal smugglers, causing a large number of smuggled magical animals to escape. This even included three smuggled magical animals. It is defined as a XXXXX level, highly dangerous magical animal. We still can’t figure out why the striker made such a low-level mistake, and we don’t understand why the Ministry of Magic wants to hide this matter.
"This is to avoid causing panic in the wizarding community," Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge said this morning. "We have captured most of the magical animals and no wizards have died as a result."
The authenticity of this result is not yet known.
However, Chris Chopper, a spokesman for the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures at the Ministry of Magic, said in an interview that although with the help of Mr. Newt Scamander, almost all the magical animals that escaped, including the Australian Oval Eye and the Poison Leopard, The animals have all been successfully captured.
However, there is still a curled-winged demon whose whereabouts are still unknown.
He appealed to everyone that the Crooked Devil is highly dangerous. If you see it, you must run away immediately and fire a red warning spell into the sky. The Beast Office and Aurors will go to help as quickly as possible. "
After reading it, Kyle finally understood what Chris was up to.
Judging from the photos, there were about fifty or sixty magical animals that were captured. This can be regarded as the largest magical animal smuggling case in the British wizarding community in the past thirty years.
But that’s not the point. The point is the poisonous leopard.
Kyle was very curious about how they did it, and they were able to get even the Poisonous Leopard.
That thing is not only agile in movement, but even the breath it exhales is poisonous, and can easily destroy a village.
Let's put it this way, the Ministry of Magic clearly stated in its description that under normal circumstances, it would take more than a hundred skilled wizards to join forces to subdue a poisonous leopard.
Although it is a certain exaggeration, it is enough to illustrate its danger. You must know that it only takes ten wizards to subdue the fire dragon.
“Fortunately, it was the Winged Demon who ran away.” Kyle sighed sincerely.
It’s not that he looks down on the Winged Demon.
Although the Winged Demon is also defined as 5X, that is only because its danger level reaches the standard.
The Venomous Leopard is defined as 5X because the rating of the Ministry of Magic is only 5X.
The two are not on the same level at all.
Other senior students, or those who had a certain understanding of magical animals, such as Cedric and others, all nodded in agreement after hearing Kyle's words.
As for the other little wizards, they don’t know much about magical animals and are more concerned about the escaped crouching demon.
The words "highly dangerous" in the newspaper don't look like alarmism.
"Fortunately we are at Hogwarts." Someone said happily at this time: "With Dumbledore here, we will definitely not be harmed."
His statement was quickly unanimously affirmed by everyone.
Yeah, with Dumbledore here, what else do they need to worry about?
The atmosphere at the dining table suddenly became lively.
But this situation did not last long, and it soon became quiet again.
Suddenly, a little wizard stood up and ran straight towards the owl loft without even bothering to eat breakfast.
At his reminder, the others also reacted and stood up one after another. Some ran to the owl loft, while others rushed directly back to the dormitory.
The originally bustling auditorium soon became empty of people.
(End of this chapter)