The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 325 Conjecture
In the cold and damp January, classes resumed at Hogwarts. Students were walking through the corridors with books in their hands, running from one classroom to another.

At the beginning of the second half of the semester, the fifth graders really felt that the exams were coming. The pressure of the level exams made them breathless. In the library, the common room, and even in the corridor, you can see students holding books and reciting non-stop.

In addition to the students, Madam Pomfrey also became busy. The cold winter in the Scottish Highlands caused many people to catch a cold. Madam Pomfrey not only had to prepare energy potions and palliatives for senior students, but also cold water to cure sick students.

The two-week vacation did not change much and did not relieve everyone's stress. Everyone was in a highly tense state of mind, and more people like Stinson fainted from time to time.

Kenneth Stoller, who had always been against Ada and the twins, seemed to be overwhelmed by the pressure of the wizard level exam. One morning in mid-January, Kenneth Stoller was wrapped in a sheet and carried out of the dormitory and the common room by his roommate.

The Gryffindor students who witnessed all this thought that the banquet was about to begin, but Toller, wrapped in the sheets, uttered a painful groan, letting everyone know that the professionals did not need to prepare anything.

For some reason, Kenneth Toler's body was covered with boils, which caused him a lot of pain.

The Gryffindor students were truly enlightened. I had seen some crying due to excessive stress, some losing their temper and doubting themselves, some fainting at the slightest provocation, and this was the first time I had seen some with boils all over their bodies.

In fact, Toller's boils had nothing to do with the stress of his graded exams; they were caused by Fred putting a whole packet of powder in his pajamas.

This bag of bubble powder has a long story, which can be traced back to Fred and George's second year. At that time, there were some conflicts between Ada and the twins and Toller. In order to deal with Toller, the twins bought a bag of bubble powder from Hogsmeade.

In order to get rid of Ada, the twins had been hiding the truth from Ada, and Ada even thought that they were reading colored books at such a young age.

Being misunderstood would have been fine, the key point was that the packet of bubble powder had not been used yet. Under Ada's persuasion and the temptation of Quidditch, the two brothers forgave Toller once, and the packet of bubble powder was thrown in the corner of the cabinet.

It was not until the Christmas holidays that Fred and George cleaned up their cupboards and it was brought to light. Seeing the big bubble powder, all the past things came to mind, and revenge was now, so Toller's body was covered with boils.

This was done in a very covert manner, and even if someone linked the two of them to each other, there was no evidence to prove that the culprit was the twins.

Toler, who was lying in the school infirmary at this moment, might have understood what was going on, but he could do nothing.

No one believed what they said, and Fred and George had been doing very well recently, either reading in the library or attending Quidditch training. Even though Filch had been keeping a close eye on them, he hadn't caught the twins doing anything wrong.

That night, the twins were taken to train by Wood again, and they also took Ada's Crossbow Seven. Since Harry's Nimbus 2000 was scrapped by the Whomping Willow, Ada lent her broom to Harry for training.

The old Meteor brand brooms in the school were not meant for riding. The thorny branches on them made people feel cold. When the cold wind blew, the Meteor brooms would sway back and forth. I really had no desire to ride on them.

Ada came to the library alone. She planned to find some books to expand her knowledge. As a regular visitor to the library, Ada naturally saw Hermione Granger.

On the desk in front of Miss Beaver were spread out textbooks, arithmetic divination charts, a runic dictionary, diagrams of Muggles lifting heavy objects, and one densely covered notebook after another.

Hermione seems to have become like she was in 91 recently. She keeps to herself and hardly talks to anyone. She always speaks harshly when disturbed. There is always a three-way fight between cats, dogs and mice in the Gryffindor common room: Ada's Galleons, Hermione's Crookshanks, and Ron's Scabbers. However, Ron's Scabbers is the one who gets beaten unilaterally.

Garlon has many owners, and Ada is just a nominal owner. Even if Ada doesn't care about Garlon, Ginny will take the off-white Labrador for a walk, so she often can't chase Banban.

But Hermione has always let Crookshanks roam freely in the castle. Even if Hermione locks up Crookshanks, the clever big cat can quickly escape from the cage.

Ron was not satisfied with this, and the two had many arguments. What made Ron most unhappy was that Hermione seemed indifferent to Crookshanks' behavior and did not feel much apology to the victim, Scabbers.

After Christmas, the friendship between the two seemed to have come to an end. The scope of their quarrels was no longer just about pets, but also about flying broomsticks and the Marauder's Map, and they would even quarrel over trivial matters.

It's even more terrifying now. Hermione and Ron have started a cold war and are ignoring each other.

Hermione's hair was messed up by herself, and it was obvious that the heavy workload made her anxious. Compared with Ada who was still thinking about being pretentious, Hermione was more like a fifth-year student preparing for a test.

Ada walked through a row of desks and headed straight for the bookshelf. She didn't bother Hermione. The little girl who had chosen all the courses was like an anxious tiger. If she disturbed her rashly, she would suffer no good consequences.

Sliding her fingers across rows of bookshelves, Ada finally selected a book whose title and content were both related to werewolves.

Communicating with her grandmother during the holidays made Ada realize that it was simply a fantasy for underage wizards to deal with werewolves relying solely on their own abilities, unless they had top-notch strength or knew something that Ada didn't understand.

Ada read the book from beginning to end. The content of the book was all about criticizing werewolves, believing that they were inferior and unworthy of living in this world. The whole book disparaged werewolves and believed that the Ministry of Magic should kill werewolves and completely eliminate them.

Although the whole book is full of nonsense, this radical author still has some understanding of werewolves. The book says that werewolves are not afraid of silver objects, but the ointment made of silver powder mixed with dittany has a miraculous effect on the wounds caused by werewolves.

Werewolves don't have any particularly obvious weaknesses, especially those that can be exploited by young wizards, so one of Ada's assumptions was ruled out. And there was no wolfsbane potion when Professor Lupin was in school, which meant that if James and the other two wanted to help Lupin, they would have to face his violent behavior.

Closing the book, Ada gently rubbed her earlobe. Would what happened back then really be as she imagined? Did James and the other two suppress the werewolf during the transformation with their own superior strength, or did they suppress the werewolf through Animagus transformation?
No matter which of these two methods is used, it is extremely difficult for students. The former method requires extremely high talent and continuous efforts. Even if it cannot reach Ada's level, the three of them can still control the werewolf during the transformation.

Ida also approved of this method, because Animagus was much more difficult than the former. To become Animagus was not just about talent and hard work, this extremely complex magic required a lot, and even a bit of luck.

Animagus transformation is usually limited to ordinary animals, and each Animagus can only transform into one animal. What animal he transforms into is not under his control and is related to his body shape and personality.

In the 20th century, there were only seven Animagus registered with the Ministry of Magic, which is enough to show the difficulty of this magic. Even if James and the other two became Animagus, what if the animals they transformed into were mice or British shorthairs?

It's complete nonsense to ask Tom and Jerry to suppress the werewolf!
(End of this chapter)