I'm the king of the roll at Hogwarts

Chapter 211 Catherine's Patronus

"The mysterious bird of destiny, descended to give birth to quotient."

Ye Ziyan murmured these verses from three thousand years ago.

"Did I go to the wrong school?" Louis asked in a somewhat insane manner, "I'm obviously going to a magic school, how come there are things about cultivating immortals?"

"Cultivating immortals?" Ye Ziyan asked doubtfully, and then said suddenly: "You mean refining qi? That... uh, that was just something Sister Yu said casually. In fact, the magic world in Seris is also wizards, and there are no Yin-Yang masters in Japan. Everyone is practicing witchcraft."

"Okay." Louis breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there was no smell from the food.

"As for the black bird, it is just a very mysterious and magical animal." Ye Ziyan continued, "Legend has it that more than 4,000 years ago, Emperor Ku's concubine Jian Di swallowed a black bird egg while playing in the suburbs. As a result, she became pregnant and gave birth to Qi, the ancestor of the Shang Dynasty."

"Therefore, the Shang people have always considered themselves to be the descendants of the Xuanniao, who received the mandate of heaven, and have always worshipped the Xuanniao as a totem." Ye Ziyan looked at the Xuanniao patron saint on Louis' shoulder and continued, "Legend has it that the Xuanniao has a natural affinity with the Shang people, and the patron saints of the Shang royal family are usually Xuanniao. The most outstanding shamans will be recognized and followed by Xuanniao, and your mother, Ziyu, had a Xuanniao accompanying her back then."

"You're getting more and more mysterious, Ye Zi." Louis narrowed his eyes and looked at Ye Ziyan. It wasn't that he didn't believe it, it was just too sensational: "Being followed by a swallow... is a new thing - are they as fast as owls in delivering letters?"

"The black bird has two forms." Ye Ziyan explained calmly: "Generally speaking, the black bird usually appears in the form of a swallow, and in battle, they will transform into a form similar to a phoenix and attack the enemy."

"Phoenix? Like Fox?" Catherine, who had been eavesdropping for a while, interrupted and asked.

"No, Little Moon, this is a translation problem." Ye Ziyan shook her head and said, "In fact, the Phoenix and the Phoenix Phoenix are two different species, just like the traditional dragon of Seris and the Western Dragon."

"I prefer to call them long and fenghuang, rather than distorting their original images to suit Western translations."

As he spoke, Ye Ziyan waved his magic wand, and a vivid phantom of a phoenix appeared in the air. "In Seris's mythology, the phoenix and the immortal bird are not closely related, and the phoenix does not have the characteristic of rising from the ashes. This is a misunderstanding after Buddhism was introduced to Seris."

"Pheasant head, snake neck, swallow chin, turtle back, fish tail, five-colored, about six feet tall..." Ye Ziyan pointed at the phantom phoenix like a pointer and introduced: "In addition, in the legend of Seris, the phoenix symbolizes auspiciousness, nobleness, and benevolence, and is also used as a metaphor for the moral integrity of a gentleman... Well, the topic is a bit off. Anyway, as for the black bird, you can understand it as a black phoenix."

As he spoke, the phoenix's long seven-colored tail feathers fluttered in the air like ribbons, looking very gorgeous.

"I understand." Louis closed his eyes and imagined for a moment, then snapped his fingers. The black bird on his shoulder chirped, flapped its wings, and completed a gorgeous transformation in mid-air in front of everyone's eyes.

A blue bird with a pheasant head, snake neck, swallow chin, turtle back and fish tail appeared in the air. Its long tail feathers swayed in the air, like water chestnuts drifting in the current. It was very beautiful.

It looks pretty good. This was Louis' first impression.

"I suggest you learn about Animagus, Louis." Ye Ziyan suggested sincerely: "Generally speaking, the animals transformed by wizards' Animagus are exactly the same as their Patronus."

"Don't they say that Animagus can't transform into magical beasts?" Louis asked curiously.

"Are you an ordinary wizard?" Ye Ziyan's question made Louis thoughtful.

"What about you, Sister Moon?" Ye Ziyan looked at Catherine: "What is your Patronus Charm?"

"Me?" Catherine was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't know the Patronus Charm, because I am relatively... well, I know a little bit of Fiendfyre, so I don't worry about the Dementors causing trouble for me, so I have never learned the Patronus Charm."

As she spoke, Catherine unexpectedly blushed and felt guilty.

Honestly, this was a spell she should have mastered.

"How about you try it here?" Louis suggested.

Katherine glanced at Louis and took out her wand.

She took a deep breath and asked, "What should I do?"

"Concentrate your energy, think about the happiest and most joyful thing that has happened in your life, and then release the spell, understand?"

Louis added, "Don't mispronounce the spell. It's expecto patronum."

"I understand." Catherine nodded, then closed her eyes and raised her right hand. After a long time, she suddenly opened her eyes, pointed her wand forward, and let out a delicate cry.

"Expecto Patronum! (Calling God to Protect)"

Catherine is truly a genius, especially in Defense Against the Dark Arts. I really don’t know what happy things she is thinking about. The thick fog is almost filling the entire room.

A blue cat ran out from the smoke, and when Louis looked closely, he found it was a ragdoll cat.

Tsk, I can’t believe that some people appear to be domineering and venomous seniors on the surface, but are actually soft and adorable little kittens behind the scenes?
Catherine obviously didn't expect that her patronus would be a cute kitten. She stood there at a loss, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Finally, she dispelled the Patronus Charm.

Louis looked at her maliciously.

Feeling Louis's gaze, Catherine snorted: “Just say whatever you want to say.”

"I'm just curious about what you were thinking about that made you so happy?" Louis asked with a smile.

I swear to God, Louis was just asking casually, but after hearing his question, Catherine's face suddenly turned red, and even her slender, jade-white swan neck was stained with layers of red.

You blush like a bubble teapot!
Louis, who was familiar with Catherine's mood changes, knew that he must not continue talking at this time. If he did, Catherine would definitely get angry and ignore him for several days.

Women, sometimes, just can't afford to have fun.

He was also 80% sure that he knew what Catherine was thinking at the time. But then again, some things were better left to one's own devices, there was no need to get to the bottom of them.

He recalled the fog in the room just now, and thought about the happy times they had together that Catherine might recall, and he couldn't help smacking his lips.

There's really nothing wrong with it.

Lewis turned to look at Ye Ziyan: “Second wife, what is your patronus?”

"What second wife! How can you be so outspoken?" Ye Ziyan's eyes widened, as if she didn't expect Louis to call her that.

"I've done what I should and shouldn't do, and what I should and shouldn't see. What else can't I scream?" Lewis looked at her with disdain: "Pretentious, really pretentious, tut tut."

Ye Ziyan was not as embarrassed and angry as Louis expected, but smiled gently: "I know, husband."

This made Louis a little confused. He quickly changed the subject: "Ahem, what is your patronus?"

Ye Ziyan smiled secretly, it turned out that this shameless little scoundrel also had moments of fear, she drew out her wand, chanted the Patronus spell, and summoned her own Patronus.

Ah, it's a lop-eared rabbit.

"How cute." Catherine said subconsciously.

"It seems that we are really a family of small animals." Louis said with some sadness: "I am a swallow, Little Moon is a cat, and Leaf is a lop-eared rabbit. Oh my God..."

It seems that what Catherine said in the first grade came true.

Yes, it was the breakfast the day after I met Catherine in the Room of Requirement, the morning when they said they were having a party with the little animals.

Louis' memory was pretty good, but it took Catherine a while to remember the words.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Deer was not a deer, but a little swallow." Catherine's venomous tongue came up again.

"But a certain little deer suddenly bumped into someone's heart, didn't it?" Ye Ziyan echoed from the side.

Catherine's breath was choked. She found that she was losing the upper hand. This Aunt Ye was really annoying. She always helped Louis when she had the upper hand, and helped her when Louis had the upper hand...

She is a thorough British person, okay? She is good at playing the continental balance game. Even ten old British Union Jacks can't play it if they don't have a meal.

"So, what are you doing back here?" Catherine looked at Louis unkindly, as if she wanted to bite him.

Louis spread his hands and said honestly, "I want to practice Occlumency with you. I was originally practicing with Snape, but I suddenly don't want him to peek into my memory."

"So you're comfortable letting me peek?" Catherine asked with narrowed eyes. She couldn't quite believe that Louis would show her his secrets without any hesitation.

But Louis laughed: "I will never have any secrets in front of you, Little Moon."

Catherine was stunned, and then her face thawed like spring breeze and rain, with a gentle smile on her face. She took Louis' hand and pulled him into the bedroom.

"Wait a minute, it's broad daylight..." Louis hurriedly stopped Catherine.

Catherine froze, then stepped on him after a moment.

"What the hell is going on in your head! I'm taking you to practice brain occlumency!" Catherine scolded with murderous eyes.

Facts have proved that when men and women work together, nothing is tiring, and the same is true for practicing brain occlusion.

Catherine was originally a little skeptical about Occlumency, but after Louis said that "Occlumency can effectively prevent the trouble that happened last summer and prevent possession by angels and demons", she no longer hesitated and became very positive.

The two of them practiced for several days, and Louis was finally able to block out some of his emotions and simulate some false yet real memories. Catherine was the same, and even better.

After all, Catherine has an 18-point Defense Against the Dark Arts talent, so learning Occlumency is as easy as catching a snail with three fingers - it's a sure thing.

The price was that Louis was seen doing some of the embarrassing things he did as a child, running around the manor naked, and Louis... Louis was a little depressed.

He saw too much, both what he should and shouldn't have seen. He really couldn't imagine how Catherine, at her age, would still take a bath with Solanlian on Christmas Eve.

How old are you! Louis thought viciously in his heart, and from time to time he recalled some details in his mind, and while recalling them, he carefully criticized Catherine in his heart.

The day before school started, when Louis went out, he happened to see Harry, who looked depressed, with his arm raised and ready to knock on his door.

"Hey, isn't this Scarhead?" Louis called out the new nickname he had given Harry with a smile.

Actually, it was Draco who took it.

Harry said nothing, looked up at Louis, then lowered his head and sighed heavily.

"What happened?" Louis imitated Ma's accent.

"I—" Harry opened his mouth, but something stuck in his throat.

Louis told him to come in and not stand at the door cosplaying Qin Qiong or Yuchi Gong. Harry walked into the room, sat down on the sofa, and said with a sad face: "I think I may have wronged Professor Snape——"

"Tell me?" Louis picked up the juice bottle beside him and poured Harry a glass of moonberry juice.

Harry took the juice cup, took a big sip, and began to tell the story.

……

"You call this control?" Snape looked at the exhausted Harry with disdain and spoke in a long tone.

"I've been practicing for hours! I need a break!" Harry staggered down from his seat, panting.

Snape pounced like a bat and stopped Harry in his tracks. His tone was unfriendly, but also full of anger: "But the Dark Lord will never rest!"

Having said that, he saw Harry's face full of dissatisfaction and indignation, revealing an expression of extreme disgust.

"You and Black are really birds of a feather, whining and chattering like two little brats about how unfair life is. Perhaps you haven't even noticed that life is unfair. Your father has known this for a long time, so he treats others unfairly!" Snape spoke this long speech in the fastest tone of his life, which made Harry feel a little breathless.

But when Harry heard Snape mention his father in an unfriendly tone, he was furious and immediately retorted: "You are talking nonsense! My father is a great man!"

"Your father is worse than a pig or a dog!" Snape growled in disgust, grabbed Harry's collar with one hand, pulled him up from the table and threw him back onto the stool.

Harry, a third-year, was no match for an adult in terms of strength, and he stumbled back into his seat.

"Legilimency!" Snape roared.

"Protego! (Protego!)" Harry drew out his wand, and with a snap, he quickly and without any moral principles, launched a sneak attack and deflected Snape's Legilimency.

(End of this chapter)