This is what Ravenclaw looks like..

Chapter 338 The Origin of the Monster Book

"Sorry, Hagrid."

Andrew put away his wand and apologized to Hagrid immediately.

"It's okay. I'll give you that one. I have two more."

Hagrid looked unconcerned - his attention was entirely on Andrew's wand, which he had put away. It would be so much fun to put away this interesting book by magic.

"Thank you very much, Hagrid," Andrew responded seriously, squatting down to observe the remains of the monster book.

Sadly, it was probably dead forever - the torn and blank pages were definitely not something a repairing spell could interfere with.

Andrew drew out his wand again and tried Transfiguration carefully, but this time the power disappeared and everything seemed ordinary, as if made of ordinary raw materials.

“How strange, how strange…”

Andrew muttered quietly and tried to flip out the cover, but unfortunately, the cover was destroyed together.

"What are you looking for, Andrew?"

"Author, who is the author of this book?"

Andrew stood up and asked, "Which bookseller published this book? It's so strange, this kind of power."

"Edward Lima."

Hagrid said the name almost without thinking.

"He's the Master of Magical Creatures?"

"No," Hagrid said matter-of-factly, "He is a knowledgeable centaur. That's why it's called the Monster Book of Monsters."

"Centaurs are humanoid creatures that are under the protection of the Ministry of Magic, right?"

Andrew was stunned for a moment, "Are they also considered monsters?"

Andrew had listened to a lot of Professor Lockhart's lectures last school year, and with Percy's review notes, he was still clear about this.

As introduced in Professor Lockhart's Walking with Vampires, vampires, hags and centaurs are all considered humanoid creatures. From the Ministry of Magic's perspective, they are treated as humans.

"do not you know?"

Hagrid looked at Andrew with a strange look in his eyes. "The centaurs have never admitted it. They think they are beasts rather than humans. It's mainly because the laws back then hurt them. Even now the Centaur Liaison Office in the Ministry of Magic is a joke - because no centaur has ever been there."

"But, the books?"

"Yes, I ordered it from the Centaur tribe. They are responsible for publishing it," Hagrid said proudly. "It can be said to be the most useful textbook."

"What about the original textbook?"

"The original textbook had too many errors. The old professor wanted to change it a long time ago, but the centaur tribe over there refused to provide it in large quantities. I only got the recommendation from the tribe in the Forbidden Forest!"

Talking about this, Hagrid was particularly excited, and Andrew could clearly tell it - but think about it, if this was really the process, there was no harm in being excited.

But this means a bad thing - the centaurs basically will not share their unique knowledge, and the magical protection in the book undoubtedly counts as unique knowledge.

"Then why are they so aggressive?" Andrew looked at the wreckage on the ground. "I can understand the protection added to prevent the knowledge of manufacturing from being plundered, but they seem a little too lively."

"Haven't you heard, Andrew?" Hagrid looked as if he didn't know common sense. "Knowledge itself is a kind of power. Without this method, a lot of knowledge can't be written in books."

what?
Andrew's eyes widened—it was the first time he had heard such a statement.

"You mean, because those things have power themselves, the carrier must be magical?"

"Yes, but the methods of carrying are different. Many books in the library have strange forms for this reason."

Hagrid seemed to be in high spirits. "For example, pictures of thunderbird feathers cannot be published publicly, because ordinary newspapers and parchment cannot bear the magical power contained in those feathers, but pictures of feathers can be clearly shown in the monster books of monsters.

“For example, a dragon’s scales cannot be magnified, but the monster book can be magnified. This is because the carrier has been modified, so it is possible to do this.

"besides…"

It was obvious that Hagrid was extremely satisfied with his choice of teaching materials. He could talk about it endlessly, and the techniques contained therein were also unheard of by Andrew. This resulted in the two of them talking and listening at the same time, and they communicated until the sun's rays on their bodies became noticeably warm.

"My God!"

Andrew glanced at the sky and took out his pocket watch from his arms, "Sorry, Hagrid, I have to go back, I have something to do before breakfast!"

"I have to get ready too," Hagrid said with a worried look on his face, "I have to go to the castle for breakfast. The old professor told me to do that!"

But unlike Andrew who ran all the way, Hagrid had no choice - the old professor had told him that a professor should behave like a professor and not be in a hurry or act unbecoming.

'Fortunately I wasn't late for breakfast...'

Andrew breathed a sigh of relief and ran towards Professor McGonagall's office - today was the first day of school and he had to help the professor pass on the class schedule, especially to the third year students who had chosen different courses and had no idea how to attend without a schedule.

"Dong dong dong."

He knocked on Professor McGonagall's door.
-

"It's rare to see you so anxious, Taylor. Did you get up late this morning?"

Professor McGonagall was not panicked at all. "Don't worry. If you really can't help it, you can eat in the office."

We are going to hand out the class schedule today, professor!

"I didn't get up late. I just saw the new textbooks at Professor Hagrid's place. I was so surprised that I almost forgot the time, professor."

Andrew responded honestly.

"That monster book?"

McGonagall really knew it. "You didn't even look at it during the holiday? I thought you secretly damaged the textbook and were going to continue studying."

"I have this plan. I'm going to mail order to see if it's still available."

Andrew had no intention of giving up - that thing was in an intermediate state between living and dead things, and it was a long-term version, so it was very valuable for research.

Although he focused on human body deformation this year, he still needed to make breakthroughs in practical skills such as bringing the dead back to life.

But briefly giving life to inanimate objects and that textbook that seemed alive were two different concepts - the latter was much more valuable, and its fragile state of life meant that the magic was not that powerful, which really made it impossible for him to let it go.

"It's similar to what I guessed, but the centaurs' unique magic system is extremely difficult. You only need to worry about the transformation technique, and don't worry about the protective magic. It's all a secret now - Albus may have cracked it, but he will never make it public."

(End of this chapter)