Hogwarts: Harry Returns from Azeroth

Chapter 51 50. Harry's Suitcase

It's hard for people who haven't been robbed by a Niffler to imagine how fast these cute little devils can move and how sensitive they are to anything that glows on your body.

The suitcase encounters the Niffler, who is as strong as a demon and is unable to defeat him no matter how hard he tries.

"Oh! No!!"

Finally, Ron, who was floating in the air, stopped his struggle and let out a desperate cry - he felt it.

The next moment, the Niffler jumped out of his robe, its hand grasping a belt. The belt head was a circular piece of shiny metal. It was Ron's belt.

Behind it was Ron, who looked desperate, and his pants, which had lost their restraints and were falling freely, hanging down at his feet.

Next to Ron, Neville didn't even dare to breathe loudly, for fear of attracting the Niffler's attention, as if he was just a stone statue.

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As an expert who had been with the Niffler for many years, it was still Newt who subdued the Niffler and returned Ron's few possessions and the belt to him.

Newt is indeed not very good at dealing with children or communicating with others, but he is very good at dealing with magical creatures.

When facing the Niffler, Newt instead acted like a parent. He squatted down and educated the Niffler for a long time, telling him not to take things from other people again.

To be honest, Ron felt so ashamed that he almost couldn't face anyone - even though Hermione turned around immediately.

So much so that after he came down, he was in a red-faced, autistic state for a long time, not daring to speak.

It has to be said that Newt is really good at magical animals. He took a few children to visit his suitcase and let Ron and his friends see many magical animals they had never seen before, such as shape-shifting lizards, hairy crabs, tree monkey frogs...

Even Harry saw an acquaintance, the big cat that helped a lot last night - Zouwu.

According to Newt, this is a magical animal from China that can cross great distances in an instant.

Putting aside its size, Zouwu's personality is actually quite cute. Even Hermione can play with it with just a small cat toy.

For Ron and his friends, today is undoubtedly a day worth remembering, and also an experience that is very worth bragging about to others.

It just so happened that Newt didn't want to see the other little wizards anymore, so Ron vowed that after Newt left in a few days, he would make those guys jealous to death - especially his brothers! !
I am enjoying the joy here and don’t want to waste it.

Even the lunch that Hagrid made around noon could not dampen the enthusiasm and curiosity of the children.

Steak hodgepodge.

It was difficult for Harry to describe the origin of the ingredients of this dish. He tasted a few bones and claws of unknown origin, but if we simply judged the taste, well, it was not bad.

Even Harry was a little attracted by these magical animals of various shapes and full of characteristics. They indeed possessed a magical feature that was different from the creatures of Azeroth.

That’s the fun of adventure, discovering something new and unique that you’ve never imagined before.

When everyone was a little tired and lay on the grass drinking lemonade to rest, Harry found Newt waving at him with a mysterious look on his face, motioning him to come over.

"Is there anything I can help you with? Newt, you're welcome," Harry said sincerely, "I'm happy to help you in any way I can."

"Help?" Newt was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands, "Of course not. Uh, actually I really like the magical animals you described. They gave me a lot of inspiration, especially the existence of soul beasts. I really want to see one with my own eyes."

Newt sighed.

In a casual chat with Newt, Harry mentioned many animals with special abilities or special forms that existed in Azeroth - purely as a story, and Harry also reminded Newt.

For example, the supreme pet soul beasts that hunters are crazy about, the cloud dragons that live in the land of Pandaria, the leopards made of jade, the starlight dragons, dragon eagles, void rays, and lava dogs in the Mogushan Treasury...

"Those are just stories to you, Newt," Harry joked. "If those animals really existed in this world, it would be a problem."

"That's not necessarily true." Turning around, Newt winked at Harry happily.

It wasn't until Newt had walked several steps away that Harry realized what he meant.

Newt is a magical zoology expert with real talent and knowledge.

Many years ago, Newt pushed the Ministry of Magic to pass a law called the "Prohibition of Werewolf Breeding for Experimental Purposes". This is one of Newt's proudest achievements, even more than the establishment of the Werewolf Registry. He even mentioned this in casual conversation.

Because before this ban was issued, wizards could create new untamed magical creatures at will and at will. These new magical creatures were either extremely dangerous or suffered considerable pain because of their unnatural birth. In short, they caused great trouble to the Ministry of Magic and other wizards.

After this ban was issued, there were only a few people in the whole of the UK who had the right to breed or create new magical creatures. The professor of Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts was one of them, and Newt, the famous magical creature expert who promoted the ban, was naturally one of them.

So what Newt meant was that - he wanted to breed according to Harry's description?

Harry thought about it...it seemed like there was nothing wrong with this.

"If you really breed them, can you give me a few?" Harry asked as he followed Newt back to the cabin.

"Of course," Newt panted as he rummaged through the boxes. "I thought you'd like it, too... Well, where did I put it?"

"Ah, found it." A suitcase was pulled out from under a pile of cardboard boxes. After Newt looked through it and checked it, he pushed it in front of Harry.

Like, so similar.

It was exactly the same box that Harry had seen in the divination scene before, which made his heart beat slightly faster.

"What is this?" Harry asked.

"For you," Newt said cheerfully. "I can guarantee that no one is better than me at making a box that can cast a permanent, traceless stretching spell. Do you want to go in and take a look?"

"Of course!" Harry said immediately.

After seeing how big a world Newt's magic suitcase actually contained, no one could resist owning a similar suitcase, not even Harry.

I climbed up the ladder and into the box at almost the fastest speed. To be honest, it felt quite strange - there was another box inside the box, just like a Russian nesting doll.

As soon as he went down, Harry felt the hot sunlight. Looking around, he found that there was not even a small house built in the suitcase. There was only a wooden sign standing beside it. Looking further ahead, it looked like a hole was broken in the air and a ladder stretched out from it. There was a clean meadow all around and a winding river in the distance.

"I'm sorry to tell you, Harry, that this suitcase doesn't have as much space as mine," Newt said as he climbed down the ladder behind Harry. "After all, my suitcase has been expanded and filled many times over the years, but I think this size is enough for you now."

"It's enough." Harry stepped on the grass under his feet, turned his head and asked Newt: "But I don't understand - why?"

"You mean why should I give you such a box?" Newt said with a smile: "Actually, this is Dumbledore's request. Not long ago, he suddenly wrote to me and asked me to help prepare a suitcase. He said that there was a child who needed its help." "That is me," Harry thought for a while and said, "But I don't understand. According to the agreement between me and Headmaster Dumbledore, even if I will get this box in the end, it will be after things are settled. Why is it now?"

Does this count as early payment of mission rewards?

Chiloro is still alive.

"Oh, that's because I gave the box to you directly, and didn't give it to Dumbledore," Newt joked. "After all, Dumbledore also asked me to come to Hogwarts to take a good look at you - the boy who lived who once saved the entire wizarding world."

"To be honest, no one has known what Dumbledore was thinking for decades," Newt sighed and said, "Just like this time, I don't know what he was thinking, but it's right to listen to him."

"So you think I deserve this trunk?" Harry asked.

"Why not?" Newt shrugged and said, "Although he has a strange sense of paranoia, he is still a very good child overall - don't worry about such things, Harry, why don't you try this?"

Newt is indeed an old man with white hair and beard, but when communicating with him, people always ignore his age.

For example, now, he was putting one hand on the wooden sign, waving at Harry constantly, with an excited smile on his face, like a child showing off his toys.

"What?" Harry also came over.

"You'll know if you try it," Newt said, giving up his seat. "I don't know what style you want, so I just built the most basic environment. Um, why don't you turn the dial?"

There are three turntables on the wooden sign. One of them has lightning, the sun, wavy lines of unknown meaning, rotating lines and other patterns painted on it in a sloppy manner. In addition, there is a pointer, which is pointing at the sun.

"Try it now," Newt urged.

Harry turned the dial, and when the pointer pointed from the sun to the rotating lines, he clearly felt the wind in the suitcase, and the wind became stronger as he turned it further to the right.

"Is this for controlling the weather in the trunk?" asked Harry.

“Yes, try another one—Oh no! Don’t twist it so hard!” Newt’s words stopped abruptly, his face changed and he shouted, but it was too late.

Because Harry had twisted the noodle-like wavy lines directly with force, and twisted them very deep.

The next second, a torrential downpour of warm rain came pouring down from the sky. Harry didn't even have time to react before both of them were soaked through in the open grassland.

It was a really heavy rain, the kind that made it almost impossible to see what was a few meters away. It seemed as if the entire space in the box was flooded with rain.

"…It's raining!! Harry!" Wiping the rain off his face, Newt had to raise his voice to shout in order to let his voice penetrate the sound of the rain, "I should have told you in advance!!"

And Harry... Harry was also speechless - especially when he looked up and saw the sun in the sky that was still emitting the scorching light of noon, this feeling of speechlessness became even stronger.

The heavy rain was pouring down on him, and the sun was shining brightly even through the raindrops... Thinking of this, Harry reached out and turned the turntable next to him.

Then the whole sky changed, from noon just now it turned into afternoon, dusk, and night in an instant - then the heavy rain turned into a heavy rain with stars shining in the sky.

Newt seemed to enjoy this change as well. He reached out and quickly turned the third dial, and the sky was no longer clear. Thick clouds appeared above his head. Well, this time it was more like normal rain.

It was just like they were playing with a new toy. Harry and Newt leaned against the edge of the wooden sign and turned the turntable, and the weather in the box changed in various ways in an instant.

Thunderstorms with lightning flashing like a tangled mess, rainstorms with bright sunshine, sunshine breaking through the fog, tornadoes, blizzards...

Harry has already mastered this box. The three dials control the time of day, the degree of cloudy or sunny weather, and the weather such as rain or snow in the box.

After a while, the box became filled with a warm and sunny scene like afternoon tea, without blizzards, heavy rain or other extreme weather.

As for Harry and Newt, their clothes were soaked, and even their hair and bodies were covered with ice and snow.

You two looked at each other, and suddenly we both burst into laughter.

"It seems like we've been playing a little too crazy," Newt said humorously as he took out his wand. "I hope you don't catch a cold, or Madam Pomfrey will probably be very angry."

As he spoke, Newt waved his wand, and the next second, Harry and his clothes became dry, and even his hair became dry.

No matter how many times he sighed, Harry had to say that magic in this world was really convenient in life.

"Thank you, Newt." Staring into Newt's eyes, Harry said seriously, "Can you really give me this box? I mean - this kind of treasure."

If he had had such a box when he was in Azeroth, Harry couldn't imagine how much less suffering he would have suffered and how much easier some wars would have been to fight.

The military role of this box is unprecedented. Even without considering other things, simply calculating how many soldiers it can send to the enemy's rear without making a sound, or how many troops it can carry, is no longer defined as legendary equipment. It can be said to be a divine weapon - a divine weapon among divine weapons!!!
"Well, it's not that serious." Facing Harry's thanks, Newt became uncommunicative again. He turned his head and said, "Actually, I made this box for my grandson Rolf, but he didn't choose this one in the end... Well, I hope you don't mind."

"Of course not." Harry stepped forward and hugged Newt tightly and said, "If you need my help in the future, please don't hesitate to summon me directly. I know it was Headmaster Dumbledore who asked you to do this, but he is him and I am me. I must repay your kindness."

"What? That's not necessary, I--alright." Newt's words were stopped by Harry's tighter hug. He said helplessly, "Thank you, Harry. Anyway, when you decide where to build a house for yourself, you can just move this wooden sign over there."

"Is it that simple?" Harry said excitedly, "Then is there anything I need to pay attention to? How to maintain it and so on."

"Just be careful not to destroy the integrity of the box from the outside, as that will render the Traceless Extension Charm ineffective, which is very dangerous." Newt thought for a moment and added, "Other than that, there's nothing else to be careful of. Uh, if you want to expand the space of the box or change the weather and the sky in the future, you'll have to do it yourself."

"At least you have to be proficient in spells such as the Traceless Extension Spell, the Weather Spell, and the Temperature Spell. You also have to master some alchemy and ancient magic patterns. You can ask Dumbledore for details. He helped me a lot back then." Newt said gently, "In short, the more magic you master, the closer the environment in the box will be to the real environment - come on."

"I will," Harry said seriously, "Thank you again."

"You're welcome - I mean, let's go up first, they must be waiting anxiously," Newt said uncomfortably.

After climbing up the ladder, Newt showed Harry the advanced features of the suitcase as a later product.

There is a ring on the side of the box handle. You can change the appearance of the box by simply turning the ring. For example, you can change the current brown leather suitcase to black velvet or animal leather. It is very convenient and quick, and very concealed.

The only drawback is that this function can only change the packaging appearance of the box, but cannot change the actual size of the box.

But in Newt's own words, "it's definitely convenient when you need to escape or pass a checkpoint."

It made Harry wonder what Newt had originally used the box for... smuggling?

Uh, let’s go back and check.

I feel like I should be able to see a thrilling adventure story.

(End of this chapter)