Hogwarts: Harry Returns from Azeroth

Chapter 84 83. Loyal Filch and the Apprentices' Feelings

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For a moment, Filch even felt that it would be worth it even if he fell down and died on the spot, because he had touched the magic he had always dreamed of, and was no longer the Squib Filch who could only hide in the dark and watch others cast spells.

——Of course, this thought only lasted less than two seconds in Filch's mind before he threw it away.

Why die? He hasn’t had enough fun yet!
Even the job of cleaning the castle, which had been done countless times in the past and had long been considered boring, became interesting again.

Even if he was just standing here, Filch could hear the burning gazes of the students passing by behind him, those jealous looks. He knew this kind of look too well. He had been looking at others with this look for decades, and now it was finally time for others to look at him like this.

Filch had always wanted to see this kind of expression on his students' faces, ah, this expression of jealousy towards himself, which allowed him to vent all the pressure that had been suppressed deep in his heart for decades - Filch even felt that he was about to sublimate.

Ascend to heaven.

Let's just say that this man even spent three full days cleaning the castle gate, a place that everyone must pass by every day. In the end, it was Professor McGonagall who personally went to see Filch to finally make him give up cleaning this place.

To be honest, the Gryffindor students were even planning to illegally climb over the wall to enter Hogwarts from other places, just because they didn't want to see Filch's smug smile... well, maybe also his weird muffled laughter and shaking shoulders from time to time, which was really deadly.

But what the students found most unacceptable was that although Professor McGonagall did persuade Filch to leave the castle gate, she did not do so in a reprimanding manner. Instead, she smiled and happily congratulated Filch in front of many students.

One of the Gryffindor twins, who did not want to reveal his name, even burst into fierce words on the spot, including but not limited to that Professor McGonagall must have been under some kind of spell from Filch - in short, it was extremely evil.

Then I had Professor McGonagall's detention, and now I feel very happy.

Some students even came to Harry and asked him why he gave Filch the Earth Bond Potion. The students had not forgotten what Harry had said, that only by drinking the corresponding potion could they establish a connection with the elements.

Well, this is the kind that blames Harry for giving a disgusting, nasty guy a potion and making him a glorified shaman - Filch doesn't even have horns on his head!!

He is not loyal!!
Disloyal to our Tauren tribe!!

——Harry listened to this argument with a blank expression.

However, he was not angry, but answered the students' questions very patiently.

"Elements are not humans. In fact, most of the time, the good and evil of elements are distinguished by us based on our own understanding and concepts. After all, we will not allow elements to really turn the place where we live into a pure elemental world."

Harry explained.

"So the elements actually have their own unique aesthetics. They will establish a connection with a person just because a certain aspect of that person is recognized by the element. You can also understand this as a talent that has nothing to do with human good or evil."

"Similarly, this kind of talent has nothing to do with whether a person's mind is pure or his heart is clear - it's enough if you like it."

Harry's answer caused Fred and George to sigh in pain in the Gryffindor common room. Well, maybe it was more than just the two of them.

After all, many students could not accept the fact that they were not as popular with the elementals as Filch.

It's a nightmare.

It is said that many students have had nightmares these past few nights. In their dreams, a hoarse voice has been making mocking sounds - 'You are not as good as Filch, hehe.'

It can be clearly seen that the students generally have dark circles around their eyes.

But no matter whether the students accepted it or not, Filch became the fourteenth member of the Shaman Club... The thirteenth was Ron, who was still a congenital idiot.

It’s time again for the latest class in this week’s Shaman Club.

"Congratulations, Mr. Filch," Harry said earnestly as he stood in front of Filch. "You have established a connection with the earth element, and you get along very well with each other - especially in this era when the element is dormant. This means that you have an excellent talent."

Filch's back was straight, and with every word Harry spoke, his back straightened even straighter.

"Please call me by my name! Mentor!" Filch was so excited that his voice trembled. "Just call me Filch!!"

Since the day he became a shaman, Filch would bow to Harry and call him mentor whenever he met him in the castle.

To be honest, this behavior made some students let go of their disgust towards Filch. Even Ron stopped worrying about his initial dissatisfaction and resentment.

"Okay, Filch," Harry said helplessly, "Anyway, I'm glad to see that you're already holding yourself to the standards of a shaman. But you should still remove those bone decorations."

Harry's eyes were somewhat vague when he said this, because at first glance, Filch now looked even more like a stereotypical shaman than he did.

He was wearing a wolfskin coat from head to toe, and a wolf-head helmet on his head, imitating Harry's look. No one knew where he got it from.

There was an intoxicating scent of herbs all over his body, and Filch was wearing large and small strings of beads and ornaments - large strings of skulls of unknown animals.

"Ah? Don't you need these? Mentor?" Filch was stunned.

"Of course not, we are not African natives!" Roger Davis rolled his eyes and said.

The older the student, the more hatred they would accumulate with Filch.

"Roger!" Harry shouted.

"I'm sorry, Master," Roger Davis sighed and said, "I'm sorry to you too, Mr. Filch..."

After a few classes, Harry's apprentices had already become quite capable. At least they truly admired Harry's knowledge and wanted to follow him and learn valuable knowledge from him.

Looking similar to Harry at first glance, these old apprentices were all wearing clothes made of wolf skin, except that they did not have wolf head decorations on their shoulders and did not wear wolf head helmets on their heads.

"No, it's okay." To be honest, it was the first time I heard an apology from a student. In the past few years, Filch had certainly been pranked by students, but there was no apology.

"Anyway, welcome to join us. This is your rune horn." Harry handed the item in his hand to Filch. "It can help you communicate with the elements better. Just wear it on your head."

"It's my honor, Master!" Filch excitedly took the pair of rune horns with both hands and bowed to Harry twice. If Harry hadn't stopped him, he would even want to kiss the back of Harry's hand.

With both hands trembling, Filch excitedly took off the horns he bought from the twins, and then put on the rune horns with a proud look on his face.

He closed his eyes, still seeming to feel something, and after a long while, he let out a long breath. He felt comfortable.

Satisfied.

"Given the limited time of the club's courses, I'm sorry that I can't go over the previous course content for you again." Harry handed a thin booklet to Filch. "But don't worry, Hermione has already written down the key points I have covered in each class before. You only need to study on your own in your free time. You can also ask me if you have any questions."

This is Hermione, a very reliable, very considerate, and a good friend that makes Harry feel very at ease.

This booklet will continue to grow as Harry teaches more content, and will eventually become a book that can be used as an official textbook for the Shaman course.

To be honest, the current model of the club having large classes for all grades and ages is quite a headache for Harry. This is the disadvantage of not differentiating the course progress by grade.

Of course, it was impossible for Harry to refuse new blood to join him, and when new students entered school next year or the year after, and new shaman apprentices joined, he would have to explain these things again - and he would have to teach this year's batch of apprentices more in-depth content.

The Shaman Club is currently just a club. The weekly class time is already very short, and Hogwarts cannot officially schedule classes for a club. If the Shamans want to have enough time to teach different batches of apprentices, they must at least get a place in an elective course.

Every time Harry thought about these miscellaneous things that he had to deal with, he felt like his hair was falling out like crazy... He had never had an apprentice when he was in the world of Azeroth, so this was a new experience for Harry.

For now we can only take one step at a time.

"Okay, mentor." Filch bent down and took the booklet with both hands. He promised seriously, "Please rest assured, I will definitely memorize every word in it and will never let you down!"

It was amazing that Filch seemed to have completely regarded himself as Harry's junior, and was so respectful that he did not show any impoliteness at all.

"Well, it doesn't have to be that serious," Harry said helplessly. "It currently only records some of the shamans' past history, and how we view everything in the world - and of course, some rules that every shaman must abide by."

He repeated the premise that he had told the thirteen people at the beginning. Harry would never be careless about matters of principle. Similarly, he also gave Filch a chance to withdraw.

"I promise you, great mentor," Filch straightened his back, his wrinkled face full of seriousness and earnestness, "If someone really betrays you, I will make him be punished even if it costs my life!"

"…Thank you, but I can do this kind of thing myself," Harry said expressionlessly.

His attitude towards Harry was completely different from that of the other apprentices. If the others were still somewhat unable to adapt to Harry's sudden change from their classmate or junior to their mentor, Filch had accepted this identity without any obstacles and was proud of it.

To be honest, Harry felt that Filch's current state was more like regarding himself as some kind of belief.

He has seen too many people like this.

The class officially begins after welcoming the new members.

Although there are four elements, even though several weeks have passed since the first class in the club, Harry has not allowed his apprentices to try to come into contact with the second element.

After all, unlike the world of Azeroth, the wizards in this world have never had any knowledge of elements, nor have they known about shamans - there are no enemies like demons who always want to destroy the world.

Therefore, there is a lack of a real sense of threat.

In this situation, rashly allowing them to have more contact would only sow trouble for the future, so in the past few weeks, Harry spent more time walking on the land with his dozen or so apprentices, feeling the rhythm of the earth element.

The stories told to the apprentices seemed to be from another world and they told the shamans' mistakes and the philosophy contained in the stories. Although the people and places didn't match up, the principles were there.

It's enough as long as you can understand the principle.

In the process, Harry also explained to his apprentices why he set such strict rules for them at the beginning, and told them what would happen if the shamans did not follow those principles.

Principles are something that cannot slide downward. Once they start to slide downward, even if it's just a small step back, there will be endless reasons to slide downward. Each of them may sound reasonable, but in fact they have completely deviated from the original intention.

There were endless generations of enemies who wanted to destroy Azeroth, and Harry could cite many examples.

But today, he finally felt that this group of apprentices could start the next step of learning.

"I think you have probably already felt the characteristics of the earth element." Far away from the castle and close to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Harry stared at his apprentices and said, "A few weeks ago, you stood here and embraced the element for the first time."

"Now, everyone, close your eyes with me... recall the thrill you felt when you first came into contact with the elements." Harry opened his arms and whispered, "Let the power of the elements surround us, and let our bodies and spirits be baptized by this land."

No one spoke, but there was no doubt that everyone was doing, remembering, and feeling what Harry had said - except Ron, who had not yet established a connection with the elements.

But he also closed his eyes at this moment, trying hard to enjoy the breeze, which made him feel very cool.

"Do you feel it?" Harry closed his eyes and continued, "The mountains in the distance and the land beneath our feet, you will find that the hills are our strength, the plains are our tolerance, and the world itself is our essence."

It was not the same sound, but everyone indeed felt the flow of the earth's veins and the breath of the earth, which made their hearts calm and broad.

"I know some of you are anxious," Harry's voice appeared in everyone's ears, "You are eager to see more extraordinary things, eager to touch the other three elements, and want to be like me that day, freely wielding the power of elements and attracting everyone's attention."

"During the entire ceremony, the only thing you did was to stand humbly before the earth element - did you feel its enormity?"

"I think... I saw it at that time." Hermione still closed her eyes, but her voice trembled and said: "The ground under my feet is a whole, like a part of a giant - I can't even imagine what I will encounter when he moves."

“Fear” Terry Boot continued, “I thought I was the only one who saw that scene, so I never told anyone else about it… To be honest, I don’t know why I suddenly established a connection with the earth element. At the last moment, it was like a mountain pressing down on me. I almost thought I was going to die.”

"So, that's the dormant elemental body?" Katie Bell asked, "Like what you said, it's dangerous to come into direct contact with other elements? It's because they are too huge, and even just a flip can destroy us."

"I don't know if that's their true form," Harry said simply, "I'm not afraid to admit my ignorance. In fact, I'm also in a stage of continuous exploration of the elemental power of this world itself."

"This is exactly why I established this Shaman Club, because this world is too huge and hides too many secrets," Harry said sincerely, "whether it is to explore the full picture of the elements of this world or to revive them, this huge task is impossible for me to complete alone."

"But I can answer your second question," Harry continued, "when the elements are fully revived, at least until they can talk or converse with you freely."

"Anyway, when you encounter other elements, you will find that the other three elements are not as calm as the earth element. They may be chaotic and violent, or calm and fanatical. But this is the nature of the elements themselves, and there is always opposition between them."

"Comparatively speaking, the Earth Element is indeed the best target for you to deal with for the first time."

(End of this chapter)