Hogwarts: Starting with full Unforgivable Curses

Chapter 227 The Marauder’s Map
These two guys.

Dylan shook his head.

Then, with her fingertips gently hooking the edge of the linen, she slowly and deliberately unwrapped the package.

Looking at the live map in his hand.

Dylan lowered his eyes and stared at the paper.

It's just like an ordinary piece of parchment.

There was nothing unusual about it.

Dylan picked up his wand and gently tapped it on the parchment.

"I solemnly swear that I have done nothing wrong."

This can almost be considered a spell to use the Marauder's Map.

As the incantation was uttered, ink lines began to extend across the map.

The traces gradually revealed the outline of Hogwarts School and its hidden secret passages.

Dylan immediately spotted a footprint moving at an almost rigid yet inexplicably fast "uniform speed" along the path to the underground classroom.

"Well……"

Dylan looked away.

It goes without saying who owns these footprints.

Dylan then looked at where he was.

Three pairs of footprints stand side by side.

One of them was as steady as a mountain.

The other two pairs were pacing back and forth, but they were actually pacing in place.

"Hey, can you two just shut up and stop kicking your legs around like that?" Dylan said helplessly to the two people beside him.

George shrugged: "If you want to."

Fred laughed heartily: "Isn't it interesting? When George and I figured out what this thing did, I was 100% sure! It's simply a top-notch prank gadget created by a master prankster! It's amazing!"

Dylan curled his lip upon hearing this.

If I had to put it that way...

indeed.

Marauder's Map.

It's not just interesting, it's also symbolic, and even represents the heritage of a pure-blooded family.

This foundation doesn't mean that Marauder's Map is particularly difficult to create.

In fact, creating such a map is simply a matter of combining various spells onto a single piece of parchment.

The first curse is naturally the Human Footprint Curse.

This is the key spell for creating a Marauder's Map, and also the most crucial spell.

Without this curse, the Marauder's Map would not be a map.

It allows the map to track the footprints of everyone inside the castle.

It displays the whereabouts of everyone within the school area.

Moreover, regardless of whether the opponent used Animagus transformation, compound decoction, or invisibility cloak.

Marauder's Map can display its traces.

The Human Trace Curse can be seen as an enhanced version of the Silk Trace Curse.

It is not limited to a single target, but can cover all characters in an entire area.

The Human Trace Spell even has the ability to penetrate concealment magic.

This is more relevant to invisibility cloaks.

Because spells only work within a specific area.

Therefore, the invisibility cloak cannot be seen with the naked eye, but as long as a person stands in this area, the other party's traces will naturally be revealed.

As for Animagus and compound decoctions, that goes without saying.

These two transformations are merely changes in form, and are not even as effective as an invisibility cloak, which completely prevents people from seeing the figure.

The physical form will still be visible.

As long as people exist, they don't simply disappear into thin air.

Marauder's Map can reveal traces.

The second type of spell above is used to activate and deactivate the map.

This kind of concealment and revelation spell is actually not complicated to use.

The third type of spell is the banishment and humiliation spell.

As for the highway robbers, or rather, the plunderers, why would they set up such a spell...?

Dylan blinked.

Clearly, they didn't want Professor Snape to be able to use the map.

Upon receiving this map, Professor Snape could only resort to vulgar and offensive language.

Given Professor Snape's personality, he would definitely assume that the parchment was another prank by Potter and his friends, specifically designed to humiliate him.

Of course, Professor Snape wouldn't have used the map at all, even if he had known it was made by bandits.

Dylan clearly realized that there were more than just the three spells mentioned earlier on this map.

Because it is both the spell of human footprints and the ability to solidify spells.

Dylan will be there.

Furthermore, he not only mastered the Human Trace Charm, but also learned the anti-Human Trace Charm—the Invisibility Charm—from Professor Flitwick.

Hiding text on the map or setting a password to activate the map is also a very simple matter.

However, this so-called simplicity is naturally based on Dylan's skill level.

With his current skill level, these spells are a piece of cake for him.

But to be honest, let alone young wizards his age.

Even if they were two years older, they might still be completely clueless about these spells!
The robbers were just fifth or sixth-year Hogwarts students and wizards when they created this map.

It must be said that all of Snape's students during that period had something special about them.

And what interests Dylan even more is—

The reason why no one has been able to discover the true function of this Marauder's Map for so long is that...

It's not just that it can hide text.

It's worth noting that Filch had previously listed this map as a dangerous item.

Even though Filch didn't know the specific purpose of the map at the time.

But these were things made by some troublesome little wizards, and even though he didn't understand them, Filch carefully put the map away.

The map was later stolen.

He wanted to find it, but nothing had happened for so long, and there was nothing unusual.

Filch had no choice but to give up on finding the parchment.

"This ability to conceal one's tracks and trace people..."

Dylan examined the map in his hand repeatedly.

In fact, Animagus can also be tracked by Marauder's Map.

But after all, Animagus is a spell that can even fool Dementors.

Dylan wanted to know if the map "tracked" all creatures in a region, or only humans.
Some images flashed through my mind.

Dylan recalled records about the Marauder's Map directly through divination.

—The map can not only track human footprints, but also wizards' pets, fairies, ghosts and so on.

"I just don't know, if I'm in my suitcase, will this map still be able to detect my whereabouts?"

If so, that would be quite astonishing.

Dylan found it hard to believe that a fifth or sixth-grade wizard could have come up with such a detection method.

This is also one of the reasons why Dylan remarked that pure-blood families do indeed have some heritage.

However, since the map can track the traces of all creatures within such a large area, it's unclear whether it can detect Animagus or only detects the traces of creatures that have mutated into Animagus.

That's not so important.

"I need to test it when I get back to see if the 'Loyalty Spell' will be affected by this map."

Dylan hadn't considered the purpose of this map before.

Even now that I have the Marauder's Map in my hands, I just want to study it.

—Let's see if we can get any inspiration from this map.

He didn't want to be discovered every night when he sneaked into the Forbidden Forest to meet Hagrid and take care of their child Norbert.

Speaking of which...

Dylan raised his head and glanced indifferently at the Weasley brothers. The two, who had been all smiles, felt a sudden sense of foreboding rise in their hearts after Dylan's glance.

"Have you tried using this map to track my movements?"

George and Fred's expressions froze instantly.

The two of them stammered.

"that……"

"We don't usually use this map."

"That's right, that's right, we're researching new props almost every day."

"So there's simply no time to play with the map!"

"Besides, maps aren't fun; they only show where people have left off."

Dylan squinted and stared directly at the two of them.

Fred and George lowered their heads further and further, until they almost wanted to bury themselves in each other's chests.

Dylan snorted coldly: "Since you've already checked my tracks, I don't need to waste time testing it again."

"Tell me, every time you check my whereabouts, are you able to find me?"

Fred and George exchanged a glance.

Fred swallowed hard, then said, "Actually, sometimes we're strange too."

George nodded cautiously: "Fred and I will find your trail, the one where you suddenly disappeared from the map."

Dylan kept his eyes half-closed but didn't say anything.

Suddenly disappeared from the map?

Think for a moment.

Dylan spoke.

"Around what time, and for how long?"

"Well, the time varies, and the duration is also uncertain, but it's mostly at night—"

"So, you guys were spying on me almost every day?"

Dylan's voice rang out coldly.

George: |;)

Fred: (ω｀丨

The two of them coughed incessantly.

"Cough cough cough! Dylan, you believe me, I swear I didn't!"

"I swear! I swear on Merlin's underwear! I absolutely did not peep at you every day!"

"I just... sometimes I get curious about what you're doing..."

"Yes, it's definitely only occasional—"

Fred and George offered their explanations, one after the other.

But the more he explained, the weaker his voice became, and he lost all confidence.

George suddenly realized something and quickly said, "We really don't look at the map every day, so we don't really know how long it's been since you disappeared from the map, Dylan."

Fred nodded repeatedly: "That's right! Once we wanted to do some calculations, but it was already past midnight and we still hadn't seen any trace of you, so we fell asleep."

George scratched the back of his head: "The fastest time was when you disappeared for only about ten minutes, Dylan."

At this point, both of them fell silent, glancing weakly at Dylan.

They didn't ask Dylan what he did during the time he was missing, but they were all somewhat curious.

Dylan stroked his chin and glanced at the Marauder's Map in his hand.

It seems that even the Marauder's Map couldn't detect his presence after he entered the pet space.

That's right.

After all, his pet space can now be described as another world.

Even if Marauder's Map is outrageous, can it still overcome spatial interference?

Dylan pondered for a moment.

I plan to study the spells on the Marauder's Map in the next couple of days, and then completely erase my traces from it.

Then you can give the map to Harry.

Anyway, he doesn't really need this map.

Looked up.

Dylan looked at the two trembling brothers.

"Alright, I didn't disappear to kill someone. Have you all forgotten that I have a briefcase?"

Upon hearing this, the Weasley twins paused, blinked, and came to their senses.

"Dylan, you mean the time you disappeared..."

"Did it go into your suitcase?"

They had never seen anyone else with such a spacious suitcase that could almost be used as a room.

So I really don't know if going into another space will cause me to disappear from the Marauder's Map.

Dylan didn't bother to explain to them.

The more you explain, the more questions arise.

Especially these two brothers who seem to know nothing about fatigue.

If he really starts talking, those two idiots will probably keep digging into the details and asking him all sorts of questions.

Dylan immediately changed the subject: "Can you see the people in the Forbidden Forest?"

Fred and George looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

"No."

"Maps can't detect such a large area."

"Only traces of Hogwarts can appear on the map."

"but……"

George paused.

Fred cautiously raised his eyes.

Dylan scoffed, "But once I leave Hogwarts, my trail will naturally disappear from the map, right?"

The two brothers nodded.

Dylan was not surprised by this answer.

"Okay, I get it."

He looked at the two brothers, who were starting to tremble, and his face darkened.

"Why are you all looking so scared? Do you think I'm going to eat you?"

After he finished speaking, his tone softened slightly.

"If you're willing to give me something like this, I know that at least you won't use it recklessly just because you want to find out where I am."

"Since you have a clear conscience, what is there to be nervous about?"

The Weasley twins were taken aback: "You mean, you're not angry that we're checking up on you?"

"We swear, we absolutely did not spy on your location or track your movements!"

"and……"

Dylan waved his hand, interrupting the two brothers' chanting.

“I’m not angry. Anyway, the places I went to weren’t anything shady.”

Fred seemed to agree with this.

"Well, after we got to know you, we wanted to use a map to see where you were—"

"The result will be either in Professor Snape's office, Professor McGonagall's office, or Professor Flitwick's office..."

“We haven’t been spying on you much since then.”

"No, how can this be considered spying? We just want to know where Dylan is and whether it's convenient for us to go visit him."

The two brothers started arguing.

Dylan rolled his eyes.

"I'll accept this gift for now, thank you, I really like it."

Dylan's thanks stopped the two who were bickering.

The two of them turned to look at each other, their eyes shining.

"Dylan, do you really like it?"

(End of this chapter)