The Rune Mage Starting at Hogwarts

It was the invisible beast that Ryze and Hagrid had rescued a few days ago.

With the help of the potion and Hagrid's loving care, the little guy recovered quickly. In just a few days, he was already able to come out and joke with people.

At this moment, it was squatting in front of Ryze, holding the little mouse Scabbers that it had casually taken from Ron's pocket.

"It's an Invisible Beast!" Hermione exclaimed softly, her eyes filled with surprise. "I read about them in 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.' They are gentle in nature and not only can they become invisible, but they also have a certain ability to avoid danger and seek good fortune. They are very rare magical creatures!"

But then she looked puzzled: "How did it get here? Did it sneak out of Hagrid's hut?"

Ryze reached out and patted the Invisible Beast's head. The little guy then enthusiastically handed Ryze the Scabbers in his hand, and then greeted the other curious young wizards.

Ryze took the trembling mouse from the invisible beast's hand and handed it to Ron: "Sorry, Ron, this little guy was probably joking with you. I hope you forgive him."

Seeing that Spotted was unharmed, Ron waved his hand and put it back in his pocket. Then his eyes remained fixed on the Invisible Beast's fur.

"It's alright, it's alright, but is this the Invisible Beast? I heard George say that a pound of its fur can sell for hundreds of Galleons... Oh, I mean, although it should be very valuable, it's a magical animal that the Ministry of Magic prohibits from being privately kept, right?"

“Don’t worry, this cloaked beast is only staying here temporarily,” Rizz explained simply. “Hagrid will release it back into the Forbidden Forest once it has fully recovered from its injuries.”

As Rizz said this, he winked at Crimson D: "But even if we do see some other 'little guys' that are forbidden to be tamed, like Luwei in the room on the fourth floor of the castle, I hope you can help keep this secret."

Seeing Ryze's meaningful expression, the first-year wizards, including Hermione, couldn't help but show curiosity.

Only Ron was still surprised by what Ryz had said earlier.

"You went to the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid a few days ago?" Ron asked Raz cautiously. "Is it dangerous in there? I heard Fred say that there are a lot of man-eating spiders in the Forbidden Forest. It sounds creepy."

Knowing Ron was afraid of spiders, Reese deliberately said, "What you're talking about should be the Giant Spider. There is indeed a Giant Spider's nest deep in the Forbidden Forest, which Hagrid raised when he was still studying at Hogwarts. Although I haven't seen them for the past few days, maybe Hagrid will actually bring them out of the Forbidden Forest tonight so we can see them?"

Ron's face immediately turned horrified, and he instinctively grabbed Harry's arm: "What, what? Hagrid is going to take us to see those spiders that are bigger than people? Are you kidding me?!"

Just then, with a creak, the wooden door of the hut was pushed open.

“I also wanted to bring Aragog out, but it’s too old, its legs aren’t strong, and it’s mostly blind,” Hagrid’s huge figure appeared at the doorway, expressing regret to Ron. “Besides, its offspring don’t seem to want to be surrounded by a bunch of little wizards. But if you really want to get to know Aragog, I can take you to its lair sometime in the future.”

"No, no, that's fine. I think this is good enough. We can learn about those creatures in class later!" Ron waved his hand, his words somewhat unclear, indicating that he would never go to such a terrifying place in his life.

Hagrid sighed regretfully.

Then he saw the invisible beast nestled beside Ryze, and a relieved smile appeared on his face again: "See? I told you this little guy is a natural social butterfly. Its injuries have healed a bit these past two days, and it can't stay in its little cabin. It keeps sneaking out to play in the snow. I heard your exclamations just now; it must have scared you half to death."

As he said this, Hagrid beckoned to the young wizards, "Come on in, kids, don't stay out in the cold."

“Professor Katelburne is already waiting inside. At my request, he brought some of his best stuff to show you. I think after tonight, you will definitely be interested in the course on magical creatures.”

Hagrid stepped into the cabin, revealing a glowing fireplace and a gaunt old wizard sitting on a wooden stool with a huge suitcase beside him, tapping his prosthetic limbs with his wand.

Upon seeing the young wizards standing at the door, a smile appeared on the other person's face.

He was Sylvanus Ketterburn, a legendary professor who served for over fifty years and was placed on probation at the university at least sixty-two times.

Chapter 95: The Amazing Animals in the Suitcase

Upon entering Hagrid's hut, Aww first enthusiastically rushed to Rhett Butler, but since Rhett already had an invisible beast attached to him, it cleverly ran to Harry and the others to greet them instead.

Harry rubbed Tooth's head, then Hagrid tossed Tooth a few pieces of raw meat before sending him outside.

“It’s timid; what you’re about to see will probably scare it to death,” Hagrid said, then introduced himself to the others.

"This is Professor Katelburne, my good friend. We've known each other for almost half a century. If you choose to take the Magical Creatures Protection class after your third year, he will be your teacher."

Professor Katelburn put his prosthetic leg back on with some difficulty, then explained it to Hagrid while smiling and shaking his head.

"However, given my current physical condition, I estimate that I can only work for another year or two before I have to stop. By the time you are in your third year, the school will probably have to find a new professor to replace me."

After attaching the two prosthetic legs, he stood up and moved around a bit, his gaze first falling on Rizz, then on Harry, Hermione, and the other young wizards.

Although the number of young wizards who came tonight was a bit higher than he had originally expected, his emotional intelligence was much higher than Hagrid's: "Hagrid mentioned to me that many excellent young wizards came to Hogwarts this year, saying that you are very interested in magical creatures, but because of your grade, you can't come into contact with those cute guys yet."

"So at Hagrid's kind invitation, I thought it wouldn't hurt to let you experience the charm of magical creatures before I officially retire."

He patted his suitcase: "This suitcase contains the old buddies who have been with me for many years. I hope you will be satisfied."

Terry, standing to the side, looked at the suitcase, which was even smaller than theirs, and seemed to have thought of something. His eyes lit up: "Professor, is this suitcase enchanted with a Seamless Stretch Charm?"

Harry was a little confused about what kind of spell it was, and looked around in confusion, hoping to get an answer.

Ron, standing to the side, began to explain to Harry in a low voice. After all, his family had secretly cast some Unseen Stretching Charms in some inconspicuous places. Although he didn't understand the spell very well, he could still explain it to Harry without any problem.

Professor Katelburn chuckled and nodded. "Ever since I had the privilege of seeing Mr. Newt Scamander's suitcase, which was big enough to hold an entire nature reserve, I couldn't resist secretly making a similar one. However, my skills aren't as good as Mr. Scamander's; the space inside my suitcase is only a little bigger than a playground. Even so, it took me quite a bit of effort to get permission from the Ministry of Magic."

"But it's better if it's smaller, at least I won't be like Mr. Scamander, who was once banned from entering by dozens of magical governments."

Listening to Professor Katelburn's speech and his inexplicably regretful tone, Rhett felt that Professor Katelburn probably also wanted to have a suitcase like Newt's. As long as the number of animals inside was the same as in Newt's suitcase, it wouldn't matter if he was banned from entering by the magical government.

But for the young wizards, the fact that a playground could be crammed into a space the size of a suitcase was already quite astonishing. The young wizards all stared at the suitcase, wondering if they could make something similar to store their things in the future.

Sensing the young wizard's enthusiasm, Professor Katelburne clapped his hands.

“Then everyone should prepare their protective measures first. Unless you want to become like me, you’d better be careful,” Professor Katelburn said casually, patting his prosthetic leg as the best negative example.

After donning goggles and wearing specially made work boots that completely covered his body, Professor Katelburn finally opened the suitcase.

With a slight tremor inside the suitcase, the fishy smell seemed to stir and swirl.

Professor Katelburn bent down and descended the stairs, with the young wizards following behind him one by one.

Even Hagrid, whose size was significantly larger than the suitcase, managed to slip inside with remarkable ease, giving the young wizards even more reason to question this magic that was strictly controlled by the Ministry of Magic.

"Merlin's beard, is it really in the suitcase?" Ron looked around and exclaimed in surprise.

He was standing on soft grass, and above him was a starry night sky.

Looking around, although Professor Katelburn said the space inside the suitcase was only the size of a playground, in reality, the space inside the suitcase was clearly a bit too large.

However, no one seemed inclined to ask.

“Alright, let’s start with the good-natured little ones,” Professor Katelburne said, taking some food out of his pocket and distributing it to the young wizards.

As he whistled, several magical creatures with long necks, big eyes, and flat webbed feet emerged from the nearby bushes.

Then, a round ball covered in soft, creamy-yellow fur rolled out as well.

A large, fat, fluffy gray bird then appeared from behind.

They weren't nervous at the sight of unfamiliar visitors; instead, they quickly surrounded the fish, eager to catch their prey.

Hermione, the walking encyclopedia, was the first to recognize the creatures: "Moonfolk, Velvet, and...dodo, no, it should be Ball-Escape Bird, these are all XX-level magical creatures."

“It seems you really have read ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.’ If it weren’t for the fact that it’s not during a formal class, I would definitely add 5 points to your house,” Professor Katelburn praised Hermione, then gestured for the little creatures to be fed, explaining their characteristics as he fed them.

Professor Katelburne was indeed very knowledgeable and spoke in a very humorous way. Even though Raz had already read the book and had heard Hagrid talk about these magical creatures before, under his guidance, Raz learned a lot of details that were not described in detail in the book due to space constraints.

After carefully observing each of the gentle magical creatures, and having already observed Lou Williams and the Invisible Beast in the previous two days, his mission progress reached 5/10.

The remaining five shouldn't be too difficult to finish tonight.

"Alright, after seeing these basically harmless cuties, we're about to enter the 'restricted' area. I brought three magical creatures of the XXX and XXXX levels tonight, and I even got two big guys of the XXXXX level. That'll definitely keep you entertained for a long time."

Chapter 96: Simple Methods to Deal with Trolls and XXXXX Level Creatures

The professor prepared for them XXX-level magical creatures, which, according to size, consisted of two winged beasts with eagle heads and horse bodies, a purebred cat, and a nest of Nifflers.

Hagrid wasn't very interested in these small magical creatures. After all, the latter two were too small and too agile to be easy for him to find, while the former had been tamed too docilely by Professor Katelburne and had almost lost its wildness.

He then mentioned that he also kept some wild eagle-headed winged beasts in the Forbidden Forest, and if they were interested, he could take them there to see firsthand how these beasts, which still retain enough wildness, accurately hunt in the wild.

Unfortunately, Xing Sun still prefers these docile big guys.

However, the XXXX level series after that are no longer accessible to the public.

This level of magical creature is considered dangerous and cannot be tamed under normal circumstances.

Those magical creatures on the verge of extinction are usually placed in this area to remind wizards not to harm them anymore; the Invisible Beast is an example of this.

Of course, the invisible beasts weren't included. Professor Katelburne had prepared a bird-snake whose body could shrink and grow at will, a horse-shaped water monster that could disguise itself in various postures... and that big guy that made people gasp in surprise.

"It's a troll!" Harry and Ron exclaimed involuntarily as they looked at their sleeping friend Y, then instinctively turned to look at Ritz.

After all, at last month's Halloween party, Ryze had single-handedly defeated an adult troll.

However, this was clearly not the one Ryze defeated; at least the opponent did not have any obvious wounds on its chest.

Moreover, the two smell completely different.

The giant that Ryze defeated always had a strange and unpleasant smell about it, probably because it had never taken a bath since it was born.

This giant was clearly much cleaner, and at least it didn't have much of an odor.

“Yes, a troll, but not the one that invaded the school during the Halloween feast,” Professor Katelburn shook his head, looking somewhat helpless. “When the troll invaded the school that day, several professors, including Dumbledore, subconsciously looked at me. Although I did cause quite a bit of trouble before that, I definitely didn’t release that troll.”

He pointed to his troll: "My troll is actually quite docile, it's just that it's been acting up lately because it's in heat, so I put it into hibernation for a while and will wake it up after the heat cycle is over."

Professor Katelburne looked at Ryze: "Mr. White, I've heard about your feat of defeating an adult troll single-handedly at the level of a first-year student. That level of magical skill is truly remarkable."

He then turned to the other young wizards: "But you must remember that trolls have very powerful magic. Direct attack spells will be mostly blocked by their outer shell. Unless you have extremely powerful magic like Mr. White, it's best not to use attack spells on trolls."

He patted his sleeping troll friend Y: "This is supposed to be something we teach you in Defense Against the Dark Arts class, but I'll just share my own experience with you."

"This big guy's biggest weakness is its brain, so all you need to deal with it is some magic that can affect its senses from the outside, such as noise, bright light, and of course the simplest is the transformation spell. Just make the ground under its feet smooth, and it will exhaust itself."

Professor Katelburn shared his experiences and gave a simple demonstration, which was very easy and clear, giving the audience a glimpse into some simple methods for dealing with trolls.

Ron muttered to himself, "If it's that easy, it seems like I might have a chance to deal with a giant monster."

After seeing the troll, Ryze's mission was complete, but he wasn't in a hurry to collect the attribute forging tool.

Anyway, the reward is there and won't be lost, so it's not too late to turn on the forging equipment when I get back to my dorm.

There are two more big guys coming up next.

As it turned out, the remaining two big guys really broadened my horizons.

One is a magical animal called the jaguar, which looks no different from an ordinary jaguar.

But upon seeing the approaching creature, it immediately stood up and, with incredible speed, lunged at it. Its eyes seemed to be radiating a peculiar light.

However, there was a magical barrier that blocked the magic of the worm oil, so I didn't feel anything.

"The leopard cat, a magical animal unique to North America, has the ability to hypnotize and possess the mind. This big guy was transported to Hogsmeade through an abandoned key and caused quite a stir in the first half of this year. Even a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Magic was bitten and hypnotized by it. It took us a lot of effort to calm it down. Now, the Ministry of Magic is still negotiating with the Magical Government of the United States because of this guy, so it is temporarily placed at Hogwarts in the care of Hagrid and me."

As Professor Katelburn spoke, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "If nothing unexpected happens, I estimate that it will have to be sent back around Christmas. It's a real pity, after all, this is the only XXXXX-level magical animal that I have been able to legally show to my students in the classroom in the past half-century. I guess it will be difficult to have such an opportunity again in the future."

The keyword is legal.

Therefore, it is obvious that the other XXXXX is illegal.

Moreover, the other party must have secretly shown other amazing animals of the XXXXX level to their students before this.

He truly lives up to his reputation as a legendary professor who was placed on probation 62 times.

Another illegal big guy is the Kemera Beast.

In the Muggle world, it has a similar-sounding but more famous name—Chimera.

So much so that even Harry, upon first seeing this creature with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a python's tail, instinctively called out its name.

Hagrid clearly had a soft spot for this big guy, constantly praising it even through the solid walls between them.

"They're really beautiful. That Greek guy certainly has a lot of connections. First, he got me a Chimera egg, and then he found me a Cerberus egg. It's just a pity that I haven't heard from him for a while. I wonder how he's doing now. I was really hoping he could get me a Chimera egg too."

"Dumbledore spent a long time choosing between it and Fulve, and in the end, he chose the more mild-mannered Fulve to guard it..."

Hermione, realizing that Hagrid was about to start babbling again, coughed as a reminder, even though she couldn't imagine what was so gentle about him. This made Hagrid realize what was going on and shut up about what was coming next.

Chapter 97: The Precious Golden Flying Hero

Actually, Terry and the other two are carefully observing these two big guys of XXXXX level.

After all, this is indeed a magical animal that an ordinary wizard might not see in his entire life. It's just a pity that apart from cats and leopards, they couldn't tell people about the more famous chimeras.

That's certainly not going to happen, at least not until Professor Katelburn retires.

As for what the three-headed dog was guarding, they dared not be interested in it.

Although Rhett didn't tell them what was hidden inside the mask, he hinted that it was a lure set by Headmaster Dumbledore and related to that guy whose name couldn't be mentioned. So now, these young Ravenclaw wizards were even more worried that Hagrid would reveal the thing and drag them into these dangerous things.

So when Hagrid almost made a slip of the tongue, Terry and the other two pretended they hadn't heard anything.

However, Hagrid obviously couldn't see any of this, so he coughed a little guiltily, and then, as if he had remembered something, he suddenly clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"Oh, I almost forgot. My mind was so busy looking at these cute little guys. Actually, I also prepared an equally rare little guy. It was a great idea I came up with after watching Harry's first Quidditch match. I was originally planning to show it to you at Christmas, but that little guy is too precious and too delicate, so I probably can't save it for then. So, let's do it today. I'm sure you haven't seen it before either."

Upon hearing this, Harry, whose attention had been focused on the chimera, turned to look at Hagrid with some curiosity.

I don't know what the other person has prepared for me.

Hagrid chuckled, then gestured for the creature to wait for him, saying he'd be right back.