Hogwarts: Don't call me the Staff Maker

Chapter 749 Harry's Signature Magic

Harry and Hagrid were not the first to return to the Burrow. Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks had already returned a few minutes earlier, when Siren was still walking from the village entrance.

Tonks is a Disguise Magus who can easily transform into Harry's appearance without even needing to drink Polyjuice Potion, so she'll naturally be part of this plan.

They were very lucky; they encountered no Death Eaters along the way and returned smoothly along the planned route.

Just now, when Mrs. Weasley and Ginny came out, they were watching Siron's every move vigilantly from the Burrow.

Both of them carried wands and would act without hesitation if they discovered any problems.

Fortunately, Xilun passed the test.

But before they could even come out, Harry and Hagrid arrived.

Hagrid's identity is beyond doubt. Apart from Voldemort, no other Death Eater could disguise themselves as a half-giant—which is probably one of the reasons Mad-Eye had Harry follow him.

In the kitchen, Lupin was looking at Harry with a serious expression, asking what had happened.

According to the planned route and time, Harry and Hagrid should have been the first to arrive, but they were a full five minutes late.

"Everything was going smoothly until now," Hagrid said. "After we set off, I followed the directions Alastor gave me to Tonks' parents' house, but just as we left Little Wheekin, we encountered a mysterious man—"

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"Wait, what did you say?" Lupin jumped up, looking at Hagrid in disbelief.

"Did you encounter a mysterious person?"

“That’s right.” Hagrid’s voice was deep. “He seems to see through the Polyjuice Potion disguise and knows that the Harry next to me is the real one.”

"Impossible. If it's just observation, no one can see through the compound decoction," Lu Ping said confidently.

"How could this be? What did you do?"

"I—" Harry tried to remember.

"When I first came out, there was no one around. A few minutes later, I encountered Stan Sampark—the ticket seller on the Knight Bus. He must have been under the Imperius Curse and wanted to attack us, so I cast a Disarming Charm on him."

"What did you use?" Lupin looked at Harry in astonishment.

"Disarming spell?"

"Is there a problem?" Harry asked, puzzled, then replied matter-of-factly, "He's definitely been hit by the Imperius Curse. I can't exactly use a Stunning Charm on him—he's hundreds of meters in the air!"

Lupin remained silent, struggling to control his expression.

Xilun tilted his head slightly.

Now he knew how Voldemort recognized the real Harry—after all, the other members of the Order of the Phoenix wouldn't use a disarming charm on an enemy who wanted to kill them in a life-or-death war.

Even with the Unforgivable Curse as a constraint, the Stunning Curse and the Petrifying Curse are still their bottom line.

After all, for most wizards, losing their wand, while troublesome, doesn't mean they're completely defenseless. The wandless spellcasting techniques taught in the seventh year of Hogwarts are specifically designed to handle this situation.

To put it bluntly, the Disarming Spell is a move that only appears in places like schools and dueling arenas.

When Gilderoy Lockhart held his first dueling club, he carefully considered his options before choosing this one from a large number of powerful spells.

In this way, even if he loses during the demonstration, he will only lose his wand and won't lose too badly.

But Harry clearly didn't think so, and was even angry about Lupin's suggestion.

"So you think I should kill Stan Sampak?"

"Of course not," Lupin patiently explained. "But frankly, many Death Eaters have come to regard the Disarming Curse as your signature, just like—Vanityah prefers to use the Killing Curse."

Lupin's words made Harry feel like a fool, but he was still a little resentful.

“I can’t kill anyone who gets in my way,” Harry said. “That’s the Death Eaters’ style.”

Lupin was speechless. Frankly, he was also conflicted. If Harry really did kill Stan without hesitation:

Sampark, then he would no longer be the Harry Potter he knew.

But constantly using the disarming spell—that's a bit too much—

Lupin sighed, without uttering the word "stupid."

"Let's talk about this later." Noticing the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, Tonks changed the subject and asked, "Tell me how you escaped. You know, that was a mysterious person."

"Thanks to that motorcycle," Hagrid said, squeezing in from outside, his eyes sparkling as he spoke.

Sirius made some changes, adding a fire dragon mode to the car.

"What mode?"

"Simply put, it can breathe fire," Harry explained. "There's a button next to the handlebars. If you press it hard, the motorcycle will spew out a lot of flames like a fire dragon."

"The flames trapped Voldemort, which bought us time to activate the Portkey. Then we got the second Portkey in Godric's Hollow, went to Tonks' parents' house, and Mr. Ted Tonks gave us this Portkey."

Harry held up a soda can; a minute ago it was a Portkey glowing blue, but now it was drained of its magic and useless.

Lupin nodded.

Although there were some twists and turns along the way, this was indeed an escape route carefully chosen by Alastor Moody.

"Stop asking, Remus." Mrs. Weasley came over and hugged Harry tightly. "Thank God you're safe."

"Molly, do you have any brandy?" Hagrid asked, his voice trembling slightly.

It's clear they did evade Voldemort's pursuit, but the process was definitely not as simple as Harry described.

As for what kind of dangers they encountered during the process, only they themselves probably know.

At that moment, Mrs. Weasley brought Hagrid the brandy he needed, which he downed in one gulp.

Harry also had time to get a clear look at the Burrow's current state.

However, as soon as he turned his head, he saw someone who shouldn't have been there.

"Silen? How come you're here—nobody told me you were coming too."

"I just came to see if there was anything I could do to help," Celen said.

"What you should be doing here isn't helping out, but staying in Diagon Alley," Lu Ping said, walking over with a flat face. "At least for you, it's much safer there than the Burrow."

"It's okay, I just came to check it out and will be right back," Xilen said, looking completely relaxed.

"Where's Dedalo Dygo?" Lupin asked. "Isn't he with you?"

"That was true five minutes ago," Xiren shook his head, "but he said he had other things to do and didn't come with me."

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