Chapter 43 Withering and Flashy

In the Hogwarts admission notice, it is mentioned that wizard apprentices can bring pets. Choose one of owl, cat and toad.

It may seem like the owl is the most practical, but it's quite the opposite.

Because if you just deliver letters and packages, Hogwarts has a special postal owl, and wizard families generally have them.

Cats are the guardians of souls and dreams. Young wizards with strong spiritual power are prone to lose their souls, that is, the problem of their souls leaving their bodies. Magic pet cats can prevent this kind of thing.

But later, a wizard invented the requiem spell, which only needs a set of runes embroidered on pajamas to solve the problem. The custom of cats as wizard pets gradually declined.

Hogwarts janitor Argus Filch kept cats. He's a Squib, and his cat, Mrs. Norris, who can see spirits, keeps him from being toyed with by ghosts who don't want him to see, like Peeves.

As for the toad, its main function is naturally not to play the chorus of some people and toads, but to help the wizard apprentices immunize against some toxins.

The world that wizards have to face is not a friendly world, but a magical black forest.

There is a magical black forest near Hogwarts. The Forbidden Forest is its sub-forest area. There are not only centaurs, werewolves, and giant spiders in it, but also highly poisonous flying insects, tree insects, and grass insects.

Compared with these magical insects, the ticks (weed crawlers) known to ordinary people are simply harmless little things. After a little wizard is poisoned, he often cannot make it to the medical wing, let alone alone.

According to Kane's knowledge, Hogwarts has indeed been killed by poisonous bugs in the history, and there has never been a lack of wizard blood like the Weasley twins who are proud of secretly violating the prohibition.

With the passage of time, the teaching system of Hogwarts has gradually improved, and all kinds of dangers have been eliminated bit by bit, so that it has the current appearance. Even a hundred years ago, it is far from being as warm, friendly, and mysterious as it is now. And safe campus atmosphere.

As a pet, toads are not popular because of the soundness of related methods.

Neville brought the toad because there was a partition in his house, his parents were tortured mad by Death Eaters, and his grandmother didn't know much about new things in the outside world, so he followed the tradition of the older generation. That's why I let my precious grandson bring toads.

Kane also learned that about two hundred years ago, the connection between wizards and pets in this world was far closer than it is today. It will also sign a magic contract.

But now, they have to face the risk of loss of magic circle technology, expensive spell-casting materials, and most importantly, the death of a pet will cause its owner to permanently lose spiritual power and magic power.

The high cost of magic materials is mainly due to the reduction of the magic area caused by the uneven and thin distribution of magic power and the long-term demands of wizards.

The magic circle technology was lost because it was getting more and more difficult to set up and operate the magic circle, and it was impossible to use it. This meant that even if it was learned, it was difficult to conditionally determine whether it was really mastered, so it was naturally lost.

The risk of losing mental power and magic power, against the background that wizards' own magic power level has been declining from generation to generation, has become unacceptable to wizards. They would rather not use magic pets than have such a weakness.

As a result, the already underdeveloped magic pet system was erased.

In fact, there are still many industries that are gradually dying and dying, such as enchanting, alchemy, runes... Newt Scamander, the author of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", should have a deep understanding. He is in the process of caring for and saving endangered magical animals. In the novel, we have witnessed the extinction of magical animals and the shrinking of magical areas. When magical creatures and magical areas disappear from this world, how long can wizards survive?

After fully understanding the history and present of wizard pets in this world, Kane decided to raise a real magic pet. Clues and bridges are also preparing for future battles. After all, he is going to the abyss of the sea to completely solve the disaster he caused.

Compared with the need to dive into extremely deep waters,

Eyes in the sky and stuff seem less valuable. After his iron-blooded swarm develops for a while, human satellites can be used, and it is not impossible to even set up a swarm monitoring network by itself.

The number of reasons to visit Diagon Alley continued to dwindle until there was only one, the magic wand.

Kane thought of another one: visiting the underground vaults at Gringotts.

"Well, yes." He made up his mind to go through this.

He wasn't interested in the dirty, run-down Leaky Cauldron, so he chose to use the Floo network directly.

Coming out of the common fireplace, Kane waved his sleeves, cleaned up and finished the cast, making his robes neat and clean.

The space magic in the HP world is still worth seeing. At least the magic of the same kind that he mastered, whether it is teleportation or teleportation circle, is not as convenient as Apparition and Floo Shuttle to save magic power.

He combined relevant magical knowledge, improved apparition, and eliminated the strong discomfort during and after the process. But there is nothing you can do about the Floo shuttle. This is a channel built by the magic circle. To change it, you can only adjust the magic fireplace and Floo powder.

He could use the mage shield to protect himself from the burnt floo dust and furnace ash, and then the mage shield is far less frugal than cleaning it up, so...

He admitted that the spells in the HP world did have their own charm, which was one of the reasons why he was willing to go to Hogwarts. After all, it is a school, with a strong learning atmosphere, a memorable campus life, a famous large library, and a thousand-year-old magic castle to explore in leisure time, which is not bad if you think about it.

As for the Diagon Alley in front of him, in his perception, it was an alternative commercial street with an entertainment theme. Even adult wizards can play here with dignity.

The road is full of small shops with unique styles, and most of the weird magic items sold are worthless in Kane's view.

Bat spleen, eel eyeballs, dragon liver and phoenix claws... He doesn't even need to look at them, just use his innate magic power to sense them from a distance, and he will know that either they are expired or they haven't been dealt with properly. This means that those magic items are actually no different from rotten fish and shrimp.

The Magic Eye Chamber of Commerce now has its own channel for magic materials, and the requirements for the materials are very strict. For this reason, it does not hesitate to provide special training for the collectors.

This approach has regulated the material market to a considerable extent and has been well received by people in the industry.

Today, collectors who have received special training from the Magic Eye Chamber of Commerce and have special qualification certificates can get the best treatment when they apply for jobs in any similar industry in the world.

The materials used by the Magic Eye Chamber of Commerce are more advanced, and generally the effective ingredients are extracted, and then used in experiments or potion manufacturing and so on.

This makes the production of magic tears look more like the work site of a fully automated dust-free and sterile genetic laboratory, rather than hiding in a dark cave in the impression of mortals, killing bats, crushing bugs, and then blood. Wheezing and stirring, some strange-colored smoke came out...

Although Snape had the habit of conducting experiments and making medicines in a scientific way, and worked hard to apply and promote it at Hogwarts, his method was still outdated, and it was the way human chemists played two hundred years ago.

The overall progress of the technology is why no potion master has produced such excellent potions as the magic tears sold by the Magic Eye Chamber of Commerce so far.

Since professional items are not worth mentioning from materials to utensils, there are only cultural and entertainment stores in Diagon Alley.

This is an ancient street with crooked roads and buildings, but it uses bustling, messy and colorful decorations to create a lively carnival effect.

Others can't do it, but Kane, who is quite experienced, is enough to see through some things behind the glitz...