Hogwarts and the Atypical Wizard

Chapter 236: The Secret Exposed and the Forbidden Forest Activities

At the end of October, a shocking piece of news broke out in the wizarding world: the Ministry of Magic had made a serious mistake!

They locked an innocent wizard in Azkaban for twelve years and gave the real murderer an Order of Merlin.

The Daily Prophet reported this incident on the front page for several days in a row.

It turns out that it was not Sirius Black who informed on the matter, nor was it he who killed the Muggles on that street. The real murderer was someone else, Peter Pettigrew, the first-class Merlin winner who was originally thought to be dead.

Saiens threw down the newspaper in his hand. On the newspaper was a photo of old Dumbledore handing over Pettigrew to Fudge. There were many Aurors standing around. Sirius Black, who escaped from Azkaban and disappeared from the wizarding world for nearly three months, was so excited that he wanted to pounce on the short and fat man who was being escorted. Fortunately, he was stopped by several Aurors, ensuring the normal progress of the handover ceremony.

The Daily Prophet followed the progress of the matter for several days. After the trial, the Ministry of Magic confirmed that the whole thing was not a joke and that they had indeed convicted the wrong person. Subsequent reports published the Ministry of Magic's decision on the matter.

First, Peter Pettigrew will be sentenced to life imprisonment and report to the Wizengamot to take back the Order of Merlin issued to him.

All charges against Sirius Black will be dropped with immediate effect. It has been decided not to pursue his illegal Animagus identity. The Ministry of Magic will complete the registration procedures for him. As for other subsequent compensation, it is still under negotiation with the parties involved.

"Tsk~" Sainz laughed disdainfully, "Negotiation?

I'm afraid it's a delay!"

But those had nothing to do with Sainz. He was concerned about another thing: the Dementors had evacuated!

"Ah, the excellent experimental materials have left. I am so sad to see them go..."

On Halloween Eve, while other students were busy going to Hogsmeade, Sainz went to the Forbidden Forest.

Yes, even though he was already an assistant teacher, he still couldn't legally go to Hogsmeade because no one had signed the guardian column on his form. Although he was tired of it, rules were rules.

In fact, he was also violating school rules by entering the Forbidden Forest, but the real school rule of Hogwarts is that it is not considered a violation if you are not discovered!

He is familiar with the Forbidden Forest!

The snow was heavy this year, and the gloomy sky seemed like it would collapse at any time. The forbidden forest was covered in white, with snow piled above the knees.

Sainz slid along the ground while dropping piles of corn, wheat and other grains onto the snow, or throwing large pieces of pork into the distance.

When the forest is blocked by heavy snow, animals in the wild will not have an easy time, whether they are herbivores or carnivores.

After gaining the ability to protect himself, he would come to feed some food intermittently every year after the forest was covered with snow. It was not much and would not affect the natural cycle too much.

He bought all these things at his own expense and did not use any public resources of Hogwarts. After all, one cannot be generous to others.

The first time he entered the Forbidden Forest was with Fang, who discovered a nest of wild Bowtruckles living on a tall acacia tree. This meant that the acacia tree contained powerful magical powers and was qualified to be made into a magic wand.

Acacia trees are shrubs covered with thorns and are generally 2-4 meters tall.

But the one they discovered was over 30 meters tall, which is extremely rare and precious in nature.

Since then, he would occasionally come here when he had free time to prevent this precious magic tree from being damaged by other animals and plants.

When you come to see the trees, you naturally have to see the tree-guarding Bowtruckles. Every time he comes, he brings a bag of earthworms to feed them. After a while, they have become somewhat of a friendship.

Given the character of a certain person like Isaiah, it is important to understand why Bowtruckle can discover this characteristic of the material used to make the wand.

Speaking of which, Sainz has also felt this big tree with his own understanding. Although he can indeed feel its powerful magic after touching it, as long as he is a little further away - about 20 to 30 centimeters - he immediately loses the sensitivity to its magic.

At this distance, it definitely won't work. I can't just touch each plant one by one when I want to search for materials for a wand in the future.

How do the Bowtruckles feel the magic of trees? Is it a one-to-one relationship or a relationship between a subset and a collection?

Is it because the trees they find happen to meet the requirements for making wands, or is it that they can find all trees with powerful magic?

Are there many trees around that meet the requirements for making magic wands, and the Bowtruckles only found this one, or are there only this one tree nearby that meets the requirements and they found it?

He hasn't figured out the answer to this question yet.

He is currently checking each tree one by one with this acacia as the center, and has not yet found any other trees with powerful magical powers.

This seems to imply that there is a one-to-one correspondence between Bowtruckles and wand materials, but if you think about it, it doesn't prove anything!

How far is "near" this tree? What if another wand material is found five hundred or one thousand meters away?

Was that tree not discovered by them, or was it discovered but not chosen as their base because its magic power was not as strong as this one?

If this is true, then it is not a complete loss. At least it proves that even if there is no Bowtruckle on a tree, it does not mean that the tree has no value in being made into a wand.

The magic wand is almost the most powerful magic item with the most magic power in the contemporary magic world. The technology of making the magic wand must be studied by someone, and the method of searching for materials independently must also be mastered.

If we could understand the methods of the Bowtruckles, it would be much more convenient to develop a sensing device based on this example.

After feeding these little guys with branches and twigs, Sainz walked a little further away, found the fan he had searched last time, and continued to check one by one.

Walking and stopping, the whole morning passed.

After working for several hours, he didn't find any trees with powerful magical powers. He didn't get upset and just thought of it as creating files for the trees.

This matter has been going on for two years, but because people didn't take it too seriously, only a small part of the area has been actually checked.

Looking at the watch, it was already past twelve o'clock. He came to an open space, threw out a pile of raw meat with blood, and waved his hands to create a breeze so that the smell would drift farther.

After about ten minutes, a group of creatures in the jungle approached rapidly, coming from two directions, on the ground and above the treetops.

"What a shame!" Sainz thought to himself, "It seems that Dementors won't work!"

The people coming out of the jungle were Sai's old friends, although he had never seen them before.

He thought that it would be enough if he killed a Dementor with his own hands. He thought that since Dementors were humanoid creatures, they might satisfy the requirement of "seeing death with one's own eyes". But now it seems that is not the case.

"Maybe it's because I don't take Dementors seriously at all?"