Chapter 38 Libraries
When it comes to Saturday, the number of students in the Hogwarts library becomes large.
They traveled between bookshelf, searching for information to complete the week's course papers.
Of course, this is not the case for Matthew Wakefield. Because the course papers he needs to submit this week were all completed on Friday night.
But now, he is still shuttled between the bookshelf.
"Matthew." Hermione Granger put down the quill in her hand, and she walked to Matthew and asked softly, "What are you looking for?"
The two had already had the experience of getting along together on the Hogwarts Express train, and they met in the library many times recently, so they were already quite familiar with each other.
"Look for books related to vampires." Matthew replied softly.
He also deliberately let the voice down very low, otherwise if Mrs. Pins heard it because it was too noisy, he would definitely be invited out.
"A vampire?" A look of pride appeared on Hermione's face: "You finally discovered... Professor Troca..."
"Shh!" Matthew shook his head quickly and let out a soft boo.
"Wait!" Hermione disappeared with a whizz.
But not long after, she came back, holding a huge old book in her hand.
"Give it..." She handed the book to Matthew.
"Is this?" Matthew was stunned.
"This is what I asked Professor Flitvie to complete Professor Rozier's paper." Hermione said with a bit of show-off: "Under normal circumstances, this book can only be found in the forbidden book area! Take it, this book will definitely help you!"
"The book in the forbidden book area..." Matthew lowered his head and looked at the huge book carefully.
"If you continue to make loud noises, I will drive you out of here!" A fierce voice came from behind them.
There is no doubt that he is Mrs. Pins, the administrator of the library.
She held a feather duster in her hand, waved her, and shouted angrily at Matthew and Hermione.
Matthew and Hermione were so scared that they apologized repeatedly and fled in panic.
...
If you want to read any book in the library's prohibited book area, you must have the consent of a certain teacher.
Professor Flivie is the most kind of dean of the four colleges. It will be easy for Ravenclaw's students to get such a note from him, as long as there is enough reason.
Slytherin's dean, Horace Slughorn, also looks quite kind, but that is limited to certain special students. Although Matthew is also quite "loved" by Slughorn, he also thinks he has not reached that level yet...
Taking the huge book that Hermione gave him, he came to a corner of the library and began to look.
This book mainly introduces magical creatures that can endanger the safety of wizards, such as vampires, werewolfs, etc.
Because the description is very detailed and some of the illustrations are extremely hideous, it is placed in the forbidden book area.
Matthew soon turned to the vampire chapter... There is no doubt that Hermione is right. The detailed description of vampire characteristics in this book is far more detailed than the textbooks and the materials Matthew has consulted before.
After skipping the familiar parts, Matthew quickly found some useful content-
"Blood is necessary for vampires, and it must be the blood of living creatures. Every vampire must ensure that they suck fresh blood three times a week, otherwise they will have serious nerve decay. And the blood placed outside cannot have such an effect!"
"Vampires generally have a special hobby for blood, and some very famous vampires will use powerful blood magic to achieve their additional goals..."
"For example, the famous vampire Elizabeth Bartori in Hungary, of course, her more familiar name is 'Ms. Camilla'. She constantly sucks the blood of young girls and bathes with the blood of girls to achieve the goal of eternal youth... It is rumored that before 1611 alone, at least fifty-one Muggle girls were killed by her."
"At the same time, there are also some vampires who are tired of the blood of muggles and ordinary animals... They believe that sucking the blood of more advanced creatures can enhance their strength..."
"The vampires who tried to extend their claws to young wizards were historically called "butcher vampires". However, before the 19th century, in order to fight these "butcher vampires", some wizards formed the "vampire hunter" organization and wiped out all these vampires."
"There are also some vampires who extend their claws toward high-level magical creatures. For example, in the 17th century, a vampire Robert Kaplan, who moved to Australia, tried to suck the blood of a Chinese fireball dragon, but could not withstand the toxicity in the dragon's blood and eventually died tragically."
"But there is no evidence that vampires suck blood of high-level magical animals or wizards, which is more effective than sucking blood of muggles or ordinary animals..."
...
Matthew's eyes swept through the masses of words, and then turned the vampire content little by little to the last night.
He took a light breath and thought for a moment.
Then he lowered his head and saw the title of the next part:
"Dream Demon!"
Chapter completed!