Mysterious Journey
Chapter 964 The先行Giant
For example, ancient China used to classify living things into seven categories based on their appearance: flowers, grass, trees, fish, insects, birds, and beasts.
The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, on the other hand, used trait comparison to distinguish between object types, such as classifying warm-blooded animals as one type to distinguish them from cold-blooded animals. Aristotle arranged animals in order of their structural perfection, giving people a concept of a natural ladder.
For a long time afterward, both the East and the West continued to use their previous classification methods, constantly classifying newly discovered creatures.
In fact, this is also the current method in the magical world—each magical creature is recorded separately, and then simply sorted alphabetically and bound into one or several thick collections.
The most direct example is Newt's "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" series.
However, compared with the magical world, which still uses ancient classification methods, the changes in the non-magical world are much greater.
Around the 18th century, the Swedish botanist Linnaeus created the prototype of modern biological taxonomy. He solved two key problems:
First, he established the binomial nomenclature, giving each species a scientific name composed of two Latinized nouns, the first representing the genus name and the second representing the species name.
Second, he established the hierarchical system, which is the "kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species" taxonomy system that people later became familiar with.
With the formal publication of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," evolution became the bridge connecting classifications, giving rise to systematic taxonomy.
The 15th International Zoological Congress held in London in 1958 directly established the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
"...So, you see. It's not complicated, right?"
Ellie said in a relaxed tone, "It's actually just a bunch of fill-in-the-blank questions, or rather, translation supplements. In essence, it's similar to what we did before when we combed through the history of magic and rearranged history according to the magical era—speaking of which, you should be able to understand it, right,憨憨?"
They strode down the empty corridor, rushing back to the Hufflepuff common room before curfew.
Hermione and Luna separated from them in the castle entrance hall and should still be on their way back to their respective dormitories.
The rain pattered against the castle, and Ellie felt like today had been going on for a whole week.
She just wanted to quickly return to her warm and soft bed, hug the equally warm and soft Iron憨憨 and have a good sleep, and think about how to deal with Dumbledore and Newt tomorrow.
"It doesn't sound that complicated, but why does Mr. Hagrid look so... uh, hopeless?"
Hannah led Ellie through the underground corridors of Hogwarts, deliberating for several seconds before finally finding a more appropriate word.
Although Mr. Hagrid had tried his best to force a smile when they left, Hannah could still clearly feel the sadness in the big friend's heart.
It was exactly the same feeling she had when Hermione forced her to copy homework and memorize texts in the library.
"Does he? Don't trust your feelings too much, you're not Luna—"
Ellie said casually, curiously looking around.
She never understood how Hannah could recognize directions in the intricate underground corridors.
Moreover, perhaps because she was a prefect, Hannah's familiarity with the castle's secret passages had increased sharply since the beginning of this semester.
Sometimes she even arrived at the "scene of the crime" earlier than Mr. Filch—especially when Luna was her partner, it was even more terrifying.
"But I still feel sorry for Mr. Hagrid. He has so much homework and courses to make up. How can he finish it all?"
Hannah muttered with some sympathy, leading Ellie into the kitchen corridor and arriving at the entrance of the Hufflepuff common room.
The hidden wooden barrel door opened silently, and the two of them climbed in through the opening.
The common room was almost empty. Almost all the students had returned to their respective dormitories to sleep.
Little Lo-Wei was lying on the carpet next to the entrance to "Helga's Dungeon," staring blankly. Hearing the sound, he quickly trotted over to greet them, and the three little heads rubbed against Ellie and Hannah in turn.
Since everyone decided to develop the underground world created by Helga Hufflepuff, Little Lo-Wei had once again taken on the job of "secret realm" gatekeeper.
Without the school's permission, no student could cross it and go to "Helga's Dungeon" to explore the secret realm without authorization.
"This is the path Hagrid chose for himself. If he wants to be a formal professor, he has to put in the corresponding effort. Kenaz—"
Ellie hugged her Little Lo-Wei and scratched it, with a faint blue flame flickering between her fingertips.
In the magical world, most magical creatures need to eat some magical ingredients in addition to normal food from time to time.
The more powerful the magical creature, the greater the need in this regard. This is why many powerful magical animals have gradually disappeared since modern times.
Even top-level fantastic beast masters like Newt Scamander can't raise many Cerberuses like the big eater.
And just like the Veela's talent for absorbing flames, the Hellhound occasionally swallows some magic fire to maintain "nutritional balance."
Therefore, during the last semester, Grindelwald would occasionally take the time to feed Little Lo-Wei.
However, as Ellie mastered the fire runes, the old Demon King completely let go—not because he was too lazy to feed it, but mainly because the magic flame summoned by the Veela bloodline was much tastier than his magic flame.
Grindelwald couldn't stand the stupid dog's triple look of disgust.
Especially after it understood its little master's family status, the word "dog relying on its master's power" can be said to be vividly reflected in Little Lo-Wei.
"When will I be able to raise a magical pet like Little Lo-Wei?"
Hannah looked at the flames on Ellie's fingertips, watching the three heads of the Cerberus in milk-dog mode lick the flames clean in turn, filled with envy.
"Ellie, just secretly tell me a little bit, how can I successfully apply for a magical pet taming qualification?"
There are many animals in the Leaky Cauldron, but they are all carried by the guests. According to Hannah's mother—
"It's hard enough to entertain the guests. If you like animals, Hannah, just go to the pet store next door. There's no need to spend extra money."
As the signboard girl and future owner of the Leaky Cauldron, Hannah逛Diagon Alley is like strolling in her own backyard.
Apart from Gringotts Wizarding Bank, almost all the shops are open to her... well, except for the shops at the end of the alley—she will be sent back to the tavern and scolded.
In short, whether it's a magical pet store or an owl shop, she can go in at any time to pat and feed those cute little animals.
However, she really wants a magical pet like Little Lo-Wei!
That way, when maintaining discipline at school, she can just release the dog.
"Isn't it written clearly on the bulletin board? Earn enough credits in Care of Magical Creatures and pass the exam, and the professors will decide—"
"That's just the bulletin! If we follow this progress, we won't be able to do it until the third grade at the earliest..."
Before Ellie could finish speaking, she only felt a weight on her body. A certain well-developed憨憨 hung directly on her back, and began to sway like a koala, acting spoiled and saying in a flattering tone, "But you must have a way, Ellie, right? Luna asked, it'll definitely work!"
"There is a way, but it's not that simple—and the situation is a bit complicated now."
Ellie said, grabbing the suddenly koala-like憨憨 behind her with a complicated mood, and said very seriously.
"Due to Professor Umbridge's intervention and Hagrid's problem, Care of Magical Creatures and magical pets are definitely one of the focal points of the Ministry of Magic's future attention. Under such circumstances, blatantly opening the back door is undoubtedly the stupidest thing to do, so at least we have to find some reasonable reasons."
"Eh? Find some... reasonable reasons?"
"Well, the most direct is a contribution in academic breakthroughs, something related to the field of magical animals, or something else that can apply for exemption from the exam..."
Ellie nodded, counting on her fingers and explaining, "For example, assisting in sorting magical animal classifications, successfully breeding magical livestock, taming new tool-type creatures, capturing or killing high-risk magical creatures, Hogwarts Special Contribution Award, Order of Merlin these—"
"Uh, isn't this..."
"That's right, it's almost equivalent to a simplified version of Mr. Hagrid's special training results. I can help you get a copy of the question bank and plan."
Sensing the body behind her gradually stiffening, Ellie narrowed her eyes with pleasure and said with a smile.
So many learning materials, if only Hagrid uses them, it would be a bit of a waste.
As the future guardian of Hogwarts, she certainly wants to maximize the benefits of teaching resources.
If the teaching content can be tolerated and understood by a half-giant, then there is no reason why the other young wizards of Hogwarts would learn more slowly. In this case, the professors also have a very reliable baseline standard for teaching. Anything below the minimum expected passing grade... ahem?
Perhaps vaguely aware of the danger in Ellie's voice, Hannah was startled and waved her hands in a panic.
"No need—I'd better study hard and earn credits."
As a Hogwarts prefect, she has more advantages than other students in obtaining credits.
According to the special incentive rules applied by Grindelwald, every time she stops a violation of discipline, she can receive part of the reward according to the degree of the violation, from basic credits to house points, from prefect assessment to end-of-term bonus or welfare rewards, the types are very rich.
Therefore, perhaps she will not be able to obtain the magical pet taming qualification temporarily this semester, but Hannah is sure that she will definitely be faster than most students.
"Actually, there is another compromise..."
Ellie glanced at the suddenly dispirited憨憨, thought for a while, and picked up the Little Lo-Wei in her arms and stuffed it into Hannah's hands.
"Look, Lo-Wei has a total of three heads, I can give you one—just as a shared pet. Which head do you like the most?"
Woof? Woof! Woof?!
The puppy, who was originally lying comfortably in Hannah's arms, was startled.
Little Lo-Wei's three heads quickly lifted up and looked at their little master uneasily.
Unlike those stupid, unconscious animals, the hellhound is not low in intelligence. It knows very well how cold and ruthless its witch mistress is. This kind of thing of giving a head to please a闺蜜 might really be done—the pantry stock has popularized a lot of stories for it.
Not to mention, it has personally experienced the painful lesson of having its claws broken by Ellie with bare hands.
"Okay, don't scare Lo-Wei. But... why only one?"
Hannah rolled her eyes at Ellie angrily, rubbed Little Lo-Wei's furry dog head, and asked curiously.
Perhaps because she has also seen the terrible scene when Hannah trained her strength, Little Lo-Wei is closest to Hannah among the little witches besides Ellie. From another perspective, Hannah, who lives in Hufflepuff, is also the "devil's wing" with whom it spends the most time.
"Oh, because the other two heads belong to Hermione and Luna—"
Ellie replied without thinking, but quickly reacted and quickly remedied, "We are all friends, so the so-called one head of Lo-Wei is just a metaphor, my magical pet is your magical pet, Hannah, don't be angry—I'm kidding."
Unfortunately, her remedy was still a little too late.
Hannah stood up and left.
Granger was right, this white 毛团子 should be destroyed!
Ellie hurriedly put Little Lo-Wei back at the entrance of the Hufflepuff Dungeon and chased after Hannah.
The Hufflepuff dormitory is a row of passages that extend like roots. If she were alone, she might never find the way to bed.
"Wait for me, wait..."
She quickly caught up with Hannah, who was pretending to be angry, while thinking about Hannah's question just now.
Hogwarts magical pet promotion trial operation, although this is closely related to Care of Magical Creatures, but if the necessary relationship is strongly bound according to the original idea, both the promotion speed and the process will be greatly restricted. Perhaps she has to find a way to try it in parallel?
However, these problems can be put aside for the time being, after all, the first batch of "initial magical pets" has not been delivered to the school yet.
The top priority now is to coax the unhappy Hannah, and the rest of the matter, we still have to wait for the Senior Undersecretary to make some outrageous things at Hogwarts before slowly starting the counterattack—Umbridge has only reviewed three classes, and the Dark Arts haven't been taken back yet.
Moreover, Dumbledore is not young anymore, even if he hates Umbridge again, she has to give the headmaster's heart some rest.
In Ellie's expectation, the next time to take the initiative to make trouble will be at least at Christmas, right?
If—
No one takes the initiative to provoke her.
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The next morning, the weather was still gloomy and drizzling.
At breakfast, Hagrid at the faculty table looked particularly tired, yawning incessantly.
"It seems that Hagrid was reading late last night, will he be like this—"
Hannah's concern hadn't popped up yet, but she quickly swallowed it back.
I saw Madam Pomfrey smilingly handing Hagrid a drink, and then Hagrid's head was like a fire, and thick fog kept rising from his two ears and hair. However, he looked a lot more energetic, and the fatigue was swept away in an instant.
Obviously, the "super super super refreshing potion" that Madam Pomfrey had mentioned before finally found a user.
If the effect is good, the teachers and students of Hogwarts should gradually enjoy the potion benefits in the future.
Of course, before large-scale popularization, conducting a short-term pilot on Hagrid is undoubtedly the most ideal way—he not only has the dual special identities of associate professor and student, but more importantly, his drug resistance and acceptance are much stronger than those of delicate students.
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Yay!