Chapter 698: On the Awakening of Druid Spells and Their Laws (Edited)

"Dead again nya..."

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Fish looked at the tragically dead fish in front of him and scratched his hair in distress.

"The life force of these fish is too weak... but there are no Death Eaters for Fish to test nya..."

He carefully examined this fish that should no longer be edible and directly burned it to ashes.

Hermione, who was beside him, couldn't help but ask curiously, "What exactly do you want to do? Did September give you... another strange recipe?"

"No! I'm on a mission! And as for the recipe, I just have to give it to Comey!"

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"So, what have you been doing with all these fish for the past few days?"

For the past couple of days, Fish had been doing nothing but having fun in Hogsmeade and the Forbidden Forest, catching an unfortunate fish from the Black Lake or other waters, then using a bunch of spells on it, and finally burning the poor fish to ashes after it died, as he had just done.

"Fish made a bet with Albus to find a cure for his finger before him and Severus."

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Instead of telling Hermione the truth about Dumbledore, Fish made up an excuse and said, "So Fish wanted to practice with fish, but they die too easily nya..."

Apart from the fish, Fish had tried with other unintelligent animals, but they were all similar to fish, so weak that they died before Fish could heal them after two spells.

Those animals that were intelligent and could communicate were basically Fish's friends, so he couldn't experiment on them.

In fact, there is a powerful magical creature in the Forbidden Forest that doesn't get along with Fish...

But Fish had already retaliated against the Acromantulas a long time ago and had asked them for venom, so it would make no sense to do it again.

"Well..."

Hermione was a bit confused about it, as she wasn't sure how Fish's spells worked, but she did her best to help Fish.

"If you want to cure Professor Dumbledore, then practicing with these ordinary curses and poisonous spells doesn't make sense, right? Or does that awaken new healing spells for you?"

"Fish actually doesn't know nya..."

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Fish stared at her with his big green eyes, rubbed his neck in confusion, and answered, not very sure of himself, "Maybe it's possible?"

Hermione rolled her eyes, astonished, and continued asking, "So when did you awaken spells, especially healing spells?"

"Nya?"

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Fish tilted his head slightly, looking at a nearby tree stump for a moment, and said, "I learned the first healing spell when Fish tried to heal himself... I learned the antidote spell when I drank a magical potion Fish had prepared in class, and my stomach hurt so much that I learned it... Curing illness was once when Minerva had a cold... ah!"

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Fish suddenly realized, "So Fish should test myself or Minerva nya?!"

"That's not it!" Hermione quickly stopped him.

Because she was genuinely worried that Fish, the little fool, was actually experimenting on himself, just like the twins.

"Your [Serenity] spell and that spell called [Overflow] have nothing to do with you and Minerva!" She quickly reminded him.

"Right!"

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Once again, Fish understood, but soon became confused again.

"So... what exactly does Fish do nya?"

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Fish looked at the know-it-all Hermione.

"Well... in a few words, your spells all start with you 'thinking' to do something, and then somehow they activate to actually manifest..." Hermione said, chin cupped in her hand, murmuring her analysis.

"But Fish already wants to heal Albus now... and as for the 'thinking' you mentioned, Hermione... does Albus' unhealing finger not count nya?"

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Fish asked, tilting his head in confusion.

"Of course it does, but it might not be enough." Hermione continued analytically, "It's like your [Serenity] spell and transforming into a tiger, awakened long ago but you haven't been able to use them since, so you probably need something more... or wait a little longer."

"Wait a little longer..." Fish pursed his lips, "But Fish doesn't want to wait, if Albus and Severus find a cure first, then Fish will lose the bet..."

When he had visited Snape's house, Snape had told him that he couldn't do anything more, the only thing he could do was prolong Dumbledore's life for a while, so for Fish, time was still short.

Hermione didn't know the true reason for Fish's urgency, but it was an excuse that fit Fish's nature, so she didn't suspect anything.

"Well... you can go see Professor Dumbledore as soon as you have time after classes start, isn't your ultimate goal to heal him? Try it with him." She suggested.

It was a healing spell Fish was going to awaken anyway, and it wouldn't be dangerous.

"Well... but Fish would like to be a little faster nya..."

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Now Hermione finally felt that something was wrong, she looked at Fish with suspicion and tentatively asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Because Severus is good at magical potions!" Fish lied without blinking, "All he has to do is keep working on potions at home, it's not like you don't know how good he is at it... Improving the Polyjuice Potion didn't take him much time!"

Although this reasoning sounded good, Hermione remained somewhat skeptical because it was very out of character for Fish, unless, as much as she guessed, he couldn't have thought that Dumbledore was dying and assumed Fish had bet on something that made him more concerned...

For example, going to work at Hogwarts after losing?

But in that case, Fish wouldn't have hidden it from her.

Hermione set aside her doubts and continued with an idea for Fish.

"What if... you go to St. Mungo's again?" Hermione suggested, "That's where your [Overflow] spell awakened, and actually, the [Serenity] spell wasn't really mastered until you arrived at St. Mungo's."

"Right!"

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Hermione's advice was like a wake-up call for Fish.

Instead of wasting time with small fish and shrimp here, he could go to St. Mungo's to help save the sick and try his luck awakening spells while healing them.

"Hermione, you're the best!"

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Fish hugged Hermione and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

Hermione was filled with joy and once again confirmed that it wasn't a bet that made Fish so desperate to heal Dumbledore.

But... what the hell!

She didn't want to ask Fish why he was hiding it since Fish didn't want to tell, she could pretend she didn't know...

Anyway, at some point, Fish would slip up.