An Unlucky Ghost Is Looking to Cause Trouble / There Are Ways to Touch Ghosts

Recently, Harry has been researching a lot about Werewolf and has finally discovered that Lupin's Werewolf transformation is different from the Werewolf he learned about in movies and TV shows in Harry previous life.

It doesn't originate from any kind of power like bloodline or curse; it's simply because Werewolf's saliva contains a special type of virus.

This type of virus does not show particular activity when Werewolf are in human form. Therefore, if bitten or scratched by Werewolf in human form, the victim will only exhibit some Werewolf -like physiological behaviors, such as a liking for eating raw meat.

If a Muggle is bitten by a Werewolf who has already transformed on a full moon night, the vast majority of Muggle victim will die from their injuries; only a small percentage of Muggle, or those attacked by a wizard, will become Werewolf due to infection with Feral Wolf Syndrome.

Furthermore, regardless of the form of Werewolf that bites you, the wound will leave a permanent scar unless you apply a mixture of silver powder and Dittany immediately to treat it and close the wound.

Lupin's permanent scars on his face were due to delayed treatment... Of course, even if he used Dittany and silver powder, it could only remove the wounds and could not change his fate of becoming Werewolf.

There is currently no cure for this 'Feral Wolf Virus'.

In summary, the so-called "Feral Wolf Syndrome" is actually very similar to the T-virus that Harry saw in his previous life.

Being bitten by Werewolf will turn you into Werewolf, and being bitten by a zombie will turn you into a zombie. However, the infectivity of this Feral Wolf Virus is far less than that of the T-virus in the movie.

So... does this mean I really have to resort to modern medicine to completely cure Lupin?

Isolating the virus, culturing antibodies, making serum... these steps were not difficult for Harry.

However, if Harry really wants to successfully create a serum that can completely eradicate the Feral Wolf Virus, in addition to some specialized equipment, he will undoubtedly need a large number of test subjects.

For example, animals like rabbits and monkeys, or even Fantastic Beasts, and...

A living Werewolf!

There will definitely be people who accuse Harry of being inhumane, but he can't care about that anymore. This is for Lupin... and also for the whole of Hogwarts, and for Albus Dumbledore just betrayed his teammates!

After roughly outlining his plan to save Lupin, Harry added the 'Werewolf' to his list of important tasks.

These creatures are infamous in the Wizarding World. While the Werewolf who have suffered injustice are pitiful, there are also quite a few lawbreakers among them who deserve the death penalty. It remains to be seen whether Harry can find their trail.

There's also the Human Restoration Spell. Now that the Flamel couple are at Hogwarts, Harry could ask them for help in researching it; it might solve his immediate problem.

Chapter 347 A Certain Unlucky Ghost Is Trying to Cause Trouble

From Christmas to New Year's, Harry spent time with his teachers and mentors while doing his own research and studies, so he didn't get the relaxation a holiday should have.

Snape assigned him a ton of extra Potions lessons, and Nicolas Flamel's Alchemy Class had already begun, along with some spells Harry had to master...

Even so, he didn't say he was so busy that he needed to use Time-Turner. Isn't that infuriating?

Hermione: Meow meow meow!

In Harry's opinion, taking more courses was fine, but the academically gifted girl was just making trouble for herself.

Why are you so focused on your homework when you're supposed to be in class?

Especially the Muggle Studies assignments—that professor knew less than Wildo, and Harry considered her assignments completely unnecessary, yet Hermione wrote them with utmost care!

However, speaking of Muggle Studies assignments, Harry suddenly remembered that he seemed to owe Charity Burbage a paper.

Hmm... After school starts, I can hand in the paper to her in the fifth-grade class, and then I can talk to her about referencing OWL at the end of the semester.

In early January, one day as the Christmas holidays were drawing to a close, Harry gathered all the members of the Detective Society except for Tonks and invited Astoria Greengrass to the Detective Society's office.

The ghost of Greengrass is one of Harry's main concerns.

During his first few uses of the Marauder's Map, Harry inadvertently discovered that the unfortunate man who was stared to death by the Basilisk didn't seem to have returned to Hogwarts solely for his two daughters.

That guy... was actually spying on Harry!

And it wasn't just Harry; Hermione, Luna Lovegood, even Colin, Will, and others—anyone at the school who had a good personal relationship with Harry —had all had this ghost appear near them.

However, when the Greengrass sisters, especially the younger daughter Astoria Greengrass Greengrass, were at school, the ghost would often haunt them, and it wouldn't always lurk around Harry and the others.

That's interesting...

Since he had just accepted Astoria Greengrass's request, Harry decided to investigate thoroughly what secrets this ghost held!

"Please have a seat, Miss Greengrass."

After confirming with the Marauder's Map that the ghost was indeed hiding in the corridor floor, Harry chuckled inwardly and led Astoria Greengrass into the classroom.

After she sat down, Will served her a cup of hot tea.

"Thank you~" Astoria Greengrass quickly expressed her gratitude upon seeing this, displaying the demeanor of a well-bred young lady.

"Miss Greengrass, you may now speak of your troubles." Once everything was settled, Harry began his questioning.

"Okay...that happened shortly after I arrived at Hogwarts. I suddenly found myself having strange dreams." With Harry's approval, Astoria Greengrass began to explain, "In my dreams, I always see my father..."

"Your father, isn't that former School Governor Greengrass?" Hermione's expression hardened upon hearing this. "The one who Basilisk... sorry."

Facing the Basilisk was a tremendous terror for Hermione, and she still can't forget the sight of Greengrass's wide-open eyes when he died.

Luna Lovegood, standing beside her, seemed to share similar feelings; her two light-colored eyebrows were twitching rapidly and unconsciously.

"Yes, I lost my father about a year ago." Astoria Greengrass's voice gradually grew more sorrowful. "Actually, in the months before I started school, I would occasionally dream about my father, but those dreams were mostly of him as he was when he was alive. But after I started school, the dreams about my father became terrifying and bizarre..."

"In my dreams, my father seems to have turned into a terrifying ghost... Sometimes he grabs my shoulders, even trying to strangle me, constantly complaining that I'm a useless daughter; but other times, he seems to be in great pain, begging me to save him... This scene has happened so many times, I really don't know what to do! I... cough! cough cough!!"

As she finished speaking, Astoria Greengrass suddenly began to cough violently, and her face flushed an unnatural red.

"Cough-Relief Charm." Seeing this, Harry quickly waved his wand and cast a medical spell on Astoria Greengrass to clear her airway.

"Thank you, I feel much better..." The spell's effect was quite noticeable; at least Astoria Greengrass's cough was no longer as severe, although she still seemed a little breathless when she spoke.

"Miss Greengrass, are you not feeling well?"

Harry carefully examined the girl's abnormal complexion. With his discerning eye, it was easy to see that the girl in front of him was physically weak, definitely much weaker than other children her age.

Aside from the Weasley, most Pure-blood Family live affluent lives, so her condition is unlikely to be acquired later in life; it's more probable that she has some kind of congenital illness...

"Well... I've actually been in poor health since I was little. My parents have consulted many doctors and asked some well-known wizard friends for help, but it seems that it's difficult to cure them," Astoria Greengrass explained softly. "But it's just that I'm physically weak, nothing serious. I was just too anxious just now."

"It's good that you're alright." Harry nodded gently, then said seriously, "So, Miss Greengrass, how would you like us to help you? For example... help you get rid of the nightmares completely?"

"If I could... I'd like to know the specific reason." Astoria Greengrass glanced cautiously at Harry before speaking timidly, "I always feel that my father might still be alive, or even if he's become a ghost... Anyway, he should still be with my sister and me! That's why I didn't go home for Christmas, because I wanted to make sure I wouldn't keep having those dreams. I wanted to figure out... what happened to him, why he was in so much pain in my dreams?!"

"Miss Greengrass, please calm down." Seeing that she was becoming agitated again, Harry advised in a deep voice, "Based on the clues you've provided, the only solutions we can offer are some spells or medicines to help you calm down. As for the ghost you mentioned, the late Mr. Greengrass might be a ghost, but we currently have no way to find him. Therefore, I cannot guarantee that we can successfully complete all your requests."

"Harry..." Hermione paused slightly upon hearing Harry's words, but wisely remained silent.

She knew Harry possessed the Marauder's Map and could easily help Astoria Greengrass confirm whether her father was indeed lingering around her as a ghost... but Harry's concealment of this suggested he had other plans.

"Is that so... Anyway, thank you very much for listening to a Slytherin student like me tell these boring stories."

Not receiving a definite answer from Harry, Astoria Greengrass appeared quite disappointed, but she still managed to maintain her usual poise and elegance, politely taking her leave.

"Miss Greengrass, I think you should consider my suggestion." But just as she was leaving, Harry suddenly called out to her from behind, "Relax and calm down. This doesn't mean you'll never have those dreams again. On the contrary, when you're at peace, you might be able to communicate more with your father in your dreams."

Is... is that so?

Astoria Greengrass turned around abruptly, her eyes instantly filled with incredulous surprise.

Chapter 348 Even ghosts can be touched.

Indeed, Harry didn't tell Astoria Greengrass the truth.

Her father's ghost was actually right beside her, and Harry, through the Marauder's Map, had been clearly monitoring everything.

However, he couldn't tell Astoria Greengrass about these things, because that would easily alert her.

Greengrass's ghostly behavior was very strange. Although Harry still couldn't recall what information about him had been leaked, there was no doubt that the ghost had been watching him all along.

In addition, he may also possess abilities that other ghosts do not have... such as disrupting people's thoughts.

Unlike some ghost stories in movies and TV shows, ghosts in this world are actually very weak creatures.

They are the phantoms of wizards after their death, lingering in another world because their souls are unwilling to go there. They have no physical form and retain no magic power.

Aside from being able to pass through most matter without hindrance, the only other ability of ghosts is that when their numbers gather, they can create a chilling atmosphere; otherwise, they have no other unique abilities.

As for influencing other people's dreams like Greengrass did, that's absolutely impossible.

Therefore, whether Greengrass's ghost acted intentionally or unintentionally, the fact that it could affect Astoria Greengrass's recurring nightmares indicates that its existence was definitely extraordinary.

Therefore, Harry must not act rashly towards such a special ghost.

He needs to find a way to properly restrain the other party before he can directly 'arrest' them.

Harry already had some ideas about this method of restriction.

In fact, although the ghosts of this world seem to be beyond everything and no means can restrain them, they are actually affected by some special phenomena or magic.

For example, Myrtle in the washroom is often accidentally washed into the Black Lake by students, which shows that ghosts can be affected by water flow when they are caught off guard.

For example, the Hufflepuff ghost, Fat Friar, accidentally made eye contact with Basilisk last year, which caused him to turn to stone. Professor McGonagall conjured a large fan and fanned him from the corridor into a corner.

Moreover, the Mandrake Restorative Draught that Harry brewed could also be drunk by the Fat Friar. As long as the potion was poured into his mouth, the potion would disappear into thin air, and the Fat Friar's body would also become less stiff.

Water flow, strong winds, the Eye of the Basilisk, and Mandrake... These are the methods Harry has compiled that can affect ghosts.

To figure out the connection between them, Harry thought he could consult his teacher, Nicolas Flamel.

Coincidentally, Nicolas Flamel has also been looking for him and Luna Lovegood recently.

"Ghosts...indeed, in the current magical system, wizards have no way to directly influence or touch ghosts."

In the alchemy laboratory, which was already fully equipped with alchemy tables and various instruments, Nicolas Flamel, after listening to Harry's request, ultimately gave a negative answer.

"The essence of modern wizarding magic is to use magical power to distort reality, but the existence of ghosts is not reality itself, so there is no way to distort it. As for the fact that the Basilisk's vision can affect ghosts, it's because the magical system of Fantastic Beasts is completely different from that of modern wizards."

The Basilisk's gaze can petrify or even kill, Mandrake's cry also poses a dizzying or even fatal threat... These special powers are actually the magic unique to magical creatures.

Although they are not as varied as wizarding spells, their effects are often very powerful and unique.

"As for the effects of water flow and strong winds, that's probably because different elements exist within these natural phenomena."

"Elements... yes!"

Nicolas Flamel's words were truly a wake-up call.

Harry's own magical system is in a transitional phase from modern magic to elemental magic, so he should consider things from an elemental perspective more in the future.

The fact that ghosts can be washed away by water or blown away by a fan actually means that water and wind elements can influence them.

In other words, if he wrapped water element around his fist, he might be able to deliver a powerful punch to that Greengrass ghost... uh, Harry meant magic cast using water element.

"As for elemental magic, you'll have to explore that yourself, because neither Perenelle nor I know much about it," Nicolas Flamel said, pointing to the ring on Harry's hand. "However, if you can complete the setting of the Space Ring, it might possess the power of petrifying ghosts."

"A petrifying ghost...could it be?" Suddenly, Harry remembered something he had stored in his ring, so he quickly took it out.

It was a completely sealed glass bottle filled with a liquid used to store living tissue, and what was submerged in the liquid was the Eye of the Basilisk that Harry had removed!

"Yes, that's it." Nicolas Flamel nodded shakily. "When I examined your ring earlier, I was really shocked. I never imagined you would encounter a Basilisk, and not only dissect it, but also remove its eyes intact."

"So, teacher, you think this Eye of the Basilisk can be set into the ring's groove and still unleash the power of Basilisk vision?" Harry's face lit up with surprise after understanding Nicolas Flamel's meaning.

If this idea actually succeeds, he will definitely have another secret weapon.

Even without achieving the effect of the Basilisk killing anyone it glares at, simply retaining the petrifying power is already a trump card capable of changing the course of the battle.

"Theoretically, it's possible. If you use the water element you're skilled in to refine it, you should be able to turn the Eye of the Basilisk into a gem that matches the ring's socket," Nicolas Flamel nodded. "Moreover, the little Prophet had already pre-carved the runes needed for setting the ring when he made it. As long as you can handle the eye properly, the subsequent steps won't be too difficult."

"Luna Lovegood, what do you think?" Hearing his teacher mention Luna Lovegood, Harry also sought her opinion, after all, it was a memento left by Luna Lovegood's mother.

"I think it's feasible." Luna Lovegood nodded, but a hint of doubt lingered in her large eyes. "I just don't know what I can do."

"Haha, I've already prepared it for you."

Nicolas Flamel smiled and led Luna Lovegood to the alchemy table, where an ancient book that had previously given Luna Lovegood a headache was already placed.

"Huh, what's this pattern..." Luna Lovegood paused slightly after noticing the open page.

It was a complex pattern of interlocking lines, composed of countless intersecting stars, one of the very things Nicolas Flamel had made Luna Lovegood memorize.

He also said at the time that as long as Harry remembered these patterns, he could successfully upgrade his Space Ring.

So, do I have to draw it out myself?