Chapter 355: Giant Squid? (Edited)

After upgrading his Patronus from "Sea of Clouds" to "Pillar of Clouds", Fish tried the Patronus Charm several more times, but unfortunately, other pleasant memories were even less effective and his Patronus reverted to "Sea of Clouds".

Harry also repeated the Patronus Charm several times, and it worked each time....

This did not convince Fish.

So when the two left the Transfiguration classroom, the kitten ran out with a pout, not wanting to talk to Harry at all.

?(〃｀3′〃)?

Harry looked at Fish, who had run off angrily, and scratched his head helplessly, feeling that he was always making the cat angry for no reason...

He didn't want to either!

That afternoon, Fish finished his story with Professor McGonagall and slipped off to the Headmaster's office.

"Albus, Fish needs you for something!"

After Dumbledore's final reminder, Fish refrained from bursting in abruptly and instead knocked on the door before gently making his way through.

"Oh? What does Fish want to see Grandfather Albus for?"

Dumbledore lifted his head from the files on the desk, straightened his half-moon spectacles on the bridge of his crooked nose and asked cheerfully.

Fish waved nonchalantly at the phoenix and basilisk on the golden perch behind the door, then ran over to Dumbledore's desk.

"Hey!"

The kitten rested his hands on the desk, dropping his entire upper body on it, legs dangling up and down behind it, and asked impatiently, "Albus, what were you thinking when you summoned your Patronus?"

?ω?

"Oh? you still haven't made any progress with your Patronus?".

Dumbledore didn't immediately answer Fish's question, but instead asked him about his progress.

"It's still progressing nya, just not as fast as Harry's..."

(?`ω′?)

The kitten hopped down from the desk, put his hands to his chest and grumbled in response, looking resigned.

"Harry has been able to summon a physical Patronus, a deer nya. Fish's Patronus just appeared as a rough sketch, and only with Harry's help..."

"Don't worry," Dumbledore said as he rounded the desk and approached the cat, who was pouting, "At least you've made progress, haven't you? And since your Patronus is a bit special, it's only natural that your progress is slow, so why don't you summon your Patronus and show it to Grandpa Albus first?"

"It's so troublesome nya..."

Even though he said it was troublesome, Fish still pulled out his wand and the principals pretending to be asleep on the wall opened their eyes one after another.

They had only heard Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore talk about Fish's Patronus before, and they were curious what it would be like to have a Patronus that surpassed the legendary and invincible Andros in size.

Fish raised his wand, slowly drew a circle above his head, and then lowered it to the open space in front of him, "Patronum Expecto!"

(●ΦωΦ●)つ━☆*.

A silvery-white mist instantly filled the headmaster's office, startling the portrait directors, as well as the basilisk and the phoenix on the perch.

The mist rolled and shrank, first forming a pillar of clouds like the one in the Transfiguration classroom that morning, but since Dumbledore's headmaster's office was much smaller than the Transfiguration classroom, the pillar simply "lay" on the floor... looking more like a basilisk.

Then, without waiting for Fish to control its movement, the cloud pillar began to change again....

One end of the cloud pillar suddenly opened automatically, splitting into several cloud-shaped tentacles with several circles.

"Huh? how did Kanaloa become Kanaloa again?".

⊙ω⊙

Fish noticed the change in his Patronus and scratched his cat head again.

"Your previous Patronus wasn't like that?"

Dumbledore noticed Fish's hesitation and asked curiously.

"Yes nya," nodded the kitten, "In the morning, it was unbroken nya, Minerva and I thought it would be Uroboros..."

Fish cocked his head, confused, but quickly put the matter aside.

He would have preferred his Patronus to be a giant squid than a basilisk.

It wasn't so much because of the boring Gryffindor/Slytherin camps, but because Fish could beat Uroboros, but not Kanaloa, so in the cat's mind, the giant squid was better than the basilisk....

Although Kanaloa herself admitted that she couldn't beat Uroboros.

Fish excitedly manipulated the minimalist giant squid he had summoned, using its tentacles to grab and drop things around it, and it also rolled in the air.

"Nyajajajajajaja!"

?(? ≧?≦?)?

The little kitten was having the time of his life as he let the Patronus roll him around and toss him in the air, laughing.

Dumbledore didn't stop him, merely smiling at the kitten's antics in his office.

The other Headmasters at the portraits didn't say much, they couldn't be swayed by Fish's animal affinity, but after two years of being together and knowing the cat well, and Fish's talent being as good as it could be, they all approved of the now very young Headmaster's successor.

Even Phineas Black is the very one, who asked Fish to kidnap all the basilisks raised by Slytherin, so, in his opinion, there is no more suitable heir than Fish.

The only one who is not satisfied with this is the Sorting Hat....

He was also swept into the air by one of Fish's Patronus tentacles and swung into the sky with the kitten.

But unlike Fish, who was enjoying himself, the Sorting Hat didn't appreciate the game at all, and if he had a stomach, he'd probably be puking his guts out right now.

"Quick~ let me~ get~ down~"

The rippling sounds made by the Sorting Hat being thrown made Fish laugh even harder and join in.

"Nya~ hahahaha~~ too~ bad~ thinking~ nya~~~"

?(? ≧?≦?)?

After playing for a while, Fish put himself and the now resigned and silent Sorting Hat on and disarmed his Patronus.

"Dumbledore! Quick! Lock me in your locker! No! Send me to Gringotts! Don't let me out until school starts next year!"

As soon as the Sorting Hat landed on the desk, he yelled at Dumbledore at the top of his lungs.

Dumbledore looked at him blankly and shoved it in a drawer next to him.

'Madman, put it in Gringotts, don't you need to spend money?

"By the way, Albus, you still haven't told me what you were thinking when you used the Patronus Charm."

?ω?

The little cat who had had enough of playing finally remembered the matter again, bowed his head and asked Dumbledore.

Dumbledore's eyes suddenly went deep and he remained silent, seemingly lost in his memories.

Fish did not prompt him, but waited silently for his answer.

After a few moments, Dumbledore pulled his mind away from his memories, then smiled slightly and said half-heartedly, "My fondest memory is when I celebrated my birthday with my brothers, I remember it was on...."

(?ω?)

At the word "birthday", Fish's expectant expression immediately disappeared.

"Why is it another birthday memory... this way Fish already knows nys. Fish is off to play in the Forbidden Forest, good night Albus."

The kitten interrupted Dumbledore without hesitation, ruining his plan to "inadvertently" reveal his birthday once again, before Fish quickly grabbed Fawkes and Uroboros after saying goodbye and disappeared in front of Dumbledore in the blink of an eye.

"Uh... wait..."

Dumbledore opened his mouth, looking at the oaken wooden door, which was still shaking slightly, slightly dumbfounded.

"Ahhahahahahaha!!!"

Phineas' old maniacal laughter rang off the walls.

Dumbledore quietly walked over to.....

"Wait, if you go through my portrait again, I'll turn my back on you! Just cover it with a cloth..."