- Werewolves
- Vampires
- Hags
- Veela
- Zombies
Just above the list was written: How to Kill.
Mia gaped at the board in horror, and her hand went up immediately. "Professor?
I'm sorry, but are you honestly advocating murder to your class of teenage students?"
The professor narrowed his eyes at her. "Of course not, Miss.. ."
"Potter," Mia said, seething.
"Miss Potter. Murder is defined as the unlawful premeditated killing of one human
being by another. As the beasts on this list are not humans, I am, therefore, not advocating
murder. You may call it hunting if you like," he said with a roll of his eyes and an airiness
to his voice that said the words meant little to him.
"Call it whatever you like, it's murder."
"Are zombies humans, Miss Potter?"
"No, sir, they are former humans, technically considered undead or living dead."
She grit her teeth. "Though, it has been thought that they might be related to Inferi."
"And would you politely ask a zombie to not eat your flesh?" he inquired with a
sarcastic tone and an arrogant look that would have rivalled that of an adult Lucius Malfoy,
something that only pissed her off further. "Do you perhaps think that the beast is capable
of human thought and the ability to develop conscientious decision-making skills?"
"No sir," she said, her hands clenched tight and shaking. "But werewolves,
vampires, hags, and veela are otherwise―"
"Harmless?" He stared at her condescendingly with a sneer toying at the corner of
his lips.
"No, of course not," she retorted with a scowl, "but―"
"So, I should allow my students to leave this classroom without the proper
knowledge to defend themselves against such horrid creatures?"
"They are not horrid creatures! The Ministry, in fact, classifies them all as 'Beings.'
Under that definition, a Being is any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand
the laws of the Magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those
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