Magical Studies at Hogwarts

On February 23rd, Ike was rarely with Hermione.It's not because of anything else, it's just that Harry hasn't thought of a practical way to pass the second project until now, and Hermione and Ron are trying to think of a way for him.

However, before they could find a clue, Hermione and Ron were called away by George. Professor McGonagall persuaded them that they must go.

Harry continued his search alone without any clue until Mrs. Pince kicked him out of the library.

Holding a thick stack of books, Harry searched in the common room all night, but to no avail.Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration, went back to his dormitory, put on his invisibility cloak, and quietly returned to the library.

This time, his target is the restricted book area.

In the early morning, Harry, who was still searching, finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell asleep directly.

When he woke up, there were only 10 minutes left before the second project started.

"I won't go, I give up." Facing Dobby who woke him up, Harry chose to show off.

"Mr. Harry Potter must go, he wants to get his whelp back from the mermaids!"

"Wei Zai? What is that?"

"Your Wei Zai, sir! The Wei Zai who gave his sweater to Dobby!"

"You mean...Ron?"

"Yes, that is Mr. Harry Potter's favorite!" Dobby pulled Harry up with great effort and stuffed a grey-green stuff like a rat's tail into him.

"Gillweed, Mr. Harry Potter needs this, it allows you to breathe underwater!"

After receiving Dobby's repeated assurances and learning that Dobby got this idea from eavesdropping on the professors' chat, Harry no longer had any worries, stuffed the invisibility cloak into his backpack, and strode towards the Black Lake. .

Fortunately, he was not late; unfortunately, he did not have time to catch his breath.

"Are you okay, Harry?" Ludo asked in a low voice, holding the wand.

"It's... not bad." Harry panted, only slightly relieved.

Ludo said nothing more, patted Harry on the shoulder, and walked to the referee's table.Wand to throat, like at the Quidditch World Cup.

"Sounds loud!"

"Gentlemen and ladies, our warriors are ready. As soon as I blow the whistle, the second competition will begin!"

"They have a full hour to get back what was taken from them!"

"Let's start counting down!"

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

The whistle sounded, and the makeshift stands next to the Black Lake erupted into deafening cheers.Without any hesitation, Krum and Fleur jumped directly into the cold lake water.Harry didn't hesitate, just stuffed the large ball of gillweed into his mouth, and jumped in immediately.

Only Ike was still standing on the shore.

"Get in the water, Ike!"

"what are you doing!"

The shouts of Stewart and others came from the audience. Ike heard it and turned his head and smiled at them.

Immediately, he took out his wand and threw it directly into the air.After turning the wand twice, it pointed straight into the depths of the Black Lake.

With a slight movement of his fingers, he took a step forward. Amid the exclamations of the audience, Ike stepped onto the lake like flat ground. Step by step, he followed the direction pointed by the wand and slowly walked towards the Black Lake.

"Amazing spellcasting ability!" Ms. Maxim said softly from the referee's seat.It seemed like he was talking to himself, and others didn't seem to hear him, but Dumbledore clapped his hands, with a smile on his lips, which was in sharp contrast to the cold-faced Karkaroff next to him.

After just over ten minutes, Ike finally stopped.At this time, he was already far away from the shore. The people in the stands had blurred into a ball, and even the stands were only an outline.

He stretched out his hand and held the wand with the tip pointed straight down. With a slight wave, the lake water under his feet naturally parted, and his body slowly sank downwards.

It was like a bubble, covering Ike inside.Don't be in a hurry, just let the bubbles sink slowly, and even enjoy the scenery in the black lake leisurely.

Gradually, the surrounding area became darker and darker, and after a while, it became inexplicably brighter.Looking at the feet, there is a huge mermaid statue, with four people tied tightly to it at the tail.

The melodious and beautiful songs sounded, it was the mermaids guiding the warriors in the direction.They gathered around the statue, all raising their heads, looking at the slowly falling bubbles.

After waving his hand to say hello to these ugly mermaids, the bubbles slowly floated towards the tail of the statue.There, Hermione seemed to be asleep, her head drooping feebly, and a series of small bubbles kept coming out of her mouth.

"Sleeping curse? And... the head soaking curse that changed some places?"

With just one glance, Ike saw through the magic acting on Hermione, which was not difficult for him at all.

He raised his left hand and waved, and the straw rope tied to Hermione's feet was broken into two pieces; with another blow, the rope on her feet was also broken, and she sank to the bottom of the lake.

Slowly, the bubble moved towards Hermione and enveloped her in it.He held Hermione with his left hand, and tapped the wand on her head gently with his right hand.

"Hermione, wake up, it's time to get up..."

Ike whispered, Hermione's eyelids slowly moved, and her eyes slowly opened.

"Are you the first, Ike?"

"Of course, it will take them a long time to find this place." Ike said with a smile, and naturally took Hermione's hand.

Hermione looked at the bubble covering the two of them curiously, and poked it with her other hand. She passed through easily and was surrounded by the cold lake water, but inside the bubble, there was still dryness, a drop of water. nothing.

"This is……"

"A little trick, found in those books."

Hermione lowered her head slightly and suddenly looked at Ike, her eyes flashing with inexplicable emotions.

"Ike, can you let me see what you can do now?"

As if he understood Hermione's eyes, Ike nodded slightly, pressed down with the wand in his hand, and the bubbles sank again until their feet were firmly on the bottom of the lake.

He gently discarded the wand, looked at the direction the tip of the wand was pointing, and then held it again.

"Hermione, do you remember Exodus?" Ike smiled brightly, "Of course, it also has its shadow in the legend of Merlin."

After saying that, he raised his feet and walked out of the bubble. The lake water naturally parted. Although it was close to Ike, it did not fall on it.

Holding the wand in his right hand and holding it upright on his chest, Ike lowered his head and slowly stretched his left hand forward.

There was a sound of nature that seemed to come from ancient times, distant and long.The wind seemed to be blowing at the bottom of the lake. The surrounding water plants slowly bent in the same direction, and what was fluttering with them was the hem of Ike's robe.

Suddenly, Ike waved his hand suddenly, raised his wand upward, and pushed his left hand forward at the same time.

"boom!"

"Crash!"

Looking at the lake in front of her that looked like it had been split in half by a sharp sword, and the wall of water pouring down in front of her, the bubbles that had been surrounding Hermione disappeared at some point.

With her feet on solid ground, Hermione felt like everything was unreal.

At this moment, Ike turned around and reached out to hold Hermione's hand, with a bright smile on his face.

"This is a magic that only two people have mastered in legend - the art of sea control."

"Of course, I prefer to call it..."

“Moses parted the sea…”