Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 21 Talent and Mudblood

The next evening, Winters waited for Hermione in the library, and it was just as Elena guessed.Hermione didn't understand what Aurora meant at all.

Hermione "No need to waste your time on me"

Winters "What is waste...Aurora is just like you, her parents are not wizards"

Hermione "But she has a brother like you. I remember you also wrote her homework. How did she get high marks in the exam?"

Winters "She memorized the books and notes."

Hermione: "Notes? Your notes?"

Winters: "Yeah, she memorized all the textbooks and my notes."

Hermione: "I've never seen her write." Hermione's nasal voice suddenly became very heavy.

Winters "She writes...when she encounters something she doesn't understand..."

Hermione: "She will ask you... You would rather teach her with a black eye the next day. So, she can enjoy Quidditch at the same time... She can get high marks without having to write her homework..." I admit it." Hermione didn't even look up.

Winters saw Elena waving, motioning for him to come over.

"Hermione is very competitive. If you keep talking like this, your sister's good intentions will be ruined in the end." Elena whispered after Winters walked over.

Winters: "What then?"

Elena "I'll talk to Hermione"

Winters: "Are you sure it's not worse?"

Elena: "I'm sure"

After Elena walked over, she said straight to the point, "Hermione, do you not understand what Aurora means?"

Hermione: "I understand what Aurora means"

Elena: "I don't think you did. You may not have heard the last part of Aurora's sentence, "And that's what I got through my own efforts."

She put in a lot of effort, just like you.And Malfoy, Riley, and Pansy would be very happy if you were so broken.They will bully you even more.You can't expect people like me, Elsa, Karai, who can only meet you in class, and the nerd Winters to help you.

As for Aurora. . .She pays more attention to those who are close to her. . .Although you are a roommate with her, you are really far away from her.

"Too far?" Hermione asked confused.

"Think about it carefully, do you and her have anything in common?"

Hermione: "Yeah..."

Elena: "No. Sometimes her words and actions may seem weird to many people. For example, like today, she was inexplicably sarcastic. You thought she was gloating, but she was actually giving you a hint."

Hermione smiled hard: "But why didn't she just say it?"

Elena glanced at Winters: "Aurora... How should I put it... Winters... Hmm?"

Winters "Just tell me."

Elena said in a tired voice: "Aurora is a bit self-centered... It's not selfish... She pays more attention to people close to her... Of course, she is very kind in nature, otherwise she wouldn't be here last year. It's such an adventure on Halloween...but since then she has nothing in common with you."

Hermione sighed slightly: "I feel it too, she always seems to be relaxed."

Elena: "Hermione, you can't ask Winters not to give her sister some help... Although it's really too much." Elena glared at Winters angrily.

Winters: "I gave it to her and memorized all my notes. She also worked very hard."

"There are many people who memorize the entire book, but not many get 6 full marks." Elena admired Aurora a little.

"I didn't take notes, I didn't do homework. Then I memorized the book and notes, and got 6 full marks... How did Aurora do it?" Hermione said with a grimace.

"Ask Winters, this nerd who is recognized as talented as the mysterious man." Elena seemed to have discovered the culprit.

Winters: "Hmm... How about I go ask?"

"Don't do this. You just want to run away. When you meet Aurora, it's like a mouse meets a cat." Elena was sarcastically talking about Winters.

Then Elena continued to say to Hermione: "No matter how far you are thrown away by Aurora or anyone else from now on, you can't give up on yourself. Moreover, people worse than you are working hard, and you have no reason." Throw in the towel.

"Thank you" Hermione said feeling better.

Afterwards, Winters continued to study ancient magic texts under the guidance of Elena. This time he successfully translated the information of an ancient magic spell called Storm and Thunder: including how to wave the wand and how to chant the spell.He decided to take the time to give it a try.When he went back, he remembered a question:

Winters asked worriedly: "Malfoy, Delk really didn't treat my sister..."

Elena laughed dryly: "Delke and his followers thought Aurora was alone at first. He didn't expect that as soon as he opened his mouth, Aurora pointed the wand directly at him, and the tip of the wand flashed purple. light. Then they were immediately frightened away."

"Purple light?"

"I could feel powerful magic gathering at that time. If Delk didn't run away, he would have to stay in Orlane Magic Hospital for at least three months," Irina recalled.

Winters: "What makes Aurora so angry?"

Elena: "They said Hermione was a mudblood. At first Aurora just looked at them coldly, until Delk also said this word to Aurora."

"How have I ever heard of this word? It's such a vicious word."

"That word represents the old theory of pure blood supremacy among wizards. The current magic theory has completely negated this thing from more than ten centuries ago. Bloodline can only affect the time of magic awakening, and it is the soul that determines the upper limit of magic power." Lena said.

Winters: "Well... then you are..."

Elena: "Pure blood, Elsa, Karai and I are all pure blood, but I don't think they are pure blood like Delk and Malfoy. They have nothing left except blood."

"Maybe there's still money." Winters felt that Elena looked down on Delk and the others.

"These are the only things they have left, and none of them are theirs." Elena showed considerable disdain.

Winters: "Seriously, Elena, I really want to see you recover quickly."

"The reason is that Gryffindors like you are too rare."

"You know, there will be a duel arena in the third grade. I want to challenge you, otherwise how would I know if you are bragging. And how can you say it is rare? Isn't my dad a Gryffindor?"

"You want to fight with me? That's fine. Just don't regret it then... I have to say that you are weirder than your father," Elena said.

"It's like you're so powerful. I don't think I'm weird, just get used to it." Winters showed no sign of weakness.

Unknowingly, they had arrived at the door of the Slytherin lounge, next to the Forbidden Forest, which seemed to be telling the story of Salazar Slytherin's escape nearly 1000 years ago.

"Remember to take the medicine, I'm still waiting to fight you," Winters reminded Elena.

Elena was stunned for a moment at the door and said to Winters, "You should know the relationship between Gryffindor and Slytherin, right?"

"Of course I know, but that would give me a bad conscience. And is it that bad?"

Elena ignored him and just laughed softly.

After wasting a day, Winters followed McGonagall's request and began to assist Hermione.Winters decided to try a new method: recreate the magic aggregate and let Hermione touch it with her hands.At 8 o'clock in the evening, Winters, Hermione and Aurora met in the training room.

"Hermione, Aurora, I will recreate the magic aggregate. If you haven't heard of it, I can explain it to you."

Hermione: "I seem to have heard of this kind of thing"

Winters "Then tell me your opinion."

Hermione: "A magic aggregate is something that does not contain any emotional factors of the wizard. It is equivalent to a piece of white paper, and the spell is the words written on the white paper."

Winters: “That’s understandable, no problem.”

Aurora "But have you ever thought about it, our magic comes from and"

Hermione: "Bloodline determines the time of awakening. The soul determines the upper limit of magic power."

Aurora: "Can we still say that the magic aggregate is a piece of paper?"

Hermione: "Yeah..."

Aurora: "Hermione, have you ever thought about how to make wood or coal burn more intensely?"

Hermione said smartly: "Oxygen, preferably pure oxygen."

Aurora "So, you can't say that the magic aggregate is a piece of paper."

Winters: "To make an inappropriate analogy: if the magic aggregate is regarded as the light emitted by the fuel, then our souls are the fuel."

Hermione: "I think I understand."

Winters: "Then let me make it clearer: Our magic is all emitted by using the wand as... let's call it a conductor, using the wand as the conductor and our soul as the energy source.

That's why Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick let us feel our own magic.Because the spells we send out are all based on our own souls.So now I create a magic aggregate, and you go and touch it.Don’t be afraid, clear your mind and express your feelings.”

After Winters finished speaking, he recreated the magic aggregate according to his past method.Aurora curiously stretched out her hand and patted the strange substance gently. The moment she touched it, a bright blue lightning suddenly appeared from Aurora's wand.

Hermione, on the other hand, looked at the mass in fear and touched it cautiously. When Hermione touched the strange white substance, Winters saw Hermione's wand floating up.About 30 minutes later, Winters removed the magic aggregate.

"What does it feel like?" Winters asked.

Hermione: "It feels like I'm back to the way I felt when I bought the wand. But much stronger."

Aurora: "Yes, it's that strange feeling, but it's much stronger. The feeling..."

Winters interrupted Aurora: "Remember my inappropriate metaphor?"

"A wand is a conductor," Hermione said thoughtfully.

Winters immediately said: "Hermione, I have a proposal"

"What's the proposal?" Hermione regained her usual energy.

Winters "I hope you can summon your magical aggregation. I personally think it will help"

Hermione: "Now?"

Winters: "Let me check the time... It's already 09:30... It's 15 minutes, do you want to give it a try first?"

As a result, Hermione failed as expected.But she showed no signs of anxiety and was full of confidence.

"Are you really not afraid of Hermione passing you?" Winters asked after Hermione walked out of the training room.

Aurora: "I don't think she can surpass me. Besides... I'm here to listen to your class too."

Winters: "It means you are still afraid."

Aurora "I'm not afraid. Why didn't you listen to the lesson you picked up for free? And why did you interrupt me? It's very rude."

Winters: "Do you feel like something is jumping out of you or something is running around you?"

Aurora "How do you know?"

Winters "Guess what I felt when I got my wand"

Aurora: "Yeah..."

Winters: "Let me put it this way...I heard a sound that sounded like a thunderbird, but more ethereal. The sound didn't come from around me, it came directly from my head. At that time, I was like I can’t even hear clearly.”

"what do you mean..."

"No one can accept that they are inherently inferior to others. Now I can only hope that Hermione can figure it out."

"I guessed it right..."

"You can't talk a lot of truth and then make a U-turn: You are just worse than some people... Then I don't have to take this class. It would be great to let Malfoy take this class," Winters said helplessly. .

"I thought about it... It's not impossible to let people like Malfoy, who consider themselves pure-blooded and noble, to teach Hermione... Anyway, it makes no difference in the end, they are all thrown out of the classroom by Hermione with a curse." Aurora started again.

"That's not impossible, but it will take two years." Winters yawned and passed the Fat Lady.

When he arrived in the lounge, he found that Hermione was imitating him, and everyone around him was looking at Hermione in confusion.

"Why does it sound so familiar to me?" Ron suddenly understood as soon as he heard the word magic aggregate.

"That's very difficult to do. My grandmother has only seen a very few people do it. Some people can't complete it in their entire lives." Neville lowered his voice to an extremely low voice.

"Magic aggregation requires a foundation that is beyond the reach of most people: the caster himself can clearly perceive the subtle fluctuations of magic power... You have pointed Hermione to a correct but impossible path." Ron said quietly.

Aurora glanced at Hermione and then whispered to Winters: According to your method, it will be difficult for her and she will not be able to pass the first level.

"Just do your best." Winters didn't have any good ideas.

From about 10 o'clock until 11:50 at night, Hermione still failed.

"It's hard to show your magic polymer for the first time. It took me a long time to show my magic polymer for the first time. Hermione, everything is difficult at the beginning," Winters comforted.

A few days later, Hermione remained unchanged. She spent all her available time on recreating the magic aggregate, and Harry's Quidditch training began again.Wood woke Harry up at 6:[-] on Saturday morning, and everyone in the dormitory couldn't sleep.

"Is Quidditch so important?" Winters couldn't understand Wood at all.

"Wood is motivated to become the captain of the professional Quidditch team... We are his first team members," Harry said in a daze.

"Is my sister going to train too?" Winters asked Harry as he dozed off.

"Your sister is a substitute. The starting training time is more than three times that of a substitute, and the rhythm of Quidditch is much faster than football. If you can't let the substitute be on the bench, don't let the substitute be on the bench." Harry said, rubbing his eyes.

"Good luck to you," Winters said and lay down again. He was just about to take a nap when he suddenly remembered the task assigned to him by McGonagall: assisting Hermione.

"I just want to sleep in, why is it so difficult..." Winters thought depressedly.But he still got up and dressed and came to the auditorium early.

"Why are you so early?" Harry and Ron said curiously.

"Professor McGonagall assigned me a task: to assist Hermione in improving her transfiguration." Winters sleepily took a few slices of bacon.

"So, she has been holding her wand in silence these past few days." Harry understood.

"Don't mention that thing again today, look at Hermione coming" Ron looked toward the door.

Hermione, Aurora, Lavender, and a girl Winters had never seen before came in from the door of the auditorium. The girl was as tall as Aurora, but looked stronger than Aurora.She has long light blond hair, one blue eye and one hazelnut color.Hermione, on the other hand, had a dark circle under her eye.

"Winters Reno?" The girl looked at Winters and said.

"You are..."

"I am Madia Ethel, can you really recreate the magic aggregate?"

"Yes, I can recreate it now"

After Winters finished speaking, the pure white substance reappeared.

Madia Ethel looked at Winters in surprise, then first touched the pure white shimmering substance with her hand, and finally touched it lightly with her wand.

"It seems like something is about to pop out of my body...or that thing has already popped out," Madia exclaimed.

"I told you, I didn't lie to you," Aurora said, looking at Madia.

"You should learn from your brother. Quidditch is so boring." Madia looked at Aurora.

"I just want to experience the diverse campus life while there is still enough time." Aurora picked up a sandwich.

"Hermione, how is your magic aggregate?"

"No progress." Hermione already wanted to give up.

Winters: "Try again, everything is difficult at the beginning"

Madia: "I don't think Winters' method is right, at least it won't be of any use to Hermione."

"I have something else to do, so I'm going to the library first...Aurora, where's your homework?" Winters felt that something bad was going to happen to Madia.

"My homework... No, I think it's better to write it myself..." Aurora stood up immediately.Harry and Ron seemed to be waiting for a volcano to erupt.

As they left the table, they heard Madia say a few words, "gift," and Ron and Harry comforting Hermione.

"You didn't tell Madia?" Winters asked.

"I said it, but she thought I was cheating on Hermione, and the sooner this is revealed, the better," Aurora said depressedly.

"One week, just one week. Why is this week so difficult?" Winters said helplessly.

"What's wrong, you guys?" Slyer was chatting with Elsa, Elena and Karai. They were discussing the first Quidditch match: Gryffindor versus Slytherin.

"The secret must have been exposed." Elsa understood it at a glance.

"Magic aggregation? Winters, you are leading Hermione astray," Slyer said.

"Feel the magic. I just followed the professors' instructions exactly. Is there any problem?" Winters didn't understand.

"But you should know that the upper limit of what magic can achieve is directly linked to the strength of the soul. Hermione once touched your magic aggregate, and then felt violent magic fluctuations. Is this the case?"

"Yeah, isn't that normal?"

"It's normal, but have you ever thought about whose magic aggregate Hermione touched?" Slyer tilted his head and looked at Winters.

"what do you mean..."

"Your magic aggregation deceived her. She now thinks that as long as she can recreate the magic aggregation, she can feel the fluctuations of magic power. I can bet that even if she can recreate her own magic aggregation, she will not be able to feel it. A level of magic fluctuation like transfiguration," Slyer said.

"It's too late to say anything now, we can only wait for Professor McGonagall," Elena said.

As soon as Winters saw Elena's frighteningly white face, he remembered the ancient runes and spells that gave him a headache.

"Aurora, where is your homework?"

"I have finished writing, and there is not much. You can continue to deal with your ancient spells and ancient magic texts. After all, this is not a small matter." Aurora looked at Elena.

Winters: "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to read the "Transfiguration Guide". Hermione will be ruined if she continues like this. After all, she is my roommate, so I can help as much as I can."

"It's useless, that crappy book... My parents didn't understand it back then, so they read the "Transfiguration Guide" and it was the latest version, but it didn't do any good," Slaer said.

"It's also useful, but this book can at most help you finish the job," Elsa said.

"It's almost eight o'clock, training should have started." Karai looked at his watch.

"Then let's go watch the training. Don't you want to watch your own team's training?" Elsa asked.

"There may be a training match," Slyer said suddenly, and Aurora was stunned for a moment.

"Aurora, you go ahead. Anyway, Professor McGonagall and I will tell the truth on Monday."

"Then...I'll save a seat for you." Aurora ran quickly.

Looking at Aurora and the others walking away, Elena couldn't help but say: "Your sister and Hermione are completely different types of people.

"They are the same kind of people. Aurora is the one who has memorized the contents of six entire books and class notes. You can think about how hard she works."

Elena: "You wrote her homework, you took her class notes... and then she got 6 full marks just by endorsement... Are they really the same kind of people?"

Winters "But...Hermione also has a perfect score of 6"

Elena: "There are a lot of first-year students who get full marks. By the time you reach the third grade, you will know why they are not the same person."

Winters "Then make a bet. I bet the gap between Hermione and my sister will not be wider."

Elena smiled faintly: "What if you lose?"

Winters disagreed: "Only if I didn't lose the last bet... Please help me find out what this ancient spell means."

Winters soon began to delve into the sea of ​​ancient magical knowledge. . . . "thump".Fortunately, Elena held him with a rope, otherwise he would have given up long ago.

In a blink of an eye, it was already noon, and when Winters arrived in the auditorium, he found a bunch of people sitting around Hermione, including Slyer and his roommates.The atmosphere was a bit depressing. Elena took one look and said, "Say less, or pretend not to see."

Winters: I know invisibility. I'll go check it out first.

Winters waved his wand and said silently: Invisible.After he passed by, he heard Ron saying: "It's happened several times, doesn't Dumbledore just care?

George: "Delko not only insulted Harry's mother, but also insulted Hermione's whole family. His insulting Harry's mother is already a crime."

Wood: "Do we have any real evidence? No one cares about us just based on our memory."

Fred: But Delk just snorted coldly when he saw Aurora.

Ron: That's because Aurora almost put him in the hospital. You should all remember that purple light

Hermione: "That means Delke bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong. Compared with deducting points, he is more afraid of losing to those who are worse than him." Her voice sounded like she had a cold.

Harry: "So, we have to become stronger as soon as possible to shut up people like him."

Neville: "I heard rumors that Delk learned the super armor to protect himself yesterday..."

Ron: "We..." He sighed.

Jo Anna: Maybe Winters can. . .

Harry smiled bitterly: Winters had been assigned a life-related mission by Dumbledore, and he could no longer have the energy.He was just short of living in the forbidden book zone.

Joanna: How could I forget. . .The youngest daughter of the Krall family. . . .If only everyone in Slytherin were like Elena.

Harry: How to put it. . . .Elena is actually very arrogant, but she proves through her actions that she is worthy of that arrogance. . . .Nothing is left behind under the threat of death. . . .If she said I was a fool, I would be fine with it.

Many people laughed, and Winters covered his mouth.

Hermione: "Did you notice that Delk never said a bad word about Winters' mother?"

Slyer: "Winters' mother, Leah Raynor, was a curiosity at Hogwarts... a person born into a non-wizarding family who could speak Parseltongue and went to Slytherin... and then... Winters' father, the four-time winner of the Young Wizards Duel Competition, offended the entire Gryffindor in order to catch her."

Neville: "It's indeed unusual...but I know some information that's not quite accurate."

Slyer: "Neville, keep talking."

Neville: "Winters' mother is a branch of the descendants of Slytherin. That branch was expelled because of their disagreement with Salazar Slytherin. There has been a quarrel in the historians over whether this descendant exists. Centuries”

Ron: "But it's unlikely. If Winters' mother is really a descendant of Slytherin, then why did she fight the mysterious man until she died?"

Hermione: "Since Slytherin has You-Know-Who, there will be people like Elena, Elsa, Karai, and Leah Renault." . . . .

Winters didn't hear the rest of the conversation because he was stunned by his mother's life experience. Even the rumors were too shocking.

(End of this chapter)