Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 22 Spirit Realm and Angry Elena

On Sunday, Winters woke up before 6 o'clock. He had been thinking about one thing, whether he could bring back the souls of his parents. He wanted to know how much truth these rumors were.

He recalled the scenes of the past few months and tried to recreate them, but failed.

"There must be something wrong," Winters thought.

He first wrote a letter to Aurora, telling her not to worry about his lunch.Then he immediately ran to the library and searched through books about soul magic. He estimated that he spent more than 2 hours looking for books.

Finally, I found a lot of ancient documents, all written in ancient grammar and ancient characters.

He could only bite the bullet and read word by word. Finally, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he found an outline from various fragmented information, and then a word caught his attention.

"Spiritual realm?" Winters looked at the word.The explanation in the book is very profound, but the general idea is: There is indeed a world where souls live, called the spiritual realm. From that spiritual realm, we can see our world. When there is a powerful source of magic, some relatively powerful Powerful souls can cross the barriers between the spiritual realm and our world to talk to us.

But all wizards who want to peek into the spirit realm need to pay attention to some information: the spirit realm is different from our world.The souls everywhere are not limited to the souls of the people we want to see.It is almost certain that the soul's view of our world from the spiritual realm is completely different from the way we view the world in which we live.Unless you are sure that you and that soul really want to see each other, don't pry at will, otherwise it will be easy to attract the souls of some sinful people.Note: Souls have magical powers, and it is best not to collaborate with other wizards.

Winters read it again and again, and after reading it several times, he hesitated.Do I want to see my mother, or do I simply want a kind of vanity: being a descendant of the four founders.

He remembered what Dumbledore had said to him earlier: Cherish the moment.

"Let it go." Winters looked up and found that it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. He was rubbing his hands and getting ready to eat.

"Dumbledore is indeed the greatest wizard. He has thought of everything." Winters couldn't help but admire Dumbledore's insight.

After dinner, Winters returned to his usual self, hanging out in the library and then going to the training room.After making full preparations in the training room, he cast the ancient magic spell: Storm Thunder.For a moment, dazzling lightning filled the entire training room, and the iron dummy was instantly struck by lightning that appeared out of thin air, leaving only what seemed to be a base.

After the violent lightning ended, Winters suddenly had an idea in his mind: could he narrow the scope of this curse and concentrate the magic power of this spell to strike.After searching carefully, he only got one suggestion: after mastering the spell, you can change it according to the will of the caster. As for how to judge proficiency, it was not mentioned at all.

"This curse should not be black magic. This curse should be a typical embodiment of magic. Therefore, when I can control its range and power, I can say that I have mastered it... That's it. Let’s do this for now,” Winters said to himself.

When he returned to the dormitory, he found Hermione still competing with the magic aggregate, while Harry and Ron were playing chess.

"Hermione, tomorrow is Monday. Didn't Professor McGonagall say? She will guide you."

"But why did she mentor me?"

"I think maybe she wants to know whether her teaching method is right or not. After all, we are all ordinary people."

"But you are not ordinary"

Winters' heart sank, thinking that Hermione was going to say something about his mother.

"Hermione, I'm just like you..."

Hermione: "Listen to me first... You defeated the mountain monster in your first year, and then used a spell you invented to deflect the green-lighting spell fired by Professor Quirrell. I asked Many senior students said that the glowing green spell was a very evil spell, and they didn't even want to tell me the name of the spell."

Winters: "Oh...yeah...that's right...but that doesn't mean anything. I'm the same as you and Harry and Neville and Ron and everyone else, we're all Hog." Students of Gvoz, even if I master the spell faster than you, it doesn't mean any difference."

Hermione didn't change at all during Transfiguration class the next day, but she was still much better than Malfoy and Pansy.Harry, Ron and Neville seemed to have regressed.McGonagall kept Hermione and Winters after class.

Winters went through the advice he gave Hermione in detail.Mag shook his head slightly.

McGonagall: "Winters, your method is correct in theory, but it is really not suitable for Hermione. Hermione Granger, some of my words may be a bit harsh... Your talent is relatively good, but not That kind of thing is particularly powerful. So you need more practice. Many students in the same situation as you have already started to force themselves to use silent spells, so you should start too."

Winters: But I didn't see Harry and Ron practicing Silent Charms.

Mag snorted: The two of them, or people in a situation similar to the two of them, will suffer a lot in the future.

McGonagall continued: Then, Hermione, you must remember not to give up because of temporary setbacks.Everyone is an ordinary person and a student of Hogwarts.If you have no problem, then you can leave first. I still have something to say to Winters.

"Winters, I'm glad that you don't look down on others because of your own talents. And you see those who are far inferior to you as people just like you," McGonagall said to Winters after Hermione left.

"How could I do that? My adoptive parents don't even know how to ride a flying broomstick, let alone transfiguration. If I look down on Hermione or Harry because they are less talented than me in magic, what are my adoptive parents? "Who am I?" Winters was a little angry. He thought some of what Professor McGonagall said was simply incomprehensible.

"Winters, please forgive the random thoughts of an old man...Professor Dumbledore can be said to be surprised and afraid of every growth you make."

"...Mysterious man?" Winters understood immediately.

"It was when the mysterious man was your age that he began to show a rare disdain for people who were far inferior to him. I was lucky enough to witness it several times... The mysterious man said something to those classmates who were far inferior to him. I am now If you can’t even forget it”

"What did he say"

"He said at that time: You are a waste, your only purpose is to be my stepping stone. I was standing at the door. I still remember those words clearly to this day."

Winters stared.Is this what a second-year student said? He doesn't treat his classmates as human beings just because of the difference in magic talent.It seems that in Voldemort's eyes, people can be measured, and the way to measure them is the strength of their magic power.Those with weak magic power are just bugs in Voldemort's eyes, things that shouldn't exist.

McGonagall: "Winters... I hope you can understand Professor Dumbledore's worries... He is really afraid that you will go astray."

Winters: "No, I won't. If I really think that you can measure a person's worth by the strength of his magic power, then who am I?"

McGonagall: "So Winters, do you want to learn from the Animagus?"

Winters "Of course I do...but...Dumbledore hopes that I can assist him in treating Elena's illness." Winters was a little embarrassed.

Mag: "Then what happens next?"

Winters "In the future? I haven't thought about the future yet. After all, the potion may fail at any time. I must be fully prepared."

McGonagall: I now understand why Elena's grandfather wanted Dumbledore to put you in Slytherin House.

Winters: You mean. .Morlans Krall? Why did he. . .Elena's brothers have always been very dedicated. . . .Except that one time.

McGonagall: It seems you also know Morlanth Krall. . . .No reason, I'm just afraid of that day coming.He only has two wishes now. One is to see his little granddaughter put on an evening dress and attend a dance. The second is to see her with black hair instead of a white-haired one.No matter what happened after that, he accepted his fate.”

Winters: Is he too pessimistic?Dumbledore has already started to solve it.

Mag: He's not pessimistic, he's just afraid. Not only is he afraid that the potion won't be able to suppress it, but he's also afraid that this magical ritual, which may be unprecedented and unprecedented, will fail.If it fails, the powerful magic will turn Elena into a monster. . . .It was too cruel for the old man Morlans.

Winters: But that day will come.

McGonagall: That's why he asked you if he could go to Slytherin.But Professor Dumbledore said that it didn't matter which college Winters was in. What mattered was whether he would go the wrong way. As long as he didn't go the wrong way, he wouldn't watch Elena being taken away by death.

Winters was a little anxious: I want to know what the attitude of Elena's family will be when that day comes, and whether they dare to gamble.

Mag sighed heavily: Alas, they are escaping.One of the main reasons they want you to go to Slytherin is to escape reality.Even if Elena's illness breaks out suddenly, it will be cured after a spell.

Winters: This. . . .I just stopped the progression of that disease.It’s not like it’s been eliminated

Mag: It can be said that Elena’s family is tossing back and forth between hope and despair.They have been living in this atmosphere for seven years.

Winters remembered Elena's words: "Death has put a sickle on my neck for several years, but I have lost nothing."

Then he shook his head slightly.

Winters: Yeah. . .professor. . .I think Dumbledore is right, it doesn't matter where I am, what matters is that I haven't changed.And there are only a few places I can go, the restricted area of ​​the library, the training room, the Gryffindor common room, the Great Hall, where else can I go?"

McGonagall: I will tell Morlans and Dumbledore exactly what you said.Do you have questions about this class?If not, you can leave.

When Winters arrived at Potions class, the professor found that he was 10 minutes late, but Snape did not pursue his lateness and directly asked him to sit next to Elena.

Winters thought to himself: It seems that this is the only thing Dumbledore can do for his old comrade without going against my wishes. Elena is absolutely right.But he wasn't going to Slytherin. . .After all, he has been in Gryffindor for a year, so it would be a lie to say he has no feelings.

Aurora whispered next to Winters: "You were a full 10 minutes late, but Snape didn't pursue it."

Winters: Mag told me the true situation of Elena.

Elena: “What’s the real situation?”

Winters: "Why are there rumors that Dumbledore asked me to transfer to another hospital? Elena, I'm really curious, how did you come here in the past few years? Have you ever been afraid? You are really not afraid that one day... .

Elena: What is going to come will always come, there is no point in being afraid.Besides, I'm lucky to be alive now. If my grandfather hadn't been Dumbledore's comrade-in-arms, I would have returned to ashes long ago."

Aurora: Elena, I want to know how your grandfather came up with the idea of ​​putting Winters in Slytherin.

Elena said angrily: "It was Dumbledore who came to see me for my illness, and then he told some things that happened in school. Later, my grandfather asked about some things about Winters, and I said.

Aurora: Including that magic aggregate?

Elena: Why do you ask? I told my parents about the magic aggregate. There is no reason not to tell my grandfather.

Aurora: And your grandfather was Dumbledore’s comrade-in-arms. . . .You are too good at pretending. . .you should. . .

Elena interrupted Aurora angrily: I promised my grandfather that I would never let him see a white-haired person giving a black-haired person to him. Is that wrong?You deserve to have everything going smoothly, but others deserve to struggle in despair?"

Aurora looked confused: What. . . . .When did I say that it was natural for me to have smooth sailing?

Before Winters could react, Elena stood up with red eyes and turned away.This is the first time in Winters' memory that Elena has become so angry.

"Renault, if you can't persuade Elena Kral to come back before get out of class ends, you will deduct 150 points from Gryffindor," Snape said coldly.The whole classroom was stunned.

Winters got up and ran out, and then he saw Elena sitting on the stairs silently, her eyes were red, and there seemed to be tears on her face.

The corridor was empty except for the distant chirping of birds.

After an awkward silence, Elena said calmly: You don't need to persuade me, I will go back after calming down.

Winters: I think you misunderstood Aurora. . .What she means is that you should speak clearly. . .Everyone is afraid of death, but you are already pretty good.

Elena laughed miserably: Not bad? Without the comradeship between my grandfather and Dumbledore, guess how much a drop of Phoenix tears costs.

Winters: Where's the Philosopher's Stone?

Elena: You mean the elixir? That's more expensive and brings disaster.

Winters sat down next to Elena.I didn't know what to say for a while.

"Why are you sitting here if you don't go back to class?"

"Snape said, if I don't persuade you to go back before get out of class ends, Gryffindor will be deducted 150 points."

Elena smiled bitterly: He was afraid that something would happen to me.

Winters "said as if no one is afraid of something happening to you."

Elena looked at Winters curiously: Are you afraid too?

Winters: I'm afraid, I really don't want to see you the way you were back then, watching your life disappear before my eyes. . . .That feeling. . .Once is enough.” That scene is still uncomfortable to look back on.

Elena: That. . .Then can you just ask your sister to say less.

Winters scratched his head: Me. . .You are making things difficult for me.

Elena was a little curious: What's wrong?

Winters shook his head and said: How can I persuade her that your grandfather is Dumbledore's old comrade-in-arms, so be careful when you speak? It may work for other people, but when I say this to Aurora, she Will transfer directly.

"Aurora is really..." Elena found that she didn't know how to describe Winters' sister.

Winters: All I can say is that it's difficult for you, and I hope she can be more considerate. . .I can only say this

Elena sighed softly: That's okay. . .But Aurora is really unbearable sometimes.

Winters: She's just like that, she talks straight from the heart. . . .

Jelena: I'm not talking about the way she behaves. . . .It's her who's so irritating

Winters asked confused: Angry?

Elena said angrily: There is no one like her in the entire Hogwarts. . .Hermione's emotional outburst wasn't because she was surpassed by Aurora.

She put in far more energy than Aurora, but was thrown away in the end. . .A boy I know has transferred to another school after hearing that Aurora got six perfect marks for just memorizing and taking the notes you took. He thought this was an insult to his character.

Winters asked in confusion: What is all this? . .Why has it risen to the level of personality?

Elena said with a wry smile: When the efforts and gains are completely out of proportion, you will have a strong sense of frustration and feel that you have been fooled.

Winters: So. .Did you feel the same way just now, and why were you so angry?

Elena took a deep breath and said: I am not, I am. . .It was very uncomfortable, and my heart was filled with panic.

Winters was a little curious: Are you in a panic?

Elena said in a disappointed tone: It was a sudden feeling. . .Why is it so difficult? If I were in an ordinary family, it wouldn't be so complicated.But my grandfather was Dumbledore's comrade-in-arms, and struggling under the gaze of death became a matter of course.

Winters: I remember Dumbledore always thinking of death as the beginning of another great adventure. . . .Who told your grandfather's comrade to be Dumbledore?And I have a strong hunch that the tug-of-war between you and the God of Death will come to an end within two years at most.

Elena snorted and said a little arrogantly: See what happens? Should I think about how to write my epitaph?

Winters: I've thought about it.But you probably won't need it.

Jelena: No, I want to know what the hell you wrote.

Winters:. . . .Do you really want to hear it?

Jelena: Yes, I want to hear it.

Winters: Please bring your own food and drinks.We are not responsible for hunger fainting.

Elena laughed and held her stomach.Then he said out of breath: Not bad. . .Very your style.

Winters: But if you don't need it, I really don't believe you will in a few years. . .In your words "Written as hell".

"Oh... let him be, I can only let nature take its course" Elena said and leaned towards Winters.

"But you can't accept your fate now... Are you okay?" Winters thought of that scene again.

Elena took out a palm-sized glass bottle from her pocket, which contained a dark silver and somewhat viscous liquid.

Elena: "Look, this is my medicine. I'm just tired from sitting."

Winters felt inexplicably cold: "Your illness is really weird."

Elena nodded: "Do you feel cold? My mother said that since I got sick, my hands have been as cold as ice cubes.

Winters: Don't you feel it yourself?

Elena said tiredly: "I didn't. It wasn't until my hand was scratched once that my mother discovered it."

Another moment of silence.

Winters: Should we go back to class?" He kept remembering the 150 points, and Gryffindor only had 350 points now.

Elena looked at her watch and said nonchalantly: Now I can at most pack a schoolbag when I go back.

Winters was a little anxious: Gryffindor could still deduct 150 points. Gryffindor only had 350 points now, and 150 points would be deducted at the beginning of school. . . .This is a broken record.

Elena was stunned for a moment: How could I forget this?

They returned to class two minutes before the end of get out of class, and Snape still said in his emotionless tone: Thanks to Renault's quick actions, Gryffindor avoided being deducted 2 points at the beginning of the semester.

After leaving the classroom, Aurora said to Winters: You and Elena have been talking for a long enough time.

Winters: She's mad at you

Aurora: I mean she should speak clearly. . . .

Winters: I know you meant to make it clear, but she didn't know that, she thought you were. . .

Aurora: She thinks I am a complete evil person and likes to see other people suffer mishaps. . . .

Winters: "I didn't say anything."

Aurora sighed: Then at least I should keep some distance from Elena this week. . . .Since you have to prepare for Elena's illness, then I. . . .

Winters immediately said: I'll take care of your homework. I have to spend time in the library anyway.I will watch your training when I have time. Your flying movements are so cool.

Aurora was a little proud: George and Fred taught me that. It is dangerous, but it is very useful when chasing the Golden Snitch.

The afternoon classes were herbal medicine and history classes, and Aurora sat next to Neville, which was the farthest place from Elena.

In the evening, the same place, familiar faces, and troublesome knowledge.

A simple symbol representing water flow took a full 2 ​​hours.

Elena was a little anxious: "Winters, you shouldn't be stuck on this issue all the time."

"But, the effect of Elena's ancient spell is very good."

"I know the effect is good, but can you master it? Why not simplify it first and then make it more difficult. Modern spells are simplified from ancient spells and have been streamlined while retaining their efficiency as much as possible. This is a principle that has been followed by spell scholars throughout the ages. .Why did you go back when you were here?"

Winters was speechless for a moment.

Elena simply said: "You follow my opinion first."

Perhaps because he was too involved just now, Winters felt inexplicably scared, and he couldn't help but look at his face.

Elena said calmly, "If something goes wrong with me, I will inform you as soon as possible. I am not that fragile."

Winters followed Elena's advice and started with the simplest modern runes. The purpose was to find the inner connections and rules. As for whether the memory was accurate or not, it was not that important.

From that moment on, he finally stopped feeling so dizzy.But he still couldn't help but want to look through the documents on ancient spells. He always felt that there was something in it that attracted him.After he made sure that Elena was intently reading a book about a terrifying monster called the Soul Lord on the Shadow Island, he went to find ancient documents.

He hid the pile of documents out of Elena's sight, behind a bookshelf, and then placed "Modern Spell Analysis" in front of his eyes, pretending to comply with Elena's request, so that not only could he see Elena's status, and can also read ancient documents.

As soon as he sat on the ground, he saw a somewhat haggard senior student looking at him. Then the senior student said to him mysteriously: "That girl has seen through your trick a long time ago. You'd better think of a way." Go apologize.

After seeing Winters pretending to be stupid, he said: The wand with this formula has not appeared more than 10 times in the history of wand manufacturing. Why do you think she can't see through you?

Winters asked in surprise: How did you know. . .etc. . .Ollivander?

The senior student said softly: I am Ollivander's great-grandson, Clayman Ollivander. If I remember correctly, your wand is elderberry and phoenix feather.

Winters: Yes. .That's right.

Clayman: "You are probably the most peculiar elder wand bearer of all."

Winters: "I don't quite understand"

Kleiman: The day you were born, your wand was among the gifts.My great-grandfather told me that at the time no one knew where the wand came from.Your parents were frightened by the all-black wand. She thought the wand was a dark magic item and immediately called the nearby rapid response team.After the company arrived, they confirmed after many twists and turns that the wand was not a black magic item.

Winters: "What happens after that?"

Kleiman: Then my great-grandfather immediately contacted Professor Dumbledore after getting the news. When they arrived, my great-grandfather immediately recognized the material of your wand: elderberry phoenix feather.

An extremely antithetical combination.Extremely picky wood, a wand core that is extremely jumpy and extremely difficult to tame, or in other words, the wood with the most magical power is paired with a wand core that can learn the most diverse spells. . . .At that time, he thought something was wrong with him. This combination was too extreme.

After a long silence, Kleinman said: I don't think that girl's illness is a big deal. The wand predicts the fate of its owner to some extent.

Winters: Can you be more specific?

Clayman said quietly: I only know this, and that girl has looked at you several times.Do not try to deceive the owner of a wand with a yew thestral tail hair.This is stupid.

Winters turned his head sharply, and he saw Elena looking at him with a look of helplessness on her face.

"Well... when did you find out?" Winters scratched his head, hoping to relieve this embarrassment as soon as possible.

"I guessed it when I saw you looking for documents. It is said that the holder of the elder wand is extraordinary. I really don't see how you are outstanding besides your extraordinary talent," Elena said angrily.

Winters: "Isn't it nice? No one likes to be friends with someone who is too complicated.

Elena: "Then your brain gets hot... Others ask the college to deduct points, and you will tear down the whole school."

Clayman came over, holding a book of "Magic Wand Materials" in his hand.

He said to Irina: "Any elder wand holder will have a magnificent journey, and you should believe that Winters' wand will give him the right guidance. Even compared with other elder wands, this wand has It's very special. I don't know why, but I can feel it."

After Winters sent Elena back to Slytherin, she returned to his dormitory as if sleepwalking. What confused his brain was not that the wand appeared among his gifts when he was born, but that Gram What Lyman calls "guidance."

"Where are you taking me?" Winters asked quietly, lying on the bed, looking at his wand.

(End of this chapter)