Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 97 Past

Locke calmed down and said, "Riles, you take the guests, your sister, and your brother to rest. Your mother and I have some work matters to discuss."

Ryers forced out a very awkward smile and said: "Come on, I will take you to rest. I think there should be no changes in those rooms except for some dust."

Winters followed Lydia without saying a word, the cheerful atmosphere on the train a few minutes ago gone.

Riels left after settling everyone down like a prefect. He looked at Winters before leaving as if he wanted to say something, but he just shook his head and left.Winters didn't dare say anything because of the bad atmosphere.

He lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling, recalling their conversation just now and Elena's attitude towards Delk. He was now very curious as to how the two families became so incompatible with each other.

The next morning, Winters woke up with a heavy head. He had a very restless sleep because in his dreams he always felt as if he was flying, and his back had a pair of bones made up of countless bones. The wings made his hair stand on end.

He looked at his watch and saw that the time had just reached 7:10.Then Winters heard a noise coming from outside the window. He opened the curtains and found that it was snowing, and it was falling very hard.

"Ha, let's go have a snowball fight" Winters shouted happily.

The courtyard of Krall's mansion was already flooded with snowballs flying in all directions. As soon as Winters arrived in the courtyard, a snowball twice as big as his face flew towards his face.

With a wave of his hand, Winters turned the snowball into a snowy owl.

Rice looked at the fake snowy owl and said, "We haven't seen each other for a few months. Your mastery of magic has improved tremendously."

Les quickly dodged a snowball and said: "What are you talking about? He is already very powerful - who is attacking you?"

Matt: “I didn’t see Jelena just now—ouch”

Before Matt could finish his words, a snowball hit his instep.

Link lowered his head to dodge a batch of snowballs flying towards him and said: "It must be Elena - when did she become invisible?"

Les: "She can do silent spells - have you forgotten?"

Matt: "But I didn't see her use a wand."

Link: "That's wandless casting - ouch" - Link was knocked upside down by a snowball. He got up from the ground and spat out the ice and snow in his mouth, while saying: "Elena, I’m going to tell my mother now.”

Winters suddenly became more motivated: "I came to find her. There will be traces of magic in my personal knowledge."

Les and his brothers were stunned for a moment, and then Matt said slowly: "Well... you can't... I mean, I remember you severely injured a mountain monster... My It means, okay, you have dueled with my sister."

Winters certainly knew what Elena's brothers were worried about. After ducking his head to avoid a snowball, Winters said: "I'm not much better than her."

Elena's brothers gradually dispersed. Winters looked at the snow-covered courtyard and frowned. He found that he could not feel the fluctuation of Elena's magic power.

Winters was a little embarrassed, but he had to admire Elena's invisibility, which was so perfect.

Winters dodged a few snowballs and shouted: "Elena, you are breaking the rules like this, but no one said you can use magic during a snowball fight."

Then Elena's voice flew over together with a snowball bigger than Winters' head: "It didn't say it couldn't be used. Whether you can find me or not depends on your ability.

Winters was stunned for a moment, but then he remembered the spell he had used directly. With a dexterous wave of his wand, a light net of pure white mist with golden light spots enveloped the entire courtyard. Elena's The figure was discovered.

Elena said with some reluctance: "You really learn and use it."

Winters shrugged: "It's not really about learning and applying it, it can only be said that out of urgency comes wisdom."

Elena's brothers looked at the magic spell covering the entire courtyard with curiosity and kept nodding.After seeing this scene, Elena actually showed an expression that Winters couldn't understand, which seemed to be joy and pride.

With the spell removed by Winters, the courtyard returns to its original appearance, and Elena's cousins ​​arrive.

Mars Krall, Christy Krall, and Wert Krall, the three of them were carrying large and small bags of things, which looked like they should be Christmas gifts.

And Alan Blair, Andrew Blair, and Elvis Blair were pushing a small car in through the gate.

When Mars saw Winters, he shouted as if on purpose: "Winters, are you not afraid of breaking valuables anymore?"

After hearing this, Elvis immediately stared at his brother: "I told you not to mention it again, don't you understand?

Mars said with some dissatisfaction: "They have been avoiding us last year, as if we were monsters."

Andrew turned to look at his two younger brothers: "Our living room is larger than their two floors combined. If it were you, wouldn't you panic?"

Mars: "Say it immediately, stop! If you don't say it anymore, just pretend that there was something wrong with my mind just now."

Elena stood next to Winters and whispered: "It seems that you made them very dissatisfied."

Winters: "Um...is there any?"

Elena laughed: "You're pretending again. If you hadn't avoided us last year, my brothers would have rated you higher."

Winters smiled awkwardly: "You know... I'm not a particularly brave person... Well... I prefer reading books."

Elena listened to Winters's defense and said: "Don't hide from them this time, otherwise it will make them wonder if there is something wrong with them, or they will think there is something wrong with you. You should really learn Just like your eldest sister, Lydia, she chats happily with everyone."

Winters seemed to understand something: "I asked why Lydia wanted to find you during the summer vacation."

Elena asked in surprise: "Really? She wants to find me?"

Winters said firmly: "Didn't she tell you? She has always wanted to talk to you. She said she didn't have enough chat last time."

Elena ran away immediately after hearing this.

"What on earth are you talking about?"

"Girls' issue" Elena answered simply.

Winters said depressedly: "Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore - and then he muttered in a low voice: "Girls' issues - what are these?"

This is Mary Eisen coming out of the living room and shouting: "The guests are all here, come in"

The spacious living room was full of people. Quil Landens told Winters and the others that Elsa, Karai, and Slyer would be arriving tomorrow. He thought it would be best to have all their friends come. They are needed most at this time. mutual trust.

"The situation may be more serious than we expected. Albus failed to destroy the source of the mysterious man's immortality, and there may be more than one source of this dark magic."

Winters was stunned after hearing this. There were actually more than one powerful magic item guarding the mysterious man, ensuring his immortality.

Quill Landens paused and continued: "There are some things I shouldn't say, but I still hope you can understand the situation. What awaits us is likely to be an extremely long and arduous road. To defeat the mysterious man is not A dozen people can do it in a few months.”

Elena didn't show too much surprise. She just wanted to know what happened to her father, as if the mysterious man was not a particularly big danger to her.

Her cousins ​​and several of her brothers looked nervous as if they had frost on their faces.

Quill Landens smiled and said, "Even if a war breaks out today, it won't be you who will fight. We'll wait until we finish everything."

Later, Locke Klar sat in a wheelchair and raised a wine glass and said loudly: "I won't talk nonsense today, Merry Christmas!"

Winters sat next to Elena. He was very surprised and asked: "Aren't you scared? If Professor Dumbledore and Quil Landens are right, we are facing an immortal. monster"

Elena poked a piece of smoked fish with a fork and said: "No one is born immortal. As long as we can destroy the source of the mysterious man's immortality, he will still die, and that's okay."

Winters looked at Elena, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Elena seemed to know what Winters wanted to say:

"You want to know why I'm not scared?"

Winters nodded vigorously.

Elena smiled bitterly: "I remember I told you that I saw my body several times, and I looked down from the ceiling."

"Of course I know, but what does it matter?"

Elena tilted her head and said: "This means I have seen death many times."

Winters choked on Elena's words.

"At first, I thought what scared people about the mysterious man was the powerful magic power and the large-scale killings he caused. Now I understand that the most terrifying thing about him is that people think their blood will be shed in vain, but -" Elaine Na pretended to cough and said:

"Many people who have met you say that you will not let the sacrifices of those who died be in vain."

Winters immediately lowered his head and looked at his dinner plate. He felt that his throat was very uncomfortable, as if there was a stone blocked.

Elena said softly: "I think as long as someone remembers the sacrifices of those victims, their death is meaningful, and to me, the God of Death is like an old friend. If he invites me kindly, I will not avoid it."

Winters raised his head and looked at Elena, finding that he couldn't get enough of her, as if he had just met Elena now.

Elena looked at Winters and smiled playfully: "This is a rather strange fortune given to me by fate. You will definitely not envy it."

Winters immediately shook his head and said: "Forget about that kind of wealth, I am timid, not like you - bold."

At this time, the topic of the people around them shifted to the past of the Delk family and the Krall family.

"Two weeks after the war ended, my mother found Burrows Delk, hoping not to continue the hatred because of the past war. Then Delk and the others not only refused, but also attacked my mother in the newspaper."

"Not only the mother, but also the father was extremely smeared. He went to dinner with his colleagues, and then Burrows said in the newspaper that he had cheated on more than 30 people at the time. As a result, the newspaper published two personal"

Lidya asked in surprise: "Hasn't that newspaper been investigated?"

Riels's girlfriend gave a bitter smile: "A tragic civil war has just ended, and it is the time to spend money. What if the suppression is too fierce at that time and a civil war breaks out again? Moreover, the mysterious person disappeared very bizarrely. Most people They are all in a state of constant panic.”

Riels continued: "According to the documents I came into contact with, I was originally planning to wait for the situation to stabilize before settling the accounts, but - alas, many times there is only one opportunity. Once it disappears, you don't know when it will appear again."

Crane sighed and said: "At that time, in order to reduce the so-called internal friction, we are now facing more serious internal friction. This country has just recovered from the damage of the last civil war, and then the next civil war is just around the corner."

Lydia took a deep breath and asked the question she had always wanted to ask. This question made Winters take a breath:

"I've always wanted to know - and I mean if this question offends you, please don't be offended - I've always wanted to know why you were going against You-Know-Who, you're a wizard and you're also a Slytherin house student. ——What I mean is that the mysterious man is beneficial to you."

It was too late for Winters to stop him.

But the people in the Krall family were not angry, they just smiled lightly.

Lisa did not stand up to answer directly. She asked Lydia a question: "I want to ask you a question, Lydia. Can you describe the difference in magic between you and Winters?"

Lydia thought for a moment and then said: "The huge gap is indescribable - if I have to describe it, it is countless times bigger than the gap between Paramecium and humans."

Lisa nodded and said: "We are all human beings, but when the factor of magic is added, the gap between people becomes the gap between paramecia and humans. So, do you think magic is important to this country?" what does it mean"

Lydia thought for a while and said: "But magic, or magic, exists objectively. We cannot ignore it, and it has played a great role in promoting the development of this country."

Lisa looked at Lydia and said calmly: "Magic exists objectively, but everyone's magic level is very different, which also means great injustice, but we are lucky to have found a substitute for magic. --science and technology"

Lydia immediately understood: "You mean that magic and magic will take a back seat and let more stable and easy-to-promote technology - or industry - lead the development of this country, so as to build a more equitable and stable country."

Lydia nodded approvingly and said: "This is not only my ideal, but also the ideal of every sane person. Wizards have made immortal contributions in the process of independence and reunification of this country, but the magic power is extremely unstable. And the characteristics that are difficult to promote keep us sitting on the crater. It is really not a wise move to hold the magic on the line."

Elena looked at Winters and said proudly: "Did you see it? This is the real Slytherin."

(End of this chapter)