Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 99 Leisure time

While Harry struggles with his golden egg, Winters and his friends plan a play at Krall Manor: Kael'Thalas Conquers the North.The heavy snowfall of the past few days finally stopped. Under the influence of the sunshine and snowflakes in the cold winter, the Clar Manor seemed to be glowing.

"Why would Mr. Bell assign this kind of homework?"

Winters scratched his head while looking at the history book. The conquest of the Northland was a 50-year military operation. The war developed very twists and turns, and Kael'Thalas himself even died on the way back home.

"He didn't ask us to re-enact the historical event of conquering the Northland. He mainly asked us to perform the event of the necromancer Apollix protecting Kael'Thalas."

Elena looked at Jim in great surprise: "You mean the wizard who chose to give up his physical body and go to the spiritual realm in order to decipher the mystery of death?"

Jim immediately said: "It was him. Historical data says that the Necromancer appeared in a blazing lightning, defeated the assassin, and saved the crisis of the Battle of Northland."

Elsa said: "Then who will play the role of the Necromancer? The history books describe him as a tall and thin man with fire in his eyes."

Winters immediately waved his hand and said: "Stop for a moment, the Necromancer saving Kael'Thalas is a fantasy story that is far more fabricated than true -"

Lydia said briskly: "Winters, real historical events cannot be put on the stage. They are praised because they are bizarre and incredible."

Aurora agreed very much with Lydia:

"I agree with my sister, then who will play the role of the Necromancer?"

Winters immediately said: "I can't do it. I'm far from Apollycus - my eyes are on fire... Is that still a human? He's almost a monster."

Elena said seriously: "Monster? This is the first time I have heard that the Necromancer is described as a monster."

Winters frowned and asked: "What's the problem? A wizard with eyes on fire... What is it if it's not a monster?"

Elena raised her eyebrows: "Then do you think you are a monster? When he was 20 years old, Apollycus fought fiercely with the Lord of Souls for three days and rescued an adventure party of more than 3 people——"

Elsa's eyes flashed: "Wings of Icarus, this is the first adventure team to set foot on the Shadow Island. Without Apocles' full fight, none of them would survive."

Winters looked at the other people with some embarrassment: "I have never heard of any magic spell that can turn a person into a blazing lightning. Is it phantom movement? But I have never heard that phantom movement can turn a person into a bolt of lightning. "

Elena said calmly: "That is a fusion spell. The purpose is to strike suddenly at the enemy. Now some Aurors with very high level of magic are using it. If you want to learn it, I will teach you."

Winters immediately shook his head: "No, that's not necessary. I heard that phantom migration needs to be practiced under the guidance of a professional, otherwise it will cause splitting, let alone mixing other spells."

Elena said dissatisfied: "You mean I'm not professional enough?"

Lydia kept winking at Winters, but Winters didn't want to tell lies.

Winters: Paused and said, "Well... you're not a professional anyway."

Elena glanced at Lydia, and then smiled vaguely: "You really don't want to learn? Although not all Gryffindor students are courageous students, but you are really a little too cautious."

Winters couldn't help but take a step back and said: "No, I still prefer the feeling of flying. Phantom migration is indeed very convenient, but I'd better wait for the professionals to teach me in the sixth grade."

At this time, Elena's brother Kane came over. He patted Winters on the shoulder and said: "My sister mastered phantom movement very quickly. With your talent, you learned it in one morning. Don't be afraid of the so-called The split phenomenon is an extremely rare phenomenon."

Winters hesitated: "Well... But Elena is not a professional. I have never doubted her talent."

Kane asked briskly: "Is Apparition a curse?"

Winters said suspiciously: "Of course it is."

Kane asked firmly: "Then what are you doubting? Do you doubt your own magical talent?"

Winters was stunned for a moment: "No... of course not..."

Kane turned his head and waved to Riels and said: "Wait a moment for me - then what are you afraid of? Just master the three rules of phantom migration. It's not as scary as you think - you guys can continue preparing for the play. , I can't wait any longer." After saying that, Kane went to find Riels and the others.

Winters looked at Kane's back, then at Elena, gritted his teeth and said:

"Okay, I'll learn from you" - Elena's eyes seemed to flash.

"——But I have a request."

"Require?"

"Don't tease me"

After Winters said this, Elena immediately laughed, but the strange thing was that her eyes were looking at Lydia, and Aurora had a stiff smile on her face.

Elena gradually put away her smile and said: "No, of course I won't, I swear - I swear to Merlin with my soul, I will not play tricks on you."

Mike looked at Elena and asked: "Can you really teach him in one morning? Courage is a necessary condition for accepting new things."

Elena snorted and said: "Your friend is far more courageous than you think. Winters is just too cautious."

Elena's words made Mike not know what to say for a moment. He wondered if he had said something wrong.

Eisen frowned and glanced at Mike and said: "Then Elena, please, if you can teach Winters that--the compound spell--that's the spell anyway--if you can teach him that would be great." alright"

Elena said confidently: "This is as simple as drinking water. Come on Winters, I think you will be able to do it in 2 hours at most."

Elena first went to ask Mr. Krall for the key to the training room. Mr. Krall was very shocked after hearing what Elena was going to teach Winters, but under Mrs. Krall's suggestion, he still The key was given to Elena.

After they arrived at the spacious training room, Elena said easily: "You only need to remember three words: determination, goal, and calmness. Do you need me to explain?"

Winters thought for a moment and said, "No, no, I think I understand what these three words are for."

Elena nodded and waved her wand, conjuring a wooden sign 50 meters away from Winters. She continued:

"Remember these three words: calmness, determination, and goal, and then mobilize your own magic power according to your own understanding. You first try to use phantom movement to get yourself to the wooden sign."

Winters took a deep breath. According to Elena's request, for a moment, time seemed to stand still. Then Winters felt that he was roughly stuffed into the rubber tube, and strong pressure surged from all directions. But this feeling only lasted for a moment, and then he was shocked to find that he had reached the side of the wooden sign. The only shortcoming was that he was lying on the ground with his face on the ground.

Elena applauded in the distance. She clapped her hands and shouted: "Try and see if you can come back. Remember, determination, calmness, goal."

It was too late, but soon, Winters ran back in an instant. This time, instead of landing on his face, he staggered and sat down on the ground. Elena looked at Winters with satisfaction and seriousness and said:

"As a beginner, your performance is very good. Now you can try to phantom to the yew tree in our yard. I will wait for you first."

After Elena finished speaking, with a slight sound, she turned around and disappeared.

Winters looked at the place where Elena disappeared, his heart pounding:

"Is there such an irresponsible teacher?"

But complaining alone can't solve any problems, Winters can only do what Elena asks.

"Okay...determination, courage, goal" Winters took a deep breath and muttered silently.

Then the terrible squeezing feeling came again, but it went away just as quickly as it came. In the blink of an eye, Winters smelled the faint smell of earth again, and he lay face down on the ground again.

"Winters, get up quickly. Your mother will be unhappy seeing you like this."

It was Elena's voice, which sounded very relaxed.

Winters endured the feeling of dizziness, staggered up and found that his head was less than 20 centimeters away from the tall yew tree.

"Looks like I'm not that bad, I thought I was going to crash"

Elena was leaning against the yew tree, looking at him with a smile.

"What did Professor Dumbledore say? Humility is a precious virtue, but low self-esteem is not."

Elena glanced at Riels who was walking with her girlfriend and said: "I remember you used the phantom movement spell before, when you were fighting those Death Eaters in the third grade."

Winters responded and said, "That's not phantom movement. It's a simplified version of phantom movement, or it can be a transformation. After I saw the splitting accident caused by phantom movement, I stayed away from this curse."

Elena asked in surprise: "Aren't you afraid of the erosion of black magic? The erosion caused by black magic to the caster is also irreversible, and the separation caused by phantom migration is completely reversible."

Winters said with some distress: "I understand, but I can't help it. I can't let the tragedy in Alder City happen again to my current relatives.

This is the only thing I can do for them, as for the backlash of dark magic. . . .I can’t think that far ahead, and my ability to control magic is pretty good. I think at least there won’t be any serious problems in the next few years.”

Elena was stunned for a moment and said slowly: "Have you ever thought that they are more concerned about your safety? If you are so addicted to seizing the power of black magic, you will put yourself in an extremely dangerous situation. When you find out By the time the black magic's influence on you becomes obvious, it's already too late."

Winters looked at his wand and said in a dull tone: "I can't control that far, and I'm not sure how far I can go. The terrible backlash may come over tomorrow unstoppably."

Then Winters smiled bitterly and said: "Let's take it one step at a time. Maybe it's not that bad. After all, my control over black magic is still very strong. Let's go. I think they have already discussed the arrangement of the drama." about there"

Winters and Jelena approached Jim when they were having a heated discussion about who would be better suited to play Kyle Salas.Jim and Mike were at odds with each other, and Aurora didn't participate in the discussion.

Lydia simply said: "Aurora went to see Les. She said she had some questions that she didn't understand."

Elsa looked at Winters and said: "Which one of them do you think is more suitable to play Kel'Thalas?"

"I don't know, don't ask me, why don't you try flipping a coin?" Winters suggested.

Lydia obviously didn't want to hear what she thought was a pointless argument anymore, and she immediately agreed to Winters' suggestion.

"Heads Mike, tails Jim, you win or lose in one go," Lydia said, throwing the coin high.

After the coin flipped several times in the air, it fell into Lydia's hand.Lydia opened her palms and said:

"Kael'Thalas is played by Jim"

Jim jumped up happily, while Mike looked unwilling.

Elsa comforted Mike: "You can play the adjutant of Kael'Thalas, Mendest. It's okay. Kael'Thalas's adjutant is also a famous figure in history."

Mike looked at the coins on the ground unwillingly and reluctantly agreed. At this time, Mr. Krall was pushed over by Lisa in a wheelchair. He suggested that the people playing the Muggle army each ride a horse. The look on Mike's face The clouds were swept away.

"The space here is too small, let's go to a more spacious place"

"Howles's horse farm? I haven't seen him for a while."

Mrs. Klar nodded and said: "That's him. I heard that his business has been bad recently because people think horses can't run as fast as cars."

Mr. Kral nodded and said: "Then it is even more appropriate for us to visit him.

Jim asked very timidly: "Sir... you want to take us there?"

Aisha and Mike looked in disbelief, and they suspected that they heard wrongly.

"Don't you want to go? Horse riding and cycling are two different feelings."

"No, of course I want to go," Jim and Elsa shouted in unison, then looked at each other awkwardly.

Lisa looked at Link, Matt and Les who were having a snowball fight and said, "I think we should leave some free space for Riles and Crane."

Locke was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "Of course, Hannah and Irene also hope to have a good talk with them."

Lisa looked at Winters and said: "Winters, call your parents, Aurora and Lydia - Elena, please contact Elsa and Karai and write a letter now, See if they have the time and mood to go to Halls Racecourse, we will leave on December 12th.”

Elena: "I'll call them now"

Elsa suddenly asked: "Isn't Harry going?"

Lisa shook her head and said: "Albus said that Harry still has a lot to learn. You will have the opportunity to ask Harry for his autograph in the future."

Winters said to Elsa: "I can ask him for his autograph, and wait until I-" Winters stopped mid-sentence, and he looked at Mrs. Krall.

Mrs. Krall said softly: "Studying is very hard. I think adequate rest will be more beneficial to future studies."

Elena suddenly laughed when she looked at Winters.

"Elena!" Mrs. Krall looked at her daughter seriously.

"I didn't say anything," Elena said confidently.

Mrs. Klar shook her head helplessly: "Hurry up and contact your friends. After so many things, they must also want to relax."

Elena disappeared with a whoosh. Mrs. Krall looked at the place where her daughter disappeared and kept shaking her head: "I pampered her too much."

Mr. Carrard contacted Mr. Halls in the evening. When Mr. Halls heard the long list of visitors, he asked three times, "You didn't lie to me, did you?"

"Brother, why should I lie to you, and you didn't even ask if something so big happened to me?"

"Merlin's beard, how dare I ask? None of the various rumors are more optimistic. Each one is more sad and joyful than the last. What's more, it is said that the mysterious man has returned."

"Let's not talk about this for now. Do you have enough horses there? There are a lot of people going this time."

"Don't worry, everyone will have a good time."

At 8 o'clock, Winters successfully restored the scene under Elena's prompting - a wizard appeared in the blazing lightning, although the cost was that the hair on Winters' forehead was burned.

At 12 o'clock in the morning on December 30, they took the train to Halls Racecourse. When they arrived there, Slyer, Karai, Elsa, and Hermione were already waiting for them, and the Grangers were chatting with Slyer. The mother was talking about something, looking a little nervous. Malan sat in a wheelchair with his eyes closed to meditate.

"It seems that you are also seriously injured," Locke looked at Malan and said.

"No matter what, save a life - cough cough" Malan coughed and continued: "Those who work in our profession must be prepared to hand over their lives."

Slyer's mother said sternly, "What nonsense are you talking about in front of the children?"

"But... But, Celcia... I tell the truth... You know, I never tell lies."

"But you don't have to tell your children this at Christmas, it's not too late to tell them when they are older."

"Anyway, everyone's here—where's Howles? He's going—"

"Come in, my old friends, we are offering [-]% ​​off today."

At this time, a very strong-looking man with a silver beard and a slight bald head ran over. His voice was very deep.

"Of course, of course, that's how it should be. Come on, I bet you guys will have a lot of fun - oh, I know who you are -" Howles paused after glancing at the Eisens and the Kralls. :

"Let's not talk about that, Winters, we have to be happy at Christmas - so you used to - oh" Howles said after tapping the back of his somewhat bald head: "Of course you have ridden a horse, and you also flew. Ma, during the summer vacation of your second grade—

"Pegasus?" Hermione's eyes widened.

"Ha, that's shocking, isn't it? But I'm pretty sure that's not a real Pegasus, but a masterpiece of Winters using some kind of high-level transformation - right?"

"Yes, sir" Winters was very surprised, why did he even know this.

"Kid, don't be too surprised. You turned the animals in the southern mountains of Colin Shield Town into doll-like things overnight. This is no small matter - of course, we all know that everything happens for a reason."

While they were talking, they came to the stable. Different from what Winters had imagined, this stable was very neat and spacious.

"These are very intelligent and very individual animals, and they are also observing you - so you can choose a group of horses for yourself that have the same interests as you - in the words of the wizard, it is not the rider who chooses the horse, but the horse who chooses the rider. "

Elena spotted a group of black horses at a glance.The horse's hair still looked very shiny under the winter sun. Winters's deepest impression of the horse that Elena liked was that it was tall.

"Locke, I have to say that your daughter's vision is really sharp. She actually chose Pegasus."

"Then we have to see if Pegasus can choose her. What you just said is very interesting. It is the horse that chooses the rider, not the rider who chooses the horse -"

A low neighing sound interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Wow, it seems that he is in a hurry - come on, you have a keen eye. Do you know who she is? If you let her get hurt, we can close the store."

Then there was another neigh, as if the man and the horse were having a conversation.

Howles opened the fence, Pegasus jumped out, and then knelt down next to Elena, while Elena nimbly flipped onto the horse's back.

"let's go"

Elena said as she kicked off her horse, Pegasus let out a long roar and rushed over quickly.

Karai, Elsa, Hermione, and several of Irina's brothers all picked horses that were compatible with them and filed out.But when it was Lydia's turn to choose, a tall, dark brown horse with shiny coat jumped out of the fence, and then looked at Lydia intently.

This situation blinded Halls, and Winters pulled out his wand completely subconsciously.

Howles was frightened by Winters' actions. He immediately rushed between the dark brown tall horse and Winters:

"Wow, wow, wow - hey, don't get excited, don't get excited... He's just impatient - hey, let me ask you, Arion, are you so impatient?"

Arion snorted impatiently.

"Okay, Lydia, it seems that he is determined to follow you."

After Lydia went out, Howles looked at Winters

"It's your turn, kid. But it seems... they're all rejecting you."

Halls was right. I don't know why, but the horses here kept backing up after seeing Winters walking towards them.After a while Howles said:

"I think it may be your own magic power or the wand - I heard that in order to find out what the monster that turned your friend to stone was, you used black magic to force Aragog to reveal the taboos of their family. , As a result, Aragog has become extremely unstable since then. I think these intelligent animals must have felt the dark magic in you."

Although Howles spoke in a very calm tone, there was a hint of uneasiness in his eyes.

"Hmm... It's nothing... I've long been used to it... Anyway, the character I play is a wizard. In the past, wizards didn't need to ride horses when traveling far away."

Winters looked at Elena and the others who were performing horsemanship outside and felt unspeakably depressed.

"Alas... Fate is so fair, it gives you -"

"Moo~~"

Winters turned his head following the sound and saw a tall bison standing up from the ground, looking very confused, as if he had just woken up.

"This is..." Winters was confused.

"Torres, it's very smart-"

Before Halls could finish his words, the bison stood up directly, resting its head on the fence and looking at Winters intently.

"Well... this... you... um... don't you feel embarrassed? Your friends all ride horses, but you ride a cow."

"No... of course not... I remember that cows can run much faster than horses... I like the sense of speed."

After Winters mounted the bison, it practically jumped out.

After everyone played for a while, Lydia suggested that the play assigned by Mr. Bell should be completed as soon as possible.

Controlling his laughs, Winters plays the necromancer Apollycus.

When Winters really emerged from the blazing lightning, Elsa jumped up in surprise, while Elena clapped with a mysterious smile.

Jim plays the conqueror of the North, Kael'Thalas, riding a tall brown horse and commanding his "knights" to charge into battle.

This play gave everyone present a glimpse of the past 1500 years ago.

"I am certain that this play will definitely get full marks."

"Full marks? Just perfect marks? I want a scholarship!" Jim was very excited.

Aurora suggested: "Then let's have a competition? A horse riding competition."

Elsa jumped up on the horse and said confidently: "You can't compare to me."

Elena jumped on the horse and said: "If you are afraid of embarrassment, you don't have to participate, but... I think... I can take you to participate, and I didn't say I can't bring passengers."

"Torreth - no need, Elena, I think you don't like to be second to others."

The bison passed by immediately, nearly knocking Winters into the snow.

Elena looked at Winters and said: "So, are you going to take a lonely trip? Or do you want to bring us unexpected surprises?"

"Lonely? How can I be lonely when I have him with me? As for unexpected surprises... I don't think anyone has seen a bison flying in the sky yet."

Elena's eyes flashed, and she continued: "Let me think about it...a mixed application of the Levitation Curse and the Transformation Curse?"

Winters nodded to Elena and said: "You are smart, nothing can trouble you."

Elena laughed, fixed her hair and said, "Do you mind if I join this trip?"

Winters was very surprised: "Aren't you going to compete? And... your father has a flying car. You should always fly in the sky."

Elena said happily: "Of course I often fly in the sky, but after all, I am sitting in a car, and the feeling is definitely very different from riding a Pegasus."

"Elena, if I heard correctly, you want to use a fusion of the Levitation Spell and the Transformation Spell to make your animal companion fly."

Mr. Kral was pushed over by Lisa in his wheelchair.

"Yes, Dad, I want to feel that way."

Winters originally thought that Mr. Krall would disagree, but he just looked at Mrs. Krall. After Mrs. Krall nodded slightly, he said:

"Then go ahead, pay attention to safety, and don't leave too far from this racecourse."

Mrs. Krall said seriously: "Elena, stay safe. Winters, the same goes for you - it's 4 p.m., and I want to see you two in sight before 6 p.m."

"I'm not a child anymore, and I've recovered a long time ago. There's no need to be so serious," Elena said impatiently.

Winters waved his wand, and a pair of wings transformed from air masses appeared on both sides of Torreth. They flapped gently, bringing up a breeze.

After casting a head-bubbly spell on himself, Winters jumped up and sat on Torrath. He looked at Elena and said:

"Are you ready?"

Elena was almost in sync with Winters. She looked at Winters and said:

"Lady first?"

"certainly"

Elena laughed: "Pegasus, let's go, the sea of ​​clouds is waiting for us."

Then, Elena kicked Madden, and Pegasus let out a long roar and immediately flew up, getting faster and faster.

"Torres, what about you? Do you want to see the sea of ​​clouds in the sky?"

"Moo~~"

"Let's go!" Winters shouted excitedly.

The ground got farther and farther away from him, and the Kralls became smaller and smaller, until they turned into a small black dot and were no longer visible.

When Winters passed through the clouds, he saw Pegasus and Elena jumping up and down above the first floor, his wings turned from air masses beating slowly.

"You definitely can't lead me around like that, then"

Before Winters could finish his words, Torrath suddenly began to speed up. Even though he was protected by the Bubble Curse, Winters still heard a "whirring" sound.

A few minutes later, Winters couldn't help but turn his head and look back, and found that Elena was not chasing him.

"Stop, where did Elena go? Why didn't I see him?"

A few minutes later, as Winters grew increasingly anxious—

"Ha--" Elena suddenly rushed over from nowhere. Winters was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

"Wow~~You...you took Pegasus's phantom with you?"

"Yes, I originally wanted to use the Disillusionment Curse, but I thought you would definitely see through it, so I used Phantom Movement. Let's go. The lighting conditions here are not good enough. We should fly higher."

A few minutes later, they saw the sun hidden above the clouds. Different from the hazy sun on the ground, the sun they saw above the clouds was very bright.

When Winters was about to say something, he noticed that Elena was looking very fascinated.

“After I got sick, my father would fly me above the clouds in a flying car whenever he had time to show me what the sun really looks like, and he would take me to see it no matter the sunrise or sunset.

Then one day on his birthday, I asked him: Will I ever have the chance to fly above the clouds alone on a Pegasus to watch the sunrise and sunset? That was the only time I saw my father shed tears. "

While speaking, Elena stared blankly at the sun in the distance.Then when she turned to look at Winters, her eyes were full of tears.

Winters racked his brains to comfort Elena: "Everything is over. You are full of energy now, and you choked a brilliant reporter speechless. Your grades are all full marks... and you also... The Lord of Souls has escaped, which is an achievement that most people would never dare to imagine."

Elena didn't say anything else, she just looked at Winters and laughed happily.

(End of this chapter)