Hogwarts: Dirge of Magic

Yes, Xifa didn't feel more active in thinking and quicker in response.

Mind can also be cultivated by practicing magic.

Xifa hurriedly asked Luna.

"Works great, I have a few questions."

Speaking of this, both Alice and Luna turned their eyes to the frowning Sifer.

"I feel that sobriety medicine can't speed up my thinking, can't improve my responsiveness, it just keeps me from getting tired."

"By analogy, does the stamina potion only make you energetic and not feel tired, but your physical fitness will not change?"

"What changes physical fitness is the rage potion..."

Luna quietly added.

Xifa paused, "Is there no side effect?"

"Have..."

Luna is weak.

"Go out for a run every morning in the future, do you have any comments?"

"No..." x2

Luna and Alice glanced at each other, and said in unison weakly.

The following weekend, exercise in the morning, afternoon...

After eating a meat-and-vegetarian lunch, Xifa contemplated the arrangements for the afternoon.

Yes, find Professor Dumbledore.

Maybe he will arrange an empty classroom for us.

However, Xifa's good wishes were shattered before he even said it.

[I have something to go out, come back on Monday! 】

Ringing on Professor Dumbledore's office, a string of golden and red words appeared on it.

"Hey?"

Alice made a sound in surprise.

"Why are you surprised? This must be a method Professor Dumbledore developed against you. He sneaked in and took a letter while he was away!"

Luna reprimanded her mercilessly.

Alice covered her face in shame.

Xifa smiled, suddenly, he thought of an excellent location.

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Hogwarts main castle

The number of floors is eight

Here, in addition to the principal's office, there is also the Gryffindor lounge.

Although it was Saturday afternoon, the entire floor was quiet and deserted.

But with the arrival of the three of them, the still picture has a touch of life.

"Sifer, this is the Gryffindor lounge!"

Looking at Sifa, who was heading straight for the portrait of the fat woman with a clear goal, Alice couldn't help but speak.

"I just came to see."

Sifa smiled.

"I guess we can't go in at will."

"Of course, as long as the password is correct! Anyone can enter if the password is correct!"

The fat lady on the portrait half-closed her eyes and seemed to be asleep said in a low voice.

However, the correct password or the words of supplication have not been waited for.

She opened her eyes suddenly, only to realize that the three people in front of her were not students of her own academy.

"Children, you are first-year freshmen! Inter-faculties are not allowed to communicate with each other in the lounge! Of course, we Gryffindors are an exception, as long as you really want to be friends with us... I almost forgot, you should leave quickly The war is about to break out, and the school is under martial law this semester. The war has nothing to do with the school's little wizards, but they even drew portraits of us..."

The fat lady who woke up was obviously full of energy, she chattered and began to complain about the school's ban.

"Uh, Ma'am, I'm going to rest, we're leaving now."

Xifa couldn't stand this kind of enthusiastic exchange, so he gave a salute, and before the fat lady could react, he led the two of them and fled.

"Gryffindors are famous for their hospitality! Like in previous years, no one didn't know that the Gryffindor lounge was on the eighth floor. Even so, no one could mix into the lounge of their house. No exaggeration To put it bluntly, I'm afraid that anyone randomly pulled out by their college can proficiently name every Gryffindor student."

Worthy of being a hospitable Gryffindor!

Cifer clicked his tongue. In Gryffindor, friendship knows no age.

"Of course, our college doesn't hide our lounge."

On the other hand, Luna added.

"But few outsiders can answer the knocker's question correctly."

"Where are the other two colleges? Do you know?"

Alice thought about it.

"It should be on the basement floor. I don't know the specifics of Slytherin. Hufflepuff is next to the kitchen."

"Kitchen?! Do you know where the kitchen is?!"

"Of course!"

Alice proudly stroked her chest and puffed it out.

"hey-hey--"

Cifer gave a strange smile.

Luna and Elise looked at each other and hugged each other, pretending to be scared.

Fighting.

The three returned to the hall on the eighth floor.

"Next, I need a little help from you."

Xifa took a step forward, turned around and stretched out a finger to shake at the two of them.

"Here? Do you want to practice magic here? Have you seen that stone beast? Behind it is our principal's office!"

"Ahem, no, yes, uh..."

"Ahem, of course it's not here. I heard an interesting story from my senior last night."

Calling the two to come closer, Xifa lowered his voice when he saw that there was no one around.

"He had a date with his girlfriend here and found a magical house here. Unfortunately, he only saw it once."

Xifa is serious nonsense.

And Alice and Luna didn't hear about secret rooms, or magical rooms.

He didn't care about Xifa's expression of making up stories.

Just the word dating makes both of them dizzy.

The two did not question Xifa in a tacit understanding.

They searched the entire hall in silence.

The two even issued detection magic with their wands, poking and beating constantly, trying to find the hidden mechanism.

Xifa vaguely remembered that it was next to a picture.

However, until Xifa passed by all the portraits, there was no slight change.

As the sun goes down.

The second daughter gave up, and they came to Xifa and comforted him.

"Sifa, your news may be a prank, let's go back first."

"Yeah, this is the territory of Gryffindor after all. We will be overwhelmed once we are surrounded."

I always feel like I'm missing something.

Portraits, isn't the triggering mechanism of this world portraits?

Xifa tried hard to read the vague memory, and let the two daughters lead him away.

Until, the three of them passed the tapestry where the troll beat Barnabas silly with a stick.

Sensitivity to imagery.

Sifer glanced at the tapestry, and it dawned on him.

I think that the portrait is the picture, but I ignore that the portrait does not necessarily exist only on the picture, and the portrait in memory does not necessarily only exist on the picture.

Cifer broke free from the hands of the two.

Under the watchful eyes of the two, they walked back and forth in front of the tapestry three times.

"found it!"

Not surprisingly, a door appeared opposite the tapestry.

Xifa pushed it away without hesitation.

"There really is a secret room!"

Alice screamed.

Luna quickly covered her mouth, and was relieved to see no one around.

Holding Alice's hand, the two girls also disappeared down the aisle.

What disappeared at the same time was the door to this room.

Enter the room and look at the scene in front of you.

Alice couldn't help but let out a scream.

"Sifa! What the hell is this place!"