Hogwarts: Dirge of Magic

"By the way, where is Professor Dumbledore?"

This was Professor Dumbledore's office, and Sifer felt that he needed his help.

So Xifa asked Luna, after all, she had a way to enter the office, maybe she knew the professor's movements.

"The professor left Hogwarts yesterday. He left Fox's tail feathers and told me his office could serve as a temporary shelter."

Luna's expression was still a little sad, but also a little happy.

She was sad that she used the office so soon; fortunately, she and Sifa entered the office safely.

"What happened again, Professor Dumbledore left Hogwarts again?"

Xifa knew that there was a high probability that it was a matter of war, but he really didn't know the specific reason.

"Here, look at this."

Luna heard Sifa's confusion, she quickly put her hand into her sleeve, and after searching, she took out a newspaper from it.

Xifa hesitated for a moment before stretching out his hand. On the way, he saw the pattern of phoenix feathers on the corner of the newspaper.

Only then did he speed up the action of taking over.

"Is it a coincidence?"

After reading the contents of the newspaper, Xifa murmured.

Luna didn't answer, she was afraid that her thoughts would affect Xifa's judgment.

This year, the German Ministry of Magic launched a "lightning" offensive.The wizarding world called it the "White Lightning" project.

A few days ago, around April 4th.

The German Ministry of Magic successively captured the Ministry of Magic of Denmark and Norway, and the people of these two countries began to be ruled by the military policy of the Shadow Empire.

Faced with accusations from the global magic community, the Shadow Empire ignored it.

Attack the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg before May 5.

Now, after the desperate visits of the frontline wizards, it has been confirmed that the Ministry of Magic of the three countries has fallen.

The lives of its people have been shrouded in shadow.

A little errand at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore won't go to the Maginot Line in France for the lives of his students?

Obviously, Dumbledore will not lose the big because of small things.

For the greater good, he would even sacrifice himself without hesitation.

"When was the tail feather given to you?"

"I think about it... the day you went to Hogsmeade!" Luna checked her memory for a while before giving Sifa the answer.

"so long..."

Now, Xifa is not sure whether Dumbledore knows what happened in the school.

"Well, tonight you find an excuse to rest with me for a night."

Xifa pondered for a moment, then asked.

"Have you learned the breath-holding magic in elf magic?"

"Not very skilled...can walk, but can't maintain while running." Luna seemed a little self-blame.

Sifer sighed and stroked her hair reassuringly.

This is not to blame for Luna, elf magic requires not only talent, but also a state of mind. Years of semi-orphan life has made Luna very strong in her heart, but compared with herself who has been influenced by the culture of the ancient country, there is a huge gap.

It can be said that if it weren't for these days, Xifa intermittently used the thinking hall to simulate the cultural scenes of the ancient country for Luna to give insights, and now she would not even be qualified to learn elf magic.

"It's not a big problem, we shouldn't need to chase." If you chase Elise, it means you've been discovered, and it doesn't matter whether you use breath-holding magic or not.

In this way, Xifa decided to go on a night tour that night...in order to verify that Iris was framed, or to rescue Iris who was controlled.

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After dinner, Luna found an excuse casually, and occupied Xifa's ownership that night.

Alice and Cassandra smiled knowingly and parted in the hall.

Following the big troops who went back to the dormitory to rest after dinner, they went back to the common room of each college.

The breath-suppressing magic cannot turn oneself into a transparent appearance like the illusion spell.

The effect of this magic is to use the free magic power in the air to cover up the breath on your body.

Basically, all detection magic will fail, and the general way to crack it is to see the caster with your own eyes or use most of the magic power to fill the entire space.

But obviously, Xifa would not walk carelessly in the aisle, and it was impossible for the observed person to erupt with magic power to attract the attention of the remaining professor.

after midnight.

The castle was shrouded in moonlight, and the soft hooting of owls could be heard from time to time in the quiet night.

On the top of Ravenclaw's tower, the flames on the torches kept dancing.

From time to time shines on these little ones hiding in the shadows outside the window.

I thought it was a calm night as usual.

And yet... the door to the Ravenclaw common room slowly opened.

'Elise' stepped out of it with a stride of dragon and tiger, and then quickly walked down the steps of the tower.

She walked briskly, humming an unknown tune.

It seems that this is not the first time she has walked this road, so she didn't even look back at the sculpture behind her.

Ever since she stepped out the door of the common room.

All her behaviors fell into the sight of the two of them.

It was Xifa and Luna.

The two of them hid behind the eagle wings next to the door knocker, Sifa watched all this with a solemn expression, while Luna covered her mouth, trying her best not to make a sound.

"Go, follow."

Cifer gave Luna a wink, and the two of them walked around the stairs in a loop when Elise came right under the two of them.

The two followed her pace and walked down the tower little by little.

Came to the first floor, followed 'Iris' through the corridor, and quietly turned into the window that had been opened earlier on the first floor, avoiding the sound of the door opening.

Like going downstairs, follow the steps of 'Elise' to climb the stairs step by step.

On the seventh floor, 'Iris' stopped.

She turned her back to the stairs and faced the wall, as if admiring something.

At the corner of the stairs, Sifer quietly poked out half of her face, 'Iris' didn't move, and neither did Sifer.

Behind Xifa, Luna, who didn't know anything, wanted to probe nervously to see the situation, but Xifa stopped her with her hand, and she really wanted to stomp her foot in a hurry.

Suddenly, 'Iris' moved.

Xifa was startled, he thought he had been discovered.

Just as he was about to quickly look away, he found that 'Iris' was just looking down at her waist for something.

Fortunately, it was the waist, and Xifa knew that there was a pocket on the clothes of 'Iris', otherwise, Xifa tried to expose it, and wanted to petrify this unknown existence.

a paintbrush?

It seems that she looks very excited, and the paintbrush keeps turning in her hand, drawing dazzling traces.

Wait... paintbrush!

Most of the energy was still on monitoring, and Xifa hadn't reacted at first.

By the time he realized it, 'Elise' had raised her hand to pick up the brush, and painted tiny traces on the wall of the corridor.

And after the paint dries, these traces fit perfectly with the original lines or gaps.

Even if it is Xifa, the naked eye can't see it after knowing it.

The point is not what effect these unknown veins actually have.

Now Xifa finally reacted.

The person who made herself have nightmares during the summer vacation, killed Jack, and fooled Abraxas Malfoy was actually Elise!Or, the unknown being controlling her.

Shocked, Xifa's breath-holding magic failed.

At the same time, the carefree 'Iris' stopped suddenly.

She turned her head slowly, as if she knew this day would come, she showed a slightly familiar smile to Xifa.

The long hair and immature feminine face did not prevent Sifer from thinking of Brant Fergus before he died, and he also had such a smile.

It seems to say, look, I'm back again...

boom--

"Thank you, Luna."

Thanks to Luna, seeing that something was wrong with Xifa, she directly released the Curse of Ending Ten Thousand Curses in front of her.

Resisted an unknown magic that Alice casually issued.

The sound of the explosion also woke up Xifa.