Hogwarts: Dirge of Magic

The gate of the castle was pushed open, and the remaining sunlight shone into the castle.

Under the corrosion of the vines growing and spreading on the ground, the stone brick floor under the feet is no longer smooth.Step on it, there is a matte texture under your feet.

Unlike the residual sunlight outside, the thick walls blocked the warm sunlight, and with the plants growing inside, the castle felt damp and cold like a wet cellar.

Cifer believes that Elise and her subconscious will not harm her.

That is to say, normally, everything here will not harm oneself.

But according to Luna, the Silent Beast in Alice's body has broken away from part of the seal.

So as long as it is something that seems out of place with the castle, you may be attacked by it.

These vines are obviously not, more like a means to strengthen the castle... Sifa who came to the center of the hall thought deeply.

At this moment.

Rumbling--

No one controlled it, and the gate of the castle closed by itself.

Fortunately, part of the roof of the castle is made of dark yellow colored glass, and a little light can penetrate into the castle.

It wouldn't make Xifa's eyes darken.

Xifa remained calm, glanced around, and suddenly, he stopped.

On the gray wall above, he noticed something was wrong.

Stepping on the dusty stairs step by step, he quickly came to the second floor of the hall.

This floor is only for exhibitions, and the walls are covered with framed pictures.

One of them was something I found wrong. The other portraits on the wall were blurry, but the portrait hanging in the far corner turned out to be a woman who looked exactly like Elise.

It seems to feel that there is a living person in front of him looking at him.

The woman in the portrait struggles to open her trembling eyelids, and her lips move slightly to spit out words.

"Elizabeth, forgive mom for not being with you all the time, did you encounter any sad things again?"

The woman's tone was very gentle, full of concern for her child.

Xifa who listened had a complex expression, but he didn't reply.

Without waiting for an answer, the woman sighed.

"You know, better hurry up, every time I talk to you, it makes me disappear faster..."

Her blue eyes opened a slit and suddenly opened wide.

Not his daughter, but a handsome boy who is about the same age as his daughter?

Her surprised expression was almost exactly the same as Alice's frightened expression, and Sifa's expression slowed down.

"Sorry, Mrs. Fergus."

It seemed that every time the portrait was disturbed, the person who claimed to be Elise's mother would disappear faster.

Xifa apologized a little embarrassedly.

"Ah, it's okay, can you tell me how you got here?"

......

After communicating with Ms. Fergus, Xifa understood that this is the inner world of Alice.

It is also the place where the silent beast in Alice's heart is sealed.

Mrs. Fergus existed as a mother's blessing to her child after giving birth to Elise.

Due to the existence of this seal, as long as Alice falls asleep deeply, she will come here, that is to say.

Alice's dream is certain, it is the almost eternal picture of the castle and the outside.

Alice was very lonely. When she was a child, she communicated with Mrs. Fergus every day to relieve her psychological pressure and prevent being taken advantage of by the Silent Beast.

Until the appearance of Luna, Alice can endure loneliness alone in this castle.

"Elise hasn't seen me for a long time. What happened to her recently?"

After listening to Ms. Fergus' explanation and inquiry, Xifa quickly told about the experience outside and how he got here.

"Unexpectedly, Elise has trusted you from the bottom of her heart." Mrs. Fergus covered her mouth and smiled, "Let me help you one last time. Without my guidance, you will not be able to find Ellie hiding in the castle." Silky."

"Finally, I would like to say one more thing, I hope Elise is not mistaken..."

As the voice gradually fell, the woman in the portrait gradually became blurred.

Finally, a red carnation flower was suspended in front of Xifa.

After hesitating for a moment, Sifa still raised his hand to take the flowers.

At the same time, a hidden door on the first floor opened, revealing the stairs inside.

Quickly coming to the door, Xifa looked inside, it was so deep that he couldn't see the darkness with his hands.

Xifa subconsciously wanted to use magic, but found that without a wand, nothing could be done here.

Imagine holding a flashlight in your hand, and you get nothing...

How could Elise know what a Muggle flashlight is... Sifer slapped her forehead.

Change his thinking, this time, he imagined holding an old oil lamp in his hand.

He succeeded, he felt his hand sink, opened his eyes and saw, sure enough, an oil lamp appeared in his hand.

Holding the oil lamp, he stretched out his hand forward.

It was found that the oil lamp can indeed illuminate the next road.

Nodding in satisfaction, Xifa stepped into the secret door.

He climbed up the stairs step by step, with endless darkness on both sides, as well as the front and back.

But he was firm in his heart and was not moved by it at all.

Wait for me, Elise...

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This is a secret room somewhere, and there is no door to enter or leave here.

A thin figure was guarding a candle in front of him, and the candle emitted a distinctive off-white glowing light.

That figure was a girl, she was wearing a simple white dress, sitting on the ground barefoot and disheveled.

She hugged her closed legs with both hands, and buried her face deeply between her legs.

It is not difficult to see from her body twitching from time to time that she is crying at this time.

In front of her eyes, the glowing lights from the candles only covered a few steps around her, and she could see that this place was a patchwork of uneven stones.

Other than that, it was pitch black, but these dark things were real ink, and they rolled from time to time, revealing all kinds of hideous faces and minions.

Since the candle flames were right in front of her, Alice's shadow stretched long enough to blend into them.

But as time passes by every minute and every second.

Elise's heart also gradually collapsed, and the matter in the darkness gradually approached Elise along the shadow.

It seems that as long as it is attached to Elise, it can control her.

I don't know how long it took, but Alice seemed tired from crying.

There is no control over the minions behind you.

She still buried her head between her legs, relying on her feeling, tremblingly raised her jade lotus-like arm, and stretched forward tremblingly with her light-white fingers.

The index finger and thumb stop around the wick, as long as you grit your teeth and push hard.

This light will be extinguished by itself.

And myself, will be completely freed.

It seems to feel that he is about to break free from the seal.

The surrounding matter seems to be holding its breath, and it is also motionless.

It was afraid that it would irritate Elise and make her change her mind again.

The moment Alice's fingers stopped trembling and were about to close firmly.

Snapped--

A hand clasped her wrist firmly, and at the same time pulled it upwards forcefully.

The driven air current caused the candles to flicker for a while.

But it still stubbornly emits off-white light.

The ashamed Alice exclaimed, and was pulled into a familiar and warm embrace.

"Sifa?!"

She said in disbelief.