Hogwarts: Dirge of Magic

Monday, Transfiguration classroom.

"I, Albus Dumbledore, announce that Sifer Kerwin will be teaching assistant for Transfiguration!"

Dumbledore's voice fell, and there was thunderous applause in the classroom.

Although Xifa seems to be physically handicapped at the moment, since the beginning of school, his excellent performance has convinced most of the young wizards in this year.

Very well, Xifa successfully obtained the recognition of the castle. Although he does not enjoy the professor's rights granted by the castle, he is no longer restricted by the students. For example, the effectiveness of casting magic in the corridors decreases, and it is difficult to cast spells on the buildings of the castle. wait.

There is only one Transfiguration class in the morning.

After class, when the rest of the young wizards had left the professor, Sifa 'walked' up to ask Dumbledore if there was a dictionary in ancient languages, and the answer he got was naturally yes, and it was a thick volume!

I had lunch with my second daughter, and spent the afternoon's spell class and herbal medicine class.

In the evening, the three returned to Xifa's dormitory again.

Sifa sat at the head of the bed and pulled over the desk, took out the dictionary and opened it.

At the first glance, Xifa almost collapsed, feeling that this is a Chinese-English dictionary, but, in short, anyway...it is not the exchange of traditional and simplified that Xifa wants.

Also, there is no simplified characters in this era... Xifa groaned in his heart.No way, bite the bullet and translate by myself.First look up the ancient text, the corresponding English meaning, and then translate it into simplified characters.

The sound of flipping books and rustling records spread throughout the dormitory.

Luna and Alice don't know ancient Chinese, so they took the ancient meanings recorded by Xifa and tried to straighten them into a sentence.

However, no matter how the two girls spliced ​​and moved the words, the sentences they formed made them look at a loss.

Forget it, give up, let Xifa work hard...

After several hours of hard work, a short article was finally translated into Simplified Chinese.

"Finally finished!"

After such a long time, Xifa, who had a sore back and sore wrists, dropped the quill, turned around and fell on the thick mattress.

Elise and Luna, who were discussing potion refining and magic patterns on the other side of the bed, put down their work after hearing this.

With bare feet, he crossed Sifa from the bed and came to the desk.

"what is this!"

Elise bent down to pick up the paper after the Western French translation, frowned and complained that she couldn't understand the ancient characters, nor could she understand the simplified characters. Although it looked simpler than the ancient characters, she still didn't understand!

Luna also took a look, stretched out her feet in dissatisfaction, stepped on the buttocks of Sifa who was paralyzed by her feet, and shook her legs in dissatisfaction.

Cifer was so tired that he gave up struggling and let Luna step on him.Facing down, he didn't even bother to lift his head, and just answered in a muffled voice.The sound seemed to come from inside the quilt.

"This is the translated text. I tried to express and display it in English, but it didn't work at all. I need the mysterious and mysterious feeling of the original text." Seven

Luna was unhappy when she heard the words, and she stepped on it more frequently and harder.

"Hey? Are you evading responsibility? Are you too lazy to explain?"

Yes, Xifa's magic sensitivity is very high, as long as you tell him clearly, there are very few magics that he can't perform.

If Xifa had learned magic patterns like himself since he was a child, I am afraid that he would not be able to compare with Xifa now.

After Luna thought this way, she found that Xifa still didn't want to make any more efforts to write down the spell, and she became even angrier.

Finally, Xifa still chose to compromise, because he really couldn't stand Luna kicking his buttocks all the time.

He rolled over and sat up facing the two of them.

"Okay, okay, I really can't express it."

"For example, the name of this magic, it's called 'Sealing Soul and Locking Soul', I translate it as a move that binds the soul... Do you think it's appropriate?"

As soon as Alice heard it, she grasped the point.

"Say it again... I know, this is a ritual magic. The ritual is the chanting of artistic conception and belief than the incantation, so the ritual will be composed of chanting of various strange voices."

After Luna heard it, she, who just blamed Xifa for not working hard, instantly understood that this was an ancient ritual magic, and now Xifa really does not have enough knowledge reserves to express it in English.

Because, she only knows that there is such magic, and the person who has the ability to record is Elise.

And Alice was at a loss. She didn't understand the ancient prose, so naturally she couldn't find the conversion relationship and artistic conception between the ancient prose and English singing.You must know that poetry and ancient poetry have a style gap that is almost as different as cloud and mud.

And if you want to express the artistic conception of this ritual magic in English, you must learn ancient prose...so as long as you learn ancient prose, or Luna learns ancient prose...

Luna and Elise looked at each other, and she also thought the same as Elise.

I must master such a miraculous word.

When he heard the idea of ​​the two of them wanting to learn ancient Chinese, Xifa's head suddenly became dizzy.

Even if you understand the meaning expressed in the ancient Chinese, there is a mysterious and mysterious feeling in it, and if you are not familiar with enough classic stories, how can you explain it clearly in a few words...

The most important thing about this magic is the artistic conception, how can I pass on my perception to them?

Got it!

Xifa suddenly thought of a brilliant idea. "Elise, cast Legilimency on me!"

"Ah?! Legilimency? Are you sure?" Hearing this, Elise widened her eyes in surprise. They were blue eyes with black stripes.

"Yes, you heard me right, I think I'm ready." Sifa replied with a smile.

Before, I had such a plan, even, the original intention of learning Legilimency was to quickly acquire knowledge.

However, both Elise and Luna have their own secrets, and some of them themselves.

As a result, the three of them couldn't really talk to each other.Not taking precautions doesn't mean you won't hide your secrets.

Just now, after repeatedly reading the article about sealing the soul, Xifa felt that his understanding of Occlumency had risen to another stage.

Speaking of Occlumency, Xifa now feels that it is a technique to classify brain memory and thinking.With the assistance of the soul-sealing and soul-locking magic, he has been able to visualize the memory in his mind.

For example, at this time, Xifa is turning his memories into books and placing them on different bookshelves in chronological order.

When needed, remove the book for quick reference to specific details.It can be said that under certain limitations, Xifa has achieved a photographic memory.

Now that Xifa and the two daughters are going through the dilemma of life and death together, Xifa thinks that he can completely open his heart to the two.After all, Luna inherited her own blood power, and Alice can also be said to have taken away most of her spiritual power.

I gave my body to Luna, and my soul to Elise...

Xifa believed that the two were ready to fully open up to themselves, but the girl's shyness kept them from mentioning this matter.

"Since you think it's okay..."

Xifa has said it all.Alice's eyes also became firm.

She secretly cheered herself up, she must restrain her curiosity, and don't take the initiative to dig into Xifa's memory.

Instead, it just 'swallowed' the memories and feelings displayed by Xifa.

It really takes trust and restraint.

For example, it's like Xifa is holding a piece of tofu in his hand, and Alice needs to hold a knife blindfolded.Following Xifa's instructions, he removed the tofu of appropriate size step by step and ate it into his own mouth.

A slight error or improper operation will cause unpredictable damage.

Luna also put away her smile, she thought of more.This may be the last test of the relationship between the three this year and even in the future.In particular, Elise's Silent Beast is now under control. In this case... her agreement with Elise... In case Elise suddenly wants to see who Sifer thinks is more important...

You know, Xifa's move is more sincere than the three people's previous agreement to practice Occlumency with Veritaserum.

Because, Xifa will not be on guard against Elise at all. Once Elise wants to gain control of all of Xifa's memories, it will be a breeze.

"Okay, don't put pressure on yourself, be normal, don't format my brain with agitation."

The second daughter doesn't know what formatting is for the time being, but she can guess that it must be the spell that got out of control and caused Xifa's memory to become disordered.

"Then here I come!"

Alice took a deep breath, then calmly picked up the wand, and Luna also took out some bottles and cans from the small medicine bag.

"Hey, don't curse me." Xifa joked, there was a short silence, and the laughter from the three at the same time diluted the solemn atmosphere just now.

"Legiliency"

Xifa felt as if his brain was being manipulated by a remote control.Pictures of various memories kept flashing.The violent shaking made me feel a little uncomfortable.

Perhaps her own expression had also changed, and Luna noticed her painful expression.

Vaguely, Cefer heard Luna encouraging Elise to relax.

Soon, the beating of the screen became slower and slower, Xifa breathed a sigh of relief, and passed the most difficult threshold.

In the previous situation, I couldn't resist, otherwise, it would cause the effect of anti-curse, that is, the door of Elise's memory was opened to me.

Then the original intention of letting Elise cast Legilimency on herself would be lost.Besides, once Alice subconsciously resisted at that time, she would be completely lost, leaving only her instincts.

This has become an endless loop, and the curse cannot be lifted until one party can no longer support it. It is conceivable that the consequences will be extremely terrifying.

Fortunately, it worked.

"Can you understand what I mean?" Xifa's heart moved, expressing his thoughts in the bottom of his heart.

"Well, yes!" Alice's voice suddenly appeared in Xifa's mind.

Xifa: "Successful!"

Elise: "What worked?"

"You can understand what I mean, but what I think in my heart is not English." Alice could feel Sifa's secret joy.

"Well, that is to say, what I read is your thoughts, not the language you express?" Elise was very smart, and she finally understood why Xifa insisted on letting the three of them try to practice Occlumency and Legilimency.

Although I said it before, I didn't take it seriously, but I never thought that I could really share the magic I knew.What's more, it seems that they can also share ritual magic that requires state of mind and perception.

Unfortunately, under excitement, Alice interrupted the magic.

The duo recovered from their freeze.

Luna hurriedly asked the two if they were feeling unwell, and if they wanted to drink some medicine.

"It's okay, Luna, my guess was successful." Sifa waved her hand, signaling her not to worry.As he advanced, he invited Luna to come once.

Elise has successfully verified Sifa's idea.Then you shouldn't fail!Luna cheered herself up silently.

"Legiliency"

As soon as she said it, Luna directly raised her wand to cast a spell on Sifa.

"Luna shouldn't make any mistakes. The next step is how to connect the thinking of the three of them."

There was no movement for a long time, Xifa waited quietly, and the next step appeared in his mind involuntarily.

"I will never make a mistake!"

Seemingly hearing Xifa's praise, Luna couldn't hold back, and sent her thoughts into Xifa's mind.

"Haha, Luna, you can be so calm. If you didn't take the initiative to speak out, I would not have noticed that you have successfully cast the spell."

Cifer's surprise was fully revealed in Luna's feelings.

In reality, she squinted her crescent-like eyes, like a cat master enjoying the service of a servant.

However, the thoughts in her heart were completely expressed in Xifa's heart.

"Don't praise me. I have brewed potions since I was a child, so my heart is naturally calm. Iris is only too nervous because she is doing magic experiments on you for the first time."

Xifa sighed: "You are really outstanding, since that's the case, let me pass on the ritual magic to you first."

Luna accepted the idea of ​​Xifa to pass on knowledge, and she was ready for the flood of memories.If you can't hold on, you will pass out here.

You know, in the family, how could I spend time on boring reciting potion ingredients.Naturally, it is a heritage stone tablet built by the ancestors with a lot of money.It is very uncomfortable to imprint the potion information collected by the family in one's mind.

At that time, I was still young, and I had to pass out several times before I succeeded. Now...

Luna originally thought that Xifa would pass on all the memories of the ancient prose in his memory to herself, and then slowly digest it by herself, but she didn't expect it to be an unfathomable passage directly.

The most important thing is that I can clearly understand what this is.

But I have never learned ancient Chinese!

Luna was in a trance, unable to believe that a ritual spell had just passed into her mind.

Xifa: "Wake up, Luna, go and try to see if you can drive the compass."

Cifer: "Eliza, it's your turn."