Hogwarts: Dirge of Magic

The sun in winter will also stay in bed.

After seven o'clock in the morning, the morning light began to appear in the sky.

Sifa, who was sitting cross-legged on a boulder by the stream, exhaled a puff of white smoke, and slowly opened his eyes.

In front of him was a forest with bare branches. Sifa raised his head and began to plan this morning's activities in his mind.

Last night, Alice and Luna heard that they were going to hunt, and they were so curious that they dawdled with Xifa all night, and finally let Xifa let go.

It was about time for them to come too. Sifa jumped down the stone face forcefully, and her cowhide boots stepped on the bare frozen soil fiercely. The strong vibration broke up a few small stones, and they rolled and slid down the slope to the bottom.

Ice has formed on both sides of the creek, only a small aisle in the middle is flowing with a trickle.

Just when Xifa watched the pebbles slide across the ice and fall into the water.

"Sifa!"

A mid-air yell interrupted Xifa's self-entertainment.

"Papa Buck!"

A friendly and familiar voice came from behind, and Xifa immediately turned around and waved hello regardless of whether the small stone had really fallen into the water.

The boy was handsome, and even his plain attire couldn't conceal his polite temperament.He has black hair and black pupils, and the exposed skin looks even fairer against the background of the dark and old-colored clothes.

I heard from the boy half a year ago that he was admitted to one of the top schools in the country. Judging from his performance these days, even though he has not seen him for many days, the boy still has the same original intention for the slum where he was raised.

The old hunter Buck squinted his eyes. It wasn't an illusion, but Sifa had grown a lot taller.He couldn't help feeling how time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Xifa, who had been away from home for half a year, came back again.

Raising his head to respond to Xifa's greeting, the old Buck weighed his hunting gear, squeezed out a smile on his face, and strode forward to come to Xifa.

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Old Buck once lost his fertility during a hunt. He is relatively simple and doesn't know how to please others. Hunting all year round makes him a little murderous.Therefore, no woman in this small town would marry him.

According to the "brothers and sisters" who left the orphanage, Mrs. Mary was hurt by love when she was young, so she made a vow not to marry for life, and only adopted children to raise them up.

Naturally, one woman cannot support the entire orphanage, so the old Buck next door came back from time to time to help enthusiastically.

Mrs. Mary and Old Buck have always maintained a strange tacit understanding. They are like husband and wife, but they are like strangers.Probably this wonderful relationship, for them, this is the most suitable distance for them.

Therefore, for every orphan who comes out of the orphanage, if there is no note of name left at birth, the boy's surname is Buck, and the girl's surname is Mary...

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When Buck came to him, Xifa also found that Buck had become shorter, oh no, he had become taller... However, compared with Xifa, Buck was still a burly man!Visually, Buck may be taller than Professor Dumbledore...

Xifa just greeted Buck this morning. He wanted to go hunting, but he didn't explain to Buck that he would bring two oil bottles for hunting today. '

"Woof—" "Woof—" Two hounds, one big and one small, rushed out of the bushes in the distance.

"Big Tom! Little Tom!"

Xifa leaned down, stretched out his hand and fondled the two hounds rolling and acting coquettishly at his feet.Obviously, after not seeing each other for half a year, not only did they not forget themselves, but they got closer to themselves.

After calming down for a long time, the two dogs were still circling around him.

Xifa gave up and let them shake his trouser legs, and he swayed accordingly and said to Buck.

"Father Buck, when I come back this time, my friends also came back with me for vacation, and they also want to go hunting with us."

"They?" Old Buck was very surprised.

"Yes, my friend, they just don't have hunting experience, and their physical fitness is much better than me now!" Seeing that Old Buck hesitated, Xifa said quickly.

"What's stronger than you?" Buck raised his eyebrows, and stretched out his rough and powerful hands to pinch Sifer's forearm.

"It hurts, it hurts—" Sifa yelled out.

"Going to school is so hard, half a year has your body been wasted like this?" Buck couldn't help reprimanding, but from his tone, he cared more than blamed.

"No, I saved a classmate's life and got injured a little bit. It's not suitable for strenuous exercise in the past six months."

"You still have to hunt if you're not suitable for sports!" Old Buck saw that Sifa's eyes were dodging, and he knew that he didn't want to let himself know the truth, and he didn't want to lie to himself, so he changed the subject.

"It's for fun anyway! We brought back a lot of food, and there is no shortage of meat in the past few days."

In this case, Buck sighed, let's just pretend that we didn't get nothing today.

If it weren't for the meat brought by Xifa, the prey he hunted and caught would be the only source of meat for the orphanage.

Seeing that Old Buck agreed, Xifa breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly took the equipment from Buck.

So, two people, one big and one small, took two dogs, one big and one small, to check the protective gear and weapons.

In fact, whether to check or not is not a big problem, not to mention that Buck usually maintains these equipment carefully.

Just looking at this forest, there are very few large prey, they are all pheasants, wild birds, hares and so on.If there is a problem with the equipment, the worst result is to let the prey go.These things are hard on big game.

......

"Sifa~~"

There was nothing to check, and when Xifa was squatting on the ground, he was so bored that he watched old Buck play a game of picking bones with two Toms.

Elise's sunny and energetic shouts came from afar.Seefa heard the sound and looked up, and it really was Alice and Luna who came together.

At this time, they are no longer wearing the same expensive clothes as in London, but wearing the clothes left by the 'sister' in the orphanage.

Although they looked a bit old, Mrs. Mary washed them clean and put them on the two of them. The two of them also changed from noble princesses to approachable girls next door.

"Are they your friends?" Seeing that the two women's footsteps were not vain, Buck was satisfied and asked Sifa casually.

"Yes!" Sifa replied without hesitation.

The two girls came to Xifa, and Xifa introduced Buck to them. They said hello to Buck, and the latter nodded in response.

"Come on, bring these, hunting here is different from hunting in school."

Taking advantage of Buck's inattention, Cifer secretly gestured with his wand.

The second daughter nodded to show that she carried it with her, and Alice even showed off her small satchel in the shape of a cloth bag.

After the inspection, they set off. Buck was the first to lead the way, followed by the three, and the figures of the people were gradually swallowed up by the forest.

Along the way, two hounds wandered around the second daughter. They were very curious about the new members. The key point was that their scents were very familiar.

"Muggle dog..."

The two hounds are obviously not as spiritual as the magic pets in the wizarding world, but this does not prevent them from being keen to please their master and his friends.Even, they will never tire of it.

"Do they have names?" Luna asked suddenly.

"Yes, the big one is called Big Tom, and the small one is called Little Tom."

There was a rustling sound when the feet stepped on the fallen leaves, and there were still people in the quiet forest who heard the sound of broken branches and leaves under their feet due to the trampling.

"Sifer, I know why Tom is always against you?" Alice said suddenly after a long silence.

"Riddle? What? I didn't take the initiative to provoke him." Xifa said innocently.

"No, you may have unintentionally looked at our classmate Riddle the way you looked at them..." Luna said in a low tone while standing aside.

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