Shadow of the Beautiful World

Early the next morning, Merlin in pajamas finished washing and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the children.

Hermione was the first to wake up. This girl had a good life and rest. She greeted Merlin, drank a glass of milk, and took Crookshanks out for a morning run by herself.

But Hell's Kitchen is not very safe, so Merlin sent Goo Goo to protect Hermione. A Yuan Devourer and a little wizard will probably not encounter any danger in the realm of Hell's Kitchen.

Harry was the second to get up.

This sensitive boy probably didn't sleep well because he changed rooms. He yawned and came to the kitchen to help Merlin prepare breakfast.

Merlin looked at his skillful movement of cutting bread, and couldn't help asking:

Do you often cook at home?

Of course, Mr. Merlin.

Harry turned his head and smiled, and said:

I cook the breakfast, lunch and dinner of my uncle's family.

Oh, they use you as a servant.

Merlin smiled. He lit a cigarette, leaned against the edge of the kitchen counter, and chatted with Harry about trivial matters in life.

Twenty minutes later, languid, yawning Eric and Ron woke up almost together. Merlin looked at the dark circles under the eyes of these two guys, and knew that they probably didn't sleep much all night.

Ron, did you sleep well last night?

Merlin asked intentionally.

While scratching his hair listlessly, Ron replied weakly:

I really wanted to sleep, but the video games were so much fun that I felt like I only played for a while, but by the time I woke up, it was dawn.

Merlin, Ron is a real genius!

Eric, who was brushing his teeth in the bathroom, yelled inarticulately:

He has never touched a game before, and in just a few hours, he has become a master like me! The two of us joined hands last night to kill the Quartet!

Eric is awesome.

Ron seemed a little smug, and said:

I'm just a little talented.

As he spoke, he waved his fingers subconsciously, and the toothbrush and water cup fell into his hands like invisible hands.

As a result, the next moment, Harry, who was preparing the vegetable salad, lowered his voice and shouted at him:

Ron!

Um?

Dazed Ron looked at the toothbrush and water glass in his hand, and he was also taken aback. He turned his head, Eric was washing his face, and didn't see this scene, which made Ron feel relieved.

A descendant of a pure-blooded wizard family like Ron, who has been exposed to magic since he was born, will inevitably be full of various problems if he is allowed to live as an ordinary person all of a sudden.

Merlin is already mentally prepared for this, but Eric, to be honest, this kid has also seen the scene where Merlin disappeared out of thin air, and he has his own secrets. Even if he knows that his new friend Ron can use magic, he It shouldn't be too surprised to run out and talk around.

Okay, wash up quickly. After dinner, I'll take you around Manhattan. In the afternoon, we'll go to your Aunt Mei's house for dinner.

Soon, the children had finished their breakfast, and Hermione, who was jogging in the morning, also returned home. After some preparations, the family boarded the nanny's car and headed for the busiest downtown in Manhattan.

About 30 minutes after the family left, a strange guest visited Merlin's house.

A faint flash of light appeared in Merlin's yard, startling the orange cat Gu Gu who was playing with a bone toy. As soon as it turned over, it rushed out of its luxurious cat nest, quietly ran to the window on the second floor, and looked down.

As a result, Cuckoo discovered something extraordinary.

A woman wearing a black robe, a green hood, and a black pointed hat is holding a small trolley case and walking out of a strange, light blue energy vortex.

It was an old woman who looked to be in her 50s. She was no longer young, with wrinkles on her face, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on her eyes, and a wiped clean spot on the neckline of her green robe. The silver clasps gleamed faintly in the sun.

The brim of the pointed wizard hat on her head was deflected back, looking very much like a witch in a fairy tale.

She is Professor Minerva McGonagall, Vice-Principal of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

At this time, this witch with profound magical attainments was walking in the small courtyard of Merlin's house with a cautious attitude.

This orthodox British witch looked around at the environment of Merlin's house, and she said to herself:

These Muggles really like to be clean.

As he spoke, Professor McGonagall pulled out his wand from his waist, and whispered to the locked glass door in front of him:

alohora! (door opening spell)

Accompanied by the surge of extremely precisely controlled magic power, the glass door with the lock opened in response.

This scene made Gu Gu, the orange cat who was hiding on the second floor and peeking at all this, show a humanized puzzled expression.

It's not that it hasn't seen Merlin release magic, but the magic that Merlin chooses are all practical spells. Merlin seldom uses such daily spells as the door-opening spell.

This made Cuckoo interested.

Although it is disguised as an orange cat, its nature is a devouring beast full of curiosity about the world, coming from among the stars. During the trip with Creeman Ma Will, Gu Gu rarely saw such a strange scene.

This is also the reason why Cuckoo is willing to stay in Merlin's house, it is very interested in the weird energy that Merlin uses.

Cuckoo sneaked down the stairs without making a sound, its movements alarmed Crookshanks who was sleeping by the stairs. The ugly cat Crookshanks looked at Cuckoo in fear, and Cuckoo stared at Crookshanks with a warning gaze, and the latter shrank his neck hastily.

A very cowardly look.

Cuckoo flicked his tail, and Crookshanks understood what Cuckoo meant. Like Cuckoo, it quietly covered up the sound of its actions, followed behind Cuckoo, and walked towards the first floor.

Professor McGonagall, who entered Merlin's room, did not notice the two cats.

She came to North America all the way from England, not for travel, but with a mission assigned by Principal Dumbledore.

After learning that Mr. Arthur entrusted Harry to a demon walker, Dumbledore was very worried. The old wizard had seen the trouble caused by demon power more than once.

He knew that Merlin's bringing Harry to the United States could indeed effectively avoid the hostility towards Harry from the British Ministry of Magic, but he was also very worried that Merlin's appearance would have an impact on Harry's life.

Therefore, he entrusted Professor McGonagall to come to the United States and secretly protect Harry and the three little wizards during these seven days.

Professor McGonagall is a real witch, she is deeply immersed in magic, powerful, and she is a rare Animagus, who is proficient in transfiguration, she can perfectly disguise as a harmless little cat, Theoretically, her protection would not be discovered by magic beginners like Merlin.

swish

Professor McGonagall waved his wand, and a ray of light swept across Merlin's room. After a while, the serious Professor McGonagall nodded:

Well, there are no items related to demons in the room, and there is no scattered demon power. It seems that Merlin can control his power well, but Arthur is really too reckless.

The witch complained. She looked around, then opened the box she brought, and took out a few bottles of potion from it.

This potion can effectively block the detection of magic power. Professor McGonagall intends to use this potion to clean up Merlin's room.

But when she turned her head, she saw two cats squatting behind her.

Oh, Crookshanks.

Professor McGonagall is a professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She naturally knows Hermione's pet. After she called Crookshanks' name, the ugly cat with fluffy feathers barked at the professor twice, with a voice full of There was a sense of sadness and desolation.

But the other orange cat, Professor McGonagall did not know.

And as a powerful witch, she instinctively felt an indescribable threat from Cuckoo. It was like encountering a powerful magical creature that was hidden.

what do you?

Professor McGonagall pointed his wand at Goo Goo, and just asked a question.

The next moment, Gu Gu's mouth opened, and two dark red tentacles whizzed out. They precisely grabbed Professor McGonagall's wand, snatched the stick wrapped in magic, and swallowed it into his stomach.

Meow

Goo Goo licked his lips, as if tasting the magic, he called out to Professor McGonagall, the meaning was unknown.

The witch was terrified.

Although she is not an expert on magical creatures, as a witch, she has read a lot about it, but no matter what magic books, there is no introduction to magical creatures like Googoo.

Especially when Gu Gu opened his mouth just now and threw out two weird tentacles, Professor McGonagall felt even more threatened.

She could feel that the cat's stomach seemed to be connected to a terrifying black hole, and the connection between herself and the wand was completely severed at that moment.

Disapparation! (Disapparation spell)

Professor McGonagall cast a spell with his bare hands, and his whole body disappeared from Merlin's mansion under the distortion of light and shadow. When she reappeared, she had come to a park several blocks away from Merlin's mansion.

A mature wizard will not fight an unknown and powerful enemy without being prepared. And she had already lost her own wand, so it would be very unwise to stay in front of that weird creature.

Professor McGonagall brushed her heart. She felt a panic that she hadn't felt for a long time. She calmed herself down and looked around. There were some Muggles wandering around in the park. To avoid trouble, Professor McGonagall silently recited a spell. , the body of the whole person changed rapidly, as if a twisted light curtain enveloped her.

Professor McGonagall took a step forward, her slender body shrunk rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, she turned into a small tabby cat with black and white patterns, beside the cat's eyes, there were patterns that looked like eye lines .

She looked around warily, then licked her paw. She was going to use this disguise to go to Merlin's mansion again to find out the origin of that weird creature.

And just as she turned around, a familiar meow sounded behind her.

Professor McGonagall turned around like a real cat, and was horrified to see that the fat orange cat, Gu Gu, was rushing out of a narrow energy tunnel.

The strange cat had an excited expression on its face. It jumped on Professor McGonagall, who was caught off guard, and threw the small black and white cat to the ground.

Cuckoo sniffed the little cat in front of him with his nose, and he could feel that the cat in front of him was that strange woman just now, but why did she turn into a cat?

Cuckoo said that he was puzzled.

And Professor McGonagall did not expect that the orange cat Cuckoo actually had the ability to teleport through space. She struggled to get rid of Cuckoo's shackles, but the power of the Yuan Devourer was not something a witch could resist.

Professor McGonagall made a miserable meow as she tried to revert back to her human form.

But Cuckoo's tail slapped Professor McGonagall's changing kitten's body suddenly, and the purple light penetrated into the professor's body, like a strange lock, completely locking Professor McGonagall's changing spell die.

The Transfiguration Curse was forcibly terminated, and she couldn't transform back into a human!

hell!

Meow meow!

Professor McGonagall let out a terrified scream.

Animagus's ultimate transfiguration has a great disadvantage, that is, it cannot cast spells in animal form

Now she is forcibly imprisoned in the animal form by Cuckoo with the power of the devouring beast, which means that this powerful witch who could have fought head-on with Cuckoo has been abolished of all magical powers.

She really turned into a helpless black and white kitten!

Cuckoo didn't care about the struggle of this strange kitten. It bit Professor McGonagall's neck, just like a mother cat biting a kitten, and dragged her into the opened energy tunnel again. After a few minutes, the two cats returned to Merlin's mansion.

Crookshanks lying there saw Goo Goo catch Professor McGonagall back. This clever ugly cat covered its eyes with its paws in a desperate gesture.

It's hopeless, absolutely hopeless.

That night, Merlin, who had dinner at his cousin's house, and the children who had played wildly all day, returned home with big bags.

Ron, Harry, and Eric have become new best friends. They happily chatted together about the small concert they watched in Times Square today, and then went shoulder to shoulder to play video games in Eric's room.

Hermione and Ginny chattered back to their room. They bought cosmetics today and wanted to try them on.

Merlin habitually took out cat food and prepared dinner for Gugu and Crookshanks, but when he walked to the cat bed on the second floor, he found a black and white kitten lying next to Gugu's cat bed. over there.

The expression of this kitten is very interesting. It looks like it is unlovable.

Where did this cat come from?

Merlin patted Gu Gu Gu on the head and asked, Gu Gu Gu flicked his tail and didn't want to answer.

Merlin didn't ask much, anyway, Gu Gu couldn't afford to offend him, this uncle cat can do whatever he wants, as long as he doesn't demolish the house.

But since there are more cats, one more dinner needs to be prepared. A few minutes later, Professor McGonagall watched the nasty devil walker put a rice bowl in front of her, and poured some cat food into it, even He also boldly patted her on the head.

This drives Mrs. McGonagall crazy.

But the devil king of incarnation was beside her, so she didn't dare to jump up and scratch Merlin's face, so she could only lower her head with an aggrieved face, and ate the cat food

Um

It tastes surprisingly good.