HP's Adagio Minor

Seeing the girl just staring at him blankly, the portrait is obviously not happy, "How long will it take you to recover?"

"excuse me, you are?"

Lola's heart was pounding. Although the figure was only a hazy outline, she had a hunch that this was what she was looking for.

"If you need to know my name to satisfy you—yes, Ganiercha Radigast Barodis is here."

"Lola Barodis," Lola pulled the corner of her skirt and curtseyed, "It's a great honor to meet you, Chief Patriarch."

Following the directions of the portrait, Lola found the extremely unobtrusive crystal ball in the corner. With the infusion of magic power, the magic pattern on the wall revealed the Barodis family crest, and then all the magic paintings changed their appearance. : The spring water has turned into a rushing stream; the pink cherry blossoms are as lush as the clouds in the sky; white sails can be seen from a distance amidst the rippling waves; and the dusk forest wakes up in the morning light—the sun illuminates the whole room, and The portrait finally revealed its true face.

This is a boy about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a handsome appearance, silver hair that reaches to his ankles, and a pair of rare purple eyes in the world—and at this moment, the owner of the eyes frowned.

"Your poor understanding of magic and your control over magic power are nothing short of a joke. If your bloodline hadn't been recognized by the six-pointed star, I really doubt whether you—" It looked at Lola, "Although you are blond, your Weak willpower is not suitable for this hairstyle."

"what?"

"To put it simply, the Barodis family has powerful talents, and the magic power contained in their bodies is far stronger than most wizards, so the magic power is also greater, but the difficulty is how to control it—especially in the When you are a teenager, magic riots will be very frequent. If you have a strong willpower or a wise mind, you can control this power very well. Otherwise, you need to use external force, that is, hair..."

"hair?"

"It sounds absurd. Every Barodis who enters here will doubt like you, but it's true. A cowardly guy must save his hair to maintain the balance of magic power. This is also the revelation of the magic god."

Cowardly, Lola was sure the portrait was talking about herself.

"Drink it," the portrait pointed at the table, "the green bottle."

Luo Lai picked up the crystal bottle according to his words, poured the potion into his mouth, and there was a taste of creamy cherries, "What is this?"

"Super powerful hair restorer, formulated by your great-grandfather. He is talented in this area. I heard that he later became a potion master."

As soon as the portrait finished speaking, Lola's scalp started to feel hot and itchy, and her hair grew uncontrollably like a flood, covering the ground like straw after harvest in a blink of an eye.

"Merlin!" Lola was so heavy that she couldn't lift her head, "Why is it so long?"

"Because of your astonishing willpower." The words were anti-sense, and the portrait touched his chin with great interest, "You know, although the Barodis family is small now, it used to be very lively here, my child We will inevitably compare each other... Obviously, if you are like you, you will have to be ridiculed for at least 50 years."

Lola was ashamed and annoyed. Compared with her ancestors, she was indeed weak, but that didn't mean she would always be like this.

"What about you, your hair is also very long." She asked back.

"Me?" The portrait was taken aback, and then he wrote lightly, "Although my magic power is stronger than you imagine, I just like it—you can't just shave your hair off just because you want to show your control —Of course, it has been done before.”

"I will become stronger!" the girl said loudly, "so strong that I can do whatever I want like you."

"It's natural," the portrait nodded, "otherwise I wouldn't stay here..." At this point, the portrait showed a complicated expression, "Okay, take out your wand, and try what you usually think. Don’t worry about the wall, it’s the best magic-proofing material, it won’t break.”

With a wave of Lola's wand, small fireballs shot out of the wand like a cannonball, circling the room as if alive.

"I did this?" Lola said excitedly, "The combination of the Flame Curse and the Levitation Curse actually succeeded?"

"Although the willpower is a little weak, but the talent is good." The portrait looks quite satisfactory. It is really rare for a girl to inherit the family's talent.

Just when Lola was delighted to flexibly use her own power, her hair started to emit white smoke from the tip of her hair, and it slowly spread upwards—the hair that touched the white smoke dried up and turned into ashes, falling off. on the ground.

The fireballs exploded uncontrollably one by one.

"Ah!" Lola screamed, sparks splashed on the hem of the clothes, instantly burning a hole in the velvet satin.

"How is this going?"

Lola wanted to cry, but fortunately, a cutting curse cut off the overlong hair together with the white smoke, and the rest of the hair just reached her chest, but the hair color turned grayish yellow.

"Hmm... Maybe it's because of the hair restorer, after all, it's been so many years." The portrait said innocently, but Lola never missed the smile in its eyes.

"So what I just drank was expired and spoiled?" Lola said sullenly, disgusted to death, "It's an honor to make you happy, chief patriarch...but I'm afraid I've been here for a long time, and now the outside is What time?"

"According to the table of stars and moons, it's probably the end of breakfast."

(Star-Moon Table: A magic tool used by ancient wizards to record time, week, and date. No one draws it now. It is considered an antique in the wizarding world.)

"I have to go back—how can I go back to the fountain?" Although she missed breakfast, she still asked Anos and the others to discuss the topic in the library. If they went back the same way, it shouldn't be too late.

"Sorry, there was too much movement on that road. You have to be lucky that no one noticed when it was activated before, otherwise the mechanism will be completely locked."

"What should I do?"

"You can enter and exit from a secluded place," the wall of the hexagram suddenly glowed, and the small door appeared again. "This is the most appropriate way before you learn how to make portkeys."

Lola pushed open the door, completely dumbfounded.

"I... just go out like this?"

"'Tread the road of thorns,' if you remember the family motto." Portrait's long silver hair was drawn in flowing waves. "Remember to grow your hair longer, Lola."

"Then can I come back?"

"Of course, as long as you sing here—" The portrait's voice faded away with Shimen's disappearance.

"Oh well, but..."

Lola turned her eyes away from the plain rocks and turned to look at the surrounding large thornwood forest, feeling worried.

??

It was nearly noon when Lola finally came to the library.

"You're late, didn't the alarm clock go off?"

Andos asked without raising his head, and the pen in his hand kept drawing rune symbols on the parchment.

"Sorry I'm late."

Lola pulled back the chair, and before that she went back to the bedroom to change—the velvet satin, which had a hole in it from the fire and walked through the thorn forest, was no longer wearable.

"Your hair seems to be longer than before, and the color is a bit strange." Dai carefully noticed the difference in the girl, and did not miss the girl's tired face. "Are you feeling unwell? Are you sick?"

"No, in fact I'm just..." She didn't know why she couldn't say what she had said, so she could only casually say, "...just took a shower."

Anos' head, which had just been raised, was lowered again because of these words.

"Well, did you discuss our subject of spells just now?"

"Of course, we have completed all the homework, including the 'project'." Anos put down his pen after hastily writing his signature at the end of the volume, "However, this result does not include you, Miss Barodis. "

Tully, Dai, and Vichy all raised their heads in surprise.

"Because you didn't participate in any part, this is not your subject."

"Actually, Lola came up with some ideas." Vichy said.

"But there's no way to prove that."

"She's a girl."

"All are equal, Tork."

"I don't think it's necessary to be so harsh. Lola was originally going to join." Dai also said.

"But she didn't, because she was three hours late, and this project requires the participation of the team members from beginning to end."

Anders' tone was firm, even a little impersonal.The boys stopped talking, and it was obvious that Anos had entered the circle in a short period of time—after all, his profound knowledge and excellent magic control ability made many people feel ashamed.

Lola obviously didn't expect her friend to say this. She tried hard to control her expression, but her red eyes still gave away her emotions.

"If this incident causes everyone trouble, there is no need." She stood up, "I will find a way to complete the homework by myself, from the beginning to the end, and do it myself."

She walked outside, turned back after a few steps, "Hey, you know what, today is a good day... maybe I should get some elves to sing happy birthday."

After finishing speaking, she ran out of the library without looking back, leaving a few boys looking at each other.

"Should we tell the truth?"

Tully pushed the textbook away, revealing the half-written homework paper—they had been waiting like gentlemen, which was why they were doing other homework.

"She looks sad." Dai said helplessly.

"Why do you say that on purpose?" Vichy was very puzzled, "Girls are irrigated with honey."

Anders lowered his head, but there was no expression on his face.

??

Lola stayed in the dormitory for a day without going out, and finished all the homework, including that subject of course.Just when she was about to ask the elf to deliver dinner, a small note flew in from the window.

come out and talk

——E

When she opened the bedroom door, she saw the owner of the note waiting at the stairs.

"Is something wrong?" Lola's tone was very aggressive, but she couldn't restrain herself, "We have nothing to say."

"Wait," Anos took a step forward, "I know that most girls are very delicate, but this should not be an excuse. Obedience to the agreement should be preserved as a good character."

This sentence sounds like an accusation, at least that's how Lola understands it, "I know, I didn't mean it, if it weren't for—" At this point, she suddenly fell silent. Everything about the secret study, Even if it was hinted at, she couldn't express it, it was a kind of silence spell, she was absolutely sure.

"...everyone has personal matters, and yes, I'm late, which offends you, but I don't expect to be understood, because you don't..."

"Understand what? Take a bath? Or something else?"

"No, it's not a shower! Of course that's part of it, because in fact..." She said with difficulty, and finally couldn't help raising her voice, "Merlin! You can't force me to say this, if you get respect, then I also need .”

Only then did Anos realize that he had overstepped, and he blushed, "I apologize for my recklessness, but we have been waiting for three hours, and you might be angry too."

"Angry? Of course! But anyway, I've apologized about it, and I didn't even have time to go to breakfast!" Lola replied angrily, "If that's what you want to talk to me, then I think the talk is okay. it's over.

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Lola felt that this friendship was about to be ruined, but the boy's words made her stunned.

"Why aren't you wearing a gown?"

"what?"

"The smoky purple one with silver trim and velvet satin, isn't that what you planned before school started?"

"Of course, uh, I like that robe very much, but unfortunately it was... damaged for some reason."

"Can't it be recovered with a spell?"

"Yes."

"That's a pity." Anos took out a pair of silver satin from his pocket. The white pearls were inlaid on the crystal buckle, which looked dazzling. "I thought this could match it."

"You..." Lola was speechless for a while, this ribbon was displayed in the window of the shop in the town yesterday, "You are the one who ordered it?"

"Yes," Anos nodded, "recommended by the clerk, just stay in the town when the blizzard is coming."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

It was a terrible feeling of disappointment when she immediately fell in love with the headband, only to be told that it was already reserved.

"Gifts shouldn't be told in advance, so it loses its meaning—" Anos said with a serious expression, "Happy birthday, Lola."

The girl's anger disappeared completely at this time, she took the hair tie and muttered, "I thought no one remembered, and I didn't tell anyone."

"Except for me," the boy said with certainty.

??

At the dinner table, Lola was 'bombarded' by several owls in turn. Her cousin Graham Pritchard and Linda Coulthard Pritchard were married last week, although Lola failed to Went to the ceremony, but they are currently on their honeymoon in Egypt sent a gift - a glazed Egyptian cat, recommended by his friend Bill Weasley.

It's actually a cool thing, because it can run and jump like it's real, but because the material is fragile, it often breaks its legs or tail when jumping, but it only needs a bonding spell to restore it to its original shape .

The Owl of Riga brings baked fudge biscuits, a sweet and creamy filling filled with sea salt for a unique twist.

Several boys sent greeting cards, snacks and some trinkets, and Ronnie Morphy rarely made trouble (although he laughed at Lola's hair color). On the opposite side, Cus Eisen clearly has the chance to win.

When the house-elves brought the cake and sang the birthday song, Lola blushed and thanked her. It was indeed an unforgettable birthday.

In the Charms class on Thursday, Professor Niinisto sent out the corrected homework, and Andos and the others got an [A]. article, and the sloppy ending that is extremely inconsistent with it.

As for Lola, she only got a [P] for the homework paper she completed independently.

"Although it is courageous to complete it alone, this is a group discussion topic. I hope that Miss Barodis can be more gregarious."

Professor Niinisto's tone was calm, and Lola could only watch with regret as he gave the silver star to Pierai and Adrian, who had excellent grades.

"That's great, buddy!" Pierey cheered happily, "If this continues, I'll be able to complete my credits soon!"

"Oh? That's right." Adrien crossed out a space on the form, "According to this progress, not counting the points deducted for frying the crucible, just get another fifteen points."

"What if it counts?"

"Twenty-seven—you've blown up a total of six times during this time, twice by getting the order wrong, three by misplacing potion doses, once by knocking over a stand, and once by forgetting to extinguish the flame." Adriatic looked helpless, "For Merlin's sake, don't mess up the Potions class tomorrow."

"Oh, spare me!" Pierey cried.