The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

After Flamel demonstrated once, Loren began to try to outline the alchemical circle for the first time.

The previous preparations were sufficient. He already fully understood the structure of this elementary alchemy circle, and the three pairs of magic texts were imprinted in his mind.

He is also familiar with the theories about the properties of unicorn tail hair after being stimulated by magic.

The sketching process I envisioned contrasts with Flamel’s demonstration. With confidence in mind, it can be said that everything is ready and waiting to be put into practice.

He sat down cross-legged, waved a box over, and used a floating spell to stop the unicorn tail hair in the air. Loren couldn't activate all the unicorn tail hairs at once, so he could only do it one by one.

The tip of the wand touched the unicorn's tail hair. Loren carefully input the magic power into the tail hair through the wand. The tail hair was stimulated and emitted a silvery white light.

The tail hair became brighter and brighter, lit up with a tingling sound, and turned into a wisp of white smoke and dissipated in the air.

The first unicorn tail hair was scrapped.

He was still a little confused as to why it had evaporated.

"You input too much magic power, and your tail hair can't bear it." Flamel floated above the black boiler, not looking at Loren at all.

In the second attempt, Loren controlled a small amount of magic power to flow into the tail hair, but the tail hair only adhered to the wand, neither dissipated nor stimulated.

He slightly increased the magic output, fearing that it would be too much, so he increased it a little and then decreased it.

The unicorn's tail hair lit up, lasted for a while, then dimmed, turning into black ashes and falling into the box.

The second tail hair was scrapped.

"Maintain a stable magic output. Once the unicorn tail hair is activated, it will exhaust all its own magic power." Flamel floated leisurely, still not looking at Loren.

Loren remembered the newly increased magic power and output it steadily according to the previous standard.

The unicorn tail hair sticks to the wand and emits a glowing white light.

He looked delighted, holding his wand and showing it to Flamel. He moved a lot, but failed to maintain a stable infusion of magic power.

The unicorn tail hair turned into white smoke and dissipated, and the third unicorn tail hair was scrapped.

"Be still and concentrate until the circle is finished." Flamel seemed to be falling asleep.

After failing three times in a row, Loren stopped. The hand holding the wand was shaking a little, and he felt that his shoulders were a little stiff.

Fortunately, this is a virtual laboratory in a book of fantasy. If this were in the real world, he would have to pluck off the tail of the unicorn in the Forbidden Forest.

Loren couldn't help but ask: "How did the alchemists practice in the past? Are there so many materials for them to consume?"

"Otherwise, why do you think alchemists are pursuing turning stones into gold?" Flamel replied.

Well, this kind of practice really requires the Midas touch to make it affordable.

"call!"

Loren closed her eyes and adjusted her breathing. Thinking back to the operation just now, stimulating the unicorn tail hair, the magic power should be within a suitable range and remain stable.

He adjusted himself and tried again.

Smoothly activating the unicorn's tail hair, he used the wand as a quill to draw a magic circle on the inner bottom of the suitcase.

Trembling, he touched the wand on the suitcase, and white light patterns appeared on it. Loren was thankful that the unicorn tail hair did not smudge like ink.

He started writing carefully, and the white light of the unicorn's tail clung to the bottom of the box.

Before the crooked Yuan could close his mouth, the tail hair disappeared.

As a magic material, unicorn tail hair cannot be activated all the time. Even if the magic power is stable, it will dissipate after a time limit.

Loren couldn't draw a magic circle with one tail hair like Flamel, he also had to quickly use one tail hair to complete an independent stroke in the composition, and it would dissipate after timeout.

If a circle is drawn with multiple unicorn tail hairs connected end to end, the magic flow will be blocked at the connection, which may cause damage to the alchemy items.

Loren kept trying again and again. After drawing a bunch of tail hair in his suitcase, he still couldn't draw the double rings that are the basis of the magic circle. Even one ring was crooked and not symmetrical at all.

There were waves of soreness and swelling in his neck and shoulders, "Why is the body perception so real in the alchemy laboratory and not a duel room?"

“Only by completely imitating the real environment can the effect of practice be achieved.”

Flamel saw that Loren was on the right track and disappeared, leaving him alone to repeat over and over again.

When Loren got up the next day, all he could think about was the shining white unicorn tail hair. Looking at the bright window, he felt a sense of relief.

I don’t know how long it took last night in the Book of Fantasy, but he used dozens of unicorn tail hairs and only drew a circle that looked good.

Sighing, there are things to do during the day, including practicing the traceless stretching spell.

The alchemy circle only makes the Traceless Stretch Spell more effective, provided that he knows the Traceless Stretch Spell.

Finally, the practice venue was placed in the Room of Requirement. Loren imagined a pile of sand in the Room of Requirement, cast the Traceless Stretching Spell on a honey bottle, and filled the bottle with sand to test the effect.

As a high-level magic spell, his magic power can barely be released, but the effect is not good. The first time I tried it, it took me a long time to make the bottle of sand become a little lighter.

Using his gift of correction, Loren made rapid progress. The bottle gradually became lighter and lighter, and could hold more and more sand.

During the rest of the vacation, Loren sketched circles at night and practiced the Seamless Stretch Charm during the day.

During the holidays, Hermione wrote again, this time with "Dear Loren" as the header.

She was introduced to Miranda Gorshak's textbook manuscript brought back from the Room of Requirement, and gained a deeper understanding of some elementary spells.

Describing the scene of her visit to the museum, she talked about the British economy being recovered and some government policies bearing fruit. Hermione wanted to use the money from her building society to make some investments.

The last paragraph mentioned that he wanted to use magic to make his front teeth smaller, but his parents opposed it and they preferred to use dental braces.

Loren was a little hesitant. The Christmas vacation was coming to an end in less than two weeks. Is it necessary to reply to the letter?

He raised his head and found that Hanhan didn't even eat the jam bread, and stared at him with a pair of round eyes.

He was eventually supervised by Hanhan and wrote a reply.

Looking back on the UK during this period, the British government went through a series of measures and reforms to reduce the inflation rate, promote economic growth, and bring consumption growth. But this was because Hermione came from a middle-class family, and everything she came into contact with was positive. Influence.

In September 1992, a currency crisis would break out in the UK, resulting in a sharp depreciation of the pound.

The reply analyzed some currency content, and on the grounds that the British national debt was rising and the currency might depreciate, Hermione was advised that if she wanted to manage her finances, she might be able to convert the money in the building society into dollars or marks.

Regarding the little witch's front teeth, Loren replied that she thought squirrels were cute too.

Thinking of the currency crisis, he also wrote a letter to Grandpa Bates, advising Bates to exchange his property.

Thinking about the relatives who had supported his comrades on their farms in Scotland for decades, his living expenses for coming to Hogwarts were more than those of some pure-blood families. Grandpa Bates can still run around the UK and go on his own annual tours. Loren felt that Grandpa Bates was probably a very rich man.

At the end of January, the snow in Hogwarts started to lighten up, and scattered light snow would only be seen for several days. They could no longer happily have snowball fights, as spring was coming soon.

Loren was finally able to completely outline the basis of the formation, the double rings and the six-pointed star within the rings. Compared to the magic circle, the Traceless Stretching Spell has already been prepared, and now it is just waiting to outline the three pairs of magic words.

The day before school started, Loren rushed from the Room of Requirement to the Great Hall for lunch.

The content of the Traceless Stretching Spell was still in my mind, and I didn't notice the figure of a little witch beside me.

"What have you been busy with recently?" came the girl's soft voice.

"Seamless Stretching Spell." After Loren said, he turned to look at the little witch beside him, "Hermione, you are back!"

There was a joy in his voice that he didn't even know he had.

Hermione had shoulder-length curly hair, her big, bright brown eyes were staring at Loren's face, and she smiled showing her squirrel-like front teeth.

The girl's pretty face frowned when she heard the answer of the Seamless Stretch Charm, "Personal use of the Seamless Stretch Charm is expressly prohibited by the Ministry of Magic."

"I know." Loren nodded, "Are you going to report me?"

Such an answer gave Hermione a familiar feeling of clenching her fists unconsciously. It was Loren himself who was right.

The two walked side by side in the corridor.

"I think this is wrong of you."

"I know."

"We're only first years and shouldn't be trying this spell."

"I know."

"This violates both school rules and the law."

"I know."

Bang!

A slap on Loren's shoulder made both of them feel comfortable.

When the topic of currency came up at the dinner table, Hermione said that her mother agreed with Loren's point of view, was curious about him, and invited Loren to visit Granger's house during the summer vacation...

Loren detailed her summer vacation plans, including eating Grandpa Bates's roast lamb, going to the Weasley family to see the Burrow, and now adding one more item, she wanted to visit the Granger family.

Talking about Miranda's manuscript, talking about the colorful packets and firecrackers for the Christmas party.

Talking about the forest while camping, talking about the dark wizards of Albania.

From monetary policy to fiscal deficit, the dining table is abuzz.

Neither of them is talkative, but they always want to talk more to each other. Perhaps, a letter is not enough to express the longing that has been frozen for half the winter and has sprouted before spring has come.

In the afternoon, there was a little witch in the Room of Requirement. She was filling sand in a honey bottle, and Loren was filling large rocks in a honey bottle.

Hermione didn't know how she was convinced that it would be convenient to have a portable space device. The beaded bag could hold all the luggage and books. It sounded very tempting indeed.

Dinner time, in the auditorium.

Draco Malfoy dragged a black leather suitcase to the Gryffindor table. His golden hair was stuck to his scalp and he was slightly sweating. "Loren Morgan, this is a gift in return for you."

Opening the box, there was a box full of frozen pears. There are blue lines inside the box, and when it is opened, blue ice crystals are released around it.

Loren had been fed frozen fruits from the little wizards for a month, and his scalp felt numb when he saw so many frozen pears.

He looked at Malfoy, "I'm afraid you are trying to kill me-" The words of rejection were not yet spoken.

"You are in no position to refuse Malfoy's gift."

Malfoy looked at Loren, his chin raised high.

The child's stinky expression and stinky words made Loren laugh, and he didn't want to conflict with him.

"Okay." Loren closed the box, "I'll return the box to you tomorrow."

"There is no need to return the box." Malfoy was very satisfied with Loren's understanding and returned to the Slytherin table.

"whispering sound!"

Ron, who was sitting not far away, made a strange noise. Before he could say a few words, he was pulled by Harry, who had just returned to school, to talk about his Christmas vacation.

Sirius took him to Godric's Hollow, where he saw his parents' graves.

Sirius was so eager to settle the score with Peter Pettigrew that he didn't even have time to attend the Potters' funeral.

The cemetery was very large and had many tombstones.

There are many wizarding families in Godric's Hollow. Sirius took Harry to look at the tombstones one by one and searched for them for a long time.

Harry had never felt that way before. As he walked further and further into the cemetery, every time he walked into a tombstone, he felt a thrill of fear and anticipation.

Finally, he saw his parents' tombstones next to the Dumbledore family cemetery.

The white marble shone in the dark, and Harry memorized the inscription.

[James Potter

Born on March 27, 1960

Died October 31, 1981]

[Lily Potter

Born on January 30, 1960

Died October 31, 1981]

[The last enemy to be destroyed is death]

Sirius said that those were probably words written by Dumbledore, which meant that life is beyond death, and even in death there is life.

Harry agreed with this guess, because next to it was Ariana Dumbledore's tombstone, which seemed like what Principal Dumbledore would say.

But they were gone, and now his parents' rotting corpses lay cold and unconscious beneath the ice and stone. Harry thought.

I was immersed in sadness until I saw the ruins of the Potter family house.

White snow and black ivy bury the broken rubble, and wooden signs emerge like flowers from the mess of nettles and weeds.

It has gold letters written on it:

【October 31, 1981,

Lily and James Potter died here

Their son Harry is the only one

A wizard who survived the killing curse.

The house, invisible to Muggles, was left as is.

This ruin is used to commemorate the Potters.

And warned of the violence that destroyed their families]

Next to it are various inscriptions from wizards who have come to pay their respects over the past ten years, and the magical graffiti of the past ten years shines brightly:

[Good luck to you, Harry, wherever you are.

Hope you read this, Harry, we all support you

I would like to extend my most sincere blessings to the boy who survived the catastrophe]

"Long live Harry Potter!" Sirius read the words aloud.

Such behavior made Harry's face heat up and pulled him out of his sadness.

The two went back to Blake's old house to stay for a few days. For Harry, it was a joy to be with his godfather, and the two could ride broomsticks and discuss Quidditch together.

But Sirius couldn't stand the noisy old house elf and took Harry to play in the Muggle world.

Harry was not surprised at all that Sirius knew about the Muggle world, which could be seen from the flying motorcycle he modified.