Chapter 624 Branching

"You like bears?"

I remember that in the original game plot, there was an ending where Illya extracted Shirou's soul and imprisoned it in a bear doll. In another parallel world, Illya's own soul was stuffed into a bear doll.

It can be said that Illya and Xiong have a wonderful bond.

"I remember you said at the beginning, if I raise a bear in the future...does it mean that I will definitely raise a bear?"

"Ah, well... a lot of things have changed, maybe this thing won't happen."

"This bear is very cute, can I have one?"

Although I don't understand why there is a small bear among the "official designated pets" such as cats, owls, and toads, but Illya can keep it if she wants, anyway, for people like them It's not a problem either.

"Then buy it."

After paying the bill happily, Illya didn't leave the little white bear in the cage, but hugged it in her arms - just like hugging a puppy.

Anyway, this bear cub is still very small, and at first glance, it is no different from a puppy.

After wandering around Diagon Alley for a day, I finally bought everything I should have bought.

And Ethan deliberately got stuck in the day before going to the school to report, so after packing up at night and saluting, a group of people came to the train station the next day in a mighty manner, and found the famous nine and three-quarters platform.

"A simple enchantment."

To block ordinary people who don't have magical reactions, everyone present doesn't need to do anything extra, just push the cart and walk over.

There is no need to sprint and crash like in the movie.

Compared to meeting Harry Potter twice in Diagon Alley before, this time I didn't see any 'acquaintances' at the station.

But they are all going to Hogwarts on the same train, so it is not difficult to meet them.

After handing over the salute to the Hogwarts staff for consignment, Ethan, Logan, Scathach, Ilya, Leah, and Rin Tohsaka found a compartment and sat down.

There were a lot of people in their group, so they directly occupied a compartment, so they didn't have to worry about outsiders running in suddenly, making them unable to chat as they wished.

"It's good to have more people coming!"

Just as Ethan judged, because the carriage was full of people, no one came to disturb them anymore. Even if someone came over, they would choose to leave after seeing so many people sitting here.

"How much do you know about this world?"

Watching the train slowly start to move, Logan took out a bag of onion rings and ate it—because he couldn’t smoke, he ate snacks almost anytime and anywhere.

Ilya, who was sitting next to Ethan, also brought a lot of snacks, but she was feeding the bear cub.

"Xiaobai eat more, grow up earlier."

"Shiro?" (Japanese Rishiro and Xiaobai have similar pronunciations)

While feeding the bear, Illya answered Tohsaka Rin's question directly without raising her head: "Because the name Ethan cannot be used."

"So it's called Shirou?" Tohsaka Rin couldn't figure out Illya's thoughts. Is it really good to put my brother's name on the pet?

If it was the original Illya, I would definitely not care about this, but now Illya can still realize something is wrong, so she made a homonym: "It's Xiaobai."

"Oh! Very good name." Tohsaka Rin nodded, Xiaobai is very suitable as a pet name, and this is a white bear, the name is very appropriate: "Xiaobai, turned into cotton candy."

Now Illya has completely liberated her nature, and behaved happily like a real child.

As for the topic of this world that Ethan and Logan were discussing, she didn't care at all, but she listened seriously through Skaha, who was alone.

"You know what you should know..."

"So you've already planned what to do?"

Ethan shook his head: "I don't want to do anything, I just want to spend these years quietly."

He really doesn't want to make trouble this time, because he has lost all motivation to make trouble after becoming a child, and now he just wants time to pass by and grow up earlier—even though he knows his current body and wants to grow up It’s not something that can be done in just a few years.

Logan didn't believe Ethan's words, and looked at Ethan with suspicious eyes.

"I think with your personality, it's impossible for you to live a few years of ordinary student life quietly without causing trouble...that's simply impossible."

"You should have some faith in me."

"I have great confidence in you...especially your ability to make things happen."

Ethan was speechless, and when he was about to explain something, a real yellow-haired girl appeared at the door of the carriage.

Half-length blond hair below the shoulders, some curls make the hair look fluffy-and the owner doesn't seem to be interested in tidying it up, just let them hang loose casually.

The little girl who appeared suddenly looked at the people in the carriage, greeted them politely, and then expressed her intention for coming.

"A boy named Neville lost his toad, did any of you see it?"

"I haven't seen any toads here, maybe they went somewhere else."

The one who answered her was Liya, who was sitting outside. She was very friendly to everyone, and she was warm-hearted and immediately asked the other party if they needed help.

"Oh, I'm going to ask in other compartments, do you want to come together?"

Leah nodded, she didn't need to ask her teacher for instructions on such things, and Rin Tohsaka seemed too bored, so she decided to join the action group of 'Helping Neville find his lost pet'.

After the girls left, Logan noticed that Ethan had paid more attention to that girl earlier, so he gently shook his head in the direction of the door.

"That girl...is a very important person?"

"Yeah, a heroine-like existence."

Hermione Jane Granger, the absolute heroine in the world of Harry Potter, one of the Gryffindor Triangle, is a master wizard from an ordinary family.

But now she is just a yellow-haired girl who is curious about everything and wants to learn everything.

"You've been planning to let Leah touch her?"

Ethan had no choice but to explain again.

"I really didn't want to do anything this time, I just wanted to avoid these people."

Getting too close to the Iron Triangle of Gryffindor, that is, the protagonist Harry Potter, the heroine Hermione Granger and the second male Ron Weasley means almost endless troubles, and he doesn't want to give himself looking for trouble.

Of course, after entering Hogwarts, there will inevitably be troubles, because Hogwarts will no longer be a pure land after a few years, and the struggle between the Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix will also affect Hogwarts. Ci, the group of pig teammates from the Ministry of Magic will also add to the chaos.

But by that time, Ethan has almost mastered what he wants to learn, and anyone who makes trouble will be killed directly.

"Are you really planning to be a student quietly?"

"Is there anything wrong with this? It's boring to fight and kill all day, right? It's a change to experience a different life in a different way."

Logan was silent for a while, and had to admit that what Ethan said made sense. After participating in countless wars and wandering for many years, didn't he gradually adapt to the "teaching career" that he never thought of? Although his real job at that time was to fight mutant crimes as an X-Men.

The train, which seemed to be lagging behind but was actually fast, finally arrived at the terminal, and it was Hagrid who brought Harry Potter out of his aunt's house to welcome a large group of children at the station.

After explaining some things, Hagrid led all the children to the location of Hogwarts College: a huge castle in a very secret location next to a lake.

"Welcome to Hogwarts!"

Vice-principal McGonagall waited here for a long time. After a brief welcome to a large group of freshmen, he also explained the sorting ceremony they were about to face next.

To put it simply, it is a special talking hat that can be assigned to the most suitable one of the four colleges under Hogwarts according to the individual talents and wishes of each freshman.

The four houses are Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.

For this situation, Ethan didn't greet the few partners beside him in advance, he was curious which academy they would be assigned to.

After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, the plot of Draco Malfoy's hand of friendship to Mr. Harry Potter was brutally rejected as usual.

And at this time, because they helped find Neville's toad together on the train, and also came from an ordinary family, Hermione, Leah, and Tohsaka Rin have become friends, and even stood beside Ethan and his group .

It was only at this time that Ethan remembered that this Miss Hermione was not only a top student, but also a bit talkative. Now she was very curious and asked these new friends which college they wanted to join?

Miss Hermione had a very detailed understanding of Hogwarts before coming here, and she had already figured out all the four houses.

"I want to go to Gryffindor, how about you?"

"Anywhere, anywhere."

Although it didn't get enough enthusiastic response, it couldn't stop Hermione. It wasn't until Professor McGonagall led everyone into the hall full of students and college teachers that Hermione finally stopped.

The next step is to decide the sorting ceremony for everyone in the next seven years. The little girl Hermione is obviously a little nervous, standing there swallowing her saliva.

After Principal Dumbledore finished speaking some prohibitions, the sorting ceremony officially began, and Hermione was the first one.

There is no difference from the plot. Hermione went to Gryffindor, Ron went to Gryffindor, and Harry Potter also went to Gryffindor. The Iron Triangle officially got together.

During this period, Leah was assigned to Hufflepuff, Scathach was assigned to Ravenclaw, Rin Tohsaka and Logan went to Gryffindor. The next one was named Ethan, a little surprised, he didn't expect to be sent to Slytherin by this hat.