Chapter 218 Waiting for the Storm to Come

After completing the steps for the crystal vial, Sean needs to wait until the storm arrives, which could take weeks, months, or even years, depending entirely on the weather that day.

At the same time, while waiting, Sean needs to complete the necessary actions at sunset and sunrise every day.

Point the tip of the wand to your heart and say the incantation: "Amato, Animo, Animato, Animagus. (amato animo animato animagus)"

The mantra must be recited the correct number of times without missing a beat.

If you are talented and have made no mistakes in the previous steps, then after you continue to chant the spell, you will encounter a moment when the tip of the wand touches your chest, and you will feel a second heartbeat, sometimes faster than the original one. The heartbeat is strong, sometimes weak. Of course, even if you notice the second heartbeat, everything must remain unchanged until the storm comes.

The coming of the storm all depends on luck, but some wizards are too lucky - the storm came the day after placing the medicine bottle.

Unfortunately, the wizard only performed the sunrise spell once, and he had not yet felt the second heartbeat - the wizard mentioned in detail in Dumbledore's notebook became a good negative example. .

He didn't feel his heartbeat and just took the next step when the storm came. When he transformed, the wizard disappeared.

Yes, completely disappeared. His wizard robe, his accessories, and his body did not turn into scales or hair after a while of twisting. The wizard completely disappeared into the air, leaving only one person. A wand fell to the ground.

When Dumbledore mentioned the wizard from the United States, he also emphasized that according to his understanding, the wizard was a very timid and hesitant person, and his life was lost due to the only reckless act in his life.

In addition, the wizard looked like someone who would turn into a ghost and return to the real world, but he did not. Therefore, the failure of the Animagus's transformation may lead to the loss of the soul.

Therefore, just like Professor McGonagall said in the first lesson of school, you must maintain awe of Transfiguration.

After Sean repeatedly confirmed that the stone chamber had been completely sealed, he left the underground floor with confidence.

Walking to the stairs leading to the ground, Sean suddenly saw a figure. It was a girl, wearing Nurmengard's fourth-grade uniform.

She has long maroon hair, a few highlights on her forehead dyed blue, and some freckles on both sides of her face. It is obviously extremely cold weather, but her uniform is still open, revealing a bulging black vest.

Sean's eyes suddenly darkened, but he didn't speak and just looked at the other person casually.

"What a coincidence, Mr. Wallop--" She greeted him cheerfully, not recognizing him as a stranger at all, nor did she feel the hostility towards him that the Nurmengard students had.

"I thought I was the only one who dared to run out under Professor Grindelwald's ban. I didn't expect you to be brave. Oh, you just went to the dungeon? What's in there?" She had a weak pair of drooping eyes. Eyes, but they sparkle when asking questions.

Did he meet him by chance... Sean did not let down his guard. He is now in the stage of persecution paranoia. He happened to have completed the first step of Animagus. How come he met this person...

However, it is indeed possible that she sneaked out...

He raised his eyelids calmly: "Do we know each other?"

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet, Patricia Dels, a fourth grader." The other party looked very relieved.

"Well, it's nice to meet you, but it's already very late. Why don't you go back?"

Patricia showed an expression of disbelief: "Didn't you hear what Professor Rozier said?"

I was not in the auditorium at the time, what could I hear...

Patricia looked very interested: "Dangerous magical animals for research were transported to Nurmengard, so she asked all the students to go back to rest - God, I didn't even think about it when I sneaked out. Can you believe no one is curious? Just me?"

Then she looked like she had met her soulmate: "Hey, handsome boy, the guy who was sent here must be in the dungeon. Tell me what it's like?"

"Are you so curious?" Sean was speechless. The other party actually slipped out for this reason.

However, that was just an excuse that Grindelwald came up with to help him clear the castle. He had just come up from the underground level, and there were no magical animals sent there at all.

"Aren't you curious? Your grades in Transfiguration should be very good, right?" Patricia looked in disbelief. "Who doesn't know? The most dangerous magical animals are the products of wizards' failed transformations! How is that possible? Is anyone not interested?!"

"Maybe we can find a new way to transform, I don't know!" She added a "we" to herself.

"There is no 'us', only you. Once again, it's nice to meet you, Miss Delsle. The entrance to the dungeon is right here. You can go in at any time - I'm going back first. Goodbye." Sean doesn't want to have more children. After saying this, he strode away directly.

"Oh, this is boring..." Patricia muttered as she stared at Sean's leaving voice.

She looked back at the entrance to the dungeon with a scared expression on her face, as if she had experienced something bad there.

"Ha... He must have seen something, but he didn't want to tell me... But everyone else has learned a lot now, and no one is willing to go down to explore the way for me. It's really troublesome..." She muttered a few words to herself, and looked He started thinking in the direction that Sean left.

After a long time, her steps began to move briskly.

"Sorry, Bach, I have to get on well with your enemies~"

…

When Sean returned to the common room, Hermione and Daisy were both awake, both waiting for him to return.

"How's it going?" Hermione stood up from her chair as soon as she heard his voice. She looked much more nervous than Sean.

"Alas..." Sean pretended to sigh.

"Oh... What a pity, Sean," the girl sighed, and then comforted him, "But it's normal, isn't it? The process of becoming an Animagus requires a lot of luck, and this is also I can’t kill you, you’ve done a good enough job—wait a minute.”

Hermione suddenly realized that she knew Sean's character very well. If he really failed, this guy would definitely not be what he is now——

She looked at Sean, and sure enough she noticed the smile on the corner of the boy's mouth.

"Shaun Wallup!"

"Okay, I was just kidding. Fortunately, the first step was successful." Sean said.

Hermione glared at him angrily: "Then can't you calm us down first?!"

"Just to relieve the tension - okay, sorry." Sean raised his hands in a French military salute.

"Hmph!" Hermione raised her nose, then pulled Daisy back and walked back, "I'm so sleepy, go to bed!"

The little white flower she was pulling made a cheering gesture to Sean: "Sean, congratulations~Hermione and I have been worried about you - oh, Hermione, don't pinch my face~"

"Don't talk to him, go to sleep!"

Sean shook his head in laughter, Hermione said so, but there was no angry expression on her face.

He looked at the place where the two girls were sitting just now. There was a dinner placed there, and next to it was a small glass jar with a blue bellflower flame inside, which was keeping the food next to it warm.

The dinner was still warm, obviously left by Hermione for him.

"Ha... Although the steak Mr. Grindelwald brought is delicious, Hermione knows my recipe better -" He sat down and enjoyed his late night snack after his hard work.

Sean slept deeply that night. Although he had long been accustomed to the leaves in his mouth, he still felt refreshed after getting rid of them, as if... it was like the rice grains stuck to the roof of his mouth fell off while eating. .

This feeling is very comfortable.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Sean opened his eyes on time. In Austria, the sun rises around 7:30 in the morning and sets around 16 in the afternoon.

He simply washed up and rushed outside. When the sun gradually climbed above the horizon, Sean pointed the wand at his heart.

"Amado, Animo, Animado, Animagus. (amato animo animato animagus)"

I don't know whether it was the sunshine gradually spreading or the magic power circulating in the air, but Sean felt an extremely weak warmth rushing to his chest.

The warmth came and went quickly. When Sean finished chanting the spell a fixed number of times, the warmth gradually disappeared.

He looked up at the sky. The weather had been good recently, and it would probably take some time for the storm to come.

After a night, Hermione was obviously back to normal, her curiosity for knowledge was up again, and she kept asking Sean in a low voice during breakfast how he was feeling at that time.

Of course, Sean didn't hide anything. He described all his feelings in detail and told Hermione and Daisy some of the points to pay attention to. After all, they were also practicing Animagus.

Hermione wrote down all the key points and situations described by Sean on the parchment, and also noted a lot of information she read in books for reference.

She blew the ink on the parchment with satisfaction and asked: "Can I still go to that underground classroom in the future? You put the magic potion there - and, yesterday, Professor Rosier said that there are magical animals for research Conveyed into the castle.”

How should I explain that it was just a random excuse because Grindelwald was playing favorites... Sean blinked.

"Well, it shouldn't matter. You can still go there - we're not going anywhere else anyway, and the potion is in the stone room, so it won't disturb us."

"That's fine..."

In the afternoon class, when Sean was thinking about finding an excuse to take a leave of absence for a while, Rozier, the transfiguration professor, called his name.

"Mr. Wallop, the principal is looking for you."

After he went out, Professor Rosier handed him a note, handwritten by Grindelwald.

"If you have classes, you can ask for leave by yourself and make up your own reasons. The professors will not stop you."

Mr. Grindelwald is so considerate...

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