Chapter 1318 ?
On the eve of Christmas, the Floating Void City has completely entered the atmosphere of the Christmas season.
Most of the homes and businesses had dressed themselves up for Christmas, several feet of snow lay on the ground, and Black Lake was hard-frozen. Thick sashes made of holly and mistletoe were also hung on the pillars of the Ravenclaw Temple, and mysterious lights were revealed from every window, and some wizards came out of it. Christmas carols with religious components.
Only a small number of foreign immigrants, such as Jewish wizards, who do not celebrate Christmas, will not close the shops in the commercial square area. They hire wizards from countries that also do not celebrate Christmas as shop assistants, and work hard in the shops—— For those who work during the Christmas holiday, the problem of eating is also solved at the restaurant opened by Asian wizards who are not used to celebrating Christmas.
Today, apart from the few shops, the bustling place in the commercial square is undoubtedly the Ravenclaw Temple.
The hall of the temple was not decorated with anything extra because of the festival, only the huge statue of Rowena Ravenclaw connected to the indoor world in the empty hall and the five-headed dragon relief as her mount, together with the sermon The desk and the blue-upholstered benches had been wiped clean.
At the very top of the Ravenclaw hall, similar to the Tribunal of the Ministry of Magic, there are many dementors floating at this time, those dementors controlled by Ravenclaw. However, unlike the Ministry of Magic, they are not guards and executioners. They are more like servants in the temple. They are responsible for the maintenance of the temple with their rotten palms that have been remodeled with lenses.
However, today they were restricted by the temple wizards, and they could only hover and float in the top area like catkins—because once they flew down as usual, the distance was too close. Although they had learned to restrain themselves, those who did not Guests who are used to how close they are to each other will inevitably feel that they have lost their happiness, recalled some bad memories or terrible things.
Because the temple needs to maintain its sacred speciality, it is different from the cluttered scenes of journalists running around at the press conference in the past. Although some cameras were allowed to be arranged in the temple to record the event, there was no cameraman behind the camera as usual, It can be manipulated at will, and its lens can be shot on anyone's face.
And the person in charge of this temple activity is Katie Bell, who has just graduated from Hogwarts and has already stepped onto the pulpit. As the earliest and most loyal believers of Ravenclaw, she has become a The number one priest in the temple.
This witch from Gryffindor College who likes Quidditch as a Chaser was the youngest member of the Quidditch team Harry joined in his first year, and he was also the closest to Harry. She had given up her original goal of going to the Quidditch team, and even the Gryffindor color scheme, and was wearing a blue and bronze temple robe at this time.
At this time, Katie's expression was solemn and majestic, and she could no longer see much youthfulness. She stood upright on the pulpit, while four priests stood below as guards of honor. Venclaw approached—at least the Ravenclaw that outsiders knew.
And sitting in the front and most important position of the temple hall, those Squibs who need to be transformed into wizards are specially arranged here.
Filch wore a Hogwarts uniform and sat in a corner. He kept his hands on his chest, restraining his nervousness. This made a nearby temple attendant keep an eye on him for fear that he might faint. In the past—except for being old, because he was the first to come and the most pious one, his prayers during this period had already made those wizards who believed in the goddess even since St. Mungo's Hospital see what fanaticism is.
Both Mr. Granger and Mrs. Clearwater were piously placed in the middle of the left and right rows - as insiders,
Of course they don't have to go to the level of Filch, but it is inevitable that they will bear some formal responsibilities. Petunia and Dudley sat next to Mr. Granger, and his husband Vernon, the pure Muggle relatives, were arranged to watch the ceremony behind.
For Petunia, she has been disturbed by the magnificent fantasy of the wizarding world during this period of time. In the short time at Hogwarts, she learned that the wizarding world has far surpassed the magic described by her sister, and The quality of life is also much better than they imagined. Although her nephew and the murderer have bad looks, they still don't care about the entertainment, and those wizards call golems, but she regards Mr. Handy as a 'robot' Their in-place service made her husband, who had been chattering before coming to the wizarding world, shut his mouth at this time and couldn't pick out any more thorns. What really makes it hard for Penny to digest is that besides magic, there are real gods in this world, and it is this god who gives them the opportunity to obtain magical powers. During this period of time, the whole person was in a state of trance like a dream, she could only sit in a serious position like the other two Dursleys who had been frightened by everything in front of them and did not dare to say any more. Let your breathing become regular.
And this group of people who don't have magic in the magical crowd can obviously attract people's attention, because even the officials of the Ministry of Magic, and even a few Harris chiefs are only sitting in the second and third rows—some Many people recognized Filch, and some powerful wizards recognized the more famous Mr. Granger because of their business relationship with the umbrella, but this made them even more confused.
Katie Bell on the stage looked at the time, and instead of using a wand, she used the gesture casting skills of the Waggadu wizards transformed by Allen, and exerted a sound like rubbing her throat Hong Liang curse.
"Everyone, whether you are a believer of the goddess or not, the Ravenclaw Temple welcomes you on Christmas Eve." Katie's voice was clear and distinct under the blessing of the spell and the internal effects specially designed by the temple. As for shocking someone's brain, her intentionally imitating the hymn-like accent made her sound so divine, "Today's great goddess and her chosen ones will bring a great gift to our magical world... now Please let Mr. Alan Harris, the elector of the goddess, explain it to everyone."
Allen, who had been waiting behind the pulpit for a long time, just strolled onto the stage, and Katie retreated consciously, making her principal appear in the most obvious position in the eyes of others.
"Ms. Rowena Ravenclaw and I recently have some new ideas in the study of magic." Allen's gaze swept across the wizards present, and everyone seemed to meet his gaze for a moment , His voice was also much slower than usual, "Those Squib followers who spontaneously and sincerely believe in the Ravenclaw Goddess will receive a precious gift. The Ravenclaw Goddess will use her divine power on them. Squibs who sincerely believe in the Ravenclaw Goddess, will be inspired by the magic that runs in their blood... giving them the ability to cast spells as they should, and become a wizard... and I will use my skills in alchemy and magic. Small achievements in medicine, combined with the goddess, allow these believers to successfully complete this divine transformation."
There was some understatement in Allen's tone of statement, but it seemed to throw a thunderbolt spell in the crowd.
After the initial brief silence, many people stood up directly from their seats regardless of politeness. Some even suspected that their ears had heard wrong, and eagerly asked the people around them. This noisy sound was amplified under the structure of the temple, which made the temple look a bit as noisy as the commercial square outside for the first time.
"I understand everyone's excitement about the miracle of the goddess, but please restrain yourself...Let us witness with a pious heart..." Katie's voice, which forcibly imitated the poetic accent, restored the temple to silence, and was invited The wizards who came over looked at the pulpit with fear.