Chapter 52 Christmas (Modified, Rewritten 2 Times, Typos Corrected)

A short wizard with a pair of glasses and a tall, thin wizard with a high hairline swaggered out from the inside. Judging from their closer directions, the two seemed to be going to the room on the left— —Then they and the Harris brothers who heard the movement looked at each other.

"Enemy attack! That Auror has escaped!" The dull expressions of the two wizard-style nerds turned panic-stricken and screamed after a while, turning around, as if they wanted to go back inside to call for someone.

"All petrified!"

"Damned!"

The quick-responsive Harris brothers cast the spell almost at the same time, but due to the relatively far distance at this time, when Alan's petrification spell flew, the target had already moved away from the original position, while the trained Albert Predicting the opponent's position in advance, the stunned magic spell that flew out from the tip of his staff emitting a strong red light accurately hit the glasses wizard, and the wizard was fixed in mid-air while running, and was hit again after a while Fei slammed into the wall, and before he was hit, he was stunned under the effect of the spell - stun is often used in duels, it can be very effective in temporarily losing consciousness and stopping the attack, It is a very practical and common spell for the caster to win.

Albert, who had successfully knocked down the enemy, didn't have the heart to show off to his younger brother at this time, because the missing wizard's yell kept coming from the door, which should have alarmed the people inside, "Alan, let me stop you, You run outside first...Damn it!"

Albert found that his younger brother had already started to approach the middle door with his wand raised, and he was forced to follow.

After discovering that the other party had been dealt with due to an emergency, Allen estimated the power balance between the two sides, stepped over in a few steps, broke the magic wand of the glasses wizard, walked into the middle door, and put He slowed down for a few seconds to let his elder brother, who was repairing the fallen wizard, follow up.

After passing through a passage, looking at the porch with Albert, it is a very wide circular stone palace. There are animal stone statues of different shapes around the stone palace. They all have magic lamps on their heads. The lights are never extinguished. It shines brightly.

The most striking thing in the room inside is a sculpture against the wall at the far end of the room. In the center of the palace, there is a huge statue of the moon god. He has four hands, one holding a scepter, and the other holding a A bottle of elixir symbolizing immortality, the third hand holds a lotus flower, and the remaining hand is in a defensive state. He was driving a three-wheeled chariot drawn by antelopes and ten horses as white as jasmine, and he looked like he was going on an expedition. And between the eyebrows of the statue, there is a round yellow gemstone inlaid, with occasional flashes of light on the gemstone, blatantly announcing its extraordinaryness—until the system suddenly issued a warning sound in a daze, telling Allen that this piece of the statue's forehead It's a fake.

The inside and the four wizards who fled back have begun to surround them. Two of them are of Indian origin, with beautifully decorated and thick turbans wrapped around their heads. Another ghostly figure landed under the statue, and that person wore a With a bald and swollen head, rose tattoos were filled around the eyes, and he wore tattered clothes and no shoes like a few Indians. The abscess on his body was exposed, and his status seemed to be higher than others.

"Rose? Herman Sivan! He's the Death Eater Herman Sivan. I've seen him in the ministry's documents. How did he become like this? Wait..." Albert was a little shocked Xia focused his attention on his younger brother again, "Come back soon!"

Allen showed a confident smile to his elder brother. After seeing the enemy, he used all the remaining "Student Halo" at one time. ——Although it is a pity that the halo is used up, it seems that Alan, as a wizard, can hear the angry cries of many people when he obtains and uses it. It is better to have such an overly unbalanced means-according to the storybooks in the Ravenclaw Library's category titled 'Starting Points', whether they have written a beginning or more than half of them have no end,

With this kind of protagonist who has such abilities beyond what he should master, if he receives such hidden warnings and ignores them, the consequences will either not be a good end, or even the book itself will become halfway through. Subsequent defective products.

Taking advantage of the distance between the two sides, Allen was delighted under the effect of the halo. The moon gem was in that position. He reached into his pocket, holding it as a magical object that had been cast with a traceless stretching spell, and then Opened the system storage space from the inside and took out Neptune, turned over and flew out quickly holding his wand: "Albert, I am attracting firepower, you pay attention to your hands!"

"You bastard! Stop!"

Ignoring his brother's roar, Allen took advantage of his flying speed to increase the distance from the enemy, and Albert also took advantage of this opportunity to dash in and hide behind a stone animal statue.

At this time, the four magic wands moving with Allen continued to issue spells, but because of the distance and speed, Allen easily predicted and avoided them with his flying talent, and the spells were ejected on the top relief of the underground palace , Gravel splashed and flames blazed.

The two sides are in their positions, and both sides in the battle are trying to kill each other.

From his own point of view, after seeing his brother's behavior and thinking that he was committing death, Albert had no energy to deal with the Auror regulations at this time. Although he didn't dare to use the unforgivable curse on people, but The powerful black magic continued to be released from his wand, which belonged to a Jewish wizard. Although the effect and casting speed were somewhat affected because he did not own the wand, for a while, flames and strong acids with sputtering effects The powerful magic made several Indians have to allocate some energy to avoid injury.

Alan, who was riding a broom and holding a magic wand, was gradually looking for the best place to attack. After Herman avoided a thunderbolt explosion thrown by Albert, Alan used the dust splashed by the explosion to use the aura of a schoolmaster The increase brought by it quickly cast and completed a deformation technique on the ground behind Herman from a long distance. Several sharp Lego toys appeared at Herman's feet, and those original round protrusions now became A sharp cone with metallic luster.

Sure enough, after waiting for a few seconds, the barefooted Herman jumped back while avoiding Albert's spell, and the root of the little finger and the front part of the sole of the right foot were pierced by Lego toys—Alan jumped on the other side When I got up, I couldn't bear to look directly and turned my head.

Then Allen put a blazing flame on the heads of several Indians, and one of them couldn't dodge enough to let his thick turban start to burn - his partner immediately helped him take off the turban, revealing the Mediterranean hairstyle inside. , and his remaining greasy hair looks terrible because of the long-term turban.

At this time, Herman seemed to want to scream, but because of the pain, he just opened his mouth and let out a strange short sound, and stopped attacking as if even breathing heavily would cause pain. I bent down to pull out the Lego that was still stuck in the wound.

Albert, who has been professionally trained as an Auror, seized the opportunity and cast spells repeatedly. Although Herman used the Iron Armor Curse to resist the first round of attacks regardless of the pain, he was still unable to pay attention due to impaired mobility and pain. The power drop was hit by Albert's fainting spell, and he passed out.

After the remaining three found that the most powerful wizard on their side was dealt with, they were a little stunned and resentful. They pointed their wands at the two of Allen and attacked again.

But the Indian magic system, which is better at cursing and rituals and not good at fighting, is not an opponent of the European system, which is popular in duels, and the tall and thin man who just escaped is just the subordinate of these three people, let alone nothing. good hand.

What's more, Albert is still a professionally trained Auror, and although Allen's real strength is still limited and he can't use too many uncommon black magic in front of his brother, but with the knowledge brought by the halo and the improvement of luck , plus the defensive effect of wizard robes and the application of the Transfiguration technique are enough to allow them to quickly resolve the battle even though they are two against four.

Facing the unconscious Indians, Albert destroyed their wands, stripped them naked a few times, and then used transfiguration to turn their clothes into ropes and tied them up. One person added another petrification spell.

"Since when did you become so powerful, you little bastard?" Albert relaxed a little after he successfully dealt with the enemy, and shouted excitedly at his younger brother's performance. Zhang Lian said, "When I go back, I must tell my father and mother to discipline you. Aren't you assigned to the Eagle Academy? Why are you acting like those little lions?!"

"Albert, don't you hold that gem with your hands? Be careful not to touch it directly with your hands, it may cause a curse." Allen calmly diverted his brother's attention, Albert nodded when he heard the words, and he stepped on him, Use the magic wand to carefully start trying to get the gems...

The system has determined that the stone in Albert's hand is not genuine and marked him with the location of the genuine product—this made Allen even more confused about the system. It's like posting a mission as a reason for him to pick it up...

But there was no way to continue to think about it. When Albert began to wrap the fake with a piece of cloth to prevent himself from accidentally touching it, he pretended to observe and came to the statue of the Moon God, knowing that Albert was not holding the genuine one. He, after searching for a while, really saw the yellow gem placed in the hidden compartment under the statue's seat. Alan brushed it lightly with his hand, and quickly put the gem into the storage space.

"Alan, wait for me a little longer." Putting away the fake gems, Albert walked up to the Death Eater who was bound and petrified in a coma, the same way his younger brother treated his roommate, Albert faced his face A stream of clear springs came, and when he woke up, his eyeballs started to spin and he began to use "Instigmatism" on him.

It turns out that several Indians are the guardians of the moon gems. India was once a British colony. During the colonization, the moon gems flowed into the UK. In order to ensure the effect of the moon gem, British wizards from several pure-blood families related to the incident secretly built this underground palace, erected a statue of the moon god, and tried to use the moon gem to produce similar magic by means of human sacrifice. The effect of the stone creates an elixir of life.

However, although this fake elixir has a certain degree of life-prolonging effect, but because the production method is too cruel, the resentment of the victims is also absorbed into it, resulting in a curse, and these people have no way to break the curse, so Those who have taken this potion will become swollen and deformed, and will eventually end their lives due to increasing torture.

And the guardian of this generation got in touch with Herman Sivan. As a mysterious man's loyal subordinate, Herman Sivan wanted to use this thing to revive his master, while the Indian wizard wanted to use his master to fight against the curse. They are good at cracking the curse, and the two parties formed an alliance in one hit - Herman Xivan couldn't resist the temptation in the end and tried taking the potion and became a little crazy.

After doing this, Albert cast a spell again to make Herman Sivan fall into a coma, and after he glanced at his younger brother, he cast an oblivion on everyone, leaving Alan in their memory It was completely erased: "Sorry, Alan, it stands to reason that you can at least get a third-class Merlin Medal this time, but I think it's best not to let others know... It's not a problem to be good in the first grade, But your talents in the dark arts are better concealed, and it won’t be a problem to reveal it in a few years... You may not know it, but this is a sensitive matter for many people..."

"It's okay, Albert, I understand...it's easy to be associated with the mysterious man when he was young." Allen actually wanted Albert to help him cover up his actions this time, so he just used the elder brother's reason to follow along the steps Walked down, "Don't worry, Albert, I just found some books left by the predecessors in the Ravenclaw lounge and the Room of Requirement, and I am not addicted to it..."

"Thank you for risking your life to save me..." Albert nodded, feeling his tone was a bit nasty, and he changed his tone again, "As a thank you, I won't tell mom what you did today, of course if you Don't blame me if they find out that you are showing your feet, take out your broom... Did you ask your senior classmates to cast the magic spell on you, or did you do it yourself? Be careful not to put too many things, in case the spell is cast If it is not in place, your posture is wrong, and you may even be crushed to death by the things you put inside... Forget it, let's fly out first, and I will notify the Ministry of Magic."

"Your brother is very popular in school, and a little sister of Ravenclaw helped me do it." Allen bragged along the excuse his brother made, took out his broomstick, and the two sat on it— —It wasn't until he sat on it that Allen remembered the pattern on the badge of the Templar Knights, suppressed the awkwardness in his heart and flew out with Albert.

After going out, Albert sent Allen back to Aunt Josephine's house through Apparition, and found that Aunt had fallen asleep. He didn't have time to have a long talk with Allen, he needed to go back to the ministry immediately to ask for support to finish the finishing work.

Alan, who was teleported by Albert once again, tiptoed back to his bed. The comfortable bed gradually relaxed his tense nerves. Alan checked the results of his mission, first of all naturally It was a few plesiosaur skins. If he hadn't already had the Philosopher's Stone and was not short of pocket money, he would have spent a while and Ron for several years just by selling one.

And the rewards of the system made Allen feel more practical, and the reward was exactly what Allen needed-the constant magic ability "animal understanding".

Although this kind of resident spell ability similar to language proficiency is not very reliable, it just allows Allen and the animals who voluntarily communicate with him to understand each other's meaning expressed in each other's language, but it is different from Parseltongue , it does not allow Allen to really learn and use the other party's language-when he speaks a sentence, he may be able to understand the owl but the other may not understand what he is saying at all.

But generally speaking, it is better than Hagrid's way of communicating with animals purely by relying on thick skin, countless personal experiences, and affinity for magical animals.

This time, Allen set his learning goal on learning apparation. Although according to the routine, Hogwarts is only arranged to learn it in the sixth grade, judging from the storyline of the learning materials, this teleportation technology is the most important. In fact, the three D-principles, that is, goal ( ), determination ( ) and calmness ( ), are all related to the mind.

Although Allen was affected by factors such as his age, state and endocrine at this time, he was not a real minor after all, so he was more confident in learning this skill—the most important thing was that he was suffering when he went. He rode a broom, stepped on the starlight, braved the severe cold, and flew against the strong wind for a long time, and although he was a little dizzy when he came back, the convenience of Albert getting himself back in the blink of an eye made Allen very envious .

The next day, when the aunt who got up early and planned to go to Diagon Alley to buy a new wand muttered that she found the wand she lost last night in the corner of the bathroom, Owen Harris happily came to pick up his youngest son Allen and youngest daughter Emily. Home.

Back home in Dorset, Ellen was greeted with an extremely sumptuous lunch for the British, including parsley soup, ham and eggs, sour bun with cardamom, veal with sour plum brine, and dessert marinated in sugar. Shrimp, delicious butter beer accompaniment, and of course Mrs. Harris' heavy cheesecake.

Allen, who had been active for most of the night last night and hadn't eaten anything, and Albert, who had been hungry for a longer time, became the main force, and they almost wiped out everything.

After the meal, Albert grabbed Alan and told him in a low voice that he had received a commendation from the ministry and a large sum of Galleons as a bonus. What pleased Albert the most was that he had a two-month vacation.

The upright Albert felt that he was a little sorry for his brother who had done his best, and wanted to give all the Galleon bonus to Alan.

Alan didn't refuse his brother's kindness, but he only asked for half of it. Although for a first-year wizard who couldn't go to Hogsmeade, he didn't even have a chance to use the pocket money given by his family, and he wasn't used to being like other young wizards of the same age. Like a wizard, please ask the seniors and sisters who can go to take it, but the Christmas gift is still a lot of money for him who is very popular, especially if he wants to give some less "Weasley" style When it comes to things—Alan originally planned to use the Philosopher's Stone to make some gold, but now the bonus from his brother just saves trouble.

For the rest of the holiday, Allen finally lived the peaceful life he expected before the holiday. Apart from reading idle books to relax, he just played with his younger sister Emily... In such a peaceful state of mind, he secretly took advantage of the adults at home. When you are all around, prepare the white moss you secretly mail-ordered, and start practicing this apparition that should be practiced by students over the age of seventeen. Unlike many adult wizards who can't even cast the Iron Armor Curse, few There will be people who won't get a license to Apparate.

Before returning to school, although Allen managed to move himself from the bedside of the bedroom to the other side of the room, the deviation of the position still made him break out in a cold sweat, and he almost got half of himself stuck outside the room , So he gave up the risky behavior of continuing to die like a Gryffindor, thinking about returning to Hogwarts and sneaking out of the school's forbidden apparation range, and then continuing to complete the practice on the wide ground.

Then on Christmas Day, Allen received a lot of presents. To Allen's surprise, even Miss Know-It-All gave him a gift-a large box of sugar-free dark chocolate in the shape of a horseshoe, and it even came with a pair of toothbrushes And toothpaste, seems to be worried that Alan, a pure-blood wizard, doesn't understand how to use Muggle products, and she also wrote a lot of instructions and notes on how to protect her teeth...

Among this pile of gifts, the most thoughtful one is the self-portrait of little sister Emily; the most serious one is the magic book given by the second elder brother Lunn; the most surprising one is an owl presented by Albert, one with a cold expression handsome owl.

Ellen named him Benny and sincerely hoped that he would be an owl smart enough to stay away from a Hufflepuff first-year girl who was rumored to eat owls and make McGonagall mad Thunder.

As for the gifts that Alan sent to other people, they were very simple. They were all small bags with a traceless stretching spell cast on them. Although the capacity was limited, they were still very stable compared to the products made by senior students who cast a constant spell on the bags themselves. Reliable, its price is not cheap, especially for little wizards.

At this time, compared to Allen enjoying the warmth of the family, Harry was alone and indulged in the scene of family reunion conjured by the Mirror of Erised. In the lie of happiness, it is estimated that he will not be able to wake up on his own.

In any case, time is always independent of human will. Alan reluctantly waved goodbye to his relatives and boarded the Hogwarts Express.