Chapter 1318? Poetic Tune
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On Christmas Eve, the floating city has completely entered the atmosphere of the Christmas season.
Most homes and shops were decked out in Christmas attire, several feet of snow covered the ground, and the Black Lake was covered with hard ice. Thick ribbons made of holly and mistletoe were also hung on the pillars of the Ravenclaw Temple. Mysterious lights came out of every window, and there were some wizards' versions coming from inside that didn't contain too much. Christmas carols with religious elements.
Only a few foreign immigrants, such as Jewish wizards, who do not celebrate Christmas, have kept the shops operating in the commercial square area open. They have hired some wizards from countries that also do not celebrate Christmas as shop assistants to 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 most lively place in the commercial square is undoubtedly the Ravenclaw Temple.
The temple hall did not have anything extra decorated because of the festival. There was only the huge statue of Rowena Ravenclaw in the empty hall that connected the indoor sky and the earth and the five-headed dragon-shaped relief as her mount, together with the sermon. The table and the blue-upholstered benches were wiped clean and made brand new.
At the top of the Ravenclaw Hall, which is similar to the Inquisition of the Ministry of Magic, there are many dementors floating at the moment, those controlled by Ravenclaw. However, unlike the Ministry of Magic, they do not serve as guards and executioners. They function more like slaves in the temple. They are responsible for the maintenance of the temple with their hands that look like they are rotten and have been modified with lenses.
However, today they have been restricted by the temple wizards in their area of activity. They can only hover and float in the top area like catkins - because once they fly down too close as usual, although they have learned to converge, those who have not Guests who are accustomed to getting along with them in close quarters will inevitably feel that they have lost their happiness and think of some bad memories or terrible things.
Because the temple needs to maintain its sacred specialness, unlike the cluttered scenes of past press conferences where reporters were everywhere, although some cameras were allowed to be arranged in the temple to record the event, there were no cameramen behind the cameras to record the event as usual. You can control it at will and shine its lens in anyone's face.
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 one of the earliest and most loyal followers of Ravenclaw, she has become The number one priest in the temple.
This witch from Gryffindor House who loves Quidditch and serves as a Chaser was the youngest member of the Quidditch team besides Harry when Harry joined him in his first year, and was also the closest to Harry later. A long-time member of the team, she gave up her original goal of joining the Quidditch team and even gave up wearing Gryffindor-colored clothing. She was currently wearing a blue and bronze temple robe.
At this time, Katie's expression was solemn and majestic, and she could no longer see much youthfulness. She stood upright on the pulpit, and four clergy stood below to act as a guard of honor. Her excessive reverence made her behavior and behavior towards La. Ravenclaw approached - at least the Ravenclaw that outsiders knew.
Sitting in the front row and most important position of the temple hall are the squibs who need to be transformed into wizards.
Filch wore the uniform of Hogwarts and sat in the corner. He kept pressing his hand on his chest to restrain his nervousness and excitement. This made a temple attendant nearby keep an eye on him, for fear that he would faint. In the past - in addition to being old, because he was the first to come and the most pious, his prayers during this period had already made those wizards who started to believe in the goddess even from St. Mungo's Hospital see what fanaticism is.
Mr. Granger and Mrs. Crevat were both religiously arranged in the middle of the two rows on the left and right - as insiders, of course they did not have to be like Filch, but they could not help but bear some general responsibilities for going through the motions. Petunia and Dudley sat next to Mr. Granger, while his husband Vernon and other pure Muggle relatives were arranged to watch the ceremony in the back.
For Petunia, she had been disturbed by the magnificent fantasy of the magical world during this period. In the short time she spent at Hogwarts, the magical world she learned was far more magical than what her sister had described to her, and The quality of life is also much better than they imagined. Although her nephew and murderer look bad, they still entertain them without any suspicion, as well as Mr. Handy, who is called a golem by the wizards and is regarded as a 'robot' by her. Their in-depth service made her husband, who had been chattering endlessly before coming to the magic world, shut his mouth and be unable to find any more thorns. What is really difficult for Penny to digest is that in addition to magic, there is a real god in this world, and it is this god who gives them the opportunity to obtain magical power - these shocks and doubts make Penny During this period of time, her whole body was in a hazy state like falling into a dream. She could only sit in her seat seriously like the other two Dursleys who were shocked by everything in front of them and did not dare to say anything more. Let your breathing become steady.
And this group of non-magical people among the magical crowd obviously attracted people's attention, because even the officials of the Ministry of Magic and even a few Director Harris only sat in the second and third rows - there were Many people recognized Filch, and some powerful wizards recognized the more famous Mr. Granger because of their business relationship with Umbrella, but this left them even more confused.
Katie Bell on the stage looked at the time, and then she did not use a wand but used the gesture casting skills of Wagadu wizards modified by Allen, and exerted a sound as if she was rubbing her throat. Loud spell.
"Everyone, whether you are a believer of the goddess or not, Ravenclaw Temple welcomes you to come on Christmas Eve." Katie's voice was clear and clear under the blessing of the magic spell and the internal effects specially designed by the temple. As for the shock that made some people's heads hurt, her deliberately imitating a hymn-like tone made her sound so divine, "Today's great goddess and her chosen ones, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net will bring great joy to our magical world. Here comes a great gift...Now let me ask Mr. Allen Harris, the elector of the goddess, to explain it to everyone."
Allen, who had been waiting behind the pulpit for a long time, just strolled onto the stage. Katie consciously retreated to a plate, allowing her principal to appear in the most obvious position in the eyes of others.
"Ms. Rowena Ravenclaw and I have recently come up with some new ideas in the study of magic." Allen's eyes swept across the wizards present, and everyone seemed to have met his eyes for a moment. , his voice was also much slower than usual, "Those Squib believers who spontaneously and sincerely believe in the goddess Ravenclaw will receive a precious gift, and the goddess Ravenclaw will exert her divine power on them. Those who spontaneously and sincerely believe in the goddess Ravenclaw will Squib believers who sincerely believe in the goddess Ravenclaw will be inspired by the magic in their blood... allowing them to gain the spell-casting ability they should have and become a wizard... and I will use my knowledge in alchemy and magic. Small achievements in medicine, combined with the goddess, allow these believers to successfully complete this divine transformation.”
There was an understatement in Allen's tone, but it seemed like he was throwing a thunderbolt explosion spell at the crowd.
After the initial brief silence, many people stood up from their seats without caring about politeness. Some people even suspected that they heard wrongly and eagerly asked the people around them. This noisy sound was amplified by the structure of the temple, which made the temple seem as noisy as the commercial square outside for the first time.
"I know how excited you are about this miracle of the goddess, but please restrain yourself... Let us witness it with a pious heart..." Katie's forced imitation of a poetic voice caused the temple to return to silence, and she was invited The wizards who came over looked at the pulpit with fear.