Chapter 4 The Great Library
After a painstaking negotiation and sentence, Hermione finally convinced her parents to allow her to stay at Swift Manor. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Considering that a certain Xiwen boy is only 13 years old, even if he has bad intentions, he has no ability, and Alice naturally has a feeling of peace of mind. In addition, Hermione was going to leave them for a long time to live alone at Hogwarts far away from this year, so the Granger couple agreed - Hermione could stay here for two more days. Just get used to life without your parents in advance.
Little Lori happily changed into a gift from Alice, a new set of wizard robes, and a dustproof cape. Little Hermione, holding her wand, stood solemnly in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror, hello, future witch, Lord Hermione~
Don't laugh! The blushing little Lori glared angrily at Xiwen at the door, her bright eyes were round, and then she gave Xiwen a pair of white eyes called health balls. I ran out and thanked Sister Alice.
After a night's rest, and after breakfast, Sivin took Hermione to the study on the west side of the first floor of the manor. Hermione was still holding "A History of Hogwarts" and "Standard Spell: Elementary" that she had taken away last night. The entire west area on the first floor of the main building of the manor was stocked with bookshelves, and looking at the dazzling array of books, little Hermione felt trapped in a magic circle composed of infinite books.
"Why didn't Harry come?"
"Obviously, little Harry isn't as addicted to reading as you are. Messing up the girl's long hair, Hermione couldn't fight back because she was holding the book, grinning, grinding her sharp little tiger teeth, and her big eyes seemed to stare at you like to say believe it or not!
"Do you have textbooks here?" Hermione looked around, and they seemed to be some decent books, "What are you doing?"
Sivin inlays the sun key he got from Alice when he left the living room and inlays it in the floor cutout. The golden light seemed to float, and the golden rays converged in mid-air, and in the boom, the floor sank down layer by layer, forming a circle of downward stairs, and at the end of the stairs was a light curtain composed of golden light.
Hermione narrowed her wide eyes, was this mechanical design or magic design? put the book in her hand on the writing desk, followed Xiwen, walked down step by step, reached out and touched the light curtain and seemed to pass through it without hindrance, and then raised her foot and walked through the light curtain.
Oh, God!
Hermione suddenly felt like she had lost the ability to speak, oh my God, what she saw, the vast corridor like St. Paul's Cathedral, the sunlight shining through the high dome, and the two sides of the corridor were not ordinary walls, but walls of books made up of layers of bookshelves.
Walking forward step by step along the solemn corridor, I don't know how far I walked, the corridor reached the end, suddenly became wider, a circular area, looking up, Hermione found that she couldn't see the end of the roof at all, straight up and down as if she was standing at the bottom of a well, and the well was still surrounded by a wall of books - a Tower of Babel made of books.
"Teach you how to use this" Xiwen gently rubbed the girl's long hair, "Light!"
The snow-white and non-dazzling lights lit up in circles, spiraling upwards along the surrounding circular walls, and under the illumination of the lights, the momentum of the endless stacks of books was even more obvious. The central part of the circular area of the Tower of Babel is wide enough to be used as a square, with a pillar of heaven and a circular operating table in the middle.
Hermione looked at the terminal curiously, and as soon as she typed in the title of the book, it would automatically get the corresponding book from the stack. The other terminal has the function of searching and sorting display.
Little Hermione tapped on the keyboard curiously, "Xiwen, what is this "Energetic Argonian Maid"? is it about how to do housework? Bake bread, I can only bake small biscuits-Xiwen, can you teach me to knead dough?"
"Ahem, little Hermione can't do such hard work, let's talk about it when you grow up. Sivin quietly pulled the book out of Hermione's hand and placed it in the book playback.
"This terminal can take off and land on the central platform. Of course, you can also control it directly from your voice. Xiwen randomly entered the height and angle setting at the terminal, and with the whispering of the machine, the surrounding walls left downward, and the central platform rose more than ten meters in height. "Getting to this point is probably what you're currently exposed to. ”
"And what's the top?" Hermione vaguely saw that the top didn't seem to be the same as the design structure below.
"It's a couple of books that have been temporarily sealed, and they deal with some dark magic and evil god things. Siwen patted little Hermione, "I guess it's like Pandora's Box to you." By the time you're sixteen, you'll probably be able to try your hand at it. ”
"Do you think I'm going to sprinkle plague like Pandora? Little Hermione slapped Sivin's hand away and tilted her little head proudly.
Hermione didn't browse through the retrieval terminal, but walked under the wall of the book, her mouth slightly open in surprise. She walked around the wall of books and looked at the spine of each book. Gorgeous, ancient, or dark, books of different thicknesses seem to store countless worlds.
"Siwen! What kind of spell books are these! I've never seen one in standard spells or other books. Little Hermione casually pulled out a spell book with a large lilac cover and a strange pattern in the middle.
"Insight, a spell that tracks and directs you to the destination you want to go to, has a unique effect when you are in a maze or looking for something, but only if you get the address of the destination, or the permission of the owner of the item. ”
"For example, where is the cute little Hermione~Clairvoyance~"
A pale white mist spread across the ground, and beneath the mist was a blue light that began at Sivin's feet and continued to connect to Hermione's.
"Not bad, tell me about it" Little Lori's eyes flashed, and Xiwen suddenly felt that he had brought Hermione to the big library so early, did he make trouble for himself-
Finally temporarily satisfied the thirsty little Rabao's endless thirst for knowledge, Xiwen returned to the library on the first floor and dragged his tired body to the little Lori who was full of energy around him and the joy in his eyes formed a stark contrast.
Alice chuckled and brought some refreshments to the two, "Okay, learn the sea endlessly, eat some snacks to replenish your strength~"
"Thank you, Sister Alice~ It's delicious. Little Hermione smiled sweetly, "My parents are both dentists, and I am rarely allowed to eat snacks at home." ”
"Rest assured, these desserts won't hurt your teeth. To be reasonable, Alice's smile as she spoke did not raise a hint of doubt.
――
The last day of August
Harry thought it would be best to talk to his aunt and uncle about going to King's Cross tomorrow, so he went downstairs to the living room, where he was watching a quiz show. He cleared his throat to let them know he was coming, and Dudley curled up in the corner of the couch with his ass clutched, but his massive body could not shrink into the shadows of the couch.
"Uncle Vernon?"
"Huh?" Uncle Vernon snorted, indicating that he was listening.
"I've got to go to King's Cross tomorrow - to Hogwarts. ”
Uncle Vernon snorted again.
"Can you give me a ride?"
Still humming in response, Harry thought it was the default, "Thank you." ”
Harry was about to go back to the hug, but Uncle Vernon did speak.
"It's ridiculous to take the train to a wizarding school. Are all their magic carpets broken?" Harry was silent.
Uncle Vernon continued, "Alright, we'll take you to King's Cross Station. We're going to London tomorrow anyway, or I'm not going to bother with it. ”
"What are you doing in London?" Harry tried to convey an air of friendliness.
"Take Dudley to the hospital," Uncle Vernon growled, "to get that damn tail thoroughly checked before he goes up to Smetin, to see if that damn tail is really gone or hidden." ”
Around the beginning of August, Sivin had already dismantled Hagrid's transformation prank, and Uncle Vernon had asked Harry about it, who explained that it was just a wizard's usual prank, and that it would disappear on its own as the magic dissipated.
Harry considered that if he told the Dursleys that he would go to Hogwarts with Sivin, it would seriously affect the image of the Swift siblings here. So a few days in advance, he made an appointment with Xiwen, and on the first day of September, they went to the train station together, and when they arrived, they would meet again. Oh, according to Sister Alice's words, it seems that Siwen has gone to Hermione's side for the past two days, and the two of them will arrive at the platform together on September 1st.