Chapter 72: Undercurrents are surging
Go with Malfoy, let them explore the secret passage. For Xie An www.biquge.info imminent things are quietly hidden in his head. Maybe it's his nervousness, maybe it's the fighter's multiple post-traumatic stress disorder, who can say clearly. Moody's may not be the only person who is suspicious and crazy, judging by the tabloid reports, the former elite Auror Moody's seems to have lost the distinction between reality and memory, which is the truth.
Despite Shay'an's efforts to make himself look like a child, he grew up in a hell of killing and radiation. Destruction and suspicion were in his genes like instincts, far more like his instincts than magic.
The day came to an end quickly, and the feeling of unreality did not diminish in the slightest, and although the magic calmed down, Xie An still felt like a small ship in a storm, in dire need of an anchor point to anchor in this world. He wants to reconcile with Cho, but he is afraid of ruining Cho's life. Sluggish, hesitant.
At night, Xie An walked alone in the castle, as if he had become a tourist himself, and the Fuso wooden staff emitted red light shavings, which made the senior students look at him strangely.
"Hey, boy, you're not allowed to cast spells in the hallway!" a prefect who appeared to be a Gryffindor yelled at Shayer.
Xie An ignored him, resisting the urge to release the Bone-Shattering Spell at the two students in front of him who were looking at him strangely. Whispering more and more, Xie An lowered his wand and ran through the hallway, running towards the darkness of the castle.
The brazier on the wall pulled Xie An into a long shadow, and the sound of footsteps gradually became clear, indicating that Xie An was breaking away from the crowd and reaching the heart of the castle's quiet secret.
"You can't go any further, it's a dead end, Ravenclaw. A female voice said.
Xie An looked to the other side of the hallway, where a gray-colored ghost that seemed to have lost its color floated. is the ghost of Ravenclaw, the true successor of Ravenclaw.
Helena looked at Xie An, and Xie An's slightly red eyes looked at her.
"You don't believe me now, I know, but for some purpose, I'm still going to tell you that you can't go any further. Helena didn't seem to notice the constant shards of light coming out of Andrew's wand, which wasn't a sign of peace.
"Have you ever walked in the castle in the middle of the night?" Oh, I forgot, you're dead, you don't need to sleep anymore, maybe going out for a walk in the middle of the night would be a lot less trouble!"
"Rude. Ravenclaw said softly, but Helena Ravenclaw, who had always been haughty, did not show offended anger, but looked at Xie An with a strange and sad gaze.
"Get out of here, ghost, I don't need you to tell me what to do. โ
Helena looked even sadder, and the ghost floating in the dim light shook a little, and floated forward a little, and she came to the light of the brazier. Xie An's staff was raised slightly, and it seemed that the next moment the attack would be issued.
"Hogwarts is in danger, I beg you, help them, and don't let Hogwarts be consumed by darkness. โ
"What are you talking about, I don't understand. โ
"You know, you've fought the basilisk head-on and survived the basilisk's gaze. โ
"You're stalking me? It's not a friendly act. Although Xie An was extremely surprised in his heart, the wand in his hand did not show the slightest trace of trembling.
"Successor of Ravenclaw, don't make the same mistake as I do, don't choose to be alone, don't be blinded by pride and hubris. โ
"I'm not much of an heir, you think too highly of me, I'm just a mediocre student, and I don't want to get involved in what you say. โ
"It's not for nothing that you can escape the basilisk's attack. It's just that you don't realize it. Helena's face was moving, but at this point Xie An only felt that she was talking to a black and white photograph, which was more unsettling than a conversation with an oil painting.
"It's a pity that I know the reason for escaping the basilisk's deadly attack, but you don't, do you?"
"No, Ravenclaw heir, we know a lot more than you think we know, and we've been following you since you were born. Helena stepped back slightly, so that she was half in the shadows, and generally in the light.
The red light in Xie An's eyes froze, and all his attention turned to Helena, staring at her, as if he had spotted the ghost for the first time. Although his mind was still chaotic at this time, it was as if someone had pressed the mute button, and all his attention was instantly focused, and all eyes were fixed on the ghost in front of him.
"You seem to mention my birth, what do you know about that?" Cold, dangerous, word by word voice burst out of Xie An's mouth.
"Your birth will change a lot, and it has been prophesied long ago, that you are the chosen heir, and you cannot escape, you cannot escape!" the ghost that swayed by the flickering of the fire seemed to fade from black and white, leaving only gray.
"My birth was prophesied?you know me, you know that I will come into this world?" After a pause, Xie An took a step forward, he tried to see the ghost's eyes and see the traces of her lying, but the ghost's eyes were cloudy and godless, and could only remind people of the corpses lying on the cold ground that seemed to be unwilling to scream.
"Yes, we know. We know you're coming into the world. This is the opportunity for you and the opportunity for us to be liberated. Helena looked at the Ravenclaw student in front of her with a blank expression, and there seemed to be an indescribable pain spreading through her face.
"Hmph. Xie An snorted coldly, found nothing, and then turned to leave.
He still didn't seem to believe it. Barrow the Bloody Man walked through the wall and appeared behind Helena.
"I don't even believe it, let alone him. Nick, who was almost headless, appeared behind Barrow the Bloody.
"Basilisk's must be killed, and the students don't have the peculiarities of ghosts. If it wasn't Peeves who was attacked that day, but a student, there would be one more ghost in the school now. Helena said.
"Why not just tell the professors that they're better at it. โ
"You forget, he got that key, and as the Guardian of Hogwarts, it's his responsibility. โ
"However, he looked like he was just a child. โ
"So his enemy is just a basilisk that has been hungry for years, not an ancient Medusa, isn't it?"
It took Xie An a while to calm himself down, and he began to think about the news that the ghost had brought. Eventually, when he recalled all the information and what had actually happened, he realized that he might have made a big mistake: he underestimated the wizards.
Maybe his coming is really predestined, maybe his return is really predestined.
But maybe it's just a hallucination, a means of tormenting oneself injected by the enemy, maybe it's just a trap that the ghosts say to trick themselves into attacking the basilisk, maybe they...
Xie An, who was confused, cursed angrily: I just want to be a fighter, I just want to pull the trigger and send them all to hell.
The best thing to do at this time is to calm down and do something else, so as not to collapse yourself, Xie An said to himself. He walked up to the castle, where he remembered that the astrology class would be open all night longโwhere Luna and Longbottom used to spend the night stargazingโand perhaps it would be a place to quiet himself.
A brown haze of magic began to pour out of the Fuso wooden staff, and Xie An's back brought out a long trace of magic like a comet's tail, but this was already the most remote tower of the castle, there were no portraits, no magical creatures, and no one saw this strange scene.
After watching the meteor all night, Xie An didn't dare to meditate anymore, there was no anchor point, he didn't know what to catch, he was afraid that he would be completely lost.
"If you don't want to get completely lost, you should go to your friends, I saw the silver-haired girl waiting in the break room. She woke up early, hoping to see you like she did yesterday. The first life that the exhausted Xie An met was Helena.
"You're waiting for me here? Xie An asked in surprise.
"Of course, we as ghosts have the advantage of being patient compared to you who are alive. Helena smiled rarely, not in the slightest concern for Andrew's rudeness.
Xie An shrugged his shoulders, exhaustion making him less aggressive, but his suspicious personality took the initiative.
"What the hell do you want me to do? I've told Professor Guidelow what I know, and there's only so much I can do. โ
"Hogwarts Guardians, there's so much more you can do. โ
Xie An glanced at Helena again in surprise, "You know the Guardian? Then you should know that I'm just a candidate, not a Guardian." โ
"Of course, Barrow and I were both strong contenders. Mother once thought that she would hand over the responsibility of protecting Hogwarts to a powerful wizard and pass it on from generation to generation, so that Hogwarts would not be destroyed. โ
"A flawless plan, but as far as I know, the plan wasn't executed, I don't know why?" Xie An scoffed.
Slytherin disagreed, refusing to leave his knowledge to non-pure-blood wizard descendants. โ
"So the Snake Ancestor, who was abandoned by the other three founders, is ready to go it alone, build his own secret room, and leave his stunts to his chosen heir, right?"
"Almost, the main difference is that Slytherin is not as pitiful as you think, he didn't leave Hogwarts, he just chose his students according to his own wishes, he has that right. โ
"Anyway, what does this beautiful story have to do with me?"
"Hogwarts is just a neutral school, why do you think it needs a Guardian?"
"Maybe some powerful wizard will teach some dark magic against the wishes of the founder?"
"Isn't that exactly what Slytherin wants, and if so, Slytherin should support the project, a guardian of Hogwarts with powerful dark magic. โ
"It's true, a conqueror in his right mind will not abolish the destruction of Hogwarts, he will only let Hogwarts teach what he likes, and there is no need to waste Hogwarts at all. Xie An thought for a moment and admitted Helena's statement that everything would be destroyed except for one case.
"Hogwarts has a deadly threat, so it needs a strong Guardian!"
"Mortal threat, what are you talking about? Even the most powerful Dark Lord of this era can't easily harm this place with deep roots. โ
"Then you will know how terrible it is for the Chaos to hide in the darkness of time. It's important to go to your friends now, isn't it?"
"Ghost, as beautiful as you are and look older than me, you are not qualified to treat me like a child. Xie An said coldly. (To be continued.) )