Chapter 143: Back to School
Worrying about the future didn't take up much of Xie An's time, and even if he knew that the outcome was terrible, it would be difficult to find an answer in a short period of time, or even never find an answer. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the art of war, and only after being invincible can we pursue victory. At this point, Xie An thought very clearly, only by surviving the catastrophe can future plans be meaningful.
After sending some vague warnings about Mordred to the Ministry of Magic, Shean and Penelope Cryvaert boarded a French airliner and returned to London without incident. It was early in the morning when we arrived in London. The ancient city had not yet woken up, the cold air seemed to smell of the sea, Penelo Criwatt tightened his clothes, trying to warm himself up, several middle-aged people pulled suitcases, and hurried out of the airport behind the two.
Xie An did not take the knight bus this time. Instead, he asked the Earl to arrange a special car. After the driver handed over the car to Xie An, he politely asked Xie An if he had any other requirements, Xie An nodded, indicating that he was not very tired and could drive by himself.
Penelo Crivat sat in the passenger seat, looking at Shea with some curiosity.
Speechless all the way, Xie An did not return directly to his apartment in London, but went to a place outside the suburbs. This is a manor house of the Lee family. After passing through a layer of enchantment, the two entered a magical manor.
The manor building is a baroque stout style, old, the fence and the manor grass are neatly manicured, and a black and white roller is playing happily with a ball on the grass.
After seeing Xie An get out of the car, the cute rolling flew over and ran over. The panda, which was less than three years old, let out a cry of joy and hugged Xie An's thigh with its short arm.
Xie An's indifferent expression melted, and he smiled at Rolling, and then hugged the entire magical creature that had grown a little bigger. Penelo Crivat was surprised to see a man and a panda frolicking, she didn't expect Andrew to have such a side.
After greeting Rolling Roll, Xie An entered the manor. There is already a little elf waiting at the gate, it is the house-elf Victor of the Li family. This manor outside of London is different from the Lee Manor, and is a secret base set up by Xie An. After determining that Professor Quirrell might be the Dark Lord's doppelganger, the Earl's concern for the safety of all of Magical Britain began to grow. Xie An also has such concerns.
In order to prepare, the Lee family bought the estate on the outskirts of London. After a series of arrangements, the manor became a secret base for the Li family. Until now, Andrew Lee was the manor's keeper of secrecy.
"You've seen this manor, and you're going to swear to keep it a secret, do you understand what I mean?" Xie An reminded. Penelo Crivat nodded, Penelo Crivat, who was not a secret, could not violate the limits of magic and tell others where he was.
"I've got to stay this night today, and I need to deal with the information I just got. Tomorrow morning, we'll use the Floo net to go back to Hogsmeade. Shean said to Penelope Crivat.
"But will there be a problem at the school?"
"It's okay, Helena will help us make excuses. Besides, Headmaster Dumbledore seems to have heard of these things as well. ”
After saying that, Xie An instructed the house-elf to entertain Penelope Crivat and arrange for her to rest. I walked through the front of the castle to the second floor of the castle. This room looks no different from the others, the low-key and simple decoration, the fireplace, the sofa, the four-poster bed, and the carpet are also decent Middle Eastern goods, but in the middle of the room, there is an oil painting flower stand, on which is a pair of old paintings.
The old painting looks a little old, and the frame and canvas are a little yellowed. And strangely, there seems to be something missing in the painting, it seems that there is only a background, and there is a lack of portraits of the characters.
Xie An glanced at the portrait and didn't say anything. Walked to a dressing mirror opposite the portrait, took out a poplar staff, and clicked it on the mirror a few times, and then Xie An disappeared into the ripples of the mirror as if diving into the water.
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By the time the two returned to Hogwarts again, it was already the next morning. The Black Lagoon seemed calm, and at this time, not many wizards had noticed the huge ruins under the Black Lagoon.
Penelo Crivat returned to the castle's tower of Ravencla a little tired, and Shayne was still a little pale, unable to tell that he had not rested last night, and was well versed in studying the time seals he had seen from Mordred.
After giving Penelope a few words, Xie An went to the most remote part of the castle alone. Ghosts like quiet and dark places, and these don't seem to be all their habits in life.
Helena floated silently in mid-air, her eyes closed as if she had fallen asleep. She was alone, this young girl, and even at such a time, her lips were stubbornly tight.
Xie An looked at this somewhat dilapidated place, it should have been a classroom before, there were seats for students, there were some mold marks on the walls at this time, the whole room had no windows, and the bluestone floor was wet.
"No, Mom, no, I don't accept it!" Helena screamed, her eyes snapping open, and Xie An felt a dangerous wave of magic sweep over her.
"Dear Lady Ravenkera!" Xie An deliberately raised his voice, "I've completed my mission, now I'm here to get back to you." ”
Xie An felt an extremely dangerous gaze, and he didn't make eye contact with Helena, who at this time emitted a strange gray trace in the pearl-like ghost color. Helena's eyes were brewing with Xie An's strange darkness.
"Well, you're back, candidate, have you done your job, did you get what you should have got?" Helena's voice was a little hoarse, with strange fluctuations in the coldness.
"There's nothing, that's a trap, a trap for a time traveler. I went head-to-head with the wizard who called himself Mordred. He was strong, almost as strong as Headmaster Dumbledore, and I had to escape. Xie An's voice was calm with a hint of fear, as if he had just escaped from a terrible battle.
"Hmm, you said you met a time traveler, where he came from, what time he came, do you know?" Helena's voice hinted eager.
Xie An said without a pause: "I don't know, but I saw his appearance, judging from what he was wearing, he seemed to come from the distant past." When Helena asked the question, Sheena knew that Helena knew something about the time traveler who had come from the past, or at least Helena knew the witchcraft of time travel.
Shea had little trust in Helena, and he was extremely cautious about the ghosts of Hogwarts School, which were inherently eerie.
"Describe the situation you saw in detail!" Helena floated in front of Xie An, looked at Xie An condescendingly, and asked in an unquestioning tone.
"I went to France with Penelope Criveat, I didn't know French, and I relied on Penelo Crivat's help all the way, and she helped me find my way all the way..... We follow the map... Later, it turned out that the French Ministry of Magic also seemed to notice the strangeness here, so we had to hide first and wait and see what happened..."Xie An told the whole story very well.
"You're lying to me, wizard, you're making up a story and telling me the truth, or we'll all be punished!" Helena patiently listened to Xie An's story, and then said angrily for the first time.
Xie Jian looked very hesitant, and glanced at Helena with some lack of confidence, before he took out a piece of parchment in his arms and handed it to Helena. "Actually, I fought the wizard, and he took me into a very strange magic circle, which he called "Time". We fought in the magic circle, and I wasn't as strong as him, so I threw in the towel. ”
"So you're trying to hide your throw in the towel, in order to keep your honor that doesn't exist?" Helena took the parchment, she only glanced at it, and was sure that it was a real magic array map about time, although it was very briefly marked with a few key points, but it was all in extremely critical places. This is not a picture that the average wizard can draw.
Xie Wei looked very embarrassed and whispered, "He's too strong, as I said earlier, he's almost as strong as Dumbledore." ”
"You haven't fought against Dumbledore, you have no idea how strong Dumbledore is. However, from my point of view, Dumbledore's attainments in Transfiguration have probably reached the level of the four founders. An ordinary wizard simply can't be his opponent. So how did you escape? Don't tell me the wizard just let you go!" Helena said with some contempt, having always been hostile to the candidate, and always felt that Andrew Lee seemed to harbor evil intentions.
"Well, I warned him that my companion was still waiting for me, and that if I didn't show up by then, she would report it directly to the Ministry of Magic. The wizard seemed to be a little scared of the Ministry of Magic, and he cast an amnestic spell on me and released me. Xie An then explained.
"He erased your memory, can you still remember these things?"
"I'm an occlusion-minded person, and I guess you can see that. I have a good way of hiding my memories well. Xie said proudly.
"Hmph, be smart. Maybe what you remember now is exactly what the wizard wants you to remember. Remember: Powerful wizards can not only erase memories, but also implant them. He can reshape your memories in your mind. Helena said sternly.
Xie An was slightly stunned, he had thought about this before, but Xie An didn't think that some memories might not already exist, but were implanted in his mind by others. "Is there really such a thing? I mean, is there really a spell that can be implanted in the memories of other people's minds?" said Xie Jizuo uneasily.
"How do you think those deranged wizards in St. Mungo's Hospital came from? Most of them were messed up by themselves or others. When the Dark Lord was at his strongest, his favorite thing to do was to torment his enemies with horrific implanted memories. The most effective way to deal with your enemies is not to kill them, but to turn them into madmen. Helena said coldly.
Xie An really fell into thought this time. Such a situation may indeed exist, and Xie An has no way to check out such a method for a while. Maybe I have inadvertently been attacked by such a spell.
"Did you draw this picture, or did the wizard ask you to draw it?" Helena asked, taking Shea'an's musings for fear, as she continued to ask with some sarcasm.
"I drew it myself. Xie An replied.
"Yes, it's a lot of talent. Ravenkera's students are the most gifted when it comes to magic arrays. Even the students of Slytherin House can't compare to us. I judged that this formation was indeed related to the power of time. As for the rest of the information, what you have given me is not enough. I need more news. ”
"Before I returned, the French Ministry of Magic had taken over there, and I couldn't get close to it now. ”
Helena frowned, thought for a moment before saying, "This won't work, we know too little, you need to inquire about more news." All the news about that time traveler wizard, which is related to the future of Hogwarts School and the whole of Wizarding Britain. ”
Xie An looked at Helena, and Helena's anxious expression was obvious at this time. She knew so much more than Xie An!
"Should we report this to Headmaster Dumbledore, I can't do this task alone. ”
"You make me think about it again. It's not what you think. I didn't tell Dumbledore for a reason. You don't have to think about it. Now do as I say and continue to gather all the news about that wizard. Helena said.
Before Shea left Helena, Professor Helena gave Sheena a spell, a powerful spell! Legend has it that this spell originated from the four founders.
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The damp air corroded the old wooden beams, and an old white Muggle was trimming the mess of hedges and flowers with a pair of black gardener's scissors. The white Muggle's thick fingers were covered with calluses, which were connected to the calluses on his palms, indicating that he had been doing physical work for a long time.
The weather was unusually cold, and the people in the village called it a day early. When passing by the old Riddle Manor, the villagers of Little Hamglington greeted old Frank, and the stubborn and withdrawn old Frank pretended not to see it.
A pale young man in a black robe appeared outside the fence of Riddle Manor. Frank cursed without raising his head and told the young man to leave.
"No one is welcome here!Get out of here, don't disturb old Frank's rest!"
The young man looked up at the old mansion, which had become mottled and decayed, as if looking at a tall tombstone. He turned his face, and old Frank saw only a pair of fiery red eyes that burned, and then the world fell into darkness.