Chapter 43: Ginny and Hermione
Victor didn't bring much news, except for a little action about the Malfoy family, and too little about the Death Eaters, the Earl could know too little. On www.biquge.info the one hand, due to the limited power of Lord Earl, and on the other hand, the wizarding world is still very primitive in terms of intelligence gathering. Xie An had to speculate from the extremely limited information that he could use and that the enemy was preparing to attack.
There was an undercurrent outside, and it was calm inside the school, except for a few things that seemed childish. Harry Potter's newest henchman is a kid named Colin, a stargazer who longs to see his idol every day, desperately trying to get a chance to take a picture with him. Sheaan was in astrology class one day when she heard Ron complain that Colin had seriously violated their privacy and asked Harry to kick Colin away.
The Hogwarts library had become Shea's most frequented place lately, and he desperately needed to get more powerful spells. Longbottom, Bones, Malfoy, these ancient families seem to be in decline, but they are far from what Salazar's descendants are. The ancient families of the wizarding world have changed over many generations, and many of the top secret spells have been lost.
Xie An carefully read the history of the wizarding world, and discussed it with Professor Binns after class, it was obvious that the elves and house-elves had not diminished their ability to interpret spells in the slightest, but the poor wizard had now lost too many inheritances, such as the enchantment magic of Hogwarts.
Hogwarts' enchantment magic was weakening, and even though Xie An hadn't been here for long, he could still see some signs. It is impossible for Dumbledore, as the administrator of Hogwarts Fortress, not to be aware of it, but it seems that Dumbledore's understanding and manipulation of this enchantment are extremely limited, and in many places he looks inferior to the twins. This made Xie An a little disappointed.
Hogwarts needs to be maintained, it is not an organism that feeds itself. The moving staircases, the strange shapeshifts, and the Room of Requirement all show that there is a magic hidden in them that the wizarding world doesn't know what it can't do. There was a time when Xie An really envied these ancient wizards, the founders of the four great academies, who mastered extremely advanced magic.
But now these are lost. The only research Dumbledore could get his hands on was the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and this kind of inconsequential research was as boring as a manual on the use of nuclear weapons in the Muggle world--- would ordinary wizards care about this?
If he could replicate the Room of Requirement, Xie An couldn't imagine what kind of huge changes would happen to the entire wizarding world. Overall, the whole wizarding world has fallen into a terrible degeneration, wizards are becoming weak and forgetful, perhaps due to their own killings, perhaps due to selfishness, or for whatever other possible reason, the only fact is that wizards have lost too much of their inheritance now.
Some of the wizards have already noticed this, and there may seem to be very few individual countries in the United Kingdom, but many wizards in the European continent, the whole world, who have the magic in their hands, have begun to make changes. But many of them have fallen into madness and destruction, and they are enslaved by their own power.
Xie An quietly put up the photo of Dumbledore, the little girl in the middle smiled so sweetly, the other boy was actually the Dark Lord of Europe, a dangerous killer, and according to the Earl's painstaking investigation, this person is still alive!
A living collection of black magic, Xie An pondered, if he could get all the spells in his head, it might be a huge treasure for the entire wizarding world.
There aren't many people in the library anymore, the students are busy with their own things, except for the final exams, there are too few people who like to come here to study stories--- really powerful magic is sealed--- you can only read stories or some practical little things, or rely on extraordinary abilities to deduce, or even create, this is the embarrassment of the library at this time.
"Andrew, how is it going now?" Hermione asked in a low voice as she grabbed another pile of books from the shelves and sat down across from Shea.
The candlelight flickered, Xie An's face was illuminated gloomily, Xie An thought for a while before returning: "I'm afraid I'm on the wrong path." ”
"What? Andrew, you still can't read these spell books, I thought you had solved these problems in the East Side during the summer?" Hermione asked in surprise.
"No, Hermione, that's not what I meant. I don't think I'm going to change anything even if I become a stronger wizard. Xie An said coldly.
"I don't understand what you mean, is there anything wrong with being a respected wizard like Dumbledore?" asked Hermione curiously.
"Hermione, the wizarding world is degrading, don't you feel it?, you come from a Muggle family, your parents are Muggles, you should understand this contrast better!" Xie An whispered.
Hermione was stunned and thought for a moment before she said, "There are no televisions, no game consoles, and no other interesting things in the Muggle world, do you mean that?"
"No, it's not just this, it's only been a long time since TV appeared, and the Muggle world is rapidly developing its own magic, but what about the wizarding world?" Xie An looked at Hermione with a wry smile, the freckles on the girl's face were a little obvious, and it seemed that she hadn't rested well these days.
"You mean," Hermione looked at Shea in surprise, "I think about it, going from home to Hogwarts did give me a sense of freshness at first, but now, it seems like everything has become normal! But my dad actually envied me for being able to live in two worlds. ”
"Hey, Hermione, I think maybe I'm too worried, but I always feel like there's something eating away at the whole wizarding world!" Shayne looked up at the ceiling of the library, where various cloud maps were constantly changing, but it was night, and those flowing clouds swirled in the darkness like the River Thames.
"Andrew, maybe we can... More enlightened?" Hermione thought for a moment and tried to say, after all, she was just a very smart girl, not Maggie, the current Prime Minister of the Muggle world.
"Gellert Grindelwald... I think Dumbledore may have hinted at that, and until now his attitude towards me seemed a little wary, and from what I knew about Gatler, he was a magical genius and not as capable as Dumbledore. Dumbledore only gave me access to the Hogwarts library with restrictions, and forbade me from entering the deepest part of the forbidden section. I think Dumbledore now regrets some of the things he did when he was younger, and as a direct consequence, he was gentle on some of the issues. Xie An still looked up at the dark blue clouds on the ceiling, and at this time there was basically no one in the library, only a short-haired girl with glasses and a white face with no expression was still sitting far away near the window.
Hermione looked at Xie An a little speechlessly, commenting on the most powerful wizard of this era is really what two children should do? Hermione didn't answer, but opened a thick book and read: "A Guide to Transfiguration in the Wild".
Porcelain dolls are generally not easy to talk and only like to read, the girl has a short haircut, and her jagged bangs seem to have become a little messier, and she left the library with a blank face, and now it seems that there are only three people in the library: Shea, Hermione, and the administrator.
"Hermione, if you control the entire Ministry of Magic in the future, how do you want to change this magical world?" Xie An asked suddenly.
Hermione's eyes were still fixed on the book spread out in her hand, but a smile appeared on her face, and she replied without raising her head, "Don't talk in your dreams, I can't be the Minister of Magic!"
Xie An then asked, "Then what do you want to do in the future?" I mean, after graduation, I really can't think of anything else that suits you except the Ministry of Magic, after all, the wizarding world looks so small. ”
Hermione thought for a moment before saying, "Maybe a professor at Hogwarts? What about you, Andrew?"
The dark blue clouds formed a strange whirlpool, the center of the vortex was reflected by candlelight like an slowly opening eye, and Xie An now felt that perhaps immortality until he was destroyed with the world was really the most cruel result.
"I want to travel the world like Gilderoy Lockhart! Africa, China, and Northern Europe, those magical banshees, mighty snowmen, cruel vampires, when I have the chance, I must visit them. ”
"The future of the rich!" Hermione summed up the Earl's son's wish in one sentence without looking up.
"I've heard that dentists in the Muggle world aren't poor either!" Xie An chuckled softly.
"Poof!" the sound of a heavy object falling came from between the bookshelves, and both Hermione and Shayne looked over.
"Who's there, come out!" Xie An said in a low voice, the Fusang wooden staff was already in his hand, where was Mrs. Pins?
A first-year student stepped out of the shadows in the middle of the bookshelf, a little girl with fiery red hair and thick hair like a weak spotted kitten.
"Ginny, is that you?" Hermione hurried over and led Ginny Weasley to the light.
Ginny glanced at Xie An shyly, and Xie An looked at her expressionlessly. Hermione gently took her hand.
"Ginny, why haven't you gone back to sleep at such a late hour?" asked Hermione with concern.
"I have something, I haven't finished my homework yet, and I want to check something. Ginny replied uneasily, holding the black leather book in her arms, bowing her head.
"What questions, Hermione is familiar with all the first-year classes, she can answer them for you. Xie An asked coldly.
"I, nothing, I just, I already know, don't bother Hermione. Ginny shook her head nervously and stammered in reply.
"You were eavesdropping on us just now?" Xie An asked rudely and directly.
Ginny seemed to be frightened by Shea, and took a step back in fear, Hermione put her arm around her shoulder, "Andrew, what are you doing! Ginny is my friend, not a prisoner. "The little girl who likes to play with cats deserves Hermione to yell at Shay.
Xie An looked at Ginny suspiciously, he felt that something was wrong with this shy little girl, but he couldn't say what was wrong, Xie An looked at Ginny with cold eyes, and Hermione comforted her in a low voice.
"The twins are really getting worse and worse, my sister can't take care of it, the two wastes don't know what they are busy with every day, it seems that I have time to go to them. Xie An said in a deep voice.
Ginny's body trembled slightly, and she looked up and stared at Andrew angrily, her face flushed. Hermione hurriedly yelled at Andrew, "Andrew, you bastard, can you keep your mouth shut." Ginny, don't take his words to heart, he's a bastard, have George and Fred been in contact with you?"
"No, they have something to do. Ginny whispered.
"What are they busy with? is it more important than your sister?" asked Hermione, a little angrily.
"They seem to owe a lot of money to a very powerful wizard, Ron says they have to be busy making money every day, they look tired, and I don't want to bother them. Ginny said with a trembling voice.
"What! These two guys owe a lot of money to someone else? How did I never hear of that?" Hermione turned to Shea, looking at him quizzically.
Xie An's expression softened, the Fusang wooden staff in his hand no longer rose slightly, Xie An stared at Jinny for a while, poor little child, now exhausted by the unfamiliar environment, the poor family environment, and his strong self-esteem.
Xie An felt that he had hurt others, so he had to say in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, I was a little too nervous just now. ”
Hermione and Ginny both looked at Shea in surprise, Andrew was still expressionless, although it looked like Andrew was staring at Ginny, but it seemed that the two girls in front of him were air, and he was saying sorry to the air.
"Well, there's no sincerity at all!Andrew, do you know what's going on with the twins?" Hermione pulled Ginny into her seat and sat down across from Andrew. Ginny put the black notebook in her arms on the table and looked at Xie An a little nervously.
"No, I don't know. Xie An didn't want Hermione to scold again, so he had to change the subject and said, "Ginny, is this your homework? As she spoke, she casually reached for the black book on the table, and Ginny hurriedly put it away and held it in her arms.
"No, this one isn't, this one is mine, Diary. Ginny saw that Shea and Hermione were looking at her suspiciously, and hurriedly explained.
"Andrew, don't mess with the girl's secret diary, you know?" Hermione looked at Ginny with a smile and quipped, "Speaking of which, Ginny is really getting more and more beautiful, and now she has become a little beauty." Ah, Ginny, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
Ginny hugged the black notebook tighter, yes, what would she be like in the future? Ginny remembered the fonts that appeared in the diary, the twisted and floating fonts, maybe it was right!