Chapter 70: Imminent
Xia Nai has an amazing talent for manipulating flames, which Xie An also feels a headache. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
After leaving the secret base hidden underground, Xie An appeared on the streets of London. It seemed that there were too many spells used today, and Xie An felt a little dizzy.
London was very quiet on an autumn night, and after leaving Diagon Alley, Xie An returned to the East End alone. The twins and Hermione had left, and Shayne stood motionless under the dim streetlights.
"It can't be like this, don't do it again. Screams came directly from Xie An's mind, and the sealed doomsday memories began to resist violently.
When Xie An opened his eyes, he still wondered if he had really opened his eyes and descended into this world. The occasional sense of unreality keeps Shay Ann constantly shuttling back and forth between horror apocalyptic memories and realistic games.
The mottled old streets in front of him, the discarded newspapers rising in the wind, it seemed that time had not changed, and there was no one near him. At this time, all the memories launched a general attack on Xie An, who was alone, and he desperately needed an anchor point to fix his connection to the real world.
"Strange, why is this happening? It's just a small battle, what's wrong with me?" muttered to himself, Xie An, who felt like the world was spinning, hurriedly slammed open the door of the clothing store and staggered up to the second floor. The empty second floor is usually unoccupied, and Xie An entered his bedroom as if he was stepping on cotton.
"I need to rest, maybe just rest. After finally lying down on the bed, Xie An fell into a deep sleep.
When Xie An regained consciousness again, it was still pitch black outside, and he looked at the alarm clock at the bedside, which was the darkest time before dawn. Xie An, who realized that he had little time, struggled to get up from the bed, exhausted, as if he had experienced ten battles.
Returning to Hogsmeade through Floo Powder, and struggling back to the castle through the secret passage, it was already daylight. Xie An could only insist on returning to the dormitory, changing into wizard robes, and going to class exhausted.
Fortunately, the morning class was the most suitable for the history of magic for sleeping, and Xie An, who was extremely surprised by his state, was all focused on the magic power that was constantly boiling all over his body at this time. If it weren't for Xie An's unremitting training over the years, the surging magic could already affect the real world.
Hermione sat beside Shea worriedly, trying to hold Shayan's arm, but Shea glanced at Hermione and signaled that she was fine.
"Hermione, you don't have to sit at the back with me, this makes everyone notice my anomaly. ”
"Andrew, you look so bad right now, where the hell have you been since we left yesterday, you look sick. ”
"It's okay, I'm really fine, maybe you can help me ask Gildelow for a leave of absence in the afternoon class, I just have a headache. Hermione nodded worriedly to Shea.
After class at noon, Xie An ate a little under Hermione's supervision, mainly fruit salad, and felt that the tidal magic seemed to have dropped a little, and Xie An breathed a sigh of relief.
Shea didn't want Professor McGonagall or the other professors to notice his anomaly. Dumbledore already saw him as a potential Dark Lord, and an overgrowth of mana was sometimes not a good thing. Feeling that the form had been temporarily controlled, Xie An insisted on attending the afternoon class.
Dressed in a golden cape and a wig on his head that had changed the color to red, Gildero stood on the podium, first smiling the most charmingly, and then waving his wand vigorously, as if he was brewing an incomparably powerful magic, and the students below ignored the poor Defence Against the Dark Arts professor and went about their own business.
In order to attract the attention of his classmates with increasingly sophisticated tastes, Gildelow proposed not to read Muggle hymns today, but to read more thrilling Muggle detective novels instead. Gildelow mysteriously solves a puzzle for Longbottom, Hermione Ginny, a complicated-sounding puzzle about murder in a closed room, but it draws loud ridicule from a crowd of Slytherins.
Gilderoy looked at the laughing Malfoy and Crabbe with an embarrassed face, wanting to get angry, but holding back.
"Professor, it's not interesting to talk about these childish Muggle puzzles, I remember some time ago you swore that you could catch the monsters roaming Hogwarts, how is that?" Malfoy scoffed. Xie An leaned on the table, listened to Malfoy's words, and sat up straight.
Gildero, who was caught by the students, smiled awkwardly and muttered a few words in a low voice, which the students didn't hear clearly, but the last sentence was that everyone could study on their own, and all the students heard it.
Gilderoy fled the classroom in disarray, and Xie An followed.
"Professor, Professor!"
After being caught up by the persevering student, Gildero glanced at the somewhat unfamiliar student in surprise. After all this semester, Andrew had hardly spoken to his Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.
"What's the matter, classmate, if you're here to ask about the monster, then you're going to be disappointed, I have a big plan, but until then, I can't reveal it. ”
Seeing through Gildero's lies at a glance, Xie An secretly wondered what Gilderoy relied on to make up so many wonderful stories.
"No, Professor, not for that matter, I just wanted to ask you a few details about your wonderful autobiography. Not caring that his name had been forgotten, Xie An looked at Gildelow adoringly, as if he were a loyal reader.
"You know, those wizards are always self-cherished, and rarely are as willing as you are to share the precious spells and magic techniques they know, and I think one day you will lead a trend where wizards will understand the meaning of sharing and passing on. ”
"Oh, yes, I didn't expect there to be such a person at Hogwarts who understands me, what's your name, clever Ravenclaw?" Gilderoy looked at Xie An in surprise, as if he had just spotted a handsome vampire.
"Andrew Lee, my father is Earl Lee. Xie An replied politely.
"I have heard of your father, he is a generous gentleman..."
Xie An's words made Gildero's guard temporarily relaxed, but Gildero's footsteps did not stop, and the two talked as they walked, and soon hit Gildero's office.
Each professor's office has its own style, Gildero's office is covered with his self-portraits and some advertising posters, and there are wigs of different colors on the desk, and it seems that Professor Lockhart decided to change the color of the wig every day. There is a hint of emptiness and loneliness in the narcissistic vanity.
"Sit down, Andy, you don't mind me calling you that, do you?" Gilderoy prepared two cups of coffee and smiled as he handed one to his little fan. Gildero's smile is indeed charming, if not so standard, perhaps more natural and attractive.
"Of course, Professor, you are my elder, and of course you can call me Andy. My father, who was also a big reader of your biography, told me that he was going to order another batch of your books to give to his friends in China. ”
"China? You mean that ancient and mysterious oriental country? I haven't been there yet, does Li really have such an idea, great, maybe I can give Li some for free." ”
"It seems that you don't know much about geography, you have been to western Tibet, which is part of China, and you still had a romantic encounter with the snowman there, and the description of those beautiful Buddhist temples in western China in your book is extremely desirable, don't you remember?"
"Oh, forgive me for my ignorance, Andy, you know, there are so many spells to memorize, and I sometimes feel like I should learn from some clever Muggles and forget about some useless geography. Haha, you're right, Andrew, I've been there!"
"It turns out that this is the case, and it is very smart to use all your main abilities where they should be used. You should have told Headmaster Dumbledore about this. ”
"Dumbledore, he's a great wizard, but sometimes stubborn. Gilderoy replied cautiously.
"Peeves is petrified, and the ghost's warnings are still ringing in my ears, it's not that I don't trust Professor McGonagall, but I haven't seen any strong measures taken by the school to stop the tragedy from happening. Xie An said sadly.
"Oh, Andrew, Professor McGonagall has taken the necessary steps, I know that. ”
"But there's not progress, is there? What if the next student to be killed by the monster is a student?"
"No, no, the monster may only have the ability to petrify, it may not be able to kill anyone!" Gildelow shook his head.
"You're an expert in this area, not only are you very knowledgeable, but you also have so much practical experience, no one can compare to you. But I'm still worried, you know, a powerful wizard like Slytherin, the guardians he chooses, are too weak if they only have the ability to petrify. ”
"Oh, Andrew, I think you're worried too much, didn't you say it too, that's Slytherin's choice, it won't kill innocents. ”
"But after all this time, what if that Guardian is insane? I've heard the seniors say that the Chamber of Secrets was opened, and that a student died because of it!" Xie An threw out a threat.
"The Chamber of Secrets was opened, and a student was killed?" me, where did you hear that?" Gilderoy took a step back, almost hitting his desk, the coffee in his hand spilling out.
"It doesn't matter who says it, what matters is that it happened, and if you don't believe it, you can ask Professor McGonagall if she knows something. "Professor McGonagall must have confirmed the basilisk at this point.
"No, Andrew, what you're saying is horrible. But a powerful wizard should first pay attention to some details, rumors can't fool really smart people, you must know something, right?"
"Compared to you, my little observation is not worth mentioning, but some time ago I did see the abnormal migration of a large number of spiders on the way to the library, and I wonder if it has anything to do with monsters. ”
Gilderoy stroked his chin with his hand, as if pondering what the spider's migration meant. But Xie An could still tell from his constantly shaking and overlapping legs that Gildero was even more scared, and he was considering whether to escape.
This cannon fodder can't be allowed to escape.
"Professor, I've heard that Headmaster Dumbledore is about to answer the school, if you work with Professor Dumbledore, two great wizards, you will be able to easily deal with this monster. Xie said with anticipation.