Chapter 100: The Banquet of the Dead on
After Nick knelt down, the air in the room looked weird, and Hermione covered her mouth with her hand in surprise.
Ryan felt that his hair stood on end at this time, after all, according to the Eastern saying, it is necessary to break the life of a person who is older than his own grade to kneel for himself, and how much life should Nick break if he is 500 years older.
Not to mention that this is a rotten country, Nick's action is too much like courtship, and Hermione is likely to be crooked in the future.
In order to save his image, Ryan hurriedly said to Nick: "Sir, if you need my help, please say it directly, don't be like this." I can't afford such courtesy. ”
Nick also looked excited just now, and now Ryan came to his senses as soon as he said it. He stood up and said, "I'm sorry, I scared you out of the excitement just now. But I really have something important that I need you to help me with. ”
After saying that, Nick pulled his ear and broke his head, and Ryan heard Hermione's inhalation behind him, and he himself felt a little sick in his stomach.
That's when Nick said, "You see, I got 44 blows on my neck with a blunt axe, and I want it to be cleaner than anyone else." But it's a pity, because of the connection with a little bit of skin. I'm going to be ostracized when I'm dead. Have they lost their heads and suffered more than I did?"
Ryan must have been annoyed when he saw Nick's face lighten.
"They didn't suffer as much as I did, but they excluded me because of the complete movement of their heads. So-" Speaking of which, Nick took a breath and calmed down and said, "Ryan, I just saw that you have the ability to inflict wounds on our ghosts, so I wanted you to help me cut off the rest of the skin." ”
Ryan felt a little confused when he heard Nick's request, after all, cutting off a person's neck, even if it was just a ghost's neck, was a bit too exciting for him.
So he said to Nick, "You know, in the East, it is a very bad luck to completely separate the head from the body. In ancient times, even if it was decapitated, the executioner tried to leave a little skin. So do you want to think again. ”
"I've been thinking about it for almost 500 years. Nick said in a suppressed voice. "You don't have to worry about those things, after all, this is the UK, and the situation is different everywhere. You should do a little favor to a friend. ”
"This. Ryan looked back at Hermione in a panic, hoping to get a suggestion from her. Hermione was also frightened by this strange request, her hands wrenched together in front of her chest, staring down at her shoes, not knowing what to say.
After a long silence, Hermione finally looked up and said, "I think the adjective almost headless is too bad for a ghost, and this humiliation Nick has endured for almost five hundred years. Ryan, if you can help him, try to help him. He's the ghost of our Gryffindor, after all. ”
Well, it seems that Hermione made a stronger reason, and Ryan thought about it after listening to it, and finally made up his mind. He looked up at Nick, who was staring at him with apprehensive eyes, and said:
"Well, I can help you. But you can't talk about it to the outside world. ”
"Don't worry, I won't say anything out, I swear in the name of Sir Boltington. ”
Ryan nodded, letting Nick hold his head in both hands and push it up, then took a deep breath and muttered that he was a dead man. Then he raised his calamus sword and swung it vigorously at the place where the flesh and skin were connected.
The flesh snapped, and Nick threw his head to the ceiling with too much force.
Probably because Nick has just turned into a completely headless Nick, Sir Nick looks a little clumsy in maneuvering his body. It took him a long time to adjust and successfully fit his head around his neck.
But Ryan could tell that Nick was in a very good mood right now, and the brightness of the entire spirit was much brighter than just now.
After dancing in the air for a while, Nick finally remembered Ryan, and he floated up to Ryan and said excitedly, "Thank you for helping me fulfill my wish for hundreds of years, I will remember your favor, you are my forever friend." ”
As Ryan finished his work for the day and Hermione prepared to leave the Requirement Room, Nick asked Ryan to help him keep the secret for the time being. Because he wanted to make a splash at his own banquet.
On the way out of the Room to the library, Hermione asked Ryan curiously, "Is it that ghosts are so different from us in many ways? ”
"The books I read introduce most of the ghosts as if they were in life, but it is not excluded that some ghosts have their own obsessions after death. It's clear that Nick's obsession is its neck, which is why he makes such a strange request. Ryan replied with a shrug.
The days go by quickly, and Halloween is here. The auditorium was decorated with bats and carved jack-o-lanterns. It was rumored that Dumbledore had invited the Skull Cabaret to perform a show.
"Ha, I can't figure out why you go to such a cold, damp place. Know that the food at the Halloween feast is much more hearty than usual. Ryan and Hermione were about to go to the basement classroom in front of the auditorium, when Ron, who was standing next to Harry, said to the two of them.
"Just knowing how to eat, you don't understand the beauty of acquiring knowledge. Hermione replied, then pulled Ryan into the basement classroom.
On the way, Ryan took out the pre-drawn rune paper and handed it to Hermione: "It's not good for the living and the undead to be together for a long time, and you won't be affected with this." ”
"Is this the magic text of the Celestial Empire? It looks completely different from our ancient magic script. Hermione said as she shoved the rune paper into her coat pocket.
The hallway was lit with tiny black candles glowing blue. Ryan felt that Nick was creating an atmosphere here that was closer to a Halloween feel than inside the auditorium.
Every time they take a step into the basement classroom, they feel that the temperature is a little lower. Fortunately, at this time, the rune paper was also activated, blocking this cold aura from the outside of the body.
The sound of fingernails scratching the blackboard echoed in the hallway, perhaps this was the music of the dead.
When they reached the door of the classroom, they saw Nick dressed up and standing at the door to greet the guests.
"Welcome, my dearest friend. Nick took off his hat and bowed. "Come in, thank you for your help, I think this is going to be the biggest banquet in Britain in the past three hundred years. ”
The temperature in the basement was even lower, and Ryan and Hermione could even breathe out with a mouth. On the makeshift dance floor in the open space of the classroom, hundreds of ghosts huddled together and waltzed. On stage, a group of ghosts are making noise with music saws. The blue light from a thousand candles in the chandelier on the ceiling illuminates it all.
"It's more like Halloween in the real wizarding world than a banquet in the auditorium. Ryan heard Hermione say excitedly beside her,