Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Endless Journey
"Alright, Potter, do as I did, and you'll win this duel." Lockhart patted Harry on the shoulder with pleasure, seeming confident in what he had just taught him. "What, the way to drop the wand on the ground?" But Lockhart didn't listen to him.
One-two-two-one-begin!" He shouted.
Malfoy quickly raised his wand and roared, "Oolong came out of the hole,, his wand's head exploded." Harry watched in horror as a long black snake burst out of it and landed heavily on the floor between them, then raised its head and prepared to attack. The crowd screamed, quickly dodging backwards, making way for the clearing.
"Yo, Draco obviously doesn't have a good grasp of this spell, the summoned snake is just a façade, if I come to fight him, there will be at least five ways to make that fox and tiger snake disappear." Loki stood in front of Augustus, looked at the terrified Harry in the field, and said nonchalantly.
"Don't move, Potter." Snape said lazily, apparently relieved to see Harry standing motionless and staring at the angry serpent. "I'll get him away," "Let me come!" Lockhart shouted. He raised his wand and waved it menacingly at the snake, and suddenly, with a loud bang, the snake not only did not disappear, but sprang up more than a foot and fell heavily to the floor. It was furious, hissing and spitting out the letter and swimming straight towards Justin Fenri, then it raised its head and bared its fangs in an offensive stance.
Lillian covered her mouth and let out a sneer, "Mr. Lockhart is indeed a heroic magician, who can bring us unexpected results every time, if you want to evaluate the best accident maker at Hogwarts, Lockhart must be the first choice." ”
Harry didn't understand why he would do this, he didn't even realize he had decided to do it. All he knew was that his legs moved forward as if he were on a small caster, and then he stupidly shouted at the snake, "Let him go!" Miracles had happened—unbelievable—and the snake had collapsed on the floor, supple as a pile of thick, black watering hoses, its eyes fixed on Harry. Harry felt his fear vanish little by little. He knew that the snake would not attack anyone again, and as for how he knew it, he couldn't tell.
He looked up at Justin and grinned. He expected to see a relaxed, confused, or grateful look on Justin's face—but not anger and horror.
"What do you think you're up to?" He shouted, and before Harry could speak, Justin turned and rushed out of the Great Hall.
"Parseltongue?" Augustus' face was slightly solemn, he didn't expect Harry to be a Parseltongue, as far as Augustus knew, in modern times to the present day, in addition to Salazar and some of his bloodline, there is only one person who is a Parseltongue, and this person is Voldemort. Now, Harry has shown this talent, and the impact on him is incalculable, but it is worth affirming that this talent is synonymous with evil in the eyes of many people, and it is very unpopular with everyone.
In fact, talking to animals is not something to be belittled, mainly due to the long reign of Voldemort's dark reign, coupled with the fact that he himself is a parseltongue, so this talent is unknowingly evil. In another world, most druids can talk to animals, and the druids are advocates of nature and a rather peace-loving race, so it can be seen that there are no good or bad talents, and it is undoubtedly quite stupid and ignorant to impose their own standards of good and evil on these talents.
Snape stepped forward, waved his wand, and the snake turned into a puff of black smoke and vanished. Snape looked at him with a look that surprised him: a cunning, calculating gaze that Harry didn't like. He was also vaguely aware of the ominous whispers of the crowd around him.
Malfoy returned to Augustus's side, with a serious expression of discovering evil and claiming justice, "Ha Luha, I didn't expect Harry to be a parseltongue, and now I broke it, look at how he will put on a savior expression in front of everyone in the future, I really want to see what kind of ugly faces those wizards who advertise him as the backbone of the righteous path will look after knowing that he is a parseltongue." ”
"You underestimate those defenders, since they want to make Harry a hero, then no matter what accident happens to Harry, as long as they don't cross the bottom line, they will have countless reasons to support Harry, the parseltongue is just a small thing, it doesn't prevent them from wielding their stick of justice and eliminating all opposing voices, this is politics, they need to launch Harry to be their image spokesperson. Hehe. Loki had a scornful and complicated glint in his eyes as he looked at Harry as he walked by.
"What you said is really practical in the Muggle world, but you forget, what kind of world is this, in the magical world, power comes from itself, whether it is Dumbledore or Voldemort have deeply understood this, so they can override the Ministry of Magic, can decide the life and death of countless people, Loki, you have to remember, in the world of magic, politics is just vassals, and our strength comes from ourselves. How far you can go on the path of magic is up to you. Augustus saw the struggle in Loki's eyes, and he understood that if he hadn't met him, with his intelligence and ambition, coupled with the support of his family, this child might have become a powerful political figure in the future, like a fish in water in the Ministry of Magic, touted by countless people who wanted to take the position, and finally gradually lost himself on the road to the pursuit of magical truth, becoming a person like Cornelius Fudge.
However, since Loki has chosen to follow behind him on the path of pursuing the truth of magic, it is necessary for him to remind him of the true strength of the Dao as a mage. How to choose the most difficult one still depends on himself. He believed that with Loki's wisdom, he would understand how to choose, which was what he really wanted.
Walking on the path of magic is indeed difficult to control, whether it is the scenery along the road or the thorns will make people doubt their original intention of walking, can go from the beginning to the end of the people, there are always very few, the road is endless, since you have chosen to stand on the path of pursuing the truth of magic, then even if you die, you have to go to the moment when you can no longer walk. Chaowen said, it's okay to die at night. On the endless road, with the company of these people, it may not be lonely.