Chapter 91: A Deal with the Devil
"Hmm! Ahh ”
The moment he regained consciousness, Brandi's first reaction was to reflexively cover his head.
It really hurts, like a pressure cooker that is about to burst. Brandi's brain was shaking in pain...... Something kept pouring into his mind, and it came so fast that Brandy's single-threaded stupid brain didn't have time to digest it properly - in fact, he couldn't. He only knew what he had been indoctrinated, but he couldn't remember?
So he screamed in pain, rolling wildly on the cold floor, occasionally hitting the leg of a table that resembled a table. It was so painful that he couldn't open his eyes, and someone seemed to be crying not far from him, but he didn't have the energy to pay attention to the trivialities. He even began to pound his head frantically against the ground, just because the brief vertigo made his soon-to-be-cracked head a little more comfortable.
I don't know how long it took...... The feeling of hopelessness finally subsided. Brandi exhaled a breath of relief, and he rolled over and lay limply on the floor. Something hot slipped down his forehead - presumably he had broken his head?
It was only at this time that he finally had the time to listen to the movements around him......
"Brandi......" The voice, which had long since been hoarse and weak from the long shouting, was now like a whisper from the wind. But Brandi recognized the voice very easily.
It's Parvati!
He sat up with difficulty, his face covered in blood, but he didn't care so much, wiped his robe with his hand, and opened his blood-stained eyes. Follow the prestige -
His gaze seemed to pass through a transparent diaphragm, and the thing was full of flowing texture like water. On the other side, Parvati sat in the corner of the room, her head bowed as if she had resigned herself to her fate, screaming unconsciously.
What's going on here?
"Parvati!" Brandi got up from the ground, and he wanted to go over. But his hand touched something like water—but it wasn't water, it was soft, but it was incomparably tough. It was as if it was a magical barrier that separated the space.
"Parvati! Look here! I'm fine! He had no choice but to cling to the transparent wall, calling eagerly.
"The ...... she can't hear"
A third man's voice sounded in the room, and Brandy realized that on the other side of the barrier, there was a terrible and gray face, how did they get in!
"What did you do to her!" Brandi shouted angrily.
"It's just a subtle stun spell, Barton." Professor Quirrell's lazy voice rang out, and he turned. Brandi found him playing with two wands in his hand, and Parvati's wand was snatched by him.
"I'm going to have to take this girl's wand just to be on the safe side," Barton ......" he shuddered, as if the recollection of the image would make him feel palpitations. In order to pass the test of the fifth seal, I have almost run out of oil. But it was precisely because of this that when I entered the test, I was instantly kicked out of that illusion...... I failed just like this girl. ”
There was no regret of failure in his tone. "But you didn't! Barton! I'm so glad I was kicked into this space and I was pleasantly surprised to find that you managed to get inside the barrier! And Miss Petyr didn't notice my presence at all, you're really lucky, boy, she's staring nervously at you the whole time. Even if I sneak up from behind-"
"Shut up! You indiscriminate soul! ”
Brandi slammed his fist into the magic barrier, sending ripples of watery liquid from above. His face flushed with rage, and the laceration in his forehead began to spill blood again. "What are you capable of coming at me! Obviously a professor is doing this kind of sneak attack behind the scenes! ”
"You!" Quirrell's face changed, and he was about to teach Brandi a lesson. But it stopped as if it had been ordered to do so.
"Well, I don't have the skills to talk nonsense with you, I know the spell can't pass through this wall. But don't think I can't handle you, Barton! Go! Get behind you and pick up the contents on that table. His wand suddenly pointed at Parvati, who was unconscious in the corner, "Otherwise! I don't think you've heard of the Diamond Spell......
Brandi's face turned white all of a sudden, how could he not have heard the Drill Heart Curse! How many books have emphasized the intense pain of a thousand knives and arrows piercing the heart but begging for death, how can a weak little girl stand this!
He bit his lip hard and turned away.
"Huh————?" A hint of surprise and confusion flashed in his angry eyes.
He had just been so focused on Parvati that he hadn't even taken a good look at the room - the magical barrier behind him seemed to split the room in two, and the place where the untested ones were located was piled up with all sorts of dusty debris. On my side, it's another world entirely......
On both sides of the wall, there are full storage shelves, on which are all kinds of medals, trophies, and messy bottles and cans, which look like a prize showroom, and there is no ash on the shelves, and the years do not seem to have left a trace on them; Directly across from him, a small round table was arranged. Behind the round table, there is a fountain, and the outlet is an eagle's head, which is carved so vividly that it looks like the real thing.
And the weirdest thing in this space is probably this round table, because it has no legs at all, but has two pairs of transparent wings - it actually floats up and down in the air with wings.
On the table was a quill pen, a bottle of ink, and most importantly, the most important one.
A piece of parchment full of stuff.
Brandi cautiously stepped forward and looked at the parchment. He didn't know much about Old English, and he couldn't make out a lot of the things on it - but he could barely guess what it was, yes, there were a lot of sparse numbers and symbols on it, like formulas. It's a bit like a Potions textbook.
What seems like a potion recipe?
He couldn't help but be a little curious. Does he remember what the boy had said, that this was a cemetery where foreign objects were imprisoned?
What would be the effect of a potion formula that the boy would consider to be contrary to the laws of the world?
"Are you stupid, Barton! Pick it up! ”
He heard Quirrell screaming angrily behind him, and he reluctantly grabbed the parchment.
"Wow~"
Suddenly there was a loud sound of water behind him, and he was so frightened that he took a few steps forward, turned his head in horror, and looked behind him—the moment he touched the parchment, the watery barrier behind him suddenly collapsed! The liquid poured down the floor under gravity, wetting Brandi's cuffs.
Quirrell's form was completely exposed to Brandy's eyes, and he was stunned for a moment, then quickly pulled his wand out of his pocket.
"I want you to pay! Quirrell! ”
"Don't move!"
The two men yelled at about the same time, Brandy's wand pointed firmly at Quirrell's head, and Quirrell's — pointed at the unconscious Parvati.
"Don't force me to recite the curse! Barton! His face was contorted, and his wand-holding arm was trembling in horror. You're probably not going to want to see her die—this little girl who cares a lot about you, huh? ”
Brandi's eyes began to grow a little flustered.
Seeing that the threat seemed to have some effect on Brandy, Quirrell hurried to follow suit. "You see, she's calling your name even in a coma, isn't she! Can you bear to watch her die for your recklessness? ”
"Shut your dog's mouth! Quirrell! ”
Brandi roared hysterically, "You're threatening me!" ”
"Yes, I'm just threatening you...... Brat. ”
Another voice came from behind Quirrell, evil, and cold. "You don't dare to do it, because you are cowardly."
"The host...... You! ”
"It's okay, Quirinus, just talking, this attrition...... I can live with it. ”
Quirrell turned, Voldemort's terrifying face peeking out of the shadows.
"Alright, that's the end of the gossip. Mr. Barton, now you are indeed entitled to treat me as an equal. Since neither of you dares to make the first move—why don't we make a fair and reasonable deal where both of you can be bound by magic?" ”
"You're dreaming!" Brandi roared, his chest rising and falling rapidly, and his wand began to glow with a dark blue glow.
"Oh? The perfect frostbite curse, but do you dare? Voldemort grinned nonchalantly, "As a wizard who has ruled the wizarding world for decades, I'm confident enough to let this girl die two or three times before you finish your spell - don't think it's alarmist!" Mr. Patton. I sincerely hope that we can reach a deal that we can all agree to. ”
There was a long silence, and the blue light of Brandi's wand dissipated weakly.
"You damn devil."
"Hah, that's a real prize, now you're calming down? So let's discuss the specific terms~" Voldemort's white eyes stared at Brandi playfully.
"I can swear by both my own and Quirrell's souls that neither Quirinus nor I will use a spell against you or this girl until I escape from Hogwarts. I can even lift the stun spell from her! How about this chip, you should be very excited, right? ”
Brandy never thought that Voldemort would say such a condition, and he was stunned when he heard this. "So what do we need to do?"
"You ......," Voldemort's eyes flashed with greed. My request is simple, just give me the parchment in your hand - and then, break your wand! ”