Chapter Twenty-Three: Christmas Eve
Calydora ran over, she had witnessed the whole battle, and she felt that she had learned a lot, and she suddenly realized that this small combat training organization might make a big difference for her.
Rescuing her thoughts, she took out her wand and said to Daphne, who was lying on the ground and fainting:
"Recover!" A ray of light struck Daphne, who let out a "hmm" and slowly came to her senses.
"It seems to be... Did I lose? Daphne rubbed the back of her head halfway against the pillar, and she remembered for the last time that Ning'an's wand shot white light and hit her, and then she lost consciousness.
"I think so." Calidora nodded
"But it's wonderful, you're doing a good job Daphne." Caridora was amazed.
After this, Ning An rested for a while before starting a second battle with Calidora. Although Caridora did not master as many spells as Daphne, she was much calmer than the impetuous Daphne.
Ning An is more tricky to deal with than Daphne. Fortunately, she didn't know many spells, and after Ning An blocked her stun spell with an "armor talisman", she backhanded a disarming spell that knocked Carly's wand away and won the second game.
Ning An was later defeated by Daphne because of his physical strength. So Calidora went on to challenge Daphne, and the three of them practiced like this for a long time.
After that, everyone took some of the intelligence enhancers made by Ning An, and they practiced the Regent Mind again, and Ning An was also easier to win in this small game, and his mental power was also much stronger than that of Daphne and the others.
He could even read a little bit of Daphne's memory, in which he had seen her mother and sister.
"You have a sister?" Ning An asked while resting
"I've said it a long time ago," Daphne was a little listless, "but it's really bad to be invaded. ”
"So you're going to have to work harder on Occlumency, and you see Carly doing it pretty well." Ning An was indeed surprised by Calydora's achievements in this regard, she seemed to be very good at suppressing her emotions, Ning An's dementorship could not find a single crack that could be invaded by Calydora.
"You two magic maniacs." Daphne snorted, but could tell she was still envious of Calidora.
"But it's a good training." Daphne lamented, "Wizard battles are indeed different from imagination. ”
Calydora also nodded, and Ning An laughed and said, "Then it seems that we will have to train more in the future?" ”
"Oh my God, my Quidditch match." Daphne sighed miserably.
"Of course you can go to Quidditch, but it's not every day anyway."
"But then you two won't have a watcher when you're fighting. What if you hurt each other at the same time. Daphne said worriedly
"Oh, you don't have to worry about that, the two of us can make some potions while you're watching the game, and practice the Celestial Mind without fighting. Isn't that Carly? ”
Calidora nodded, giving Daphne a look of relief to watch the game.
"You're so nice!" Daphne happily threw herself into the arms of the two, and their laughter echoed through the spacious room.
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Time slipped by, and in a blink of an eye, Christmas was approaching, and many students were taking advantage of the holidays to go home. Daphne also received several letters from home, asking if she would like to go home for the Christmas holidays.
Ning An has always written a few letters to Isabella from time to time, talking about her life at Hogwarts, saying that she is doing well and has made many friends. Of course, the owl that delivered the letter borrowed Daphne.
Calidora has been feeling a little depressed lately, and Ning An knows that her last relatives died in the time when school started, so in order to accompany his friends, he plans to stay at Hogwarts this Christmas, so Daphne also decides to stay with them.
Many elves in the Great Hall of Hogwarts are already decorating and preparing for the Christmas party early. While the three of them were having breakfast, they happened to run into Malfoy and his two henchmen, Crabbe and Goyle.
"I don't think Malfoy has been peeking over here." Daphne took a sip of sweet corn soup and whispered to Ning An.
"Hmm... I guess he was suspicious of me going back to my dorm late every day, and sometimes I didn't see anyone in the middle of the night. Ning An said nonchalantly.
"Do you want to teach him a lesson?" Daphne looked up with some excitement, since they started training, the strength of the battle had grown rapidly, and now Daphne didn't take Malfoy's first-year students seriously at all.
"There's no need," Ning An quietly cut the pork chops on his plate, picked up a piece and slowly put it in his mouth, "We have a lot of means to deal with Malfoy now, but he can't make any waves." ”
As he spoke, he frowned and said, "What we need to worry about now is another matter. ”
"Huh? What's the matter? Daphne didn't expect Ning An to be worried.
Ning An looked at her and whispered:
"The semester is coming to an end soon, and as we all know, Hogwarts students are not allowed to use magic during the holidays... But I want to continue my magic practice during the holidays, and even practice some other magic..."
"Hmm... Indeed, the Ministry of Magic will punish minors for using magic outside of school, which is really troublesome. Daphne shook her head in annoyance, there was nothing she could do.
"You may come to my house," said Calidora, who was sitting next to her, suddenly.
"The old house of the Shafiq family was once enchanted with ancient magic, and the tentacles of the Ministry of Magic could not reach there."
As she spoke, she smiled a little self-deprecatingly, "Besides, the Shafiq family is almost gone, and they have no interest in this kind of wasteland that the wizarding world will be eliminated, so my family has received very little attention, and they can also act secretly." ”
"Really!" Ning An whispered excitedly, he really wanted to sleep and sent a pillow, without the help of Calidora, he felt that he might not be able to use magic for a vacation, how painful it would be.
"Can I go too?" Daphne pointed at herself, her big watery eyes looking at Calidora with a pitiful look.
"If you show me that look at me again, don't come." Caridora said coldly to Daphne.
"Cut, Carly is so uncute." Daphne pouted and muttered.
Caridora ignored her, but turned her head to look at Ning An and said calmly:
"I think we can use that as the headquarters of Snake Letter."
"HQ?" Ning An said suspiciously
"We are a magical organization." "There are only three of us, but we're already an organization, so I think we need a base. ”
"That's right! I didn't even expect, Ning'an, that we really need a place for members to come together. Daphne followed.
Ning An looked at Caridora with emotion and said softly, "But, isn't that your home... Carly, are you really willing to contribute it? ”
Caridora looked at Ning An without any confusion, she whispered:
"Now the snake letter is my home..."
Hearing her words, Daphne and Ning An fell silent, and Ning An said slightly apologetically, "I'm sorry... Carly, reminds you of something sad. ”
"It's okay," Caridora didn't show sadness on her face, she smiled at the two of them, "So, do you want to accept my offer?" ”
"Of course, thank you so much Carly!" Ning An shouted in a low voice: "It's really a great help." ”
"Wow, a secret base that belongs only to us? It's amazing. Daphne laughed exaggeratedly.
"Yes, the secret base..."Ning An seemed to be thinking about something, and then he looked up and said:
"Since it's headquarters, I think we should make it a little more secluded." His eyes lit up.
"What's the secret method?" Both Daphne and Caridora were a little curious.
"Curse of Brave Loyalty! We can make Shafiq's old house impeccable! Ning An shouted in a low voice.
"But it's quite a complicated magic, and none of us know how to use it." Calydora said with a frown.
"So-" Ning An laughed, and he said in a lengthened tone, "So, I'm going to go to the library more to study." ”
"You're going to the forbidden section?" Daphne exclaimed, "You said Dumbledore would be paying attention there, how could you sneak in the past again." ”
"Hey, peace of mind, Daphne, Dumbledore is not a fool." Ning An laughed.
"What do you mean?" Daphne asked, puzzled. She kind of hated the way Ning An only spoke half like this now.
"Don't be angry, haha, I mean, Dumbledore probably already knew about us." Ning An picked up a small piece of pork chop and said playfully:
"You can't expect a disillusionment charm to fool Dumbledore, a few of us walked through Hogwarts every night and knocked out Filch, and it's hard to get out of sight."
"You're saying that Dumbledore already knew about our actions?" Daphne exclaimed, and then hurriedly lowered her voice
"Aren't we in big trouble, then?"
Caridora also showed some uneasiness, it seems that people are also afraid of Dumbledore, but unlike the fear of Voldemort, Dumbledore should be more in awe, because of respect, so fear.
Thinking of this, Ning An smiled and said:
"Don't worry, you're too sensitive, Dumbledore doesn't spend his mind on a few of us every day, he has a lot to deal with."
Ning An said lightly while eating: "Dumbledore may have known that we went to the forbidden book area, knew that we found the Room of Requirement, but he didn't know what we did, a few curious children, exploring in the castle, it is not a big deal to break the school rules." ”
Ning An didn't think that Dumbledore would put all his mind on them, he had to deal with Hogwarts affairs, accept the consultation of the Ministry of Magic, and even more importantly, take care of and guide Harry Potter, a child who can fight against Voldemort.
And he is only a first-year student, although he violated the school rules, it is not a very serious matter, and at the same time, the relationship with Harry has also faded recently, and it should be out of Dumbledore's sight, so Ning An is not worried about Dumbledore, and it doesn't hurt to even be caught by Dumbledore.