"Show me the way"

Ning An threw up his wand and recited the incantation, only to see the wand floating in the air, slowly turning, and finally pointing in a direction.

"Fluorescent Scintillation"

The wand head glowed white, and it floated beside Ning An, pointing him the way out of the Forbidden Forest.

After Rocky left, Ning An didn't stay long, he estimated that it should be almost one or two o'clock in the morning, after a battle with Quirrell, and a verbal confrontation with Voldemort, Ning An was extremely sleepy, and a sense of tiredness came to him.

He just wanted to hurry back to the soft big bed in the bedroom and get a good night's sleep.

After a short while, he heard a faint shout ahead. With a move in his expression, Ning An quickened his pace, and sure enough, he didn't go far before he heard a shout

"Ning'an—where are you—"

It sounded like Hermione, cutting through the dense bushes, it was not an easy road to walk, and the weeds and branches always stumbled Ning'an, and he had to trude forward as if he were walking through a swamp.

Finally, he saw a figure, a tall figure with a lamp that appeared to be Hagrid, and several small figures were shouting around him

"Ning'an—" It was Harry and Hermione.

"I'm here!" Ning An shouted as he picked up the wand floating at his side and ran towards them.

"Oh! Oh, my God! You scared me to death, Ning An! Where did you run! Hermione rushed up with an anxious expression, and her tone was full of reproach:

"You...... How can you go after that monster! Oh my God, do you know, it scared me to death, I was scared, how could you-"

As if relieved to finally see Ning An, Hermione kept talking as if she wanted to release the pressure just now. Under the white light of her wand, Ning An noticed that there were still some tears in the corners of Hermione's eyes that had not yet dried up.

Hagrid, Harry, and Neville also rushed over, asking worriedly if he was hurt. Ning An smiled embarrassedly and said:

"I'm sorry guys, I couldn't catch up with that monster and got lost in the forest......"

"It's a good thing you didn't catch up, Ning An." Hagrid sighed and said:

"Alright, alright, what a restless night. Monsters, unicorns, centaurs," he scratched his bushy beard, then clapped his hands and said, "Now that your confinement is over, come with me, I have to send you back......"

"It's long overdue......" Malfoy muttered disapprovingly, too.

But maybe it was because of sleepiness, or maybe it was the sinister nature of the Dark Lord when he first saw him, Ning An only remembered that he followed the group back to Hogwarts Castle in a daze, all the way back to the dormitory, collapsed on the big bed, and almost closed his eyes and fell asleep.

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Time always slips away inadvertently, and the day before the end of the semester is fast approaching, Ning An has forgotten how he walked out of the exam room, but fortunately, due to Hermione's surprise review, he is confident that this time the history of magic exam should still be good.

The days that followed, they had a very good time, spending every day with Daphne and Calidora, and the three of them still did not stop practicing spells and receptivity, and sometimes Samantha and Walter would have a meal together, but the two of them practiced spells more often in the room of requirement.

Ning An told Daphne and Caridora about his sight of Voldemort, and the news frightened them.

"It's not a funny joke, Ning An." Daphne also became unusually serious.

"What do you think is the point of me making such a joke with a name that has no laughing point?" Ning An said flatly:

"Walz foothills, Botisford, I'm not going to go out of your way to make up these meaningless things."

Caridora and Daphne were silent, and what Ning An said was really a little amazing.

"Voldemort...... Is it really not dead yet...... Daphne was still in disbelief, and although they were no longer as intimidated by the name as they used to after this time of training, they still trembled a little when they said it in person.

"What are you going to do next? Are you really going there? Calydora was more calm, and she looked at Ning An worriedly

"I don't think Voldemort would be kind enough to impart all this knowledge to you, Snape is more reliable in that regard."

She seemed to stop talking, and said to Ning An in a dry voice: "And...... I've always had a bad feeling that I'd better not go there—somehow, when I hear you talk about it, I get chills down my spine. ”

"I don't think Voldemort is an idiot, Carly." Ning An rubbed his brows, it seemed that Calidora's words had made his heart, which had been driven by an inexplicable longing, a little clear

"But I really wanted to see it...... I do not know...... What to say—even if it's just a few ordinary notes...... I would love ......"

"......" Calidora was silent, she stared at Ning An seriously with a pair of big eyes, and slowly said after a while:

"If you really want to go—" She took a deep breath, as if to overcome some kind of fear

"Then it's best to let us go with you-"

"Huh?" Ning An's eyes lit up.

"At the foot of the Walz Mountains, it's pretty close to the Shafiq family's old house." Caridora put down the knife and fork in her hand, looked at Ning An and Daphne and said:

"Since you have decided to continue practicing magic during the holidays, why don't you take this opportunity to get together......" The foreboding in her heart was greatly relieved at the thought of being able to stay with Ning An and Daphne during the holidays, and Calidora's brows stretched and relaxed.

"Of course Carly! It's our headquarters, and I'm going to cast a Loyalty Charm so that no one can discover our secret base. ”

Ning An was overjoyed, it would be wonderful if he could stay with his two friends this summer and find the magic of his dreams.

But immediately he turned bitter again, thinking that he could not go home all year, so when the semester was over, he was afraid that he would have to go back to Privet Road for a while before he could go to Caridora and them.

"But I think I'll have to go back to London first, I can't go home for a year." Ning An smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"That's a pity, I can use Floo Powder to Carly's house at any time~" Daphne swaggered at Ning An.

"When I cast the Loyalty Spell there, your Floo Network won't be able to be used anymore!" Ning An fought back.

Caridora quietly watched the two of them arguing with each other on the side, and a sense of stability inexplicably swelled up in her heart, and in the days after her grandfather's death, she seemed to experience the existence of home again.

"If you can find any different magic in the foothills of the Walz Mountains, please give me a wish spell, I hope this moment will never change." The girl silently closed her eyes and made her own little wish in her heart.

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After returning from the Forbidden Forest, Ning An had less contact with Harry, and he believed that Harry and the others were now busy figuring out the issue of the Philosopher's Stone, especially after the exams, and he had no reason to stay in the library with Hermione.

Occasionally, when they met Quirrell in the hallway, the two of them pretended to be ordinary students and professors, as if they had never spoken to each other that night in the Forbidden Forest.

In this way, the semester was over soon, and at the year-end banquet, when Ning An sat in the auditorium, which had been renovated with Slytherin's unique green and silver, he looked at the Gryffindor table, and sure enough, he didn't see Harry.

"Would you be disappointed if Slytherin didn't win this year's House Cup?" Ning An turned his head and asked Daphne, who was sitting beside him.

Daphne looked at him with an idiotic look and said, "What are you talking about, look at the Great Hall, Slytherin has already won the House Cup." ”

Speaking of this, she suddenly smiled sneeringly and whispered, "Although a certain first-year student was deducted fifty points at once. ”

Of course, Ning An knew that she was just joking, so he didn't care, he just said in a faint tone: "People tend to be more sure of something, and change will always come quietly. ”

Daphne looked at Ning An strangely, then reached out and touched his forehead

"I don't have a fever...... Are you preparing for next year's prophecy lesson? As she spoke, she made a numbing motion, which caused Calydora next to her to laugh out loud.

"Don't tell me you'll be talking to us like this all the time next year......"

"If it makes you uncomfortable, then I think I'll be happy to do it." Ning An smiled, arguing with Daphne was now a great pleasure for him.

He looked up at the canopy that looked like an endless starry sky, and couldn't help but think in his heart, what were Harry and Hermione doing at this time? Did they hypnotize Lowe and jump onto Professor Sprout's devil's net?

Did you seize the key to becoming a snitch and defeat McGonagall's chessboard?

They passed through Snape's flames, did they stop Quirrell from getting the Philosopher's Stone?

He suddenly felt as if it was all very close to him, and yet far away from him. What if, because of his arrival, maybe something has changed slightly, Voldemort got the Philosopher's Stone and now regains his body?

Fortunately, the confusion didn't leave him in a trance for long, and he soon heard Hermione's voice behind him

"How's the history of magic exams? Ning'an? ”

"Isn't it too rude to ask for so long after the exam?" Ning An smiled and turned around and made a joke.

The surrounding Slytherins obviously didn't know Hermione yet, and they all turned their heads to look, but they were not interested for a moment, and they gathered together to discuss their own topics.

"I'm sorry...... There was one thing...... "Hermione sat down on a small stool behind Ning An and suddenly lowered her voice

"But congratulations...... Slytherin won the House Cup. She glanced at Malfoy in disgust, and muttered quietly:

"But...... Not all Slytherins ......"

"No need to apologize, I'm just kidding." Ning An smiled and said:

"But I've heard, wow, awesome, you performed a perfect deduction and saved the Philosopher's Stone. Wonderful, I know you have what it takes."

Daphne listened to Ning An's words, and coaxed her on the ————side, Hermione blushed all of a sudden, and she left a sentence

"It's not as great as you say," and then returned to the Gryffindor table.

Ning An saw that Harry was back. Sure enough, after this, Dumbledore re-announced the extra points, and the Gryffindor score surpassed that of Slytherin, the green in the Great Hall was replaced by a bright red drape, the silver was replaced by golden, and the huge Slytherin snake disappeared in favor of a mighty Gryffindor lion.

There was a bleak sigh of lament at the Slytherin table, and there was nothing more painful than gaining and losing. Ning An looked at Daphne with a prepared expression, with an expression that you see, I said.

Daphne felt like she had seen a ghost, and kept asking Caridora, "This is not true, is it?" Caridora was very impatient, and ate the food on the table by herself.