Chapter 257: Fear
"Hey, aren't you... The wand is scared off the ground~" Harry stood behind and laughed happily when he saw his little friend's rare embarrassed look. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Roger stood still, as if he hadn't heard.
Hermione sensed something wasn't quite right and asked, "Roger, are you alright?"
"Look at that coward, you're all scared silly, don't pee your pants for a while, hahaha..." Malfoy took the opportunity to laugh at him, and the Slytherin students cheered him along.
Roger was indifferent, just slowly raised his hand and clicked on the first option.
The top grid on the left side has turned into a dark gray color, and rows of text data appear on the originally blank right half of the screen:
[Character Attributes]
[Name]: Roger Collins
[Grade]: 3
[Gender]: Male
[Age]: 13
[Identity]: First in line to the line of the Collins family, 3rd year Hogwarts student, King of Narnia (inactive), Most Wanted in Maine (1) (inactive)
In addition, there is a 3D bust of Roger himself, and a small horizontal bar of red, blue and yellow, marked with numbers, and corresponding to the HP/MP/XP three-dimensional attributes.
Looking at this piece of information that was out of place with Hogwarts, Roger clicked 'Back' with trembling fingers.
The left selection bar is once again top-down: Character Attributes, Inventory, Skills, Quests, Maps, Options, Save Game, Read Game, and Exit.
Roger felt like his fingers were weighing a thousand pounds, and he had to gasp heavily every time he got closer to the exit button.
Difficult, the fingertips touched the exit button slightly, and a dialog box popped up instantly:
[Are you sure to quit the game?] Unsaved progress will be lost. ]
[Confirm]
[Go Back]
Roger really felt the dread......
As mentioned before, Roger does not identify with this world.
Because he clearly knows that he is an outsider, he does not belong to this place, he does not belong to this era.
Before going to the kingdom of Narnia again, this sense of disidentity was gradually eliminated by the affection of his family in the five years after the crossing.
But in the kingdom of Narnia, the sudden possession of immortality has brought back this feeling again.
The long sword pierces the chest, the head is cut off and the bones are cut, and the whole person can still survive as if nothing happened, but it is still reluctantly acceptable, and the lack of pain is the biggest hidden danger, coupled with the rapid recovery brought by gnawing on the magic stone in the first grade, the texture of life began to become unreal.
Once deprived of what he once had, Roger almost forgot what it was like to be in pain.
But fortunately, his other feelings are still there, otherwise with the character of this thing, he will completely become a madman with antisocial personality disorder, which is probably the only ending of the story.
However, the lack of the sense of unreality caused by the sense of pain is still entangled in Roger's thoughts, especially the virtual game novels and anime that he has read a lot in his memory, which deeply shakes his perception of the reality of this world.
He was afraid that Aunt Elizabeth, who had been with him for many years, was virtual, that Caroline was virtual, that Uncle Barnabas was virtual, that everything around him, his experiences, and his growth were all virtual...
Virtual means that you can quit, and at some point you will definitely face a choice between the two worlds... It's not choosing fear, it's fearing choice.
Since the accumulation of many years after the loss of pain, the moment he saw this virtual screen today, it was detonated, and the impact of the nightmare had made Roger lose his composure.
Standing still for a long time, Roger ran around Hogwarts dozens of times without sweating his body, and at this time, sweat was raining, because of fear, he half-raised his fingers like a sculpture, hovering on the 'confirm' button and did not dare to move a little.
Everyone in the class sensed something was wrong.
Boggart, a magical creature that is not very harmful, is really pediatric in Lupin's eyes, and he took a few steps forward as a professor and encouraged Roger in a loud voice: "Don't be afraid, calm down... Imagine in your brain how you can force it to look ridiculous... Then he bends down and picks up his wand and says, 'Funny, funny'. ”
Professor Lupin's gentle tone was full of magic, and Roger was shocked, and the calm look in his eyes slowly returned.
Ignoring the people behind him, the boy looked at the translucent virtual screen in front of him again, and without hesitation, he reached out and pressed the 'Back' button, and clicked on the 'Save Game' option.
A dialog box pops up again:
[Sand of Time is required to store the game]
[Number of Sands of Time Held: 0]
The text in the dialog box is white, except for the words 'Sands of Time' which are yellow and underlined.
Roger gritted his teeth and picked up the particular word with his fingers.
The dialog box resurfaced:
[Sands of Time: A rare item that has the effect of stopping the passage of time, and all monsters have a low chance of exploding.] ]
Roger's eyes narrowed, and as a veteran of the game, this passage was simple and straightforward...
Turning his head to look at the teachers and students in the class, he bent down to pick up the wand on the ground and waved it towards the door, forcing everyone in the middle to bounce away, rolling all over the ground to make a passageway.
Professor Lupin instantly pointed his wand at Roger, or to be precise, at Boggart, who was floating in front of Roger: "Calm down, Roger, don't be controlled by your fear..."
Roger tilted his head to look at Lupin, and a crazy smile tugged at the corner of his mouth: "I'm calm~ I also know what I'm doing and what I'm going to do." So, don't stop me, or else... You're also a kind of monster ......"
After the initial confusion, Roger has calmed down under the reminder of Professor Lupin, and what he has to do now is to face his fears, not the kind of 'funny funny' little tricks that will be deformed, but really look directly into his own heart.
Overcoming fear, just like when overcoming fear of water before, only after experiencing it does you realize how insignificant the original fear is.
So, now Roger has decided to treat this virtual screen as if it were real, forcing himself to make the final choice and look directly into his heart.
Boggart is the deepest fear of the person's heart, which will change with the change of the person's inner fear.
Is Roger afraid of killing? Not afraid. Are you scared that [The Sands of Time] will really burst out?
Therefore, the longer the time of killing, the more this fear will accumulate, and when it reaches a certain threshold, the virtual panel will definitely change the number of [Sands of Time] from 0 to 1.
At this time, it is the real torture of Roger's heart.