Schiller lowered his eyes and beckoned to Hallie, who stared at him as if fascinated and slowly walked in front of Schiller.

Schiller crouched down and wiped the dust off Hallie's face with his hand, and Hallie looked at him with some stunnedness, no one had touched her face like this since her father's death.

"Professor?" Harley repeated.

"That's right, I'm the professor you're looking for." Schiller nodded slightly, his movements always cautious and restrained, and when he withdrew his hand, he glanced down at the ground, then looked up at Harley and said.

"You're smart, you cracked the code in the newspaper and saw the scene of another world, where everyone has a code name, and that's what they're most proud of, have you figured out your codename?"

Hearing this, Harley began to get a little excited, she nodded vigorously and said, "If one day, I can also publish an article, maybe, I will call myself Lucky Girl, or Genius Boy, no one should use this code name yet, right?" ”

Schiller smiled, noncommittal to Hallie's two code names, and then asked, "Then do you know why my code name is called Professor?" ”

Hallie stared at Schiller, and she was stunned for a long time before she spoke, "Because you're a professor at Gotham University?" ”

Schiller nodded at first, but then shook his head, he looked at Hallie's blue-green eyes like jewels, and said, "I'm indeed a professor at Gotham University, but I'm also a professor at Hogwarts, do you know where Hogwarts is?" ”

Hallie's eyes widened, attracted by Schiller's story-telling tone, and as if she knew what Schiller was going to say next, she asked in an excited tone, "Where is it?" ”

"It's a school of magic, ancient, mysterious, and powerful, and the magicians you see today are crappy compared to the students who have graduated from this school, like elementary school students who have just entered school."

"Even the wizarding families they call may not know much about this school, because Hogwarts only admits the most gifted children."

Schiller put an accent on the words "most gifted," and he continued:

"Every year when they enter school, the owl puts the letter of acceptance letter on the children's desk, and they first go to Diagon Alley, where there is a bookstore with the same name, there is a wand shop that sells wands, a clothing store that sells mage robes, and a grocery store that sells all kinds of quirky and interesting gadgets......

Hallie's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and she could feel that the door to a new world was opening before her eyes.

She almost couldn't wait to open her mouth to ask Schiller a question, but Schiller sped up and didn't give her a chance to interrupt:

"After buying all the school supplies in Diagon Alley, all the children will be rowing a boat to Hogwarts of their dreams, a magnificent castle that rises above an isolated island......

"Then I...... Then I ......" Harley almost jumped to her feet, she didn't question the truth of what Schiller said, after all, she had just seen the magic with her own eyes.

And brought into the society of ordinary people, if there is no school and no one to teach magic, how can there be magicians? If there weren't shops selling robes, staffs, and all sorts of magic supplies, where did these mages get these things?

Harley's rich imagination made her immediately sketch a hilarious, mysterious and fantastical scene-

The bustling streets are lined with strangely shaped buildings, and the windows display all kinds of interesting magical items, and mages wearing mage robes and holding magic wands perform brilliant magic, living happily in another world that is completely different from ordinary people.

No child can refuse such a beautiful imagination, and neither does Hallie.

Or, more than anyone else, she longs for this kind of life, her brilliant brain and soul hovering on the edge of madness, so that she has long been fed up with the boring daily life of ordinary society, she craves excitement, thrilling, legendary adventure.

But Schiller crouched in front of her, looked her in the eyes, and asked with some curiosity, "Have you never seen an owl?" ”

Harley recalled for a moment and shook her head slowly, but Schiller stood up directly, pretending not to care, and sighed, "Then it seems that you should be a child without magical talent, and the wizarding world calls such people Muggles." ”

Harry's eyes widened slowly, and she said in disbelief, "What are you talking about?!!!! ”

Schiller glanced down at Harley again, but showed no anger at her questioning, as if he had seen it countless times, and he spoke:

"Whether a person is gifted with magic or not is innate, miss, I'm sorry, you are not so lucky, if you were a gifted child, you should have waited for the owl and the acceptance letter as early as the school age."

"How old are you now? 12 years old? 13 years old? Generally speaking, children at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will enter the school at the age of 9~11, and no later than 12 years old, because if it is too late, the magical power will continue to accumulate in their bodies and cause disasters, and no one wants to see this happen. ”

Hallie froze there, but Schiller seemed to suddenly remember something, and said, "Oh, you're an American, aren't you?" In fact, there are local magic schools in the United States, what is it called? …… Ilvermorny? It seems that in Massachusetts, they should take children from the United States......"

Harry's eyes gradually lit up again, but Schiller changed his words and said: "Although they don't use owls to send letters, the entrance age is the same as that of other magic academies, and the little mages must get the right age education in order to better control their power, and if they miss this age, I am afraid they will not have the opportunity to enroll." ”

Hallie's eyes gradually turned red, and she stared at Schiller in disbelief and said, "Impossible!!" How is this possible?!! ”

Schiller stared at her eyes with some indifference and said, "Not everyone is so lucky to have a magical talent, and those who don't have talent won't come into contact with this circle, so naturally they won't have a chance with the magic school." ”

"Impossible." Hallie screamed, she took two steps back, stared at Schiller's face, and said, "What the hell are you talking about?!! How could I not have talent!! And how can you not be lucky?!!!!! ”

She waved her arms and showed Schiller, "Did you see that?!" All the houses here were acquired through my talent and luck!!! ”

"My talent has allowed me to protect my inheritance, and luck has multiplied their value dozens of times, I am the most talented lucky person in the world, how could I not have a magical talent!!"

"I'm sorry, I told you all, miss, it's natural." Schiller looked at Hallie, showed a sneer, and said, "Even if you have all the luck and talent in this world, you will always be missing a corner, and there is no way to make up for it." ”

Harley let out a piercing scream, and then began to babble, even trying to run outside the house, but at this time, Schiller grabbed her.

Schiller crouched down again and took Hallie into his arms, like a father holding his daughter, patting her on the back and soothing, "Okay, Miss Hallie, it was just a bad joke, I lied to you, I hope you don't mind." ”

Schiller repeated the phrase over and over again, apologizing to Hallie and admitting his mistake, saying that he shouldn't have made such a bad joke.

With tears on her face, Hallie stared at Schiller and said, "I knew that you must have lied to me, how could I not have a talent for magic?" ”

Schiller wiped the tears from her face with her hand and said with some surprise: "What did you say? What magical talent? …… Oh, sorry, you may have misunderstood, I said I was lying, I mean, there are no magic schools in this world, everything just now, I made it up. ”

Hallie's expression cracked again, she covered her ears with both hands, kept shaking her head, took two steps back, and screamed, "You demon!! I don't care about you!! Don't try to lie to me anymore!! ”

"What I said is true, if you don't believe me, you can ask the lady magician...... There's no Hogwarts, no Ilvermorny, no owls, no wands, and you're in a shabby bookstore that's been razed to the ground, and that's the only Blotte bookstore left. ”

"No !!!" Harley shouted in a broken voice, "Impossible!! I could have gotten rid of this mediocre life!!! ”

Harley ran out of the bookstore like crazy and grabbed Zatana, who was interrogating the female mage who was attacking the bookstore, and Zatanna turned around to see Harley with a face crying like a little cat.

Zatanna was very fond of children, so she also crouched down to help Harley wipe her tears, and said, "What's wrong?" Did Schiller reprimand you? ”

Zatanna glanced at the scene in the bookstore, shook her head helplessly and said, "Don't care about him, by the way, I still want to ask, what is the relationship between the two of you?" You wouldn't be his daughter, would you? ”

Harley didn't care about her question at all, instead stared at Zatanna and asked, "What is the wizarding world like?" Is there a magic school that picks out the luckiest and most gifted children and teaches them magic? ”

Zatanna was stunned by Harry's question, she gave a surprised look and said, "Who told you that?" ”

"The wizarding world is not a good place." Zatana came to the conclusion that everyone knows: "All mages are cursed, and we will pay a terrible price for using magical powers, and no one can go unpaid." ”

Harley asked anxiously, "What about ......you?" How did you learn to use magic? ”

"Magic doesn't need to be learned." Although Zatanna didn't understand what Harley was asking, she replied truthfully, "It's possible that if you walk down the street, provoke a back spirit, and make a deal with him, you can use magic, but you just have to pay him on time." ”

Hallie was stunned again, she took two steps back in disbelief, and said quickly, "How is that possible?" Could it be that ordinary people could also use magic at will? Don't you need to learn how to use spells?! ”

Zatana shook her head lightly and said, "Ordinary people can use magic, but maybe after they pay the price once, their souls have collapsed, and the so-called mages are people whose souls are tougher than ordinary people. ”

"And the so-called tenacity is not a virtue, it may make many demons target you, Constantine is an example, he has borne countless costs on his body, it is very painful, but he can still use magic."

"As for how to learn to use spells...... Zatana recalled for a moment, and said, "Actually, you don't need to learn, the demon who lent you power will directly instill all the skills into your mind, when you cast spells." You will act instinctively, and as long as the strength is enough, you will not fail. ”

"So, the so-called magic is actually a debt??" Hallie asked, disappointed.

Zatanna looked left and right, she lowered her voice, looked at Harley and said very sincerely, "Little girl, at your age, I am also full of unrealistic fantasies about magic. ”

"But if you meet enough magicians, you will understand that this is not a gift, but a curse, and magic will gradually devour all your luck except for sacrificing your own organs or soul to demons!"

Zatanna showed a sad expression and said: "We are all puppets controlled by magical powers, endless debts, endless repayment, more power will bring more and more fighting, and more and more fighting will bring hatred, will make us want more power, this is an endless whirlpool, no one can break free." ”

Harley had one last hope left, she looked at Zatanna and said, "But the mage just said that you don't have to pay the price!" ”

"Yes, I don't have to cut my soul or donate my organs like they did." Zatanna gritted her teeth and said, "But that doesn't mean that I really don't have to pay the price at all, my separation from my father is one of the manifestations of the power of the curse, we will always lose something, and we will never be able to resist." ”

Tears welled up in Hallie's eyes, and Zatanna didn't understand what she was crying about, but she hugged her anyway, and she heard Hallie whisper, "I've had enough of this, I've had enough of everything here." ”

"I want to completely leave the world of this group of dirty and ugly ordinary people, from their stupidity, greed and arrogance......

"They deserved their tragic deaths, because even if we have the closest relationship, they just take my words as the babbling of a madman."

Hallie gradually lost all expression, only kept crying: "When I show a wisdom far above theirs, even family affection cannot hide their disgust and fear of me...... I didn't belong here. ”

"When I stood on the balcony and saw the police car announcing my parents' death parked downstairs, all I saw was flocks of crows and flocks of bats. If there really is an owl that can send a letter from afar, no matter what is written in it, I will not hesitate to set off. ”

Zatanna slowly let go of Hallie, as she saw Schiller coming over, and Miss Magician had taken the female mage, so that only Schiller and Hallie were left in front of the bookstore.

"Are you satisfied?" Harley wiped her red eyes with her sleeve and said, "I kind of know why that guy said I wouldn't want to see you." ”

"You are simply the most vicious adult in the world, breaking a beautiful dream you weave with your own hands, breaking a child's heart like this."

When Schiller turned his head to look at Hallie, Hallie also stared at him, and Hallie saw that Schiller suddenly showed a smile, still a little nervous and indifferent, and she heard Schiller say: Do you know why I did this? Why hit your weaknesses directly? Hurts your heart so much? ”

"Why?" Hallie asked, looking at him.

"Because you broke into my office......" Schiller tilted his head and said, Hallie's eyes widened a little angrily, but the next second, Schiller continued: "But it doesn't matter, you're still young, so I forgive you." ”

Hallie was baffled by his inversion, but the next second, Schiller looked at her and said viciously, "But you put a dagger you touched, on the right side of the drawer on the second floor of my desk, and there should have been my ink!" ”

For the first time, Harley felt like she had been beaten by her mental illness, she first covered her forehead and rolled her eyes, then sighed deeply, relaxed her shoulders, lowered her head, and the violent fluctuations of emotions made her a little sleepy.

Seeing Hallie's expression, Schiller showed another smile with a bad mood, he reached out and patted Hallie's head, and then said, "You know what? Actually, there is one thing in what I just said that is true......"

“…… What is that? ”

"Owls used to be real."

Hallie's eyes widened again, and then she heard Schiller say, "Perhaps, it's not that you're not talented or lucky, it's just that the owl is too unprofessional and has lost your letter." ”

"They even lost the letter???

"Of course, especially when their owner, an evil dragon."

(End of chapter)