Chapter 168: The Night of the Full Moon
Time flies, and in the ivory tower of Hogwarts, the study life of the young wizards is as full of laughter as ever, and it is not at all like the increasingly tense situation in the outside world.
The autumn winds blew stronger and cooler as time passed, bringing a hint of winter chill to the highlands where Hogwarts was located.
November 6, 1938.
This is the day of the full moon that Shivin has been waiting for.
Of course, he used a different method to determine the waxing and waning of the moon - that is, the Eastern lunar calendar. The day of November 6 in the solar calendar is the fifteenth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, which also happens to be two days before the beginning of winter.
That night, a full moon like a jade disk hung in the night sky.
The sky was sprinkled with stars, and not a single cloud could be seen, and it was exceptionally clear.
A ray of meteor quietly streaked across the sky and fell into the silent water, causing the mirror-like surface of the lake to ripple in microwaves. Looking closely, it was the cool breeze of late autumn blowing across the water from a distance, bringing shallow waves, and a trace of mist blowing the corners of the boy's clothes.
Standing at the top of the Astronomical Tower, he looked up at the starry sky, behind him were the colorful stars crumpled in the great lake, all swaying quietly in the breeze.
"Are you ready?" Helena's figure emerged from under the tiles of the Astronomy Tower, her face asking with some concern.
"Don't be nervous. This is just the first step, and there is nothing dangerous about it. Shiwen smiled lightly at Helena and comforted.
Helena was stunned for a moment, and said with a strange face: "It seems that I should have come to comfort you, but why did it become that you came to comfort me?" ”
"Maybe you're concerned about it." Xiwen curled the corners of his mouth and laughed.
"Looks like you're not nervous at all." Helena pursed her lips and said to Xiwen. "Then you can start quickly, I'll help you watch the dots."
Xiwen nodded, and took out a small box from his pocket, which contained dozens of mandrake leaves, all of which were the most suitable size grass leaves selected from the herb store.
Later, Xiwen took out a blade of grass and stuffed it into his mouth.
"The taste is better than expected, but it's not easy to talk to it." Xiwen said indistinctly with a blade of grass in his mouth.
"Aren't you going to use a spell to stick it to the roof of your mouth?" Helena looked at Xiwen with a lake in her tone, and asked with a smile.
"Yes, but I'd like to get a little taste of what it's like for others to learn the Animagus Transfiguration." Xiwen nodded and said with a wicked smile.
However, as he laughed evilly, the mandrake blades accidentally erupted from his mouth and floated over the railing of the astronomy tower into the vast lake.
"Well, I didn't succeed! I really don't know how those Animagus managed to hold it in their mouths for a month without making a mistake. Xiwen's voice became clearer and he sighed. Luckily, I've got 20 leaves, so I'm sure it's enough! ”
Then he took out another mandrake leaf and stuffed it into his mouth.
"So why don't you hurry up and lay out the spell, waiting for another piece to be wasted?" Helena watched his movements with some amusement, and said helplessly. "I remember that such a small leaf was quite expensive."
"Money is not an issue." Xiwen shook his head and said indistinctly.
However, when he saw Helena's widening eyes, he finally used Kama Taj's small sealing spell to fix the mandrake blade to the top of his jaw.
"It's so much better." After arranging the seal, Xiwen's words became like a big tongue, and he said unaccustomedly. "Except for the strange touch and the thickness of the palate, there is nothing wrong with the rest!"
Helena watched his performance and nodded slightly.
"But there is still a problem that has not been solved." Xiwen suddenly became distressed again, and sighed.
Onigiri reads a book
"What's the matter, isn't the first step of pre-preparation already completed?" Helena asked curiously.
"I want to know what animal I'm going to become, so I need to use the Patronus Charm to refer to it." Xiwen said. "If my patronus is a pig or a leper dog that will lower my demeanor, then this Animagus doesn't want to learn!"
"Don't laugh, I don't believe you'd give up a useful magic because your shapeshifts aren't good-looking." Helena had a see-through expression and said back.
"yes, I'll learn even if it's not good-looking." Xiwen's eyebrows drooped suddenly, and he said listlessly. "But if my Animagus transformation will make me lose face, whether I will have the opportunity to use it in the future is another matter."
"Alright, let me see how far you've learned the Patronus Charm." Helena interrupted his grumbling and said with interest.
Xiwen didn't shirk, drew his wand and pointed forward, and read aloud-
"Expe!"
Rays of silver-white light poured out from the tip of the wand, like a thick mist, but it had no tendency to condense into a physical form.
After watching the white mist gush for a while, Xiwen reluctantly put away the spell and looked at Helena helplessly.
Helena looked at Xiwen, frowned and thought for a while, and then spoke: "Actually, the Patronus Charm appeared a long time ago, and even in my mother's time, there was no shortage of opportunities to use it to drive away dark creatures. ”
"In my opinion, this spell is not so demanding on the ability to control magic, it needs more to have extremely strong positive emotions, either happiness or happiness."
"So, what's your happiest memory?" Helena asked as she stared into Xiwen's eyes and raised an eyebrow.
"The happiest memory?" Shewin fell into thought.
Looking at the past and present lives, whether it is the twenty years in Kama Taj or the twelve years in this world, there are many happy memories - the joy of playing with the brothers on the top of the Himalayas, the satisfaction of listening to the teacher teach the spell himself, the touching of motherly love when he came to this world, and the joy of spending time with his classmates at Hogwarts......
At the end of the day, Shevin has always been a very contented person. But it is also because of this contented character that it is difficult for him to find the happiest memory in his heart.
"Haven't you thought about it yet?" Looking at the pensive Xiwen, Helena's expression gradually became dangerous.
Shiwen looked at Helena's dangerous eyes with some puzzlement, not knowing what he had done wrong.
By chance, he caught a glimpse of the windows in the main tower of the castle with a little light, and felt a very warm sense of familiarity.
Xiwen was stunned.
"My happiest memory is walking hand in hand with you in the starry night, watching the stars in the sky and watching the towers go on and off......," he whispered to Helena.
……
……
------Off topic------
First of all, Xiwen fused the soul body into the little wizard's body for the sake of safety. I say it here to prevent everyone from questioning it on the spot~