Chapter 170: A Snowy Night and a Bright Moon Night
December 6 was night.
Snowflakes fell from the sky, casting a white veil over Hogwarts Castle. At some point, the water of the Great Lake quietly froze, eliminating the last trace of water.
Looking at the thick clouds in the night sky, Helena looked at Xiwen with some concern.
"It looks like there won't be a full moon today, what are you going to do?" She asked.
"It's not a big problem, wouldn't it be nice to find a place with a moon!" Sivan was flipping through the Animagus notes, and he looked up nonchalantly and said.
As he spoke, he took out a mirror from the pocket watch space, and the edge of the mirror was studded with a golden phoenix float.
"Good evening, Lemay. Haven't you slept so late? Xiwen waved to the old man who appeared in the mirror and said cheerfully.
"I was going to sleep, but you woke me up." Lemay said with a blank face, much to the embarrassment of Xiwen.
"What, I bothered you this time mainly to ask how the weather is in the Enamel Country." Siwen scratched his head and said to Lemay.
Hearing Xiwen's question, Lemay's expression became very strange.
"So, you woke me up at night to ask me how the weather was like over here?" Lemay asked, confused.
"Although I know that you people have a tradition of greeting each other and discussing the weather, I never thought that this tradition would evolve so extremely......"
"Well, that's not what I meant, I guess the people aren't so mad as to talk about the weather with a two-way mirror......" Shevin interrupted Lemay with a black line on his face, explaining to him. It's just that the first step of the Animagus transformation preparation is coming to an end today, but it's snowing heavily here at Hogwarts. ”
"I see, it's a full moon today." It dawned on Lemay.
He glanced out the window and said, "The weather in Paris seems to be pretty good today." You wait for me for a while, and I'll go to the rooftop to determine the condition of the moon. ”
Then, with a snap of his fingers, a flying carpet appeared behind him.
He stepped on the flying carpet with the phoenix floating book in his arms and flew to the top floor of the safe house. There is a spacious rooftop where Le May usually observes celestial phenomena.
From Shevin's point of view, Lemay's pale face was seen, and behind him the rapid wooden staircase, the tall bookcase, the alchemical workbench, and the quaint balustrade on the rooftop, behind which were sparse but bright stars.
"The weather is nice, you can rest assured that you can come and complete your preparations." Lemay said with a smile. "You can locate the location of the book directly and open the portal, right?"
He tilted the phoenix float a little to show Xiwen the night sky in the distance—where a full moon hung high in the sky, emitting a silvery-white light.
Seeing the clear night sky over there, Xiwen nodded happily.
Then, he delicately drew a golden circle of light in front of him with his wand. Behind the aperture, Lemay was smiling at him kindly.
"Helena, do you want to come with me?" Xiwen stepped into the circle of light and turned his head to look at Helena, who was still floating in place.
"I'm not going, you remember to come in the order of the notes, don't make any mistakes." Helena shook her head and said softly.
"Don't forget, I'm just a ghost, and I can't go where I didn't stay in my life."
Xiwen's steps suddenly stopped, and he looked at her in a daze.
After spending a year and a half with Helena in the state of a soul body, Xiwen gradually ignored her identity as a ghost, and unconsciously regarded her as a living being.
It wasn't until today, hearing Helena's words just now, that Xiwen suddenly remembered something that he was about to ignore......
"What are you doing there, why don't you go in quickly?" Helena looked at Xiwen, who was stunned, and urged in disgust. "Don't let Mr. Lemay wait."
Lemay didn't feel the slightest dissatisfaction, just waved his hand casually, and smiled at the two: "I'm not in the way, it's okay for you to talk a few more words." Little Xiwen, don't miss tonight's full moon. ”
Shivin glanced at Lemay apologetically, and returned to the golden circle of light, and came to Helena's side.
"Helena, your soul will be whole one day." Xiwen looked into Helena's eyes and said firmly. "At that point, you won't have to be tied to one place anymore, and we can travel the whole world together!"
In addition, there is another sentence that only echoes silently in Xiwen's heart-
'Actually, Lady Ravenclaw has already arranged everything, and when the time comes, you will have a complete soul......
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Saying goodbye to Helena, Shevin went to the rooftop of Lemay's house.
It is filled with all kinds of astronomical instruments – from various types of bronze telescopes to bizarre planetaries and starplanes to indescribable alchemical observers...... Xiwen had seen these items more than once, but they were so complex that he never remembered their respective uses and names.
The sky in Paris is exceptionally clear tonight.
The moon stars are scarce, and the full moon is hanging high, which is a good weather to complete the preparation for the transformation of the Animagus!
Before taking the mandrake leaves out of his mouth, Shevin first contacted Newt with Lemay's phoenix relief.
After Shewin opened the book, Newt's frame lit up almost immediately, as if waiting for Shewin to contact him.
"So you've already discussed it?" Lemay looked at Newt in surprise in the frame. "You know, there's not many opportunities to find this guy who is always running around in books."
"Sure enough, I can't hide it from your eyes." Xiwen sneered and said. "I needed Newt's help with the second step of preparation, so I contacted him in advance."
"The Great Age of Genes"
"That means even if it's not snowing at Hogwarts, you're going to come and borrow a book from me to talk to Newt, right?" Lemay asked with a smile.
"Well, it doesn't have to be this way." Xiwen smiled slightly. "I can locate directly through the two-way mirror and open a portal directly around Newt."
"Forget it, you should hurry up and bring Newt over, I haven't seen him in a while." Lemay shook her head and chuckled and said to Xiwen. "I'll go down and call Perenal up, and we'll be lively!"
Xiwen was a little moved. He knew that Lemay was trying to give him one more layer of protection and increase the success rate of one more person.
He didn't pretend to be too pretentious, just nodded heavily, and opened a dimensional door to Newt's side.
At this point, Newt was sitting in a patched tent, with several sniffers running around him. When they saw the sudden golden circle of light, the sniffers looked straight at their eyes thoroughly; And Pickett sat on his shoulder, curiously looking at Shevin and Lemay behind the aperture.
"Good evening, Lemay, and Xiwen." Newt grabbed a sniffer and threw it into his suitcase, smiling at the two of them. "I've probably found a lot of interesting stuff in Albania lately, so I'll tell you about it when I'm done with the Animagus."
Lemay smiled, then looked at Shevin with some curiosity and asked, "I remember that the first step of Animagus was just a preparation that required luck, what can Newt do for you?" ”
"Actually...... I wanted to bury the glass bottle in Newt's box, where there was a place where the Thunderbird had been. Xiwen said honestly.
"That place thunders all year round, and a storm can be set off with a random weather spell, which is very convenient for the second step of the Animagus transformation!"
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