After dinner, Carl declined Lee Jordan's invitation to play chess and walked out of the castle with his cat.

The sky is not completely black, but a dimness closer to transparency. The dim sun hung diagonally on the other side of the mountain, revealing only a little, and the pale blue crescent moon appeared early on the other side with the tiny stars.

Carl and Hattings randomly found a lawn to sit on the edge of the black lake, looking at the general outline of the lake, the cool breeze blowing slowly but not blowing away the boredom in Carl's heart.

"Any questions?" Hattings was the first to ask.

Both he and Carl knew it wasn't an easy walk, and Carl's reluctance to wait even late at night was a testament to how important it was.

"I've heard one thing."

Not far away, a large squid suddenly emerged from the water, waving its tentacles towards the sky.

"Professor Caro, my dear Professor Carlo." Resentment flashed in Carl's eyes, "He asked Quirrell to swear that he couldn't teach me the spells of the dark arts. ”

"It's normal, you're too young." Hattings reassured. "He's teaching you dark magic himself, and I think he has his own arrangement."

"I'm twelve! I've mastered a lot of theory, but I haven't even learned a single spell! It's a food critic who says no, and I'm going to be a chef! ”

Hattings' words didn't serve any comfort, and Karl retorted, "Most importantly, he once told me that I could learn the Dark Spell with Quirrell next year!" ”

After Quirrell said that, Carl knew he had been tricked.

Maybe that invitation was the turning point for everything? A flash of regret flashed in Karl's heart, but he quickly left it behind.

He had no ill feelings toward Professor Caro himself, and the Weasleys would have agreed with that.

But not everything can be "loved".

The thought of seeing those two so-called "innocent" brothers and sisters in his home, even about to be cured and discharged from the hospital, Karl instinctively felt sick.

Whether out of emotional respect for the Weasleys or questioning his own conscience, Carl didn't want to go any further with the Carlos.

"So, what are you going to do?" Hattings wasn't comforting Carl, and verbal comfort never changed the fact that it was more effective to make people angry.

That's exactly why Carl is looking for Heatings.

"I don't know." Carl was a little confused, which was why he wanted to find Hattings.

His eyes suddenly lit up, "Maybe, we can ······"

Hattings shook his head and said, "Carl, weaknesses are very useful, but you have to remember that this thing should never be used frequently. It's a conspiracy, and because of that, it can only work wonders. ”

"Once you think of it as a common weapon, you quickly realize how ridiculous this weapon is. It takes advantage of human fear, but many times the so-called fear is nothing more than a subjective delusion. ”

He thought for a moment: "Polo once said that there are two ways to do this. ”

"Two?"

"That's right, the first is to bypass him." "I've said a long time ago that you need to face the odds on your own and get what you need. ”

Karl pondered for a moment and sighed, "It's hard, the dark arts are not welcome at Hogwarts, and even if I can find the spell from the forbidden section of the library through the illusion charm, there is no suitable place to practice it. ”

Needless to say, there were students everywhere in the castle, and even if they found an empty classroom, the ghosts and portraits would not be invisible to a student who practiced dark magic.

Outside the castle, the Black Lagoon and the Forbidden Forest would be a good choice, but it was too far away, and with the time it took to find a suitable place, it could waste more time than he could practice.

"If the live map ······" Carl regretted the use of the artifact and didn't care about it as a toy.

Now Fred, George, and Lee Jordan all know about the map.

It was difficult for him to bypass these roommates to find a secret room that would not be disturbed.

"Then there is a second way, which is to ask him to beg you." "It's not like threatening someone, it's the law I know of all the worlds – trading. But you know, you don't have anything, and it's hard to successfully close a satisfying deal. ”

Karl had long understood this, and that was why he had sought out Hattings to discuss.

He didn't know what to do.

In the deal he wanted to close, he was in a position of absolute weakness.

"I don't know." "Actually, if you just want to learn the Dark Spell, you can go to Polo, and he will be happy to help." ”

"And at what cost?" At the mention of Polo, Karl got angry and snorted, "He should have taught me!" ”

"He's probably a little busy." Regarding the Polo issue, Hattings also had no confidence and whispered. "So it's not me."

"But you can't teach me." Karl nodded at Hattings' head. "I know you're going to do magic!"

"I know magic, but it's not of this world." Hattings slightly avoided his increasingly heavy fingers, "I really don't know anything about the magic of this world. ”

Karl's eyes rolled: "So, is there such a possibility······"

"You want me to study?" Hattings shook his head repeatedly, "I finally graduated, so I don't want to touch books again!" ”

"Graduation?" Carl asked curiously, "Do you have a school too?" ”

"Absolutely! But I wasn't a good student when I was in school, and I didn't go to a good school. So after graduating, I lost my job, and in the end, Mr. Polo hired me as an assistant, and I got my current job. ”

Hattings looked up, and a white crescent moon hung high in the brilliant inky sky.

"What's your world like?" Carl looked up with Hattings, temporarily letting go of the boredom in his heart, and thought to himself.

"Mother used to say that the devils live in hell, where you can see countless arms sticking out of the ruins full of flames and thorns, accompanied by noisy and painful wails."

"There is molten all over the earth, and the eternal flame burns, tormenting sinners who turn their backs on God, and cleansing them from their sins. If they repent, the gates of heaven will be opened for them. "It's hard to explain. Carl, if you look at the appearance, it's really the same as your mother, the church pastor told you. ”

"But Carl, you have to understand that we come from different worlds, and what you fuss about may just be ordinary to us. Like I never understood why you were so sad about the death of your parents. ”

Karl's eyes narrowed.

"It's not my fault, Carl, and it's not your fault. The devil has no parents, and death is a very common thing, so it's really hard for me to understand why you feel so sad about the death of your parents. ”

Hattings turned his head and said, "Of course, even if you come from different worlds, some things are the same, such as the law of the jungle, such as joy and sorrow, so I deeply sympathize with you. ”

"Okay, let's stop talking about these things." Satisfying Carl's curiosity, Hattings said, "I thought of a possibility, maybe we could give it a try." ”