Chapter 47: Children of the Stars
Mid-August, Hogwarts School, 5th floor.
Librarian Irma Pins is a somewhat emaciated woman who has been working for Hogwarts for over twenty years. Because of the years of working in the library where no light of day has passed, her skin is pale.
On the contrary, it is her deep, full-bodied, neutral voice.
"This is Dumbledore's office for you, Mr. Jones." She said.
Muen's voice emerged from the dark hallway, followed by a figure with a cat's head.
Muen thought about it for a while, since he was at Hogwarts and surrounded by wizards, he didn't plan to hide his appearance.
Just like Poluk.
He was a little surprised: "I can also have an office?" ”
"Of course, Hogwarts has a lot of classrooms, and all the professors have their own offices and dormitories. ”
As she spoke, she handed out a brass key: "Do you want to see your future residence first, or do you want to understand the content of your work first?" ”
Mu En took the key: "Let's take a look at the library first." ”
Hearing this, she turned around and walked briskly: "The library is on the fifth floor, just across the wall from you. By the way, do you fix books? ”
Mu En followed behind her and said, "Yes, of course, if it is some books with unique black magic, it may be a little troublesome." ”
When Pins heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "That's really good. To be honest, some children really don't know how to take care of books.
Watching those books grow old and fall out of the pages in the hands of generations of young people, sometimes I feel really distressed! ”
"I fully understand that books are the carriers of knowledge, and knowledge is the last thing that should be defaced." Mu En nodded approvingly.
Pins shook his head again and again, very regretful: "Yes, although I ask them to be more careful, but I can't keep an eye on everyone all the time. As a result, many books are found to be damaged, and the time they can be restored with a spell has passed. ”
Mu En could feel that when Pins talked about books, he had to talk a lot more.
Perhaps this can no longer be described as a love for books.
It should be said that respect, she respects those books.
Walking around a corner, Muen was led by her to quickly enter the Hogwarts library.
Two or three people-tall bookshelves are lined up one after another, and on the outside of the shelves, brass plaques are made of various classifications. Transfiguration, Charms, History of Magic, Fantastic Beasts...
Pins crossed his hands on his hips and introduced with some pride: "This is the richest library in Europe." We even have Metamorphosis Today from its first issue to the present.
Don't look at the fact that these books are not big on the shelves, that's because they are all shrunk in order to store them. As soon as they are removed from the shelves, they will quickly return to their original size. ”
As she spoke, she also took Mu En towards the depths of the library.
"At work, it's really just watching these little wizards and staring at them when they're noisy.
I'm in charge of borrowing books.
You don't have to worry about hygiene, there are house-elves who come to clean every night. ”
"There are house-elves at Hogwarts?!" Muen was a little surprised, "Hogwarts: A School History" didn't say anything about it.
"Yes, but you don't see them in general. A house-elf that doesn't get noticed is a good elf! Pins nodded.
"Well, it looks like Dumbledore said, this job... Very idle! ”
"And restoration books!" Pins reminded.
Mu En couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "I will, I used to rob... When collecting books, I often encounter damaged old books. So it's a little less modest to say that I'm good at restoring books! ”
Pins heard the confidence in Mu En's mouth, and he was also a little happy from the bottom of his heart, and nodded: "That's great." In that case, I won't bother you.
You can now go and decorate your office. Of course, you can also take a stroll around Hogwarts first. ”
Mu En nodded, returned to the front of the office, and used the brass key to open his office door.
In the huge office, there is nothing but a brand new set of desks and chairs.
Empty.
Mu En casually looked around, and saw that there was a curtain behind the office. When you enter it, you will find a corridor that is only one or two meters long, and at the end there is another wooden door.
When I opened the door, I was filled with a bedroom and a separate bathroom.
After checking that there was nothing wrong, Muen closed the door again, and took out a silver chalk in his hand.
"Do you want to tell Dumbledore..."Muen suddenly thought of this, he could feel the ubiquitous magic array of this castle.
It's complex, it's changing, and it's all in one.
"Forget it, let's try first..."
Thinking about it, he held a silver chalk in his hand and drew a somewhat distorted star rune on the door panel.
Although Lucifer always said something like a demon, in fact, both he and Calcifer, who signed a contract with Hal, were the sons of the stars who did not want to die.
After the rune was drawn, Mu En's hand gently placed it in the center of the star rune and began to drive the formation.
The next moment, overflowing starlight splattered out from the trajectory of the star rune, like brilliant spark embers.
The wooden door began to shake unstoppably, and the sound of clattering spread from here to the corridor.
Muen's robe was blown by the nameless wind, but his figure was still standing briskly in front of the door.
After a few moments, the starlight dissipated.
He slowly opened the door, and when he looked again, he saw that it had changed into the first floor of Moonlight Castle.
Lucifer stretched out of the fireplace, shaking his head bitterly on his face: "This castle is like it's alive... We're just not compatible. ”
As he spoke, the gap between the door frames began to crack and lengthen.
Muen nodded, "I'll ask Dumbledore." ”
As he spoke, the distance between him and the room began to gradually shrink, and finally with a bang, the space distorted.
Moonlight Castle was once again ostracized from here.
Mu En scratched his head helplessly, walked out of the office, and looked at the oil paintings on the wall in the corridor...
He greeted a girl in a green dress who was having a picnic on a spring outing: "Hello, sorry to disturb. Do you know where Dumbledore's office is? ”
"The dripping stone beast on the third floor is the entrance to the principal's office." She got up and lifted her skirt slightly in response, and then asked, "Are you the new teacher?" ”
"Not really, it's just a school worker." Mu En said.
"Then I'll take you there. The hallways of Hogwarts are a bit complicated and can change all the time. ”
"Won't it delay your picnic?" Mu En said.
An embarrassed smile appeared on the girl's face: "I've been picnicking for one hundred and thirty-five years. ”
"Uh... Well, I'm sorry for you. ”
As she spoke, the girl took the lead through the picture frame, walked to a church prayer portrait next door, and beckoned slightly: "This way!" ”
The fat friar, who was leading the prayer, held a Bible in his hand and looked angry: "Oh my God, Lucky Del, don't make a lot of noise in the church!" ”
"Hey, hey." The girl jumped, and hurried to the next frame, which was a huge portrait of a man tall, and her figure became like a normal person.
At the same time, she also greeted the man in the old dress who was posing in the painting: "Good afternoon, Sir Elnis." ”
"Cindell, good afternoon!" Jazz smiled, bowing slightly.
Mu En followed her all the way, watching her greet everyone in the painting happily with everyone who passed by, and at the same time reminding herself where to go.
"You're very lively." Mu En praised.
Standing in the middle of a golden wheat field, Sindel borrowed the straw hat of the gleaning woman and put it on her head, and smiled: "Lively? Sorry, I don't quite understand. ”
"What do you mean by that?"
"I can't understand what it means to be lively, my painter has given me everything, and under his brush, I should be like this, for me, it's just my instinct. Good afternoon, Lady Leanne! ”
"Do you have a memory?" Mu En asked again.
"Of course there is, but not much. I can only remember things in a few weeks. ”
"Can you think about it?"
Sindel's eyebrows curled up and showed a sly smile: "Guess why I offered to take you to the entrance of the principal's office on the third floor." ”
With that, they quickly came to the dripping mouth stone beast on the third floor.
"I'll go up and report it, and I'll bring the password if I allow it."
After leaving the last sentence, she vanished.
"That's... Mr. Cat! Suddenly, a somewhat panicked voice spoke, and Mu En followed the sound and saw that it was a knight who was fighting the evil dragon talking.
"What's the matter?"
The knight raised his hand and stopped the dragon: "Wait a minute! ”
Then he turned around and said a little breathlessly, "You should stay away from that girl." ”
"Why?" Mu En was a little strange.
"As a painting, she's gradually starting to cross the line." The knight said.
"Out of bounds?"
"Yes, people have human boundaries, and the same is true of people in paintings. You should stay away from her, a painting that crosses the line will bring bad luck. ”
"What does this mean..."
"Sorry, it's hard to explain, it's something between our paintings."
After saying that, the knight turned around and beckoned to the huge red dragon: "Let's start!" ”
The red dragon nodded, then erupted in flames, and the knight raised his shield in panic...