A male lion, a male lion with a blackened body and craters, poked out of the grass. In the moonlight, on the weeds lying behind it, a bloody path could be seen stretching into the distance until the end of the field of vision. The people in the photography team were stunned, and no one could understand what drove it to hold on for so long.

Only the man, sitting quietly, quietly watched the lion walking towards him.

The male lion didn't go out of his way to anyone, he just buried his head and walked mechanically. Suddenly, it stopped breathing and coughed violently. There was a click, and a pile of broken internal organs fell to the ground. Finally, at this moment, it could no longer take a step, and staggered to its knees, a huge head, fell on the man's lap.

"Woo~"

With a final mournful wail, it slowly closed its eyes.

"Whew!"

A young girl in the team immediately covered her mouth, her eyes were shining, and tears were pouring down. Everyone else also watched this scene wordlessly, their eyes moistened.

In order to see the magnificence and beauty of nature, they are willing to endure the harsh and dangerous environment of working in the field. At this time, someone had already silently got out of the car and walked towards the male lion with a solemn face.

"Sleep in peace. ”

The man gently stroked the lion's face, its expression changing from pain to serenity.

The people who came over froze.

"Jingle bells. ”

It was the sound of shrapnel falling to the ground, colliding with each other.

The charcoal and blood stains turned into dust and disappeared with the wind. Wounds exposed to air heal quickly and visibly with the naked eye.

Its breathing no longer weakened, but became more evenly and forcefully.

The breeze swept through the sleeping lion, and the mane danced like a flame.

Everyone had already gotten out of the car, and at this moment they were all gathered in front of one person and one lion, holding their breath and concentrating, unable to bear to break this peaceful picture.

"Oh!"

Someone suddenly exclaimed in a low voice.

Under their gaze, the male lion inexplicably shrank in size, gradually turning into a boy, curled up in the man's arms.

"Smack!"

At some point, a stone engraved with words appeared in the boy's hand, and it fell to the ground, and the crowd responded.

The man picked up the stone, looked up at them, and quietly stretched out a finger and stood in front of his mouth in a booing motion.

Everyone understood, and was immediately silenced.

At this moment, a few tender green vines popped out from the man's feet, and as he stretched out his hand, the vines were intertwined, with branches as bones, and leaves as bedding, becoming a cradle.

The crowd opened their mouths wide.

Two tender branches took the boy firmly from the man's hand and placed it gently in the cradle.

"Smack. ”

The man patted his hands lightly. The cradle hung in the air, and a film of water suddenly appeared, encircling it and forming a bubble.

He smiled and waved at the crowd, and soared into the air, gradually disappearing into the stars, along with the cradle beside him.

He left behind a group of people with wooden expressions, staring blankly at the bright night sky.

......

"When the fiery sun sinks to the surface,"

"When the tired body can rest,"

"Son, sleep peacefully!"

"The stars will soothe the sorrow of the heart,"

"Give you back a good dream. ”

"One night passed,"

"When the morning star shines on the horizon,"

"Oh boy, it's going to be a new day!"

The woman woke up at the end of the melodious singing, her eyes open and tears rolling out.

Outside a white hospital room in South Africa, the greenery was lush and the breeze was mellow, and the morning sun stained a golden clump of leaves, making a clattering sound.

The joy of life diluted the sorrow of the past, and the woman sighed and vomited the anguish in her chest.

"I dreamed of my late mother. ”

Fiddling with a bouquet of flowers on the bedside table, she muttered to herself.

"Mother. ”

The woman was stunned, turned her head in disbelief, and saw the boy standing by the bed.

"Oh, kid!"

She took the boy into her arms and wept with joy.

"Mother, I dreamed of you last night. ”

The boy snuggled up to the woman's shoulder.

Outside the door, a young man turned his back and silently wiped his eyes. On the side, a tissue was handed out.

"I heard that you even paid in for your own tuition. ”

"No way, the treatment is so expensive, we didn't know it at first. But it's okay, I still have a little savings in my hand, and I can get some scholarships so that I can go to school while working. ”

There was no trace of bitterness in the young man's words, and his eyes were full of longing for the future.

"The money will be enough. ”

The man seemed relieved, and the young man smiled politely.

I don't know how long it took, but in the midst of the small talk between the two, the boy walked out of the ward. The young man looked in again, and the woman was already asleep on the hospital bed.

"Potion fed her?" the man said.

"Well, thank you. ”

The man smiled and turned to look at the young man: "Let's go through the discharge procedures." ”

"Huh?"

The young man was a little confused, and then the boy spoke.

"My mother's illness is gone, and she can be discharged from the hospital after a little rest. Sammy, the money returned is enough for your tuition and your living expenses. ”

"Well, don't talk about the money in advance, are you sure she's okay?"

The man said, "You can call a doctor to check it out." ”

The young man breathed heavily, and his face bloomed with joy.

"Sammy, remember to take care of her. The boy reminded.

"Don't worry, you're free, and you'll come back more often. ”

The boy nodded, took a few steps behind the man, turned his head and waved goodbye. The young man waved his hand and watched them disappear around the corner of the hallway, then walked into the hospital room and sat gently on the chair in front of the bed.

Time passed little by little, and the elongated shadow of the young man gradually shortened, returning from the base of the wall to the flat ground.

"Sammy. The woman awoke.

The young man immediately got up and went to the bedside.

"Sammy, water. ”

The young man got up again, and was about to get the water glass, when suddenly a figure passed over him. It was a woman, and she took a cup of water with her hands and feet, and drank it in a few sips, without showing any signs of weakness. The young man looked stunned and pressed one hand on the pager.

"Please ask the doctor to come over. ”

At this time, in the deserted countryside, the man turned his hand and conjured up the stone with the words engraved on it, and handed it back to the boy.

The boy rubbed the stone: "The one who appeared in my dream, who called himself a dreamer, gave me this stone and said that it would guide me. ”

"Guidance?"

The boy shook his head: "I had hoped that after I got out, it would give guidance at the right time, but no, nothing. Maybe it's because I can't read the inscription?"

The man shrugged: "It's also possible, it's not the day of school yet." ”

"School starts?" the boy froze.

"Would you like to go to school earlier?" the man said instigatingly.

"School...... All right!" the boy did not hide the yearning in his eyes.

At this time, he revealed the innocence that a childish child should have, and he was envious of Sammy, who was lucky, and for those children whose rich families could embrace knowledge, who had experienced hardships and burdens since childhood.

"Before that, I will teach you the first rune of my life. ”

The boy's mind raced, and he immediately presented the side of the stone with the inscription in front of the man.

The man smiled and pointed to the first inscription: "It means to walk alone, to walk, and it can also be recognized as a lone walker, a wanderer." ”

It's an inverted sentence that translates its meaning into English. The man said, his fingers moving back, "That is, the lone wanderer under the stars is a natural king." Or, it can be read as, walking under the stars, you are a natural king. ”

"I was born to be a king, I was born to become a lion, and the lion is also called the king of the grassland, so it is quite appropriate. ”

"Almost everyone at the school you're going to is an Animagus, a person who can transform into an animal. However, they can transform into animals, and most of them are acquired. There is also a small group of disguised magus, who are born with the ability to change, but can only change physical characteristics such as physiognomy and hair color, and if you want to become an animagus, you also have to go through acquired practice. ”

"So what kind of class am I?"

"You're not one of the kind, you're a bloodline atavist, a real, ancestral bloodline. ”

"Ancestral bloodline?"

"You can ask your future teachers about this, and they will know for sure. By the way, the Animagus can only turn into a normal animal, and you don't become a lion. ”

"Huh?" the boy froze.

The man looked weird: "A normal male lion has a lifespan of twelve years, and he is an adult at the age of three, which is equivalent to a human in his twenties." You don't think you're an adult now, do you?"

"Uh, hey. The boy scratched his head.

"Straight down to business, now, I'm going to teach you how to read this runi demon script, listen up!"

The boy came back to his senses and stared at the man's mouth, preoccupied.

Suddenly, there was an inexplicable murmur around him, which he couldn't hear clearly, and the boy's heart was like a cat's claw, and he suddenly became irritable. However, the man's slightly open mouth quickly drew the boy's attention back.

Obscure syllables came out of the man's mouth, accompanied by a buzzing nasal voice, as if coming from the sky. Only then did the boy realize that the inexplicable murmur that seemed to come from another direction was actually coming from the mouth of the man in front of him.

The man read it as if singing, and after a moment of finishing, the boy was still immersed in the afterglow that reverberated around him.

That's when something happened.

The inscriptions on the stone began to shine, and the surrounding scene changed from a woodland to an empty grassland in the blink of an eye. In the distance, a towering snow-capped mountain suddenly appeared.

The boy suddenly exclaimed, "That's our Rwenzori Mountain in Uganda!"

As soon as the words fell, the illusion disappeared in an instant.

"Remember, your school is called the Ugadu School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the school's name for Rwenzori is the Moon. The man curled the corners of his mouth, "Let's go now." ”

As he spoke, as soon as he raised his hand, the two of them stood suspended in the air and flew into the air.

"Okay, let's go to the Ugadu School of Witchcraft and Wizardry now. The boy responded.

From the ground, the figures of the two gradually shrank into black dots. Just before the black dot completely disappeared, another scream resounded through the sky.

"What do you say...... School of Magic !!"