Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue

Under the cover of night, the girls quietly returned to Hogwarts Castle.

When they landed on the open-air balcony of the Astronomical Tower one after another, the twelve o'clock midnight clock just rang.

As they were when they left, no one noticed the figure falling from the sky.

The noise and lights in the Hogwarts Auditorium have long since disappeared. Officials from the Ministry of Magic and various reporters have already left. Only the mottled shadows projected by the moonlight and the surrounding lake are left in the corridors of the castle. With the faint sound of water, Hogwarts fell into a deep sleep.

Obviously, this time they won't stupidly break into the principal's office, so wouldn't they just throw in the net?

Leaving from the balcony of the Astronomy Tower, they cautiously walked through the corridor to the kitchen below, using the fireplace in the Hogwarts kitchen, and smoothly transported to the Hufflepuff dormitory, as if they had never left.

This is the most exciting and wonderful Christmas in Hermione, Luna, and Hannah.

For the first time in history, they have experienced the feeling of being a sister, driving a flying broomstick in the sky outside the school. This is completely their own festival, and they are still bewitched by the succubus, drinking secretly around the bed in the bedroom. I had a few glasses of wine.

This gives them the illusion that they have become adults. The joy of sneaking successfully and stealing forbidden drinks is really wonderful.

Even when they were lying on the bed and falling asleep, there was a light, excited blush on each girl's face.

However, since returning from Lomond Lake, one thing has been haunting Elena's mind.

It was not until I returned to Hogwarts and coaxed the other little wings to fall asleep that Elena had time to think about it carefully: what she was pursuing, and when the end arrived, whether her sacrifices and gains were true. Can let her do it herself without any regrets.

In the room by Lomond Lake, Benitez's advice is a proverb in Matthew's Gospel.

However, Elena knew very well that her problem was not losing herself.

As a traverser, her first thought was to use her foresight to make the people around her live better.

However, as the world line changes, more and more people gather around her, and the power she can change and mobilize has gradually become more and more beyond imagination-what she now shoulders is not It's just the fate of one or two people, but the future of two worlds.

The magical world and the non-magical world are in peace and have been separated from each other for too long, but the two will finally have a frank meeting.

When Elena stepped into Hogwarts Castle, she was destined to be unable to avoid this future.

Compared to Voldemort, Grindelwald...

This is the real countdown to the disaster that may upend everyone's lives and cause a large-scale conflict to break out with a little carelessness.

Perhaps no one in the original world can lead all these changes, but with the help of prophecy, Elena still finds a glimmer of hope from it-before the arrival of the Internet age, magic in human civilization era.

As she told Benitez before, she is trying to bring the legendary fairy tale world to reality.

It's just that... the future of fairy tales, even she has never seen it herself.

More importantly, as time went on, she began to wonder what she was looking for.

"For the greater good", "Fairy tales come to reality", "A world where no one is hurt", "Guardian world peace"...

These are not what she really wants. They are more of what the people who gather around her desire. From the beginning to the end, what she hopes is definitely not these great ideals. Elena knows very well that she Never was a saint with a common heart.

The right direction is more important than any effort.

She must find this answer as soon as possible.

Elena carefully took her arm out of Hannah's arms and slipped quietly off the bed.

Hannah, Hermione, and Luna slept very deeply, even if Elena accidentally made a noise when she got out of bed, she did not wake them up. Elena walked to the bedroom mirror and looked at the strange and familiar one in the mirror. The figure stared at those beautiful lake-blue eyes.

This is a very strange feeling, that person seems to be her, and it seems to be another person.

In fact, she almost forgets what she once looked like.

The person in the mirror...wait? !

Suddenly, Elena reacted suddenly.

She knew where she should go to find the answer.

She waved her wand lightly, and the robe hung on the hanger floated over silently.

Perhaps insight into the heart is very vague in the non-magical world.

But in the magical world, to be more precise, at this time in Hogwarts Castle, if you just look for inner desires, there is a magical item that can tell her the answer-that side can reflect all people's inner desires Mirror: The magic mirror of Eris.

Night tours at Hogwarts are not a good idea, especially for a road idiot.

Even if there is a small bit of bitter flavor, the possibility of getting lost is not small.

Hannah mumbled a few times in her sleep.

Elena thought, do you want to wake up a little wing secretly?

However, for some reason, Elena did not do so in the end.

This is her heart-at least until the unknown answer-she hopes to face it herself.

Elena tiptoed out of the bedroom, through the common room, and crawled out of the barrel door of Hufflepuff College.

The corridor directly in front was empty.

The fruit mural at the entrance of the Hogwarts kitchen was right in front of her, but Elena didn't plan to find a guide inside.

"Xiaoluwei, reserve grain, it's up to you!"

She lowered her voice and said, shook the sleepy little three-headed dog and the little fat chicken.

After a long period of collaborative training, the biological clocks of Xiaoluwei and the food reserve have been completely adjusted. Their current work and rest schedules are as good as a normal little wizard, and they sleep on time after turning off the lights every night, at six or seven in the morning. Wake up on time and wait for the call.

Of course, in some special circumstances, it is also necessary to stay up late with the world's most lovely and gentle little master.

Since the little phoenix has not yet entered a mature body, Elena did not carry Fox, but chose the most traditional magic wand lighting.

"Then, destination... On the eighth floor of Hogwarts Castle, the giant stick hit the opposite side of Barnabas's tapestry."

Elena said softly, glanced at the eagle dogs who hadn't acted, thought for a while and added.

"It doesn't matter which painting it is. Do you know how to get to the eighth floor of the castle? Just find a tapestry when you get there."

"Goo!"

"Wow! Wow! Wow!"

At this moment, the small lo-mei and the reserve grains that were originally used as sculptures finally reacted, and one after another affirmed responses.

"Hush—if you make me found out, you—"

Elena looked around nervously, lowered her voice and made a vicious threat.

"Luowei, you go ahead, remember to walk slowly, you are responsible for keeping vigilance and proofreading the direction around you to reserve food."

Sure enough, as she had just guessed, even if the intelligence of small lo-mei and reserve food exceeds ordinary magical animals, they still lack a certain level of quality in identifying artworks. If you want to travel alone at night in school, you may have to properly train them for humans. Discernment of art.

But it doesn't affect it now, after all, her purpose tonight is very clear-the Eris Mirror in the responsive room.

The Mirror of Erised is a magic mirror.

According to Albus Dumbledore, it shows "the most urgent and strongest desire deep in my heart."

The name of the magic mirror "Erised" is the reverse spelling of the English word "Desire", which means "desire", just like the mirror image in the mirror.

The Mirror of Eris is very old. No one knows who the creator is and how it came to Hogwarts School. Generations of Hogwarts teachers often bring back interesting things from their travels, so It is possible that it came to the castle accidentally in this way.

In fact, the harm caused by mirrors over the years has far outweighed the benefits.

Many wise wizards will waste time in front of the mirror and become divorced from reality.

They are obsessed with the illusory scene they see, and cannot or do not want to accept that it is just a fantasy.

Some people are even driven crazy because of the mirror images they see, because those scenes only exist in the frame of the mirror, but they cannot realize it by themselves.

Therefore, at the request of Professor Dumbledore, the magic mirror has been kept in the responsive house roughly from around 1891.

In the original world line, in order to create an interesting and safe "copy of the Sorcerer's Stone", Dumbledore would have taken the Mirror of Eris out of the responsive house and modified it slightly so that the Sorcerer's Stone could be hidden inside. , As the last level of the magic stone guardian level.

However, under the torment of the two demon kings, Voldemort did not even survive Halloween, and followed Quirrell to the St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries.

The original "Sorcerer's Stone Guardian Checkpoint" was also used as waste and turned into a "Black Demon Defense Practice Assessment Test".

Naturally, the Mirror of Eris didn't come in handy, and it continued to be put back in the responsive house.

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"Wow! Woo! Woo—"

A few minutes later, Xiaoluwei stopped in front of a white wall.

After it habitually cried, it quickly reacted, and the subsequent cries turned into a wooing sound.

Opposite this white wall, the huge tapestry was hung, and Barnabas was trying to teach the monster to dance ballet but was beaten up.

"Turn your head, or I will burn you--"

Elena glanced at the troll who was turning to look at her, smiling and threatening in a low voice.

The next moment, the troll immediately turned his head and continued to concentrate on beating its poor ballet teacher.

The House of Requirement can be said to be a big mysterious place in Hogwarts Castle. It will change scenes and appear according to the needs of wizards.

When the user concentrates on thinking about the place he needs and walks through the wall in front of the entrance three times, a magic door will appear on the wall. Through that door, he can enter the responsive house after the change. This should have been One of Hogwarts' most mysterious legends.

However, for Elena who opened the "eyes of the sky", there is obviously no mystery at all.

She recalled the description in the original book and concentrated on walking back and forth in front of the white wall.

"I want to find a place to put things, a place to put mirrors, and a place to store things for professors..."

When Elena turned around for the third time, a very smooth door suddenly appeared on the wall.

Xiao Luowei stared at the door that suddenly appeared, and his six eyes were full of vigilance.

"Don't be afraid, we're at our destination—"

Elena picked up Xiao Luowei, raised her right hand and snapped her fingers.

In mid-air, the food reserve that was still gliding alert flew down silently, and gently landed on the shoulders of the little master.

Elena took the brass handle, opened the door, and walked into the unknown room with a calm expression.

This is a huge space no less than those of London cathedrals.

The beam of light cast from a very high altitude reflects a city with high walls. The walls of the "city" are all piled up with objects hidden in by the Hogwarts people of the past generations. There are all kinds of crumbling and broken furniture along that street. Most of them are used to cover up the evidence of miscasting, or some house elves are hiding in order to maintain the decent castle. Got up.

It seems that an unknown existence has simply sorted out various objects, and behind the broken furniture are thousands of books.

Without exception, they are all banned books, scribbled books, stolen books, or some manuscript letters that are intended to be destroyed.

Last year, Elena found all previous Hogwarts question banks there, and successfully killed the Quartet in the final exam. In the end, relying on this ability to recite questions, Elena coaxed Hermione to lose to her. "One hundred times" punishment game.

And further behind, there are some scattered, messy, and mountainous things.

For example, there are winged slingshots and spiked flying saucers. These are relatively new things. Some of them are still hovering feebly over the mountain of forbidden objects; some broken bottles contain solidified potions; and hats, Jewelry, cloaks, things like fire dragon eggshells; some clogged bottles are still shining with evil light; there are also a few rusty swords and a blood-stained large axe...

"I want to find a huge mirror. It may be hidden. Reserve food. Go and see where it is—"

Elena raised her arm, said calmly and softly, letting her beloved pet free.

After a while, the reserve of grain flew back triumphantly.

Under the guidance of her little pet, Elena walked unhurriedly into one of the alleys of the treasure pile, turned right, passed a giant monster specimen, walked a few steps forward, and turned left. Turning left and right for several laps, finally stopped at a large object covered with black velvet.

"Huh, then, let me see—"

Elena let out a sigh of relief, tapped the magic wand in her hand, and directed the velvet to drop slightly.

There are many dangerous contrabands in Hogwarts, and she doesn't want to trigger any bad curse because of some accidents.

As the fabric slipped, the upper edge of the golden frame first appeared, with a line inscribed on it:

"Erisedstraehruoytubecafruoytonwohsi"

Perhaps for Europeans, this seems to be a very strange and well-hidden riddle~www.readwn.com~ However, as the former soul of Elena from the East, when Chinese people read text, they are not only one direction.

"What I show is not your mirror image, but your inner desire."

(Ishownotyourfacebutyourheartsdesire)

Elena raised her head, read the metal inscription from right to left, and muttered to herself softly and thoughtfully.

"Yes, this is it, the Mirror of Eris—then can you tell me the answer? The legendary Mirror..."

She stood there, thought for a moment, took a deep breath and walked towards the big object, stretched out her hand and pulled the black velvet straight off.

The legendary Mirror of Eris appeared.

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Great!