From Karma Taj to Hogwarts

Chapter 173 The first snow at Hogwarts

Listening to Le May's praise, Xiwen grinned sheepishly and smiled coquettishly.

It now seems that the transformation technique Dumbledore used on Sivan at that time may not only be to test his transformation ability, but more likely to better transform Sivan during his first Animagus transformation. The ground has been prepared in advance to adapt to the wild nature of the animals.

Xiwen sighed and felt deeply that he was surrounded by big people. No matter what he learned, there would be elders who would provide meticulous help.

It feels so good.

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Flamel seemed to be completely speechless by Sivan's operation and was unwilling to discuss the Animagus transformation.

So Newt began to introduce them to the discoveries in the Albanian forest.

"Xiwen may still remember that Karma's looking glass was destroyed by external forces." Newt said. "This external force is unlikely to come from Nagini herself. If she wanted to destroy the Looking Glass, she should have destroyed it ten years ago. She should not have kept it for several years before trying to destroy it on a whim. .”

"This is indeed unreasonable." Xiwen nodded slightly and said. "But could it be that she dropped the looking glass after she turned into snake form, and then it was accidentally destroyed by some magical animal or something?"

"That's not right either," Newt said, shaking his head. "Since we found traces of Nagini in the Albanian forest where the looking glass was destroyed, this proves that Nagini had kept the looking glass with her in the past few years, so she must have transformed when she There’s a way to store the items you bring with you.”

"Therefore, the likelihood of accidental loss is not very high."

"So Dumbledore speculated that Nagini should have encountered some danger in or near the Albanian forest. He may have been hit by a powerful curse, and this curse also led to the destruction of the Looking Glass and Nagini's death. The culprit behind Ni’s complete transformation into a viper!”

Listening to the logic in Newt's words, Sivan felt that he was a little confused.

So he quickly interrupted Newt and asked: "So, how did Dumbledore judge that the Looking Glass was damaged by a curse attack rather than being smashed by an object?"

"The looking glass inherited by the Karma family is naturally full of protective magic. How could it be broken?" Newt was a little confused when Xiven asked such a non-technical question, so he asked in turn.

"Forget that, it's okay then..." Sivan put his hand on his forehead, then nodded in agreement, signaling Newt to continue.

"The forest in Albania is very vast, and the place we passed last time was just an insignificant corner of the forest." Newt continued. "After many days of exploration, I discovered that there are traces of camping and burning fires in the forest, and there are still remaining protective spells around the camp, which should be signs of other wizards' activities."

"There are not many signs of such wizarding activities. I guess there is a group of wizards in the forest, but I don't know if they are related to the attack on Nagini."

Hearing this, Flamel asked with some worry: "Newt, if they are really related to the attack on Nagini, wouldn't it be dangerous for you to explore that forest alone?"

"Don't worry, there is no anti-Apparition spell in the forest. I can leave at any time if I find something wrong," Newt said. While speaking, he took out a tie decorated with golden patterns from his pocket. "In addition, I also have a portkey here, which leads to Hogwarts."

"Originally, Dumbledore gave it to Theseus when we were dealing with Grindelwald. Later, it was because of Strange's portal, so we didn't use this door key. I later kept it so that I could be prepared for any emergencies. !”

"Actually, there's one thing you forgot to mention." Sivan smiled at Newt. "You can ask me to open the portal for you at any time, so that you can escape even if you encounter an anti-Apparition spell."

"Then it's up to you." Newt also smiled knowingly.

I saw Flamel doing some operations on the Phoenix relief book, and then said: "Okay, I have set up the interconnection function for your two mirrors, so you don't need to transfer from me when you encounter anything in the future. "

"Is it so advanced?" Xiven took out his own mirror and found a rune node other than Flamel's embossed book. After connecting it, Newt's face appeared on the mirror.

"How amazing!" Newt exclaimed. "This will make it easier to ask Xiwen to help me open the portal in the future."

"Then when I sense another heartbeat, it will be easier to contact Newt and borrow his box." Xiven smiled.

However, before Sivan and Newt could test the new function of this mirror, Flamel had already begun to chase people away.

"It's already very late today, Xiao Xiwen should go back to bed early!" Le Mei urged. "I have to get up at sunrise tomorrow morning to recite the mantra regularly!"

"What's more, even if you don't want to sleep, Perenal and I can't stand it any longer!"

Looking at Mrs. Flamel with a sleepy look on her face, Xiwen smiled coquettishly and quickly thanked the two old men for their help.

Then he first opened a dimensional door to Albania and sent Newt back to his tent.

After sending Newt away, he said goodbye to the Flamel couple, opened a door directly beside his bed, and lay down heavily on the quilt...

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The next day was Wednesday, and Xiwen got up early as usual, getting ready to go out for morning exercise.

It is already the depth of winter, and the Scottish sun is lazily sitting below the horizon, reluctant to rise.

Thinking of this, Xiwen couldn't help but feel glad that he didn't choose to learn Animagus transformation in the summer.

Because according to the higher latitude of Hogwarts, the length of day and night changes very obviously - the sun rises at about four o'clock in the morning in Scotland in the summer, which means that the routine preparation for the third step of the incantation needs to be done in the morning Proceeds at four o'clock.

Waking up at four in the morning is too much!

On the contrary, the sun does not rise until almost eight o'clock in the morning in Scotland in winter, so Sivan can even take this opportunity to sleep in...

However, according to Xiwen's habit, he should go to the grassland northwest of the castle for morning exercises. It's still early before sunrise, so it's not too late to wait until eight o'clock to prepare for the morning and evening ritual of chanting mantras.

However, it wasn't until he walked outside the castle that Xiwen discovered that the ground was covered with thick snow, and the entire building complex was covered with a layer of silver. The clouds in the sky still haven't dispersed, and occasionally there are snowflakes falling in the sky, like white butterflies.

He breathed out gently, and it was like a piece of white mist came out of his mouth, causing the snowflakes in front of him to tremble a little.

Xiwen then remembered that it snowed heavily at Hogwarts last night. But because he had been staying in sunny Paris, he subconsciously ignored this.

There is snow everywhere around the castle, and it seems that morning exercises are impossible. Sivan simply used a summoning spell to create a transparent umbrella on the front end of the wand, and walked towards Professor Kettleburn's shed holding the umbrella.

I wonder how the rehearsal of the professor's drama went?

That play seems to be called "The Fountain of Good Luck", right?

I don’t know what the story is about...

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