203 Diary and Rebirth
The nirvana of phoenixes allows them to be reborn continuously, allowing each phoenix to live for an extremely long period of time, perhaps even forever.
In a way, the phoenix is similar to non-being.
It's just that one transcends life and death, while the other goes through infinite reincarnation in life and death.
But that's obviously not what Steve meant.
The death he speaks of will never be reborn again.
"You should know that this situation is even smaller than the chance of successfully taming the Phoenix."
After a brief silence, Gespard said calmly: "This is something that has never happened before, at least it has never been recorded."
"Maybe it's just that it hasn't been discovered." Steve retorted in a low voice.
It was obvious that he was worried about the condition of this phoenix chick.
"The domesticated phoenix is particularly loyal to its master."
Steve continued: "If the master dies, the phoenix will not look for a new master. Instead, it will leave and find its own new path."
"We have no way of knowing what happened to the Phoenix after this."
There was another short silence.
"exactly."
Karan said suddenly.
This straightforward recognition startled Steve, as if a baby bird was going to die in the next second.
But Karan quickly said the same thing to Gespard: "What you said makes sense."
He looked back and forth between the two of them, and finally spread his hands helplessly and said, "But it's completely meaningless to just speculate here. Why not just ask Meadows directly?"
"After all, she is the owner of this phoenix."
But after Steve hesitated for a while, he said with some confusion: "Actually... I'm not sure whether Dorcas is the owner of this phoenix."
After he finished saying this, not only Karan and Gaspard, but also Wolf immediately looked at him.
Under the gaze of three pairs of eyes, Steve showed a little flinch.
"Dorcas never told me the name of this phoenix."
He whispered: "And after I got home, when I wanted to send a letter to Dorcas to ask more about it, I found that Jackson couldn't find her."
"Expelling spell, disguise spell, or shielding spell." Karan named the three spells: "They can all allow wizards to prevent owls from finding themselves."
Steve stared at him with strange eyes, even Guspard was no exception, but his eyes were more interested.
"It's not like a spell a well-behaved wizard would know."
Although he said this, Gaspard asked curiously: "You must have learned all three spells, right?"
"no!"
Karan said angrily.
Gespard did not show any dissatisfaction with this. He took out his notebook, wrote a few lines on it, and then put it away with satisfaction.
"Uh..." Steve looked at the two of them blankly, not knowing whether to continue speaking.
"Then what?" Karan had no choice but to ask.
"Then it became like this." Steve finally said: "I was never able to contact Dorcas, and the phoenix chick has been sleeping and has not woken up."
"That's weird." Karan nodded thoughtfully.
At this time, Gaspard finally became interested in this special phoenix. After observing it carefully for a while, he took out his notebook again.
"I remember you said Mr. Newt didn't know about this?" he asked.
Steve nodded.
"Because Dorcas told me this in private, I thought it was a gift she gave me specifically."
Gaspard nodded equally. He was writing something in his notes attentively. Steve looked over curiously.
[No need for Mr. Newt’s help, but only handed over to Steve, indicating that the problem with the Phoenix fledgling does not lie in the professional field of magical animals. 】
"You mean, I can't compare to my father?" Steve muttered dissatisfiedly.
Gaspard stared up at him silently, and Steve subconsciously covered his eyes with his hands.
After discovering that the lenses did not flash again, he put down his palms in embarrassment and curled his lips, but said nothing more.
"By the way, have you found the Sphinx in Egypt?" Gespard suddenly asked.
"I found one." Steve nodded honestly.
"But many things were not completed, and the research was not thorough enough. As a result, my dad and I left early, and we don't know where the sphinx went."
Gaspard continued to lower his head and wrote: [The arrival of Meadows caused the research to be suspended early, perhaps because of the curse-breaker affairs. 】
[The Phoenix chick may also have something to do with this matter. 】
Over breakfast, he also learned about Meadows' interest in the job of Curse Breaker.
Steve read these lines silently and blinked blankly.
"Is that what happened?" he asked puzzledly.
But Gespard did not answer, but continued to write: [Considering that Mr. Newt knew about Hogwarts' enhanced protective measures in advance: Perhaps the reason for all this is also related to the arrival of Meadows. 】
[She was the first to warn Hogwarts. 】
"This..." Steve blinked faster and faster. He still couldn't figure out what the relationship between these things was.
"It's more than that."
At this time, Karan, who was also looking around, suddenly said: "Meadows had other purposes for going to Egypt."
He told of the curse on the Defense Against the Dark Arts position and Meadows' attempts to find a cure for the curse in an Egyptian tomb.
But he didn't mention Meadows' true determination, choosing to keep it under wraps.
But even so, this was enough for Gesper to ponder for a while, and Steve was even more stunned.
"Curse?" He asked in disbelief: "Is there still a curse in Hogwarts? Who did this?"
Karan shook his head calmly.
"Meadows never told me about this."
He continued to look at the open notebook, and there were a few short lines of text above the words that Gaspard later wrote.
[September 9, Karan’s observation diary. 】
[It is suspected that he has learned banishing spells, camouflage spells, and shielding spells, which can make the research target unable to be tracked by owls. Perhaps this also includes the pursuit of Aurors, allowing the research target to do more things covertly. 】
[The possibility of violating the laws of the Ministry of Magic cannot be ruled out. 】
"Snapped!"
Gaspard closed the notebook at once and stuffed it into the side pocket of his witch robe with a normal expression.
But judging from the veins popping out on the back of his hands, it seemed like he had put in a lot of effort.
Karan's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Steve watched helplessly as the two ran out of the suitcase one after another, and he didn't even have time to stop them.
"you......!"
He had no choice but to retract the arm he just extended, and helplessly looked at Wolf lying on his side.
After the two looked at each other silently for a while, Steve suddenly said with a smile: "We are going to have our own soft cushion soon!"
Wolf showed a human smile, growled twice, and high-fived Steve.
Steve chuckled and snorted arrogantly.
"Really think I would worry about something like this?"
"This is a phoenix! It is a truly immortal existence!"
"It will only be reborn from the ashes in Nirvana!"