419 Gracious Meadows

419 Gracious Meadows

The sleeping Karan was awakened by the sudden cold wind. He rubbed his eyes in confusion and saw the pet owl Wei Er flying over happily, holding a delicately packaged package in its talons.

"Well done, Wei'er."

Karan muttered in response. He stood up and closed the window, shivering silently.

"It will be better when you learn to close the window."

Weier's flapping wings paused for a second, and then she pecked her owner's finger angrily, as if complaining that the other person was not considerate enough.

"Stop messing around."

Karan opened the nut jar from the table beside the bed and let the nuts fly into the air automatically. Weier caught them with her mouth one by one.

"I know it's hard for you."

Karan rubbed Weier's head with his fingers: "Flying from England to France, this must be your first time flying such a long distance. And you brought back -"

He carefully read the writing on the package: "Lily's Christmas gift."

There were more than just gifts, there were already piles of gifts at the foot of Karan's bed, all sent by his friends, even Ariana gave one.

"I hope it's nothing weird."

Karan hesitated and stared at the words on Ariana's gift card. He was not in a hurry to open these gifts now, but sat back on the bed after getting dressed.

He stared at the unfamiliar bedroom door.

On his face, there was an expression as if he was facing a powerful enemy.

If it were in the house in Hogsmeade, Karan wouldn't have to wait for anyone to enter his bedroom, and he wouldn't have such an expression.

But this was not Karan's bedroom.

At this time, he was not in the UK either.

But after being invited, he suddenly came to France during the Christmas holidays.

At this time, there was finally a knock on the door.

Weier shook her head and stared at her master in confusion, wondering why he looked so weird when he arrived here.

Of course it wouldn't understand, after all, Karan took it away from the pet store in the second grade.

Weier had no idea what Karan had gone through in first grade.

"Please come in."

Karan said reluctantly, looking as ugly as if he had swallowed a whole bucket of ice rats.

The door was opened gently.

Dorcas Meadows, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, looked in. Karan could still vaguely recognize the apron he was wearing - that left a deep impression on Karan, not just because the apron was embroidered with blue. The phoenix pattern has more to do with the fact that Meadows actually wears an apron!

Because Blue Phoenix no longer grows up, Karan and Meadows have not seen each other for a long time.

During this period, Karan experienced two major events: a werewolf attack and traveling to the world of seven hundred Horcruxes, and he changed a lot because of this.

But what he didn't expect was that Meadows' change was even more dramatic than him!

like now!

Meadows saw the pile of gifts at the foot of the bed, and she covered her mouth very deliberately and unnaturally.

"Wow!"

Karan felt that Meadows seemed to be expressing his inner surprise, but this only made Karan's expression become weirder.

Meadows still said "kindly": "I originally wanted to ask you to have breakfast - but now, do you want to open the gift first? I can help you open it together."

A weird atmosphere filled the entire bedroom.

Karan wanted to respond with silence, but Meadows was much more patient than he was.

After a short while, the unnatural man turned into Karan.

He refused in a stiff tone: "No."

"Alas -" Meadows sighed, his tone full of regret and regret.

I don't know what she is regretting.

"Then come and have breakfast."

Meadows said gently at last, closing the door gently.

Weier liked the friendly Meadows very much, so she couldn't help but start to wonder again - why did the owner stick out his tongue at the door?Does he want to vomit?

Hey, why is he banging his head against the wall again?

Five minutes later, Karan, whose forehead was still slightly red, walked out of the bedroom and came to the dining room on the first floor.

Meadows was helping Mr. Nick Flamel, who had limited mobility, so that he could sit next to his wife.

"Come on."

As soon as Meadows saw Callan, he "kindly" waved him over.

Karan patted his chest lightly and walked to the dining table after a while. Then he tried hard not to recall Meadows' behavior of pulling out the chair for him.

"Good morning, sir, madam."

The Flamel couple also greeted Callan. They really liked this polite little boy as much as they liked the equally well-behaved Meadows.

Karan picked up the knife and fork, but was stunned when he saw the food on the plate - the steaming syrup pie looked extremely delicious, but just on top of the pie, it was deliberately painted with pink syrup A big heart.

"This is made just for you."

The "kind" Meadows came over again at this time, and she said gently: "And this is strawberry-flavored syrup. I remember you like this flavor the most. Try it."

The LeMays smiled at each other. Even though they had no children, Callan and Meadows took care of each other, making them feel like a complete family.

Karan's head almost sunk into his chest. He ate the sliced ​​pie one bite at a time, but he kept cursing that coward Gespard in his mind.

It happened that at this time, Mr. Flamel asked Karan: "By the way, did your friend say when he would come over? If it can be done as early as possible, we can also find out faster whether there is a problem with the wind chime powder."

Karan cursed harder in his heart, but he said: "Guspar is not coming, sir. He said that I can completely restore the process of making wind chime powder by myself, and he is on vacation I also have something to be busy with, and I said that I am planning to give me a 'Muggle' surprise after school starts."

Excuse!It's all an excuse!

How could Karan not understand the reason why Guspard didn't want to come to France? He simply loved the Philosopher's Stone and would not miss any opportunity to come into contact with this great creation!

But it’s all because of Meadows!

When he remembered that Meadows was also in France, Gaspard's head suddenly shook like a rattle, and he almost threw out his glasses.

"what a pity."

Mr. Flamel said regretfully: "I still want to see this talented little alchemy expert in person."

Callan secretly glanced at Meadows, who was smiling at the corner of her eyes. If she had refused to leave, Mr. Flamel would never have this opportunity.

After breakfast, Mr. Flamel and his wife, Perenal, helped Callan make preparations for the recovery experiment.

Meadows put her apron back on, and with a wave of her wand, the empty plates jumped into the sink.

When she turned her head, she found that Karan was still sitting at the dining table, not leaving, and staring directly at her.

"Is breakfast not to your liking?"

Meadows showed a friendly smile again: "Or have you changed your mind and are going to open the gifts with me? Wait a little longer, while I finish washing these dishes-"

"Uh-" Karan suddenly let out a weird low growl, and he deliberately lowered his volume so that the Flamel couple near the experimental table could not hear it.

Meadows stared at him in confusion, and the little blue phoenix poked its head out of the breast pocket of its apron.

"What the hell are you doing?"

Karan finally couldn't help but asked.

He pointed at Blue Phoenix and then at Meadows: "Shouldn't it be Antioch (Blue Phoenix's name) who came here to accept the change? Why did you suddenly become like this - this - —”

Karan thought for a long time, but couldn't think of any good adjectives.

Meadows' expression suddenly changed. She immediately stepped forward, covered Karan's mouth with force, and then cautiously glanced in the direction of the Lemay couple.

Until he realized that the two of them didn't notice anything, Meadows didn't let go of Karan. Instead, he picked him up and took him to Karan's bedroom.

boom.

The bedroom door was gently closed.

After Karan regained his freedom, he angrily said: "Don't do this with me! I don't want to open gifts with you!"

However, Karan saw a very familiar scene. Many people had done this before - Meadows was taking out his wand, pointing at the door, mumbling words, and performing soundproofing magic.

"You should have been more vigilant."

After everything was ready, Meadows turned back and said, "Not everything the LeMays say can be heard."

Callan did become a lot more wary - who knew what Meadows was preparing to do.

However, Meadows just pulled out the chair next to the table and sat on it. She teased the blue phoenix in her apron pocket with her slender fingers, and suddenly sighed in a low voice: "I knew this method wouldn't work. But no matter what, , I still have to give it a try.”

Little by little, Meadows finally returned to the look that Karan was familiar with - although the recovery was not complete, at least he no longer showed that weird "kindness".

"What do you mean?" Karan asked immediately.

Meadows spread his palms casually: "What else could it mean? Of course it's because of our common ancestor."

Karan blinked: "You know?"

He never revealed this fact to Meadows - like Meadows, Callan himself was a descendant of Antioch.

But Dumbledore and Aberforth should know about this - in the world of Seven Hundred Horcruxes, Aberforth recognized Karan's bloodline identity based on the portrait left in Antioch's former residence.

He originally thought that Principal Dumbledore told Meadows about it, but Meadows said: "To be precise, I guessed it."

"Do you know how rare the number of wizards who are admitted to the elder wand is? I deliberately wrote to Mr. Ollivander and asked - the answer is almost none. The number is so small that I can't help but wonder if those wizards have Antioch. Ke’s bloodline.”

"Anyway—"

After describing the process of his guess, Meadows turned to explain the reason why he did what he did just now: "Antioch must have done something to the blood of his descendants. You should have seen this before - -That is, my transformation after getting Blue Phoenix - to be honest, I regret giving this little cutie such an unknown name as 'Antioch'."

"I thought a lot while staying at Mr. Flamel's house. Among them, the person who worries me the most is you. Our experiences are so similar. We even have the same origin. Among Muggle-borns, Orphans."

"I realized that all the changes started when I became a late bloomer - which made me a little... shall I say, a little inhumane, or just plain annoying? It won’t be a good thing anyway.”

"And what's even more terrifying is that since that transformation, I have become desperate to pursue more powerful power - at first I thought it was just because I wanted revenge. But now it seems that the truth is It’s definitely not that simple.”

"Maybe, this is also part of Antioch's plan."

"That's why I treat you that way the first time I see you."

Meadows sighed softly, with a rare expression of weakness on her face.

"Perhaps this will make you forget the misfortune that happened to you and stop you from becoming what I was before."

"After all, not everyone has the opportunity to get a blue phoenix."

"Not everyone has the opportunity to experience love, even just in a trivial way..."

It is precisely because he has experienced it once that Meadows does not want the same tragedy to happen to Karan.

Karan stared at Meadows dumbfounded and asked in disbelief, "You...you think of yourself as my elder, right? Or maybe...my cousin?" "

The two looked at each other silently for a while, and then they looked away at the same time.

"Let's forget it." Meadows immediately said with a strange expression: "I also noticed that there was something wrong with my tone just now."

Karan nodded in agreement.

The two people had the same idea on this point - as Muggle-borns, there was no need to trace their ancestry like those pure-blood families, let alone any random relatives.

After suppressing the nausea in their hearts, Karan coughed twice: "Actually, I also made some discoveries."

He simply told some of the things involving Antioch and the emotional sealing technique - after all, in this world, only Meadows faced the same threat as him - that terrible ancestor.

"interesting......"

Meadows murmured, his fingers gently scratching the feathers of the blue phoenix inadvertently, making the young bird chirp happily.

Karan thought he was seeing some kind of female devil, but Meadows quickly calmed down the expression on her face. She said in a solemn tone: "Very useful information, coupled with some of my previous discoveries, maybe It really allows us to find a way to resist Antioch.”

Meadows' own discovery?

Was it the reason she knew she was a descendant of Antioch?

But before Callan could ask, Meadows asked another crucial question.

"But before that, we have to figure one thing out in advance."

She looked at Karan carefully, as if she wanted to see through the soul inside him.

"Besides me...are you also a potential late bloomer."