449 Lily’s Arrival
Not long after Lily replied, Meadows took her to Hogsmeade.
For Lily, the vacation without being able to use her wand was still too depressing, and she had long wanted to return to the magical world as soon as possible.
Meadows enlisted the help of a friend who worked at the Ministry of Magic (presumably from the Order of the Phoenix) to connect the Floo network to the Evans family's fireplace.She set off early in the morning and would probably take Lily back to the Gobstone Shop soon.
Snape and Callan were sitting together behind the counter of the shop again. Mrs. Prince was preparing snacks in the kitchen. She was in a good mood and was humming quietly to the song of Celestina Warbeck on the radio.
Karan unfolded the Daily Prophet that had just been delivered this morning. Today's front page was finally no longer about Grindelwald, but news about the Wizarding Duel Cup.
Karan read out the content of the report in a low voice: "The entire competition schedule will last for three days, and the final champion will be decided on the last day - this makes more sense. I originally thought I would only see As for the finals - it would be too boring if the runner-up is knocked down by the champion all at once. It is a good opportunity to take a good look at the magic of wizards from other countries, especially the wizards in Africa. It is said that they do not need a magic wand, just pass through Magic can be cast with fingers and gestures, and even the students at Wagadu School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are masters of wandless magic."
Wagadu Magic School is located in Moon Mountain in Uganda and has been established for at least 1000 years.
Although there are many small magic schools in Africa, Wagadu is the only one that has stood the test of time and achieved an enviable international reputation.
Because the wand is a European invention, African witches and wizards did not use it as a useful tool until the last century. Many spells are cast with fingers or gestures.So when the Ouagadu students were accused of violating the International Statute of Secrecy, they had a strong excuse (“I just waved my hand and never meant to dislocate his jaw”).
The Wizarding Duel Cup is not like the Quidditch World Cup. This game may allow Karan to see many new magic spells and dueling techniques that he has never seen before.
And if it weren't for Grindelwald's escape, which gave European wizards a chance to unite, Callan probably would never have had the chance to watch a game of this scale in his life.
"I can't wait any longer,"
Karan smiled expectantly, and the ash wand floated out of his pocket and fell into his hand.
"I guess you are too, good boy..."
A slight light bloomed on the tip of the ash wand, as if in response.
Snape gave Karan a strange look, but after hesitating for a while, he quietly took out his cypress wand and tentatively called out: "Good boy? Bad boy?"
The cypress wand remained motionless, not changing at all.
"what--"
Callan laughed proudly, and Snape put the wand back into his pocket with a stinking face, ashamed and humiliated.
At this moment, a green flame lit up in the fireplace, and Meadows and Lily stepped into the shop.
Snape just wanted to say hello to Lily, but as soon as Lily came in, she stared directly at Karan, her dazzling red hair beating on her shoulders.
"Who would you choose between your good boy, or Sif and me?"
"what?"
Karan stared blankly at Lily's questioning look, wondering how her brain circuits were developed.
But Lily had no intention of letting Karan go. She walked to the counter angrily, glared at Karan hard, and repeated the question again.
Snape blinked, he stood up silently, walked to Lily, and began to stare at Kahlan with the same questioning gaze, turning a blind eye to Kahlan's expression of seeing a traitor.
"Speak quickly! Tell the truth!"
Snape said, slapping the counter hard.
At this time, the ash wand was still in Karan's hand.
He looked at the two of them with absurd eyes, and then tried his best to cover the entire ash wand with his palm, as if blocking its ears. At the same time, he said in a complaining tone: "Please keep your voice down, I'm sorry." It’s such a good boy, don’t scare it.”
The ash wand trembled twice at the right time, looking like it was really frightened.
Lily stuck out her tongue with a look of disgust on her face, and Snape looked at Karan even more strangely.
Meadows sat in the empty seat given by Snape, and she said in a "Sure enough" tone: "I have told you a long time ago, Lily, don't test Karan with this kind of question."
"Do you even need to ask? Who else would he choose besides the wand?"
Karan smiled and let go of his palm. Such kind words were suitable for an ash wand to hear.
Lily looked at Karan angrily: "You are really going too far!"
Snape successfully integrated into Lily's emotions, which made him feel the same way: "I didn't expect you -"
"Okay, okay." Before Snape could say anything too outrageous, Karan stopped him in advance: "I choose you, it's better to choose you."
Lily exclaimed in disbelief: "Then you should loosen your hand covering the wand?"
Karan made a loud smacking sound, trying to deal with it vaguely.
Fortunately, Mrs. Prince's timely appearance interrupted this nonsensical noise.
"Come and have a snack, kids."
Lily had met Mrs. Prince during the holiday after the end of the year, and she had already learned about his family situation from Snape, so she would never deliberately cause trouble in front of Mrs. Prince. of.
Lily behaved well at the dinner table, and after finishing the cake, she finally eagerly took Callan and Snape to Callan's bedroom.
"Don't ask about the wand again!"
After Lily closed the door, Karan warned with a wary look.
"What are you thinking about?" Lily waved her hands impatiently, and then said in a solemn tone: "I called you two here because of the prophecy - if the emotional sealing technique does not lead to Karan's transformation, Could it be because of love?”
Lily will not underestimate the role of love, not to mention that she has witnessed the transformation of Professor Meadows - if it were Meadows in the first grade, Lily would never agree to watch the game with her, or even Callan and Snape would also be discouraged from doing the same.
But what has to be admitted is that since acquiring Blue Phoenix [Tussel], Meadows has changed for all to see, and even his relationship with Karan has become familiar.
"because of love?"
Snape stared at Lily suspiciously, as if he didn't quite believe this guess.
"Yes, it's because of love!"
Lily said affirmatively. She turned to look at Karan: "Didn't you say that love is also a very powerful force in magic, and we all agree that it is impossible for emotional sealing to be used in just one year. Meadows is a great example of such a transformation. So besides love, what else can transform you into what was predicted?"
"Perhaps it's because of the Bent-Horned Snork?" Snape interrupted again: "Meadows has never encountered a Bent-Horned Snork. And Karan has also said that he still doesn't understand the Bent-Horned Snork. All the effects, maybe that will lead to strengthening the effect of Emotional Occlumency."
This is the truth from Karan, who has some guesses about the functions of the Snorlax, including the ability to cross worlds and grant himself the natural Occlumency gift.But there are still too few similar examples, and almost no one has the opportunity to study the Scimitar-Horned Snorlax, not even Mr. Newt.
As for the reason why Snape and Lily knew so much information, it was because Karan had told them many things since the prophecy that destroyed the world, and Wizard Merlin also mentioned the Crescent-Horned Snorlax.
After encountering Snape's repeated interruptions, Lily narrowed her eyes and stared at him: "Don't you believe in love, Sev?"
Snape was asked.
"I...of course I believe it!"
Snape stuttered, and under Lily's gaze, his face suddenly turned red: "After all, those changes have also happened to me. Since moving to Hogsmeade, you can also It can be seen that I am not as obsessed with black magic as I used to be. But these are all good changes, aren't they? What kind of love can make someone want to destroy the world?"
"This is ridiculous."
Thanks to Snape's thinking, he immediately pointed out the key to the problem - since the function of love is good, why does it make Karan want to destroy the world?
Lily suddenly became a little discouraged. This was something she had never figured out.
"maybe."
At this moment, Karan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "Love is protection and goodwill, but it may also cause deeper hatred."
He thought of Grindelwald's attitude towards Dumbledore - it was precisely because of love that Grindelwald wanted to kill Dumbledore today, in order to keep his young lover who shared the same ideals intact in his mind. in memory.
Lily glanced at Snape arrogantly, but before she could be proud for too long, Karan immediately "betrayed" again.
"But how could it be? Even if it's because of love, why would I want to destroy the world?"
He focused his gaze on the two people's faces with different expressions: "If someone kills you for talking to each other, the first thing I will think of is revenge, but I won't let everyone suffer."
Karan admitted in disguise that he loved the two friends, of course, as a pure friend.
But even so, Lily's face still turned red, and Snape lowered his head slightly after being stunned for a moment, letting his hair cover his face that was also red.
The atmosphere in the bedroom suddenly seemed a little awkward.
Karan coughed twice and immediately changed the subject: "And Steve, if he is killed by someone, I will also think about revenge for him. And there is also Gespard... ..."
"Well...Gespard..."
Karan was speechless when he mentioned his other roommate.
"He'd better forget it..."
The other two people also followed suit and said:
"He doesn't feel like the kind of guy who would fall into a trap."
"Even if there is danger, his weird pair of glasses alone are enough to deal with it. At worst, it will blind the other person's eyes."
In the constant whispering, the atmosphere suddenly became cheerful again.
"What if it's an ash wand?"
Snape asked awkwardly: "What would you do if someone destroyed your wand?"
"Shh!"
Karan shook his head with a serious look on his face and kept it close to his pocket: "How can you say such nonsense?"
As the two people looked at each other with increasingly weird looks, Karan thought of a good idea: "Why don't you go ask Meadows."
Compared with Karan, the hidden dangers in Meadows have been almost completely solved. Even the curse of Blue Phoenix was eliminated by Ignotus's method.
And at this point about love, Tussel's symbolic significance is far more obvious than Callan's.
The three of them soon found Meadows, who was about to leave. She was carrying a cloth bag filled with extra snacks that Mrs. Prince had packed for her.
After hearing Karan's question, Meadows immediately frowned: "You mean if Tussel was killed, what would I do? But why did Tussel die? It's a Phoenix."
"It's just a hypothesis." Karan whispered Lily's guess, and Meadows finally understood.
"no way."
She immediately denied: "If Tussel is really gone, I guess he will just be controlled by Antioch, but we all know that Antioch wants eternal life, not the idea of destroying the world. .....Unless he needs this method to successfully achieve his goal of eternal life, but I still think this is unlikely."
No one doubted what kind of crazy things Antioch would do. He had already killed his two brothers with his own hands. No matter what terrible things he did, it would not be surprising.
But the prophesied Karan doesn’t seem to be doing it for eternal life. After all, if the world is really destroyed, where can he go?
Thousands of fierce fire beasts are not that easy to deal with.
"This may also be a direction..."
Karan thought about it and said: "The so-called prophecy may be just for my self-destruction..."
Lily looked at Karan calmly stating the reasons for committing suicide, and she couldn't stand it anymore.
"Okay, okay, let's go do something else - how about Quidditch?"
Lily brought a lot of luggage, including her broomstick.
Meadows also had his own broom, which is now in Callan's house.
In the end, the game was decided to be a boys' team and a girls' team. Meadows left early because he needed to get a broom.
"It's not fair."
The three of them walked down the street with Nimbus 1001. On the way, Snape muttered dissatisfiedly: "Meadows is an adult. How can we beat her?"
Snape was not as incapable of climbing on a broomstick as before, but his flying skills still needed to be honed.
The most important thing is that he doesn't want to embarrass himself in front of Lily.
"It doesn't matter!" Karan said carelessly: "Don't forget my wandless magic. It's not easy to control the Quaffle."
Lily looked at Karan with disgust: "Can you please keep your voice down when you plan to cheat? You and I are not on the same team - by the way, one more thing, does Meadows also know about the prophecy?"
Lily asked in a low voice the last sentence.
She and Snape had kept the prophecy a secret, but Meadows seemed to know about it.
"Don't worry." Karan comforted: "Apart from her, I only told Principal Dumbledore, and even Steve and Gaspard didn't know - of course, mainly to avoid Gaspard. We need to know this to prevent him from launching any terrible plans in advance. As for Steve, I think it’s better not to disturb his appetite, and don’t make him worry about eating. "
"Have you told Principal Dumbledore?" Snape asked in shock, "He didn't do anything to you, right? How many other things are you hiding from us?"
"Not much." Karan said mysteriously, "You will know when school starts."
At this time, Meadows also flew to the open space in the village on his broomstick.
In order to prevent the two of them from asking any more questions, Karan simply threw the Quaffle into the air and chased after it on his broom, shouting excitedly:
"Game start!"