Chapter 7 Patronus

"We meet again, Yu. I hope I got your name right. Do you want to try Bee Duke's candy?"

When she came to the principal's office according to the password on Wednesday, Dumbledore was already waiting for her with a smile.

Mu Yu politely declined: "Thank you. But I don't eat sweets."

Dumbledore pushed the plate of candy forward: "You don't always need to hide some emotions. Eleven years old, what a wonderful age, This is the age when you should be bold."

Mu Yu's face turned red, so he took a piece of candied pineapple, and the thick and sweet syrup bloomed on his taste buds. She loves sweets the most, but her grandfather will strictly control her intake of sweets, and she has also learned to hide her preferences from outsiders.

"I hope you find Hogwarts enjoyable."

"Thank you, I like it here very much," she tried her best to weave words. "All the courses are very interesting. I have rarely been exposed to Western magic before. I like to go to school most. There are many interesting books in the library..."

Her eyes were shining when she mentioned this.

It wasn't until she seemed to realize that she had said a little too much that she said sheepishly: "I'm sorry, Professor."

Dumbledore was always listening attentively: "You like reading very much and live a fulfilling life. As far as I know, you are the best at Of course other courses like potions and spells are also good."

Mu Yu didn't even show a trace of joy at such praise.

Dumbledore sighed in his heart and took a Bibi Bean: "While Hogwarts brings you color, you also bring a lot of new things. East and West should not be opposites. Magic should not confront each other because of geographical reasons. Of course, this is just an old man's useless idea."

Mu Yu looked at the smooth table without saying anything.

"Your grandpa wrote a long letter. He mentioned a lot about you. He cared about you very much. He mentioned how hard you worked. He asked you not to push yourself too hard."

"Grandpa..." She I took another piece of candied fruit.

"My loved ones, I always love you and always want you to be happy. Speaking of happiness, this is where we get to the topic tonight. Have you ever understood the Patronus Charm?"

"I've seen it. It's said to drive you away. Dementors. You have to think about something happy to cast this magic."

"There will be no dementors in Hogwarts, and your grandpa doesn't want you to encounter one one day," even Dumbledore said when he was teaching. There was no arrogance at all, "So we will only practice the spell. First, please read it to me again: Expecto Patronum."

The pronunciation was a bit complicated for Mu Yu. "Take your time, don't rush." ​​Dumbledore was always patient.

When she was finally able to pronounce it accurately, Dumbledore continued to guide: "Now, hold the wand and say it again. Make a circle with the wand, think of the happiest memory, and then say it."

"Expecto..." What's so happy about it? What memory is worth making her happy?

"Freak, you deserve it for not bringing a pencil! I won't lend it to you!"

"I won't lend it to you either! Stay away from me!"

"No one is allowed to lend it to her! "

"Mu Yu! Did you pour the paint on the homework book? This is homework! Not painting!"

"Teacher, I didn't..."

"Okay, okay, copy the homework again." No

reaction at all . No.

"Yu, you have to dig out your very happy memories. The difficulty of the Patronus Charm is that many bad memories will interrupt the happy memories."

Mu Yu closed her eyes again, thinking about every time her grandfather applied medicine to her , Grandpa's concern every time, occasionally she and Grandpa walked on the mountain path...

"You will definitely help me, you will definitely help me."

Only a very weak white gas was emitted from the top of the wand.

Mu Yu seemed to have been drained of all his strength and fell softly to the ground.

She was helped up and a chocolate was stuffed into her palm. She saw Dumbledore's blue eyes shining in the dim light: "This is a very advanced magic that many adult wizards cannot do. Being able to spray out white gas in the first step is already great."

She chewed the chocolate: "I want to do it again."

"The last time." Dumbledore said gently: "This spell is very energy-consuming. You don't want to be late for class tomorrow."

Mu Yu picked up the wand, thinking desperately about her When I spent time with my grandpa, I thought about the tinkling of the stream in the courtyard and the fiery red flowers of the other side.

"Expecto Patronum."

"This is the first time someone has given me a gift."

The sunset on Mingyuan Mountain sometimes seems to never sink.

More white gas came out of the tip of the wand and quickly dissipated in the air.

"I think that's it for today. Yu." Suddenly there was a cup of hot chocolate on Dumbledore's table: "You have learned very quickly. Many adult wizards can't even emit white smoke. You are only in the first year. I'm very curious, what does your name mean?"

"Feather or Wing." The thick hot chocolate warmed her whole body.

After she finished drinking the chocolate, Dumbledore said: "Your grandfather said that you particularly dislike brooms. He wrote a letter requesting that you arrange flying lessons by yourself, so I have already told Mrs. Hooch."

I wonder if it was because of him. The gray beard reflected the candlelight or something else, and Mu Yu's eyes were sore.

Grandpa could even remember such a small thing...

Before she could react, she had already appeared outside the principal's room.

Mu Yu didn't know the ratio between the time flow rate in this space and time and reality. The night is eroding the bustling city of London bit by bit. The night sky in London is always covered with a layer of haze, and the stars and moon are buried in layers of haze.

Tom hugged his knees and looked out the window. The bustling night did not illuminate the orphanage. They have long been abandoned in this corner of the world.

"You're here. I want to see your ability again." He didn't look back. The dark night sky was the only thing that attracted him.

He still loves to speak in a commanding tone.

Mu Yu stood in front of the window, with his back turned to him, looking at the starry sky above his head.

"Turn around." Her disregard made him angry.

Suddenly flowers of the other side bloomed on the ground. The pale room was illuminated by the blood-red color. The coquettish color instantly took away all his attention.

With an abnormal and greedy look, he watched the Bianhua flowers blooming out of thin air on the concrete floor.

"Your abilities are not scary." Tom jumped out of bed, and with a gentle step, a flower from the other side was crushed into pieces: "Although I like the color of this flower very much, it's like blood."

Mu Yu seemed to have just admired it enough. He looked at the starry sky, turned around and looked at him with a smile: "Have you seen the starry sky?"

Tom frowned, a little impatiently.

She continued: "The stars in the starry sky are indeed bright. But I don't like those stars. I like to see the darkness between each star. Looking at it this way, it seems that countless darkness connects countless stars, endless darkness, endless The abyss, the endless death. It is death and fear that connects the light."

Tom's eyes lit up little by little, although he was still a little confused.

"Flowers are beautiful and fragile, but when beauty and cruelty are mixed, it will break a person's will and pull him into the abyss."

Tom murmured softly: "You are different from them. You are not afraid of me. You It's different from the old man in my memory. Are you studying at the magic school he mentioned?"

Mu Yu sat on the only chair: "It's obvious."

"What do you want to do with magic? I remember he mentioned the wizard. .My mother must not be a wizard, otherwise she would not die so weakly. My strength must come from my father. If I can really study there, I will not die as weakly as my mother. A powerful wizard." His eyes were full of longing and cruelty.

Mu Yu brushed away the non-existent wrinkles on her robe, and she bent down to pick up a Manzhu Shahua flower on the ground: "I... I want to seek my own way, and even death can't stop me. ."

"What is the Word?" He was very eager because he heard something he didn't know.

Mu Yu played with the flower of the other side: "Tao is one's own heart and what one subconsciously longs for most. It is invisible and silent, but it is everywhere. Only by finding one's own Tao can one transcend life and death and everything else, because by then you have already Become one with the universe and the endless abyss. You are no longer a helpless star in the sky, you will be the darkness that connects all the stars. "

It is a pity that she has not seen any Tao that can be eternal.

Tom also picked up a Biangan flower. He looked at the blood-red color carefully: "I also want to seek enlightenment." He said firmly.

Mu Yu chuckled softly: "I learned in the first class that the fear of death is the biggest obstacle on the road to seeking truth."

Tom's face instantly turned red. He was flushed because of anger. Mu Yu's slender hand suddenly grabbed seven inches of a small snake. The snake struggled feebly in her hand: "Only by not fearing life and death can you transcend life and death. My mother also died weakly when I was born."

She gave the other side flower to Tom again: "If you want to conquer death, you must learn not to be afraid of it."

She felt that all her soul was being pulled back desperately, and she suddenly became interested in Tom. They have too many similarities, and there is a deep, thick and ulterior darkness hidden under their appearance.

At least in front of him, she didn't have to try to hide her emotions. Maybe because he was just a wandering soul that accidentally got mixed into the river of time, she didn't have to worry too much in front of him.

"I should go back."

Tom stood there blankly, watching her disappear little by little. His lips kept murmuring. Mu Yu could barely tell at the last moment that he was saying goodbye.

Mu Yu looked at the dark green bed curtains for a long time, and she could feel the energy in her body like surging waves. It seems that the closer she is to that time and space, the more her strength will increase by leaps and bounds.

There was more than just Tom in that time and space, and Tom was more than a symbol of a wandering soul.

It was something she had secretly sworn in front of her grandfather that she would never touch.

That place was more like poison, gradually awakening her darkest and most unspeakable memories, and also leading her towards the unknown abyss.

She practiced wind control at the edge of the Forbidden Forest again and again, and every time she fell heavily to the ground a few centimeters above the ground.

This method is the most difficult.

"It doesn't seem that easy, right?"

Mu Yu suddenly heard a clicking sound.

It is an animal with the body of a centaur. Mu Yu raised his wand.

"Little girl, it's not a good thing to be too vigilant."

Seeing that he had no ill intentions, Mu Yu slowly put down his wand.

"Another oriental face. There was a young man more than thirty years ago. He didn't like using wands very much. He often came to the Forbidden Forest to practice swordsmanship. There was no such opportunity in the castle. Most people couldn't accept unfamiliar things. At that time There is another..." He stopped talking.

Mu Yu did not care about what he had not finished. She repeated word by word: "We are in the same country as me."

The centaur shrugged: "I have dealt with you before. I will not confuse your breath."

"He …..Studying here too”

“Six years, I’ve seen him for at least six years.”

“Little girl, it’s not a good thing to be too curious, why don’t you care about yourself Pluto. The shadow is covering you. There is darkness ahead of you."

Before she could continue to ask, the centaur fled towards the depths of the Forbidden Forest.