Obscure at Hogwarts

As the saying goes, the layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

When a group of people took the Flying Ship and slowly sailed into the Smith family's castle, even though Fiona, the mistress of the Smith family, was a Muggle and had very limited understanding of the wizarding world, everyone was on the Flying Ship. When she cast curious glances from the open-air balcony on the third floor, she perfectly integrated into the role of a tour guide and explained the wonders of this castle to Louis and others who came here for the first time.

among them.

It precisely contains the magic circle that envelopes the entire Smith Family Castle.

According to Fiona's explanation, the person who originally designed and built the magic circle here was none other than the ancestor of the Smith family, a wizard with extremely high magical attainments.

However, regarding Fiona's evaluation of the ancestors of the Smith family, not only Percy, Ron and others disagreed, but even Galen, Kevin and other young wizards from the Smith family did not believe it.

Want to ask why?

Very simple.

Since the ancestor of the Smith family was a great wizard, why is his name not recorded in the history of magic?

Only Louis, who had previously used the third-turn Obscurus magic to quietly analyze the internal structure of the magic circle, believed that Fiona's evaluation of the ancestors of the Smith family was very fair and there was absolutely no exaggeration.

Because the magic circle that enveloped the Smith Family Castle was indeed extremely subtle.

Among all the magic circles that Louis has analyzed, the protective magic circle of Gringotts is slightly stronger than it. Others, such as the magic circles built by Slytherin in the secret room, can only be said to be on par with it.

And what level of wizard is Slytherin?

He is one of the four giants recognized by many wizards!

Therefore, the single-wheel design and construction of magic circles is comparable to that of Slytherin. The ancestor of the Smith family, who is unknown in the history of magic, must be a being that many wizards need to look up to.

at least

About three Snapes?

Ok

Probably!

However, based on Louis's analysis of the composition of this magic circle, it was not difficult for him to guess that the ancestor of the Smith family was an old believer, and the magic system used to construct this magic circle was old magic.

Moreover, just like the magic circle that Slytherin once built in the secret room, almost as soon as he entered the Smith family castle, Louis discovered the magic power of Obscurus contained in each "magic elixir", more or less. Most of them were restrained by the magic circle here, which made him feel faintly uncomfortable.

On the other hand, others

Basically not as sensitive as Louis.

Only Harry and Lux, who were relatively talented, frowned without revealing any trace, as if they had noticed the wonder of the magic circle here.

Therefore, Harry secretly tugged on Louis' sleeve and asked slightly confused:

"Louis, do you feel weird?"

Louis smiled slightly, patted Harry on the shoulder, and asked: "Harry, you want to say that the moment the Flyer entered the castle, you suddenly felt a little uncomfortable for no reason, right?"

"Ok!"

Harry nodded vigorously and happened to be next to the two of them. Lux, who was quite distracted, heard the conversation between the two and cast a similarly confused look:

"It's strange. Whenever my parents were free in the past, they would basically take us back to see our grandfather and grandmother. Why do I think this castle is as weird as you do this time?"

"Don't worry, it's okay."

In order to relieve the tension of Harry and Lux, Louis explained with a smile on his face: "The source of our strange feeling actually comes from the magic circle that protects this castle. It is the special function of the magic circle to suppress the magic in the wizard's body. One of them, and the three of us happen to be the three with more magic among everyone, so the feeling will be more obvious."

As he spoke, Louis slowly pointed at George and Fred, and continued to explain:

"If you don't believe me, look at it. It seems that George and Fred have feelings too. Do you want to make up a curse or something to scare them?"

"No need, right?"

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and Harry smiled dryly and said, "I'm not like George and Fred who have special habits and always like to play pranks on others."

As soon as Harry finished speaking, Lux nodded in agreement, and then said, "Then I'll explain it to George and Fred, so that they won't have any more random thoughts."

"Ah."

"Go."

Seeing Lux walking towards George and Fred, Louis turned his attention to Fiona again, listening to her story about the history of this castle as seriously as Harry.

Then, one thing that made Louis and others marvel was that rather than saying that the Smith family's castle was an ancestral home, it was a small kingdom with the Smith family as the royal family.

There are several small villages densely clustered near the castle. The people living there seem to be ordinary Muggles, but in fact they all have another common identity.

That is the servant of the Smith family.

About hundreds of years ago, almost when this castle was just built, there were as many as a hundred Muggle slaves loyal to the ancestors of the Smith family.

As time went by, the hundreds of Muggle slaves who initially followed the ancestors of the Smith family multiplied generation after generation, and the number of slaves in the Smith family increased to several villages.

of course.

Not all Muggles living in several villages around the castle are eligible to "enjoy" the title of slave.

It is true that all of them respect the Smith family, but if they want to have the title of slave and move from the village to the castle to work for their "king", they must first go through several rounds of very strict selection.

When Fiona told about "slaves", although her emotions and tone were well concealed, Louis could still see some dissatisfaction hidden in her heart.

presumably

Fiona is afraid that Quinn will become a bad person after inheriting the Smith family's castle. Who allowed the Smith family to maintain the ancient tradition of "first leaf power" several generations ago?

After half an hour.

Under Quinn's instruction, Jason drove the Flying Boat around the castle in a hurry. Louis and others who got off the Flying Boat finally arrived at the magnificent hall of the castle.

At this time, surrounded by several male servants, the people waiting for Louis and others in the hall were obviously not Galen's grandfather and grandmother, but the housekeeper responsible for handling all matters in the castle.

She is similar in age to Sophia and Fiona, has long purple hair, wears a decent women's suit, and wears a pair of white gloves.

When he saw her, Quinn was naturally the first to greet her and greeted her warmly:

"Hi, Vayne!"

"long time no see!"

On the other hand, the housekeeper, whom Quinn called Vayne, glanced at Fiona with her peripheral vision after hearing this, and then replied calmly:

"Hello, Master Quinn."

"The master has been waiting for you inside for a long time. Come with me."

Say it.

Vayne turned around and led the way.

At the same time, Louis noticed keenly that Fiona was staring sharply at her back, and then he immediately imagined hundreds of episodes of palace battle dramas in his mind.

Named

"The young master who doesn't like housekeepers but loves Muggles"!