Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 58 New Course

Elena's return to Hogwarts caused quite a stir.Especially when Malfoy and Delk were pointing fingers at a bunch of Slytherin students.Snape was talking to Dumbledore. He was used to Slytherin's internal quarrels.

When Delk, Malfoy and the others saw Elena returning safe and sound, they felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.Especially Delk, judging from his expression, he seemed to have seen someone really come back from the dead.

"Let me guess, do you think I'm dead? Maybe your parents have even thought of a memorial speech. And are you going to show off and shed a few tears at my funeral?" Elena said disdainfully. Sneered.

"But obviously, you guessed wrong again. Maybe I should say, your family made the wrong bet again, tsk tsk... How should I describe you? Stupid and bad? Or stupid? Why didn't you do it when fate struck you? Let your poor brains lean a little closer to primates?" Elena sneered, as if she was really thinking about whether Delk's family was a primate.

Many senior Slytherin students around immediately burst into laughter.

"Wrong twice in a row...can't you hedge your bets?"

"This is not a primate, it's almost the same as artiodactyls."

"You...you monster, madman...you..." Delk's face twisted with anger.

"It seems that I touched your sore spot? Should I say sorry? Or give you a forgetting spell, or tamper with your memory?" Elena said arrogantly.

"You win now... The one who laughs last is the winner." Malfoy's face turned green and gray, which was very ugly.There were boos all around.

"I will keep laughing, and the final winner will definitely be me." Elena's expression became very domineering.It was as if fate had decided that she was the biggest winner.

"Let's go... stay away from this monster." Delk was shaking with anger, but he knew very well that the only outcome of his duel with Elena would be to be treated as a joke, and it would be the biggest joke in the world.

"It seems that the real master of Slytherin is back," Slyer said seriously.

"It seems you don't understand what's going on inside Slytherin. After Elena was hospitalized, Delk, Malfoy and the others were gesticulating all day long, as if this academy was their private property." Carle squeezed out from the crowd, leading him Wearing a hat with many stars.

"It seems that I can't bear it anymore," Aurora said, shaking her head.

"A Slytherin student said that although Elena is arrogant, she deserves that arrogance," Karai added.

"When Elena comes back, no one will treat Slytherin as their own private property. The Malfoy family only wants to turn this academy into their own private property," Elsa said seriously.

"Okay, I don't have that much ability. But it's enough to ask Malfoy and the others to restrain themselves. Why does Slytherin Academy always recruit students like this? They have no ability at all and are full of little ideas," Elena said dissatisfied.

"Delke is not capable yet... He can already perform invisibility silently." Winters could now somewhat understand why Delk was so angry.

"If he is really capable, he should teach himself. It doesn't matter if he seeks guidance from a magic expert. It's not because his family is rich enough." Elena was very disdainful.

"Okay, okay...I can't say enough about you...See you later, Mistress of Slytherin House" Winters quickly stepped back as he spoke.

As a result, the surrounding Slytherin students began to imitate him.Then Elena was made angry and laughing by Winters' funny look.

It was already 7pm when Winters and the others returned to Hogwarts.In the common room, Harry was playing wizard chess with Neville.It looks like the situation is tense.There are two more books on Winters' bed: "Parting through the Fog to See the Future" and "First Understanding of Ancient Magic Texts".

"These two books arrived yesterday. Our divination teacher is Sybill Trelawney, and the Ancient Runes professor is Bastida Barbling - your king is about to be killed." Is Ron there? Stop giving Harry advice.

"I'm not worried about the divination class, I'm only worried about the Ancient Runes." Winters flipped through "First Introduction to the Ancient Runes", and then he found that it didn't seem that scary.The reason why he doesn't worry about the divination class is also very simple - he doesn't know how to do it at all, and the things in the divination class textbook are too abstract.

"The most important thing about learning Ancient Runes is to start from the simple to the difficult, and go slowly. This is what my grandma told me - I lost again." Neville lowered his head and found that his king had been eaten.

"I heard that Elena has completely recovered... Then how can we win Slytherin? Besides Elena, Delk is also very powerful in Slytherin." Seamus was concerned about the ownership of the Academy Cup.

"This is a team competition. Delk's followers are obviously not as strong as him." Winters' attention was entirely on the ancient magic text textbook.He probably discovered after reading the textbook that Ancient Magic Text was not as difficult as he thought, but he was too anxious.

They arrived at the Divination Professor at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the Divination Professor Sybill Trelawney was already waiting for them.This professor is a woman with huge glasses and an oval hat on her head, and her eyes are full of confusion.

"Everyone be quiet, let's start class" Professor Trelawney said in that hollow voice.

"The divination class tests your talent more than any other course, especially the talent of imagination. Since you are beginners in divination, we will learn from the simplest one, tea leaf divination.

As wizards, we all radiate magic.Similarly, we are no different from Muggles. We all want to know what will happen in the future, hoping to avoid disasters or seize opportunities. .This course mainly has two essentials, sufficient imagination and high concentration.

Moreover, I want to make it clear that I will not leave any homework, because not everyone has clear celestial vision. Now turn to the seventh page and let’s make a prediction for the next two weeks,” the divination class professor said simply.

Winters found that he was indeed at the back. Except for himself, everyone else's tea leaves had undergone some changes.Only his tea leaves remained unchanged.

"Harry, what image did your tea leaves turn into?" Winters had given up.

"A window... Where can I get help from friends? That's what the book says." Harry looked at the tea cup suspiciously.

"I am...leaves...meaning good luck." Ron stared at his tea cup for a long time before confirming that it meant leaves.

"Aurora, what about you?"

"House...means stable..." Aurora's tea leaves do look a bit like a house.

"Okay, everyone, stop for a moment. Let me take a look." Professor Trelawney clapped her hands.

"Yes, Elena, Elsa, Karai, you two are all houses... Indeed... most people are houses... Yes, this is a good phenomenon... Then" Professor Trelawney Stopped here at Winters.

"I'm not surprised... After that weird wand found you, your destiny was stuck on an established track. Therefore, in order to ensure that your destiny does not deviate from the established track, your destiny Not to be spied on." Trelawney stared at Winters.

"Ollivander told me...a magnificent journey is waiting for me." Winters was a little panicked.

"Of course... of course it is a magnificent journey, but no one knows where this journey will take you." After Trelawney said that, she walked away. For the next time, Winters didn't listen to a word she said. .

The second class was an ancient magic text class, and the professor was Bathcida Barbling, a woman who looked a bit like a leopard.Tall and thin, with silver-grey eyes.As soon as he came up, he wrote a few symbols on the blackboard.

"Ancient magic text course, a course that is first easy, then difficult, and then becomes easier. Many of you have already been exposed to this course." As she spoke, her eyes paused on Elena.

Before studying this course, we must first understand the evolution of words.Writing began as graphics. When you saw a bear, you would draw a bear on the wall. Then it evolved into hieroglyphs, then into simpler symbols, namely wedge-shaped writing, and finally into the writing we are familiar with now.

I think you have also seen that the process of text evolution is the process of information loss.Therefore, for magic spells, it can be clearly felt that the power of ancient magic spells is incomparable to modern magic spells.Because a lot of information is lost, such as freezing type spells:

"All petrified." Babuling waved her magic wand, and the mice on the podium immediately froze.

"Now," "Let's take a look at the ancient freezing spell." Barbling waved her wand steadily towards one of her notebooks. The movement trajectory of the wand was a straight line.

Everyone heard a strange sound that was indescribable. . .It seems like something is rusty.

Then Babuling touched her notebook lightly, and then her notebook shattered, and everyone was stunned.

"This is... this is... the most original freezing spell." Babuling suddenly began to be out of breath.She took out a glass bottle from her bag and drank the transparent liquid.After calming down for a while, she said:

"You may be wondering what happened to me just now. Because if you want to drive the ancient magic texts, you need to mobilize the power of your own soul. You have to talk to your own soul to drive them. These ancient magic texts are very important to the spell caster. They are very bad, but they have been preserved because they contain powerful power.

Our courses are mainly for cutting-edge Defense Against the Dark Arts. The student name is Ancient Runes, which will be of great help for Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, and even Herbal Medicine.Because it will help improve the effect of your spell - then you start, pay attention, don't be anxious."

The rest of the time everyone was attentive.The reason is obvious. If these ancient magic words can be activated, then even if it cannot freeze the notebook to a crisp, it will still be stronger than the inefficient magic spells used in Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Three minutes later, Winters' table was turned into an ice sculpture, and Winters stared at his wand and scratched his head.

"The effect is very good. Don't be surprised. I know the characteristics of your wand very well. It will greatly enhance the effect of the spell - so your task now is to find a way to reduce the power of the spell you cast. This is not easy. Ah, it's very difficult. Professor Dumbledore can only barely control part of the power of the curse before he graduates."

"This course will help me control the power of the spell," Winters asked immediately.

"Of course, magic comes from the soul, and ancient magic texts can talk to the soul. Of course, it will be of great help to you in controlling the power of magic spells."

After class, everyone had a common understanding: this class was not as difficult as imagined.

In addition to Quidditch this semester, there is another event that has attracted a lot of attention: the duel arena team competition.Due to Elena's complete recovery, many students' enthusiasm for participating was very low.Professors seem to have noticed this for a long time.At 6 o'clock this Friday evening, Professor McGonagall announced a surprising news in the auditorium:

Since Jelena did not participate in the singles competition last semester, she is not eligible to participate in the team competition.If she wants to be qualified to participate in the team competition, she must obtain enough points.

"Then Elena, you don't want to give up the opportunity to win glory for your college. If you are ready, go to Professor Flitwick's office to draw lots."

"Now, Professor?" Elena asked casually.

"Of course, as long as you are ready, you can go draw lots now."

"Who do you think would be so unlucky to be her opponent?" Ron looked at the people around him anxiously.

"Speaking of unlucky...Am I unlucky? The strain on my right arm didn't last long." Winters looked at Ron.

"Oops... I'm sorry... Winters, mainly because I don't want to experience the feeling of being embarrassed in front of a bunch of people," Ron said awkwardly.

"Yeah, at least you can start a tug-of-war with Elena, and we'll be the scoreboard when we go up there," Hermione laughed at herself.Harry nodded in agreement.

"We are all scoreboards, and our scores will be included in the college points. There is no difference." Aurora looked unnaturally at Elena's retreating figure.

At 8:20 in the evening, the spacious duel arena was already packed with people. Professor Flitwick announced a news that shocked many people: Elena was preparing to duel with Winters.

"What? The strain on his right arm is just right!" Aurora shouted loudly, she was shocked and angry.

"It's nothing... Really, listen, if I don't duel with her, the whole Gryffindor will lose. Obviously, this is Professor Dumbledore's arrangement, he hopes to create a more fair competitive platform. Jelena, like me, has such an impact on other people’s positivity.”

"You will get hurt, Elena... She is simply a madman." Aurora ignored the other surprised looks.She didn't forget the way Winters almost fell to the floor after his duel with Elena.

"As long as I can achieve a draw, then the only person in Slytherin who can fight is Delk. As long as you can defeat him, then we won't be at the bottom." Winters was already prepared.

This time Professor Dumbledore was also present, but instead of taking away Winters' wand, he gave him and Elena the Devante alloy with two special qualities.

"Are you two ready? I heard my old friend, Morlans, describe the duel between you two. I can't wait to see it with my own eyes." Dumbledore looked at Elena and Wen with a smile. Tes.

"I'm ready"

"I'm OK"

Neither Winters nor Elena were to be outdone.

"The old rule is, win four out of seven games." Dumbledore waved his wand, and a gradually shorter golden line appeared in the middle of the field.Everyone held their breath and concentrated.Aurora's face turned pale.

The moment the golden thread disappeared, Elena took action. This time she did not launch an attack at the beginning. Instead, she used a large number of high-level copying spells and transformation spells to create countless chirping bird-like things. , if you look closely at this little bird, you will find that they are all made of flames and electricity.

Winters flicked his wand, and the strange little animals stopped immediately.After a moment, they began to gather quickly, and then a magic spell mixed with lightning and flames rushed towards Winters.Winters conjured up a translucent shield to withstand the attack.

"Elena, this is not your real strength. Where is your trackless spell?" Winters said leisurely.

"I originally wanted you to relax your vigilance." Elena's voice came from all around, and along with her voice came a purple-lighting spell.Winters immediately waved his wand, and the translucent shield instantly turned into a shimmering cover, and then a beam of purple light flashed on the "soap bubble," causing the soap bubble to create circles of ripples. .

Winters didn't want to just defend and counterattack. After he blocked the spell, the almost transparent defensive shell shattered and deformed.Then the fragments converged into a blue light.

Winters' spell rushed toward the upper right corner of the house, and the power of the spell set off a storm.But as soon as the spell flew out, in less than 0.1 seconds, it dispersed and turned into countless glowing thin threads. These thin threads surrounded Elena, forming an indestructible protective layer.

"We haven't seen each other for two weeks, it's completely different," Winters marveled inwardly.Then Elena's protective layer shattered and turned into countless shining raindrops.Winters' wand was waved quickly, and the audience could only see a blurry afterimage.

A pale golden shield with some incomprehensible symbols appeared around Winters. After those luminous raindrops hit this strange shield, they disappeared like rain falling into water. .Seeing that the other tricks didn't work, Elena once again used her talent: the traceless spell.Winters immediately fell into passive: defense, and then tried his best to find opportunities to counterattack. There was no other way.

Elena's offensive was extremely sharp, but Winters did not lose his position. He continued to use transformation spells and disembodiment spells to find opportunities.

The tug-of-war was extremely hard, and Elena had discovered Winters' tactics. Sometimes she would even deliberately leak some loopholes to make Winters lose the initiative he had finally gained.

About 2 hours later, Professor Dumbledore stood up and waved his wand.A light blue barrier separated Winters and Elena.

"Although it was a pleasing duel, it... seriously timed out, so... I had to make a heart-wrenching decision after discussing with several other professors... You both got 0 points. But no one can deny that both Winters and Elena have demonstrated a very high level of magic. Well, you two return to the audience and rest." Dumbledore's eyes flashed with happiness. .Almost all the students relaxed: there is no need to hold back for the time being.

"Well done, Winters" Harry handed Winters a glass of water.Aurora looked at her brother anxiously.

"Fortunately, it didn't get worse." Winters moved his right arm, and the heartbreaking pain didn't come to him again. He was surprised to find that Aurora's eyes were actually red.

"I'm fine... I'm just too worried about you." Aurora's nasal voice was very heavy.

"I'm fine... You underestimate me - no matter what, a draw is a good start. Now only Delk is left. You have to find a way to defeat him" Winters encouraged his friend .

"Don't worry, this is a team competition." Harry looked at Hermione and Ron confidently.

"Just wait for our good news," Hermione said easily, while Ron looked serious.

"Then I'll go to the rest area. And Aurora, I'm waiting for your good news." Winters stretched his body and came to the rest area, becoming a spectator with peace of mind.Elena was drinking water next to him. She saw that Winters didn't say anything, just grinned.

(End of this chapter)