[Soccer+HP] Mario and the Vanishing King

"What's going on?" Mrs. Royce frowned and looked at them seriously.

"It seems that you don't know about it." Andre nodded, looking a little relieved, and Mrs. Royce gave him a stern look.Yes, harsh.This expression reminded Mario of the same expression that the ginger tabby cat had in the secret passage not long ago, it was exactly the same.So his intuition was right, Mario thought, that was indeed a human expression.

"Maybe you'd like to explain, son?" Mrs. Royce asked, turning to Marco.

"Uh...Okay." Marco swallowed, and said nervously, "It's actually like this... We were playing chess in the Room of Requirement, because we didn't bring any chess pieces, so we asked for a set from the room... Then Just when Mario and I were about to finish playing a game of chess, we noticed noises outside the house... We all wanted to go over to have a look, but when we came back to our senses, we found that the white king was gone! When we walked out of the house again, we found... I found out that it was three o'clock in the afternoon..."

"In other words, we accidentally triggered the time switch while we were playing chess, and we went from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm," Andre added.

Mrs Royce nodded. "I've heard of Time-Turners, but haven't seen them in action... If I'm not mistaken, are you trying to put the pieces back on the board?"

"That's right." Andre nodded.

"Then I am afraid my answer is—no," said Mrs. Royce gravely.

"Why?" Mario's eyes widened, "But if we don't return the chess pieces, history will be changed!"

"Yes, Mom!" Marco was also a little anxious, "We don't have much time left now, if we can't—"

"Edra's ring belongs to Beauxbatons. I can't take the risk of letting it go back into that room. No one can guarantee that it will appear intact after returning it." Mrs. Royce frowned Said, "There's more magic in that room than I realized, and maybe no one can—"

"Why are you so strict with the children, Manila?" A familiar voice suddenly appeared behind them, and they turned around quickly—it was Professor Love. "Meet you again, it seems like a long time since the last time we had tea together in Berlin." He showed a nostalgic smile, "How is Sinan? Did he find out about your little secret?"

"Jogi," Mrs. Royce nodded after seeing the person coming, and said a little bluntly, "Sinan is still the same. Thanks to your care, I think Marco is doing well in school."

Professor Love came and stood beside the three of them, facing Mrs. Royce. "Marco is doing very well at school, he's a reassuring kid," he said, putting a hand on Marco's shoulder, "of course, if he wasn't so like his father and adventurous everywhere, I think I'll be more at ease."

"You...you know each other?" Marco asked in surprise.Poor Marco, Mario thought, the information he received in one night was enough for him to digest for days. "Oh, of course we know each other." Professor Loew said softly, "Or you can call us——old friends."

"once?"

"Ever since I agreed to teach at Hogwarts, Manila has never talked to me again. I guess... that's why?" Professor Love looked at the chess piece in Mrs. Royce's hand Mrs. Royce didn't answer him, so he continued, "To be honest, I was a little surprised when I saw you on the map, Manilla. You have come all the way to the Hogwarts grounds, and you must Avoid me, why on earth?" He started to pace beside them, when the phoenix let out a high cry and landed on his shoulder, Professor Loew stroked the phoenix's fiery red feathers and said, "Then I got a message from Flame."

"You sent the phoenix?" Mario said excitedly. "I saw a pair of gray eyes in the double-sided mirror. Could it be... that is you? You saved us!"

"Don't get excited, Mario." Professor Love smiled at him, "Flame is not my phoenix, I just received a message from it, asking me to find you in the Forbidden Forest. And the owner of the double-sided mirror... ...someone else."

"But who is it?"

"Oh, your question will be answered, Mario. Now, let's talk about this chess piece." Professor Love turned to Mrs. Royce, "I have to say I was surprised, very surprised, Manila— —The relics of Sister Cobbsbaton? At Hogwarts?"

"I was surprised, too, when I first saw that message in Agatha's ring." Mrs. Royce sighed. "The meaning is so obvious, Jogi. Salazar Slytherin Is there another place to hide that ring? And it's here! Inside the pawn! I can feel it!"

"Don't get excited, Manilla. It means nothing to our conversation," said Professor Love, and Mrs. Royce snorted. "And the kids are right - even though we haven't found it for so long because it's been hidden in the Room of Requirement for so long - there's a good chance there's a Time-Turner in the board and this pawn is part of it . If we randomly change the time, you know what will happen."

"How can you guarantee that the ring will come back to me intact?"

"I can't promise, Manila," said Professor Love, "but I ask you to help us."

Mrs. Royce stared at them, did not speak for a long time, and examined them one by one with her eyes.Her lips were tightly pursed into a slit, and the hand holding the chess piece was so hard that the knuckles began to turn white.

"Please, Mom!" Marco also begged.

"Okay," Mrs. Royce finally said, and her tense posture relaxed for a moment.The lines of her shoulders and face softened, and the long golden hair hung down the side of her face, almost as if she was shining again.She walked towards them and handed the chess piece to Professor Love. "If you don't return it to me intact in the end, then our friendship is really over, Jogi," she said emphatically.

"I hope it doesn't," said Professor Love, smiling. "So, how much time do we have, Andre?"

"Maybe no more than 10 minutes." Andre replied uneasily, looking up at the sky above the clearing.

"Okay, that's great—" Professor Love pretended to smile wryly and shook his head, "Disapparation is not allowed in the castle, so how can we go back to the eighth floor through the Forbidden Forest within 10 minutes?"

The phoenix blew again, and flew away from Professor Love's shoulders, flapping its wings in front of Mario, constantly swinging its long golden tail feathers, its bright eyes shining in the darkness.

"Hmm...Professor Love?" Mario said cautiously, "Maybe...Phoenix, I mean...Flame said it could take us there..."

"The talent to communicate with birds?" Professor Love looked at him approvingly and said, "The phoenix is ​​a kind of magical animal, it can carry things much heavier than itself. So, we hold hands?" One of them took another's hand. "Okay, that's it. So I thought... maybe you could pull Flame's tail, Mario?" Mario did. "Great, let's go!"

As soon as Professor Loew spoke, the phoenix took off.A strange light enveloped them, and with a hiss, they were soon in the cool night sky.

"It's amazing! This is a unique experience!" Mario heard Marco's admiration coming from behind.The cold wind ruffled their hair, the Forbidden Forest receded swiftly beneath their feet, the moon was just above their heads—but before Mario had enough of it, the trip was over.When their feet hit the ground again, they saw a featureless white wall.

I need the room we left hours ago.Mario walked across the wall with his eyes closed, thinking intently.I need the room we left at three o'clock in the afternoon...I need a room where the white king piece is missing from the board...

When he opened his eyes again, the white wall was being replaced by a tall wooden door.

After the round brass handle appeared on the door intact, Mario finally breathed a sigh of relief. He stretched out his hand to open the wooden door and walked in first.

The room was exactly the same as when they left, and the black and white pieces on the chessboard were frozen at the moment of fierce battle. "I think there is only one person here who knows where the king should be placed." Professor Love said, looking at Mrs. Royce, "Manila?"

Mrs. Royce sighed, took two steps forward, and transformed into the ginger tabby cat.She took the white king piece from Professor Love's hand, walked carefully to the side of the board, and placed it on the black square of E1.

Nothing happened.

Everyone looked at Professor Loew.

Professor Loew stroked his chin and thought for a moment. "Maybe we should wait outside, I think you three are about to come over from the playground," he said, and immediately received a glare from Mrs Royce, "Manila, we have to wait for three young You can only go in after Mr.

So they retreated back again, waiting at the corner where Mario and the others escaped Thomas. "Just in case, we should hide ourselves." Professor Love said with a cheerful tone, "Mind if I cast a disillusionment spell on us?" he asked politely.

They all shook their heads.Professor Love pulled out his wand and tapped it lightly on Mario's head. He felt as if an egg had been cracked on his head, and a chill began to flow to him from the point where the wand hit. body of.He looked down at his body - or where his body was supposed to be - and it looked nothing like it did.It's not invisible, but just precisely pastes the color and material of the wall behind his body onto his body.Mario thought he must look like a human chameleon now.

Professor Love also tapped Marko and Andre on the heads, and then tapped himself with his wand.Now they are all integrated with the wall behind, even if someone passes by, they will not notice their existence.Mrs. Royce didn't need to be reminded, she took out an invisible hood to cover herself in it.

Soon, they heard the sound of someone talking in the corridor, and then Mario saw himself walking over with Marco and Andre talking.This feeling is so strange, you are clearly standing here, but looking at yourself standing a few meters away in front of you, for a moment you almost can't tell which one is the real you.

Mario shook his head quietly, trying to shake off these strange thoughts.No wonder the Ministry of Magic wants to destroy the Time-Turner!He couldn't help but think that he just experienced a time travel, and now he is starting to feel that he is abnormal!

Fortunately, in the past, they only stayed at the door for a short while, then called out the Room of Requirement and walked in.

Mario felt himself let out a long breath, finally relaxed.Professor Love tapped the top of his head with his wand again, and he felt a warm current flow to his limbs. It seemed that the spell had been lifted.

"How long have we been in the house before we started playing chess?" Marko whispered.

"No idea," Andre replied, "but if we go back in time at three o'clock in the afternoon, we must have been gone by eight o'clock in the evening. The maximum span of the Time-Turner is five hours."

"It seems that we can only wait here?" Mario looked at Professor Loew, who nodded.

Mario felt that they didn't wait long, or maybe he was just a little tired and fell into a short sleep.Before he could realize it, the big clock in the clock tower had struck for the fourth time, and he immediately cheered up and looked in the direction of the Room of Requirement.

"I think we should have gone," Andrei said in a low voice after the eighth stroke of the clock.

Marco nodded, and immediately stepped forward to open the room, just like he had just seen himself doing.A wooden door soon appeared on the wall, not the same as when they replaced the chess pieces, but Mario was sure that was the door of the room they used often.They walked in anxiously and looked at the chessboard.

Thank goodness the White King is still here!It remains in the state of being checkmate by the black knight, as long as it moves again, it will be knocked down by the knight's horse, and the knight's horse head will turn to it immediately——

"Take the king away!" Andre suddenly yelled, Mario was the closest, and he immediately reached out to pick up the white king, and Marco quickly swept the black knight aside.Andre let out a sigh of relief: "We almost activated the Time Converter again."

"But we made it, didn't we?" said Mario happily, handing the king to Mrs. Royce. "Is the ring still in there, Mrs. Royce?"

Mrs. Royce took the chess piece, closed her eyes and felt it carefully, then nodded. "It's still there."

"Great, it looks like I won't lose your friendship, Manila." Professor Love said gratifiedly, "Maybe you should come with me to see Milo, I believe he will help us find the ring method."

"Milo is here?" Mrs. Royce asked in surprise.

"That's right, not long after I came to Hogwarts." Professor Love nodded, and then turned to Andre, "Can you inform the headmaster for me? After we find Milo, we will go there together. It may take 10 minutes." Minutes or so?" "By the way, the password is lemon ice cream, if those door beasts stop you." He added, and Andre nodded, turned around and left.

"Marco, I thought you'd like to go to the Owl Shack to deliver a letter to your father? He hasn't heard from your mother for a long time." He glanced at Mrs. Royce and continued, "But promise me, the letter will Be sure to keep it short, the owls are tired from the long journey—and you've got a whole summer to tell him the whole story." Marko also left.

"Now, it's your turn, Mario." Professor Love stroked the phoenix on Mario's shoulder with a smile, "You can go to my office, there are people waiting for you."

"Mr. Klinsmann, why are you here?" As soon as Mario opened the door of Professor Loew's office, he saw a familiar figure.

"I'm here to deliver a letter to you, Mario." The blond wizard smiled, then shook his head towards Phoenix, "By the way, take a Flame ride."

"A letter? Who sent it?"

"You'll know when you read it." Klinsmann said as he handed over a dark green envelope with "To Mario" written in silver ink on it.Mario took the envelope suspiciously, turned to the back and opened a wax seal with a large letter M printed on it, pulled out the letter paper inside and read it.

Dear children:

Please forgive me for not contacting you earlier, I hope you are doing well this year.

I am delighted that Astrid and Jurgen have agreed to send you to school in England, Hogwarts is an amazing school and you will benefit greatly from your time studying there.But I think they might have been terrified of receiving the admission letter, but if Astrid remembered that little promise with me, they wouldn't know nothing about magic.I also believe that the portion of my wizarding fortune I have left in Gringotts is of great use to them.Merlin bless!The exchange rate between wizard money and Muggle money is more than enough for them!

Now I want to tell you about your history, child.Perhaps you have realized that you will not be the only wizard in the whole family, just like I am not.Our blood comes from an ancient race, but this wizarding blood has been watered down in the long course of dealing with Muggles.The magic genes in you come from me, and I come from my grandfather, if you push it up, maybe we will find Merlin, or Gryffindor himself, who knows?Before long enough, wizards had always been kin.

Maybe you've seen Flame, oh sure, I just sent it over to help you.I'm glad to see you put to good use of that mirror, which was a gift from my grandfather and we communicated in this way while he was alive.So I figured you'd need it too, and sure enough it helped, but honestly, seeing you face the three-headed dog reminded me of my long-lost childhood, it was so nostalgic!We'll have a chance to talk about it, though, in the near future.

The phoenix feather in your wand comes from Flame, so I think you'll find that amazing bird to be very close to you, believe me when Ollivander sent me a message that you bought that wand I, boy, am so proud of myself.

I have the same problem with all elderly people, and I am always prone to babbling, and I am no different when I write this letter.I hope you don't find this letter too long and boring.Before I finish, I still want to ask your forgiveness, my child, for not revealing my identity to you earlier, just so that I would not interfere too much with your first year in the wizarding world.

Now, let me put my pen down for a moment, we have many opportunities to talk together, if you promise me to use that mirror more often.

Your "old" friend,

Ged Mueller

"Ged Müller?" Mario called out, and he heard his voice trembling with surprise, "The wizard who peacefully resolved the goblin rebellion in 1924? We just checked his name! "

"You also forgot Zuberg's former principal, the most famous white wizard in German history." Klinsmann winked at him.

"He... is my mother's uncle?"

"I think so." Klinsmann said with a smile, "You should know your mother's maiden name is Müller, right?"

"But how old is he? I mean, he can't be—" Mario asked in shock. "How could he be my mother's uncle? It's unbelievable!"

"Well, maybe—" Klinsmann said, tilting his head and thinking, "your mother didn't say which uncle he was? I guess it was the oldest one. But I never asked him Age, that's rude."

Mario nodded in a trance, he was still in shock and did not recover.

"Okay, Mario. Maybe you want to go back to stay with Marco and the others now?" Klinsmann looked at Mario and laughed again. "I believe Jogi and the others are almost over. And I- just Please, Flame, take me back and tell Gad that I have successfully completed the mission."

"Oh, by the way, and this!" He reached into his robe pocket and handed over a small mirror, "I found it back in the Forbidden Forest for you."

Mario took a look and found that it was the double-sided mirror he left in the Forbidden Forest.He turned the mirror upside down and saw a pair of benevolent gray eyes wink at him before disappearing.

All of a sudden, as if, their wardrobes were empty and their stuff packed into suitcases.Because Ravenclaw won the Quidditch Cup, they also won the House Cup this year. At the end of the year banquet, the auditorium was covered with beautiful blue decorations, and the Ravenclaw eagle was flying majestically above their heads. .Each student had a notice in their hand warning them not to use magic during the break ("If only they forgot to send this," Thomas said regretfully to Manu).Hagrid was in charge of leading the first-years to board the fleet across the lake and complete the rituals of their first year at Hogwarts.

For his first year in the wizarding world, Mario felt fulfilled.Both Professor Loew and Mr. Klinsmann promised to help him keep his little secret. Similarly, no one else knew about Marko's mother except those who participated that day.

Now, they were already sitting on the Hogwarts Express, talking and laughing while having snacks all the way.

Mario occupied a cubicle with Marco and Andre, and Julian insisted on joining them, and he also brought Kevin.They played for a while with Crackling Blast, which Marco had bought at the Weasley Brothers' Wizard Wheezes before school started.Kevin always loses, and Julian is very dissatisfied with him, but Mario finds that Kevin seems to be doing it on purpose.

"I have an idea." Andre suddenly looked up from the back of the book and said.He had just refused to play that "ridiculous card game" with them, insisting on burying himself behind a book while they yelled.

"At any time, Your Excellency Schurle." Marco pretended to say sweetly, and stood up and bowed to him.

Andre rolled his eyes unceremoniously. "Listen to me, I've been thinking...maybe you can come to my house before the next semester starts?" He said, looking a little nervous, "I mean...it's just me and Xiao at home. En two people. If...you want to..."

"Of course we would!" Mario said immediately, then looked at Marco.

"That's right, I've been looking forward to it since now!" Marco replied loudly.

"Can Kevin and I go together?" Julian asked enthusiastically, "I've never been to that kind of old family mansion! It must be cool!"

"I'd be very honored," Kevin said with a smile.

"Of course, of course." Andre said, and Mario noticed that his eyes were a little moist. "Then that's what we've decided? During the holidays, um... I'll send an owl to contact you."

"Great!" "No problem!" they replied.

Andre looked at them for a while, as if he wanted to say something more, then he nodded at them, and immediately hid behind the book again.

The trees outside the window were growing greener and they began to shed their robes for jackets and trousers as the train sped past a Muggle town.The sliding door of the compartment was suddenly opened.

"Hey, you're all there!" It was Thomas with a curly hair in front of them, "That's great! Listen, Manu and I just had an idea!" He walked in and said loudly, "We Do you want to have a summer Quidditch match? The week the report card is handed out? I bet you don't want to stay home and pick up the report card, but I don't dare to - I mean, use the summer to play quidditch. Quidditch! What a great idea, isn't it? Mario, you guys can practice your flying skills and maybe you'll be selected for the academy team next year! After all, Wayne is graduating next year and we'll have a vacancy! And And me and Manu can guide you! My God, we can also call Philip—”

"What are you calling me for?" A familiar voice came from outside the compartment.

"Hi, Philip." Manu greeted friendly.

"Uh, Philip... I was just talking about my planned Quidditch camp..." Thomas whispered, shrinking his neck.

Philip stood there looking at them seriously, put his hand on his chin, and thought for a moment. "I think that's the best suggestion you've ever made, Thomas." He nodded.

"Yes .

"—But!" Philip chose to ignore Thomas's words, and continued, "I need to discuss with Professor Love, maybe we can organize a small club activity? This way someone can watch you, so as not to really stab you What a basket!"

"We won't poke shit, we'll just fly around on broomsticks and play ball—"

"And hit the Thorn like a Bludger into Muggle backyards?" Philip said dangerously, and Thomas immediately fell silent. "Don't think I've forgotten what pranks you've been up to!" He narrowed his eyes, looking like an angry cat.

"Maybe you could all come over to my house?" Andre said aloud. "There's a little Quidditch field in my backyard, and the old Schurrler house, you know—no Muggles around, so you won't be seen, very safe."

Philip froze for a rare moment, then simply nodded. "Thank you, Andre. That's a good offer, and I'll talk to Professor Love. But Thomas—" he turned to Thomas, "stay at home until I send an owl to tell you Don't think I don't know you're going to—"

"I'll wait obediently at Manu's house!" Thomas said quickly, "I promised Manu to go to his house during the summer vacation, didn't I, Manu?" He quickly looked at Manu, and Manu suppressed a smile nodded.

"Okay, Manu. Keep an eye on Thomas," Philip said with a sigh, and turned to leave.

"So, see you in summer vacation?" Manu also stood up and waved to them.

"See you in the summer, guys! I can't wait, I think I'll have to tell Jérôme to come too! Andre, would you mind a few more people?" he asked, and Andre shook his head in a friendly way. shook his head. "Great! Maybe Matz too, Julian, can you ask Benny? I guess he won't say no... and Russ and Sven, they're going to be bored to death over the summer... Hey Man Please don't pull me - whoops! Take it easy -"

Mario and the others didn't laugh out loud until Thomas was dragged far enough away by Manu.

It was getting dark outside the window, and the Hogwarts Express began to slow down, and finally, they stopped at platform nine and three quarters of King's Cross Station.They scrambled off the train, got their suitcases and owls with them, and it took a long time for them all to walk out of the platform: a wizened old guard stood guard at the ticket gate, allowing only two or three people through at a time so they wouldn't A large number of people will come and go through the solid wall at the same time, attracting the attention of Muggles.

"Mrs. Royce!" Mario said gratefully, seeing the blond woman standing aside, "I've been forgetting to thank you for the Christmas sweater! It's really good! Be-" He looked carefully My parents not far away, and whispered, "Much better than my mother!"

"I'm glad you liked it." Mrs. Royce winked at him tenderly.

"Mom, is it okay?" Marco winked his eyes pretending to be mysterious.

"It couldn't be better," said Mrs. Royce with a smile.

"What are you hiding from me?" Mr. Royce asked curiously.

"You'll know, Dad." Marko kissed his father on the cheek and said, "But for now, it's a little secret!"

Mario laughed and waved goodbye to the Royce family, continued to push the luggage forward, and then saw his parents waiting there.He immediately threw himself into his mother's arms.

"How was your year?" Mrs. Gotze took Mario into her arms, stretched out her hand to rub her son's hair, and asked with a smile.

"Mom, I miss you!" he said, looking up at her. "I have a long story to tell you!"

The author has something to say: *Makou’s mother’s name thanks to @沔川流水科普~ Here is another translation of the name Manuela, “Manila”, otherwise it sounds too similar to Xiaoxin’s name... And now I know that Royce's father is also named Thomas, but Royce's father's name has appeared in Chapter 2, and it is too late to change it now_(:3」∠)_

*The younger brother’s mother’s name is Astrid, it seems to be translated into Astrid more often, but her maiden name was changed by me for the sake of the plot~ By the way, Jürgen is also the name of the younger brother’s father.

*How could there be ordinary people in our protagonist group?

*It's finally over, Sahua!