Two Worlds: I studied abroad at Hogwarts

Chapter 166: Dark Mirror Vision
At Hogwarts Castle, all candles in the corridors are extinguished after ten o'clock every night.

So when Harry and Moon came out, the castle was still very dark.

But with Mrs. Norris leading the way, they didn't have to worry about getting lost.

But also because of Harry's presence, Moon had to cast two [Smooth Fur] on Mrs. Loris as a reward.

"I don't think I came back from this side."

Halfway along the path with Mrs. Norris, Harry looked at the walls on both sides of the castle with some confusion.

"Are you sure?"

Moon also stopped and looked back at Harry.

"I"

Harry was still observing hesitantly when Mrs. Norris in front of him called out impatiently.

"Meow~" (This is a shortcut~)

"Well, it seems that this little castle administrator already knows where you are going. Come on and follow us."

"But."

Harry's doubts hadn't lasted three minutes when Mrs. Norris stopped beside a suit of armor in the corridor.

Just as Moon was about to observe the abandoned classrooms around him, Harry behind him exclaimed.

"Oh, I remember it! It's right here."

Harry pointed at the silver-grey armor and immediately walked into the abandoned classroom next door.

Moon thanked Mrs. Loris before hurriedly following.

This abandoned classroom is not very large, but it appears rather dim because there is no light.

There are three windows, one big and two small. Through the moonlight shining in from outside, some vague scenes can be seen clearly.

When Moon came in, he saw a three-meter-high mirror against the wall of the classroom.

The mirror is oval in shape and is wrapped in a black wooden frame.

"Look! That's it."

After discovering his target, Harry immediately ran to the mirror.

He waited for a while, then pointed excitedly into the mirror and looked at Moon next to him.

"Look, these are my parents, and there are many relatives around!"

Moon had actually been staring at the mirror from the side.

But he never walked to the front of the mirror, but was carefully observing this magical thing.

There is a line of text engraved on the base of the mirror.

Through the moonlight, you can vaguely see the words "Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi".

Moon didn't immediately recognize the meaning of this sentence, but he could vaguely feel that this mirror seemed unusual.

Because he only saw Harry's shadow in the mirror, there was no trace of his parents or the large group of people he mentioned.

While Harry was concentrating on looking in the mirror, Moon quietly took out the monocular from his pocket.

Through the glasses, Moon could see that the long mirror emitted a faint white light.

Moreover, some tentacles of these lights were constantly reaching out to Harry, as if trying to pull the little wizard into the mirror.

Because the scene he saw was rather strange, Moon suddenly took off his monocular, but found nothing.

"Harry, I think you shouldn't look at it for too long."

Moon saw through his monocular that the white tentacles were still slowly approaching.

But Harry was so focused at the moment that he didn't hear what Moon was saying at all.

Just as Moon was about to approach and pull Harry away.

The little wizard actually reached out and touched the mirror, muttering "Mom~Mom".

It was only after Harry finished shouting that Moon's hand touched his shoulder, and then the little wizard reacted.

"Oh, Moon, come and take a look. I can feel that they are all my relatives."

When Harry noticed Moon's hand, he pulled it towards him.

Moon was caught off guard and stood in front of the mirror.

Then he saw in the mirror that the moonlight that was originally like silver sand disappeared all of a sudden, and then the entire mirror turned as black as ink.

The colors gradually became more intense and then gradually formed a vortex.

All the scenes in the mirror are constantly being sucked in.

Finally, when the vortex spun rapidly and disappeared, the scene in the mirror changed again.

"What did you see? Did you see my parents?"

Harry's words rang in his ears, letting Moon know that he had not entered another world.

However, the scene in the mirror still shocked Moon.

In the mirror, Moon first saw himself standing alone on a pile of ruins.

Next to him was a huge plant. From its appearance, Moon could tell that it was a big willow tree.

However, the willow tree did not look lively at all. It was completely black, more like a terrifying ghost willow.

And in the air not far away, there was a black horse that was so thin that it only had a skeleton.

This horse has two bat-like wings and is trying hard to fly towards the moon in the sky.

Scarlet Moon!

This should be the thing Moon is most familiar with.

Moon once guessed that he came to Hogwarts because of the appearance of Scarlet Moon.

However, the Feiyue in the mirror looked different.

Huge cracks appeared on the Crimson Moon, and black matter continued to emerge from these cracks.

"What did you see? Why didn't you say a word?"

Harry's voice rang out again, and Moon snapped back to his senses before quickly leaving the area in front of the mirror.

At the same time, Moon and Harry heard the sound of something being kicked in the corner of the classroom.

"Who? Who's there?"

Harry took out his wand first, cast a [Lumos] and slowly walked over.

Moon turned his head to look at the mirror with lingering fear, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he found that there was no strange sight in it.

"Fluorescence"

Moon also took out his familiar old willow wand, cast a [Luminescent Charm] and walked towards Harry.

"Is it someone? What did they find?"

"I didn't see any human shadow, but there was a big footprint on the ground."

After listening to Harry, Moon walked over and pointed his wand at the footprints on the ground.

This should have been left by a soft shoe, because there is no indentation on the footprint.

“Would anyone come here in slippers?”

Harry asked curiously.

"I don't know, but he should be a very tall adult wizard."

Based on just one footprint, the two little wizards had no idea who it was.

The only conclusion they could come to was that this definitely did not belong to Professor Flitwick.

When Moon and Harry were guessing the owner of the footprints, Mrs. Norris, who was guarding the door, suddenly shouted.

"Meow~" (It's time to leave~)

After hearing this, Moon pulled Harry out of the eerie abandoned classroom.

Mrs. Norris was very conscientious and led the little wizards to the door of the Gryffindor common room again.

After Moon cast [Fur Smoothing] on it, the kitten left satisfied. "I think I'll have to bring you along for my nighttime tours of the castle."

After seeing Mrs. Norris's performance tonight, Harry looked at Moon with some envy.

"It's better not to. It will embarrass Mrs. Norris. After all, its real owner is Filch."

"Uh, okay, pig nose."

After saying the password set by the Fat Lady, the two little wizards heard Hermione's voice as soon as they stepped into the common room.

"You guys are wandering around the castle at night again? That's against school rules!"

Harry and Moon were really surprised to see Hermione show up so early.

After all, it is far from time to get up, and most of the little wizards are still sleeping.

"Well, we did go out for a wander, but didn't you go out for a wander too?"

Harry knew that Hermione cared a lot about school rules, so he simply admitted it without hiding it.

"I knew it. So what on earth were you doing? You wouldn't be wandering around the castle at night for no reason, right? Are you going to duel Malfoy again?"

Hermione guessed, frowning.

"No, ever since Malfoy was taught a lesson by Moon, he has never asked for a duel again."

After Harry finished speaking, he saw that there was no one else around, but he still lowered his voice out of concern.

"We found a magical mirror in an abandoned classroom. I can see my parents and relatives in it~"

Harry had a happy smile on his face as he spoke.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he looked at Moon.

"By the way, what did you just see? Is it my family too?"

Moon shook his head.

Then he noticed the curious looks of the two little wizards opposite him.

"I saw a moon, a strange willow tree, and a skinny black horse with wings."

"A skinny black horse with wings? That's a Thestral! You can actually see it."

After listening to Moon, Hermione showed a surprised expression.

Hermione, who has read all of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", knows very well that this strange-looking horse is a magical creature that few people can see.

"Wait a moment, I'll be right back."

Hermione said as she tiptoed up the stairs, afraid to disturb the others' rest.

Moon and Harry also came to the sofa by the fireplace.

Harry was still curious why Moon saw a different scene from him.

"I think it must be a magic mirror. Everyone should see something different."

Moon had just finished explaining when Hermione came out holding a very large book.

"Come and see, is this what you just saw in the mirror?"

After Hermione opened the book, she pointed to a strange black horse with wings.

But before Moon could speak, Harry spoke curiously from the side.

"There's nothing in the book?"

Hermione didn't answer in a hurry, but kept staring at Moon with burning eyes.

After noticing the look in the little witch's eyes, Moon nodded heavily.

"I knew that what Moon saw must be a Thestral. The book says that this is a magical animal that can only be seen by those who have experienced or witnessed death. Ordinary people can't see it at all, even if they draw it."

After Hermione finished speaking, Moon noticed that the two young wizards looked at him with even more curiosity.

Moon didn't know if Hermione's explanation was correct, but he was pretty sure he had witnessed death many times.

Not to mention [Night Owl], when Moon was suppressing pirates at sea, he had seen gunpowder blow up the bodies of many pirates.

"I don't think what you see in the mirror is necessarily real, is it?"

Moon didn't know how to explain it, because he knew that the world where Hogwarts was located was actually relatively peaceful. The young wizards never saw war and rarely saw death.

"Not to mention what's in the mirror, but you saw the horse in the book, didn't you? Tell me what it looks like?"

Hermione had long known that Moon must have some big secret, but she was not in a hurry to explore it.

What she is more interested in now is what the content of the book is.

Although she had read the entire book, Hermione was very uneasy because she had no idea what the picture was about.

Harry didn't understand Hermione's strange train of thought, but he was indeed curious about what the Thestrals looked like.

"It was taller than an average horse, thinner, with almost no muscle mass, and had wings like a bat and a face like a dragon."

Moon described the appearance of the Thestrals in the book in as much detail as possible, and the two little wizards listened very attentively.

"Well, this book has been added to my completed series."

After Moon finished his description, Hermione closed the book with satisfaction, then looked at Harry and Moon again.

"Now, tell me whether that mirror is good or not. I'm also very curious."

At Hermione's urging, Harry described the mirror again.

However, what he remembered most were his relatives in the mirror. Moon wrote down the words under the mirror.

"I haven't seen it either, but it must be a rare magical artifact, otherwise it would definitely be introduced in the book."

Harry's interest waned considerably when he heard that Hermione didn't know either.

"Okay, if you find the answer, please tell me. Now I have to go back to bed."

The time was now half past five in the morning, and Harry was very sleepy after wandering around all night.

After Harry left, Moon looked at Hermione curiously.

Because this time is when Moon gets up to study every morning, but Hermione unexpectedly got up so early today.

"Don't look at me. I just feel like I wasted too much time before and I don't want to go on like this anymore."

Hermione put the words that Moon had just written on the magic mirror into the book and started flipping through another large book.

This little witch was actually stimulated by Moon.

She originally thought that as long as she read enough books, it would be enough, after all, this was her own talent.

But after knowing that Moon would get up every morning to study and had mastered special memory magic, Hermione felt a great sense of crisis.

She knew she had to work harder, otherwise she would probably be left far behind.

Although Moon didn't understand, he didn't say anything.

I returned to the dormitory, took out "Secrets of Spells: Methods of Spell Transformation" and started studying.

Regarding spell transformation, Moon has actually been learning all the time.

He has now dismantled all three growth spells.

Although he still has no idea about how to transform it next, Moon has a deeper understanding of the basic structure of the spell.

At the same time, Moon had already filled five three-inch notebooks with dense writing on the construction of spells.

This knowledge still needs to be sorted out and digested, but after Moon obtained the magic from another world, he knew that he still lacked something.

【Mirror Light Against the Tide】

This magic is very similar to the ancient magic of the current world that Moon knows.

Both require very complex gestures and incantations.

If Moon wants to modify this spell, he must figure out the meaning of those gestures.

This is also the kind of knowledge that Moon lacks in terms of spells.

"Maybe I can go to the library and look for similar books, which can also help me strengthen my foundation in spells."

Just as Moon and Hermione were studying quietly, a faint candlelight was lit in the Hogwarts headmaster's office.

　Thanks to Heath Ice Tea for the tip. I will update 10,000 words tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)