I'm the King of Curry at Hogwarts

Chapter 133 Melina, how are you going to pay me back for what you owe me? (Electronic music)

The revelry lasted all night, and most of the young wizards slept until noon or afternoon of the next day.

But Halloween is Saturday after all, so sleeping in a little longer on Sunday isn't a big deal, since there are no classes anyway.

On his free Sunday, Louis decided to find something to do.

In short, the Room of Requirement can no longer satisfy him; it's time to find something new.

However, he doesn't plan to go to the Undead Settlement for the time being; he intends to go to the border area first.

After all, he hadn't even cleared the old man's ring in his previous life before he transmigrated here.

Clicking on "Enter the Border Area" in the system panel, Louis disappeared from the dormitory with a flash of light.

Under the bright light, Tom sat up. With his eyes still blurry, he rubbed them with his hands. After looking around and finding nothing, he gave a relieved, silly smile, rolled over, and lay back down to continue his sweet dream.

When it fell onto the pillow, it even bounced Jerry, who was sleeping soundly, high into the air. As a result, Jerry, who was suddenly caught off guard, did not even know what was happening and fell into Tom's mouth without realizing it.

Jerry struggled to pull himself out of Tom's mouth, looked at the still-sleeping Tom, put his hands on his hips and glared at him with one eye, but finally let him go.

"Forget it, I won't argue with an idiot," Jerry thought to himself, as he climbed onto the table with his little blanket and went back to his cozy little bed to sleep.

……

When the bright light ended, Louis opened his eyes and found himself in a dimly lit cave.

"Miscalculated..." he muttered, pulling his feet out of the puddle. A magical light flashed, and his feet dried again.

Looking around, all that could be seen were scattered stone tablets and blocks. Taking a couple more steps forward, a glowing "person" was sitting on a bench. It was transparent, as if it had no substance, and as if its color had completely faded.

After tapping twice without getting a response, he continued walking forward. Ahead, next to a glowing golden sapling, there were steps leading up to a wooden door.

Louis walked over and used Alahoko Open on the wooden door to continue exploring.

After going up from the small room, you arrive at a spacious hall. To the right of the hall, two stone pillars form an archway, shrouded in a thick gray mist, obscuring all light.

In the very center was something shaped like an inverted spoon, emitting a faint golden light. After Louis walked over, specks of golden light flew out from that light and entered his body.

It was a strange feeling; he felt as if he had established a strange connection with this thing, and it seemed that he could return here with just a thought.

Oh right, he remembered, this is what is called "blessing".

He studied it carefully for a while, but found nothing.

He could only continue forward. At the end of the hall was a room with a mechanism in the middle that resembled an elevator. Louis walked to the middle, stepped on the protruding stone in the center of the disc, and with a rumbling sound, he was taken to the next floor by the elevator.

Looking at the large iron gate in front of him, Louis fell into deep thought.

According to his memory, the iron gate should have been lifted, but he was clearly not strong enough. He was as thin as a chick, and even with all his strength, he could only lift the gate up a crack.

Louis took a half step back and drew his wand: "Alohomora!"

The door wobbled and rose, and Louis seized the opportunity to slip through the gap.

The moment he stepped outside, the intense light from being in the dim cave for so long made it hard for him to open his eyes. After a while, Louis was finally able to adjust to the bright light and began to look around.

After spending a long time in the cave, emerging truly brought a sense of openness and relief. It was a landscape completely different from Loscrek—you could say it was dilapidated, but the vegetation was quite lush, with small animals running around in the distance, and occasionally a deer's head would dart out; you could also say it was prosperous, but everywhere you looked there were ruins and steep cliffs, and in the distance, you could clearly see a giant stone bridge much longer than the Golden Gate Bridge, clearly broken into three sections.

Looking down again, a golden-armored knight was patrolling back and forth not far away. Both the heavy shield and the huge golden halberd demonstrated the knight's strength.

He's clearly not someone to mess with.

As Louis descended the steps, he saw bright red berries growing in the bushes in front of him. Out of curiosity, he picked one and popped it into his mouth.

It's very sweet and delicious. The texture is a bit like blueberries, but it tastes like strawberries.

It has a sweet and sour taste that perfectly describes my feeling.

Further ahead, there was another blessing ceremony. Behind the blessing ceremony stood a person posing with a strange white mask on their face. To the left of the masked person, at their feet, was a lantern with a lit candle inside, the candle flickering and burning. It seemed superfluous no matter how you looked at it.

Why turn on a light in broad daylight? Are you crazy or am I crazy?

After Louis established contact with Blessing, he was stopped by the white mask.

"Oh...you, you're a Faded One, aren't you? Um...what you just ate is called a Rosa Fruit, um...usually used to feed horses." The white-masked man said in a knowing voice, "I know you crave the Elden Ring, so you came to this border region. I know all about it, because that's definitely how it is."

Louis looked on with a puzzled expression. Horses can eat, but humans can't? Oysters, seaweed, and crabs used to be fed to pigs…

Then the white-masked figure let out a gloating laugh: "But poor thing, you have no witch by your side, how pitiful! You know not where your guidance lies, you cannot obtain the power of runes, and you certainly won't be invited to the Round Table Hall… You can only die in obscurity, can you?"

"Are you being polite, kid? Are you trying to mock me?" Louis's fist hardened.

"However, even without the witch, you still have a glimmer of hope, because you've met me, Vanley." The white-masked man's tone began to coax: "You know about the Blessing, right? It's the golden light that allows you Faded Ones to rest a while. That light will guide you in a direction, that's what's called the 'Guidance of the Blessing,' leading you in the right direction. That's right... the direction the Blessing guides is the city of Stoneville on that cliff. Go and defeat the demigod 'Leg-Jointing' Grek there. You, who crave the Elden Ring even without the witch's company, should do this..."

Louis felt like he'd heard this line somewhere before, and then he realized it was just PUA (Pick-Up Artist) tactics.

But after White Mask finished speaking, he stood there frozen, as if petrified, without saying a word.

Louis shrugged. He didn't like the white mask, mainly because the whole outfit didn't look like anything good.

If I had to describe it... I could only say it's a bit like the white mask and black cloak in Spirited Away, which looks eerie and gives you goosebumps.

As the golden-armored knight receded into the distance, Louis quickly cast an illusion spell on himself and ran towards the abandoned church ahead as soon as the knight left.

Climbing up the hillside, a bonfire could be clearly seen burning inside the ruins of the church. Louis walked over and saw a man dressed as Santa Claus sitting on the ground, holding something that looked like an erhu (a two-stringed bowed instrument), with a mule standing beside him.

"You're a Faded One, I can tell," the "Santa Claus" greeted. "And you seem to still have your sanity, you won't go berserk and attack me... In that case, how about buying something from me? My name is Carrie, you might not be able to tell, but I'm actually a businessman."

"I have no money," Louis shrugged, indicating that he was a poor guy.

"It's alright." Kale put down his instrument and took out a dozen throwing knives from his pocket. "These are for you. We don't need money. Runes are generally used as the currency in border areas now. You Faded Ones can get them from your enemies... Oh, don't misunderstand, a wandering merchant like me can't convert much runes."

"Look at what you're saying." Louis laughed after catching the throwing knife. "I wouldn't go so far as to attack a rational person, but it's hard to say about those madmen who have lost their minds."

"Yes." Carrie's tone gradually warmed up, especially after confirming Louis's friendliness once again.

"What's the anvil over there for?" Louis turned around and looked at the anvil, asking curiously.

Kale thought for a moment and replied, "Oh, I don't know how long this thing has been here, but it seems that no one has ever known what it is for, or how anyone has ever been able to pick it up—look, a fine blacksmith's hammer and anvil, which have been sitting in this dilapidated Eresh Church for who knows how long, and they still look brand new."

Louis leaned closer to take a look, then patted the Eye of Recognition on the shoulder, still feeling uneasy.

"Heirloom Items: Anvil and Blacksmith's Hammer, which come with the inheritance of forging knowledge. It is recommended to give them to people with a talent for forging, as they are said to quickly grasp the true essence of forging."

Louis thought of Hannah almost immediately.

"Should I let her try this?" With that thought, Louis put the anvil and blacksmith's hammer into the system space under Carrie's god-like gaze.

"Looks like this thing is meant for me," Louis said with a chuckle.

"Truly worthy of being called the Faded One, it seems you have the potential to become the King of Elden." Kale sincerely praised, but Louis found it grating no matter how he listened. This flattery was a bit too much, implying that "my friend Louis has the bearing of an emperor."

After chatting for a bit longer, Louis said goodbye to Carrie and decided to continue walking forward to see what else he could do.

Of course, I didn't forget to give a blessing at the Church of Ellie before leaving.

He hadn't walked two steps when he saw a soldier patrolling in broad daylight, carrying a torch; he was clearly not a normal person. Louis crept over and killed him with a single, devastating shot. Then, something strange happened.

Golden specks of light flew out from the soldier and converged on Louis. At the same time, the system's voice rang out.

"Unlocked currency module. Current runes: 50."

"Note: Rune points can be used to synthesize runes. 10 rune points can be used to synthesize the first rune, El. Three El runes can be synthesized into the second rune, Ed. Three Ed runes can be synthesized into the third rune, Tir, and so on."

Louis did the math and his face darkened. To synthesize a ZOD number 33 was an astronomical price.

However, he wasn't surprised by the interchangeability between runes and runes, since both are called "rune" in English, just with different translations.

Continuing onward, through the shady path, Louis saw a campsite at the bottom of the hill before he reached the top.

It was probably an abandoned checkpoint, teeming with soldiers and several knights who looked like troublemakers. Louis, being pragmatic, naturally chose to take a detour, turning left to check out the city gate tower—he saw a glittering blessing there.

Just as I reached the side of the blessing and touched it, a soft female voice sounded beside me.

"Hello, you who have come through the fog..."

Louis turned his head and saw a woman shrouded in a black cloak, with only a pair of brown leather boots visible. She slowly approached and introduced herself, "My name is Melina, and I'd like to make a deal with you."

As she spoke, Melina lifted the hood of her black cloak, revealing her beautiful face.

The only drawback was that her eyes seemed to have some problems; her left eye was always closed, and there was something black on it that looked like a tattoo.

But this doesn't diminish her beauty; it seems to add a touch of mystery to her.

"Melina?" Louis really had never played the game... well, not that he had never played it before, but he had just transmigrated before he even got past the Tree Guardian.

But he had also heard all sorts of classic memes on various websites and QQ groups, such as "Melina, I hate that you're like a block of wood," "For Lani, I turned into a werewolf," and "Ps a turtle stuck to a cliff asking you if you're smart," etc...

And the person in front of me is probably, perhaps, the famous "Little Wooden Head"?

However, she seems rather dull and not at all like a gentle and tolerant woman like the Fire Keeper.

"You are not a faded one." Melina's first words made Louis realize that this woman was clearly not ordinary.

"But it's pretty much the same... I don't know why you can obtain runes, but I can see that you can't convert them into your own power... How about we make a deal? I'll help you convert runes into your own power, and you... I need your help to take me to the foot of the Golden Tree, how about that?"

Louis nodded in agreement: "Okay."

"That's considered a deal. When you want to turn the runes into your own power, just call for me at the Blessing Place... Oh, and there's one more thing." With that, Melina took out a small ring-like bracelet from her cloak and handed it to Louis. "Toret has chosen you. I hope you'll treat it well."

"Torrent?" Louis heard the word "torrent" and a strange feeling crept into his mind.

I didn't find it strange when I heard Chinese translations in my past life, but why is it so easy to misunderstand English translations now?

"Yes, Torret, infuse the ring with magic, call upon Torret, and it will appear." Melina thought for a moment and added, "Torret is a horse, and this ring is like a whistle to summon it. You can't get to the foot of the Golden Tree on your own two feet."

(End of this chapter)