Hogwarts and the Holy Grail War

So she angrily took out her wand and prepared to unlock it.

"Araho Cave is open."

The keyhole emitted a dazzling red light, which was a sign that the unlocking spell had failed, indicating that the door had been cast with a spell to prevent it from being opened by Arachno.

This bastard actually dared to cast the Anti-Aracho Hole Curse on the door? !

Alanna's face had begun to turn black. Without saying a word, she leaned against the door and started banging on it, trying to push it open.

Xiao Mo watched the two people leave the guest bedroom one after another. He had no intention of continuing watching TV. He turned over and lay on the back of the sofa, eating potato chips while watching the show.

This is much more interesting than cartoons and ethics dramas.

Tap tap tap tap——

Click, click——

Ethan lay in bed listening to Alana's hurried footsteps stopping outside the door, followed by the sound of the doorknob being turned twice. He could probably imagine Alana discovering that the door was locked and trying to unlock it with the Alaho hole.

However, there is an anti-Alaho-opening spell on the door, so she probably won’t be able to open it, and she will probably give up soon.

Boom! Boom! Bang! Bang!

The banging sound soon turned into the sound of smashing the door. It seemed that Alanna had begun to resort to any means necessary. But it didn't matter. As early as yesterday, Ethan had cast a spell on every door here to reinforce it because he was worried about the safety of the place. It would definitely not be so easily knocked open by a mere 14-year-old girl.

The banging on the door soon stopped, and it seemed that Alana had given up. This way, he should be safe tonight, Ethan thought, and changed his posture to suppress his conscience.

"Bombarda Maxima!"

With a loud shout from outside the door, the poor wooden door broke away from the door frame with a bang and flew into the house, brushing past Ethan's little brother and hitting the opposite wall.

Ethan was also awakened by the loud noise. He stood up and looked tremblingly at the wooden door embedded in the wall. Then he turned his head stiffly and looked at the door frame that was still smoking.

Alanna, wearing pajamas, stood at the door with a wand in her hand and a murderous look on her face. When she saw Ethan finally turned his gaze to her, she pounced on Ethan on the bed like a hungry tiger.

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At six o'clock the next morning, Ethan opened his eyes on time while lying in bed. He carefully moved off the thin arms and legs that were wrapped around him like an octopus, then he rubbed his aching waist and got out of bed. He silently recalled what happened last night, and it was hard to tell whether the expression on his face was one of relief or lingering fear.

Question:

What should I do if I accidentally make my girlfriend angry?

Or in other words, what can I do to calm my angry girlfriend down?

As a virgin who has been single for two lifetimes, Ethan's answer is: I don't know.

He really had no experience in solving this problem. After all, every girl has a different temperament, and his rich general theoretical knowledge was of no use at this time.

And he also knew that he had indeed gone too far this time, so when he faced Alanna who broke into the door angrily last night, he was actually prepared to get beaten up first to let her calm down.

Even a clay man has some temper. An honest child like Alanna generally won't get angry, but once an honest person gets angry, it will be like a storm.

For details, please refer to the fighting ability she showed when she faked her own death in Hogsmeade two months ago. If she could be so fierce normally, would she still be bullied by those psychopaths?

But to his surprise, the storm he imagined did not come upon him. Alanna did not punch or kick him, nor did she scratch or bite him. She just symbolically punched his chest twice, and then hugged Ethan tightly like the night before, buried her head in his arms and said in a muffled voice:

"Don't do this next time..."

Ethan was a little overwhelmed by this unexpected scene. For a moment, he couldn't figure out whether she was throwing a tantrum or acting like a spoiled brat. Coupled with the guilt and remorse for having made a mistake, he let her hug him tightly like a big pillow.

Don't dare to move, don't dare to move at all.

"Alanna, I..."

After a brief moment of fear, Ethan was about to apologize when he heard the girl's steady breathing in his ear, but he found that she had fallen into a deep sleep.

"..."

So Ethan spent five seconds reflecting deeply on his sins tonight, then reluctantly freed an arm to tuck the quilt in for her and pulled the girl into his arms.

I'll be with her once things here are over... Forget it, I won't set a goal for now.

Ethan withdrew his thoughts from the memories of last night, and in a few moves he picked out the half of the wooden door that was embedded in the wall, closed the door (physically) and went out.

"My, my, Master, did you sleep well last night?"

When Xiao Mo saw Ethan lamely carrying the door out of the bedroom, he began to wink at him with a gloating look.

"Go away, I don't have time for you."

Ethan replied unhappily, put the door in the door frame and used a simple spell to restore it to its original state. Then he prepared a steaming Chinese breakfast as quickly as possible (using some magic), and then went back to the bedroom to wake Alanna up for dinner.

He gently woke up the sleeping girl in the bed, and before she could completely get out of her dazed state after just waking up, he slipped out of the bedroom guiltily.

Then he caught Xiao Mo sneaking out of the kitchen with a fried dough stick in his mouth.

As early as when she was cooking, the aroma coming from the kitchen had already attracted Xiao Mo's attention. Like Tom Cat who had discovered the roasted turkey, she would sneak into the kitchen from time to time and try to steal something to eat under Ethan's nose.

If Ethan hadn't discovered and stopped her in time, she might have directly fished the fried dough sticks out of the frying pan.

Is this how you use the Servant's body, which can heal injuries quickly as long as there is enough magic power?

"Master, I admit that my attitude towards you yesterday was disrespectful and rude. From now on, I will wash my hands three times before shaking hands with you."

At the dining table, Xiao Mo took a sip of the hot beef noodle soup. With a tremor in his body, he felt that everything he had eaten in his life became tasteless.

Can the things we ate before really be called food?

Gawain's mashed potatoes, stargazing, eel jelly... what kind of rubbish are those? They are not even a hair as good as the food that Master made!

I now have a body that cannot survive without this kind of delicacy...

This is not true. I can't be considered alive in this state.

But it doesn’t stop me from eating these delicious foods!

Master is really amazing! Why are you still a court magician? The royal kitchen of Great Britain cannot do without you!

"Eat slowly, no one is going to snatch it from you..."

Ethan watched with satisfaction as Xiao Mo wolfed down the food until his face flushed. For a cook, nothing made him happier than seeing others raving about his cooking.

However, Xiao Mo's appetite was also a problem. Although she was a Servant and would not have her stomach damaged, it was definitely not a good thing to continue like this. He also began to wonder whether he should add two blue flowers to the rice in the future to curb her desire (referring to appetite)...

Ahem, that’s too far off topic.

After dealing with Xiao Mo briefly, Ethan turned around and asked Alanna who was sitting opposite him, "How is it? Do you like the food?"

This person is the one I will truly serve for the rest of my life, and her opinions are the most meaningful for me.

"Well, it tastes good, I like it very much." Alana nodded slightly with a satisfied smile on her face.

She had heard others talk about it before, that Ethan prepared a strange breakfast for the Gryffindor Quidditch players on the morning of the Quidditch match. Those dishes were cast with some kind of magic, and after eating them, the players became unstoppable and full of energy, which is why they won the game.

It turns out that these are the things they eat. They are indeed the kind of food that can make people full of energy.

I also want to be able to eat it for the rest of my life...

"That's good." Ethan breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Alanna would not be able to accept these Chinese dishes because of the strong exotic flavor, so he was a little worried. But it seems that he was overthinking. Real food will not be rejected for this reason.

And if she doesn't like the taste, there is still a way to remedy the situation. I can just change the dishes for her. Cantonese-style snacks might be a good choice.

After breakfast, they cast an automatic cleaning spell on the used dishes. The three of them lay on the sofa in a very unpresentable manner, chatting about their next plans.

"Ethan, what should we be careful about next? Should we think of other ways to lure them out and defeat them one by one?" Alana naturally leaned on Ethan's shoulder and asked for his idea.

The two of them tacitly did not mention what happened last night, especially the fact that someone seemed a little strange.

"No, they won't take the bait again, and we can't waste any more time." Ethan felt helpless as he looked at the girl who was apparently sulking last night but became even clingier today.

So no matter what outrageous thing I did, it would become an ambiguous event with a favorability +3 in her eyes?

"Master, what do you mean?" Xiao Mo, who was sitting on the other side of Ethan, turned his head and asked, while moving towards Ethan unnoticeably, shortening the distance between them.

"It's time to overturn the table and end this. Let's make some final preparations today. Tomorrow morning we will rush directly into the enemy's home and wipe them out!"

When the two girls heard Ethan's bold words, they looked at his face with some surprise, which showed no sign of joking at all, and couldn't help feeling a little strange in their hearts.

Is this still the Ethan who was so tactically cautious yesterday?

It's really all about tactical conversion.

"The time has come. We can continue as planned, but since we have the ability to overturn the table, there is no need to play house with them anymore."

Ethan smiled slightly: "You guys just stay here and recuperate today. I'll go out and prepare some things. Wait for me to come back."

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I changed a few models today and ran a few pictures. They look pretty good.

Chapter 215 DNF? No, +2!

Ethan stood behind the bustling crowd, looking at the courtyard that was surrounded by people. After confirming that the gate of the tower was different from yesterday and was tightly closed, he turned and left the crowd, intending to find a deserted place to Apparate into the interior of the tower.

I was supposed to come here last night, but I caught a pervert and got a lot of information, so I changed my plan and went fishing. Plus, I was a little tired after the fight last night, so I delayed things here again.

So I took advantage of the fact that I was out doing some errands today to come here and take care of things here. It's also time to complete the main quest about ancient magic.

Hopefully Percival didn't have to wait too long.

Ethan found an empty alley and Apparated directly into the gate of the tower.

Just like when he came here two days ago, the books were still spread out on the marble desk. There was a thin layer of dust on them, and it seemed that no one had come in here since that night.

Now he could roughly estimate the situation here. These opened books should have been taken down from the bookshelf when Alanna came here to find a way to remove the curse for her sister. At that time, she was attacked by those unknown armors when she was halfway through the book, so she didn't have time to put the book back to its original place.

However, he did not come here today to restore the crime scene. There were more important things waiting for him to do.

According to Percival, there should be a portrait of him in this tower, and the magical portrait can move between different portraits of himself. If there is no portrait on the first floor, then it should be on another floor.

Ethan turned his gaze to the spiral staircase behind the bookcase and walked straight up.

The tower was divided into four floors. The first three floors were all filled with bookshelves and were nothing special. So Ethan didn't stay there for too long. After a simple search and finding nothing, he stepped onto the stairs leading to the fourth floor.

The decoration of the fourth floor of the tower is somewhat out of place compared to the three floors below. There are no bookshelves or desks here, only a few dome-shaped French windows around the tower, and a lonely portrait of Percival hanging on the wall facing the stairs.

Hearing the sound of someone coming up the stairs, Percival, who was resting with his eyes closed in the picture frame, opened his eyes. When he saw that the person coming was Ethan, he smiled with relief:

"I'm glad you're finally here. How was the journey?"

"Not bad. With beautiful women and luxury cars by my side, the journey is quite pleasant." Ethan smiled and answered casually.

"Beautiful woman with a luxury car? Can I ask who it is?" Percival raised his eyebrows and smiled gossipyly. "For example, is it Miss Wally?"

“…No comment.” Ethan’s face darkened.

Professor, could you please stop talking about things that are not related to the topic? You can't say such things casually. If Alanna hears it, I really can't explain it clearly.

"Haha, then I won't ask any more questions." Percival put away the smile on his face and said seriously:

"Welcome to the Tower of Sen Bakar. This is the place of your first trial, my friend."

"Sen Bakar?"

Ethan had an impression of this name. He had seen a Professor Bakar in his previous memories of the Pensieve, and he should also be one of the guardians.

"Yes, you heard it right. Professor Bakar is also one of the guardians, but you haven't officially met him yet." Percival nodded slightly.

"Since this place is named after Professor Bakar, then why is it not him who is in charge of guarding here, but you, Professor Rackham?" Ethan asked curiously.

It can't be that there are people who slack off and those who die from overwork among the Guardians, right?

"Sen is in charge of the most important part of the trial. You will have a chance to meet him later." This matter seemed to be closely related to the subsequent trial, so Percival did not explain too much, but just gave Ethan a brief explanation.

"I see. I roughly understand it. But before the trial begins, I have something to ask you, Professor Rackham." Ethan organized his words and asked Percival, "Do you know that the Holy Grail War is going on in this city now?"

According to the information obtained from Ci Ai, the Holy Grail is deep underground in the Sen Bakar Tower. So Percival and his men might have set up these trial locations based on the location of the Holy Grail; or, in other words, the Holy Grail was created by these guardians and is one of the contents of their own trials.

After all, ancient magic is too IMBA. According to what Ethan knows now, as long as you have enough magic power and a flexible mind, you can solve almost any problem. So it is not impossible to create a nearly omnipotent wishing machine.

"Holy Grail War? We have heard of such a satirical ritual in our lifetime, but I don't remember there being any holy grail that can fulfill wishes around here..." Percival was also confused when he heard this. What Ethan said was beyond his expectations.

Could it be that they waited too long, causing some major changes nearby?

"But according to the information I know, the Holy Grail is located deep underground in this tower." Ethan pointed to the ground and was a little surprised like Percival. "It seems that someone must have come here after you and saw the ley lines in this city, so he made a Holy Grail here."

"That's even more impossible. There are no earth veins here at all." Percival said confidently, "When we were selecting the location for the trial, we deliberately avoided places with earth veins. Because setting up the trial requires a lot of ancient magic, these ancient magic energies may conflict with the magic power contained in the earth veins, and eventually cause an explosion."

"Hmm? That's strange..." Ethan rested his chin on his hand and fell into deep thought.

Without the magic power provided by the earth veins, wouldn't the Holy Grail be unable to function at all?

Things here are too weird in every sense, and one really has to be on guard.