Chapter 218： waiting for the storm

After completing the steps for the crystal vial, Sean needs to wait until the storm arrives, which can take weeks, months, or even years, depending on the weather that day.

At the same time, during the waiting period, Sean needs to complete the necessary actions at sunset and sunrise every day.

Point the tip of the wand at the heart and say the mantra: "AmatoAnimoAnimatoAnimagus."

The mantra must be chanted the correct number of times, and no one should be missed.

If you are gifted and there were no mistakes in the previous steps, there will come a certain point after continuing to recite the mantra when the tip of the wand touches your chest and you will feel a second heartbeat, sometimes bigger than the original The heartbeat is strong and sometimes weak. Of course, even if you detect a second heartbeat, everything must remain the same until the storm comes.

The coming of the storm is all about luck, but there are wizards who have had too much luck—the storm came just the day after the bottle was placed.

It's a pity that the wizard only performed the sunrise spell once, and he hasn't felt a second heartbeat - the wizard detailed in Dumbledore's notes makes a good negative example .

He didn't feel a heartbeat and took the next step as the storm came, and when he was transformed, the wizard disappeared.

Yes, completely disappeared, his wizard robe, his accessories, his body, after a twist, did not turn into scales or hair, the wizard completely disappeared into the air, only one left A wand dropped to the ground.

When Dumbledore mentioned the wizard from the United States, he also emphasized that, as far as he knew, the wizard was a rather timid and hesitant person, and as a result, his life was ruined on the only recklessness in his life.

In addition, the wizard looks like someone who will turn into a ghost and return to the real world, but he doesn't, so the failure of Animagus' transformation may lead to the loss of the soul.

So, just like what Professor McGonagall said in the first lesson of the semester, stay in awe of Transfiguration.

When Sean repeatedly confirmed that the stone room had been completely sealed, he left the basement floor with confidence.

Walking up to the stairs to the ground, Sean suddenly saw a figure, it was a girl, wearing Nurmengard's fourth-grade uniform.

She has long chestnut-red hair, a few strands of highlights dyed blue on her forehead, and freckles on the sides of her face. It was obviously extremely cold weather, but she still had her uniform open, revealing her bulging black vest.

Sean's eyes sank all of a sudden, but he didn't speak, just looked at each other casually.

"What a coincidence, Student Wallup—" She greeted cheerfully, not recognizing birth at all, nor did the Nurmengard students feel hostile towards him.

"I thought I was the only one who dared to run out under Professor Grindelwald's order. I didn't expect you to be very courageous. Oh, you just went to the dungeon? What's in it?" She had a pair of weak sagging Eyes, but they sparkle when asked.

Did you happen to meet him... Sean didn't let his guard down. He is now in the stage of being persecuted and paranoid. He happened to complete the first step of Animagus himself. How did he meet this person...

However, it is indeed possible that she sneaked out...

He raised his eyelids calmly: "We know each other?"

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet, Patricia Del Lsier, a fourth grader." The other party looked very cool.

"Well, it's nice to meet you, but it's getting late, don't you go back?"

Patricia showed an unbelievable expression: "Didn't you hear what Professor Rozier said?"

I wasn't in the auditorium at the time, what could I hear...

Patricia looked enthusiastic: "Dangerous magical animals for research were transported to Nurmengard, so she told all the students to go back to rest - God, I didn't know when I first slipped out. Believe it, no one is curious? Is it just me?"

Then she looked like she met her confidant: "Hey, handsome guy, the guy who was sent must be in the dungeon, tell me what it was like?"

"Are you so curious?" Sean was speechless, the other party actually slipped out for this reason.

However, that was just an excuse for Grindelwald to help him empty the castle. He had just come up from the basement level, and there were no magical animals sent there at all.

"Aren't you curious? Your transfiguration class should be good, right?" Patricia looked incredulous. "Who doesn't know? The most dangerous magical creatures are the products of wizards' failure to transfiguration! How is it possible? Anyone not interested?!"

"Maybe we can find a new way to transform, not sure!" She added a "we" to herself.

"There is no 'us', only you, once again, it's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Delsier, the entrance to the dungeon is here, you can go in at any time - I'll go back first, bye." Sean didn't want to live longer Accident, after saying this sentence, he strode away directly.

"Oh, that's boring..." Patricia muttered as she stared at Sean's leaving voice.

She looked back at the entrance to the dungeon, with a fearful expression on her face, as if she had experienced something bad there.

"Ha... He must have seen something, but he doesn't want to tell me... But everyone else has learned the skills now, and no one wants to go down for me. It's really troublesome..." She muttered a few words to herself, hoping Thinking in the direction Sean left.

After a long time, she moved briskly.

"Sorry, Bach, I have to make a good relationship with your enemy~"

……Valley

When Sean returned to the common room, neither Hermione nor Daisy slept, both waiting for him to return.

"How?" Hermione stood up from her chair as soon as she saw his voice, looking more nervous than Sean.

"Ah..." Sean pretended to sigh.

"Oh...that's a pity, Sean," the girl sighed, and then comforted him, "but it's normal, isn't it? It takes a lot of luck to become an Animagus, and it also Can't hang you, you've done enough—wait."

Hermione reacted suddenly. She couldn't understand Sean's character any better. If it really failed, this guy would definitely not be what he is now——

She looked at Sean, and she saw the smile on the corner of the boy's mouth.

"Sean Wallup!"

"Well, I'm just kidding, luckily, the first step has been successful," Sean said.

Hermione glared at him angrily: "Then can't you just let us settle down first?!"

"Just to ease the tension - well, sorry." Sean raised his hands in a French military salute.

"Humph!" Hermione raised her nose, then pulled Daisy back and walked back, "I'm sleepy, go to bed!"

The little white flower who was pulled by her gave Sean a cheering gesture: "Sean, congratulations~ Hermione and I have been worrying about you - oh, Hermione, don't pinch my face~"

"Don't talk to him, go to sleep!"

Shawn shook his head in a laugh, Hermione said so, but there was no angry expression on her face.

He looked at the place where the two girls had just sat, where a dinner was placed, and there was a small glass jar next to it, with a blue bellflower flame inside, which was keeping the food next to it warm.

The dinner remained warm, apparently reserved for him by Hermione.

"Ha... Although the steak brought by Mr. Grindelwald is delicious, Hermione knows my recipe better--" He sat down and enjoyed a late-night snack after his exhaustion.

Sean slept soundly that night. Although he was accustomed to the leaves in his mouth, after getting rid of it, he still felt refreshed for a while, as if... it was like the rice grains sticking to the palate fell off while eating. .

This feeling is very comfortable.

By seven o'clock in the morning, Sean opened his eyes on time. Generally, sunrise in Austria is around 7:30 in the morning and sunset around 16 in the afternoon.

He simply washed and headed outside, and when the sun was creeping out of the horizon, Sean pointed his wand at his heart.

"Amado, Animo, Animado, Animagus. (AmatoAnimoAnimatoAnimagus

I don't know if it was the sun gradually spreading out or the magic power running in the air, Xiao En felt an extremely weak warmth pouring into his chest That warmth came and went quickly, when Xiao After En finished reciting the spell at a fixed number of times, the warmth gradually disappeared.

He looked up at the sky. The weather has been good recently, and it may take a while for the storm to come.

After a night, Hermione was apparently back to normal again, her thirst for knowledge came up again, and she kept whispering about Sean's feelings during breakfast.

Of course Sean didn't hide it. He described all his feelings in detail, and told Hermione and Daisy some points to pay attention to. After all, they were also practicing with Animagus.

Hermione wrote down all the points and situations that Sean described on the parchment, and also noted a lot of information from the book for reference.

Satisfied, she blew the ink on the parchment and asked, "Can you still go to that basement room? You put a potion there—and, yesterday, Professor Rozier said there are magical animals for research. was transported into the castle."

How am I supposed to explain that it was just a random excuse because Grindelwald was eccentric... Sean blinked.

"Well, it shouldn't matter, it's still possible to go there - anyway, we don't go anywhere else, and the potion is in the stone chamber, so it won't disturb."

"That's fine..."

In the afternoon class, when Sean was still thinking about finding an excuse to take time off and sneak out for a while, Rozier, the professor of Transfiguration, called his name.

"Mr. Wallup, Mr. Headmaster is looking for you."

After he went out, Professor Rozier handed over a note, handwritten by Grindelwald.

"If there is a class, I will ask for leave and make up my own reasons. The professors will not stop it."

Mr. Grindelwald is so considerate...