Chapter 480: Lu Na

By the way, a small earthquake could also be a kind of magic?

Jia Siting suddenly thought.

In the early days, wizards who used ancient runes could accomplish many incredible feats. For example: Jia Siting found that in the 1379 Duel Championship, there were wizards who used similar "weather magic" for dueling—which is the source of the well-known Mountain-Moving Curse.

The contestants in this competition were evaluated as having "almost unprecedented high-level skills and dueling levels."

It was written: The second wizard began to face the third wizard, he conjured 【huge storm clouds】 in the sky, letting his opponent be drenched in cold rain, and also having to constantly dodge the striking lightning.

The third wizard came up with a plan, conjuring a 【powerful whirlwind】, which not only blew away the storm, but also blew away the judges, most of the audience, and several trees.

The magic here possesses powerful influence, just like the material transformation Jia Siting is learning.

Jia Siting needs to follow Professor Marcus Marcus Maige to learn ancient runes and conduct long-term preparation to release such Transfiguration.

Although such Transfiguration was evaluated by Professor Marcus Marcus Maige as: "Flashy magic."

But for Jia Siting, it will provide powerful assistance when he confronts the Basilisk.

If Jia Siting could really lift a mountain and smash it on the Basilisk's head, then a big difficulty in developing Basilisk cookies would be solved.

In such planning, the summer vacation passed quietly.

During this period, the Fairy Tale Workshop officially announced the launch of the "Three-Headed Dog" series, and this news once again ignited the enthusiasm of wizards. Shop 77 Diagon Alley, a shop that only a very few people had entered, was almost becoming a legend.

Reporters from "Witch Weekly" crouched here every day, eager to take earth-shattering photos, but always returned empty-handed—except for the day of business, this shop seemed to be "dead".

September 1st.

Young wizards all had to go to King's Cross Station and board a train called the Hogwarts Express.

Leaving home does make people feel sad and uneasy, but as soon as they think of their friends on the train, the young wizards' complexions improve very quickly.

This should have been something young wizards would do every September 1st, but today there was an exception.

"Do I have to go too, Hagrid?"

Jia Siting followed Hagrid, the two walking out of the castle one after the other.

Jia Siting had been researching the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets recently, and his memory of this was slightly blurred, only remembering Moaning Myrtle and the girls' bathroom.

Regarding its true entrance, Jia Siting only had some speculations, which was also one of the most important things Jia Siting had to do after school started.

"Why not? You haven't ridden a Thestral carriage yet—believe me, that's a wonderful feeling—"

Hagrid said loudly, and took Jia Siting down the slope outside the castle, toward the Forbidden Forest. To be precise, toward the Thestrals.

They had to lead the Thestrals to Hogsmeade Station to pick up the young wizards above the first year and return to the castle.

After all, first-year freshmen can row small boats, and wizards in the second year and above can't swim over, right?

……

The sky had already darkened, and the sun was hanging on the treetops like an orange.

Hogsmeade Station became lively. Not far away, the train slowed down slowly. Jia Siting, Xiang Hemin, and Neville heard a chaotic noise all around, everyone was busy gathering their luggage and pets together, preparing to get off.

They walked out of the compartment with heavy steps, merged into the flow of people in the aisle, and felt the stinging pain of the night air blowing on their faces for a long time. They moved slowly toward the door, at which point they could smell the fresh fragrance of the pine trees on both sides of the path leading to the lake.

After getting off the train and arriving at the platform, looking around, they began to prick up their ears to find that familiar voice:

"First-year freshmen come here... first-year freshmen..."

This voice was too familiar, and very strange; they looked closely and saw that it was a young wizard gathering the freshmen.

"Jia Siting?"

Xiang Hemin was stunned; did Hogwarts really hand Hagrid's job to Jia Siting?

He was only in the... second year!

When Xiang Hemin was stunned, Jia Siting and Neville were already helping to guide the freshmen who were running around blindly.

With great difficulty, they gathered the freshmen together, and only then did Xiang Hemin have time to ask:

"Where is Hagrid, Jia Siting? Why are you here?"

Xiang Hemin frowned.

"Lost a Thestral, Hagrid went to find it, he'll be back soon."

Jia Siting replied calmly; when Hagrid was with him, the half-giant would become somewhat unreliable; he even came up with the good idea of letting Jia Siting lead ten Thestrals by himself.

Completely forgetting that Jia Siting was just a young wizard.

"Thestral, is that... forget it, now is not the time to talk about this, have you seen Harry and Luo En? We haven't found them on the train, did they return to school early?"

Xiang Hemin asked.

At this time, Jia Siting and Neville both raised their heads, waiting for Jia Siting's answer.

Jia Siting probably guessed what would happen, he said "It will be fine" softly, and Xiang Hemin breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Oh, then we, I mean, how do we get back to the castle?"

Xiang Hemin looked curiously around the shafts, where about a hundred carriages without horses were parked.

"Don't worry."

When Jia Siting spoke, a completely strange voice came from in front of them, a female voice that sounded like singing:

"You use Thestrals to pull carriages?"

Before everyone could react, the voice was closer:

That was a "strange" witch.

She had a messy, dirty, waist-length golden-yellow hair, her eyebrows were very light in color, and her two eyes protruded outward, which made her always have a surprised expression.

This girl clearly had a crazy vibe about her. This might be because she, just in case, actually stuck her wand behind her left ear; or because she actually wore a necklace made of butterbeer corks; or because she actually held her magazine upside down while reading it.

"Nice to meet you, can you see Thestrals too? Seems not... only you and I can see them."

Lu Na looked at them from the upside-down magazine; the name of that magazine was "The Quibbler". She didn't seem to need to blink often like ordinary people, just kept staring at Jia Siting.

"Hmm."

Jia Siting responded.

"She's a bit strange."

Xiang Hemin stared at Lu Na's eyes and said.

"Maybe?"

Jia Siting didn't care, he echoed gently.

"Just like Thestrals, people used to think there were no such things as Nargles and Wrackspurts in the world, can you believe it?"

Her thoughts jumped fast; she seemed to have heard Xiang Hemin's words, and she raised her voice slightly.

"There really are no such things as Nargles and Wrackspurts in the world."

Xiang Hemin felt annoyed, especially when seeing Jia Siting thinking seriously like an idiot.