[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring":3,"chapter-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-109":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting at Hogwarts, Logging into Elden Ring",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1496283,1944,"Chapter 109: The Avatar Vanishes; Arthur’s Metamorphosis","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-109",109,"\u003Cp>Arthur asked the System first. The answer: the plan would work—after all, the avatar's power was his to begin with. But the double had already hit its ceiling; fully reclaiming it would take years, and once he started he couldn't stop or be interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Zen Garden, that wasn't really a problem. Worst case, he'd step out of seclusion and be… a legal adult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night he notified the Grangers and Snape that he'd be \"away\" for a while, and had Severus arrange a month-long leave. Since the Erdtree had fused with Rykard's Great Rune, the Garden's time dilation topped eighty-fold—a few years inside would be just under a month outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tree's latest dew—heal-on-kill—was useless to him. When you could mint Life Stones, who needed a vampiric trinket? And where was he supposed to find that many enemies to farm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back to the point. After tying up loose ends, Arthur carved out an isolated pocket inside the Garden. He summoned the avatar and pressed a magic crystal into its heart. Power streamed into the crystal. The \"older him\" began to flake away into motes of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does this count as me killing… me?\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook the thought off and swallowed the crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the crystal as a buffer, the energy was gentle, a warm tide spreading from his core into every limb and bone. Winter sun on a drowsy afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyelids got heavy. He lay down. The last thought before the dark took him was: No wonder the System said 'do not disturb'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Arthur woke again, he could feel the difference—like stepping into a room and realizing the air was made of magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind felt ten, twenty, thirty times louder. One stray thought skimmed across the entire Zen Garden like a pebble over water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flicked his wrist and summoned a full-length mirror—don't ask why his inventory had so many random things; collector's itch was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the glass, his already fair skin looked like flawless jade; his features had sharpened into something almost unfair. Not the soft beauty of a girl, but the bright, clean force of a boy king. He'd grown his hair out while sleeping; the long, inky fall made him look even more heroic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thing felt off, though—his height. He eyeballed it. Barely a few centimeters taller than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"System, this your idea of 'slept for years'?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes, Host. You have been asleep for over five years.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Then what's with the height?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Open your status.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Host: Arthur (Qi\u002FGranger)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talents: Extraordinary Aptitude, Twelve Trials]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Realm: Demigod]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Known Magic: Glintstone Pebble, Glintstone Arc, Rock Sling, Comet Azur, Transfiguration, Apparition…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current Game: Elden Ring]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mini-Games: PVZ 95, 20 Minutes Till Dawn]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Materializations: 2]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Inventory: +15 Yew Wand, Dark Moon Greatsword (Ranni), Lusat's Staff, Meteorite Staff, Zen Garden Key…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The external avatar talent was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, his numeric stats were gone—replaced by a single word: Demigod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[At Demigod level, lifespans are long. A few years is a nap.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your small height gain came from the fusion itself.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur blinked. Come to think of it, Ranni hadn't looked taller all year either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold on—doesn't that mean I'll be the shortest in class in a few years?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You can accelerate your growth by absorbing energy.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…That sounds suspiciously Erdtree.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It is. Note your magic crystal is gone?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He probed inward—no crystal. He should've had an empty shell left over, reusable. This one had been the same crystal that once sipped Rykard's life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[While reclaiming your avatar, you accidentally absorbed the crystal and gained Erdtree traits.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah. That tracks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His crystals were rooted in Erdtree material. With a dash of divine tree and a full tank from the avatar, he'd vaulted into Demigod. Since the double had been hard-capped, the merged Arthur now outstripped even Ranni by a margin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur stretched and left the pocket space. \"Time to head out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd slept five-plus years—in the world outside, just twenty-odd days. For long-lived folks, time really was the cheapest thing there was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped outside Ranni's room. Before he could knock, the door swung open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fresh demigod or not, he hadn't learned to entirely mask his presence. Ranni had felt the familiar signature from afar—only stronger, threaded with traits that belonged to gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her first thought: He's back. Her second: He grew again. The man she called king never ran out of secrets; he was a night sky of hanging stars, each one begging to be chased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened the door and froze—just a beat—at his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the seasoned immortal returned, and she stepped forward and hugged him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome back, my king.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranni's link to this world ran through Arthur; once he'd gone into seclusion, she'd barely bothered to manifest outside, preferring to haunt the Garden and wait. Now that he stood here, she was—rarely—thrilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur didn't quite feel the same passage of time—five years had been one long sleep—but he didn't spoil the moment. He wrapped her in and murmured, \"I'm home, little princess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stood like that until Rya broke the quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rya had missed him too, but she had friends: Mrs. Norris the cat and Claudia the unicorn. With two high-wit beasts in the Garden, she had daily tea parties and gossip sessions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She bounced back into the courtyard, looked up—and pounced, lizard-form, onto Arthur's shoulder—her favorite perch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Arthur, you're back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She peered up, tail swishing. \"And you seem even handsomer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur laughed. Whatever burdens she'd carried in her old world, she'd shed them here; she was simple, bright, and it was contagious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on. Let's go say hi to the others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took Ranni and Rya out of the Zen Garden. Before seclusion he'd anchored the Garden to Hermione, so emerging landed him right at her side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It happened to be Dueling Club hour; half the school was packed into the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cousin!\" Hermione cried, turning—and then she saw him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her brain shorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shout drew every head in the room. Then everyone's brain shorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beautiful face, that faint smile, the unintended aura of a demigod—he was a walking AOE charm. Students swayed. Jaws dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn't had that reaction to Ranni; she was cold to strangers, and she'd learned to mask her presence. Arthur hadn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred boys stared too, which made Arthur's skin prickle. Note to self: haircut. Keep this up and he'd start bending orientations by accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the time. He flicked a Disillusionment Charm over himself, grabbed Hermione's wrist with one hand and Ranni's with the other, and slipped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape and Lockhart exchanged a glance. Student (…boss) privileges, then. Fine. They cast a pair of Sonorus to shut the hall up and resumed order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the castle, Hermione finally rebooted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cousin, you look… um… pretty?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur sighed, amused, and pinched her cheek. \"Isn't the headline that I'm back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She flushed. What could she do—her cousin had walked out of the Garden looking like a myth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry. How did closing up make you that good-looking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Short version? My realm rose, my body optimized.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione's eyes sparkled. \"Can I… do that too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nope. Mine was a chain of accidents.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sagged—adorably. Arthur reached into his coat and pulled out a necklace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then maybe this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione's gaze locked on the red gem. She'd seen one exactly like it at Snape's house a month ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Philosopher's Stone necklace?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhmm.\" He looped it around her neck himself. \"Wear it always. It'll strengthen you—and keep your skin glowy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second half worked like a charm. Hermione tucked it inside her blouse, patted it down securely—and then hugged him and planted a kiss on his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't let go for a long time. Long enough that Arthur suspected deliberate thievery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranni's stare finally made Hermione pop off like a guilty cat. \"Thank you, Cousin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur mussed her hair with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranni sidled up, fingers finding Arthur's free hand; jealousy wasn't a look she wore often, but she wore it well. He blinked, then laughed, freeing his hand only to ruffle her hair too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on,\" he said, wrapping an arm around each of them and steering toward the Black Lake. \"I'm in a great mood. 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