Chapter 121: Conversation with Luna

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Luna was a girl who looked very special, with pale skin, very faint eyebrows, and slightly protruding eyes; she appeared dazed, exuding a strange, ethereal aura.

Allen couldn't help but look at her a couple more times; seeing her pure gaze, Allen suddenly understood why he felt Luna was so special...

There was no discrimination or malice in the way Luna looked at him!

Allen had lived two lives, and especially during the two years in this world, he had seen all kinds of gazes; most of the time, people's looks at him carried various emotions like discrimination, disgust, fear, and contempt.

Because his talent made him seem like a freak, no one could view him with a normal mindset; even Harry, Ron, and Hermione carried strange emotions in their eyes when they first met him.

Just because he lived daily under such gazes, Allen learned to ignore them and live well, not taking them to heart, but it also allowed him to keenly distinguish the emotions in a person's eyes.

Just now, when Cho Chang shook his hand, because of his short stature, there was inevitably a hint of contempt in Cho's eyes; although very faint, Allen still caught it.

But from the moment he entered, Luna had been looking at him curiously; her eyes held pure curiosity and interest, with no other impurities present...

You have to remember, this was their first meeting! With Allen looking like this, for a normal person not to openly show disgust or surprise would already be very polite...

That is why he felt Luna was a very special girl; a girl with such eyes was either protected very well since childhood, or had experienced all kinds of life's hardships yet still loved life.

However, looking at Luna's transcendent aura, Allen felt the latter possibility was greater, but he couldn't imagine what kind of things an eleven-year-old girl had experienced to have such an aura and gaze...

At this moment, Allen suddenly felt Hermione behind him quietly poking him with her finger; he only then realized he was still holding Luna's small hand and wouldn't let go...

He released the hand somewhat awkwardly, and just as he was about to say something to ease his embarrassment, Luna spoke first.

"I know you! Allen Finis..." Luna said calmly.

The three people in the compartment looked at Luna strangely; you have to remember, addressing someone you've just met by their full name is somewhat impolite...

Allen didn't quite know how to answer; he thought Luna might have seen the report on the magical riot two years ago and remembered his name.

Luna, however, excitedly flipped out a notebook, turned to a certain page, and showed it to Allen, saying, "I learned about you through this report..."

Allen took a closer look, and his expression became even stranger, because the content of this report was about Allen improving the Lumos spell; at that time, Dumbledore had even sent him that issue of the Daily Prophet and circled this report in red pen, but this report was just in an inconspicuous middle column, and it was only a very short paragraph...

"How did you manage to collect this report? You have to know it was in a very inconspicuous corner at the time..." Allen said, organizing his words.

"Yes," Luna said, examining Allen with those misty, protruding eyes, "Wizards will ignore the significance of this matter, but there will always be someone who knows the significance of this matter; it has been 53 years!"

Cho Chang completely couldn't understand what they were talking about...

Allen looked at Luna speechlessly; his impression of Luna changed again; he didn't expect an eleven-year-old girl to be interested in such things...

"How did you become interested in these things?" Allen asked vaguely.

"If you had a mother who particularly loved doing magical experiments, you would also be interested in these things..." Luna said with a shrug.

Allen was even more surprised in his heart; he didn't expect to hear such an answer.

"Wow! I rarely hear of a wizard who likes doing magical experiments,

you have to know I also like doing magical experiments very much in my spare time; I hope to have the chance to meet your mother..." Allen said excitedly.

"Oh," Luna said calmly, "One day, one of her spells went terribly wrong; I was nine years old that year..."

Luna's tone was frank and flat...

These words made the three people in the carriage look at each other...

"I'm sorry!" Allen said softly after a long silence.

"Yes, it was truly particularly cruel at that time," Luna's tone remained calm, "I still feel very sad about it sometimes now, but I still have my father. And, it's not that I can never see my mother again, is it?"

Hermione wanted to open her mouth to say something, but nothing came out; everyone was immersed in Luna's words, and the compartment fell silent...

"Yes!" Allen suddenly said very confidently, flashing a brilliant smile at Luna.

Luna met his gaze and also showed a faint smile...

"Let's rest for a while; it will still be a long time before we reach Hogwarts..." Cho suddenly suggested.

This suggestion received everyone's agreement, so everyone ended the conversation and began to close their eyes and rest...

Allen used the Levitation Charm to place himself on the seat, rested his head against the window, closed his eyes, and recalled his conversation with Luna; suddenly, he felt the heavy block in his heart lighten a bit...

Without further words, they arrived at Hogwarts smoothly; Hagrid was still there to meet them, but Allen and Hermione still couldn't see Harry and Ron...

Just as the two of them wanted to find someone to ask again, Hagrid had already started urging them to board the carriages.

Allen stared fearfully at the horse-like creatures standing between the carriage shafts; they had no flesh on their bodies, their black hides tightly clinging to their skeletons, every bone clearly visible. Their heads were very much like dragon heads, with white eyes lacking pupils, staring unblinkingly. Wings grew from the hump between their shoulder blades—large, black, and tough wings that seemed like they should belong to giant bats. These creatures stood motionless, quietly in the increasingly thick night, appearing strange and ominous.

"What kind of magic is this? It can even make the carriage move automatically!" Hermione observed the carriage with great interest.

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"There is clearly a scary horse in front!" Allen whispered.

But Hermione still insisted she couldn't see anything, and Cho also said she couldn't see anything.

"These are Thestrals; only those who have seen death can see them; I can see them too..." Luna suddenly spoke up.

Everyone fell silent once more.

The carriage moved amidst everyone's silence...

Allen, however, fell into deep thought; he didn't know why he could see the Thestrals; he clearly had never seen death...

Could it be because I witnessed my own death? Allen suddenly had a realization, then he quickly cast this thought aside...

Looking at the Thestral tail swaying before his eyes, he suddenly felt a stir in his heart.

Isn't this ready-made magical material? Should I collect some Thestral hair for future transfiguration? Allen calculated in his mind.

However, looking at the Thestral's skin-and-bones appearance and ominous aura, he quickly dismissed this idea.

He suddenly realized his knowledge of magical creatures was so lacking; blindly transfiguring parts of magical creatures would inevitably cause trouble sooner or later!

Moreover, the Care of Magical Creatures course offered at Hogwarts couldn't satisfy his needs, because the Care of Magical Creatures class mainly taught the habits of magical creatures and methods for caring for them, whereas what he needed to understand was the body structure of magical creatures and the functions of each structure, and books like this on the market seemed to be very scarce...

Allen suddenly had an idea—he wanted to find an expert who could teach him knowledge in this area...