Chapter 404: Tip of the Iceberg

"If you are curious, I can briefly explain it," Snape followed up and changed the subject with a calm demeanor. "Blood Magic means using one's own blood as a casting material to strengthen the power of spells. For us, because we have such a concrete carrier as blood, we can pose a sufficient threat to Kamen Riders. This is the logic of the entire project."

"Ah yes, you mentioned before that Knight armor can only be immune to pure magic power. If actual substances are mixed in, he cannot completely ignore it," Harry echoed thoughtfully. "Then how is your progress now?"

"The amount of blood required for a single casting is too much, we are still improving it," Snape said calmly. "Because a wizard's fresh blood is worse than a vampire's nether blood, but the dosage must be more cautious. We are still constantly trying and exploring."

"Nether blood?" Harry curiously grasped this term he had never heard of.

"It's the blood on a vampire," Snape explained. "Their blood does not flow, so it presents a dull red-black color, so we tentatively call it nether blood."

"Do vampires also have blood? Then why do they still need to suck fresh blood?" Harry only then realized that he had never really understood vampires. All the courses and books told him that it was enough to remember that vampires are afraid of sunlight and garlic. There was no need to care about what habits, culture, or even whether they had thoughts.

"Next time you can have a good chat with Mia," Snape glanced at the clock on the wall. "But now I'm afraid I have other things to do."

Harry, who was kicked out of the Headmaster's office, returned to the pile of homework. He and Luo Nade were both a little restless, but they still tried to suppress their restless thoughts and barely managed to finish the homework that was not much to begin with.

When they finally breathed a sigh of relief, holding their books and preparing to leave the library to have dinner in the Great Hall, coincidentally, they ran into Hermione who was rushing over at the library entrance.

Luo Nade was stunned for a moment. He stared at her deeply with an unusually complex look. This gaze was so deep that Hermione slowed down her pace unconsciously and finally stopped in front of them.

"Luo Nade? Are you looking for me... for something?" she asked cautiously.

"Nothing special to say to you," Luo Nade said hesitantly. "I'm worried about other things."

"It's okay, Hermione, you go about your business," Harry smoothed things over, his hand pulling Luo Nade's clothes behind his back.

"Oh, oh, okay," Hermione shook her head, then walked straight into the library.

Harry could understand her. Hermione probably wouldn't have time to consider emotional problems this year. But he didn't quite understand Luo Nade. Since seeing the Mirror of Erised last time, Luo Nade's thinking had been stuck in a dead end.

Harry found it difficult to tell him that he had sought off-site assistance, fearing that this would make Luo Nade lose heart. So, he remembered the conversation with Snape earlier, found another reason, and changed his words: "By the way, I got an amazing piece of news from Snape..."

After confirming that interest was flashing in Luo Nade's eyes, Harry lowered his voice and whispered: "That Mia, she is a vampire, and the wine-red pupils are her true color."

"Ah!" Luo Nade widened his eyes in surprise. "Does Snape know about this? Oh yes, he should know, this is probably what he told you..."

"I'm planning to find an opportunity to talk to Mia privately," Harry's eyes wandered. "Maybe I can learn some information about the Moon Knight."

"Yes, vampire," Luo Nade nodded in deep agreement. "We really need this information."

Harry of course didn't count on learning about the Moon Knight from Mia alone. He met with Sirius again on Wednesday, because according to the reply, he had already contacted Greglio and had probably obtained some information.

"In some legends, the Moon Knight is a power belonging to the vampire royal family, but the vampire royal family has disappeared," in a conference room in Gilneas, Sirius told Harry and Lu Ping the information he had collected. "In fact, the reason the royal family disappeared is also because most ordinary vampires were unwilling to support them. Greglio told me privately that one of his ancestors participated in the revolutionary action to overthrow the royal family, and also participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Moon Knight—"

"Wait," Harry suddenly felt something was wrong. "An ancestor? When was that?"

"Hundreds of years ago, in the 1700s," Sirius said dismissively, then continued. "It was precisely because he knew the power of the Moon Knight that he had always been committed to finding a power capable of rivaling the Moon Knight."

"Then why did he have to be an enemy of the Moon Knight?" Lu Ping asked.

"Because he was hostile to, even hated the royal family. One very important point is that the royal family forbade vampires from associating with human wizards. Of course, the royal family also had some other corrupt and degenerate aspects, and the oppression of ordinary vampires was also countless, but this point was what Greglio hated the most."

"In the early years, some ancestors of the Hillber family tried to contact wizards. They naively thought that the Moon Knight was just a weapon for vampires to suppress their own people, and this set of armor had no advantage in front of a wizard's magic power... Of course, now it seems that even among the wizard community, it is very difficult for us to deal with the Moon Knight."

"Greglio believes that the current Moon Knight is likely not pure royal family, just a descendant of a branch. His royal bloodline should be impure, because according to records, the Moon Knight back then was black and red, and the armor style was much more ferocious. However, although the bloodline might not be pure enough, his thinking might be relatively old-fashioned."

"Greglio guessed that the disappearance of the Moon Knight was not because it was lost with the demise of the royal family, but was sealed by a branch family of the royal family that did not agree with the royal family's philosophy. Precisely because of the special significance of the Moon Knight, for families who do not want vampires to be ruled by the royal family again, they will absolutely not use the Moon Knight belt, because once this power is used, it means the return of the royal family—no matter what the user's original intention is, after all, the Moon Knight has been a symbol of vampire royal power for hundreds of years."

"And the current Moon Knight, since he chose to pick up the Moon Knight belt again, I am afraid it also means that he is prepared to re-establish rule as a royal family. As for why he wants to go to Hogwarts first, Greglio has three guesses. One is that he learned from records that there is some weapon, or treasure, etc., hidden in Hogwarts, so he must want to get it; the second is that he has no confidence to suppress all opposition forces, so he is prepared to lie low first to improve his strength, and Hogwarts not only has a large amount of wizard knowledge, but also has Kamen Riders who can spar with the Moon Knight; the third possibility might be more outrageous, which is that he suspects that Hogwarts has one of his enemies. This hatred is so deep that he would rather not be in a hurry to restore the country, but must complete the revenge first—or it may not necessarily be an enemy, it is a lover? Or some promise? In short, it is some matter more important than restoring the country, but Greglio can only think of hatred." After saying all this, Sirius leaned back on the back of the chair, quietly waiting for Harry and Lu Ping to digest all this.

"Since there is a direction, it should be easy for us to test the true purpose of the Moon Knight," Lu Ping said, rubbing his chin. "Of course, from Harry's recollection, I think the possibility of the second reason is the highest. Then regarding this point, we can start preparing to set a trap..."

"I'm a little worried," Harry didn't agree, but shook his head. "I don't think Greglio's rhetoric can be fully trusted, because there is a very important doubt, which is that according to his story, the Moon Knight appeared a long time ago. But Zhang Qiu said that the Knight System was invented by her master's uncle. Even if she used the statement of many years ago, I think it shouldn't be hundreds of years ago... I'll go verify it first."

What made Harry feel even more uneasy was that when Greglio put forward the third conjecture, he felt that this was hinting at Mia. Everything this year made Harry feel like he had returned to the first grade. Therefore, if there was really any love-hate relationship between the current Moon Knight and Mia, then he was even more suspicious of whether this was arranged by someone, some kind of hero role-playing game... Although Harry didn't object, it was one thing to cooperate with them to train Luo Nade, and another thing for Harry himself to want to know the truth. He believed he had this right.

With this complex mood, Harry returned to school. Zhang Qiu was also very surprised after hearing Greglio's story. She couldn't wait to spread out the letter paper and start writing a letter. This made Harry feel a little better. At least Zhang Qiu didn't hide it from him. She didn't know more than he did.

Not waiting for Saturday, on Friday night, when Harry was preparing to start training with the team, he saw Mia in the stands of the stadium. Rather than training restlessly, he thought, it would be better to solve the Moon Knight matter first.

"Luo Nade, you take them to practice the formation and positioning simply, I'll go talk to Mia," Harry said.

"I'll go too, is that okay?" Luo Nade looked even more restless.

"Then—" Harry hesitated for a moment, it seemed there was no need to refuse. "Jin Ni, you come to organize the training."

They came to the stands, and then walked to a relatively remote corner with Mia. Harry originally wanted to use Transfiguration to turn out a few chairs, but Mia sat on the grass naturally.

"Severus told me that you are very interested in nether blood?"

The topic she used to break the ice would probably bore Luo Nade to sleep, Harry thought with some amusement. ===== CHAPTER 405 =====