Chapter 408: Mirror Disappears

Time slipped away slowly, delicious desserts and casual topics were gradually enjoyed, children began to say goodbye one by one with satisfied smiles, while Harry stayed behind. Ma Erfu saw the seriousness hidden in his eyes, so his smile began to become stiff.

"What's the matter, Harry?" When there were only three people left in the room, Ma Erfu spoke hesitantly.

"Not a big deal," Harry's mentality was still relatively relaxed. "I hope you can make an appointment with Luo Nade to spar, exchange ideas, and make progress together."

"Me and Luo Nade?" Ma Erfu's face looked bad. "Do you think I can beat him?"

"Do you think you can't beat him?" Harry frowned. Why did they all have the problem of lack of confidence?

"It's like this, he brings a sword as soon as he transforms," Ma Erfu said distressedly. "But I am empty-handed."

"But if Luo Nade is allowed to spar with you empty-handed, it won't be of much help to his strength..." Harry pondered. "Maybe a better way is to help you find a precious sword too."

"I actually, after seeing Luo Nade before, wrote a letter to ask the mysterious person who provided me with the Knight System," Ma Erfu said stammeringly. "He told me that Croz has a weapon, which is also a precious sword, but it requires me to concentrate to give it shape... a bit like Transfiguration, but it must be used after transformation."

"Honestly, this technique is quite difficult. I haven't learned it yet, emotional explosion, magic flow, etc." After Ma Erfu frankly admitted his shortcomings, his tone began to become natural. "Why don't we talk about sparring after I master this move?"

Harry rubbed his eyebrows. He could be considered to have understood Ma Erfu's mental journey a little bit. During this period of time, he seemed very well-behaved, so well-behaved that he almost forgot that he still had a belt. The main reason was that he knew he couldn't beat Luo Nade, so he had to bury his head in hard practice while trying to lower his presence, thinking that he should be lucky not to let Harry remember him, so as to avoid being beaten up by Luo Nade in the name of sparring.

"Or, Harry," Pan Xi said softly. "Are you willing to share some techniques and provide some help to Ma Erfu?"

This question made Harry stuck. After hesitating for a long time, he finally sighed.

"Since you are so frank, I won't be mysterious either," Harry put his hands together, leaned forward, and said in a very sincere and relieved tone. "To tell you the truth, I haven't found a way to transform yet."

"Sigh, sure enough you still don't want to say—" Ma Erfu also sighed. "Clearly having reached such a high danger level, but still secretive, is it because your knight form is inconvenient to say?"

"What do you mean by such a high danger level?" Harry himself was confused.

"The Bludger you hit," Ma Erfu spread his hands. "Being able to exert power close to the knight form without transformation, this is definitely a performance with a danger level exceeding 5. I was wondering if you have a bottle that has evolved into a full bottle."

"No, no, that was an accident," Harry explained helplessly. "Didn't Madam Hooch say it, it was just an ordinary magic riot, there have been precedents in Quidditch history—"

"But the hitter in history has been training the hitting force in large quantities, and you just transformed this year," Ma Erfu said with a puzzled face. "We insiders don't lie to insiders, Harry, I can't figure out why you must deny your knight power."

"It doesn't matter, Harry must have his reasons," Pan Xi stopped Ma Erfu who seemed to be getting anxious. "Perhaps he is worried that he is too strong, so he won't be able to play the role of training Luo Nade."

Harry really didn't know how to describe this pair in front of him. They could always interpret Harry's behavior from an abnormal angle, and always misinterpret his sincere words as having ulterior motives. Perhaps it was because they were accustomed to not telling the truth? This was probably what Zhang Qiu called "measuring a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart"!

"Or, how about," Ma Erfu said cautiously. "Why don't you just share how you hit that ball?"

"To be honest, I'm not very clear myself," Harry instinctively wanted to deny, but suddenly he realized that this topic might be of some help to how he broke through Occlumency and completed transformation, so he turned the topic back. "Just recalling, there was a very firm feeling at that time. I said to myself, this ball must be hit well."

"Actually, even if it wasn't hit well, at most it would lose a game, and it might not even lose," Harry kept recalling. "But at that moment, I just felt, I must do it."

"Could it be a sense of responsibility, a sense of belief?" Pan Xi summarized. "You feel that you are the key person who turns the tide, and it must be achieved by you. It seems that this kind of thing is quite common for you, so it has become a habit?"

Harry nodded slightly. He had been experiencing these since entering the wizarding world, and this seemed to be exactly what Ma Erfu and even Luo Nade lacked.

"Anything else?" Ma Erfu looked at him with burning eyes. "You really hit it, or rather, what was the feeling the moment before hitting the ball?"

"As for the feeling, it was quite strange at the time. It seemed that the whole body was very relaxed, and then it seemed that all the strength of the whole body was concentrated on the right hand. That's about it," Harry tried hard to recall.

"Could it be a flow of magic power..." Ma Erfu pondered.

"But I think the first part of the impression is more important," Harry adjusted his sitting posture. "Do you have this kind of thought, that is, at a certain moment, you must do something to protect something you don't want to give up no matter what?"

Or is it that the hypocritical and selfish young master Ma Erfu has never had such a thing? This was the second half of the sentence Harry didn't say.

Sure enough, this question successfully stumped Ma Erfu. He fell into bitter thinking, while Harry just looked at him with a half-smile.

"Okay, I'll go back and practice well. I feel I already have a clue," after a short silence, Ma Erfu seemed to react, and hurriedly brought out scene words to protect himself. "It should have an effect soon. Once I master the technique of taking out the sword, I will definitely tell you immediately. At that time, we will make an appointment for sparring."

It seems the conversation ended here. Harry left a polite farewell and began to walk toward his dormitory.

At the beginning of the journey, Harry naturally followed the previous topic to reflect on why he couldn't acquire the transformation ability, but soon he thought of another thing, which was the consideration of Zhang Qiu and the Tianchao people.

From the rational, Tianchao think-tank perspective, if they need to cultivate the strongest knight for Britain, then Luo Nade, who is simple-minded and impulsive, and has a foundation in swordsmanship and has received corresponding training, is undoubtedly the best candidate. And from Zhang Qiu or Harry's selfishness, they also hope to see Luo Nade achieve something and not appear to be behind in everything. They all still remember that the sentence that made Luo Nade truly turn love into hate for Elena was 'You only rely on your Minister father or Savior friend'. Luo Nade is very eager to prove himself in a certain field, and the current Kamen Rider is the field where Luo Nade can prove himself.

Therefore, from this perspective, Harry felt that he didn't need to and shouldn't perform too well in the matter of knight transformation. Obviously Zhang Qiu thought so too. After all, she only brought one belt when she came for the first time.

After returning to the dormitory, seeing Luo Nade who was pillowing his hands and staring at the ceiling in a daze, Harry planned to try to adjust his mentality again.

"Ma Erfu is afraid of fighting. He said he wants to practice again, it's really funny," Harry patted him relaxedly. "What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing, I just feel a bit empty," Luo Nade muttered. "The mirror is gone."

"Mirror? Are you talking about the Mirror of Erised?" Harry was stunned for a moment. "Who took it away? Snape? Why would he do this?"

"Who knows, sigh," Luo Nade sighed. "Neville said, if what you see in the Mirror of Erised is your goal, then you should put down the mirror and strive to achieve it."

"Seems to make sense," Harry subconsciously turned his head. He noticed that Neville was sitting on the bed at the moment, holding a book.

"Grandma once said that some things must be protected even if you are an enemy of the whole world," Neville said lightly. "Anyone who can be called a hero can see those things in the mirror."

"Ah ah," Harry felt that Neville's mentality was also a bit wrong. "Then did you two just go to see the mirror?"

"That's right, but actually on the way there, I already had the answer in my heart," Neville closed the book in his hand and sat straight. "Perhaps this is the reason why Snape took away the mirror. Since I crave an answer, I should face that answer directly—I want to go to the Department of Mysteries."

Harry's focus suddenly shifted to Neville. "Then how do you plan to go?"

"This is what I want to ask you for help with," Neville said sincerely. "Whether it's using the TARDIS, finding staff, or even sneaking in, I definitely want to go and see, to see if the last thing Deng Buliduo wanted to tell me is as I thought."

"The TARDIS has been returned, Tonks doesn't seem to want to be a doctor yet," Harry glanced guiltily at the jumping pot on top of the cabinet. "As for sneaking in, that's probably a bit dangerous."

"Perhaps this matter can be found by Donna... or I will find Snape directly," Harry swallowed a mouthful of saliva. "He shouldn't refuse?"

"I've looked for him once. But if it's for your sake, maybe he will loosen his mouth," Neville nodded. "Trouble you, thank you very much."

"Okay," Harry nodded. That beetle pin had almost become a heart disease for Neville. Before, the situation was tense and he didn't dare to act rashly. Now that it was mentioned, he made up his mind to solve this matter.

This seemed to have played a little encouragement for Luo Nade, and his expression became less dull. ===== CHAPTER 409 =====