Chapter 424: Confusion

Fate... the experience of obtaining the Sorcerer's Stone... the first Knight... the meaning of power... the plan to cultivate Luo En...

If there hadn't been that big explosion, what would I be doing at this moment? I must be racking my brains trying to defeat Voldemort. Then if the Knight system still appeared, I should be the one to fight...

So, could it be that the Celestial Empire people are not of one mind with us? Is it possible that the real reason they are vigorously cultivating Luo En is that they are afraid of Harry Potter becoming a Knight? Yes, Luo En's experience shows that the more determined one is after being suppressed to the extreme, the more powerful the Knight can be. Then, is my learning Occlumency actually a help?

"Not mate, you are holding the energy bottle and looking at it again," Luo En interrupted Harry's deep thought. "I don't want to listen anymore," Luo En turned over, with his back to Harry. "I know I've been troubled by Hermione's affairs recently, and I also know this is wrong, although I might not necessarily find a way to overcome it—but I decided to at least start by no longer paying attention."

"Fate, well," Harry sighed. "Why did fate choose me and not him? Although it was Voldemort's choice, isn't his random choice also a manifestation of fate?"

"Then if Voldemort had chosen Neville, he would also be asking this question now," Luo En spread his hands very calmly. "He always has to pick one, doesn't he?"

"Could it be related to Peverell?" Harry didn't care about Luo En's opening. "What is the relationship between Death and Fate? Zhang Qiu has always said that Death, Fate, and Time are a trinity, but judging from various signs, it always feels like he seems to have his own consciousness."

"Speaking of time, Neville also has his specialness," Luo En said. "He can develop Hyper-Time, traveling through time with his own power. Then, conversely, if Voldemort chose him, he would also be mumbling, ah why is it me and not Harry, is it related to my talent in this aspect, or is it because Voldemort chose me that fate bestowed this talent upon me, oh, that would also be a headache."

Harry put away his thoughts for the time being and smiled at him. Luo En's mentality had become very transparent, so he could skillfully control Elemental Dragon, while he himself, clearly having the idea of re-transforming to fight, couldn't even regain the power of Number One.

"Let's go, no class in the afternoon, go to Hogsmeade to drink something," Harry tried hard to throw the thousands of thoughts behind his head. He also knew that his current state was wrong. Although there were countless ideas in his mind, there was only one emotion, which was confusion.

When they walked out of the dormitory and were about to leave the common room, they saw Hermione who had just returned from outside. Her state didn't look good. Her eyebrows were full of fatigue, and hidden behind the fatigue was another kind of strange confusion.

"Harry," inexplicably, Hermione spoke up. "Can you..."

"We are going to the Three Broomsticks, do you want to come together?" Harry didn't actually know what Hermione was worried about, but he really wanted to see how the transparent Luo En would deal with her at this moment.

"Alright, thank you," Hermione said hurriedly. "I'll put the book back in the dormitory, please wait for me for a few minutes."

"Ah, what is she worried about?" Luo En asked with pure curiosity.

"Perhaps she is worried about Alan stealing the diadem," Harry looked at her departing back. "Or, is she worried about not being able to use OOO?"

"Eh, Knight," Luo En sighed. "If you can't firm up the reason for battle, you can't use this power."

"Yes," Hermione had already walked out of her dormitory. She clearly heard Luo En's words. "I originally wanted to obtain the Knight's power because Elena asked me to. In case the experiment fails and she loses her mind and starts harming innocent people, she hopes I can stop her with my own hands. However, how could I hope for her to fail?"

"So, you know that once you use OOO's power, it means you have to face the terrible situation of Elena failing, and you start to reject OOO," Luo En commented. "You don't have to worry too much about this. If it really comes to a point where things can't be done, you will definitely be able to transform successfully, and even take advantage of the situation to control the Pteranodon form."

Harry considered even more. He felt that this dilemma was also carefully designed by Tang Tang Nade. He hoped Hermione would understand Masked Riders, but he might not necessarily hope Hermione would master Knight power.

It's just that, Harry vaguely guessed from the lines that one of the reasons Elena chose to participate in the Herrscher Project was that she hoped to rely on power to get rid of Tang Tang Nade's control. So if Hermione could truly unlock OOO's power, this would definitely be beneficial and harmless to her.

"Actually, Luo En doesn't have only one reason for battle," Harry added. "If you have something you want to protect, or some philosophy you must practice, no matter what it is, as long as you firm up the mood to fight for it, you can use the Knight system to achieve it. In the final analysis, this is just another kind of profound magic. I believe it's not hard for you to learn."

"I have almost nothing in the wizarding world, which is to say, I have nothing that must be protected," Hermione shook her head. "To say what philosophy must be practiced, actually there is none. I feel like I am... living without purpose."

"Aren't you applying for Miskatonic?" Harry looked at her in surprise. "How come you started saying things like 'living without purpose'?"

"After Miskatonic?" Hermione asked, as if asking herself. "I once wanted to help house-elves, but they don't seem to need my help—I feel I should go help African children, but that seems to be a wasted trip to the wizarding world..."

"I think these questions can be thought about slowly after you get into Miskatonic," Luo En shrugged. "We can just do things that are within reach."

"Then why study at all? Why pursue power?" Hermione countered. "Isn't it because we harbor the idea of changing the world that we strive to make our reach longer?"

"Then you are greater than us," Harry said sincerely. "I just want to start from Britain."

"Let's go in and drink something," seeing the topic start to become stiff, and they happened to walk near the Three Broomsticks, Hermione chose to interrupt this discussion.

"By the way, when Alan left, did he say anything to you?" After the butterbeer was on the table, Luo En was the first to open another topic.

"No, didn't say anything," Hermione sighed. "You suspect he stole the diadem, right?"

"Shh!" Harry looked around vigilantly. He noticed several figures wearing hoods and unable to see their faces. "Almost no one knows the diadem was stolen now, why do you know? Did Snape tell you?"

"That's right," Hermione cooperated very well and lowered her voice. "He asked me repeatedly about everything about Alan, but he discussed OOO the most with me. The only thing worth paying attention to in this might be that he said, a partner's silent departure can also strengthen OOO's power."

"Ah? Can Knight power still be improved by this kind of experience?" Harry felt this was a thing worth paying attention to.

"Yes, because this is one of the legendary Knights of the past. If one can empathize with the previous Knight through the same experience, then the emotions he left in the energy bottle can resonate with us, thereby exerting more powerful strength," Hermione said seriously. "This is what Alan said, and indeed, if I use the method of throwing energy bottles to help him transform, his strength has increased."

"But, Zhang Qiu told me very clearly that the belt used by the previous Knight is different from ours," Harry refuted. "When Xuanjun first made the Knight system, various transformation props were varied, and this time it was standardized by his junior brother, adopting the form of energy bottles. So, even if there is any previous Knight emotion residue, it won't appear in the energy bottles in our hands."

"You mean, Alan is lying? But, why would he lie about this kind of thing?" Hermione wasn't angry, just simply puzzled.

"Or, energy bottles are always extracted from some physical objects, right? If these so-called legendary Knights are extracted from the previous Knight's transformation props, doesn't this match up?" Luo En proposed a new angle. Harry quickly remembered Lu Na's attitude of being secretive about extracts, and he felt it was reasonable to explain it this way.

"That's true, it's just a pity, Saber is not a legendary Knight of the past, this method doesn't work for you." Harry felt a bit regretful.

"I actually think it's better this way," Luo En said confidently. "No need to care about the experiences of predecessors, Saber's legend is written directly by me."

"I also think there is no need to dwell on this kind of thing," Hermione nodded. "And I don't know the story of OOO before, even if I want to imitate, I don't know where to start."

"Then, this new information actually provides us with a train of thought," Harry touched his chin and said. "It is known that Moon Knight is stronger than basic Saber, and he doesn't seem to have any extra prop bonuses, so the reason he is stronger than basic Saber is that he did some things that fit the previous Moon Knight's experience, and the previous Moon Knight was the Vampire King—"

"Good train of thought!" Hermione exclaimed. "According to this, the current Vampire King Gregoriou has a great suspicion."

"But according to what you said, the vampire has a good relationship with Snape, why would he come to invade Hogwarts again and again?" Luo En asked the soul question.

"That's true..." Hermione was silent for a moment. Then, she also realized that this question had no good train of thought for the time being, so to ease the embarrassment, she changed the topic again.

"By the way, Harry," she said. "Actually, I wanted to ask a long time ago, why do you call yourself the Half-Blood Prince?" ===== CHAPTER 425 =====