Chapter 47: Uncle and Nephew

"Too amazing, Neville." After returning to the dormitory, Harry said, "Is it that Rise Time spell again?"

"That's right." Neville's voice sounded listless. "Similar to a mind-acceleration spell, it can allow me to burst out super speed in an instant, as if time has stopped, and calmly defeat the opponent. But after using it, it will put a great burden on the body and soul."

"Unique spell? Really amazing!" Luo En said. "However, even without this spell, your performance was very outstanding."

"Because my tutor trained me." Neville said seriously. "I have undergone special training at home, and I am already familiar with the trajectory of the Killing Curse."

"Your tutor is really a magical person." Harry said, "I encountered a Death Eater conspiracy last summer, otherwise I would have had a chance to see him."

Neville nodded noncommittally, and then climbed onto the bed. He was really tired and fell asleep after a while.

"What time is it." Luo En glanced at the wall clock. "It's not even eight o'clock yet."

"It seems the price of this spell is not light." Harry said. "Let him rest, let's go to the library."

"Alright." Luo En agreed, which was a rare thing for him who didn't like reading very much.

At the seat they were used to sitting in the library, Harry found that Zhang Qiu was already doing homework. He looked at it curiously, it seemed to be the homework for the third-year elective course.

"Muggle Studies, today is about the difference in word usage and pronunciation between Muggles and wizards." Zhang Qiu said softly.

"Is there a difference?" Harry was a bit puzzled. Since he entered the magical world, he had never felt that people spoke differently.

"Because the things they come into contact with are different, so the way they speak will naturally be a bit different, but we rarely feel this point." Zhang Qiu said. "For me, there are many similar situations between English and Chinese."

Harry happened to think of Neville's strange behavior last night, so he asked: "By the way, how do you people from the Heavenly Dynasty usually describe a person who is muscular and fights with a sword?"

"Ti Xiu (Body Cultivator)." Zhang Qiu popped out two Chinese syllables.

"No, I mean, which English word would be used to describe it?"

"Warrior, right?"

"Hmm, what if he is also good at fighting on horseback? Just like the medieval kind."

"Rider?" Zhang Qiu was a bit confused. "Did you meet other people from the Heavenly Dynasty?"

"It's Neville." Harry scratched his head. "Neville also said so, his tutor from the Heavenly Dynasty brought his word usage habits crooked."

"Neville's tutor, I remember seeing him once, it seems he is a person from Yingzhou." Zhang Qiu said. "The accent of Yingzhou people is very strange, they like to pronounce 'er' as 'ar', for example, 'rider' will be pronounced as 'raida'."

"Right, Neville said it like that..." Harry seemed to vaguely think of where he had heard such pronunciation. "Can you say the Yingzhou accent again?"

"My Junior Uncle is a person from Yingzhou." Zhang Qiu said. "He has a lot of strange pronunciations. Not only are the vowels often mispronounced, but he also likes to add an 'o' or 'u' out of thin air after a single consonant. For example, 'dragon' will be pronounced as doragon, and if you talk to him too much, your own accent will be brought crooked."

Harry finally remembered where this weird sense of déjà vu came from. He couldn't wait to ask: "Then how is 'trigger' pronounced?"

"Cui Ge?" Zhang Qiu made a gesture of holding a gun. "I heard Junior Uncle mention it, he calls this 'trigga'."

"Before when I was at The Burrow..." Harry suddenly stopped his words. He saw Cui Ge and Lu Na also came to the library. The two walked around a few times and sat not far from them.

"What happened when you were at The Burrow?"

"I met Tang Tang Nade's nephew." Harry whispered. "It's that Cui Ge sitting over there, he likes to imitate the Yingzhou accent and calls himself 'Trigga'."

"Harry," Luo En said, "just a way of saying it, don't be suspicious."

"Harry's intuition is sometimes very accurate," Zhang Qiu said, "and the identity of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor itself is a very suspicious identity."

Cui Ge didn't notice that three people were discussing him at this time. He was talking to Lu Na.

"This diary was given to me by Ma Erfu, a magical item of Slytherin. It can answer the questions you encounter in magic learning."

Lu Na looked at the tattered diary and asked curiously: "Then, what is the price?"

"Your angle of thinking is always so different." Cui Ge laughed. "Indeed, using it too frequently will consume your energy and make you drowsy. However, as long as you don't use it for too long at a time, it's fine. So this is also Ma Erfu's suggestion, we take turns using it."

"Really, can it really answer any question?" Lu Na's eyes flickered.

"Of course, it's just that it will say 'I don't know' for some questions."

"Then, can you ask the diary what Harry and the others are talking about?"

"Huh?" Cui Ge was stunned. He subconsciously turned his head and saw Harry and the others looking over here, discussing something in a low voice.

"Rather than asking the diary, it's better to ask Harry directly." Cui Ge said while standing up and walking towards Harry.

"Hi, Harry, you are also here to do homework." He was still holding the notebook in his hand.

"Hello, Cui Ge." Harry said politely. "Is there anything?"

"It's like this, I have a magical item here that can tutor homework." Cui Ge said the words just now again. "Do you want to try it?"

Harry opened the diary. On the title page was a signature "Tom Riddle," and the rest was all empty.

"How is this used?" Harry asked.

"Just write your question on it, and it will answer you." Cui Ge sat down and took out a fountain pen. "For example, what is the spell for the Levitation Charm?"

A line of handwriting slowly appeared, not only prompting the spell for the Levitation Charm but also marking some key points of casting.

"Really strange." Luo En said vigilantly. "This diary is like it's alive. I suggest you show it to the professor."

"My uncle has already seen it." Cui Ge said. "He suggested that I share it with more friends and take turns using it."

"Thanks, Cui Ge, but we don't really need it." Harry pointed to Zhang Qiu. "We have a third-year senior sister to answer our questions."

"Did he really show it to Tang Tang Nade?" After Cui Ge left, Luo En said with some worry. "You know, most of these magical items that can communicate are ill-intentioned and very dangerous!"

"Then let's go ask Professor Fontroy." Zhang Qiu suggested.

The three came to Tang Tang Nade's office, and Harry knocked on the door. Tang Tang Nade opened the door and was surprised to see Zhang Qiu standing beside Harry and Luo En, but he quickly adjusted and asked: "What can I do for you?"

"Professor, hello, I met Cui Ge in the library just now, and he showed me a diary..."

Listening to Harry's description, Tang Tang Nade couldn't help but exclaim that the Savior's intuition was really terrifyingly accurate. Of course, he knew about the diary, but he was not prepared to stop it in advance. For Tang Tang Nade, what he needed was a chance for a hero to save the beauty. As for the life and death of innocent students, he didn't care much.

"That's right, Harry." Tang Tang Nade said. "I have appraised it, this item is very similar to the Sorting Hat, there is nothing to worry about. It's just that the diary consumes the user's energy every time it answers a question, so it's best to take turns using it with restraint."

Consuming energy. Harry thought that Neville's unique spell would also consume energy. Perhaps this was just a common side effect.

"In any case, I hope you pay close attention to this diary." Zhang Qiu said seriously.

"Of course. By the way, Luo En, I plan to set up a Dueling Club." Tang Tang Nade changed the subject. "Actually, I just think you and Neville are very talented and hope to cultivate you well."

"Really? I will definitely participate." Luo En was very happy.

"Of course, not just you and Neville. The situation in the future may be very chaotic, you have to learn to protect yourselves."

Harry was a bit touched and tentatively asked: "Have you also heard..."

A knock on the door interrupted him, and Tang Tang Nade got up to open the door.

Outside the door was Hermione, who was holding a book and said: "I have some questions I want to ask you about today's homework."

"Okay, please come in." Tang Tang Nade thought for a moment and led Hermione in.

He looked at the three of Harry and said: "What about you, is your homework finished?"

"Still writing." Harry wouldn't lie and say it was finished, but he wasn't willing to admit that he hadn't written a single word.

"That's just right." Tang Tang Nade said. "You can also listen to Hermione's questions."

"Professor, I am thinking about the spell to deal with pixies." Hermione said. "There are plenty of ways to deal with one pixie, but what if there is a room full of pixies flying around?"

"Good question." Tang Tang Nade said. "In this case, you have two choices. One is to strengthen the existing spells, and the other is to try new spells. For example, you can consider strengthening the range of the Stupefy, or strengthening the power of the Accio. Or, let's change the way of thinking, try a new spell. There is a rare room-tidying spell, we can modify it and turn it into a pixie-tidying spell..."

Tang Tang Nade started talking about some hard-to-understand spell techniques. Luo En was a bit impatient. He looked at Harry, and then they slipped away with Zhang Qiu. Tang Tang Nade gave them a gentle look and acquiesced to this behavior.

"Really ridiculous, Cornish pixies flying around everywhere in the room." Luo En complained. "This bookworm can really think of it."

"That is, and Tang Tang Nade really took it seriously." Harry said. "Specially learning a pixie-tidying spell just to deal with this situation, it's too ridiculous."

"This is true." Zhang Qiu whispered. "My Master made such a divination, 'The black chicken on the dining table flies, the classroom pixies are chaotic.' He said that the first day I returned to school would be very lively."

"However, nothing happened." Harry said dismissively. "Your Master's divination is becoming less and less accurate, which shows that learning divination is useless."

"Divination, even dogs don't learn it." Luo En echoed. ===== CHAPTER 48 =====