HP Dark Lord save the world

Chapter 163 Mermaid Legend
"Well, sit down, I will tell you slowly, if you are not in a hurry." Dumbledore stroked his beard, "There are quite a lot of legends about mermaids."

They sit around desks.

"Where should I start?" Dumbledore stroked his chin and thought for a while, "Then let's start with the origin of the mermaid."

"Mermaids, as the name suggests, are half-human, half-fish creatures. There are many legends about their origin, and the sayings are different in different places, but most of the legends believe that mermaids have no soul."

"No soul?" Itana was a little surprised.

Dumbledore nodded slightly, "Yes, unlike other beings in this world, they will not go to the afterlife after death, but—disappear. Physical death means real passing."

"Is there really an afterlife?" Itana raised a new question.

Dumbledore pressed his palm lightly, "Let's talk about the mermaid first."

"Okay." Itana didn't hesitate.

So Dumbledore continued: "The fact is that mermaids are not without souls, but only half of their souls. Their souls are not complete."

"why?"

Dumbledore smiled, and seemed very satisfied with Itana's curiosity: "With the same question, I have consulted many related classics and asked them personally."

Under Itana's expectant eyes, Dumbledore continued: "A book I found suggested that the first mermaids were formed by people who fell into the sea and were swallowed by fish."

"This... If it is eaten, shouldn't it be digested directly? How could it turn into a mermaid instead?" Itana felt her cognition was challenged.

Dumbledore continued to nod, "Yes, I thought so too until I asked some mermaids."

When he said this, he paused, showing a slightly weird smile.

"Itana, did you know that mermaids don't have babies."

"Ah?" Itana almost scratched her ears, wondering if she didn't hear clearly.

"Their bodies are in the state of adulthood from birth." Dumbledore gradually increased his tone.

"Many mermaids have memories of their own births, that they emerged from egg-like places one after another, and then their bodies are already what they are now."

"They don't know who their parents are, but every mermaid around them is their blood relatives, because every mermaid is conceived from their brood, so they use the brood as a group."

"Then, how did the mermaid come from that brood? Did the cells replicate and divide? Don't the mermaids all look the same?"

"Where did you know this?" Dumbledore looked at Itana strangely, "It seems that you still like the Muggle world, well, they are indeed quite interesting."

"Each mermaid has a different appearance, and the mermaids bred by each brood are also quite different."

I understand this, people are different, right?Itana complained silently in her heart.

"There are also mermaids in the Black Lake. You may already know this, if you have read some books in the library." Dumbledore took off his half-moon glasses, wiped them and put them on again. Looking at his blue eyes that haven't clouded with age.

"Yes, but I haven't had close contact with them. Do they usually live at the bottom of the lake? There is also a mermaid nest here?" Itana took the topic calmly.

Dumbledore shook his head lightly, "The mermaids here migrated from outside, and the school will not allow anything that may bring danger to appear in the Black Lake."

"The brood is dangerous?"

"Probably," Dumbledore closed his eyes, "Although those mermaids didn't say anything, I probably know the principle of the brood."

"That should be some kind of transformation effect." Dumbledore looked at Itana with a little deep meaning, "Of course, this is just my guess, combined with those legends, if you find If you know the truth, please tell me."

Conversion device, person eaten by fish, brood... Itana repeated these words in her mind, and it took a long time to suppress her thoughts.

"I heard that the singing of mermaids has the effect of demagogy, is this true?" Itana asked her main purpose of this trip.

Dumbledore gave a long hum, he seemed to be hesitating and doubtful, and his tone was a little unconfident: "I'm not sure about this, although there are similar sayings in many folk legends, after all, I haven't really listened to it." Been to the mermaid's song."

"You can communicate with them, because haven't you heard them sing?"

"Itana, mermaids don't sing easily." Dumbledore said, "They said that they only sing when performing certain rituals."

"If that's the case, then why did they use their songs to lure sailors to the rocks and the legend of the shipwreck?"

"Haha, Itana, I think you probably made a mistake. Mermaids and sirens are two different creatures." Dumbledore laughed.

"Okay." Itana exhaled, with a serious expression on her face, and finally, in Dumbledore's serious eyes, Itana spoke:

"Last night, I heard the mermaid singing."

Dumbledore's finger on the table moved slightly, "Last night?" he repeated as confirmation.

Itana nodded, "Emma found out when she woke up at night, dozens of mermaids had gathered outside the window of our dormitory, and they left after singing a song, and Emma was so scared that she had a nightmare all night. "

"Mermaid, you still sing, you need to talk to Principal Dippet about it." Dumbledore became serious, and then he frowned again, "Are they doing other things besides singing? Like knocking on glass, or Communicate with you."

"No, they waited for a while after singing and then left." Itana answered truthfully.

"So that's why you came to ask me about the mermaid." Dumbledore smiled, "Itana, are you willing to believe me?"

"To be honest, I don't even believe in myself that much, let alone say things like believing in you, but I think you are a good person who cares about most people." Itana said with a smile and a sigh Then the subject changed: "Are you trying to ask me what I did before this? I didn't do anything, just sang the same song."

"And we're singing the same song."

Having said that, she added another sentence: "Well, I probably remember these pronunciations, but I can't guarantee 100% correctness. After all, I can't understand what they are singing at all,"

"Would you like to sing it again?" Dumbledore asked.

"no problem."

(End of this chapter)