days at Hogwarts

Chapter 152 Dementors

With a huge sense of urgency, Hermione gradually calmed down and clarified the current situation: "This is at sea, as long as the tourists don't find anything unusual, don't attract public attention, and don't violate the secrecy law, the Aurors won't be able to find us. .”

Their crisis came from the Auror's investigation, and the Auror was not on the scene. As long as the ordinary people on board were kept hidden, this was an ordinary cruise ship, and this was just an ordinary trip.

"As long as the people on board don't know about it." Hermione looked at the cloak floating in the night sky from afar, its gray and black color, like a black cloud.

Loren kept up with Hermione's train of thought and spoke quickly: "It's a pity that we haven't mastered the Oblivion Curse, and we can't use the Stunning Curse on everyone on board..."

With the idea of ​​solving the problem, it is easy to find the applicable magic.

"Use Transfiguration!" Loren concluded.

Use transfiguration to block the light of the patron saint, attract the attention of tourists and crew, and deal with the dementors in the dark.

"How to do it?" Hermione began to imagine the specific implementation steps, "Create a huge wave to cover the sight of the people on the boat?"

"This sea area can't make huge waves."

Things that are too abnormal will attract people's attention. Maybe someone will be amazed by the huge wave, record it, and it may be reported in some tabloid news.Maybe there will be some meteorologists, marine dynamicists to explore the reasons.

"Fog!" Loren looked at the deep night, the sea water was as deep as the sky, "cover the cruise ship with fog to block the sight. I can lock the dementor through the magic vision and solve it in a place where I can't see it."

The combination of countless small water droplets suspended in the air is fog.

The traveling cruise ship breaks through the water surface, and splashes of water keep ringing. This inconspicuous white noise reminds people that water is the most indispensable thing on the sea.

Finding an empty corner, Loren stretched out his wand over the railing and waved it gently towards the water.Countless tiny water droplets floated against gravity, hovered in the air, gathered into a small stream of white mist, and dissipated on the vast ocean.

"Just speed up the progress and add a little background color to them." Loren repeated the action just now.

The surface of the water seemed to be boiling, bubbling and bubbling, and a blue-black mist kept rising.Countless blue-black mist overflowed the sea and merged into the night.

It's simple magic to control these fogs around the cruise ship like a pineapple dances.Changing the shape of water, changing the color of water, this level of transfiguration is also very simple.

Hermione quickly got started, speeding up the rate at which the mist rose.

On the side of the ship, Wendell, who was fishing, caught another small fish. He couldn't name it, but the weight was not bad.Wendell skillfully threw the fish into the bucket, put the bait on the hook, and cast another rod.

After finishing all this work, he rubbed his arms, looked suspiciously at the sky, and muttered, "Why does it feel cold, and the moon has disappeared."

If one observes the ship from a distance, it will be found that it is gradually covered with a layer of mist, and slowly disappears into the night sea.

Loren stretched out his hand from the railing, and after being submerged in the mist, he couldn't see the shape clearly. The effect of covering up at close range is so good, but the thicker the outer layer of mist, the effect will only be stronger.

Seeing this, he nodded in satisfaction.

"You maintain this fog, and I'll deal with this annoying guy." Loren said, a crystal blue light lit up in his pupils.

In the observation of the magic field of vision, the dementor is a gray-black mass, gloomy and oppressive and disgusting.

"【Call God-Guard】" The voice was very soft, but the moment the spell was uttered, countless silver-white rays of light spewed out from the wand.

Wisps of silver light were covered by the mist, and a huge killer whale was swimming in the mist. It was shaped like an island, and there were slender stripes on the streamer's body.

The giant beast that should have been in the deep sea floated in the air without making a sound, but its existence itself carried a terrifying aura, and its huge size brought indescribable pressure.

Anyone who sees it will breathe lightly, for fear of disturbing the giant beast by making a sound.

This was the first time Loren saw his Patronus, and it was so beautiful, so mesmerizing.

The moment the giant silver whale took shape, the wandering dementors reacted. Its mutilated soul kept trembling, feeling the oppression from life instinct.It turned around quickly, trying to escape from here, at a very fast speed.

Unlike the whales in the sea, the guardian whale is not troubled by resistance, nor does it have to worry about its own weight. Its speed is much faster than the whales.The tail fin swayed slightly, and the movement seemed clumsy, but the figure was like a missile, and the Patronus dragged the rainbow light to catch up with the dementor.

The giant whale opened its terrifying mouth, leaped and writhed, and bent its body in a graceful arc, swallowing the dementor into its mouth and falling into the sea.

No waves.

Inside the giant whale, the ubiquitous Patronus light shone on the dementor, like Fiendfire and a death curse.It felt unprecedented pain, and its body was constantly shaking.

It feels a fear like never before, a fear of life and death.

Dementors cannot be physically killed, but no one has ever attempted to trap a dementor with such a powerful Patronus.Fiery positive emotions roast the dementors all the time, like a furnace, like the most intense sun exposure.

Dried the filthy slime, ignited the gray bones, in the dazzling silver light, it was obliterated little by little, and its figure gradually disappeared.

Supporting the fog curtain, Hermione didn't have magical eyes, so she couldn't see what was behind the fog. Seeing Loren's relaxed expression, she asked aloud, "Did you beat the dementor away?"

Loren nodded, then shook her head again.

Although she can usually interpret his huh huh, Hermione really couldn't understand this series of actions. She thought Loren had encountered difficulties: "Dementors can't be physically killed, just use the Patronus to drive them away." .”

Listening to Hermione's words and feeling the feedback from the Patronus, Loren's expression was a little subtle.

He knew that dementors couldn't be physically killed, and at first he just wanted to teach the dementor a lesson, hurt it, and make it avoid the boat.

But now, a little accident happened.

"Let's disperse the fog, it's resolved." Loren said slowly, shaking his wand slightly.

The silver giant whale scattered into a stream of light, converging into the applewood wand.

Hey!
A soft sound.

Loren felt something hit the tip of the wand, retracted the wand to check, and found a small off-white, smooth stone attached to the tip of the wand.

"What is this, the ashes burned by the dementor?" Loren held the stone and looked around.

Hermione stopped releasing the mist, leaned forward to look, and asked curiously, "Is this a dementor?"

"Looks like an ordinary pebble."

"It feels like it too."

……

People in the cabin are still enjoying the band performance and tasting delicious food.Those on deck saw the mist lift and the moon emerge from the clouds.

No one knew that just now, they passed by the darkest and filthiest creatures in this world.Through the mist, they witnessed the birth of a god-like creature.

The matter was settled satisfactorily, Loren and Hermione didn't have to worry about Dementors, Aurors and Philosopher's Stone anymore.Leaving aside the heavy burden, the two were only left with pure curiosity, chatting about the stone.

Loren clasped the stone with his thumbnail and pinched it lightly: "It's very hard, the texture is like a pebble."

"I have a series of complete spells, such as Shenfeng Wuying, Flame Curse, etc. to test its properties." Loren was about to take out his wand.

"This is the deck!" Hermione couldn't hold back, and slapped him with her wrist.

Even if no one noticed, did no one notice when you were on fire?
The finger hit the back of the hand, it must be the back of the hand that hurts more, Loren "his~" took a breath: "I'm just talking."

"I won't stop you, the flames may have already risen."

"how is this possible……"

Magic cannot be used, and the two of them discussed for a long time without any results, and in the end they could only temporarily put down the stone.Loren intends to take it back for Flamel to see.

……

"Tell me, what happened to Azkaban, the dementors will come here?" Hermione straightened her legs, exposing her white and delicate ankles, and sat down with her back against the hull, her whole body sunken into an L shape.

Loren sat next to him, and he only knew two things about Azkaban, except Sirius escaped from prison, and Barty Crouch replaced his son with his wife.

But Sirius is out of prison, the Crouch thing happened long ago, and Barty Crouch Jr. should now be guarded by the house-elves.

In addition, the identity of Pettigrew Peter Animagus has been exposed, and the Ministry of Magic has long been prepared for this, and he cannot escape from prison like Sirius.

There will be no problems within Azkaban, it is caused by external factors.But no matter what happens in Azkaban, there is a possibility that the dark wizard will escape.

"If something happens to Azkaban, we may be affected in the North Sea."

Thinking of this, Loren's face gradually became serious, "In other words, we have already been affected. This time it is a dementor, and we can resist it with the patron saint spell. If we encounter a dark wizard next time, we will be in trouble .”

They didn't know what really happened in Azkaban, whether any dark wizards had escaped from prison, or whether the Ministry of Magic had the situation under control.

When it comes to the safety of themselves and their loved ones, they can only think of the worst.The Death Eaters and dark wizards locked in Azkaban are not what they are currently able to handle.Can't bet they just broke out of prison and don't have the right wands.

"We have to go ashore!" Hermione said with a tense little face. "This is at sea, we have to find a valid reason, and it can't arouse suspicion."

"We had a medical examination before boarding the ship. There are doctors on board, so we can't hide it with physical reasons." Loren pursed his lips.

"How about using Transfiguration to create a heavy rain, like just creating fog, and using weather to interrupt the voyage." Hermione stretched out her hand, feeling the gentle sea breeze blowing through her fingers.

For the safety of the crew and tourists, if extreme weather occurs, the cruise ship should berth nearby and end the trip.

Loren shook his head: "It's not far from the coastline, so abnormal weather will attract attention. For a cruise ship of this tonnage, ordinary rainstorms are not much of a hindrance."

The tense atmosphere once again enveloped the two of them, and this feeling was terrible.

"It's not suitable for personal reasons, and it's not suitable for weather reasons." Hermione's eyes suddenly lit up. "We can make the boat have a little problem."

Hermione grasped the clue and said her thoughts smoothly: "Let the ship have a little trouble, but it must be able to support it until it returns to the nearest port."

"You don't need to cause a breakdown, you just need to let the ship have a little problem, and the crew can't find out the cause of the problem. For safety, they will dock as soon as possible." Loren knocked on the board under him.

Hermione looked at him thoughtfully, "Do you have any good ideas?"

With a solution, Loren was no longer so nervous, he stood up and patted his pants, "Look."

He pointed with his wand at the junction of a railing on the front right and the ship plank, "[Speed ​​becomes soft]"

The softening spell, one of the spells in "Standard Spells: Elementary", they had just learned last school year.

The white light flashed away, sinking into the steel ship plank, and soon that part became like sponge cloth, a wrinkle was sunken under the action of gravity.

Loren put away his wand, and the cloth-like plank became hard again, but the wrinkles remained on it.

"Let's go, someone will come over soon and find out what's abnormal here." Loren reached out and pulled Hermione up from the ground.

The outer shell of the hull was deformed, but the reason could not be found out. There should be no captain who dared to take the risk to continue sailing, and no one knew whether the next deformation would appear on the engine.

……

Half an hour later, in the cabin restaurant.

Looking at Hermione, who still looked a little uneasy, Loren handed the first scoop of ice cream to her mouth, "Don't worry, even if the softening spell doesn't work, I have other ways."

Hermione hesitated for a moment, then sipped the ice cream into her mouth, the cool and sweet orange taste made her relax a bit.

"Om~"

"Buzz~" There was a piercing electrical sound on the radio.

"Dear passengers: We are very sorry to tell you that due to the failure of the hull, we have decided to disembark as close as possible for the safety of navigation. The ship will arrive in Sunland in 3 hours. More information will be provided in due course. To inform you. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. We hope for your understanding. Thank you.”

Hearing the news broadcast, Hermione's hanging heart finally let go.

"You—" Hermione was interrupted.

"Don't worry, I'll restore the hull after the ship docks, just use the repair spell." Loren swallowed a big mouthful of ice cream and exhaled a cold air.

"I—" Hermione was interrupted again.

"We can also use magic to speed up the landing, and we can rest in a hotel on land tonight."

Hermione finally became anxious, she slapped the table, "I used the spoon in your hand!"

Loren froze while eating the ice cream, his ears turned red with blood, he calmly inserted the spoon into the ice cream, raised his head and said, "It's okay, I don't think it's dirty."

Bang!
……

(End of this chapter)