days at Hogwarts

Chapter 31 Nicol's Book of Fantasy

There were not many people in the Gryffindor lounge. Loren returned to the dormitory after greeting the people he knew, and pulled out the black suitcase from under the bed.

The elves clean it every day, and there is no dust on the box.

After digging out the two books at the bottom of the box, Loren sat cross-legged on the carpet in front of the window, carefully studying them in the sunlight.

The cover page of "A General Explanation of Pictographic Symbols" is dark in color as a whole, with only the title of the book and Nicole's signature in the lower right corner with a simple typesetting on it, without any grooves or the like.

Take out the small card that Nico gave, the paper is thicker than ordinary parchment, it has a matte texture, similar to the cards printed on business cards in the Muggle world, the background color is pure black.

In the picture, Nicole Flamel squinted his eyes when he was young, as if he was resting his mind.

Loren placed the picture right in the middle of the cover page of "The Explanation of Pictographic Symbols".

There are red, blue, green, and yellow light paths overflowing from the edge of the picture. Flowing rays of light start from the four sides of the picture, extend, and mix with each other, but the light paths do not meet, which looks a bit sci-fi.

When the light path spread to the entire book, Nicole Flamel on the picture opened his eyes, a pair of silver eyes with rune symbols shining.

I don't know if it's because of the change in light, but Loren felt that Nico's hair in the portrait had also turned gray.

There are many magical portraits in Hogwarts. They can move freely among the portraits and communicate with others.Loren had the most contact with the fat lady at the door of the lounge.

He tried to communicate with Nico on the portrait: "Hello? Can we chat?"

The eyes of the person in the portrait followed Loren's mouth and did not speak.

Getting no reply, Loren tried to open the book, but the whole book was like a whole and could not be opened.

Loren thought of Tom's notebook Horcrux, as if he had a conversation through writing.Loren fetched a quill, dipped it in ink, and wrote "Hello?" on the bottom of the picture.

The ink blot disappeared, as if the book had absorbed the ink.Nico on the portrait spread out his hands, as if he was about to show something, and then, four ring-shaped marks appeared under the portrait.

Rings about the size of a brass Knut are arranged in a row, with an open book in the first ring, two crossed wands in the second ring, and a boiling pot in the third The crucible, and the fourth is a scale for weighing.

Loren speculates that the book may represent theoretical knowledge, the crossed wands may represent knowledge about spells, the boiling cauldron represents potions, and the last scale represents alchemy, alluding to the principle of equivalent exchange in alchemy.

This strong sense of déjà vu is like the mobile app in the previous life.Wouldn't it be touch-sensitive?

Loren thought so and did so, pointing to the first icon, the open book.

On the portrait, Nico's silver eyes shone with light, and Loren's eyes were attracted to him. When the two eyes met, Loren felt dizzy for a while.Then Loren felt a tug on his nose, as if someone had inserted a finger into his nostril, dragging him forward.

When Loren came to his senses, he came to a library. There were bookshelves everywhere. The bookshelves were full of books. The bookshelves were wide and brightly lit, with white marble under their feet.

"Welcome to the world of Nicole Flamel's Fantasy Book!" The voice came from behind Loren.

Loren turned around and saw a ghost exactly like Nico in the picture floating in the air.The lower body was gradually blurred, and when it reached the feet, it was already invisible, like a holographic projection from a previous life.The voice of the virtual human is a little thin and sounds a little distorted.

"Is this a magic library built into this book?" Loren's eyes shone with surprise.

"Of course not. It contains all the books Nicole has read for hundreds of years. In reality, many books can no longer be found."

"Memory magic has shaped this library, which is similar to a Pensieve, but more tangible, and can be browsed at will."

"There are also alchemy laboratories, potion houses, and duel rooms in the book, all of which are virtual spaces created by memory magic combined with alchemy."

"Now you are just a conscious body. When you enter the book world, your real body will fall asleep. When you wake up, everything that happened here will become a memory and return to your mind."

Virtual Nico gave a brief introduction to this fantastic book.

Loren was dumbfounded when he heard that, what kind of super-era thinking is this, virtual space, real simulation, if there is a networking function, Niko will really create a metaverse.

Loren then asked the question he cared about: "What about the flow rate of time, is the time here consistent with the real time?"

Virtual Nico smiled: "You have a sensitive mind, but everything here is just your imagination, or this is your dream."

"Time and space do not exist here. After reading a book and waking up, a second or a night may have passed in reality, depending on your state."

"Then can I bring others in?" Loren thought this question was also critical.

"Loren, this is your dream. Nico just put things in and didn't make the rules. Everything depends on you." The virtual Nico's voice became tranced, and he didn't deny the possibility, "It's just that I It is only responsible for teaching, there is no way to tell you what to do."

Loren hated things without instructions, so he started wandering the library.

There should be fewer books here than in the school library, but there are many books that are not in the Hogwarts library. The key is that some books in the restricted area can be browsed here.

"I really have no shortage of books!"

The books in the school library are enough to study for a long time, and there are various manuscripts in the Room of Requirement, and here, Loren feels a deep despair.

After wandering around for a while, he didn't plan to stay any longer: "I want to check out other rooms."

"Of course!" Virtual Nico spread his hands.

Loren heard the sound of gears turning, and then the whole world was like a slide switch, and the bright library became a classroom.

Like an ordinary classroom at Hogwarts, it has high ceilings and gray stone walls, but the classroom is empty, without any tables, chairs or benches.

The virtual Nico floated in mid-air and introduced to Loren: "This is the duel room, a place to improve your actual combat ability. Nico feels that combat is a vital ability for an alchemist."

"How to practice? Will you spawn monsters for me?" Loren looked around. This is a closed space, and you can see the end at a glance.

The virtual Niko floating in mid-air became more blurred, red, yellow, blue and green lights flowed on him, and then turned into people familiar to Loren, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape...

"Based on your impression and Nico's information, I can become anyone to fight you, and I can..."

Speaking of this, Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell, and Professor Snape came out of the halo one after another, fluttering around Loren expressionlessly.

To be honest, four professors float around you with blank expressions, and the pressure is very high, Loren feels a little awkward.

"It can also simulate a multiplayer battlefield." Virtual Nico seemed very proud.

"Group fights, right?" Loren said straight away.

After that, the virtual Nico took Loren to visit the potion room and the alchemy laboratory. These two places can simulate the configuration of potions and conduct alchemy experiments. The experimental materials are simulated based on Nico's memory, with corresponding nature and function.

But the things Loren refined will only be in his memory, and they don't really exist.

"So, what should I call you?" Loren finished exploring and was about to exit the book of fantasy, then turned to look at the figure floating in the air.

The avatar smiles:

"Call me Flamel."

(End of this chapter)