Lu Mingfei: Hogwarts repeater

Chapter 3 The wizard's style of painting shouldn't be like this!
  Lu Mingfei opened his eyes and vaguely saw an hourglass.

It seems that the hourglass has just been turned upside down. Fine silver sand accumulates on the upper layer, and the part that flows down is only as thick as a hair. It would be almost invisible if it weren't for the fact that it seems to be glowing.

Lu Mingfei blinked again, and the hourglass disappeared, replaced by an unfamiliar ceiling.

He was stunned for a while, and then those memories emerged in his mind one after another. Spiders, the old man Dumbledore who claims to be the "Headmaster of Hogwarts", Snape, a collection of homeroom teachers, a lot of weird things, and the ability to turn into a dragon!
  Lu Mingfei has lived for more than fifteen years. Before that, he never knew that he was actually a reptile... No, he could also change wings.

That is a flying reptile.

Why can't we get along with reptiles?

Lu Mingfei sat up, wanting to stretch and relax his body.

"Great, sir, you're awake!"

The high-pitched and thin voice almost scared Lu Mingfei to jump out of bed. Fortunately, his weak core strength was completely unable to jump up without using his hands while sitting on the bed with his upper body upright and his legs flat. level, so he just fluttered in place.

He turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound source. He saw a strange creature - a thin body, a long and flat nose, large ears shaped like bat wings, two large and protruding eyes, and almost no hair.

Although the other party seemed to be friendly from the words, Lu Mingfei subconsciously moved back in view of the visually striking appearance that he had never seen before: "You... who are you?"

"Bion, sir, I am the house elf Bion." Bion said eagerly.

"Okay, Bion...what are you doing here?"

Lu Mingfei relaxed a little. It's just a house elf, and it can be understood that it is not a dangerous character in the literal sense. After experiencing a lot of things yesterday and seeing so many strange things, his acceptance threshold has been raised by an unknown amount.

"Bion is responsible for taking care of Sir here. It is Professor Snape's request!" Bion replied sharply, looking quite happy, as if this was some great honor, and then suddenly remembered something, "Snape Professor Nepp also asked Bion to notify him immediately after he wakes up!"

After saying that, before Lu Mingfei could ask any more questions, Bion twitched - to be precise, his whole body seemed to be sucked in by something invisible and became distorted. This process was very short and happened in an instant. Disappear.

Lu Mingfei was stunned. What happened? From what Bion said, he meant to inform Professor Snape, but the way he was traveling was a bit too weird.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Mingfei decided to get up first.

The weather here was also in summer, so Lu Mingfei didn't need to wear any clothes at all. He only took off a pair of shoes when he lay on the bed. After getting out of bed and putting on his shoes, he just looked around when he saw a distortion in the air not far in front of him, and Bion's twisted body corrected - he was back, but he was the only one.

"Bion has informed Professor Snape!"

"Can't Professor Snape come over?" Lu Mingfei asked curiously.

"Professor Snape is on his way over. His office is some distance away." Bion answered.

"But you can obviously come here quickly, through that... method?" Lu Mingfei was confused.

"Sir, are you talking about Apparition? Wizards are prohibited from Apparating in Hogwarts Castle, but house elves can. House elves have some special abilities, and Bion is the best among them. That’s why I was assigned to take care of Mr. Bion!” Bion raised his chest proudly.

"Wizard?" Lu Mingfei thought of the scene he saw through Dumbledore's memory last night.

Why do you feel that the style of the wizards who ride on brooms, wear tattered wizard hats, make strange potions and make strange potions are completely different?
  "Gululu..."

The sudden sound of bowel sounds and the subsequent feeling of hunger made Lu Mingfei realize that now was not the time to dwell on his painting style.

"Sir, do you want to eat? Bion has prepared it for you!" Bion asked eagerly.

"if you can……"

Before Lu Mingfei finished speaking, he saw Bion twisting and disappearing, and then twisting back again less than a second later. He held a huge tray in his hand, which was filled with all kinds of steaming food - oatmeal, bread with butter and jam, orange juice, eggs, bacon, cornflakes... The portion was enough for Lu Mingfei to eat. I probably won't be able to finish it all in a whole day.

"Thank you... thank you." Lu Mingfei's nose twitched. He was flattered and even a little touched. In the past ten years, he seemed to have never had the experience of being taken care of so meticulously.

But this polite thank you received unexpected feedback. After hearing this, Bion showed extremely obvious disgust on his face: "Bion does not need to thank you!"

Lu Mingfei was a little confused and just thanked him. Why did Bion react like this?

"Boom boom boom!"

The approaching footsteps and the subsequent knock on the door made Lu Mingfei subconsciously say please come in. The door opened automatically. Professor Snape, whom he had met last night, was standing outside the door. He was still dressed in the same way, with greasy black hair sticking to both sides like curtains. His dark eyes were looking at him coldly, as if he could see through. soul.

Lu Mingfei ignored his doubts about Bion's refusal to thank him. He instantly became reserved under Snape's gaze.

Even the most trouble-making student in the class would restrain himself in front of the serious-looking head teacher, and Lu Mingfei was the most timid one. Needless to say, his reaction was natural...not to mention the temperament given by Snape. His pressure can be said to be that of all previous head teachers combined.

The grade dean is nothing more than that!
  "I am Severus Snape, you can call me Professor Snape. Entrusted by Dumbledore, I will teach you the basic knowledge of the wizarding world and Occlumency." Snape said coldly He spoke without any fluctuation in his expression or tone.

"Oh...Okay, okay." Lu Mingfei nodded in confusion.

Lu Mingfei is a very happy-go-lucky person, or a person with few dreams. But now that he has traveled through time, he has experienced so many bizarre things in such a dangerous different world. At this time, even a lazy dog ​​knows that it is time to take action and make some efforts to protect his own life.

Of course, Lu Mingfei didn't expect this at all in his current state. He just habitually obeyed other people's arrangements. Not to mention the arrangement between Dumbledore and Snape, who are obviously "strong" and "boss".

After Lu Mingfei agreed, Snape stopped talking and just stood there and stared at him.

The room fell into an awkward atmosphere of silence for a moment, at least for Lu Mingfei. Under Snape's gaze, he was a little at a loss. He couldn't sit or stand. He didn't know where to put his hands or what to say.

Snape frowned slightly. Of course he noticed Lu Mingfei's micro-expressions and movements, but it was precisely because of these that he became more and more confused.

Dumbledore said that Lu Mingfei was very similar to him.

But having only seen both sides of Lu Mingfei, he felt that he had seen through Lu Mingfei - cowardly, hesitant, and nothing but a powerful force that he didn't know where it came from, and he couldn't even release it on his own initiative. How could such a person look like him?

But the person who said this was Dumbledore, so he couldn't be wrong.

"I thought, at least as a courtesy, I should know your name."

Snape decided not to think about it for the time being, and he would eventually get the answer after a long teaching period.

"Oh, my name is Lu Mingfei!" Lu Mingfei suddenly realized and said quickly.

"Ming Fei Lu?"

"You'd better just call me Lu Mingfei." Lu Mingfei thought it sounded a bit awkward.

"Then Lu Mingfei," Snape turned and left impatiently, "your teaching starts today..."

Snape's words became quieter as he went away, until they were completely inaudible. Before Lu Mingfei could react, he heard a set of footsteps coming back. Snape appeared at the door again and said coldly, "What are you doing? Follow me!" He glanced at the huge tray placed aside. Turn around and leave again.

"Bring your breakfast."

Lu Mingfei winced at the two cold scoldings. Just as he was about to pick up the tray with food, Bion eagerly screamed, "Bion, please help sir," and took the tray with him. It was as if the previous disgust didn't exist at all.

"Thank you..." Midway through Lu Mingfei's words, he saw Bion showing disgust again and immediately stopped.

They followed Snape's long, flowing black robes down the corridor. Originally, Lu Mingfei thought that this journey was going to go like this, but soon he heard Snape say: "Everything I say next is very important, you have to remember it."

Lu Mingfei nodded, and after realizing that Snape was walking in front of him and couldn't see him, he quickly said, "Okay."

"The room you were in just now is your temporary residence. It is on the third floor of Hogwarts Castle. Except for your room, you are not allowed to enter any room here, especially this one." Snape stopped. Down, pointing to a closed door.

There was a gold-plated sign hanging on the door, with a string of English written on it. Lu Mingfei read it carefully: "Professor's Office of Defense Against the Dark Arts, is this your office?"

Lu Mingfei clearly saw that Snape's expression turned gloomier.

"Of course not, Mr. Lu Mingfei, why can't you keep your mouth shut quietly and be a qualified listener before I finish speaking?" Snape looked at him directly and continued to walk forward.

Lu Mingfei moved forward to catch up. Although Snape's attitude was not very good, but... well, for him who had lived at his uncle's and aunt's house for so long and was scolded from time to time, it was not a problem at all.

He was even in the mood to speculate based on Snape's sudden change - could this Defense Against the Dark Arts professor have a grudge against Snape?
  Not far after passing the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, they arrived at the end of the corridor, which was connected to the stairs. Lu Mingfei's eyes suddenly widened.

It’s not because the stairs are grand or exquisite, they are just ordinary stairs, some are big, some are small, some are made of wood, some are made of marble, the only problem is – they move!
  Just when they arrived here, Lu Mingfei watched helplessly as an upper section of the stairs opposite suddenly disappeared out of thin air. There were also some other stairs that moved automatically, swapping positions or changing directions, connecting to different places. .

"There are a total of one hundred and forty-two stairs in Hogwarts, but you don't need to walk that many. You just need to remember where you should jump instead of walking... But it doesn't matter if you can't remember. Anyway, you Can fly." Snape said, taking Lu Mingfei downstairs.

Lu Mingfei really wanted to say that he actually couldn't fly. It wasn't until he saw the memory Dumbledore showed him yesterday that he knew that he was still a flying reptile. But he had secretly confirmed this countless times just now, and he had no idea how he managed to move those huge pairs of The wings were conjured.

This also means that if he really falls and fails to transform his wings, he will fall to his death here...perhaps he can be saved by Snape and Dumbledore using wizard's magical means. return?
  By the way, is this school called Hogwarts so scary? There is a possibility of falling down even if you take the stairs. There are other hidden dangers that Mingfei can't even think about.

Such schools in China will definitely be rectified until they close down!
  While he was thinking about it, Lu Mingfei saw another person in a portrait hanging on the wall waving to him in a friendly manner: "Hello, kid, you were really scary when you were carried up last night."

"Hello..." Lu Mingfei greeted somewhat uncomfortably, but it wasn't really a shock.

I saw the moving and talking portraits yesterday, and even saw a group of them. Everything that was outrageous seemed to make sense now that it was related to wizards.

Lu Mingfei felt that his ability to accept things had improved a lot.

But the facts soon hit Lu Mingfei in the face. On this not-so-long journey, Lu Mingfei saw various things that shocked him——

Walking armor, ghosts that exist in reality and can be seen with the naked eye, and Snape occasionally mentioned "You can't go here, you will die", "You can't go there, you will die miserably", "You have to poke here to open it, otherwise it will There are all kinds of bizarre doors that look like doors but are actually just walls or traps!

It wasn't until Lu Mingfei finally came to his senses from the question "Is this place called Hogwarts a trap battle fortress instead of a school?" that he noticed that he had followed Snape all the way to Hogwarts. in a room in Watts' basement.

Lu Mingfei looked around.

This place seems to be a classroom. There are shelves on the walls. The shelves are filled with various animal tissue specimens soaked in unknown solutions. At the front is a blackboard and a huge storage cabinet next to it. The overall environment gives people a cold feeling. Moisture feeling.

If you want to say the most eye-catching thing, it is of course a crucible placed on the teacher's desk, surrounded by a bunch of bizarre-looking materials, such as snake teeth and small stings that look like some kind of bee. ...There are still green bubbles popping out of the pot.

"This is the Potions classroom. You will spend the next period of study here, and I hope this time can be shortened as soon as possible."

Snape made it clear that he did not welcome Lu Mingfei. It may also be because he was used to talking like this, "I will refine the potion in front of the classroom. If you have any necessary questions, you can ask me. Please note that it is necessary." -of.

In addition, you can't touch anything without my permission. Most of the unprocessed medicine-making materials contain highly toxic substances. "

"it is good."

When he heard that most of the materials contained highly toxic substances, Lu Mingfei was not nervous or surprised. Instead, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, there was something that matched his preconceived impression. This is what the wizard's style should be! How could there not be a potion made from such outrageous materials? As long as you don't drink it for yourself.

"Then, how do I learn it?" Lu Mingfei asked curiously and expectantly, "That magic called Occlumency?"

"Ha." Facing Lu Mingfei's curious and expectant gaze, Snape laughed coldly, took out a wand, and pointed at the huge locker next to the front of the classroom.

The locker opened automatically, and the books that had been placed in it flew out in groups, landed on the table in front of Lu Mingfei, and stacked them automatically. Amidst the clattering sound of pages flying, as the books piled higher and higher, reaching a height that almost blocked the space between Lu Mingfei and Snape, Lu Mingfei's expression successfully changed from expectant to dull.

"What, what is this?" Lu Mingfei asked stammering.

"Occlumency is a high-end defensive magic in Defense Against the Dark Arts, Mr. Lu Mingfei, and as a visitor to a strange world, you know nothing about magic."

Snape looked at Lu Mingfei's expression, raised his head slightly with satisfaction, and said in a tone that sounded particularly cruel to Lu Mingfei, "So, you must start from the most basic magic theory, otherwise you will never be able to learn. success."

"But...this..." Lu Mingfei stared at the pile of books that was almost taller than him with wide eyes.

He could understand the meaning of Snape's words. The translation of these words was - you have never studied mathematics, so it is impossible to learn how to solve the final calculus problem of the Mathematical Olympiad competition.

It is true that Lu Mingfei really doesn't want to experience the outrageous incident of "1+1=2, 1+2=3, have you learned it? It's very simple, then let's do a calculus", but...

"This is too much!"

"Of course not all are magic theories." Snape's words gave Lu Mingfei hope.

But before this hope could warm Lu Mingfei's heart, Snape glanced at him coldly: "There are also some related common sense and system books in the wizarding world, because you don't know where to stay in the future. How long, so that’s the part you have to master as well.”

"Crack!"

Lu Mingfei seemed to hear the sound of his heart being completely frozen.

"Um... is there a possibility, Professor Snape, you are wizards and you know magic, right? Maybe you can use some magic to directly pour the knowledge from these books into my brain?" Lu Mingfei held the last question. The slightest bit of hope asked.

"Such ridiculous words would probably not come out of the mouths of a young wizard who just entered school." Snape gave Lu Mingfei the final blow.

With a "bang", Lu Mingfei's heart broke.

He looked at the mountain of books and recalled the pile of textbooks on the desk in junior high school, enough to cover the entire upper body... These books were actually more than those combined!
  We're obviously in the wizarding world, why do we still need to study, and even study? Shouldn't learning magic be enjoyable?
  No! The wizard's style of painting shouldn't be like this!

(End of this chapter)