Chapter 709: The Iron Curse, The Lost Sirius
Chapter 709 Iron Armor Curse, the Lost Sirius
This letter is not particularly long. Excluding greetings and the like, the actual part about the curse is less than two pieces of parchment, but the content inside is difficult to understand. Even with the comparison diagram given by Dumbledore, Kyle It must also be considered over and over again.
At the same time, he also took out his magic wand and tried various combinations of magic words.
Bits and pieces of magic text floated out from the wand, gathering together to form new symbols. Vaguely, there seemed to be a layer of transparent net around Kyle, but it soon shattered and disappeared.
“No, that’s not it…” Kyle frowned and quickly flipped through the translation chart.
Because he was so focused, Kyle didn't even notice that the sky outside had already gotten brighter.
Unknowingly, Kyle had been sitting at the table all night.
Until noon the next day…
Fred, who came back from Diagon Alley for lunch, looked at an empty chair in front of him and couldn't help but ask: "By the way, how long has Kyle been in the room?"
“Almost the whole day,” Harry said. “The light in his room was always on last night, and he didn’t come out for breakfast this morning.”
“What the **** is he doing?” George asked.
"I don't know," Ron said. "We tried to call him in the morning, but mum and Sirius wouldn't let us."
"This is what Dumbledore asked before he left." At this time, Mrs. Weasley put a plate of toast on the table, "If there is nothing important, don't disturb Kyle."
"I know, and you've said it many times." Ron muttered under his breath.
"Then you have to remember." Mrs. Weasley glared at Ron, and then looked worriedly at the direction of the stairs outside the door.
Obviously she was also a little worried about Kyle who hadn't eaten all day.
"But it's only less than a day now, so it should be fine." Mrs. Weasley thought to herself, because of Dumbledore's instructions, she could only wait for Kyle to come out.
It’s just another afternoon of waiting.
It wasn’t until half past seven, when everyone was preparing to have dinner, that Kyle staggered downstairs.
Diana said yesterday that the contents on the parchment can only be stored for one day.
I have to say, this is really on time.
Just now, the contents on the parchment disappeared at a certain moment. Along with it, there are also the memories of those ancient runes in his head.
But there is good news.
Although the process disappears, the results remain.
This feeling was like an exam. He couldn't remember the content of the paper or what he wrote, but the final score was real...and it was a very good score.
After suddenly relaxing, Kyle, who had not eaten for a day, felt dizzy. What I saw was even more flickering.
By the time Kyle finally came downstairs to the dining room, Mrs. Weasley just happened to place a plate of baked pies on the table.
Kyle ignored the hot hands and politeness, picked up a pie and stuffed it into his mouth.
"You're finally out." Mrs. Weasley breathed a sigh of relief and served Kyle another bowl of soup. "Eat slowly and don't be in a hurry. I've made a lot."
…
Kyle ate a total of three pies and two bowls of soup before he felt better, but he only felt less hungry.
It has to be said that studying ancient runes is really a very physically demanding job. He feels like he has not eaten for three days rather than for one day.
"Kyle, what are you doing in the room?" Ron couldn't help but ask.
“Study Merlin’s letter.” Kyle said casually.
As the content on the parchment disappeared, the strange restrictions before disappeared. For example, now he could speak naturally about what he was doing, instead of saying no like he did last night. come out.
"Merlin's letter?" Hermione's voice became high-pitched and high-pitched, "That's from someone fifteen hundred years ago."
"It's not the original letter." Kyle explained: "It was rubbed with magic."
"Could it be the one your mother gave you last night..." Hermione suddenly thought of the birthday gift Diana gave Kyle last night.
She thought about many possibilities, including advanced magic spells, ancient documents...but she never expected that it was related to Merlin.
"Can you let me take a look?" Hermione stared at Kyle with a hopeful look on her face, "Just a glance."
"Sorry, the letter was protected by magic and disappeared just now." Kyle shrugged and picked up another piece of pie. "And I forgot the content on it. I only remember that it was in ancient runes that have not been simplified. written."
“Ancient runes, simplified?” Hermione was a little confused.
She really couldn't connect those words that were so complicated that she felt dizzy at a glance with simplification.
"That's it..." Kyle handed Hermione the book Dumbledore had given him.
Hermione's brows furrowed since she turned the first page.
Harry and Ron also glanced curiously, but the next second, they both looked away in unison.
They didn't even recognize a single symbol on that page, and even looking at it gave them a headache. It was hard to imagine how Kyle could read it all day long.
"Wait a minute..." Fred suddenly thought of something, "You just said you forgot the content. Didn't you waste the whole day in vain?"
"Of course not." Kyle swallowed the last bite of the pie and took another piece of baked potato, "That is a teaching letter, probably written by Merlin to his apprentice. I have already learned the magic mentioned above. "
Suddenly there was a sound of inhalation in the restaurant. Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. For a moment, they didn’t know what to say.
Finally it was Fred and George who broke the silence.
“What kind of spell is it?”
“Is it very powerful?”
They both asked at the same time.
“It’s a kind of iron armor curse,” Kyle said. “It’s not very powerful. It’s mainly for protecting yourself.”
Fred and George looked a little disappointed. Merlin's magic should be powerful and devastating, and it would be best to directly eliminate Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
"I would say the Iron Armor Curse is the best." Mrs. Weasley glanced at them, and then said to Kyle: "Diana must want you to protect your own safety, so she found this for you. of."
"That's right." Mr. Weasley agreed: "That's Merlin's letter. I've never heard of anyone getting such a thing. It must be very precious."
"Perhaps Professor Dumbledore has also seen it." Ginny said next to her: "Do you remember what he said last night? He seemed to understand Kyle's situation at the time and what he needed. He must have experienced it. "
“But how many Dumbledores are there in the wizarding world?” Mr. Weasley said.
"Can we take a look at the effect?" At this time, Sirius, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Of course, if it's inconvenient, forget it."
"It's just a magic spell, nothing inconvenient." Kyle said nonchalantly: "But can you wait a while? I haven't eaten enough yet."
“Of course, no problem,” said Sirius.
At this time, everyone became interested and looked forward to seeing the magic from 1,500 years ago. With this kind of expectation, they couldn't even eat, and they just hoped that time would pass faster.
But the most important thing was that Kyle was not in a hurry at all and continued to eat his dinner leisurely.
When everyone put down their tableware, Kyle swept away all the remaining three pies.
In addition, there were two potatoes, five bowls of soup, and a plate of sausages and bread that Mrs. Weasley had temporarily fried for fear of not having enough food.
Ginny's eyes kept widening. She felt that Kyle's meal was enough for her to last for three days.
“Is it true that there won’t be any problems if Kyle eats like this?” she asked subconsciously.
“This is normal.” Lupine explained: “Kyle should be learning runic magic. When using this kind of magic, it is a double test of energy and physical strength.
"If you choose the course of ancient runes, you will find that after each class, you will eat a lot more than usual."
"That's true..." Ginny muttered in a low voice: "But Kyle also ate too much."
“It’s okay, a little wizard of his age has an amazing appetite.” Charlie said fondly: “I was like this at the beginning, I could eat five pies at a time. At that time, my mother was always worried that there was not enough food at home.”
As if to verify what he said, or maybe because he was hungry after watching Kyle eat, Charlie was going to get the toast in front of him and prepare to eat another round.
But as soon as he stretched out his hand, Mrs. Weasley hit him.
“Mom, you are too partial.” Charlie couldn’t help complaining.
"Kyle hasn't eaten all day." Mrs. Weasley said without looking back.
…
Five minutes later, Kyle drank another bowl of soup and finally put down the tableware.
A trace of expectation also flashed in the eyes of others.
“Need a break?” Sirius asked.
"No need." Kyle shook his head, "Seven full, just enough to move around." "Bang!" Ginny knocked over the stool as she just stood up.
How should I put it, she felt that compared to ancient magic, Kyle's appetite was even more incredible.
After that, Sirius stood up and walked towards the door.
"Come with me, I will take you to the basement. There is a room for brewing potions, which will be just in time."
"Okay." Kyle naturally had no objection, stood up and walked out.
However, at this moment, a red light suddenly flashed in front of his eyes.
“Expelliarmus!”
Sirius, who was standing at the door, took out his wand at some point and pointed it at Kyle impartially.
This sudden scene frightened Mrs. Weasley and screamed. Ron subconsciously stepped back and stepped on Hermione who was reading a book. Hermione was in pain and knocked down Harry.
The whole restaurant was instantly in chaos.
However, Kyle, who was pointed at by the wand, was completely unaffected and still stood there.
Sirius's disarming spell flew less than an inch in front of him when it was blocked by a silver shield.
The spell was bounced back at a faster speed, and Sirius's wand flew out in a spin as he was caught off guard.
By the time he reacted, the wand was already in Kyle's hand.
"You didn't say you were going to do a sneak attack before." Kyle returned the wand to Sirius.
"The Death Eaters won't give you a fair duel," said Sirius.
He looked at the wand handed over by Kyle, his eyes still a little dazed, as if it was difficult to accept that he was defeated like this.
For a wizard, losing the wand is equivalent to losing the ability to resist. If Kyle was the enemy, he would definitely die just now.
He was considered a popular figure in Hogwarts at first, but he actually lost to a seventh-grade student twenty years later.
Inexplicably, Sirius felt a sense of loss.
As an old friend for many years, Lupine was the first to notice the strangeness in him and comforted him: "You don't think you can beat Kyle.
“It would have been fine five years ago, but now... you think too highly of yourself.
“And didn’t you lose to Kyle once when you first escaped from prison three years ago? It’s been so long, haven’t you accepted this fact?”
Or should we call him a friend? Lupine's every word accurately poked Sirius in the heart, and he poked it repeatedly, adding a handful of salt at the same time.
"Shut up, Remus." Sirius' face turned red and he gritted his teeth and said, "This is just a simple test, it doesn't explain anything."
He originally wanted to regain some dignity for himself, but instead of stopping Lu Ping, this move actually made him laugh even more.
The Sirius he knew had always been very free and easy, to put it mildly, heartless, a typical Gryffindor.
At least until Voldemort's fall.
So Lupine rarely saw Sirius showing the blank look he had just now.
But it is also understandable that although this is just a simple test and cannot explain any problems, it is inevitably unacceptable to lose the wand so easily when facing a student who has just turned seventeen.
He will definitely not go to discuss with Kyle anyway.
Sirius's face turned redder and redder, and now, even the other people in the room couldn't help but twitch their lips.
In order to change the subject, Sirius once again turned his attention to Kyle.
At this time, he discovered that the shield that blocked his disarming spell did not disappear, but still existed.
The Iron Armor Curse will disappear after reflecting the opponent's spell. If you want to continue using it, you must release a second spell. This is common sense and the characteristic of the Iron Armor Curse itself. Even Dumbledore is no exception.
But the scene before him broke this characteristic.
Looking at the looming silver shield, Sirius always felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
By the way, at the Ministry of Magic!
Sirius suddenly remembered that Voldemort had used such a shield when he fought Dumbledore at the Ministry of Magic. At that time, Kyle seemed to want to learn it.
"Have you learned it?" Sirius couldn't help but said: "The mysterious man's iron armor spell."
"It's different." Kyle glanced at the shield in front of him, shook his head and said, "The magic spell used by the mysterious man is a real shield, but mine is just a manifestation of the magic spell, and its shape is not fixed. of."
With that said, Kyle waved his magic wand, and the shield in front of him immediately turned into a hexagonal magic circle, with complex magic text flashing on it, which looked very high-end at first glance.
Then the magic circle turned into a honeycomb-like net, Kyle's own appearance, Sirius's appearance...and then turned back into a shield.
"This should be the effect of a combination of magic words. I forgot what it is specifically." Kyle continued: "It gives the Iron Armor Curse a more comprehensive protective effect, and at the same time it also allows the magic spell to be realized."
"What about the effect?" Lupine asked: "Does its appearance have something to do with its defensive ability?"
"It doesn't matter at all." Kyle said, "It's like the style of a set of clothes. No matter how you change it, it has no effect on the thermal insulation effect."
"If you don't believe it, you can try it." Kyle turned the shield in front of him into a ring.
Sirius acted as if he didn't see it and had no intention of taking action. Lupine and Mr. Weasley also turned their heads to the side.
"Forget it, I'll do it." Charlie held back his laughter and took out his wand.
“Expelliarmus!”
The red light of the disarming spell hit the empty space in the middle of the ring, but was still blocked.
But because he was prepared in advance, Charlie turned sideways to avoid it. Looking at the iron armor spell in front of Kyle, it was still intact.
Lupine frowned and thought carefully.
This kind of continuous iron armor curse reminded him of another magic curse...to protect everything.
This is not a magic spell used by one person, but an enhanced version of the iron armor spell cast by multiple wizards. The effect is to create a protective net. This kind of protection can always exist until the magic power disappears.
Normally, this kind of magic spell is only used in war.
For example, more than ten years ago, the Aurors used the large-scale curse of Unified Protection more than once to make the Death Eaters who tried to attack the Ministry of Magic return without success.
The one Kyle is using now is very much like a simplified version of this spell. It has changed from a spell that requires multiple people to use to one that can be used by just one person.
It's a pity that he can't remember the process... If other people could learn this spell, it would be much easier to deal with Death Eaters.
But soon, Lupine shook his head again.
This is the most difficult rune magic. Even if there is a process, it is estimated that only a few people can learn it...and if there are too many people, there is a risk of exposure. If Death Eaters learn it, it will be really troublesome.
After everyone saw the effect of the spell, Kyle waved his wand, and the shield in front of him disappeared.
"Harry..." He turned around and said, "You may have to work hard in the next period of time."
"What?" Harry blinked, not understanding what Kyle meant for a moment.
"That's it." Kyle explained: "This is my trump card, used to surprise Death Eaters.
“Although saying this may make you a little uncomfortable, if the mysterious person invades your consciousness again, he will probably see what happened today.”
Harry's eyes quickly dimmed. During this period of time, he had been trying to forget about it, but unexpectedly, Kyle said it.
"I, I've been learning Occlumency." Harry whispered.
“I know,” Kyle said, “I saw the Occlumency book in your room last night.
"I mean, your progress is too slow. If you don't have anything important to do later, how about a special training session."
Special training?
Harry subconsciously thought of the unbearable past in the Room of Requirement.
"No, no need." His legs began to feel weak and his body ached slightly, "Sirius can teach me, and Professor Lupin, right?"
He looked at the two of them as if asking for help.
But Sirius didn’t know what Harry was doing, so he just said helplessly: “Sorry Harry, I don’t know much about Occlumency, so I can’t help you with anything.”
“Me too,” Lupine said.
"In that case, it's settled." Kyle said, "Sirius, didn't you just say there was a nice room in the basement? Let's clean it up later, and Harry will conduct special training there. "
“Okay, no problem.” Sirius said simply.
…
(End of this chapter)