, wonderful and free of pop-ups! Dinner is delicious baguettes, seafood soup, gratin, classic American hamburgers and hash browns, vegetable salads and turkey, and desserts are refreshing fruit pudding and waffles, long Everyone was sitting at the table, and Harry showed his hand at everyone's request.
"I didn't show my hand," the boy simply didn't know how to express his helplessness, "I can do what's in the book without a wand!"
"No, I think this is okay." He turned the pages of the book and said, "Look, it's a transformation spell! It turns living things into dead things. This is unscientific!"
"Wizards may not pay attention to science," Jean expressed his opinion, "But maybe they also abide by the conservation of energy?"
"Oh look at this! Weight loss potion! I love it, Harry, can I receive this as a gift this year? Yes! I'm willing to pay for the materials. Do they accept US dollars?" Several girls were fascinated around the potion book. I was so drunk that I almost forgot to eat, "There's also this, a dyeing potion, it almost doesn't hurt your hair at all..."
"Girls, I think you are already very slim -" Charles tapped the plate with his fork and said with a smile, "So why don't we eat first? Eating one more meal won't make you gain any more weight."
And Hank, who was sitting second on his right - the first one - had to seriously remind some restless people: "John, Bobby, it's dinner time now, the discussion needs to wait until after dinner."
John and Bobby looked at each other. The former withdrew the flame from his fingertips, and the latter defrosted the former's lighter. The two teenagers answered together unkindly: "Okay."
"Oh, I think there's a spell that may come in handy. I've memorized the spell once this afternoon." Harry coughed and nervously took out his wand. After thinking about it for a while, he put it down and said loudly to the vase on the table. : "reducio (quickly shrink)!"
The vase immediately shrank to the size of a fingernail and was floated over by Harry to Nina, like the smallest toy. This saved a lot of table space for Hank who was about to bring a plate of barbecue.
"It's so small!" Nina happily fiddled with the mini vase with her fingers.
"Don't move it, Nina, it's not lighter." Erik took the mini dangerous object away from his daughter, "But this is a really good move."
Before Harry could react, the people at the table started cheering a few seconds ahead of him, and the restaurant immediately became a livelier place than before: "This spell is awesome!"
"Do I no longer have to carry a lot of luggage when I go abroad?"
"I'm going to stuff all my clothes into my handbag! That way I don't have to hide in the toilet if they get dirty!"
"Hey, how do you restore them when you are shopping outside?"
"...Summon Harry?"
“This is so cool, just think about it, I no longer have to worry about having a place to put my collection of discs!”
"What do you think Harry is, a storage expert? Harry is the only wizard in this house. Just wait until he goes to school, you idiot!"
"Who are you calling an idiot? Who got the wrong homework yesterday?"
"You can't hold on to such a small mistake, and it was because you pushed me so hard yesterday!"
"Why are you always looking for my reasons instead of yours?"
"You're great, Harry," Charles smiled encouragingly and appreciatively at his son, "You'll be number one."
"This is just a very basic spell." Although Harry tried hard to endure it, he still couldn't hold back his happiness towards Charles. "I'm really afraid that if I don't know how to use a spell, they will drive me back immediately."
"That's okay, dear," Charles laughed easily, "Then you can go home - I must say, England is too far away, and you are only eleven years old. No matter how I trust you, I I will still miss you. When you went out today, I was thinking that maybe on your first day at school, I would want to ask everyone to take you home."
"He's a boy, Charles," Erik, who was sitting first on his left, said as he put some gravy on Nina's plate. "He's not a little girl like Nina, and he's a mutant. When he stupidly raises that little stick—" he said contemptuously, "—Harry can fool him."
"Erik——" Charles had to call his name loudly, because this was not a good example for him.
"Or manipulate the surrounding metal to poke a big hole in him." He continued smoothly, "Or use any of his available abilities. In short, Harry, if someone wants to harm you, protect yourself first, do you understand? Even if there are school rules What a crappy rule about not casting magic on your classmates—you’re a mutant, remember.”
The students at the table who were discussing the curse all turned their faces towards Harry under the influence of this topic, as if they had just discovered that Harry was about to go to a new country and a new school. They were so excited. Went up.
"If someone dares to steal your things, beat him hard," Bobby said with experience, even though he and John are actually only one year older than Harry, "condensate a layer of ice on your hands and give him a few hits." , I guarantee they won’t dare to mess with you.”
"He has already tested it on me, can you tell?" John rolled his eyes unbearably, "Harry, if someone sets fire to you and burns your things, you can turn him into a barbecue, you're welcome. "
"John——" Charles had to remind again.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Professor, but I think this is what Harry has to do," John gestured a few times, and this bad boy with a smile kept coming up with bad ideas, "Give them a showdown, so that they don't dare to show up to Harry..." Xavier's men have turned the world upside down, and in a few years, Hogwarts will have the surname Xavier!"
"Wake up, it's not time to go to bed yet," Bobby patted him in disgust, "Are you talking about your unrealistic delusions?"
John's answer was a fist.
"I think I should make something for you," Rogue said a little proudly, "Then you take it with you. If you have no strength at the critical moment, at least you can touch any part of the enemy with your hands and suck them temporarily. Dry."
"This is so effective," Jean said appreciatively, "Also, I think we should all give Harry something. Media replication really requires a medium when it comes to long-distance reproduction... Well, I Think about it, how was my previous notebook?”
Harry almost burst into tears looking at them - although he always felt that if something happened to him, the first person to be blamed would definitely not be others but himself, but it was always a good thing to be cared for by so many people. .
"Can you eat first?" Sean looked confused. When he tried to get a salad that was far away from him for the third time but was interrupted, he said strangely, "Harry still has at least a week to go to school! And Harry won't go to school for at least a week! Are you now too worried to eat?"
Charles didn't know that he had knocked on the plate several times today, but he knocked again now: "Sean is right, you should finish your meal now - then we can sit together, taste the dessert and chat. "
"Yes, Professor!" Everyone answered him in unison.
…………
I have to say, there are really interesting things in the magic world.
Ice cream balls floating in the air that you have to bend your neck to bite, magic dyes that can dye people colorful in an instant, candies made exactly like quills, Frisbees with good teeth...the most popular ones are A large number of wands for children. It does not require you to have magic power. As long as you recite the right spell, it can cast a specific magic. Of course, this is a one-time toy, but after studying it carefully, Harry assured everyone I will try to restore it to its unused condition before going out.
But there is a prerequisite for this toy - that is, you must recite the spell correctly.
"Damn, why doesn't this one in my hand react at all?" John was still very interested in toys at an age. The twelve-year-old boy waved the wand very eagerly, "Did we buy a fake product?"
"Stop slandering other people's things, Jean can use them!" Bobby snatched the wand from his hand, smiled and looked at the spell in the manual, "You must have read it incorrectly, let me do it instead... um," his The smile froze on his face, and then he looked up, "Who has a Latin dictionary?"
John laughed unceremoniously.
He was the oldest and most outstanding of the group. He immediately used a spell that made water spray out from the tip of the wand. He was a standout among the tongue-biting boys. However, his brother's expression was not so wonderful. He was sprayed in the face by his younger brother and was about to roll up his sleeves for a friendly competition between brothers.
Charles looked at them with a smile, his eyes staying on him for a long time.
Erik stood behind him, looking at the young man with a little admiration in his eyes, of course, only a little: "Better than his brother."
"Yes, although I insist that Alex is also great, but his academic performance is several times better than Alex's." Charles responded with a smile and put his hand on the person behind him who put it on his shoulder.
The impact of dropping out of school at an early age is indelible. Alex has little interest in subjects other than learning control abilities. Although he was not a good student in school before, he was able to take advantage of the various courses at Xavier College. He seemed to have a talent for learning and leadership. He could handle many things better than Alex, and many children were willing to listen. He commanded. If it weren't for his usual teenage impulsivity and impatience, as well as his playfulness, thrill-seeking, and willingness to make trouble and run away for fun, which are the "essential attributes for teenagers," Alex would have almost nothing to discipline him.
Charles is very indulgent with boys and teenagers. He said to Alex: "Think about you and Sean back then, Alex, you also gave me a headache."
"So retribution has come, professor." Alex said with a headache.
"The boys all have a period of time," Charles laughed. "Maybe one day I will have to face Harry's rebellious period. Think about it, he won't do anything I tell him to do, and he won't do anything I tell him not to do. But if you have to do something, I will be heartbroken."
Alex almost laughed out loud: "No professor, Harry is so good. I heard he is like you, as smart, obedient and lovable as you were when you were a child."
"Oh, that's indeed the truth - but I still hope Harry won't be too much like me," he shrugged. "You know you always complained that I was too strict with her when I was a child. If Harry takes care of me like I do, my It’s going to be big trouble.”
After saying that, they laughed together.
…
"I thought you were struggling to take a shower."
I have to admit that I was very happy when I saw a red Hank, but it was obvious that Hank had more important things to do now. This man, who had always been the leader of the academy, was holding a stack of information and walking around anxiously, and he was definitely not anxious because of his red suit.
"Someone called us - someone asked us for help," he said. "A rich man called us. There's a mutant who's missing - I mean, he can't find his son right now. We were there last time. Yue just visited them——"
"Wait a minute," the back of my tongue felt knotted when I heard what he said, "Why don't you clarify your thoughts before speaking? I can't understand you even if you act like this."
"The rich man is a father," Hank said in a different way, still speaking very quickly, "His son is a mutant. He loves his only son and doesn't want to hurt him, so he tries to inject drugs into him. My son got rid of the 'mutant disease'. In order to develop this drug, he visited many genetic experts, including Charles. He asked directly if we could eliminate this disease. Charles said no, it is not a disease - —”
"The result?" interrupted him, "Then why is he calling now? He should have refused to let his son enter school."
"That's the problem," Hank sighed, "after another quarrel, his son disappeared!"
"It's a bit impossible," he frowned, realizing the seriousness of the matter, "A rich man with a lot of money and the ability to buy many defensive facilities can't lock up his young son? What is his son's ability?"
"He has a pair of wings that can fly, like an angel's." Hank walked side by side with her toward the door. "His body is very strong, and there are attackable bone spurs on his wings. It was still midnight when he broke the window and escaped. His father Couldn't catch him."
"A raptor boy who belongs in the sky like an angel." He commented simply, "It seems we need to put those troublemakers in the living room to bed."
"Yes, we still have to tell the professor - I mean Charles." Hank said, looking a little nervously, "Will you come with us?"
"I will," said, "but I won't stay."
Hank sighed at this.
"But don't worry, I will stay for a few more days." Looking at the silly big man next to her, she wanted to comfort him with her lips, but due to the situation, she held back and only smiled, "I don't want to miss the delivery. The moment my nephew goes to school."
"Oh, thank you to the great Harry..." Hank murmured to himself.
They arrived at the living room at just the right time.
All the magic tools and strange candies have been played with. Y was wrapping his blanket and eating the last bite of ice cream balls. When he saw them coming, he quickly poked Jean next to him: "It's Teacher Hank! Look, there must be something important. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have given up the time he spent hiding in the room to wash off the dye.”
"Maybe," Jean looked at the dozens of documents in Hank's hand, "it looks like the party is about to end."
Harry was sitting on the sofa with Nina, who was tired from playing, and coaxed her to brush her teeth. He saw Hank and his aunt coming over and said something in his father's ear. A very scary expression appeared on Nina's father's face. , and then to Harry's surprise, they started to argue.
"He has to go, Charles," the voice was louder, so Harry heard clearly, "He is going to study in England soon, an unknown place. He has to see the consequences of not protecting himself."
"He's still a child!" Charles said helplessly, "I don't want him to--"
"Listen, Charles, I know you love him, and it's precisely because you loved me then and love him now that I can love him as much as you love me," said, "so it's hard for me to let him go like this. Charles, I didn’t mention it before because I still had time. Now he is going to Hogwarts to study, a place we can’t go to. Such an opportunity is in front of us. You will regret missing it. He is even more kind and well-behaved than you were back then. That's a good advantage, but he needs to see more."
Harry found that gradually he could hear what they were saying clearly, but he still didn't understand it - but it was confirmed that one of the centers of the conversation seemed to be him?
The boy's ears perked up, and he quietly used some power, whether it was magic or telekinesis, to manipulate the air to intensify the vibration so that he could hear more clearly.
"His father has found some clues," Hank flipped through the information in his hand, "His father has searched here, here, and that area. Only this place, Professor, his hands cannot penetrate into the deepest place. .”
"Where is this?" Eric asked.
"...I've heard of this place." He pointed at several locations with his hand, his expression extremely disgusted, "The mutants' cages and arenas are like underground casinos. They put mutants in one place to duel. , whoever wins gets glory, who loses loses value. I haven’t been there because it’s difficult to qualify for it.”
"You want me to help cover you?" Charles said.
"No, you can't go, Charles." He said firmly but apologetically, "But your ability is indeed necessary."
"That's not a problem." Erik glanced at Charles, then at Harry, and looked at the boy who had put away his abilities in panic, and smiled like a 'non-dad version', "The solution is there."
Harry:...? ? ?
! ! ! ! !
Harry reacted after being stunned for a few seconds.
Charles can't go out, what else can he do?
A rare excitement and expectation suddenly surged in his heart. This useful feeling made him feel even better than getting an A+ grade——
——Obviously, Nina's father and his aunt need to do something now. It may be a bit dangerous to do this, so dad can't go, but dad's ability is the best, so he who can use dad's ability becomes the first choice. A choice! And my aunt insisted on 'knowing something' herself!
He can finally do something for mutants like Alex, Sean, or Hank!
Aunt, I love you, I really love you to death! He cheered inwardly.
"Harry," Charles seemed to have finally compromised on something. He called his son over worriedly, "Honey, can you come here for a while? Okay, Nina, honey, you should go brush your teeth and go to bed."
"Be obedient, Nina." Erik added.
The girl got off Harry a little reluctantly and gave Harry a good night kiss: "Good night, Harry."
She yawned slightly, which was adorable. Harry smiled unconsciously at her and kissed the back of her hand: "Good night, little lady."
Then he suppressed his anticipation and nervousness and came to Charles and asked, "What's the matter, Dad?"
"Now," Charles tried to explain the whole thing simply to his son, "there is such a child, he is one of our compatriots, he is a mutant, and now he has lost his way home——"
"Oh, a typical 'Master Charles will tell you a fairy tale' narrative style." Thinking of himself being treated like this back then, he rolled his eyes and whispered to Erik and Hank.
"——Uncle Erik and your aunt want to help him. He is a mutant, Harry. He may be in a dangerous place now. Dad is not very convenient for going out," Charles said here , Harry was a little sensitive and noticed that the others trembled like him, "Jean is a girl, we can't just let her go there, so are you willing to bring your wand and, under appropriate circumstances, give it to Uncle Eric instead of Dad? Help your aunt with a little help?"
Erik: "What you said is so subtle and concise, Charles."
Charles: "Shut up, Erik, otherwise there will be no discussion, Harry, your opinion..."
"I do!" Harry answered with eyes shining almost as soon as Charles asked. After answering, he felt that he was too eager and had no thought process at all, which would reveal that he was eavesdropping. , so added, "Well, I mean, Dad, I'd be happy to help Aunt and Uncle Erik. If that kid like me is in danger, then since I can help, why wouldn't I? I'd be happy to."
"Oh, my God, boy, the boy with the highest honor limit." Hank patted his forehead with the document. After taking the picture, he couldn't help but said, "I can go with you, but Harry——"
"You are almost useless to this investigation, Hank," his voice was very low, only the front of his lips was trembling a little, and the smile on his face remained motionless, "We are just going to investigate, yes, there may be rescue operations, but I The purpose is to let Harry see some things that he needs to know in advance. Keeping him ignorant in this regard before he goes to England will not do him any good. Why don't you understand the point!"
"But you skipped a grade, and he is only eleven years old! This is too big!"
"Rather than die in a foreign country for no apparent reason, I would rather he gain some knowledge first." After finishing speaking in one breath, he said a little irritably, "So shut your mouth and let me take care of this matter."
As the protagonist of the topic, Harry felt sweat pouring down his back. He suddenly wished that he could temporarily become deaf at this moment.
"You need to bring someone with you, let me think about it..." Charles thought about the candidates.
He had never seen his son with the dark side, and now he was going to see it, and he couldn't bear the slightest risk. Therefore, the selection needs to be extremely careful. God, when he thinks about where his well-behaved son is going, his heart seems to be squeezed by a hand made of steel.
So the retribution for 'always wandering around regardless of mother's worries' has come, right? Charles thought with a little headache.
The former Magneto obviously had different ideas from him.
"Do you think I can't protect your son? I didn't know you had so little confidence in me, Charles."
"Shut up, Erik, I hate you so much right now, yes, that's it, so please shut up."
Harry swore that he saw his father, who had always been gentle and steady, giving Uncle Eric a hard look like a ten-year-old boy.
The latter's smile looked extremely satisfied.
