In May 1991, a mottled owl flew over London with a letter in its beak.
At the same time, in a dilapidated attic in the old city of London, an eleven-year-old Chinese boy was taking notes with a serious face.
The young man's black-gloved left hand gently pressed on the old yellowed parchment, and his other hand quickly wrote and drew some very complex geometric figures on another blank parchment.
After about thirty minutes, the Chinese teenager finished the last stroke, leaned gently on the seat, picked up a bottle of light blue liquid placed by the table and drank it in one gulp.
"Well..." The Chinese boy, or Tiera, almost vomited out due to the choking taste of the light blue liquid, but fortunately he covered his mouth in time and forced himself to swallow.
The moment the blue liquid went down, Tiera felt as if she had returned to the night of the explosion in the laboratory. The heavy ultra-low temperature refrigerator fell from the sky, and a huge shadow pressed down on him. The short four seconds of death seemed to be Stretched to eternity, the dull pain of the refrigerator hitting him, the sharp pain of his skull being crushed inch by inch, tortured him frame by frame.
I don't know how long it took, but Tiera woke up from the hellish torture in a cold sweat, but his spirit was extremely uplifting, as if he had woken up after a long and comfortable sleep.
"I feel desperate when I think about continuing to drink." Tiera sighed, lifted up the chair he kicked down while drinking the medicine, and went to the bathroom downstairs to take a hot shower.
The potion that Tiera just drank is called Helis Potion. It is one of the research results in Merlin's diary. It can enhance mental power, and its remaining potion can build a temporary spiritual barrier for the user for about a month. , which can effectively reduce the probability of the user accidentally coming into contact with the spirit of the Old Ones when learning forbidden spells.
Of course, the side effects are also quite obvious. Within ten minutes to half an hour of taking the medicine, the user will experience the most painful experience in his life over and over again.
For Tiera, it was naturally the experience of being killed by a freezer in an explosion.
Although he didn't feel anything at the time, the pain was still recorded by his subconscious, and exploded in the illusion caused by Herris's potion.
After taking a bath, Tiera lay softly on the bed. Prepare to rest for a while before learning the next magic.
He only had one short day a week where he could learn magic without being affected, so he had to hurry up.
It has been five years since he left the orphanage. Although he had a huge sum of money in ancient coins, Tiera cautiously only pawned a few pieces in exchange for enough money to live on for nearly a month or two. He would prepare the money for the rest of the year. Get a job.
It's just that it's not easy for a six-year-old kid to find a job. Either he was rejected outright, or there were people with evil intentions who wanted to sell him to some underground places.
Tiela, who had been unemployed for a long time, had to learn from other street children in London to engage in petty theft.
However, this situation soon changed. During a theft, she was stopped by a Chinese aunt who did not speak English. After discovering that Tiera spoke English much better than her husband's fluent English, this The Chinese aunt, who is kind-hearted and kind-hearted, offers Tiela a job as a cashier in her restaurant.
Food and accommodation are included, six days off and one day off, and a monthly salary of twenty pounds. My usual job is to sit at the cashier and translate what dishes the customers want to order. When I am busy, I may go to the kitchen to help out.
The attic in the old city now originally belonged to a good friend of hers. After his friend returned to China, he temporarily left it to her to take care of. It was also empty, so Tiera was arranged to live here.
Tiera saved most of the salary she earned.
It didn’t even cost much to brew the Helis potion. After all, this library is not just a library, it is also located on a planet with an ecological environment similar to that of the earth. Centered at the entrance of the library, Merlin has developed more than ten acres of herbal medicine. field.
Although Merlin left for nearly five or six hundred years, most of the herbs grew like weeds due to the suitable climate here. Tiera easily gathered the "Comprehensive Solution to Magical Herbs" she found from the third floor bookshelf. After collecting most of the ingredients for brewing Helis potion, the remaining small part was also gathered at the Chinese medicine store in Chinatown.
"Knock, knock, knock"
Just when Tiera was about to get up and learn another spell, there seemed to be a sound of tapping on the glass in his ears.
A few seconds later, he saw a mottled owl land in front of his skylight with a letter in its mouth, and tapped the glass three times with its short beak.
"Knock, knock, knock"
"Could it be..." Tiera thought of a certain possibility and was so excited that she fell off the bed and hurriedly picked up the iron rod to open the skylight.
The mottled owl flew in and put the letter on Tiera's desk, then stood alone on the back of the chair to tidy up its feathers.
Tiera picked up the thin envelope, with a white background and a red stamp. His name and address were written on the back in emerald green ink. There was a wax seal on the front, a shield crest, and a capital H surrounded by a circle. A lion, a snake, an eagle, and a flathead.
Tiera flattened the envelope with some excitement, carefully cut off the part where the paint was separated from the letter paper with a paper knife, and peeled off the entire piece of paint.
Tiera took out the letter paper that still smelled of pungent ink from the envelope, and read it word by word carefully.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore.
(President of the International Federation of Magic, President of the Wizards Association, and first-level magician of the Order of Merlin)
Dear Mr. Wu:
We are pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Attached is a list of required books and equipment.
The semester is scheduled to begin on September 1st. We will be waiting for your owl to bring your reply before July 31st.
Vice Principal (Female)
Sincerely, Minerva McGonagall
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
[uniform]
First-year students need:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. A plain peaked hat for daytime use (black)
3. A pair of protective gloves (made of dragon skin or similar materials)
4. A winter cloak (black, silver buckle)
Please note: All student clothing must have name tags
[textbook]
All students are required to prepare the following books:
"Standard Spells, Elementary" by Miranda Gorshak
A History of Magic, by Bathilda Bagshot
The Theory of Magic, by Adebe Wulfling
"The Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" by Emery Switch
A Thousand Miracle Herbs and Mushrooms, by Phyllida Spohr
Magic Potions and Potions by Arsenigiger
Monsters and Where to Find Them, by Newt Scamman
Dark Powers: A Guide to Self-Defense, by Quentin Trimble
[Other equipment]
a magic wand
A large pot (made of pewter, standard size 2)
A set of glass or crystal vials
a telescope
a brass balance
Students may bring an owl or a cat or a toad
Parents are particularly reminded that first-year students are not allowed to bring their own broomsticks.
It's true, it's true!
Tiera glanced at the owl standing on the table in a daze, causing the owl to flap its wings in annoyance.
But Tiera's trance only lasted for a while.
He immediately pulled out a piece of white paper and wrote:
Dear Professor Dumbledore:
It is a great honor to enter the Hogwarts Magical Court to learn magic.
After writing this paragraph, Tiera thought for a moment and continued writing:
But I don’t have anyone around me who has studied magic, and although I am very attracted to magic, I have never been exposed to it, so I don’t know how to prepare the things on the list, nor how to get to Hogwart. Hereby.
If I can, I mean if it's convenient for you, if any faculty member happens to live in London or is in London for business, can you take me into the magical world of magicians?
student
Tierra·Wu
Fold the reply letter and hand it to the owl.
But the owl did not open its mouth, but flapped its wings and called, then stared at Tiera with very human eyes.
"Oh, yes, you must be hungry when you fly here." Tiera reacted after seeing the owl's movements.
"Just in time, I have the delicacies you like to eat here." After saying that, Tiera opened the door to the next floor and ran down. When she came back, she was carrying a plump gray rat with a somewhat mutilated tail in her hand.
This was the drug-testing rat that Tiera caught in the attic when she was practicing the levitating spell. Now that it has been proven that Herris's potion is indeed effective, it is no longer needed and is simply given to the hard-working messenger as snacks.
"Squeak - squeak -" The gray rat screamed crazily when it was caught in the hand, but unfortunately Tiera was holding the back of his neck, so it couldn't bite Tiera no matter how hard it tried.
Tiera handed the squirrel to the owl's mouth.
The owl looked at the big mouse and then at Tiera.
After pecking Tiera's hand, she picked up the reply letter and flew away without looking back.
"Owls don't like mice?"
Looking at the back of the owl, Tiera said with some doubts.
"Do you want to eat cooked food?"
