New Year's Eve.
Hogwarts Astronomy Tower.
"Keep your voices down, if Bloody Barrow finds out, we'll be doomed!"
Anka glared at the two girls fighting in front of him, with a hint of anger showing on his normally paralyzed face.
You know, they are here late at night, and this is an astronomy tower that normally prohibits students from entering privately.
The most important thing is that this is where Bloody Barro walks!
If Barrow saw that a few daring students actually came here to have a party in the middle of the night, and then informed Professor McGonagall... not even one of the people present would be able to escape.
However, Anka's voice was immediately drowned.
Not only Lutina and Elizabeth, but also Janos and Hope, who were usually stable, finally looked like normal little wizards at this time.
After all, this will be the first New Year's Eve that they, a group of outsiders, have spent in so many years.
The sound of Ankh's voice was drowned out by the sound of fireworks exploding.
As soon as Rutina's fireworks bloomed, everyone was watching her. She touched her nose awkwardly.
"New Year's Eve, let's be lively. Don't worry, others won't hear."
The others had no choice but to watch the fireworks together.
“Why are there fireworks shaped like my test scores?”
"Wait, why are there my afro fireworks?"
The attacks on Lutina continued one after another, and only Hope silently thought of something,
"Do the fireworks have to wait until the countdown starts at midnight?"
"Hey, that's right."
"But that's not important. How can we not set off fireworks during the New Year? At worst, they will be set off again later on the New Year's Eve." Lutina waved her hands indifferently.
"..."
Several young wizards looked at the sky speechlessly, but no one disturbed Lutina's interest.
"Okay, okay, today is New Year's Eve. What delicious food have you brought?" Lutina rubbed her hands excitedly and looked at the people in front of her with bright eyes.
"I brought syrupy fruit pie and pizza." Hope took out the food she just dropped by the kitchen.
"Pumpkin juice."
"Where are you two?"
Elizabeth rummaged through her pockets carefully, "I didn't bring anything delicious, but I did bring pots and pans, flour and seasonings."
"..." Looking at the lump in front of me... and the vaguely weird seasonings.
Janos pointed at these weird things and couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"
"Blast-tailed snail meat, hippogriff feathers, phoenix tears..." Anka looked at Elizabeth strangely, "Are you trying the medicine yourself? Hogwarts Astronomy Tower poisoning incident???" "
"You'd better eat mine. Ollivander's Restaurant has newly developed drinks and hot pot bases, and Merlin is satisfied with them after eating them."
Rutina took out the food in her pocket and was about to place it when a strange wind blew up in the astronomy tower.
"Suddenly there was a strong wind, there were bursts of evil spirits, and everything was pitch dark. Lutina trembled and said, 'Quick, protect Master!'"
"Snapped!"
With a crisp sound, Hope only felt a heavy slap on the back of his head.
"Let you talk nonsense!" Lutina took out her wand and said angrily while looking around.
The other three people also looked around carefully, but...
This strange wind came and went quickly. After waiting for a long time and there was no response, Lutina took the lead and threw the wand aside.
Hope and Elizabeth also put their wands back into their robes and turned back to deal with the "ingredients" someone brought.
Anka and Janos looked at each other and saw the same look of helplessness in each other's eyes.
Just as he was about to remind Janos not to put down his wand and to stay vigilant, Anka heard a scream from Lutina.
"My! Fire! Pot!!!"
Turning around suddenly, the table where they originally stacked the food was empty. Whether it was the syrup fruit pie and pizza from the kitchen, Lutina's hot pot and drinks, or even Elizabeth's poison, they were all gone. No trace.
Hope and Elizabeth immediately became vigilant, but unlike Anka, they mainly wanted to prevent Lutina from going crazy.
Looking at Lutina, whose face became increasingly gloomy, Hope began to consider whether to use a coma spell or a binding spell, or might the Cruciatus Curse be more effective?
[Thank you for hospitality. ]
A huge creature with a single horn suddenly appeared, and three wands were immediately pointed at it.
Except for Lutina, who was about to explode, and Elizabeth, who tried desperately to stop her from going up to fight, everyone else immediately reacted and were able to break through the magical protection of Hogwarts without alerting Dumbledore's people... Magical animals are probably not good at all.
After all, now is no different than before. With so many time-travelers, each with their own main mission, the magical world is suddenly more than a hundred times more dangerous, and Hogwarts' magical protection has reached the highest standard.
"Sorry, who are you? I remember we didn't send you an invitation?"
Hope asked politely, but the blue flame dancing on the tip of her wand seemed less polite.
[I? I am Nian. ] The giant beast said, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a rather anthropomorphic smile.
Year?
Perhaps to other students at Hogwarts, this name was nothing, but to the five people on the observatory at this time, it was like a bolt from the blue, causing an uproar.
[It seems you all know me, so that’ll be easy. Nian walked slowly, as if he was digesting food after a meal.
[I finished my annual work in China and was going to visit Leviathan living in the Norwegian Sea. I saw someone setting off fireworks here, so I came down to take a look. ]
[It’s really unusual to meet people celebrating New Year’s Eve in a place far away from China. ]
[How about we play a game? ]
Lutina suddenly became interested and put aside her hatred of the hot pot base being wiped away. But others remain wary.
"Play? How to play?"
"Why should we listen to you?"
The two spoke at the same time, and Elizabeth glanced at Lutina disapprovingly, but when she glanced at Hope and Anka's calm but unsuppressed mouths, she chose to shut up.
[Then take it as your promise. 】
"Hey! I'm not ready yet!"
"Great!"
The giant beast named "Nian" soars into the sky, carrying five little wizards with otherworldly souls, across the silent night, and bursts into a gorgeous firework above the Forbidden City.
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Special thanks:
"Hogwarts in the Wand" by Erqiji——Lutina Fonina W. Mortisona (Ollivander)
"Hogwarts: The Mystery of Time" by Qianyan Qingzhi——Elizabeth Potter, Anka Montgomery
"Hogwarts: Dusk Ends" by Wanderer - Hope Rosier
"? ? ? 》by Overlapping Leaves——Janos
