some magical Hogwarts

Chapter 173 The God of Death and the Three Brothers (Second More)

All in all, Newt has dedicated his life to the protection of magical creatures.

He believes that wizards should protect magical animals, and should live in peace with those intelligent species classified as "human".

He has also been striving for this goal all his life.

William generally admires this kind of person with dreams and actions.

He hesitated for a moment, and quickly told what he saw under the black lake.

Newt is an expert in this area, and he should be able to answer William's confusion.

"I've seen the priests you saw in the mermaid tribe before." Newt explained.

"Actually, not only mermaids, almost all tribes of intelligent creatures have sacrifices.

Human beings also sacrificed in ancient times. After they gained some power, they produced the first batch of powerful warlocks.

This is the predecessor of some wizards. "

"Part?" William noticed Newt's choice of words.

"That's right, not all wizards' power comes from priests." Newt hesitated, "Son, this is not my field. Professor Dumbledore has more research in this area."

Newt obviously didn't want to talk too much about it.

"The priest opens the entrance to a special realm by performing the appropriate magic steps.

Unseen forces are there, like man himself, in many forms, both good and evil.

There are forces of light that can heal, guard, and explore the universe, and there are forces of darkness that go against it...bringing destruction and chaos.

If the sacrifice is done properly, the invisible power will obey the priest's prayer and display in the world... Thus, the priest seems to have infinite power.

In return, this power requires sacrifices - prayers and praise for the light forces... and blood and even life for the dark forces. "

"The mermaid... who are they offering sacrifices to?"

"I think it's the siren, the earliest mermaid." Newt pondered for a while, "You should have seen the mermaid statue, right?"

William and Hermione nodded quickly.

"That statue is the legendary Siren. I have seen statues of Sirens in every mermaid tribe in the world."

"Isn't the siren a myth?" Hermione wondered, "There are also legends about sirens in Muggle stories."

"A story?" Newt shrugged. "I don't think so, boy."

"The simplest example is that Muggles under the Himalayas can often see snowmen, and the strange news of the Loch Ness monster is also increasingly circulating among Muggles.

For Muggles, the yeti and the water monster are just legendary creatures, but for the wizard, the snowman and the horse-shaped water monster are magical creatures that have been taught repeatedly.

They like to show off to Muggles, trying to get their attention. "

"But...it's different."

"It's no different. Wizards are a story to Muggles, just like Merlin and King Arthur."

Newt turned his head to look at the sea of ​​clouds.

"Many stories are evolved from facts. It's just that in the later generations, they are constantly distorted, exaggerated, and even mixed with other stories.

But that doesn't mean there really isn't one. "

William raised his eyebrows. He had heard similar words from Dumbledore before.

"Is there any proof?" Hermione asked skeptically.

Newt laughed: "I have traveled all over the world over the years, I have seen too many magical creatures, and I have collected countless first-hand information.

Even if you are interested, I think I will have to spend a school year explaining it to both of you. "

"We'd love to take your Care of Magical Creatures class," William laughed.

"Forgive me, son. I'm retired, and, besides, Professor Kettleburn is excellent."

After Newt got acquainted with several people, he talked more.

"Actually, I want to prove that the simplest way is that all mermaids know sirens, even if it is a mermaid tribe that has been sealed in a certain lake for thousands of years.

Isn't it fun? "

Both William and Hermione listened carefully.

Newt continued: "I found one more thing during my investigation.

Every mermaid devoutly believes that there is an island in the far sea, where the sirens who sing magic songs live.

Her singing guides ghosts into the underworld.

Sirens are the guides of the underworld and the most loyal servants of Death. "

"Reaper?" William frowned slightly.

"Is it the god of death among the three brothers?"

The elf Mercury who had been listening to the story asked suddenly.

"Yes, it's him!" Newt's eyes were extremely serious.

"Wait, three brothers... isn't that just a story?" William became more and more confused as he listened.

If according to Newt, the sirens really exist, William can still understand.

He had seen the power of the phoenix, and the siren might be a powerful mermaid.

But then suddenly there's the underworld and the Grim Reaper... that's as bullshit as "I, Ravenclaw, pay money".

"What are the three brothers?" Hermione was even more puzzled, she had never even heard of it.

"A bedtime story from Beedle the Bard's Tales," William explained.

"Why haven't I heard of it!" Hermione looked at William in surprise.

"This is an old story in the magic world. It is said that it was written by old Beedou, and every little wizard knows it."

"How do you know?" Hermione asked strangely.

"The wizard story book I bought for Annie. Before school started, she often pestered me to read her bedtime stories at night." William explained.

"What is the story of the three brothers?"

William coughed and said: "Once upon a time, there were three brothers who were driving along a secluded path, and it was almost dusk.

As they walked, they came to a river that was too deep to wade through, and too dangerous to swim across.

However, the three brothers were proficient in magic. When they waved their wands, a bridge appeared across the wide water.When they reached the middle of the bridge, a hooded figure blocked their way.

Standing in the way is Reaper, angry at the loss of three new offerings - travelers usually drown in this river.

But Death was very cunning, and he pretended to congratulate the three brothers on their magic, saying that they had escaped Death by virtue of their cleverness, and each of them could get a reward.

Boss is a warlike wizard who wants the most powerful wand ever!
Death went to an elder tree on the shore, made a wand out of the dangling branches, and gave it to the eldest.

What the second child wants is the ability to bring the dead back to life.The god of death picked up a stone from the bank and gave it to the second child, telling him that the stone had the ability to bring the dead back to life.

Death asked the youngest, the third, what he wanted, and the third was the most humble and wisest, so he asked for something that would allow him to leave there without being followed by Death.

Reaper reluctantly gave him his invisibility cloak. "

William quickly finished the story of Death and the three brothers.

"In the end, the other two brothers died. Only the third brother escaped the sight of the god of death and lived until he was very old. He finally took off the cloak of invisibility, handed it to his son, and greeted the god of death like old friends meeting each other."

"It's just a fairy tale," Hermione began to support William's assertion. "There can be no death..."

"Wait," Mercury interrupted suddenly.

"I heard the story of Death and the three brothers told by my great-grandfather, but it was a different version.

The content is completely different from that of the old Beedou! "

Mercury's words startled William.

There is a new version of this bedtime story?

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