Hogwarts Summoning Guide

"You probably think I'm crazy, just like them! Yes! I am crazy! But don't even think I'll tell you the secrets of the Spellbreakers!" Kiki said angrily while eating a chicken leg.

"Well, actually... about your dream... I might be able to answer it for you..." Bai Lin said with a strange expression. He never expected that the first awakened one he encountered would be a killer who had broken the law.

Qiqi was stunned, her face full of disbelief.

Bai Lin said, "We have plenty of time to explain this matter clearly. Perhaps I'm not a great storyteller, but please be patient and let me explain in detail."

He picked out the key parts of the myth his mentor had told him and repeated them to Kiki, finally saying, "Fifty years ago, there was a very evil and cruel dark wizard named Grindelwald. He was dedicated to establishing a world ruled by pure-blood wizards over Muggles... that is, ordinary people. But it was other good wizards who stopped him and imprisoned him in a Hungarian prison. The castle that was hit by a meteor recently is that prison."

"He's dead?" Qiqi was also drawn in by Bai Lin's "story." She had a gut feeling that Bai Lin wasn't lying to her.

"Death was a relief for him. In fact, he had already repented in the second half of his life. Wizards are, to put it bluntly, just human beings. It's just that they have some talents compared to ordinary people. Many wizards are born into ordinary families. Whether wizards or ordinary people, there are good people and bad people, ambitious people and benefactors. Bloodline does not represent good or evil. Only behavior can represent it!" Bai Lin said.

He paused, then continued, "Tragically, the Dark Lord didn't die, and that meteor wasn't just a simple meteorite; it brought with it an alien evil spirit—a minion of the Great Old Ones, the very thing you dreamt about! It wasn't a dream; it was a real tragedy somewhere in the world! That alien evil spirit has possessed the Dark Lord, transforming him into that octopus-faced monster!"

Qiqi had stopped chewing, her expression somewhat frightened. She was clearly scared by Bai Lin's words. If she hadn't personally experienced that dream, and someone had told her about some extraterrestrial evil spirit, she would definitely have thought the person was a liar or a lunatic. However, she now believed Bai Lin's words.

"Tell me about your dream! Perhaps I can glean some information from it. I know nothing about this enemy's abilities right now, and if we rashly engage in battle, we might be caught off guard." Bai Lin tried his best to make his tone sincere; he genuinely wanted to obtain any information that could help resolve the mountain in his heart.

"Whispers... maddening whispers, I don't know what they're saying. Every time I have this kind of dream, it starts with those eerie whispers. At first, a person wearing a dark yellow cloak appears on a farm. He controls a cow, then pounces on it and kills it. Dozens of octopus-like tentacles extend from his hood, sucking the cow's blood and flesh..." Kiki recalled her nightmare, her face pale.

"That monster attacked the farmer's family, but instead of eating them, it spat out a pearl-like egg and stuffed it into their mouths. Not long after, octopus-like tentacles grew on the heads of the farmer's family, and they were transformed into monsters!" Kiki said through gritted teeth.

"It's a parasite!" Bai Lin said. "Just like the Xenomorph, it parasitizes existing life forms on this planet, allowing these alien creatures to adapt to Earth's environment in the shortest possible time!"

"The monsters disappeared into the forest... A few days later, I dreamed of them again... They were in a church, and dozens of people had already been converted. They were wearing yellow robes and kept chanting strange languages... The first monster took out a book and read in ancient Latin—'Lord in Yellow'..." After Kiki finished speaking, she shivered, grabbed Bai Lin's wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp. It seemed that this would make her feel a little better. Recalling this dream made her feel quite painful.

"The Lord in Yellow is Hastur, one of the Great Old Ones, a mysterious alien deity symbolizing the wind. This alien evil spirit is his weakest minion, but unfortunately, even the weakest minion is difficult for humans to deal with. Moreover, they hide in the shadows, and although they have converted so many people, they have not yet been discovered or confirmed by humans... This is also one of the most difficult factors for them to deal with..." Bai Lin pondered.

"Can I see your forehead?" Qiqi suddenly asked.

Bai Lin was taken aback. On his forehead was a scar that looked like it had been branded with a cat's paw-shaped iron. It was a mark he carried over from the Earth he was born on, and every time he touched it, he would think of the black cat at the train station. At Catherine's suggestion, Bai Lin grew his bangs longer, usually covering the scar. Apparently, it had been accidentally glimpsed by Qi Qi during a battle.

"I heard it was left to me by the sun god who saved my life..." Bai Lin said, lifting his bangs and showing them to Qi Qi.

"...It really is! You are Ra's messenger!" Kiki leaned over and examined Bai Lin's scars carefully, confirming that they weren't fakes stuck on. Finally, she said with a complicated expression.

"Ra? Oh...right, you're Egyptian..." Bai Lin said. The sun god is called differently in different countries. In Egypt, he is the god with a falcon's head and a human body, "Ra".

"I dreamed of the sun god when I was little... He told me to follow Ra's messenger... But the sun god didn't protect my family! They all died at the hands of the black wizard!" Kiki said through gritted teeth.

Bai Lin scratched the back of his head. This was a real dead end. If he didn't untie this knot, it would be difficult for him to recruit Qi Qi as his team member. However, she was also a rare Awakened One, and if she had a secret weapon, her combat power would be quite considerable.

"One last question," Bai Lin asked, "Why did you separate from the other lawbreakers?"

Kiki frowned and stammered, "I...don't want to hurt innocent people..."

Bai Lin suddenly realized, "Caesar is ambitious; he wants to eliminate all wizards! Isn't that right!"

Kiki's expression was complicated as she said, "You know Brother Caesar..."

Bai Lin still wanted to try, so he said, "What are your plans? If you're willing, you can come and help me. I need to organize a team to deal with the threat of the Dark Lord..."

"Don't even think about it!" Kiki said firmly, "How do I know you're not just trying to fulfill your ambitions! I don't trust anyone. You either kill me, or you let me go!"

Bai Lin was completely at his wit's end. Why was it that in other stories, the protagonists could recruit team members so easily, while he was having such a miserable time?

In the end, Bai Lin had no choice but to release Qi Qi. Since he knew she was an Awakened One, he couldn't very well hand her over to the Ministry of Magic and sentence her to life imprisonment or something, could he? Hopefully, as time goes by, Qi Qi will still fight against the Church of Hastur and become Bai Lin's teammate.

To prevent her from ending up on the streets, they gave her several hundred pounds, which Kiki accepted without hesitation, stuffing it into her pocket and walking away without looking back.