HP meets at Hogwarts

Chapter [-] The Legend of the Three Brothers

Harry turned to look at Ron and Hermione, neither of whom seemed to understand what Xenophilius was saying.

"Deathly Hallows?"

"Yes," Xenophilius said, "you've never heard of it? I'm not surprised. Only a few wizards believe this. Remember that stupid boy at your brother's wedding," he said to Luo Eun nodded, "And slammed me for wearing the emblem of a famous dark wizard! How stupid. The Hallows aren't 'black' at all—at least not in that lowly sense. Show yourself and hope to get help in your search."

He put a few lumps of sugar in the Goldigan tea, stirred it, and drank some.

"Sorry," said Harry, "I still don't quite get it."

Out of politeness, he also took a sip of the drink in the cup and almost vomited it out. The thing was terrible, as if someone had squeezed Bibi's multi-flavored beans into juice.

"That's right, believers are looking for the Deathly Hallows." Xenophilius smacked his lips as he said, obviously indicating that the taste of Goldigan tea is wonderful.

"But what are the Deathly Hallows?" Hermione asked.

Xenophilius put his empty teacup aside.

"I suppose you are all familiar with "The Legend of the Three Brothers"?"

Harry said, "Not familiar." But both Ron and Hermione said, "Familiar." Xenophilius nodded gravely.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Potter, it all started with "A Tale of the Three Brothers"...I have this book..."

He scanned the piles of parchments and books in the room, but Hermione said, "I have one, Mr. Lovegood, right here."

She took out "The Tales of Beedle the Poet" from her handbag.

"The original text?" Xenophilius asked eagerly, and when Hermione nodded, he said, "Okay, then why don't you read it out? It's the best way for everyone to understand. "

"Um...ok," said Hermione.She opened the book, coughed slightly, and began to read, and Harry saw that the sign they were investigating was printed at the top of the page.

Once upon a time, there were three brothers who were hurrying along a secluded path, and it was nearly 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, and with a wave of their wands, a bridge appeared on the treacherous water.When they reached the middle of the bridge, a hooded figure blocked their way.

Death spoke to them—

"I'm sorry," Harry interrupted, "but it's Death talking to them?"

"It's a legend, Harry!"

"Oh, sorry. Carry on."

Death spoke to them.Reaper was so angry that he lost three new offerings - as travelers usually drown in this river.But Death is cunning.He pretended to congratulate the three brothers on their magic, saying that they had eluded death by their cleverness, and that each would receive a reward.

The boss is a belligerent man, and what he wants is the most powerful wand in the world: a wand that can always help his master win in a duel, a wand that a wizard who has conquered death deserves!Death went to an elder tree on the shore, made a wand out of a hanging branch, and gave it to the boss.

The second child is an arrogant man who decides to continue humiliating the god of death, and what he wants is the ability to bring the dead back to life.The god of death picked up a stone from the shore and gave it to the second child, telling him that this stone has the ability to bring back the dead.

Then Death asked the youngest third child what he wanted.The third is the most humble and the smartest, and he doesn't believe in death.So he wanted something that would allow him to get out of there without being followed by death.Reaper reluctantly gave him his invisibility cloak.

"Reaper has an invisibility cloak?" Harry interrupted again, Hermione glanced at him, and he said hastily, "I'm sorry, Hermione. You go on."

Then the god of death stood aside and let the three brothers continue on their way. They talked about the wonderful experience just now, admired the gift of the god of death, and walked forward.

Later, the three brothers broke up and moved towards their respective destinations.

The eldest had been away for more than a week and came to a small remote mountain village and quarreled with a wizard.Naturally, he will undoubtedly win the duel by using the elder wand as his weapon.After his opponent fell to the ground, he moved on, walked into a tavern, and boasted loudly how invincible the powerful wand he had acquired from the god of death.

That night, after the eldest was very drunk, another wizard crept up to his bed, stole the wand, and slit his throat.

In this way, Death took the boss's life.

At the same time, the second child returned to the home where he lived alone, took out the stone that could bring the dead back to life, and turned it in his hand three times.To his surprise, the girl he wanted to marry, but unfortunately died young, immediately appeared in front of him.

But she was sad and indifferent, and there seemed to be a veil between them.Although she returned to the world, she did not really belong here, and she was in pain.In the end, the second child is tormented by hopeless longing and commits suicide in order to actually be with her.

In this way, the god of death took the life of the second child.

However, the god of death has been looking for the third child for many years, but has never been able to find him.The third child lived until he was very old, finally took off the cloak of invisibility and handed it to his son, and then greeted death like an old friend, and happily left the world with him as an equal.

Hermione closed the book.Xenophilius nodded and said, "That's it."

"Excuse me?" Hermione asked, a little confused.

"Those are the Deathly Hallows," Xenophilius said.

He picked up a quill from the piled table at his elbow, and a torn piece of parchment from among the books.

"The Elder Wand." He drew a vertical line across the parchment. "Resurrection Stone." He added a circle above the vertical line. "The Invisibility Cloak." He drew a triangle outside the vertical line and the circle, and it became the symbol that so fascinated Hermione. "Together - the Deathly Hallows."

"But the word 'Deathly Hallows' isn't mentioned in the story," said Hermione.

"No, of course not," said Xenophilius, with irritating smugness, "that's a legend, more for entertainment than for instruction. We who know these things see the ancient There are three things, or holy relics, mentioned in the legend, which, taken together, will make the possessor the master of Death."

"You speak of 'Master of Death'—" said Ron.

"Master," Xenophilius said, waving his hand lightly, "conqueror, victor, call it whatever you like."

"So... you mean..." Hermione said slowly, trying to keep the doubt out of her voice, "you believe these things - these Hallows - really exist?"

Xenophilius raised his eyebrows again.

"of course."

"But," said Hermione, "Mr. Lovegood, how could you possibly believe—?"

"Luna told me about you, girl," Xenophilius said. "I deduce that you are not lacking in intelligence, but unfortunately too narrow and closed-minded."

"Mr. Lovegood," continued Hermione, ignoring Xenophilius, "we all know there are such things as invisibility cloaks. They're rare, but they do exist. Yet—"

"Ah, but the third relic is a real invisibility cloak, Miss Granger! I mean, it's not a cloak of disillusionment, or blindness, or the hair of invisible beasts." The cloaks, these are invisibility at first, but over time they become real. We're talking about a cloak that makes a person truly, completely invisible, permanently, and stays invisible, regardless of the spell Uncrackable. How many invisibility cloaks like that have you seen, Miss Granger?"

Hermione opened her mouth to respond, but closed it again, looking bewildered.She, Harry, and Ron glanced at each other, and Harry knew they were all thinking the same thing: that it was just a coincidence that there was an Invisibility Cloak that fit Xenophilius' description right next to them.

"Exactly," Xenophilius said, as if he had beaten all three of them in the debate, "you haven't seen anything like that. You'd be incredibly rich to own, wouldn't you?"

"Well then," said Hermione, "let's say the Invisibility Cloak exists... What about the stone, Mr. Lovegood? What about that thing you call the Resurrection Stone?"

"what's wrong?"

"Well, how could it be true?"

"Then you prove that it is not." Xenophilius said.

Hermione looked aggrieved.

"But this—sorry, but this is utter absurdity! How can I prove that it doesn't exist? You want me to find—every stone in the world and test it? I think you can claim that anything is true Yes, if the basis for believing it is simply that no one can prove that the thing doesn't exist!"

"Yes, you can," Xenophilius said. "I'm glad to see that you're a little bit enlightened."

"Then the Elder Wand," said Harry hastily, before Hermione could retort, "you think that exists, too!"

"Oh, there are countless evidences for that," Xenophilius said, "The Elder Wand is the easiest sacred artifact to trace because of its special way of inheritance."

"What's going on?" Harry asked.

"That's right, you can only become its true owner if you seize this wand from its previous owner." Xenophilius said, "You must have heard that after the evil Egbert slaughtered the demon Emeric , about getting the wand? I heard that Godelot died in his cellar after his son Hereward took the wand? I also heard that the terrible Lohias killed Barnabas S. Devrill, have you stolen the wand? The bloody trail of the Elder Wand splatters all the history of magic."

Harry glanced at Hermione.She frowned at Xenophilius, but did not retort.

"So where do you think the Elder Wand is now?" asked Ron.

"Well, who knows?" said Xenophilius. "Who knows where the Elder Wand is hidden? The clues are blurred when they reach Arcus and Livias. Who can tell which of them really defeated Luo?" Who took the wand, Shias? Who can tell which defeated them both? History, alas, doesn't tell us."

There was a silence.Finally Hermione asked bluntly, "Mr. Lovegood, do the Peverells have anything to do with the Deathly Hallows?"

Xenophilius seemed taken aback.

"So you've been misleading me, girl!" Xenophilius said, sitting much more straightly, staring at Hermione, "I thought you were new to the quest for the Hallows! Most of us seekers believe The Peverells have a lot to do with the Hallows—a lot!"

"Who are the Peverells?" asked Ron, who couldn't remember hearing the name before.

"In Godric's Hollow, the name on the tombstone with that sign," said Hermione, still looking at Xenophilius, "Ignotus Peverell."

"Exactly!" said Xenophilius. "The symbol of the Deathly Hallows on Ignotus' tombstone is strong evidence!"

"Prove what?" Ron asked.

"Hey, the three brothers in the story are actually the three Peverell brothers, Antioch, Cadmus and Ignotus! They are the original owners of the sacred artifact!"

Ron, Hermione, and Harry looked at each other, and Hermione's expression indicated that she didn't think what Xenophilius said was credible.

"Okay, I've finished answering your questions!" Xenophilius poured himself another cup of Goldigan tea. He held the teacup, leaned forward, stared at Harry, and asked with great interest, " Harry Potter! 'Savior'! Mr. Potter, you've really been secretly with Voldemort lately—"

"Don't say—" "Wait!" "Oh—"

The three of them never expected that Xenophilius would say the word 'Voldemort' directly.

But it was too late.

For a moment, all three of them took out their wands and stood up with serious faces.

"Mr. Xenophilius! We must leave now!" said Harry quickly.

"What?" Xenophilius looked confused and puzzled.

"Harry!" Ron yelled, and through the window he saw several wizards in black robes apparating around the house, all of them pointing at the house with wands in their hands.

"This? Who are they?"

"Ministry Snatch Party, made up of Death Eaters and some Ministry officials. We must leave now! Mr. Xenophilius, come with us—"

"But—" Xenophilius glanced around the house, "What about my house?"

"They caught you, and you are likely to be imprisoned in Azkaban. Who made you say the name of the mysterious man before?" Ron pulled Xenophilius's sleeve and pulled him down. upstairs.

"Wait, I want to bring something!" Xenophilius reached out to put a few dusty things into his pocket.

boom!

The people in black robes outside the house saw that no one came out, and no one responded, and began to attack the house with magic spells.

"Listen! No matter who is inside! Come out immediately, or when the time comes, your end will be the same as the end of the house!" A male wizard fired another blasting spell at the house, and a corner of the house was blown away, countless broken pieces. Wood and stones flew in all directions, accompanied by a thick cloud of white dust.

"Listen! Harry, you have to put on the invisibility cloak and completely conceal yourself, otherwise if the Death Eaters outside see you, they will go crazy, and it will easily implicate Luna at that time! Ron, you'd better Put the hood of your robe on, too, you should be sick in the Burrow, not here!"

Hermione finished speaking clearly and calmly at a fast speed, and went down the stairs first.

"Okay!" Harry put on the Invisibility Cloak, and there were explosions outside one after another, and the roof of the house was already crumbling.

"Ron, grab your bait and flashbangs! We'll throw them out as soon as the door opens, and we'll Apparate!" Harry yelled at Ron.

"Where are you going?" Ron also shouted, pulling Xenophilius who stumbled and ran after him.

"Location 7! I'll take you, you are ready to follow Phantom!" Hermione said loudly.

Harry stood in the doorway under the Invisibility Cloak, yelling, "One...two...three!"

Hermione swung the door open.

Four small balls were thrown out of the house, and after that, the Death Eaters outside were all dazzled by the sudden huge white light and thick smoke.But there are also Death Eaters who have experienced the Ministry of Magic incidents and reacted.

"Bait!?" A Death Eater closed his eyes and shot a stun spell towards the door of the house based on feeling, "It may be Harry Potter!! Quick! Dispel the smoke—"

But the four were already out of the house, and the anti-apparition spell failed, and they Apparated away in time.

After dispelling the smoke, the men in black robes rushed into Xenophilius' house angrily. To vent their hatred, they cast spells around the house, but one of the men in black robes hit the Poison Horned Beast with a blasting spell. corner.

There was an almost earth-shattering explosion, and the whole house collapsed, with pieces of wood, shredded paper, and stones flying in all directions, accompanied by a thick impenetrable cloud of white dust.

"Bastard!" A black-robed man stood up unsteadily from the ruins, "Leave immediately! Report the situation here!"