Luna's Keen Perception
This is a very strange house.
Its exterior is jet black and smooth, resembling a cylinder cast from a single piece of black iron.
However, this cylinder is too thick and too short.
It looks just like a rook in chess.
In this quiet, languid moment when the sun had just risen, a small figure hopped and skipped out of the strange house.
It doesn't conform to Britain customs at all.
Although they don't sleep in as late as their America relatives, they don't go that far either, getting up early, just after 5 a. m.
This short figure seemed very agile, skillfully dodging the strange plants and broken branches under the weeds.
Steep slopes could not stop her. Normal people would walk slowly downhill, but she was different.
Using the force of gravity and her own strength, she walked faster and faster until she was just a white afterimage.
If a Muggle saw this, they would probably think it was a mountain spirit.
What would normally take a dozen minutes to descend the mountain, she accomplished in just a few minutes.
She stopped in front of a winding stream at the foot of the mountain and began to speak to the air.
"Come out, Ryan, I know you're here," the white-haired witch said confidently.
However, the only response was a high-pitched and elegant bird song, and a fleeting Spark.
The next second, a large, fiery red bird, seemingly burning with flames, appeared above the white-haired witch's head.
"You are Ravenclaw's Phoenix?" The white-haired witch showed no surprise.
Although the words were in a question, they were quite bland.
It was as if they already knew.
This beautiful bird did not flap its wings; it tucked both wings to its sides.
But it seemed to float above the witch's head as if it were unaffected by gravity.
It merely blinked its innocent, narrow eyes at the witch's words.
He looked innocent and as if he didn't understand.
"Ryan, you can become Phoenix!" The white-haired witch remained calm.
Coupled with that ethereal and elusive tone, he'd be quite suited to be a charlatan.
"Luna, you're really suited to be a charlatan!" A clear, youthful voice rang out from the bird's long beak.
A Spark flashed, and a black-haired, silver-eyed boy appeared beside the witch.
He skillfully pulled her into his arms.
Without a doubt, the boy is Ryan, and the white-haired witch is Luna.
"I won't choose Divination." Luna gently pulled away from Ryan's embrace.
She pulled out her magic wand, casually tapped it on the pebbles by the stream, and conjured a net for a goldfish scooping game.
However, her net wasn't made of paper; it looked very sturdy.
She waved her wand again, and a small stool appeared behind her.
Then, she put away her wand, took out a bottle of beetroot-colored, pale purple liquid, and handed it to Ryan. "Here, Gordigen Tea."
"I don't understand why you didn't choose Divination; you have the talent for it." Ryan skillfully accepted the tea that Luna had mentioned.
During the summer vacation, he had already gotten used to this strange drink.
But he found it strange that in the original timeline, Luna had taken Divination Class in her Third Year, so why was she like this now?
But the next second, Ryan slapped his forehead in frustration.
Because Luna's irrational intuition worked again.
Ryan hadn't said anything, but Luna was already sitting on a small stool playing in the stream with a small fishing net, spoke up.
"It's better for me to be a little confused now."
"Besides Hermione, you also know Lewinster and Clearwater, right?" Luna asked, not glancing at Ryan, as she watched the Rainbowfish splashing in the stream.
"Merlin's beard!" Ryan regretted it.
Although he stopped, Ryan couldn't resist and made Luna drink the 'Potions'.
It can only be said that progress has come to a halt, but not a complete stop.
Having drunk the 'Potions', Luna could almost guess from thin air what Ryan's mortal thoughts were about her.
Now he's gone even further, guessing Kate and Penelope, whom he hadn't considered before.
Even in his Phoenix form, his identity was exposed.
He adopted the Phoenix form today entirely because Kate and Penelope learned the Phoenix Metamorphosis Plus last night.
Recalling long-forgotten memories, he originally planned to rub against Little Luna again in the form of Phoenix.
But instead, they shot themselves in the foot.
He suspected that Luna might have guessed it from the timing of the Ravenclaw Phoenix's appearance, combined with her casual interactions with Kate and Penelope.
"It's not because of that." Luna's ethereal voice made Ryan's heart skip a beat.
What the heck!
This is almost like mind reading!
"It's not mind reading." Luna's words began to carry a hint of a smile.
"I was wrong. I came with you to catch Rainbowfish today, I shouldn't have teased you." Ryan squatted down dejectedly, and when his buttocks were a foot off the ground, a small stool just like Luna's appeared out of thin air.
He stretched out his right hand, and a Fishing Net just like Luna's appeared in his hand.
"Your magic is truly amazing." Luna was impressed by Ryan's effortless and natural spellcasting.
Ryan curled the corners of his mouth into a smile.
Hmph!
Your grandpa is still your grandpa!
After a brief discussion about which books to read and what level to reach when practicing the magic he just learned, we finally got to the point where we could learn the spells.
For the rest of the time, the two sat shoulder to shoulder, casually waving their fishing nets in the stream.
Anyone who didn't know better would think they were fishing.
Even with such an inefficient fishing method, two or three unlucky Rainbowfish still ended up at your doorstep.
However, the two gently flipped their wrists and released the fish.
This is how Ryan and Luna fish.
It's less about fishing and more about sitting together and letting your mind wander.
Luna's father, who loved eating Rainbowfish so much that he had an entire Rainbowfish cookbook, had to eat other things instead.
In fact, this can be seen from Gordigen Tea.
These Gordigen were used to catch Rainbowfish before Ryan came.
It is the best bait to lure Rainbowfish.
In Luna's family's past, Gordigen Tea was a drink her father developed after realizing they were catching too many Rainbowfish and needed to control the population.
There was no Gordigen Tea at home when we were catching the Rainbowfish.
As the sun gradually rose and fully emerged from the horizon, just as Ryan was about to leave temporarily to avoid meeting Luna and her father, Luna suddenly asked, "Is there something important you want to tell me today?"
"I have two options here, since you are also very interested in plants."
"Here you go— the Phoenix Metamorphosis and the Arborsage." Ryan waved his hand, and two booklets appeared on Luna's fair thighs.
Seemingly worried that Luna might not understand, Ryan added, "The Phoenix Metamorphosis is the magic I just used; it can transform me into Phoenix."
The Arborsage cultivates a tree within their body, forms a pact with it, and gains abilities derived from both the tree and their own transformed state.
Without a doubt, the Arborsage is an enhanced version of Ryan.
This Phoenix Metamorphosis is also a stripped-down version of Ryan's enhanced version.
The castrated part is the embodiment.
This means that even if Luna masters it, she can only transform into Phoenix.
Instead of having an extra Phoenix body.
So, Luna probably didn't expect that while Ryan was with her, Hermione, Kate, and Penelope were also with her.
Probably.