Hogwarts in the Shadows

Halloween passed quickly.

However, it was the holiday when Penelope confirmed her relationship with Kate and they first met.

Ryan naturally put in a lot of effort.

At Kate's request, he created for her a magical Gubraithian Fire that could remain suspended in mid-air, and that could burn indefinitely without any combustible or accelerant materials, but whose light was sufficient to illuminate 500 feet of darkness.

Ryan naturally granted her request.

He also made a pendant as a container to store it.

Penenoo also asked for a gift.

Her gift required Ryan to provide an upgraded version of Fenrir Greyback.

For her Squib aunt.

She has a good relationship with her aunt.

After becoming a wizard, Penelope carefully selected some Magic Book suitable for beginners.

But like other Werewolf Wizard.

She did not possess the same talent in the realm of magic as her physical body.

This made her studies very difficult.

I'm practically drinking energy potions like water.

Penelope kept this in mind.

I'm planning to replace it with a birthday or important holiday gift.

For example, this time.

However, Ryan thought Kate's gift was a bit strange.

But he didn't 'think' about it.

With his 'thinking' skills, he can be considered someone who can answer any question.

That's so boring.

But this does not mean that he lacks a thirst for knowledge.

He mostly vents his feelings through his thought patterns.

Instead of 'thinking' and immediately knowing the answer.

Then, Ryan pressed for more details about the mystery—who would be the next owner of Hog's Head Pub?

But Kate and Penelope just smiled at each other and said nothing.

This made it clear to Ryan that the two, who had been at peace for a long time, were finally about to cause trouble.

Today is Saturday, and the other students got up early for the Alchemy Class that started again this morning.

However, Ryan chose to sleep in.

While everyone else is out in class, it's often a wonderful thing to be sleeping in your dorm.

Only those college students who have skipped classes truly understand this.

While Ryan was fast asleep, a pair of small, short hands reached out from the shadows under the bed—and then he was pulled inside.

Without using any magic, and with his body limiting his physical abilities, Ryan feigned panic as he looked at everything before him.

He appeared at another Hogwarts.

But unlike the world in the mirror, everything here is not the opposite of the outside world.

Instead, they are exactly the same.

If there is any difference, it is that outside the window is not a greenhouse, a lawn, Black Lake, or Forbidden Forest.

It's simply black.

It was as if it had absorbed all the light, and even sound was swallowed up by this invisible darkness.

And this Hogwarts Castle is like an isolated island in the dark world.

Ryan, who had deliberately adjusted his mindset and returned to his previous life as a high school student Zhou Yi, couldn't help but swallow hard.

The silent castle, the dark world, and the echoing footsteps on the stone floor and down the corridors gave him the feeling of a reckless explorer venturing deep into a ghostly castle.

In particular, the subtle whooshing sound as the Marble Staircase moves through the air is like the mournful howl of a thousand-year-old ghost deep within the castle.

Ryan finally understood why Harry had acted so neurotically in the dream world—when faced with Hogwarts Castle and Snape.

Wait, what is the dream world?

What does Harry Potter have to do with it?

When did Snape become a vampire?

Under his own manipulation, high school student Zhou Yi forgot everything he shouldn't have remembered.

Hogwarts Castle itself is perfect for being a haunted house.

The armor that secretly scratches itself, the portraits that wander through the streets and alleys, the staircases that occasionally cause people to misstep, and the emptiness of the castle itself combine to form an excellent haunted house.

Meanwhile, in the ancient castle shrouded in darkness, Ryan makes a discovery.

It's not all like the real Hogwarts.

At least, the portraits in the paintings do not communicate.

Most of them, like paintings in the Muggle world, are completely still.

But a few of them will secretly wink or smile when you look away.

This is what Ryan found when he turned the corner on the sixth floor.

This really startled him.

The high school student's Zhou Yi mode was so frightened that he was sent back to Ryan, the little wizard who had only been in the world for less than a month.

The wizard's knowledge helped Ryan understand part of what had just happened.

This also helped Ryan regain his composure.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! How did I get arrested so quickly!"

Ryan wanted to say "time travel," but his subconscious caution made him omit those two words.

There must be a purpose behind it.

I was just at Smith Castle!

A place Voldemort couldn't penetrate.

This place is exactly like Hogwarts —and I had just forgotten that I'm a wizard. Ryan looked around carefully.

Determined to return to where he had just come from, he recalled his wizarding knowledge and realized that it was Ravenclaw's common room.

He seemed to be lying under a four-poster bed when he woke up.

He was in such a hurry to come out that he forgot to observe.

Strangely, the eagle-shaped door knocker on the lounge door couldn't be used to ask him questions, unlike in the novel.

Instead, the door opened when he touched it because he didn't know how to open it.

What comes into view is the Ravenclaw lounge.

However, Ryan did not stop.

Instead, he walked straight past the Ravenclaw bust in the niche and headed towards the dormitory.

Based on his memory, Ryan arrived at the dormitory he had just left.

There was a sign on the door that read "Third Year".

Pushing open the dormitory door, Ryan went straight to the four-poster bed in the corner.

He looked under the bed; it was pitch black underneath.

There was no noteworthy information.

Slightly disappointed, he looked to the side.

"Harry Potter!" Harry's name was prominently engraved on the four-poster bed next to it.

Ryan quickly stood up, followed by Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, and Anthony.

Ryan belatedly looked at himself; his fingers were long and slender, and his head was level with the four-poster bed.

This is clearly at the level of the Book of Zhou Yi.

He was seven years old when he traveled through time.

He is only 149cm tall.

Is he already an adult?

Wait, Third Year?

Why is it so tall?

Realizing this, Ryan ended the thought process he had just entered when he transmigrated into Ryan.

It has returned to normal.

He suddenly collapsed onto the bed.

The blanket was pulled back. Sure enough, Kate and Penelope were underneath.

They were looking at Ryan with smug satisfaction.

Kate: "Ta-da! I've done what you said—to reflect the real world in the shadows."

However, my skills are clearly still insufficient.

With the help of your magical flames, only Hogwarts Castle was replicated.

Penelope: "We knew it was Hannah Abbott all along!"

Then, the two said in unison, "The gift we want is for you to help us perfect and solidify this castle!"

"That's it?" Ryan smiled slightly, and time seemed to stand still.

In each of the divided periods of time, he cast a Magic Array. After repeating this hundreds and thousands of times, time resumed its flow.

To Penelope and the others, the sun was hanging in the sky, and it was no longer pitch black outside.

Black Lake, Forbidden Forest, lawn, greenhouse, and mountains appeared around the castle.