Bell's Magic Laboratory

"That won't do, you need to rest now."

He placed his hand on Hermione's shoulder to prevent her from Apparating at the slightest Side-Along Apparition.

Unlike ordinary Curses, Side-Along Apparition is quite dangerous, and this danger cannot be defended against with magical items.

The magical artifacts that Bell can create at his current level are unable to withstand the cutting power of space. Naturally, they cannot prevent the splitting of the Splinching.

If it's something minor like losing an arm or a leg, with him there on high alert, he can put it back on immediately.

But if the head is directly severed, then even a god can't help it.

Under Bell's relentless pressure, Hermione had no choice but to give in. She took the tea Bell offered and sipped it slowly.

"Speaking of which, Bell, I've never been inside that lab over there before. May I go in and take a look?"

While sipping her tea, Hermione, unable to calm down, kept her little eyes darting around.

Suddenly, she saw the white building not far away.

By now, she was quite familiar with everything in this space. But the one place that was supposedly Bell's laboratory was the only one she had never been inside.

Naturally, this made her, with her strong curiosity, very eager to try it.

She had made similar requests to Bell many times. But each time, Bell would say that it was too early and not suitable for her to visit now.

Isn't this just teasing us?

So today, after suddenly noticing the laboratory not far away, she once again asked to visit it.

She is quite confident that she can approve today's request.

Because she's different now than she used to be. She's no longer a second or third grader. She's in fourth grade!

"I want to go see it too! Gege, I want to go see it too! Please let me go inside!"

Upon hearing Hermione's request, Shanna suddenly jumped up as well.

The little girl held her Gege's hand and shook it vigorously.

Compared to Hermione, Shanna had been coveting that laboratory for even longer.

But each time, her Gege would refuse her request to visit. This was simply unimaginable for Shanna, who had always enjoyed her Gege's doting affection.

How could she not be curious?

Fortunately, being an obedient and good younger sister, she has always strictly followed her Gege's instructions. That's why she has been able to persevere until now without ever thinking of sneaking in alone to take a look.

Faced with his younger sister's persistent and coquettish manner, Bell, who was hesitating about how to refuse Hermione, had no choice but to give in.

"Alright. But let me make this clear beforehand: the scenes inside are quite intense, so you two need to be mentally prepared. It'll be too late to regret it later."

"Yay!"

When Shanna heard that her Gege had finally agreed to let her visit the laboratory she had been longing for, she immediately cheered loudly.

"Don't worry, Gege, I'm mentally prepared!"

Shanna, who considered herself to have seen many big events, patted her small chest confidently.

She didn't want to wait even a second longer; she wanted to see her Gege's mysterious laboratory right now.

"I... I'm ready too."

Swallowing hard, Hermione said nervously.

Unlike the carefree Shanna, she was still very nervous when Bell made it sound so serious.

But at the same time, she couldn't suppress her curiosity.

Bell finally relented, and if we don't seize this opportunity, who knows when she'll be able to visit the lab.

"It's not always possible to get such a divine assist."

Hermione glanced at Shanna, who was jumping around incessantly and couldn't stay still any longer, and thought to herself.

"Alright, since you've all said so, let's go."

One last reminder: don't regret it!

Standing up, ending his short rest, Bell led the way toward the white building not far away.

Reaching the door, Bell tapped it with his Wand, and a circular black hole appeared in the center of the door.

Black holes are incredibly deep; even standing at the entrance and peering inside, one cannot see the bottom of the black hole at all.

With his right hand reaching into the black hole, Bell infused it with magic.

From the black hole, blue lines began to form and quickly filled the entire doorway.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that those magical lines are not actually simple lines, but are composed of countless tiny runes.

After just a quick glance, Hermione felt a wave of dizziness and quickly looked away.

Seeing Shanna staring intently at the magical lines, Hermione asked enviously:

"Shanna, can you understand what these runes mean?"

"Can't read."

Without any hesitation, Shanna shook her head.

She always felt that these runes were somewhat different from the Ancient Runes she had learned.

"That's right, you don't understand it."

At that moment, Bell suddenly spoke up.

The mechanisms on the door had been set up long ago. All he needed to do now was to keep injecting magic into it; he didn't need to expend any mental energy.

Of course, if someone else were to inject magic into the black hole, they would be in danger of being drained dry.

"These Ancient Runes have been encrypted, and it is almost impossible to crack them if you don't understand the encryption method."

"Huh? Gege, aren't Ancient Runes runes usually encrypted by adding patterns to cover them up?"

Shanna asked, puzzled.

Although she hadn't studied Alchemy in depth, her Ancient Runes was by no means inferior.

Not to mention, the little girl often watched her Gege make magical props since she was a child, so she is quite knowledgeable about some common sense issues.

"The situation you described only applies when there are relatively few Ancient Runes. Or rather, when the Ancient Runes are sparsely distributed."

In a situation like this, where a large number of Ancient Runes are densely packed together, using disordered patterns to conceal them could easily damage the structure of the Ancient Runes themselves, causing problems with the barrier.

This laboratory was extremely important to Bell. Therefore, he went to great lengths to ensure its safety.

Even though the laboratory was located in a suitcase that was theoretically immune to intrusion, he still spent a great deal of time and effort setting up powerful protective magic on the laboratory.

He nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"Gege, I want to learn this encryption method too!"

Shanna looked at her Gege with great enthusiasm.