Chapter 392 Rice: I would like to call it the strongest

Hermione was startled, but immediately remembered what Les said, this was her territory, her domain.

In her field, she is the strongest, she has no need to be afraid!

So she summoned up her courage and asked loudly, "Who?"

The figure ignored her and just sat there flipping through the book silently. Hermione frowned, held her wand and took two steps forward, then she saw the figure's face clearly.

"Les, why are you here?" Hermione asked in surprise.

The person sitting there reading quietly was Les, and no one knew how he got in.

"Rice" did not respond to Hermione's question. He just sat there concentrating on the book in his hands.

Hermione narrowed her eyes and looked at the book in Rice's hand. It was indeed the "Encyclopedia Britannica". Recently, Rice seemed to be particularly obsessed with this set of books and carried it with him wherever he went.

"Huh?" An illustration in the book caught Hermione's attention. She remembered this picture because Rice had asked her questions while holding it before.

Hermione suddenly understood something, and she stood aside and waited silently for two minutes.

"Les" suddenly flattened the book in his hand and pushed it forward, as if asking someone a question.

Hermione reached out her hand and pressed towards the open book, and then her hand passed through the pages and pressed directly onto the cold tabletop.

Now Hermione understood completely that the Les in front of her was the "shadow" of the previous Les left here, or a mark.

"Interesting." Hermione kept looking at the phantom of Rice, thinking that the phantom was so realistic that she couldn't see it even when she was so close.

"It's good to have a shadow like this to keep me company. At least this library won't be so deserted anymore." Hermione muttered to herself with her head down.

Everything about her field is good, except that it's too quiet and empty, which is a bit creepy. Now it's not bad to put a "Les" here to improve the atmosphere.

Hermione treated Rice's phantom as a decoration.

At this moment, "Lice" glanced towards where Hermione was standing, but the girl was unaware and "Lice" continued to read the book in his hand.

'Rice's shadow appears here because he once stayed here for a while...' Hermione deduced by analogy and came to the conclusion that other people could also leave shadows after entering her field to study.

'What will happen to the phantoms here if Les enters again? Will his shadow appear again? Will his new round of actions cover up the previous phantoms? ' A series of questions emerged in Hermione's mind.

There is no way to answer these questions except to let Rice come in again.

So Hermione hastily closed the domain, left the dormitory and went outside to look for Rice. But Rice was in Helga's office at that time, how could Hermione find him in such a hurry?

So she had no choice but to use a stupid method, which was to sneak straight into the dungeon and wait for the snake.

Hermione's idea was to wait for a Slytherin student to show up and ask them to go into the common room to help her find Rice. But to her surprise, several Slytherin juniors had already entered the dungeon, but when they saw her from a distance, they turned around and walked away without hesitation, not giving her a chance to talk to them.

Hermione:?

She didn't quite understand the train of thought of these Slytherins.

At this moment, the wall around her twisted and a magnificent serpentine arch appeared. Astoria walked out from it. When she saw Hermione standing at the entrance of the college lounge, she was stunned.

Astoria:? ? ?

Why is Hermione here? Is she here to challenge me? Astoria couldn't help but think so.

It's no wonder that Astoria and the other Slytherin students thought this way, because Hermione's position was too coincidental, right in front of the entrance to the Slytherin College lounge, as if she was looking for trouble.

"Miss Granger, why are you here?" She secretly raised her vigilance and questioned Hermione.

"Astoria? That's great. I have something to do with Les. Is he in there?" Hermione didn't think too much about it. When she saw the familiar face, she immediately reported her purpose.

"Looking for Les?" Astoria narrowed her eyes slightly. "Can I ask what you want to do with him?"

"I have something to discuss with him." Hermione said vaguely - she couldn't say that she wanted to discuss the field with Rice, right?

"He's not in the common room." Astoria suppressed her curiosity and politely told Hermione that she didn't know where Les was. He might have gone to Hogsmeade.

"It'll be there soon." Les' voice came from behind the two of them.

Hermione and Astoria turned back at the same time and saw Les standing at the end of the corridor staring at the two of them.

He had just finished discussing the content of the final test with Helga, but when he returned to the door of the common room, he saw Hermione and Astoria.

"Rice," Hermione waved happily, "I have something to talk to you about!"

Astoria's gaze became even deeper: What exactly did Granger come to see Les for?

Les had roughly guessed why she came.

"How about we go in and talk?" He planned to invite Hermione directly into the lounge to talk in detail.

Astoria:!

"Isn't this inappropriate?" She subconsciously spoke out to stop him.

"What's wrong with this? We are not like Hufflepuff House that does not welcome outsiders. Come on." Les walked into the lounge first.

Hermione hesitated for two seconds, then followed him into this always mysterious lounge.

Seeing that Rice was determined to do so, Astoria had no choice but to acquiesce to Rice's "nonsense". In fact, in this era, the four major colleges rarely visit the lounges, and everyone keeps their distance. It is even more impossible for a student like Hermione who comes from a Muggle family to enter the Slytherin College lounge and cause trouble for herself.

"I know you don't visit the common room often, but the different colleges in Hogwarts weren't so distant from each other in the past. It was normal for students to spend the night in the common room of other colleges - the reason why boys are not allowed to enter the girls' common room of Gryffindor College is that." Les's eyes swept across Astoria's face covertly.

Hermione nodded absentmindedly, looking around at the layout of the common room.

Her eyes quickly fell on the French window, and outside the window was the view of the bottom of the Black Lake at Hogwarts.

"I've heard before that Slytherin College's common room is at the bottom of Lake Hahei. I didn't expect it to be true." Hermione walked to the window and marveled.

"This was the work of Lord Salazar Slytherin. It's a powerful protective spell that is still effective after thousands of years." Astoria responded with her head held high.

Rice was also very happy to be praised by Astoria so directly.

Hermione touched the French window with reverence, and then realized something: Isn't this place always dark? The Black Lake blocks the sun's natural light!

Astoria:…

Hermione's words silenced her.

Les rubbed his chin, a trace of curiosity flashing through his mind: Looking at Astoria's appearance, could it be that none of these later students knew that the ceiling of the college lounge had a built-in weather spell? He thought everyone liked a dim environment, so they didn't do this...

It turns out that no one knows the setting of the ceiling? !

"If you want natural sunlight, you can use the weather spell." Les pulled out his wand and pointed it at the ceiling.

Suddenly, the ceiling changed. The original stone bricks gradually disappeared, replaced by a blue sky and white clouds. Bright sunlight poured down, making the Slytherin common room, which was originally illuminated by chandeliers and candles, bright.

Astoria:! ! !

Does the ceiling of the academy have this function? !

Although she was a little uncomfortable with the bright environment, sunlight can always make people feel cheerful.

Looking at Astoria's expression, Les felt a breath coming hard: These people really didn't know that the ceiling here has this function!!!

Did Hogwarts experience a break in its history? How come so many things were lost?

After a moment, Rice calmed down.

He speculated that it was very likely that the weather spell on the ceiling had a problem or was tampered with one day, switching to a storm mode that would not have occurred. Unfortunately, the senior students who knew how to shut down and adjust the weather spell were not there, and the lounge was flooded.

hiss……

Rice felt horrified just thinking about the scene.

It is estimated that after that, the students of Slytherin House permanently turned off the weather spell on the ceiling, so that later students did not even know that their ceiling could be switched to sunlight mode.

Thinking of this, Les silently turned off the weather spell on the ceiling, returning the lounge to its dim appearance.

He was really worried about these Slytherin brats.

"Come on, let's sit down and talk." Seeing that Hermione had almost finished her tour, Rice directly invited her to sit down and talk in detail.

"Hmm..." Hermione was a little confused.

Can this be said?

Les took one look at Astoria, who looked completely clueless, and decided to let Hermione give her a little stimulation.

"Go ahead, there are no outsiders here."

Astoria was still secretly delighted by the statement "no outsiders" when Hermione's words stunned her.

"Okay... Les, I just saw an apparition of you in my realm."

Astoria: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

"What did you say? Field?!" She couldn't help but interrupt Hermione, her voice full of shock and uncertainty.

"It is so. Miss Granger has awakened to a rather interesting realm."

Astoria was silent: It seemed that she was the only heir who had not awakened her domain?

At this moment, a sense of crisis gradually overwhelmed her.

You won't confiscate my status as heir just because I haven't awakened my domain, right? Such an absurd thought even flashed through her mind.

"Go on," Rice ignored Astoria's shocked face and asked Hermione to tell him more about her Apparition.

After listening to Hermione's description, Rice felt that this seemed to be a new ability in Hermione's field that had not yet been developed by them.

"Expand your domain again, and take Astoria with you this time." Rice felt that if he wanted to find out the details of this ability, he should enter her domain again to find out.

"Okay." Hermione didn't hesitate and directly opened the field, covering Les and Astoria.

After re-entering the realm, Hermione found that the previous illusion of Les had disappeared.

"Will it be covered by you who come in this time?"

Faced with Hermione's speculation, Les shook his head.

"Nothing can be concluded yet, let's read a book here for a while." Rice directly exposed his "real purpose".

He found a seat and sat down, then took out a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica from his pocket.

Looking at Rice who was not at all shy, Hermione was speechless for a while, but she also had some reading materials with her, so she didn't waste time.

Astoria is in trouble.

Why do you two carry these things with you? She felt very complicated.

"There are books on the shelves around here. You can pick a few to read, but I recommend you look at these encyclopedias with me." Les's voice rang in Astoria's ears.

Les really hopes that Astoria can have a deeper understanding of Muggles because she carries more of his expectations.

"Encyclopedia?" Astoria asked confusedly.

She knew that Rice seemed to be fascinated by a set of books compiled by Muggles recently, but he had never let herself read these things before.

"Well, through them you can better understand Muggles." Les took out an encyclopedia index volume and handed it to Astoria.

Astoria vaguely understood Rice's intention, so she took the book and started reading.

When she opened the book, Rice whispered in her ear: "Don't take the matter of the domain too seriously. This kind of thing cannot be forced. When the fate is right one day, the domain will naturally awaken - that's what happened to me back then, and I think it's the same for you."

Les' words made Astoria feel a little relieved, but her desire for the domain did not diminish in the slightest.

Time passed quickly. Because she brought Astoria with her this time, and because she didn't rest long enough, Hermione could hold out even shorter.

Two hours later, the three of them returned to the Slytherin common room.

"Do you have any energy left?" Les looked at Hermione. A bottle of energy potion was already on the table.

"Yes." Hermione didn't hesitate and drank the energy potion directly. After a short rest, she opened the field again.

This time when she entered the realm, she saw the phantom of Les again, and along with the phantom of Les was Astoria's figure.

"it is as expected."

Everything was just as Hermione had expected.

But at this moment, Les's phantom suddenly turned his head and nodded slightly to Hermione.

Hermione:!

What's going on?! Was that illusion just greeting me?

But after that, Les's phantom returned to the state of being immersed in the world of the book, as if what had just happened was just Hermione's hallucination.

Hermione closed her domain with extremely mixed feelings.

Looking at Les who reappeared in front of her, Hermione took a deep breath and told Les everything she had just seen and heard.

After hearing what Hermione said, Les' eyes widened.

What's going on?! Is it still possible?

He had a bold guess in his mind. If that was the case, Hermione's domain would be undoubtedly the strongest.

"Hermione, remember to take me with you when you open the realm next time." Les reminded seriously.

"Of course." Hermione would have taken him with her even if Les hadn't said so.

Astoria blinked her eyes, as if she couldn't follow their train of thought.

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I have written it! Good night everyone~