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Under the senior's angry glare, Steve pointed to the side: "Stop chatting here, Levin, it's Senior Cirira, she's been looking for you."
Upon hearing that it was Ciri, the senior student immediately chickened out and obediently walked to the side.
Levin asked curiously, "Why did she want to see me?"
“I don’t know.” Steve shook his head. “But she’s sitting on the windowsill of that room over there, probably planning to talk to you alone.”
“I see, thank you for telling me, Steve.”
Levin nodded, put down his butterbeer, and walked toward the room Steve pointed to amidst a chorus of strange noises and teasing.
He pushed open the door and saw that familiar gray hair.
Shireira was leaning against the windowsill, gazing up at the sky.
Levin noticed that even at this kind of gathering, the other person chose relatively simple attire.
The upper part of the dress is relatively conservative and stable, unlike some dresses that seem precarious.
The lower half of her body was clad in an asymmetrical short skirt, one side of which was almost waist-length while the other side was below the knee, revealing her fair and firm thighs.
In short, she is stunningly beautiful.
Seeing that the other person turned to look at him, Levin quickly stepped forward and said familiarly, "Thank you for freeing me from the chat hell. I'm happy to help you with anything you need."
"Oh, really?" Cirella raised her chin, glancing at Levin with a sly look. "Since you're willing to do anything, why don't you explain to me why you use the [Aard Sign]?"
PS: Here's an explanation of the rules for the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup.
There are a total of six matches each semester, with four colleges participating. Each college will play one match against each of the other three colleges.
The Quidditch Cup is not a best-of-three format, but rather a total score format.
In each match, regardless of victory or defeat, the team earns points, which equals your score for that game.
The total score is the sum of the scores from the three games.
This means that as long as you score high enough in one game, you can still win the championship even if you lose the other two.
Ravenclaw secured the victory early because their total score across the two games reached 620 points. Even if they didn't score a single point in the next game, other houses would need to average over 200 points per game to catch up.
As we all know, Slytherin and Hufflepuff have already faced Ravenclaw, scoring only 10 and 20 points respectively. Therefore, they would need to score over 600 points in the next two matches, which is practically impossible.
As for Gryffindor, they've already had one match (the one in the original story where Harry was framed), scoring 170 points, 450 points short.
Their next challenge is a match hosted by Snape, as well as a match against Ravenclaw. Catching up with Ravenclaw is virtually impossible.
P.S.: Butterbeer actually does not contain alcohol.
Chapter 56 Confession
"[Alder Sign]?!"
Hearing the name from someone else so suddenly, Levin was immediately startled.
In an instant, he wanted to say something to brush it off.
Just then, Shireira's voice echoed softly:
"You're not trying to get away with this, are you, Levin Green?"
"Unless you want to lose me, please don't do this,"
“I saw your gesture and the shockwave it generated very clearly. Believe me, I am very familiar with this hand seal.”
"So, where exactly did you learn this hand seal?"
Since Ciri had said so, Levin gave up the idea of running away.
What else can be done?
We have no choice but to lay our cards on the table.
"If I said I figured out this hand seal myself, would you believe me?" Levin asked sheepishly.
"You? Figured it out yourself?" Shirella chuckled coldly. "Then how do you explain this?"
Almost without warning, Ciri took a sudden step and appeared in front of Levin. The dress did not restrict her movements in any way, and Levin could see a glimpse of black beneath the swaying skirt.
But he had no time to care about any of that, because the other person's palm was already swinging towards his face.
"【Alder Sign】"
"【Kun En Dharma Seal】"
With a whoosh, a shockwave shot out from Ciri's palm, but it was so weak that it only stirred up a gentle breeze.
But even this gentle breeze couldn't touch Levin's hair; a suddenly appearing shield firmly protected him.
Levin immediately realized that he had been tricked.
This move by his opponent was clearly a test; it had no intention of attacking him at all.
Otherwise, the effect of this [Aard Sign] wouldn't be so weak.
The opponent knew perfectly well that, faced with such a sudden attack, without a wand and unable to use the [Iron Armor Charm], Levin's only defense was to trigger the fastest [Queen Sign]—assuming he had indeed learned the Signs.
And now, the other party's test has succeeded.
You said you just happened to have mastered the [Aard Sign], and it just happens to be exactly the same as the [Aard Sign] in the Witcher world.
But you can't possibly comprehend the exact same [Kun Seal] again.
Stared at with that mocking look that seemed to say, "See, you've already given yourself away," even Levin, with his thick skin, couldn't hold back and couldn't help but explain:
"Don't misunderstand, I'm telling the truth. I really did comprehend this set of hand seals on my own."
He forced back his "Keep pretending" look and continued:
"But there's something I didn't have time to say earlier: I can also observe the world you're in at the same time."
"The world...I...am in?"
The witcher, who had just been watching the show with her arms crossed, looking completely confident, suddenly showed a look of astonishment.
"You know I come from...from another world? I thought someone else taught you this magic..."
Levin shook his head: "How many people can just casually travel to another world... and that person would have to be a demon hunter. If that's true, it's too much of a coincidence."
"You actually know about...witchers?" Cirira suddenly began to believe him. "You just mentioned time travel..."
“Yes, coming from one world to another, I call it ‘time travel’,” Levin explained at the opportune moment.
"So, does that mean I also came from my world?" Shirera murmured.
“That’s right, just like how you can travel to other worlds via space jumps.” Levin nodded in confirmation.
“You even know this?” Shirella was even more surprised, then shook her head. “Unfortunately, after coming to this world, I seem to have lost the ability to ‘travel’.”
Cirira refers to her ability to travel through time based on "Ancient Blood."
That ability does allow Ciri to travel between several dimensions, but those dimensions definitely do not include the Harry Potter world.
"This is not surprising, because the fact that you were able to travel to this world is special in itself."
"Or rather, this world is special. From a certain time, it became able to attract visitors from other worlds. The reason you came here is not because of your own ability to travel through time."
Levin said.
After listening to his words, Ciri nodded in agreement: "I guessed so, otherwise there would be no reason for the species in my world to come to this world with me—my abilities can't carry so many random things."
After saying that, she looked at Levin: "By the way, since you say so, then you are also a time traveler."
Levin nodded: "I come from a world without magic, and I came here eleven years ago."
"So, you became a baby after you came here?"
Ciri chuckled and said, "Judging from how composed you usually are, you must have been a seventy or eighty-year-old man before you transmigrated, right?"
"I'm not that old!"
Levin immediately protested against the other party's slander.
"You don't need to explain, I won't care about that anyway."
Ciri waved her hand and began to recount her experience: "I'm different from you. I came here when I was twelve, which is four years ago. At first, I could only wander the streets, but after a few days, an owl delivered my letter of enrollment, and then Professor Flitwick appeared and took me to Hogwarts."
“You’re quite lucky then.” Levin nodded. “But losing your grandmother, being separated from your adoptive parents during the war, and then being trapped in another world must be a very difficult feeling.”
Based on Cirira's age when she traveled through time, Levin immediately deduced her experiences before the time travel.
"You're right... You actually know about me. Could it be that your so-called 'observation' is actually spying on me from another world?"
As Shirela spoke, she deliberately adopted a wary posture.
Ciri is quite optimistic to be able to joke around even in this situation.
"That's not the case."
What do you mean by spying?!
Levin felt a chill and quickly explained, "You can think of it as something like a 'premonition dream.' Just like a 'premonition dream,' I can't choose what I see. The only difference is that I see another world."
After listening, Ciri nodded: "You can tell me so much about me and my world, I believe you... So these signs of yours were created with reference to the signs of my world."
“You got it right.” Levin nodded.
"And what about when you called my name on the day you enrolled?"
“That’s right, I never expected to encounter the characters from my ‘precognitive dream.’ It wasn’t until then that I realized everything in the ‘precognitive dream’ was real.”
Levin said, half-jokingly.
Then he immediately added:
"But becoming friends with you wasn't intentional. I just felt we were kindred spirits, so... you know what I mean."
“I understand, I understand,” Ciri laughed heartily. “Don’t worry, understanding these things won’t affect our good partnership and good friendship.”
"And don't you think that knowing each other's secrets has brought us closer?"
“I’d love for you to think that way,” Levin said with a smile.
“Alright, that’s enough. I’ve asked all my questions.” Ciri’s smile faded, and she sighed softly. “I never imagined this was so complicated. You’ve really broadened my horizons.”
She looked at Levin: "So, is there anything else you want to ask? I'll answer everything I know for today."
Levin looked up and thought for a moment before saying, "You know what, I actually do have a question I want to ask."