Hogwarts: Magical Elegy

Chapter 61 The last candlelight

The gate of the castle was pushed open, and the remaining sunlight also shone into the castle.

Under the erosion of the vines growing on the ground, the stone tile floor under your feet is no longer smooth. When you step on it, you will have a frosted texture under your feet.

Different from the residual sunlight temperature outside, the thick walls block the warm sunlight, and with the plants growing inside, the castle has a damp and cold feeling similar to a wet cellar.

Xifa believes that Elise and her subconscious will not harm herself.

That is to say, normally, nothing here will harm you.

But according to Luna, the Silent Beast in Elise's body has broken free of part of the seal.

Then as long as something seems incompatible with the castle, you may be attacked by it.

These vines are obviously not, but more like a means of strengthening the castle... Xifa came to the center of the hall thoughtfully.

At this moment.

Rumble——

No one controlled it, and the castle door closed by itself.

Fortunately, part of the castle roof is made of dark yellow colored glaze, and a little light can penetrate into the castle.

It won’t make Xifa’s eyes darken.

Xifa remained calm and glanced around. Suddenly, he stopped.

On the gray wall above, he found something wrong.

Stepping on the dusty stairs, he quickly arrived at the second floor of the lobby.

This floor is only for exhibitions, and the walls are covered with photo frames.

One of the things I found wrong was that the other portraits on the wall were blurry, and the portrait hanging in the corner turned out to be of a woman who looked exactly like Elise.

It seems that there is a living person in front of me looking at me.

The woman in the portrait is trying hard to open her trembling eyelids, moving her lips slightly to spit out words.

"Elise, I forgive my mother for not being able to stay with you all the time. Have you encountered anything sad again?"

The woman's tone was very gentle, full of care for her children.

Xifa looked complicated when he heard this, but he did not reply.

Without waiting for an answer, the woman sighed.

"You know, it's better to speak quickly. Every time I talk to you, it makes me disappear faster..."

Her blue eyes opened a slit and suddenly opened wide.

Not his daughter, but a handsome boy about the same age as his daughter?

Her surprised expression was almost exactly the same as Elise's frightened look, and Xifa's expression slowed down.

"Sorry, Mrs. Fergus."

It seems that every time the portrait is disturbed, the person who claims to be Elise's mother disappears faster.

Xifa apologized a little embarrassedly.

"Ah, it's okay, can you tell me how you got here?"

......

After some communication with Ms. Fergus, Xifa understood that this was Elise’s inner world.

It is also the place where the Silent Beast in Elise’s heart is sealed.

Mrs. Fergus existed as a mother's blessing to her child after giving birth to Elise.

Due to the existence of this seal, as long as Elise falls asleep deeply, she will come here, that is to say.

Elise's dream is certain, it is the almost eternal scene of this old castle and the outside.

Elise was very lonely. When she was a child, she communicated with Mrs. Fergus every day to relieve her mental pressure and prevent the Silent Beast from taking advantage of her.

Until Luna appeared, Elise could endure the loneliness alone in this castle.

"Elise hasn't come to see me for a long time. What happened to her recently?"

After listening to Ms. Fergus’s explanation and inquiry, Xifa quickly told her experiences outside and how she got here.

"Unexpectedly, Elise trusts you from the bottom of her heart." Mrs. Fergus covered her mouth and smiled, "Let me help you one last time. Without my guidance, you will not be able to find Elise hiding in the castle.

Silky."

"Finally, I want to say one more thing, I hope Elise didn't see the wrong person..."

As the voice gradually fell, the woman in the portrait gradually became blurry.

Finally, a red carnation flower floated in front of Xifa.

After hesitating for a moment, Xifa still raised his hand to take the flower.

At the same time, a secret door on the first floor opened, revealing the stairs inside.

Quickly arriving in front of the door, Xifa looked inside. It was so dark that it was so dark that he couldn't even see his fingers.

Xifa subconsciously wanted to use magic, but found that nothing could be done here without a magic wand.

Imagine you have a flashlight in your hand, but you still get nothing...

How could Elise know what a Muggle flashlight is... Xifa slapped her forehead.

Changing his mind, this time, he imagined holding an ancient oil lamp in his hand.

After succeeding, he felt his hand sink. When he opened his eyes, he saw, sure enough, an oil lamp appeared in his hand.

Holding the oil lamp, he reached forward.

I found that the oil lamp can indeed light up the next road.

Nodding with satisfaction, Xifa stepped into the secret door.

He climbed up the stairs step by step. There was endless darkness on both sides, as well as in front of him and behind him.

But his heart was firm and unmoved at all.

Wait for me, Elise...

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This is a secret room somewhere, and there is no door to get in or out.

A thin figure is guarding a candle in front of him, and the candle emits a distinctive off-white fluorescent light.

The figure was a girl. She was wearing a simple white dress and sitting on the ground with her bare feet and hair hanging down.

She held her closed legs with both hands and buried her face deeply between her legs.

It is not difficult to tell from her twitching body from time to time that she is crying at this time.

In front of her eyes, the flickering light from the candles only covered a few steps around her, and she could see that the ground here was made of uneven stones.

Other than that, it is pitch black, but these dark things contain real ink. They roll from time to time, revealing various ferocious faces and claws.

Because the candlelight was right in front of her, Elise's shadow stretched long and blended into them.

But as time passes, every minute and second passes.

Elise's heart gradually collapsed, and the material in the darkness gradually approached Elise along the shadow.

It seems that as long as you stick to Elise, you can control her.

I don’t know how long it took, but Elise seemed tired of crying.

Don't worry about the minions behind you.

She still buried her head between her legs. Based on her feeling, she tremblingly raised her jade lotus-like arm, and her green-white fingers tremblingly reached forward.

Stop with your index finger and thumb around the wick, and just grit your teeth and exert force.

This light will be extinguished by itself.

And I will be completely liberated.

It seems that I am about to be released from the seal.

The surrounding materials seemed to be holding their breath and remained motionless.

It was afraid that it would irritate Elise and make her change her attention again.

The moment Elise's fingers stopped trembling and were about to close them together firmly.

Snap——

One hand firmly clasped her wrist, and at the same time pulled it up.

The air flow caused caused the candlelight to sway.

But it still stubbornly emits an off-white light.

The heartbroken Elise exclaimed and was pulled into a familiar and warm embrace.