Chapter 36
Tu Su has gone through a lot since the tragedy in Wumeng Linggu. Although Fang Shao revealed the ancient history to him, he was slightly shocked but soon recovered. No matter how difficult and hard the situation is, he just keeps going forward with his determination and the sword in his hand. He is such a young man.
On the contrary, Yin Qianshang, who was holding a full wine jug, had a dark and unclear mind hidden under his seemingly cheerful smile.
After the two left, Peter, who had heard a lot of strange things, was also ready to leave. But coincidentally, as soon as he walked to the door, the door was suddenly pushed open and a black-haired boy rushed in.
The boy seemed to be avoiding something in a panic. He didn't look at the road at all and almost bumped into Peter.
"Oops!" Peter cleverly dodged to the side.
The door closed gently, isolating the disturbing darkness behind the boy outside the bar.
Fang Shao looked at the reckless little guest, a white boy wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, who looked younger than Peter. He was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt and jeans, dragging a heavy suitcase in one hand and holding a large empty bird cage in the other. He looked frightened, but his eyes were burning and bright as he looked at him.
"It's really you." The boy dropped the suitcase and birdcage in his hands and ran towards Fang Shao. "Sir, I see you again."
This familiar name reminded Fang Shao of a child who had not appeared for a long time, so he let the boy hug him. Then he bent down and touched the boy's head, "Harry?"
"Yes, sir, it's me." The young man buried his head, his voice a little choked.
"Harry?" This voice came from Peter who was forgotten by the two. No way, he had just seen the adult version of Tu Su today, and now Harry has also grown from a child to a teenager who is about the same age as him.
Harry finally looked up and looked at Peter with his watery green eyes. "Peter?"
"Oh my god!" Peter came over, measured Harry's height, and recalled the scene when he saw Harry a few months ago. "The last time I saw you, you were only as tall as my waist, and now you have grown to only a head shorter than me."
Harry calmed down from his excitement. He let go of Fang Shao sheepishly and looked at his friend who seemed to have not changed at all. He said with a smile and tears in his eyes, "Of course, I am thirteen years old now."
thirteen years old.
Fang Shao thought back to the last time Harry came when Wandering Earth negotiated with the Misty Army last year, and now it is the end of January. In less than two months, Harry has grown from a five or six-year-old kid to the handsome boy in front of him.
Although Tu Su had experienced such a thing once before, Fang Shao was much more familiar with Harry, a well-behaved and sensible guy who often appeared in the bar, than with Han Yunxi, a naughty kid who had only been there once. It was inevitable that he felt a little emotional watching him suddenly grow up.
But this was caused by the different and irregular time flow in the bar and the outside world, and Fang Shao had no way to control it. It was no wonder that Mr. Zhu brought Zhou Yue here. On the one hand, Mr. Zhu was indeed old, and on the other hand, they were prepared for similar situations.
Peter was surprised by something else, "You are only thirteen years old? I thought you were already in high school. It seems that you will be a tall boy in the future." Peter thought about his height of 1.73 meters and felt a little depressed.
Thinking of Tu Su who had just left, Peter felt a little regretful. "Harry, it's a pity that you came too late. Tu Su just left not long ago. Otherwise, the three of us could have had a historic meeting."
"Tu Su..." Harry was a little confused, but soon he dug out a fragment from his distant memory. He remembered, Baili Tu Su, this is the new name of his friend Han Yunxi.
He pulled out a purse from his pocket and took out a well-preserved yellow paper. Harry unfolded the paper and saw a complicated pattern and a few Chinese characters on it.
The imperial decree is the Golden Bell Talisman of Tianfu.
Fang Shao, who had used a spell on Cangsu not long ago, recognized the origin of the yellow paper.
"Look, this is the amulet that Yun...Tu Su gave me. I'm grateful to him for protecting me last semester." Harry said with a smile on his face.
"Protect you? Is your school unsafe?" Peter looked a little serious.
Harry shook his head. "No, Hogwarts is the safest place in the world."
Peter showed a look of disbelief, and Harry quickly told his friend about the Chamber of Secrets incident that happened last school year, trying to prove that it was just an accident. Fang Shao saw the two teenagers standing there talking stupidly, so he asked them to sit on the bar stools and asked Dave to bring them some hot water.
Holding the familiar cup of water, Harry, who was stammering to defend the school, remembered the little wish he had kept in his heart. He no longer cared about telling stories, but opened his wallet again, took out a handful of golden coins, and happily handed them to Fang Shao. "Sir, I have money now."
So, under the boy's expectant gaze, Fang Shao smiled and issued him a card. After receiving the long-awaited card, Harry excitedly ordered three bottles of soda. "It's my treat today."
"gentlemen."
"Peter."
Handing two bottles of soda to Fang Shao and Peter, Harry wanted to say something, but couldn't find the right words for a moment.
Fang Shao raised his soda, "Celebrate the reunion!"
"Congratulations to Harry Potter for officially becoming a guest of the Yuan Bar."
Every time he spoke, Harry nodded vigorously.
Peter raised his soda and said, "Celebrate Harry's growing up!"
Harry's eyes sparkled with joy. "Celebrate our reunion! Celebrate my becoming a guest of Yuan Bar! Celebrate my growing up!"
After gulping down a glass of soda, Peter yelled at Harry to continue his adventure story. "The cat turned into a stone statue, could it be the legendary Medusa? Harry, tell me quickly, don't keep us in suspense."
After hearing what Peter said, even Dave stopped at the bar to listen to the story.
Harry began to tell the story again. His words were not vivid enough and his speech was dry, but because the experience itself was magical enough, Peter and Dave were fascinated.
"Harry, you are a wizard, that's amazing. Why didn't I receive a letter from the owl when I was eleven?" Peter felt that being a wizard who could do magic was cooler than being Spider-Man.
Tu Su's world is also very interesting. The Oriental people in the movie all have magical martial arts, but Tu Su is even more powerful than those people.
As one of the three little ones in Yuan Bar, Peter suddenly felt that he was abandoned by his friends.
Fang Shao was also listening. Although he had read the novel and watched the movie, the same thing was more or less different when told by Harry. After all, Harry also had his own perspective and understanding, which was not completely consistent with the author's description.
Hearing Harry talking about his connection with Voldemort, Peter looked curiously at the lightning scar on his head that was covered by bangs. Suddenly he turned around and looked at Fang Shao, "Boss, can you let Harry try your gem?"
Seeing that Harry didn't understand, Peter started to talk to Harry about the story of Tu Su and Prince Chang Qin. Harry was so worried about his friend that he ignored his own problems.
Fang Shao had this idea in mind, and when Peter finished his story, he readily took out the Soul Stone. Thinking of Tu Su's experience just now, Fang Shao first reminded Harry, "It might be very painful, are you sure you want to try it?"
Harry looked at the orange stone curiously, thinking of the Dark Lord attached to the back of Professor Quirrell's head. He didn't want such an ugly face to grow on his forehead. He nodded, reached out and held the gem.
Almost instantly, a faint white light appeared on Harry's forehead.
The light spot swayed, moving erratically above Harry's head as if it was out of energy. Harry's eyes followed the movement of the star spot, but there was no expression of pain or confusion on his face. He even stretched out his hand to grab the light spot, but missed it. The light spot passed through his palm easily and continued to sway aimlessly in the air.
"Is this the mark Voldemort left on me?" Harry asked Fang Shao doubtfully. He had prepared himself mentally for the possible pain, but now it was all in vain.
This Dark Lord seems a little weak?
Fang Shao hesitated for a moment. He had not expected that the soul fragment left by Voldemort in Harry's body was so weak. Compared with the one in Tu Su's body, the big boss of this magical world was too insignificant. "This should be it."
"It's so disgusting, I don't want to be with him..." Harry frowned in disgust. "Sir, can you help me get rid of it?" He looked at Fang Shao with trust.
But Fang Shao could only smile bitterly and shake his head. He really didn't know where to start with this Soul Stone. The only professionals he could think of were Doctor Strange from the Marvel Universe, Principal Dumbledore from the HP Universe, and the former Dark Lord Grindelwald.
"You can ask for help from Principal Dumbledore. I believe he will be willing to help you." Fang Shao comforted the disappointed Harry. "And we can also cooperate. I believe that with the power of the gem and Principal Dumbledore's expertise, we can help many other people."
Harry nodded heavily, feeling that he had been entrusted with an important task. He had used the bar as a shelter since he was a child, and had seen many different people and things. Although he was too young to understand it, during the years when he could not enter the bar, he read many books about time travel and other worlds in the library - of course, with his level of knowledge, most of the books he read were various fantasy novels, but these books still enriched his knowledge and broadened his horizons.
After entering Hogwarts, Harry was called the savior by everyone and knew his own identity. He was not proud of it. In addition to missing his parents more, he felt the responsibility and pressure on his shoulders.
In most of the books he had read, the title of "Savior" meant parting ways with a smooth and peaceful life. And subsequent events continued to confirm his guess. In the first year, it was the Philosopher's Stone and Voldemort possessed by the professor, and in the second year, it became the Chamber of Secrets with the Basilisk and the young version of the Dark Lord hidden in the diary.
But he also does not reject the identity of "savior". Protect those he wants to protect, protect Ron, Hermione, protect the enthusiastic Gryffindors, protect the school students and professors - even including Malfoy, who is like a typical villain in the novel, and his noisy followers. Even if he is not a savior, this is what he is willing to bear and pay the price for.
Without Fang Shao's knowledge, Harry had grown into a more mature teenager than in the original book.