A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 21 The Magician of Miracles
"magic?"

"No, it's magic."

Owen raised his empty right hand and shook it in front of Peeves' eyes, then flipped his palm, and with a "whoosh", his wand seemed to appear in his hand instantly out of thin air.

"Make sufficient preparations in advance, use superb skills and professional knowledge to complete an incredible performance for the audience. This is magic."

"Isn't this just juggling? Do you think Peeves likes that kind of stuff?" Peeves puffed.

Owen raised his eyebrows and stared at him with a smile: "I admit that magic is a kind of trick. But in essence, it is actually a trick."

"I got your attention..." He opened his empty hands and moved his slender fingers casually.

He clasped his hands together, and then pulled out a snow-white handkerchief from his palm.He held the handkerchief in both hands, showing its front and back to Peeves: "I have gained your trust..."

Then, he shook his right wrist suddenly, and the square white handkerchief exploded into confetti in his hand, leaving only a white rose in Owen's hand.

"Cheat you again." He said in a playful tone.

"It's not just a trick, it's a spirit, a belief." Owen put the flowers in his pocket, "I deceive the audience, but I will give them joy and surprise, and let people get entertainment and inspiration from it." , so I am a magician."

"However, if I take advantage of other people's weaknesses, play with their trust, fool their hearts, use lies and deceit to achieve my own desires, and win the audience's helpless screams of anger and despair, then I am a fraudster."

"I'm not a fraudster, although for me, taking this step is just a matter of thought." Owen said with a half-smile, "but I can teach you how to fool people's hearts and complete more perfect tricks..."

"Speak quickly!" Peeves urged impatiently, jumping up and down like a ball.

"Teaching magic is not free. This is one of the basic rules of a magician." Owen squinted and smiled, "Help me find a special magical thing that appeared at Hogwarts this year. This is your tuition fee."

"Okay, just wait and see!" Peeves made a face at him, pulled down the curtain and threw it over Owen's head, and then disappeared quickly through the wall.

Owen moved sideways, lightly avoiding the curtains covering his head and face, then squinted his eyes, looked at the soft and bright sunlight outside the window, and muttered softly: "That's why I don't like those wizards who perform magic as magic. Ah, that's just juggling at best, without any core of thought, and it's a trick that anyone who knows magic can do."

The wizard seeks the wonder of magic, the magician seeks the miracle.They constantly fill themselves with knowledge, use creativity and imagination to break through themselves, and pursue miracles that no one but themselves can accomplish, unique and unrepeatable miracles, miracles that shock the world!
Owen wants to revive magic, not in this world to build the magic framework of the previous life, that is simply impossible.All he wants to revive is that spirit and belief, or in other words, he wants to become a miraculous magician himself, ascend to the pinnacle of magic, and announce the revival of magic with a miraculous magic show that amazes the whole world!
Every magician wants to be the top one!
"So, I don't reject the combination of magic and magic, but I can only be the one who wants to create the supreme and brilliant miracle." Owen said to himself in his heart.

This is his ambition, pure but more arrogant than anyone else, and perhaps one of the reasons why the Sorting Hat sorted him into Slytherin.

"Perhaps in the eyes of some people, my thinking is very dangerous." Owen slowly stepped onto the lawn outside the castle, "After all, miracles that shock the world can be magic... or fraud."

He was sitting on the lawn covered by the sun. The sun that had begun to slant westward was bright and warm, but the wind brought a touch of coolness.Owen closed his eyes slightly, feeling a little sleepy.

"Hey, Owen, why are you here?" Harry's voice woke him up, "I thought you would be huddled in front of the fireplace in the living room to warm up at this moment."

"More exposure to the sun is good for physical development." Owen stretched his waist, and looked at the pale complexion on the back of his hand with some dissatisfaction, "Are you going to find Hagrid?"

"Well, yes." Harry said in a low voice.

"Can I go with you?" Owen asked after thinking about it.He is very interested in the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest. After all, the inspiration and principles of many spells come from them. Get to know them in advance and ask Hagrid about the distribution of creatures in the Forbidden Forest. Lin's map.

"Together? Okay!" Harry's eyes lit up.His fellow Slytherins who were bothering him before didn't seem to like Hagrid very much, and he was very happy to have Owen as a supportive person.

Owen glanced at him, stood up and walked with Harry towards the cabin on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.He didn't want to support anything, it's just that he didn't want to pay for anything, but judging by Harry's excited face, he didn't want to spoil the scenery either.

"In fact, Hagrid is a very good person. He is very friendly, but he has little contact with people..." Along the way, Harry told Owen about Hagrid's situation and how they met, with a sincere expression on his face. Sincerely cheerful.

Owen listened with a smile, and responded from time to time, until the two stood in front of Hagrid's cabin door, and Harry knocked on the wooden door.

There was a nervous struggle and a low bark from inside the house, and then a deep voice: "Back back, Fang."

The door opened a crack, revealing a big bearded face. He looked at Harry with complicated and pitying eyes, as if he was about to cry.He blew his nose and said, "Harry, here you come... oh wait, back off, Fang!"

A huge black hound was struggling and jumping to jump over, but a big hand grabbed its collar tightly.

When Harry entered the hut, Owen looked into the room with his head, and greeted politely: "Hello, Mr. Hagrid."

"No...you're welcome," Hagrid noticed Owen now, and quickly waved his big hand, his black beetle-like eyes were shining, "Just call me Hagrid."

"Okay, Hagrid." Owen glanced at the big dog held by Hagrid, then walked slowly into the house, sat down on the chair near the door, glanced silently, and looked at the inside of the cabin. The layout has a panoramic view.

The humble log cabin has only one room, with ham and turkey hanging from the ceiling, a copper pot boiling water in the brazier, and a large bed in the corner with a quilt patchworked in pieces.It's a bit crowded, but fortunately it's not messy.

"Hmm, wait, is the feather duster hanging on the wall made of unicorn feathers?" Owen's expression became blank for a moment, "The decoration over there seems to be the horns that faded from the growth of unicorns. And the horns of the Horned Camel..."

In addition, Owen also recognized many useful magical animal materials. Some of them were extremely precious, some were common, and some were useless at all. At this time, they were all put together without discrimination. Ash.

"So, although Hagrid lives a simple life, he is actually a hidden little rich man." Owen held his chin in one hand, and casually threw a piece of homemade magic fire paper at the drooling Dog Fangya who wanted to jump on him. .The fire paper turned into a ball of sparks on the big dog's face and disappeared, but Fang Fang, who was intact, was startled, jumped up and almost threw Harry to the ground.

"Hagrid, this is Owen, Owen Shafik." Harry managed to push away the big head that was licking his cheek with teeth, and introduced to Hagrid.

"Oh, do you want some rock cakes?" Hagrid looked at Owen, who was sitting in a chair with an elegant posture, quite uncomfortably.He raised his hand and scratched his head, and put a large pile of pancakes that were as hard as rocks on the dinner plate on the table.

"Thank you. I've been listening to Harry talking about you these days." Owen broke off a small piece of rock cake, held it in his mouth like hard candy, and blinked his left eye at Hagrid, " I heard that you are very familiar with the situation in the Forbidden Forest, no one knows the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest better than you, I happen to like these very much..."

Harry also looked at Hagrid curiously, chewing hard on the rock cake with anticipation on his face.

Without Owen's further guidance, after mentioning his favorite topic, facing the expectant and curious eyes of the two, Hagrid quickly opened up the chatter box, shaking out all the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest.

For example, the proud and loyal hippogriff, the pure and beautiful unicorn, the cute and well-behaved acromantula, the timid and shy Bowtruckle, the moon-crazy beast who likes to dance in the moonlight, and a large group of escaping creatures Horse people wait.

Owen and Harry listened with gusto. After talking about this topic, Owen took out his notes and recorded their approximate distribution on it, while Harry was talking to Hagrid about the class situation in the past few days.

(End of this chapter)