Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 224 Divination
That unicorn was so beautiful! Its silvery-white body shone with a hazy light, as bright as the moon in the sky... It landed lightly on the ground, leaving no trace on the dusty floor with its hooves.

A moment later, the unicorn disappeared.

But why does Xilun look so familiar?
The unicorn's appearance and size gave him an overwhelming sense of familiarity, especially its expression... that expression of equanimity and disdain for all living things in its eyes, the more he looked at it, the more it resembled Silvermane...

That doesn't make sense. A silver-maned unicorn should be blue, not silver-white. Besides, he didn't summon it just now.

Furthermore, in Xilun's memory, there is only one possibility for this appearance in the form of a silver animal: it is a guardian deity.

and many more.

As if he had thought of a certain possibility, Xilun's lips twitched involuntarily.

I don't think so...

He thought to himself, but still took out the Silver Hair and flicked it gently.

"Call the gods to protect you!"

Something broke free from the tip of his staff—not a cat, but a silver-white unicorn.

Sure enough, his guardian spirit changed from a cat to a unicorn... No, the cat was just the outline before it was fully formed, so strictly speaking, it cannot be considered his guardian spirit.

Not to mention the outline, there are many examples of even the actual guardian deity changing.

However, this change certainly does not include unicorns.

Just as Animagus transformations usually only take the form of ordinary animals, so too does the Guardian Charm.

Most wizards have an ordinary animal as their Patronus, with only one exception in the wizarding world... Dumbledore, whose Patronus is a phoenix.

Unicorns are also magical creatures.

With a thought, Xilun summoned the unicorn from the silver mane once more.

Two unicorns, one blue and one silver, appeared simultaneously in the Screaming Shack, illuminating the surroundings with dazzling brilliance.

What's even more amazing is that these two unicorns are exactly the same in size, appearance, and demeanor.

"You weren't behind this, were you?" Siren looked at the blue unicorn suspiciously, suspecting that it was the one that changed the appearance of his guardian deity, causing the magic to suddenly go out of control and shatter the wand.

But the unicorn acted as if it hadn't heard Xiren's words, simply pacing gracefully around the room, head held high, not even glancing at him.

It was just a ghost and couldn't understand what the wizard was saying.

But the more Xilen thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and then he thought of something else.

The day he first caught the Dementor, he had the unicorn help him drive the Dementor back into the box.

At that moment, the unicorn showed a look of disgust.

At the time, Siren didn't pay much attention, assuming it simply disliked the presence of the Dementors. But now, thinking back, besides the Dementors, there were also traces left by the Patronus in the house.

But are unicorn souls really that intelligent?
Xilun didn't know, and there was no one he could ask... since he was the only one in the entire magical world who could summon the soul of a unicorn.

……

Twenty minutes before Hogwarts curfew, Sirius Black appeared in the Shrieking Shack right on time.

Xilun was already sitting there waiting.

“That’s strange, you didn’t continue torturing that Dementor,” he said in surprise.

At this time of day, Siron would usually be controlling a silver object to confront the Dementors; it had never been this quiet before.

"Have you already learned the Patronus Charm?" Sirius asked.

"I guess I've learned it," Xilun said.

Although the process has changed somewhat, the silver unicorn is undoubtedly the guardian deity.

“That’s amazing,” Sirius said, though his tone was rather flat.

This is understandable; compared to the thirteen-year-old Animagus, it's not surprising that Siron could learn the Patronus Charm in such a short time. He was more concerned about how Siron would deal with the Dementor; it would be best to keep it in the castle and not bring it here again.

Otherwise, he would probably have to consider finding a new place to live.

Xilun naturally wouldn't refuse his idea.

Now that he has learned the Guardian Spell, he no longer needs to secretly come here to practice every day.

……

But compared to Siron, Harry, who was also learning the Patronus Charm, didn't have it so easy.

Professor Lupin's special course has been held three times, but his progress is very slow.

Whenever Boggart transformed into a Dementor and approached him, he could only conjure a blurry white shadow.

These guardian spirits are too weak. They can't even drive away real Dementors, let alone stop Boggarts in their tracks.

This made Harry increasingly frustrated. He wanted to know if Siren had learned it yet, but he didn't dare to ask. He could only stammer and ask Siren when he would learn the Patronus Charm during a Divination class.

Xilun looked at the crystal ball, which was completely blank; the white mist hadn't moved an inch... Clearly, this kind of problem was outside the scope of prophecy.

So Siron switched to another method: divination with playing cards.

Whether it's a popping tarot deck or a proper divination deck, it's all readily available here.

This method can reflect the inner thoughts of the person being divined to some extent.

Harry drew a card and turned it over.

“You’re a two-faced person, you’re very contradictory,” Xiren said. “Draw another one.”

Harry drew another card, a silver-white sphere.

“Full moon…” Xiren raised an eyebrow slightly. “Danger, secrets, and the uncontrollability of fate—you’ve been hiding something, haven’t you?”

Harry kept his head down and didn't say anything.

“Let me guess.” Siron placed the cards face down on the table. “You once said that when you’re facing Dementors, you always hear women screaming.”

"If I'm not mistaken, that's your mother's voice."

Harry's hands suddenly clenched.

“It seems so,” Siren said thoughtfully. “You want to learn the Patronus Charm, but you also yearn to hear her voice again, so you… well, let me put it another way.”

"One of the conditions for casting the Guardian Charm is having a firm mind... or rather, most spells require this."

“You need to be determined to completely drive away the Dementors in order to summon the complete Patronus, but clearly... your determination may not be that strong.”

Harry remained silent. To be honest, he was starting to regret coming to Siron for this divination.

But all he wanted to know at first was a specific time, so why did Xilun reveal all his secrets?
Yes, he wanted to hear that voice more, even though it was only a few words, he just couldn't help it.

Harry was very angry with himself and felt guilty all the time.

"Hmm, that's impressive. I'm starting to get interested in divination." Harry chuckled awkwardly, clumsily changing the subject.

Xilun didn't expose him, but just glanced at the book that looked like a new book next to him, "Seeing the Future Through the Fog".

"If you have this idea, I suggest you take a look at this book. It is really suitable for beginners in divination."

"Don't worry about what Professor Trelawney is talking about. Most divination doesn't require that. For example, with the card divination we just did, you only need to remember the meaning of each card and have some logical ability."

“Oh, thank you for reminding me, I will,” Harry said absentmindedly.

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(End of this chapter)