The Bard of Hogwarts

Chapter 201 The Ultimate Spiritual Experience

The motorcyclist bus came to a smooth stop at the side of the road.

With £57 and 12 shillings in his pocket, Ino strode confidently into the spooky October theme park.

But as he delved deeper, he discovered a fatal problem: during the Christmas holidays... probably not many people would choose to visit a horror park.

Christmas is Disney season.

As a famous thriller park in the British Isles, it was a bit quiet during the Christmas holidays, but that only made the atmosphere more intense.

A vast square, quiet paths, rows of strangely shaped, neon-lit haunted houses, and glimpses of figures and staff every now and then.

Even just standing outside, you can feel a faint sense of fear.

Following the signs, Ino passed one themed horror house after another: will-o'-the-wisps, skeletons, bloodstains, the living dead, giant centipedes...

Finally, Ino stopped in front of what looked like an abandoned hospital.

He didn't intend to go inside to browse; rather, there was a small convenience store at the entrance of the hospital-themed house.

I spent one pound on some snacks and ice cream, and learned from the middle-aged owner that the place is actually open for 24 days around Halloween.

Of course, it's not that the place is closed at other times, but many events will be canceled if there aren't enough visitors, such as rock concerts, mud races, and balloon fights.

"I suggest you go back after you finish your snacks. They don't sell tickets to children under 16 unless they are accompanied by a guardian," the convenience store owner advised in a low voice.

"Thank you! I don't plan to go in, I'll just look around here." Ino replied with a smile, then walked to a bench opposite the convenience store and sat down quietly by herself.

Although there were few people around, he still felt a faint joy from a second-person perspective, as if this place was a natural paradise for Boggarts.

……

Time passed by, second by second.

Sitting on the bench, Ino finished a tub of ice cream and a small bag of cranberries as it gradually got dark.

Just as he was about to leave, the commotion in the distance made him sit down again.

"I remember there was a convenience store here..."

"Why don't we go back? This place is just a name without substance..."

"I came here to experience fear, not to watch clowns' terrible performance..."

Hearing a series of noisy complaints, Ino's face broke into a bright smile.

A few seconds later.

At the bend in the path, five young people, three men and two women, around twenty years old and dressed in trendy clothes, appeared.

It was obvious that the voices they had just heard came from them, and their destination was clearly this convenience store.

However, when they passed a bench, two of the girls decisively changed their route.

……

A fragrant breeze wafted through the air, and the once deserted benches across from the convenience store were now packed with people.

"Little friend, are you here alone? There are ghosts here at night!"

Ino rolled her eyes at the blonde girl next to her, speechless. She had a hot body but wasn't very bright.

Not only was the attempt to strike up a conversation unoriginal, but it also directly revealed the true intentions. It was just a casual conversation; why did the person have to come right up to them?

But in order to test Bogut, he deliberately lowered his voice.

"You guys know about it too? It's that hospital-themed horror house across the street. They say people have actually seen ghosts inside."

"Really?" Now it was the blonde girl's turn to be surprised. She didn't expect that her casually made-up reason would actually come true.

"Yes! There really is." Ino nodded seriously.

He then subtly moved to the side, the soft touch from his arm making him feel a little uncomfortable.

But before they had moved even five centimeters, they encountered the end, accompanied by a soft laugh:

"Haha, Belinda, your enthusiasm has scared him. He's practically crawling into my arms."

Ino stood up silently and gave the bench to them.

At the same time, three other boys also returned from the convenience store.

There were no hostile scenes like in the novel. After a brief exchange, Ino learned that the five people in front of her were medical students from Cambridge University.

The reason they came here was to test their courage, as they had long aspired to become forensic doctors.

……

The ticket window for the horror house.

Ino looked at the group seriously again.

"Are you sure you want to experience fear?"

"Of course! Little Ino!" said Belinda, the blonde girl.

"Okay, have fun!" After receiving a correct answer, Ino turned and walked to the side.

At the same time, a wisp of smoke drifted from his sleeve, quietly following behind the group.

Back on the bench, he saw a panoramic view of the haunted house from a second-person perspective; it resembled an abandoned hospital from the last century.

The long corridor was littered with various stained medical records, and the walls were covered with strange graffiti and scratches that looked like they were made by fingernails.

"I feel like something's different here!" Belinda noticed the difference immediately.

The place gave her a sense of realism, especially the dark purple graffiti on the walls, which looked like the color of dried blood.

As Belinda finished speaking, the others who had come in with her began to analyze the surrounding environment, one after another.

"The usual trick: legally purchase animal blood and then pretend to smear it on the walls."

"And those scratches, carved out of the metal-made simulated skeleton by hydraulic power..."

From a second-person perspective, Ino listened to these professional analyses, a faint smile appearing on her lips.

The five people stood at the door and talked honestly, and none of them chose to go any further.

But even this fear caused Borg to change drastically.

The faint smoke that had filled only half the room now spread as freely as possible, covering an area of ​​one meter, two meters... up to a radius of twenty meters.

……

At the same time.

Ino closed her eyes slightly and leaned back comfortably on the bench.

Through the shared senses, he experienced a sense of spiritual satisfaction, much like getting a satisfactory grade on the final exam after studying hard for a whole year.

This is a mental experience that is difficult to describe.

Gradually, Ino also became immersed in this experience.

Because his eyes were closed, he didn't notice the changes around him.

At this moment, with the bench as the origin, countless tiny pebbles gradually floated in mid-air, rotating counterclockwise in a nebula-like pattern.

As the stone's rotation speed gradually increases, the surrounding traction force also slowly increases.

From pebbles, rocks, withered trees, even the surrounding benches and the ice cream cart not far away...

More and more things are floating in mid-air.

……

I don't know how much time has passed.

When Ino opened her eyes again, she found that there were many strangers around her.

Of course, the person closest to him was Dumbledore, who had a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)