Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

He had never heard of this name, and what was a lion-headed dragon eagle?

"Oh, Luna Lovegood—she's a friend of mine who lives around here, over on that hill back there. Her house is really special."

Ginny's words were a little jumpy, but not difficult to understand.

"She admires you very much and has always wanted to meet you, but she never had the chance..."

At this point, she looked at Ryan hesitantly: "Oh, maybe you would be willing..."

"Oh, of course—it would be my pleasure."

Ryan nodded politely.

"It's just right. It's still early."

He certainly wouldn't refuse to meet Ginny's friend.

So, Ginny stood up excitedly: "I'm going to leave a letter for Mom and Dad, and then go change my clothes!"

She spoke happily, her voice rising in pitch.

Then she walked upstairs.

Ryan, who stayed downstairs, was muttering something.

"Lovegood?"

He always felt like he had seen this surname somewhere.

Soon, after changing her clothes, Ginny left a letter at home and went out with Ryan.

As they were leaving, Ryan saw out of the corner of his eye that the direction indicated by the magic clock in the room had changed to 'date'.

"This thing isn't very accurate."

Ryan muttered, then followed Ginny out the door.

Although it is not convenient to use Friday's ability of "traveling a thousand miles a day" here, Ryan's apparition is quite proficient.

So, after apparating several times according to Ginny's instructions.

Ryan could see the buildings on the hillside not far away.

The house, like the Burrow, was of a most singular appearance.

The difference is that the decoration style of the burrow is crooked and looks like it will collapse at any time.

The bottom of this house is flat, but the top is pointing straight up to the sky, like a black wizard's hat.

Behind the house, a huge black cylinder was hanging in the sky behind the house. Ryan looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what the cylinder was.

There was a zigzag path in front of the house, with various plants growing on both sides of the road. The most common one was a plant that looked like a carrot. Ryan remembered that this magical plant was called 'Rob Block', which was inedible and had no medicinal value... He was very curious why someone would grow it.

When he and Ginny reached the end of the road, he saw two very old hawthorn trees.

Mistletoe covered it densely, and on a branch was a flat-headed owl.

"Anhelastra, is Luna home?"

And Ginny obviously recognized the owl.

"Cuckoo!"

The owl tilted its head.

"What's it called? A breathing star?"

Ryan scratched his head: "This name is a bit..."

Weird—he thought about it and finally didn't say the word.

"Yes."

This was obviously not the first time Ginny had been asked this question. She smiled and explained, "Luna and Mr. Lovegood both said that the name isn't important. What's important is that when it flies across the night sky, it's like a breathing star."

"...cool."

Ryan pondered for a moment and finally made this comment.

Ginny then led him through the front door and into the garden of the house.

Then, Ryan saw a little girl in the grass not far away.

She looked to be about Ginny's age, with a slim build and long, messy blond hair.

She wore a mishmash of secondhand gowns embroidered with patches and designs of all colors—it made her look like a butterfly.

Ryan saw withered flowers, colorful yarn and...bells tangled in her hair.

At this moment, she was squatting on the grass, seemingly looking at something intently.

"Luna!"

Ginny saw her and greeted her excitedly.

But the little witch turned a deaf ear to him and continued to stare intently at the air in front of her.

This made Ginny a little embarrassed: "Oh, Ryan...don't be offended, Luna is always like this."

"Of course—but what is she doing?"

Ryan nodded and looked at the little witch named Luna with interest.

"Oh, I don't know..."

Ginny brought Ryan closer to Luna and whispered, "She might be looking for harassment flies again..."

"...Feel sorry?"

Ryan blinked.

"The harassment fly—Luna said it's an invisible, tiny, magical animal that flies into people's ears and interferes with their thinking, making it difficult for them to concentrate."

Ginny explained.

Her expression was a little embarrassed. "I know it sounds crazy, but I promise, she's actually a very nice person..."

She suddenly remembered the reaction she got when she introduced her friend to her brother and other friends, which made her a little overwhelmed for a moment.

She felt a little regretful - she shouldn't have brought Ryan here so suddenly.

But at this moment...

"It's not a harassing fly, it's an evil mayfly."

Ryan and Ginny heard a disembodied voice.

Ryan turned his head and saw that Luna seemed to have finished her 'observation' and turned to look at the two of them.

Ryan saw the girl's silver-gray eyes, as if covered with mist.

At the same time, Ryan also noticed the pair of carrot-shaped earrings hanging from Luna's earlobes - this successfully answered his doubts when he was outside the door just now.

"The evil mayfly is worse than the nuisance fly. It lives in a dimension invisible to humans and brings sadness and grief..."

She said this seriously, and as she spoke, her fingers subconsciously ran through her hair.

This made the bells in her hair jingle.

"..."

This made Ginny even more embarrassed.

She could almost imagine Ryan's astonishment at the moment. She even thought it was normal for Ryan to turn around and say "You are a crazy girl" and leave - a year ago, Anna Fawcett, who also lived nearby, did the same thing.

but...

"Oh? That sounds very imaginative."

The next moment, Ginny heard Ryan say this.

This made Ginny turn her head, and she saw the young wizard's face with a gentle smile.

"Magical creatures that bring sadness... I guess they come in packs? Is that why sadness is contagious?"

He spoke to Luna with a serious face.

"Yes."

Luna nodded.

Her voice was clear and ethereal, like a dancing musical note: "They feed on pain... Just now I saw a ladybug accidentally fall to the ground. It must have been in pain - the mayflies were attracted to it..."

"What now?"

Ryan asked curiously.

"Are they still there?"

"No more."

Luna shook her head—and the bells in her hair jingled again.

"They will be driven away by happy emotions. Ginny came to me, so she and I are very happy - the evil mayflies will be afraid of us."

"Oh, that sounds great."

Then Ryan grinned.

He held out his hand. "But I'm afraid I also have some credit for this—because I'm pretty happy now, too."

"I'm Ryan Elias...nice to meet you."

He said sincerely.

"Oh?"

Then he saw Luna's eyes, which seemed to be wrapped in mist, blink.

"Lian Elias?"

The tone of her voice seemed to rise a little: "A terracotta wizard who returned from a thousand years ago?"

"?"

So Ryan blinked in confusion.

And it was at this moment that he saw the door of a house not far away out of the corner of his eye.