Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The trio thought that they should never tell anyone about it. But on the first day of school, they ran into Jean outside the cafeteria.
Jean raised her eyebrows. "Oh, so you guys found out too."
Hermione was shocked. "How did you know?"
Harry facepalmed. "Hermione … Jean Grey is a mind reader."
Hermione blushed and glared at the two boys. "It's all your fault for thinking so loudly!"
The person standing next to Jean was the man nicknamed Wolverine. He glanced at the three kids with interest, and then subconsciously touched his jacket. Harry guessed that it was a habitual action of reaching for a cigarette. However, smoking was not allowed in Hogwarts, so he pretended as if nothing had happened and pulled out his hand. He asked Jean, "Who are these brats?"
"Language, Logan." Jean ignored Wolverine. She patted the book in her hand and said to Hermione and the rest, "Shall we go to the library for a chat?"
The trio nodded.
The library that Jean mentioned was a hexagonal library. Hermione and Harry had been here many times, but it was Ron's first time here. And thanks to Hermione, he had a strange feeling as soon as he stepped into the library. "Merlin's beard, how big is this library?"
In fact, the hexagonal library was not bigger than the Hogwarts library, but its maze-like structure made it seem like there was no end in sight. Jean just smiled. "Thanks for the magic." She had used the Expansion Spell here.
"But this is far from the real hexagonal library …" Jean led the trio into the innermost cubicle. School had just started, and there were not many people in the library, so they did not have to worry about being overheard.
Jean sat down opposite the trio, propped her chin on one hand, and said with a half-smile, "Or rather, the one we're looking for is not the real hexagonal library."
Harry and Ron looked at Hermione at the same time. Hermione asked, "So, the hexagonal library doesn't exist at all, right?"
Harry and Ron: _
Jean knocked on the table and looked at Hermione approvingly. "That's right. The so-called Hexagonal Library, the library with six walls, and the library with infinite books are just names given by us, the Observers. But in the written records and popular songs, no one actually gave the exact name of the place."
"Is this why you came to Hogwarts?" Hermione asked directly.
"Not entirely." Jean shook her head. "However, my purpose for coming to England is indeed related to the Hexagon Library, and this place is built according to my dream."
"Dreamland?"
"Hermione, I'm not just a telepathic reader." Jean pointed to her head. "I'm a telepath. Not only can I hear what you're thinking, but I can also capture the sounds of the world. Hermione, I can sense things that haven't happened yet."
The red-haired girl looked past the people opposite her and into the distance. "Before coming to England, I had a very strange dream. I dreamed that I was reading in a library, reading a very thick book. I had no impression of the content of the book at all. I only remember that I was getting more and more tired and anxious. But the book seemed to have countless pages, and I couldn't finish flipping through it. When I was about to collapse, I looked up." She paused and looked at Hermione. "I saw six walls of books. Hermione, I saw a hexagonal library that seemed to extend endlessly. "
Hermione leaned back subconsciously. Jean chuckled softly. "Then I came here and participated in the design of the Union Building, and then — I saw the shadow of the Hexagon Library in both wizard and Muggle books. Hermione, you lent me that book, The History of Weird Magic, so I wrote you a letter, hoping to learn more about the wizard culture and try to find the truth of the Hexagon Library."
Hermione did not speak, and Harry and Ron also kept silent. Harry was distracted for a while, and Ron did not know what to say. But it would be awkward if he did not say anything, so little Weisles tapped Harry under the table with his finger. Seeing that Harry did not respond, he put his index finger against his thumb and … Poke ~
"Ouch!" Harry jumped up in pain from the sudden bullet, and Hermione, who was next to him, was startled. "Harry?"
Ron turned his face to the side and whistled. Hermione regained her train of thought and continued to ask, "So... what exactly is the hexagon library?"
"Nothing," Jean said straightforwardly. "It's a dream, a legend, and something that is pieced together by chance from the broken pieces. Hermione, don't look at me like that. I've found as much as you have. No one has ever said that he has seen the Hexagon Library or its original form. So, does it really exist? "
Jean was testing them, and Hermione immediately noticed it. Jean should have found out about 'Kamia', but she did not intend to talk to them. So, she was testing them to see if they had found out about it too.
Hermione was not sure if she should tell Jean, but if she did not, she could not guarantee that she would not give herself away in front of Mind Reader. So, Harry helped her solve the problem. "What about Professor Kamia?"
Jean looked puzzled. "What about Professor Kamia?"
Harry, you pig brain. Hermione cursed softly in her heart, but she was actually relieved. She told them what they found out. "… Kamel, Kemor, Gamela, Jamey. In different records, 'it' appears in different names and forms, but I think 'it' should be related to the Hexagon Library."
Seeing that Hermione had revealed everything, Jean did not hide it anymore. "Probably. I've recorded what 'it' has done. Other than being involved in the killing of a certain archmage as' Jamey ',' it 'has always appeared in a relatively friendly manner, such as imparting knowledge and guarding treasures. "
"But 'Jamey' should also be a side of 'it'. I have two records of 'Jamey' here. One is about killing the archmage, and the other is about being a spirit bird guarding a mysterious place." Hermione flipped open the notebook and added.
"Yes. 'Go with Jia Mei, go with Jia Mei. Where is your treasure?' "" Ah!
"But …" Hermione looked at the thick notebook and felt inexplicably discouraged. "But these still can't prove that the library really exists. Jean, do you have any more clues? "
"No." Jean shook her head. Hermione was disappointed that she could not tell if Jean was hiding something.
"Things have become more complicated." On the way back, Hermione said to her companions with a solemn expression.
Originally, they only wanted to know what the Hexagon Library was. Now, they were not even sure if the library existed. Earlier, they only wanted to know what the Phantom in the Forbidden Forest was, not whether another country across the Atlantic Ocean had other intentions towards the Hogwarts.
"To be honest, I think that Jean's words are fake." Ron suddenly said.
"What do you mean?" Hermione immediately asked.
Ron rarely played the role of an explainer. He was a little excited. "Think about it. When Hermione asked them if they were here for the library, she said not entirely. Then she said that her purpose here was related to the Hexagon Library. Hermione, 'Hexagon Library' does not mean 'that library'. You were talking about that just now, right? "
"The foreign students are not here for 'that library'. Jean is here for the Hexagon Library … The library … Merlin! Ron, Harry, and Jean did not know about the existence of 'that library' before they came here. The others must not know about it either. So what is their purpose here? Jean didn't tell us everything! "
"Phew, this library and that library …" Ron patted his head. "I'm getting dizzy!"
Harry also had a headache. "Let's call 'that' library the Babel Library."
"The Babel Library … Okay, okay. Harry, what do you think of this?" Hermione grabbed Harry.
"I … I suddenly remembered something …" Harry suddenly lowered his voice and emphasized. "Jean … Jean … Have you really touched the future?"
Ron did not respond, but Hermione, who had taken a literature class with Harry, felt a chill down her spine. This was what Kamia had said to Jean.
In the following days, Hermione did not give up looking for clues about the Babel Library, but things were not going well. At first, she searched within the range given by Jean, but now she had to tread through mountains of books by herself. It was obviously a very difficult journey. What annoyed Hermione even more was that her only two friends did not join in this difficult project. The Quidditch training of the new semester began. Although Ron and Harry were not members of the Quidditch team, they still liked to watch Wood train. Sometimes, they could fly once or twice under the cover of the twins.
Harry was a little better than Ron. Sometimes, he also came to the library. Hermione often hoped that Harry could help her with the thick ancient books, but Harry always covered his face and left with a few story books.
The biggest blow came from Professor Kamia herself.
"Today, we are going to read two stories." Kamia said as she handed out the teaching materials. "But don't feel pressured. You are all very familiar with one of the stories, and I think you will also be interested in the other one."
Hermione opened the teaching materials, and the first story was fully presented. "Cinderella?"
"Yes, Cinderella, that is … Cinderella." Kamia happened to walk behind Hermione and patted her on the shoulder.
The Gryffindor students were in an uproar. Many of them had heard the story of Cinderella, and they all felt that they were too old to read fairy tales. Kamia gave each of them a slap on the head, while the Slytherin students on the opposite side frowned in unison. A fairy tale for Muggles, eh?
But the focus of today's lesson was the second story.
Kamia put her wizard hat aside as usual. Her black hair was casually tied up. She held the teaching materials in one hand and a glass of juice in the other. The corners of her eyes were always slightly raised, and her expression was always half-smiling. "The second story is called 'Leaf Limit.' It comes from faraway China. It is a short story written by a scholar in the Tang Dynasty."
Hermione's heart sank as she listened to Kamia's lecture. Ron said excitedly beside her, "Hey, these two stories are exactly the same!"
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