The compartment door was suddenly yanked open, and Allen let out a sky-shattering shriek of fright.
He struggled to get up from the ground and looked at the person outside the compartment.
"How is it you?" both of them said in unison.
It was Hermione; her eyes were wide, and she looked at Allen with surprise: "What are you doing in the girls' restroom?"
Allen's face turned red, and his eyes darted away, not daring to look at Hermione: "Uh... I'm here to ponder life..." Allen gave a reason he didn't even believe himself.
"Hmph! Do you think that excuse can fool me?" Hermione was full of disbelief.
"Then what are you doing here?" Allen, seeing he couldn't bluff his way out, quickly changed the subject.
"Isn't it normal for me to be here? What are you doing sneaking into the girls' restroom for no reason?" Hermione was not at all confused by Allen.
Allen was speechless now; stuck in a moral low point, no answer seemed right.
Hermione noticed Allen's predicament and decided to leniently let him off this time.
She held up the parchment in her hand and said lightheartedly, "Why did you run off here by yourself to study Ancient Runes?"
Ancient Runes? Allen's eyes widened in surprise, then he eagerly picked up a piece of parchment, pointed at the characters on it, and asked Hermione, "Are these Ancient Runes?"
Hermione looked at the clearly distraught Allen with confusion and said, "Yes, these are Ancient Runes! We don't even have this course until third year, and I only saw them in a book. Look, this character means 'light'...
Allen looked blankly at the eloquently speaking Hermione, who quickly became embarrassed under his gaze.
"Don't look at me like that!" Hermione was a little shy.
"Oh, oh, oh, do you know the meanings of these other Ancient Runes?" Allen snapped back to reality, holding a stack of parchments, and asked eagerly.
"I recognize one more character, this one; it means 'diameter'." Hermione patiently looked through all the characters on the parchments, then pointed at a character and said with certainty.
"I don't know much about Ancient Runes; I just saw some and remembered them," Hermione added.
At this moment, she looked up at Allen and found him staring at her with sparkling eyes, which made her feel a bit flustered.
Allen finally came to his senses and sincerely said to Hermione, "Gran..." He noticed Hermione's eyebrows starting to furrow, instantly reacted, and quickly corrected himself, "Hermione, may I invite you to study Ancient Runes together?"
...
After dinner, Allen quickly returned to the dormitory's washroom for a quick shower. Facing Harry and Ron, who were eager to share their Nimbus 2000 flying experience, he could only apologetically decline their request to share, stating that he had something important to do and asking them to try not to disturb him today.
Then, Allen, filled with apology, pulled his dark red flannel curtains tight and began a new round of recording.
Harry and Ron looked at the closed curtains with confusion, but in the end, they chose to trust their friend.
Allen cast Spells according to the afternoon's rhythm, continuously entering time-slowed states and recording Ancient Runes one by one. Soon, his notebook was full, so he had to find his textbooks and draw Ancient Runes one after another on them...
He didn't know how much time had passed, but eventually, with Allen's efforts, he completed the transcription of the Cleaning Charm Ancient Runes.
After transcribing the last rune, Allen fell into a deep sleep...
...
When Allen woke up, he found it was already noon the next day, and his stomach was growling with hunger. He was the only one left in the dormitory.
Allen quickly ran to the Great Hall and ate a huge meal. Only after eating did he feel truly alive.
At this moment, he felt like he had a long dream yesterday, feeling so unreal and hazy.
He pulled out his notebook from his robe and looked at the Ancient Runes recorded in it. Only then did he confirm that everything that happened yesterday was real.
Well-rested, he felt very energetic and calmly began to review yesterday's events.
First, the conditions for the appearance of the thunderbird eyes. Allen always felt that its appearance conditions were not that simple, so he tried hard to recall everything that happened that day...
Then he found a blank spot in his notebook and began to record his thoughts.
Naked sleep???
Allen thought of this first. He wrote it in his notebook and then heavily wrote three question marks.
He examined the words in his notebook, his mind quickly considering whether this behavior had a sufficient connection to his Transfiguration of the thunderbird eyes.
Birds flying in the sky have always been a symbol of freedom, and his naked sleep was a behavior of breaking free from constraints and yearning for freedom. Perhaps it perfectly matched the birds' will to yearn for freedom!
But unexpectedly, Hermione came over to greet him at this moment and accidentally saw the words in his notebook. Before Allen could react, she spat, blushed, and ran away.
Allen looked at her receding figure with a bitter smile, estimating that his image in her mind was getting worse and worse.
Soon, Allen pushed this small matter to the back of his mind and continued his review.
Professor Snape's Potion—this seems very relevant, mark it as important.
Wand talent Transfiguration—this is certain.
Waking up in the middle of the night and hearing a bunch of words. Allen thought for a long time but still decided to cross out this condition.
Now there were only three conditions left, and to gather these three conditions, he would have to wait until next month when he received the Potion. Allen frowned as he looked at the Potion entry and circled it.
It seems I need to find a way to get the Potion's recipe. This Potion is very likely a necessary condition. Waiting passively for it once a month is too passive; I must take the initiative. Allen secretly made up his mind, followed by a bitter smile. Many people knew that he and Harry had a good relationship, and Professor Snape's dislike for Harry was also openly displayed. This path seemed destined to be winding.
Then Allen thought about the process of transcribing the Ancient Runes from the light screen.
This process was simply too much of a headache! Allen thought about this problem with a headache; his head was still throbbing from frequently entering the time-slowed state yesterday.
Is there any way to replace this method? Thinking of this, his head hurt even more.
Suddenly, he remembered a short video he had watched before; Professor Dumbledore seemed to have a large basin where he could put his and others' memories to repeatedly watch, and most importantly, this watching process seemed to have no burden on the body.
If I could master the ability to extract my memories and borrow that large basin, it would be great! That way, I could easily record the runes I see! Allen thought happily.
Although it seemed difficult, not trying would make success impossible. It's better to treat this as a long-term plan. Allen made up his mind.
Thinking of this, Allen began to consider how to handle the thunderbird eyes. The content seen by the thunderbird eyes must be kept secret. Otherwise, if people knew he could see the Ancient Runes contained in Spells, he would probably lose his freedom in the future, so he absolutely could not tell anyone.
Finally, there was the issue of carrying Ancient Runes.
There were two directions to solve the problem: first, find materials that could carry a large number of Ancient Runes; second, find other methods of recording Ancient Runes so that they would not corrode the parchment.
I can't afford too much parchment! Allen thought with a bitter smile, and he shed tears of poverty again...