Chapter 468
Khalil's Story
Chapter 468 Khalil's Story
Khalil sat in the chair with his head down, saying nothing, seemingly completely immersed in regret and decadence.
He could hear Professor McGonagall arguing with the Aurors:
"How can you...how can you just break his wand? The Ministry of Magic can't just expel our students!"
"Please calm down, Professor, this is what is happening..."
"This is impossible! Caryl Johnson is an excellent student! Even though... maybe they are of different races, I don't believe he would commit the horrible crimes you describe!"
"Believe me, Professor McGonagall. If possible, I would not want to treat a child like this. But do you know what he wanted to do? He deliberately took Weed Grey into a room where dozens of vampires were lying in ambush!"
"Could there be some misunderstanding?" Professor McGonagall said incredulously, "It could be...it could be the Imperius Curse...he doesn't know what he is doing..."
"No, he does. We are certain that he came to Hogwarts with a purpose in mind, Professor McGonagall. The Caryl Johnson you knew was only a disguise."
The two people's voices came through the door. Listening to Professor McGonagall's tone change from anger to astonishment and then gradually to disappointment, Caryl didn't have too many thoughts.
The professor was very nice, but he couldn't get close to him.
He lowered his head and stared at the gold chain in his hand for a long time. Finally, he put it around his neck and gently twisted it.
The golden hourglass was spinning and flashing slightly. It was made with great craftsmanship and the sand inside was sliding down silently.
But nothing happened, the talking outside the door continued without a pause.
Khalil let out a long breath, leaned back in his chair, and stared blankly at the ceiling, as if he had lost all his strength.
He had known that this would not be easy.
Especially when Wade left without taking the timer back, Khalil guessed that what he got was just a fake. But until this moment, he was still hit by great disappointment.
……
In fact, Caryl has always been wondering why his classmates were so slow and no one discovered that Wade and Hermione were hiding huge secrets.
Especially Harry, Ron and Neville, they had spent more time with Hermione and knew that many of her courses were repeated, and they also knew that she had never missed a class, but their heads that seemed to have been gnawed by Flobberworms were unwilling to think about it at all.
Khalil was different. He had been keeping an eye on Vader and noticed the problem very early on.
At first he thought it was some kind of magic called "clone". He looked through all the magic books but didn't see any similar spells. Later he thought it was a puppet. Finally, from Hermione's increasingly tired state, he guessed that the truth was the most incredible one - time.
Vader was elusive and difficult to monitor. Hermione was much more careless. After tracking her for a few days, Khalil discovered that as long as she turned the golden hourglass, she would suddenly disappear from the spot.
What followed was a long process of verification and reviewing materials. It was not easy, but in the end Khalil confirmed the function, usage and various taboos of the time converter.
In all the introductions about the time turner, it is repeatedly emphasized that this thing can only be used for some small things and cannot change history.
But regarding the time converter, there is another famous experiment used to warn future generations -
A witch who traveled back hundreds of years ago and stayed there for a few days actually changed the life trajectories of the people she met, causing some people who should have been born to disappear completely and causing chaos in time afterwards. She herself also aged rapidly and died as a result.
This proves that using a time-turner to change the past is not impossible, but the cost is too high and the magic world is unwilling to bear it.
But Khalil didn't care. Ever since he knew about this thing, he had been thinking about how to get the time converter.
He had seen with his own eyes how powerful and terrifying Dumbledore was, so he didn't dare to do anything wrong in school; Wade did not accept the holiday invitation, and the only thing that was convenient to plan was the Hogsmeade weekend.
It just so happened that his nominal parents had been planning to deal with Weed Grey.
This was another mistake they made - Kalil's memory was forcibly erased by someone using the Forgetfulness Spell, and a memory of him growing up in the organization was fabricated in an attempt to train him to be a wizard who was only loyal to the organization.
But later, as Vader became famous, the organization realized that this young alchemist had great value. After investigation, they found that Kalil happened to be a friend of Vader who grew up together, and they were overjoyed and wanted to use this relationship.
But those who are too greedy often get nothing.
Before the organization performs "memory erasure" on someone, they will extract and save a copy of their previous memories. They want Khalil to gain Wade's trust more easily, so they have to return his memories of his time with Wade to him.
But this memory was incompatible with the monotonous memory of the organization's life training, and there were many inconsistencies. So the organization's wizards had to delete and modify Kalil's memory, replacing the appearance of his parents in his memory and changing his identity to a natural vampire.
The organization seemed to think that racial barriers would prevent him from ever integrating into the magical world, and his experience of killing people since childhood was also a handle that could easily destroy a relationship of trust.
Even if Caril is placed in Hogwarts, his final destination is still the organization, his own "vampire family".
But unfortunately, memory is not like a film. Once you cut out something that once existed, there will be no trace left.
Khalil has forgotten what his parents really looked like, but he still remembers his mother's gentle voice, his father's cheerful smile, their scent, and the irreplaceable feeling of happiness when they were close to each other.
Vampires have a bloody smell that can never be washed away. If you smell it carefully, you can also smell a very strange fragrance of a decayed corpse.
Not to mention, there was also a bowl of seafood chowder that tasted weird and completely different from what I remembered.
When the fake parents appeared before him that Hogsmeade weekend, Khalil seemed to hear the crisp sound of shattering glass.
A huge crack suddenly appeared on the mask covering the memory, revealing the cruel and painful atmosphere that belonged only to the truth hidden behind it.
During countless difficult nights, Khalil gradually found out the truth. One early morning, he was sitting in the library reading a newspaper when he suddenly saw a piece of news in the corner.
A Muggle woman known as "Mrs Johnson" was strangled to death in her nursing home bed by a necklace she was wearing around her neck.
The newspaper did not give much description of the woman who died unfortunately. It just condemned some wizards for selling magical items to poor unsuspecting Muggles, and then emphasized that the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes had handled the incident properly, and the Auror Office would continue to track down the wizard who sold the necklace.
For some reason, even though there was no full name or photo in the newspaper, when Khalil saw the news, his heart felt as if it was torn apart. It hurt so much that he couldn't breathe. His whole body was shaking and tears were streaming down his face silently.
At that moment, he was absolutely certain that the nameless Muggle woman who was murdered for no reason was his biological mother.
……
A tear slid down the corner of Khalil's eye, flowed through the gap between his hair and disappeared into his temples.
"Mr. Johnson."
Suddenly there was a voice at the door.
Professor McGonagall and an Auror stood at the door. The head of Gryffindor House looked heartbroken, while the Auror's expression was a mixture of sympathy and contempt. He said:
"Your request has been approved. You can go to the dormitory to get your things now."
Khalil slowly stood up and followed the Auror towards the Gryffindor Common Room.
In order to protect his dignity, Khalil's hands and feet were not tied up, but the Auror used a prison magic on him. At this moment, a pair of dark iron rings were put on his ankles. As long as Khalil tried to escape, the iron rings would instantly close up, restricting his ability to move.
Several people were walking in the corridor. Before they reached the fifth floor, there was a chaotic explosion in the corridor. Students screamed in anger, and then Peeves sang triumphantly:
"Peeves, Peeves... his mischief is second to none... Peeves, Peeves... he spills ink everywhere, leaving the stupid students helpless... Peeves, Peeves... no one can escape his clutches..."
While singing, he chased the students and smashed the ink bottles. A group of students ran away in panic, and the entire corridor was covered with ink from the ceiling to the floor.
"Peeves!" Professor McGonagall strode over angrily, "Now, stop your mischief immediately!"
When Peeves saw Professor McGonagall, he let out a strange cry and quickly ran away in the other direction.
Khalil was suddenly startled and raised his head slightly.
When Peeves was running away just now, he seemed to wink at him intentionally.
Then, Khalil saw a girl with disheveled hair holding a schoolbag, walking towards him angrily while wiping the ink off her face, with a faint golden light flashing between her collar.
It's Hermione.
Khalil's eyes narrowed slightly.
(End of this chapter)