Chapter 41: Castelobruxo (2)

"Let's start the tour of the school delivered by your guardian, that's me" Manuela pointed to herself with the tip of her two index fingers "our first stop..... the library!"

"the library?" asked William remembering the words of madame pince at Hogwarts

"you don't like the library?"

"no, it's nothing like that" William shook his head twice before starting to walk alongside his guardian for the Castelobruxo presentation.

The library was quite different from Hogwarts as this one was basically a tower in the style of a snail, William stood in the middle looking up but the view was lost to the floors that followed as if they were an infinity.

"surprised?" asked Manuela next to William, also looking up "it's not the biggest library in the world that's true but it has many ancient records from all over South America, records from long before the muggle settlers arrived, all the original peoples gathered their knowledge in this place so I like to say that our library has knowledge that no other library in the world can boast."

"Wow..."

"An excellent way of putting it, I would like to deliver a full tour of the library but I fear we would not finish today, come on we still have a lot to go through, just to give you an idea, the library is enchanted so that there are more floors than can be seen from the outside" Manuela yanked out the surprised William who was already tempted by her curiosity, of course she also used her mind's eye to see the end of the library but the end was out of her range.

Next were the classrooms, all the classrooms were located in different towers depending on the year of schooling. There were also a large number of classrooms within each tower.

"Unfortunately we won't be able to be together forever, my classrooms are in another pyramid" Manuela was leading William almost pushing him because he kept looking in detail at everything around him, from the figures on the walls to the doors, William was so interested in the details that he couldn't believe that there were no chairs but no small benches made of solid gold. When he asked about the thieves Manuela mentioned that everything in the castle had spells that prevented the gold from leaving the castle boundaries.

"Next stop you'll love it" Manuela took William running through the halls, it was the first time William was dragged in such a crazy way, even the surrounding students were staring at them in a rather strange way but Manuela didn't seem to mind so William had no interest in it either.

When they stopped they were in a large room with over a thousand young people of all ages gathered together, they were all eating quietly "The dining room!" exclaimed Manuela "this is my favorite part of the day!"

William saw the young girl's excited expression and could only nod "yes I could tell."

"Well, I think we deserve a lunch break, we can get to know each other a bit more and you can tell me about your adventure at Hogwarts and about Harry Potter of course. Come on, we have to find a free table."

It only took one look for William to sigh, finding a free table would be an odyssey for anyone except of course for the wielder of the mind's eye, William extended his range of vision and it didn't take him long to find an empty table "come on, I found a table that no one is using" William took Manuela's hand and guided her to the front among the students as if nothing was happening.

"William we can sit at the edge of the dining room, there is always a free table around that sector" mentioned Manuela pointing to the side. William extended his mind's eye to the indicated spot but could not see any free tables

"There's nothing empty, there's only this one and I think it's the best option" They were already only a few steps away when Manuela stopped in her tracks

"No, it's not the best option. That's the table where the members of the Castelobruxo dueling club sit, besides their captain is Anana Miru is the son of an ariki and direct descendant of Hotu A Matu'a who is said to be the first ariki or king of rapa nui in the 6th century, long before the founding of Castelobruxo or Hogwarts. It's best not to get in the way of those kind of people, the best option is to avoid trouble and use your head, I guess you're here for using your head right?"

William stared at the changes in Manuela's facial expression and decided not to pursue the matter, she was right after all, avoiding trouble was also her way of life, if it wasn't for her plans she would never have faced Voldemort. Still William was now curious about the person called Anana Miru.

Finally after going around the dining room a few times he was able to find a free seat where Manuela seemed to have no objections, there William recounted the events of the philosopher's stone as he had experienced them plus a mixture of the original events so he could have more details. Manuela asked a myriad of questions about Hogwarts and William answered as much as he could.

After lunch the tour of the castle had to be resumed, the next place to visit was one that William was looking forward to seeing. The farms for the care of magical creatures.