•Returning to London

The city of Guǐ was really magnificent, once you ignored the slightly gloomy atmosphere, you could appreciate the ancient and spooky-looking buildings, the city was even bigger than the city of Xuézhě de xiūxí, a high flow of people, the noise of the voices of the crowd and an occasional harmless spell were just commonplace here.

Extimum walked along with Harry and Mei, looking at the signs and shop windows, the market here was not as traditional or local as the one in Xuézhě de xiūxí, rather there was a great variety of things from different foreign places.

There were clothing stores of different cultures and very varied restaurants, at some point they even entered the store that Mei had mentioned, the name of the store was also quite peculiar, "so sweet as to die for", it seemed that the local ghosts had implemented quite a bit of humor in most of their store names. Speaking of the cloud ice cream mentioned by Mei, it turned out to be something really similar to cotton candy, however the taste was really ice cream.

The ice creams of the magical world were very different from those made by Muggles, although it was still ice cream, but the flavors were much more diverse and peculiar, likewise, the base of the product, that is, the milk, varied from establishment, some were from common animals fed by plants from the magical world, others on the other hand, it was from some magical creatures, although they did not give any magical effect, it sure would turn the experience of eating ice cream into something very different, at least you could say that ice cream is really nutritious now.

While they ate the "ghostly ice creams", they slowed down the speed at which they walked, looking at the shop windows with more calm, cobbled black stone paths, some houses and premises kept the main ghostly style, but others had already been renovated and painted with more colors. Animated, in this city there were not so many magical beings / creatures or they seemed to have a more discreet disposition in comparison, it was also curious to observe the sky, although the sun was high, it seemed more like the moon. Some ghosts also went around singing songs or telling their stories, others ran shops or just wandered as if they were still alive, few were dedicated to disturbing visitors, however, the variety of ghosts made the place quite interesting, there were carriages and ghostly horses, families, couples, soldiers and even nobles; In a way it might seem sad, but they all decided to be ghosts. As they wandered the streets, they overheard the conversation between two men heading in the opposite direction.

Man1 ???: "I mean it, the guy who told me is trustworthy, besides, I paid a lot for the information. He said that Harry Potter, the one who defeated the dark wizard Voldemort, is here in China. "

Hombre2 ???: "hehehe, are you sure ?, however, the rumors about him are very incongruous, some say that he is a great dark magician, wouldn't it be better to sell this information to the Death Eaters of the United Kingdom?, Anyway, I don't see that we can gain much from this ".

Man1 ???: "you are not very ambitious, we could charge more if we could catch it and sell it ourselves."

Man2 ???: "….".

The two men crossed alongside the three, but continued on their way.

Extimum and Mei were a bit surprised by the conversation of those two men, however, it was not visible in their behavior, they continued to walk normally while enjoying their ice cream. However, the same couldn't be said for Harry, who had stopped midway when he heard what the men were talking about.

Extimum: "what are you waiting for? Let's go".

Harry: "but they-". Harry was going to continue his comments in panic, until Mei covered his mouth

Mei: "*shh*, you really are not very discreet".

Extimum: "let's just continue".

Harry reluctantly followed them, still a little concerned about what the two men were talking about.

.-.

Man2 ???: "hey, wasn't that kid from before? He matched the description of black hair and green eyes."

Man1: "nonsense, my contact said he wore glasses and was skinny, besides, I didn't see his scar."

Man2 ???: "hehehe, but… it's not like it matters even if it's not him, right?

.-.

After making sure they weren't being followed by those men just in case, Extimum looked for a place to take a break and discuss what happened a bit.

??? (Chinese): "Welcome, a table for the three of you?" One of the waitresses of the place asked them when she saw them enter.

Mei (Chinese): "yes, if it could be inside the building it would be better".

??? (Chinese): "of course, follow me".

Soon after, the waitress led them to a secluded room and handed them a menu with the variety of tea they offered.

Mei chose what they would drink, because she had more knowledge of the tea served in these places, it was different from what they used to drink in the UK.

Harry: "How did they know I'm here? I haven't told anyone my name." Harry blurted out their questions as soon as they were alone.

Extimum: "It was probably Li Xie, the man from the slave shop, he could have recognized you, however, like those men before, they shouldn't know your appearance, much less now that you look different."

After Extimum finished speaking, the waitress returned with a tray with a teapot and three cups, followed by which she served each and then left the room.

Extimum: "hmm, you should take it, Harry, it can calm your nerves."

Mei: "have you already tried it?"

Extimum: "oh no, it's just that the smell already gives a certain sense of peace."

Mei: "you look like my father, he also has very good senses, this tea actually gives off almost no smell unless you hold it close to your nose."

The three of them drank the Magical Herbal Tea and rested from walking around the city, they had already visited quite a few shops, but Extimum still hadn't noticed anything really interesting, although he wouldn't deny the variety, but he didn't find anything useful at the moment.

Extimum: "well, let's see the southern part of the city and I think we should finish for today, there are not really as many interesting shops as I expected".

They stayed in the store for about an hour, rested for a while, and discussed casual topics.

After leaving there, they toured the other half of the city, Extimum was about to declare his excursion boring if not for the same feeling as when he found Bloom who caught his attention in a nearby store.

Extimum: "let's get in here."

Mei: "wait ... aish, fine." Mei seemed to want to say something upon seeing him enter that store, but Extimum had already entered.

"Talismans and amulets"

The name of the store, was perhaps one of the most normal so far, when entering it became clear why, it was not run by ghosts, if not by an old woman.

There was not much to say about the woman, she was short and stooped, with gray hair, wearing a dark blue tang suit and carrying a cane in her hand, she was sitting in a reclining chair near the entrance of the store.

The store was small, but it was very well kept inside, after entering, there was the counter in the back and the items in the entire right space of the store. There were some tables that displayed some artifacts: such as pendants, necklaces, hairpins, earrings, belt buckles or accessories for weapons, there were even Taoist talismans, all in a wide variety, displayed on tables, shelves and coat racks.

Extimum knew how to make protective charms himself, so he didn't really need to buy the common charms, however, there must be something particular for him to want to enter here.

The old woman only opened her eyes a little to look at her clients and closed them again, while smoking from a pipe that she kept burning in her hand.

Mei seemed reluctant to fully enter the store and I only waited a bit after the entrance, Harry on the other hand, he looked around at all the objects, most of them were colorful, intricate and quite elegant.

Extimum: 'there are too many…'. Most of the objects were small, so searching through so much variety would make it difficult to find the object that had drawn him here. He had to take his time walking closely to the shelves and tables, occasionally touching the odd object to try to capture a different feeling.

As he slid his gaze over all the objects, one finally caught his attention, it was a slightly deteriorated jade pendant, detailing it a bit, it was a waist pendant, made of white jade and a rope matching the colors he used to wear, plus That worn, it looked pretty dirty, but overall in good shape.

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??? (Chinese): "You have good eyes ... most of the young people who come to my store look at the brightest or newest items, but you only have eyes for that old pendant." The old woman who had kept to herself from the beginning spoke.

Extimum (Chinese): "I find a particular affinity with ... what are its uses?"

The woman widened her old eyes and rose from her chair, slowly approaching Extimum with her cane.

??? (Chinese): "mmm, the paramita talisman, it was a great talisman without a doubt, but now it is just a common pendant, I do not remove it from the store simply because I thought that no one would buy it, but if there really is one affinity, then… I'll sell it to you for 2 galleons, it may be a bit expensive, but if you study the pendant you can try to fix it, there are still magical traces of the ancient runes it once had ".

Extimum (Chinese): "well, I will buy it together with these two forks".

??? (Chinese): "just pay me for the pendant, these two, I give them to you, their use is to help focus the mind to better cast magic without using focus artifacts. I can feel a great future in you, so consider it my good intentions towards you, if the opportunity presents itself ... we will at least be good acquaintances, what do you think?". The old woman said as she handed him the two hairpins that Extimum had pointed out.

Extimum: "Hmm, that's fine, forming good relationships is always good." Extimum considered that there was no real harm in just forming a friendship, even if there was some other interest, he must first be willing in the future.

The old woman smiled a little at his acceptance and was about to turn around to return to her seat when she stopped and cast a doubtful glance into Extimum's jacket pocket.

Old woman ??? (Chinese): 'mmm, how strange, I thought I felt ... I must have imagined it'.

Extimum paid the old woman and then left the store. Continuing his tour with Mei and Harry. It should be noted that the woman never looked at Harry or Mei.

Extimum: "What did you want to tell me before, Mei?"

Mei: "that store ... is owned by the mòshuǐ family, but it is likely that this woman did not recognize us, or at least not you."

Extimum: "There should be no problems with it right? After all, we are only buying, although I must say that since I have never come across them, I don't know for sure"

Mei: "not really, it's just that the current generation of the mòshuǐ family is very unruly and they are very full of themselves, I usually avoid them for that, I always want to cut them with my sword just listening to them talk"

Harry: "are they that annoying?"

Mei: "mmm, you should see them, I don't think their own family can stand them, they pamper them too much and the spells they practice make them quite proficient in battle even if they don't use magic weapons."

Extimum: "well, changing the subject, I think we've already seen everything of interest in the city, we should go back to look for your father."

Mei: "well, let's go back. I think it would have been more interesting to visit the city of Ji Nian in Tibet, we could have even seen the outskirts of the Shēng shàng tiānkōng school ".

Harry: "do you study there?"

Mei: "yes, but I won't tell you how it is, wait for us to visit it later."

Extimum stopped suddenly on the path, causing Mei and Harry to stop in his tracks as well.

Harry: "What's wrong? Why are you stopping?" Harry turned his head to look at Extimum with a slight confusion on his face.

Extimum: "listen around you". Extimum replied as he looked around, his gaze searching for something.

Harry: "listen ?, but I don't hear anything ...". Harry seemed to notice the problem with his words, they were in the middle of the city, so there should be no silence, but the noise of the crowd walking and chatting.

Everything seemed normal, people were still circling around, yet they all seemed kind of muted from his perspective.

Mei hadn't seen this kind of magic, but it wasn't necessary to know it to know that they were being targeted, so she immediately drew her sword.

Extimum also waved his hand invoking his wand from its case and immediately cast a spell towards a particular corner.

Extimum: "devorans tenebras". A dark beam shot from the tip of Extimum's wand crashing through a barrel.

A man came straight out of that place when he saw that Extimum had cast a spell on him.

Man1 (Chinese) ???: "Zhang, ski him, quick". Extimum's attack was seen by the man, but he only managed to dodge it and then yell at his friend who was behind him.

Zhang (Chinese): "Ahg, damn, old Zhao, these children are violent, it is fortunate that they are young." Zhang screamed in alarm as he felt the spell hit him, but scoffed at feeling nothing but a slight tingle.

Zhao (Chinese): "hehehe, you're right, on the other hand, boy, you do have good eyesight, I was sure I had hidden my presence well."

Extimum: "I think we are in a kind of barrier that isolates us from others. Mei, see if you can destroy it and Harry, be careful. "

Zhao (Chinese): "What did that boy say?"

Zhang (Chinese): "You have probably noticed the barrier and are expressing your panic to your friends."

Zhao and Zhang did not know English, so they could not understand what Extimum was speaking.

Harry: "Shouldn't we call Leonardo?"

Mei: "the barrier will prevent us, on the other hand, these two don't seem really smart, although they isolated us, but, putting a barrier in the middle of the city is like turning on a beacon of light in the dark. Not only would it alert the alarms of the city calling the aurors, but also, the moment a powerful magician inspects the place, he will be able to feel the abnormality.

Zhao (Chinese): "Ahhhg, my arm."

As they argued and the two men prepared to act, the man named Zhao suddenly yelled.

Zhang (Chinese): "What's wrong? Why are you screaming?"

Zhao (Chinese): "look at my arm!" Zhao's arm was a charcoal black color and the darkness seemed to grow with time.

The spell 'devorans tenebras', was a curse-type spell that Extimum had learned from the library in recent days, it is a very interesting spell, its literal meaning is to devour the darkness, but it does not devour the shadows, but, on the contrary, the darkness in each person, so in addition to unicorns, it was likely that it could affect everyone. Its effect is slow at first, but once it consumes a part of you, it will start to consume you faster and faster, on the other hand, it is painless, if Zhao had not seen his totally dark arm, he could have died without knowing it. The only way to stop it is to amputate the affected part or to know the counter-spell, but since it is a familiar spell, it would be unlikely that anyone would know.

Extimum had practiced it a few times, so he had a certain mastery of it, he had taken the opportunity to cast it as his first spell. Since it was a curse, his best results could only be seen by testing them on living beings, it was fortunate that the Chinese shrine had facilities for it, among his practices, Mei had guided him there so that he could efficiently practice his spells.

The Shadowless family seemed to have an agreement with the local non-magical government to obtain a supply of criminals sentenced to death and those criminals were then locked in dungeons and used as experimental subjects for the practice of all kinds of magic.

Ah, the benefits of living in a modern civilization, you no longer have to wait for non-magicians to fall for your traps or capture Muggles wanted for misdeeds, you just have to buy them directly from the government who is especially happy to satisfy their mysterious partner, but very rich, in exchange for people who would die one way or another.

Extimum was a bit reluctant at first, even if he had killed two men before, it had not been exactly because he wanted to, however, his reluctance quickly disappeared a little later, as carried by the wind, he only remained indifferent and continued with his practice, perhaps that dark part in the mirror or only his oclumency and reasoning allowed him to do it without problems shortly after, also, although he did not look at them, but the place had the criminal record in case the young generations of the family did not have enough cruelty and decision ; Years of experience had given the family strategies to maintain an overall good psychological state for its members.

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Zhang (Chinese): "Damn, it turned black, it must have been that child's spell, let's not waste any more time, let's get this over with before someone discovers us, then we'll look to see if he has the counter spell".

Mei was hitting the barrier with her sword, although the barrier could defend her attacks quite well, but it was already showing signs of cracks, it didn't seem like both men were very good at magic to dare to try to kidnap someone.

Extimum observed the 'failed attempts' to be kidnappers in front of him, they could not even concentrate well on what they were doing, only casually speaking because they trusted a barrier that they themselves knew would only attract attention, perhaps the only thing that would praise them was their stealth for put up such a barrier and make them enter without realizing it, something quite dangerous, if they weren't so useless.

Extimum: "Hey Harry, why don't you try to fight with them, do it as a practical experience of dueling, you must have learned something in the last days right?" Although Extimum treated the situation fairly calmly, he still maintained a position to attack at any moment, should he see them act.

Harrry: "Desmaius!" Harry seemed in agreement, immediately attacking the approaching wizards. He hadn't studied many spells in his short instance with the other subjects I look at, but at least he learned the stun spell.

Zhang (Chinese): "Expelliarmus, Flipendo". Zhang deflected Harry's spell and tried to stun him, they needed him alive after all.

Zhao (Chinese): "Bombarda maxima". Zhao had no qualms about attacking Extimum, as he did not consider it useful.

** Boom **

Extimum just waved his wand a bit creating an energy field similar to the 'shield' that stopped the attack and calmly observed how his previous spell had already consumed up to Zhao's shoulder.

Zhao: 'damn, this boy is not easy and I can't use killing curses'. Zhao had no qualms about killing Extimum, it was only important to keep Harry so he could sell him, however every time he tried to formulate a killing spell in his mind, he felt a death pressure from his own magic.

The spell 'devorans tenebras' devoured the darkness and to perform murderous curses it is necessary to use negative feelings, so using it would only drive the spell to consume the victim much faster. The spell could only be stopped if Extimum died and even so, the damage done could not be healed without knowing the counter-spell and going to a competent medi-magician and it would still leave serious consequences.

Although the spell was quite lethal, but like everything, as long as you could block it, dodge it, destroy it or counter it before it hits, everything would be fine.

Extimum: 'it is quite slow to devour the target even with my current mastery of the spell… but limiting the use of killing curses makes it a pretty good spell for battle, especially because of its silent action character.'

Extimum: 'okay, too much fun for today'.

Extimum: ' Confringo'. A reddish light shot out of Extimum's wand and slammed directly into the man's chest.

** Boom **

Zhao (Chinese): "protego". Although he managed to raise the shield, the shield was very weak and he was forced backwards almost slipping, only managing to stop the spell.

Zhao (Chinese): "well, then we will die together, Avada Kedavra". Feeling cornered with the situation, Zhao sent out a killing curse, Extimum's curse was already reaching dangerously to his neck and he could no longer move his entire arm, it was fortunate that it was not his right-handed arm.

Extimum was a bit surprised by his decisive behavior, but he was not alarmed, his calm was shown when the spell hit his body and it only melted in midair. Actually, when he attacked earlier, he had created an illusion of himself in place and moved to another, so the spell only hit the barrier.

Zhao (Chinese): "hahaha, die boy".

Extimum: "Confringo".

** Boom **

A small explosion lit up over Zhao, leaving nothing but pieces of cloth and blood from him, however, the arm that had been consumed by Extimum's curse remained, but soon after it melted into a black liquid. The man never got to know how he died.

Zhang (Chinese): "Zhao !, Ah, you will pay for this". Zhang shouted in anger when he saw his friend die, it must have only been two adult magicians bullying three first-year children, however, things had turned out very differently than expected.

Not wanting to stay here to die and counting on the barrier to stop them, he was about to flee and then make use of an 'apparition', when he was stopped by a great noise in the place.

** Crack ... Crack ... Crash **

The barrier broke from the top and a man slightly taller than 2 meters landed directly behind Zhang. With a fierce smile and narrowed eyes, he took in the place and then fixed his gaze on Zhang.

Zhang (Chinese): "Leonardo-…". Zhang was unable to finish his words as what looked like a scorpion's tail pierced through his abdomen.

There were not many men with such a dominant body structure and even among them, Leonardo was known in various circles, mainly for his despotic behavior, so anyone with any knowledge in the Chinese magical community knew about him.

Before Zhang's body could fall to the ground, Leonardo finally showed his wand, he seemed to be carrying it in its case hidden under his hanfu, with a wave of his wand, Zhang's body dispersed in the air like dust being carried away wind.

It was a curious sight that such a large man would use such a small wand, it was likely that he kept it in that state for convenience and for official uses he transformed it into a staff or something similar for his comfort.

Leonardo: "ah, I see you had fun without me, well, let's go before this place is full of people." Leonardo had actually been watching them, although he was not aware the whole time, but as Mei had said, if someone created a barrier in the middle of the magic city, it would alert all the powerful wizards capable of sensing their existence, not to mention the auror office that he would receive the alarm of the casting of such a spell in the middle of the city.

Because of that, he calmly watched the development and only entered when Mei had managed to make a reasonable crack to justify her delay.

Mei had been attacking the barrier at all times and watching Harry, just like Extimum, she still wondered how there could be such incompetent wizards, she didn't even have to fight because of how weak they were, for wizards like that, Muggles were likely to have ideas against wizards.

Mei: "pathetic".

Harry stared at the place where his previous opponent disappeared, sometimes forgetting the methods wizard families used to deal with things, it didn't affect him as much after fighting Quirrell, but it was no less stunning to watch. He had even ignored seeing the scorpion tail that emerged from Leonardo's lower back at some point.

Leonardo sneaked them out of the place and they joined the crowd already waiting outside the barrier, aurors ready to attack. He seemed quite adept at escaping the encirclement of aurors and crowds without being seen, confirming his willingness to create chaos.

As they were approaching the "magic vehicle" take-off area to take a ride out of town. A man who stood straight next to the place, spoke.

???: "always causing havoc wherever you go, isn't it, Leonardo? It is fortunate that you didn't start it, or I would have the pleasure of taking you to the ministry to testify." The man wore a white hanfu with black outlines, he carried a cane in one of his hands that looked like a kind of giant paintbrush and a tall hat / cap. Her hair was long and black, with a pale complexion and made-up.

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Leonardo did not stop his step and answered without giving him many glances.

Leonardo: "Heh, don't try your luck, Mòshuǐ Yuxuan, even if you have to take me one day, I won't make it so easy for you."

No more words were said as each went their way. After entering the free-take-off zone, Extimum and Mei carried Harry and Leonardo on their flying swords to a more secluded area of ​​the city. The change was visible when returning to a clear and illuminated environment after exiting the dividing barrier of the city.

Harry: "who was that?"

Mei: "he is the opponent of papa, he also wanted to marry my mother, but she rejected him for papa".

Marriages between the great ancient families were quite common, however, after the ancient times ended, they were only performed if there was love between both parties and political marriages were not practiced, to avoid creating tensions between the families if the relationship was not. It was good, in fact, although marriages were performed within the family or with great local families, the favorites were from other families of equal status, the lineage of each great ancient family is just as strong and sometimes great geniuses were born with the skills of both, there were already enough marital connections since ancient times, so in a certain way the 9 great ancient families are one, what was preserved in each one was mainly the pure lineage and ideology, therefore, although there are some tense relationships or neutral, all the 9 families are actually quite close and try to maintain good friendships between them, in addition, each one d It plays a different role in the magical world, an example of this was the Shadowless family being the family with the largest information network and although they did not dedicate themselves to murder, it was surely one of the most deadly in raw power, the Mòshuǐ family, on the other hand, she was an expert in creating enchanted artifacts and contracts, her specialty is runic magic so although they do not make artifacts, but the objects enchanted by them have been worthy of legends.

For this reason, the relationship between all families is synergistic, on the other hand, although marriages with outsiders such as school friends or acquaintances are accepted, in fact it is less frequent, but everything falls within what is acceptable as long as they are not non-magic

[To clarify, although I think I have made it obvious, but to avoid confusion, the great wizarding families refer to houses like Malfoy, Gaunt, Potter, etc. However, the word 'ancient' is not used below because for the 9 families of natural magicians, such families cannot be considered truly ancient compared to them, but if it causes confusion you can tell me and I will change the term I do. references to them]

Leonardo looked proud when he heard Mei's words, remembering how he beat Mòshuǐ Yuxuan.

Harry: "Oh, but why did he say he would arrest you? Is he an Auror?"

Leonardo: "is Head of the Chinese Auror Office, but he cannot take me for something as small as what happened, it is a convention that is given to the members of the ancient families of each country, as long as you are not directly involved in the matter, of course ".

Extimum: "this should be fine for you to call Abil." Extimum reminded them when they were far enough away.

Leonardo: "Abil!". Leonardo again gave a cry that seemed to reverberate in space.

** Roarr **

Abil's roar could be heard from a distance, as his towering figure descended from the top of the clouds, landing in front of them, spreading dust with his landing.

They all climbed onto the dragon's back and prepared for its subsequent takeoff.

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The following days, Extimum and the others traveled in Abil through different parts of the wizarding and muggle world. No unexpected events occurred again.

The last place they visited was the city of Ji Nian, it was not very different from that of Xuézhě de xiūxí, however, the landscape and environment was much more peaceful and natural, the city was located near the mountains in an area far from the major Buddhist monasteries and non-magical cities.

[Ji Nian]

Religion in the magical world is a somewhat complex subject, but at the same time simple. Religious beliefs have their origin mainly from Muggle peoples, however wizards also had their own figures that they worshiped even if they did not deify them, they wore them with great admiration and respect, like Merlin. On the other hand, wizards lived for a very long time among non-magical communities, not counting the large number of Muggle-born wizards, so they adopted their ideologies at some point by association, especially in the period when The magicians actively helped and lived with the non-magicians, however, the perspective of the magicians is different from that of the non-magicians, for them, religion is taken as an ideology of life: philosophy, culture, ethics and some cases even elevated guides to magic, seen from a concept that leans towards the spirit, the esoteric and the universe

Although they do not know the authenticity of such gods, if they are aware of great legendary magicians who reached the peak of magic, with a wisdom and enlightenment that created legends, not to mention their power worthy of miracles, on the other hand, the magicians are not really willing to argue about the deities of the religions they follow. (me neither)

The religious beliefs of the magicians are reflected in the more spiritual clothing, customs and applications on the path of magic. So when arriving at the place it was not strange to see magicians dressed as real monks meditating in some places and improving their control of magic.

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Near the city of Ji Nian, it was sometimes possible to see the school of Shēng shàng tiānkōng. The Chinese magic school is most of the time hidden in the clouds. It was a large ancient castle on a large land mass that floated in midair. Currently it was a vacation period so there were no students or teachers going to the place, but Mei said that to enter you could go on your own in any flying tool of your choice or mount, if you did not have one, you could wait for him school transport that would pick them up in Ji Nian city, it was a great flood dragon that roamed the skies of the school.

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After they finished their little dragon tour that lasted about 13 days, they returned to the Shadowless shrine, where they stayed for another 5 days. At that time, Extimum dedicated himself to training with Mei and sharing some moments with the family. His stay here was the closest thing to having a true family relationship, there was Lian Hua who in general behaved like a loving and slightly eccentric mother, Rou, who seemed more like an older sister, Leonardo who, although he was not the best For example, I could fulfill the role as father and Mei and Harry as friends, however, the holidays only last three months and I had been here in China for just over a month, there were still several subjects to study at home and Harry also had to return .

Harry also took advantage of his time, since at home he did not have access to so many books nor so much free time to study, in addition to the great space he had here, he took advantage of every moment to learn new things and improve his magic, while like Extimum, to a certain extent he also had fun and had a good time with the Shadowless family who welcomed him kindly and selflessly.

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It was around 2pm.

Extimum was in the mansion outside the sanctuary (in the original plane), he had met with everyone here to say goodbye, because they could not use the portkey inside the sanctuary being in another plane, they had to go back to the original plane to return to United Kingdom.

Lian Hua: "sigh, time went by so fast. It was a great joy to have visits and share with you and I see that it has also been for you, I hope you will come visit us again Extimum and you too Harry. On the other hand, if you can, Extimum, I would like to ask you to ask your parents why they have not communicated with the other branches lately, anyway, the family reunion will be in a few years, so in the worst of the cases we will be able to see each other again on that occasion ".

Leonardo: "That's right, boy, I'll keep my attention on your branch on the day of the meeting, hahaha. And your Harry, boy, you have improved a lot in your stay here, I see great promise in you, however, as a man of this family, it is my duty to take certain precautions for it, I hope you will excuse me ". When Leonardo finished his words, he took out his wand that transformed into a magic staff and waved it at Harry.

A beam of white light shot from the top of the staff and struck right at Harry's scar.

Leonardo: "these are just some countermeasures that you will understand in the future and will not affect you, on the contrary, they may help you in a time of need".

Harry only rubbed his scar a little, it felt strangely lighter after being hit by the spell, but nothing more.

Harry: "Okay, I can understand, thank you."

Leonardo's spell had sealed or rather encapsulated the memories of everything he saw inside the sanctuary and its location, Harry would remember, but no one apart from him could see his own memories of such events.

Rou: "Hmp, you on the other hand do not have me at all happy, you focused only on studying magic or spending time with Mei and left me neglected, how ungrateful, when I was the one who brought you." Rou said in annoyance, but mainly acting spoiled, her slightly regular Tsundere attitude was interesting, she could act like quite a cold and arrogant lady, but she was quite childish and spoiled within the family.

Extimum: "You are exaggerating too much, Aunt Rou, it's just that with so many hills and curves it's hard not to find yourself looking at more modest plains." Extimum joked a bit with a pun.

Rou blinked at Extimum's apparent pun, she could sense that there was something else there, however, she couldn't find the relationship between her words and her previous question.

Leonardo: "hahaha, boy, although Rou speaks English well, but it doesn't mean that he can understand everything about it, I think he will discover your words long after you leave."

Lian Hua: "Are you not ashamed of Rou? Even Mei seemed to understand Extimum's words." Lian Hua said laughing while covering her mouth, mocking Rou and seeing Mei's slightly rosy cheeks that she had understood the hidden meaning of the words.

Harry: "but I didn't understand either ...".

Rou (Chinese): "See, even Harry who is native did not understand Extimum, that you keep your minds beyond it does not mean that I do, do not forget that I run the business and unlike you, I only deal with locals, so I don't use English that much ".

Rou seemed to find a support in which to vent with Harry's words.

Lian Hua: "Oh Harry, you are too innocent, maybe you will understand later."

Mei: "have a good trip." Mei still had a bit of a blush, but said goodbye to both of them.

Extimum: "Well, thank you all for taking care of us during our stay, we will see you later if the opportunity presents itself." As Extimum spoke, he pulled the brush-shaped portkey out of his bag.

Bloom also flew out of his pocket and sat on his shoulder. In the last days she had recovered for the most part, now she could fly and hide her aura that made her stand out among the fairies, as long as she hid her abilities, no one would suspect her origin.

Mei: "Goodbye to you too Bloom."

Bloom: "Goodbye."

Harry took the other end of the brush and shortly after, they disappeared.

Lian Hua (Chinese): "sigh, I just hope everything is fine in the English branch, I couldn't see anything, but troublesome situations were on the way."

Leonardo (Chinese): "don't worry, Extimum was very capable, I think he will solve it and if he can't, we will help him. Oh, but what is this, has our Rou finally understood the meaning of Extimum's words? "

Rou (Chinese): "shut up, I'm going." Rou was a little flushed and screamed as she walked away. Just as Leonardo had said, he was able to understand the meaning of Extimum's words after he left and had time to think about it.

Leonardo: "maybe ... we should include it in the proposal at the next family reunion?"

Lian Hua: "hehehe, maybe… only time will tell".

Rou almost stumbled upon hearing his words.

Rou: "Mei, don't get together with them, come better with your aunt, they will lead you astray."

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In a secluded corner of Diagon Alley, there was a sudden distortion and Extimum, Harry, and Bloom appeared.

Harry: "After coming back, I feel like a lifetime has passed."

Extimum: "in a way it was."

Bloom: "is this where you live?"

Extimum: "no, this is Diagon Alley, from here we left for China previously, then we will go home, for now ... Bob!".

* Pop *

Bob: "ah, the Master Extimum has finally returned, Bob is happy that he came back, Bob hopes he has enjoyed his vacation. Master Ava has not been very happy with her prolonged disappearance. "

Bob could naturally feel his call upon entering London territory.

Extimum: "Well, trouble for later, take us to number 4, Privet Drive."

Bob: "as you wish, Master Extimum". Bob took the hem of Extimum and Harry's clothes and they disappeared from Diagon Alley.

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It was around 9pm when they got back to London, Extimum dropped Harry off at his house, along with his suitcase of personal belongings and items he bought on the trip and then returned with Bob and Bloom to the Shadowless mansion.

Extimum: "Now, Bob, tell me the details of the matter." Extimum's tone and humor unconsciously cooled as he returned to his usual self, not that the change was so noticeable, perhaps now the only one who could feel his changes was Bloom, who was connected with him.

Bob: "yes, master Ava came about 3 days after his trip, as usual she asked me about his situation and personal observations, however, since master Extimum was not there, I couldn't tell her anything, so she waited a whole day for your return, but you did not return, Bob could only say what he knew, that Master Extimum had gone on a trip, but do not mention the place ".

Extimum: "Hmm, apart from that, did he say anything else?"

Bob: "No sir, although the master Ava was upset, she didn't say anything else, just to let her know if you came back."

Extimum: "well, do what you have to do, whatever, you know where to find me."

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I created a Discord server to upload some images of the characters, because some I uploaded late and not everyone has seen them, on the other hand, I will also upload info about some things for more detail and in case someone wants to write suggestions, mmm I don't know, We will see if it is put to use.

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