Chapter 13: The Magician King (Edited)

To help Shanna remember magical knowledge, Bell worried for a long time until he finally devised an exceptional plan to solve the problem.

Today, Bell has finally completed the initial preparations and is ready to implement his plan tonight.

Although they spent a lot of time playing, the two siblings were definitely working much harder than most young wizards at Hogwarts. Bell believed that when the time came for their school admission, he and his sister would have enough power to protect themselves.

In addition to helping Shanna remember spells, when they were tired of playing, Bell often played small games related to magical knowledge, like spell riddles.

"Levitation Spell."

"Wingardium Leviosa."

"It's 'Levi-o-sa'."

"It's 'Win-gar-dium'."

'... Ah! How can my sister be so cute?'

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After dinner and chatting with their parents for a while, Shanna quickly felt tired. After a simple grooming, Shanna lay in bed and looked at Bell with an expectant expression.

Every night, before bedtime, Shanna asked her brother to tell her a bedtime story; otherwise, she would refuse to go to bed obediently.

In reality, Shanna didn't want to hear stories. She had no interest in those old and silly children's stories. Those stories were only for entertaining little children, and she was no longer a 1 or 2-year-old child. She had just turned three years old a few days ago.

What Shanna really wanted was for her brother to accompany her, at least until she fell asleep. Otherwise, she would feel restless and have nightmares.

"Shanna, today, brother won't tell you the collection of stories by Beedle the Bard. Brother has prepared a new and fun story especially for Shanna."

Bell began to implement his plan.

"Alright! What story is it, brother?"

"Today, brother will tell you a story about 'The Magician King'."

Seeing Shanna's small and expectant face, Bell smiled. He cleared his throat and began to tell the story he had been preparing for months.

"It is said that in a very, very distant place on Earth, there is a vast continent. On that continent..."

"Brother, brother! Very distant, how far is it?" Shanna interrupted her brother, asking curiously.

"..."

Bell felt that his plan for a new story was not going as smoothly as he had hoped. At least for now, he had a sense of failure.

So, how far is very, very far? Bell didn't know either! He should think... How did adults used to deceive him when he was a little child?

"So when I say 'very, very far,' I mean as far as the stars in the sky."

"Oh~" Shanna nodded, it seemed that was really very far. It was a pity; she wanted a chance to go and play on that continent her brother mentioned.

"On that continent, there is a very, very large forest. It's much larger than the island of England."

Seeing that the girl was about to ask another question, Bell quickly provided a comparison with a location that Shanna was very familiar with.

"Oh~"

"The forest is very dangerous because it is home to many dangerous magical creatures. However, these dangerous creatures also represent valuable magical materials. Therefore, countless wizards, despite knowing the dangers, continue to explore this forest."

"As you get closer to the center of the forest, the dangers increase. No one has ever made it to the center of the forest alive, so nobody knows what's there. But because the most dangerous magical creatures often serve as sources of valuable magical materials, people speculate that in the center of the forest lies the world's most valuable treasure. Whoever obtains it will become the most powerful wizard in the world, the king of wizards."

"Of course, all of this is just speculation by wizards, so while they are eager to discover what's in the center of the forest, most wizards have managed to restrain themselves."

"Until one day, everything changed. A powerful wizard named Gerald Rogers managed to traverse all the dangers and became the first to reach the center of the forest. However, due to the severe injuries he suffered along the way, he could no longer return to the outside. Rogers used his powerful magic to project his image over the center of the forest, so that everyone on the continent could see him. 'I am Gerald Rogers, and many of you have heard of me. Today, I have successfully reached the center of the forest and obtained the treasure of the forest's center. But I am fatally wounded. Do you want my treasure? Then come for it! I have left everything here!' With these final words, Rogers died."

"Everyone was stunned by Rogers' words. They knew that the first King Mage of this continent had been born. Although Rogers died shortly after, the wizards still call him the King Mage."

"At the same time, everyone learned one thing: the center of the forest really contained a powerful treasure, and now all the wealth that Rogers had accumulated throughout his life was added to it. The wizards were thrilled, and almost all of them began to head to the forest, eager to obtain Rogers' treasure and become the next King Mage."

Shanna blinked, looking seriously at her brother. She didn't fully understand, but she didn't want to say it out loud. What if her brother stopped telling her stories if she said she didn't understand? So, whether she understood or not, she was willing to listen. Her brother could recite the phone directory, and she would still be interested in hearing it.

After setting up the basic premise of the story, Bell finally prepared to get to the heart of the matter.

"Ten years after Rogers' death, no one had managed to reach the center of the forest again. However, this did not diminish the passion of the wizards; it only increased it, making them desire Rogers' treasure even more."

"One day, from a quiet village far from the forest, a young man named Monty Harepaw set out. Monty was an orphan who had relied on his loyal Niffler named 'Pipi' since he was little. Orphaned life made him wish for everyone's recognition, so he set off on a journey to the great forest, hoping to become the King Mage. That way, he would finally gain everyone's recognition."

Shanna started to get intrigued by the story now that she could understand it. While she found the name of the young man, 'Monty Harepaw,' quite strange and uncommon, it didn't sound like the name of a serious person. Nevertheless, she was very interested in the Niffler named 'Pipi.' She had seen pictures of Nifflers before and found them to be adorable creatures.