True Magician

Chapter 36

An undisclosed location.

- Did it work?!

- Did the magic work?!

Stunned gasps and gasps were the first sounds my hearing picked up. I slowly opened my eyes and saw that I was in some parody of a basement, and a rather remarkable crowd in front of me.

A red-haired woman who was looking at me with a certain sense of uncertainty. A middle-aged brunette who had his mouth wide open. Another black-haired man with a stone face and wearing clothes that made him look like Batman. A woman in her forties wearing a cartoon witch style hat with her mouth wide open. Another curly-haired man, frozen like a statue. And ahead of them stood a brunette girl of about fifteen with green eyes and round glasses.

But most notable were the two old men standing in front of them. One of them had a beard, he was also dressed in turquoise clothes and had small glasses on his face. His eyes were studying me with genuine interest, as if I were some kind of guinea pig or something. But the other one...

- Would you be so kind as to explain to me where I am, why I'm here, and why your extremely cheerful grin makes me want to punch you in the face, dear Zelretch? - I said with twitching eyes.

- Oh? No manners. What a bunch of young people... So rude and uncivilized..." he said with a pained look on his face, but my eyes could see the very annoying smirk that never left his face.

- Answer the question, you bloody bloodsucker. - I said as calmly as possible.

But suddenly a red-haired woman intervened in the conversation.

- Are you the version of Valerie from the other world? - she asked in an uncertain voice.

- Valerie? - I didn't understand.

- That's me," a girl of about fifteen now spoke up, to whom I shifted my gaze, "It's nice to meet another version of me. My name is Valerie Potter, what's yours?

I froze and slowly turned towards the interdimensional troll, whose shoulders were twitching with giggles.

Potter?

Bloody Potter!

That old man threw me into the world of bloody Harry Potter?! And not the canonical one, but a parallel to the female version of the main character?!

I took another look around the crowd and realized why it seemed so familiar. "Dumb as a Door," McGonagall, Sirius, Snape, and... Potter's bloody living parents! And judging by age, current events are somewhere within the Goblet of Fire. But... shouldn't "Valerie" have a lightning bolt scar? Welllllll...

- Hehehe... - Zelretch's giggle volume got higher, which made everyone present could hear it, and me even more so.

"Gae bolg Alternative" appeared behind my shoulder and flew at lightning speed at the troll's head... which he stopped by catching the blade with his index and middle fingers.

- What is that?!

- Where did that spear come from?!

- Why does it give off such a terrifying aura?!

Of course, both the vampire and I ignored the crowd's cries of surprise. He let go of the spear, and it shattered into blue-colored dust particles.

- Ouch? Did you really think it could hurt me? - With a toothy smile on his face, he asked.

- I'd use Noble Phantasm, but I'm afraid that if I did, the Alaya of this world would be furious at me.

He didn't say anything in response and looked at me cheerfully.