"This is Ms. Kim Yeo-ju's admission notice...?"
"You are of noble blood, invited to Hogwarts. I implore you to join the school and spread your talents..."
I mustered up the courage to read through the pile of mail that had piled up over the past few days, only to find it was a dud. An admissions letter, and a noble lineage, huh? I don't even have parents, do I?
ββYouβve crafted a prank letter with such precision.β
Without thinking, I sighed and dropped the piece of paper titled βAdmission Noticeβ on the floor. I had so much to do, and I wasted my time with this piece of paper. Next time, Iβm going to catch the person who wrote this prank letter and give them a good scolding.
Rain began to pour down on the crumbling house. The sudden downpour sent water dripping down the roughly patched wooden planks. As if it were a familiar sight, he dragged a bucket and placed it beneath the dripping rain.
"I slept poorly tonight too."
Letting out a deep sigh, he picked up a broom, thinking that he would take this opportunity to do some cleaning that had been piling up. In the midst of the pouring rain, someone was knocking on the door of the house.
"Who are you?"
There was no way anyone would come on a rainy evening. And to think they'd knock so hard on the door. Fearful, I left the attic and cautiously leaned my face into the mailbox...
"Whoa!!!"
..letters are pouring in.
Among the endless stream of letters pouring in to console me as I fall, I quickly pick one up and open it, and the same message as before is written.
"Kim Yeo-ju's admission notice...??"
Invitations, which I assumed were prank letters, were pouring into my house, a constant stream of them. One of them struck my necklace hard and flew off, causing the ornament to spin violently.
"Wh,what is it!!"
....I don't remember anything after that. Except that my world was bathed in white with a bright light.
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"S, save me...,! Ugh...!!!"
When I opened my eyes again, I was in freezing water. A deep sea, no, a river, where my feet couldn't reach. I struggled for a moment, begging for help. Suddenly, my body went cold, and a cramp appeared in my legs.
As I was sinking deeper and deeper into the water, I felt like I was truly dying. A dark shadow loomed over the surface. I struggled to stay afloat, my arms flailing, screaming with all my might, using what little oxygen I had left.
"Alrat Asendrei."
"-Gyaa-!!"
A woman's voice murmured above the water, and my body was quickly lifted out of the water. Only then, catching my breath, did I notice a large castle and the purple moon reflecting on the water. And then there were several eyes staring at me. Even a woman holding a staff, staring at me with startled eyes.
The woman, seeing my trembling lips, waved her cane a few times and lifted me onto the wooden boat they were riding on.
"Incendio."
A small bonfire was lit at the woman's words, and the sight that came into view was truly shocking.
"Uh, what is this...?"
The woman who had lifted me up spoke as I stepped back in embarrassment, my damp clothes and dripping hair behind me. She had a strange hat, an exotic face, and a cane in her hand, and she was staring at me fiercely.
"That's what I'm going to say, anonymous lady."
"How could someone who wasn't invited be in this river?"
"I, I don't know... I just got a strange letter in the house..."
I found myself unconsciously responding to the woman's coercive tone. The woman, momentarily flustered by my words, then cleared her throat and spoke again.
"Are you Kim Yeo-ju?"
"yes yes..."
"I know because I have been rejected several times.
Welcome to Hogwarts."
"...yes?"
"I'll leave the explanation for later.
"The entrance ceremony is just around the corner."
Wingardium Leviosa
The spell, accompanied by a brief statement, launched the ship carrying me and the woman, sending us soaring through the sky. In this world so unrealistic, I wanted to dismiss it as a fleeting dream.
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"...You've arrived."
"It seems Professor McGonagall found the right one."
The man straightens his disheveled suit jacket and stands up. Another man, who had been sitting quietly, grits his teeth and speaks.
"You will regret it."
"A child who may surpass the power of his predecessors
Are you saying that you will admit me?"
"Well, we'll have to wait and see.
"He is a child who could be a good ally for us."
After smiling brightly and accepting the man's words, he opens the window shrouded in fog and climbs onto the windowsill, speaking.
then,
Shall we go and meet Yeoju?