'quiet! ! '
A certain old man with a beard roared and finally succeeded in suppressing the noise in the auditorium.
The scene of the three Triwizard Tournament warriors, Hermione, Harry and Fleur fighting the undead made the principals, professors and students watching the movie in the Hogwarts Great Hall very satisfied. Therefore, After seeing that Harry and others had successfully rescued Timmy, the last poor little boy left in the village, and comforted him, and also found a intact farmhouse on a farm outside the village to spend the night, Dumbledore Lido stood up from his seat and spoke as a matter of course, intending to drive the students who were still unfinished to sleep in the lounges of their respective colleges.
'Ahem...'
'Students, you have seen: today, our warriors showed us a very exciting battle. I think, for the practical application of the spells such as 'Apparition', 'Barrier', 'Obstacles', etc., You will definitely remember it deeply, and you will definitely be inspired..."
"However, it's getting late now. I think it's time for you to go back to bed?'
Today is the weekend. Originally, according to the previous regulations, students were allowed to watch movies in the auditorium all night long. However, Dumbledore quickly changed the regulations that he thought were inappropriate and believed that students needed to The rest time is still reasonable, so it is natural for him to chase people away now.
'Although there is no need to go to class tomorrow, but...'
'Students, I still don't want to see some students who sneak in using unconventional means in the auditorium at night, because we will send special personnel to guard the door and lock it from the inside. Therefore, I advise some students, You don't have to make those shady ideas at night. I believe you won't be able to get in! '
Having said this, Dumbledore adjusted the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then looked at the three Weasley brothers on the Gryffindor table with a meaningful look, who still had a carefree and indifferent attitude.
Obviously, he, the principal of Hogwarts, has gotten some information and roughly guessed how some little guys used to evade the investigation and come to watch the movie in the auditorium at night, so , while announcing the relevant precautionary measures, he also did not forget to use his eyes to warn some students who did not like to abide by the rules.
'Students, go back! '
'You still have a day off tomorrow, and this place will be open around the clock... If you have finished your homework, our professor or Mr. Filch will definitely have no reason to refuse you to come here at that time! '
'When the time comes, maybe there will be more exciting scenes to see? '
'But now, please all of you stand up immediately and follow your prefects back. I don't want any students to be stranded in the corridors of the castle after the allotted time! '
'Otherwise, if you are caught, you know, our Hogwarts ranger Hagrid will definitely welcome someone to help him clean the stables all day tomorrow! '
'That's all day long! ! '
After giving the students a wonderful picture, Dumbledore stretched out his finger to make a small threat. After announcing the relevant punishment measures, he waved his hand and motioned for the students to follow the class quickly. The elders leave.
Because there is really nothing to see here now. Harry, Hermione, Fleur and the little boy saved by their three warriors have all gone to bed. There is no point in continuing to watch, and Dumbledore has also He didn't want the three children to be awakened by other accidents when they were sleeping at night, so he hoped that they could have a good sleep and that tonight would be safe, and then he himself also wanted to go back and have a good sleep. .
"Dumbledore..."
"One thing I must state in advance: Your Hogwarts warrior, Hermione Granger's performance when using the magic book will definitely not be included in the scoring!!"
At this time, seeing that the students had begun to leave in an orderly manner, and that Dumbledore and other professorial judges seemed to be preparing to leave, Mrs. Maxim hurriedly tugged on the other party's sleeves and added.
Although she also knew that if nothing unexpected happened, Miss Granger, who performed the most dazzlingly, would definitely be the well-deserved first place in the second project! However, Madame Maxime, who was still feeling lucky, felt that if the score of the little girl could be lowered slightly, Fleur from Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry might still have a little hope of winning?
"Well..."
"It shouldn't be a big problem, Professor Anne, what do you think?"
After listening to Mrs. Maxim's words, Dumbledore didn't expect that the other party would still have such an idea. After pondering for a while, he felt that the other party's statement was reasonable and reasonable, so he turned to look at his seat. The little girl on the other side didn't seem to live in the napping and asked.
"!!"
∑(??△｀)? !
"Ah? What's the problem? Oh! Were you discussing something just now? I was listening very carefully just now, but for such small things, you should just say it directly, don't ask me!!"
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After being startled by a certain old man, and then turning her head, she saw that not only Dumbledore was looking at her, but also the burly Madame Maxime on the other side was staring at her, little Annie didn't even think about it. He didn’t ask anything, and he didn’t even hesitate. He just nodded and agreed.
I don’t know why, but she only got up in the afternoon today, and now she dozed off again. Could it be that the dozen or so hours of sleep last night were not enough? Or is it because today's chase of that annoying Peeves woke up too many sleepy souls?
However, when thinking of Peeves, Annie suddenly realized that she seemed to be busy watching a movie before, and accidentally let it sneak away again?
"..."
"Then there is no problem, Madam Maxime, just do as you just said!"
It was already very late now. Seeing that the little girl Anne didn't seem to be in the mood to listen to what they were talking about, Dumbledore didn't want to waste time and nodded directly, which was regarded as a decision on the matter.
"Well?!"
"Ron, George and Fred, what are you three hiding there? Why don't you go back quickly?!"
Dumbledore stood up and was about to go back to his principal's office. When he saw that in the entrance hall of the great hall, three Weasley boys were still lingering there muttering about something. Knowing those guys They must be planning some kind of evil idea and wanted to run out in the middle of the night, so he sternly shouted in the direction.
'! ! '
'Run! George! '
'ah! ! '
Amidst the commotion of the twin brothers and Ron's screams, the three of them quickly fled and never dared to stay in the foyer of the auditorium again.
'Hello! You guys wait for me first...'
Yes, George, Fred and Ron were indeed discussing the use of invisibility cloaks to sneak out to watch movies at night and the possible benefits and subsequent profit distribution. However, now Principal Dumbledore is so insistent. After scolding, they obviously did not dare to continue the discussion.
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Last night, Hermione, Harry, Fleur and the five-year-old boy Timmy who were rescued by the three of them stayed in this deserted farmhouse not far from the village. They didn't dare to stay there. A place full of dead and undead corpses that they had burned to the ground was inhabited.
Although, this place is not far from the village, but fortunately, within one night, the attack by the undead that the three of them had been worried about in the middle of the night did not happen, allowing them to sleep well all night. Feeling comfortable, they were able to get up early in the morning and prepare to enjoy their rare breakfast.
They found some grain and dried meat in the cellar of this farmhouse that had not been contaminated by the undead plague. The portion was not too small. It was definitely enough for three people and a little boy to have a good meal and take some with them on the road. .
'! ! '
'Is what you said true? '
'Timmy, I really can't tell that you actually know that Prince of Alsace? '
Hermione took out a bowl of meat porridge stewed with dried meat and clean grains from the pot. After passing it to the little boy Timmy, she invited Harry and Fleur to come over and enjoy it while talking to the little boy with great interest. The boy started chatting.
'Um! ! '
'Danielle and I both knew Prince Alsace, and his eldest brother even played with us. Danielle even made a beautiful wreath for him at that time! '
'At that time...'
After little Timmy took a sip of the rotten meat porridge that was so unpalatable, many times worse than what his mother cooked, he began to tell the story bit by bit... He told him that he was being treated by Prince Alsace at that time. He proudly told the story of how he desperately rescued him from the jackals, and how he and Danielle once played with the prince.
You know, Timmy and Danielle were the only ones in the whole village who played with their brother Prince Alsace, which was something that none of the other friends could envy.
'But……'
'Sister Hermione, are you really not going to help me find my mother and Danielle? Before I hid in the barrel yesterday, I thought I saw them running into the house...'
Timmy was very sure that Danielle and his mother should be hiding in their house, and it was not too far away from the farm... But, for some reason, these things in front of him were very powerful. , his brothers and sisters who can use magic and defeat those terrible monsters, but they keep blocking him and not letting him go home or go to them?
It's been a whole night, and Timmy feels that his mother should be looking for him anxiously. If he goes back late today, he will definitely be spanked!
'...'
'...'
Hermione and Harry looked at each other, you looking at me, I looking at you, each other's hands holding the food were frozen in mid-air, not knowing what to say to each other at this time.
"..."
"Timmy, let's have breakfast first. After you're full, we'll take you to find them!"
"You should have seen that the village was burned down by those bad guys yesterday... Those monsters are more terrifying than jackals and orcs, so your mother and Danielle must have run away, and we want to find them It may take a little more time, and only when you are full can you have the strength to find them, right?"
"Look? Sister, I have already eaten one bowl, and now I am preparing to eat the second bowl. Do you want to compete?!"
After shaking the wooden bowl in her hand towards the other party, Fleur began to smile and comfort the little boy.
She would not tell the other party that all the people in the village were killed by the undead. According to Harry and Hermione, when they were cleaning up the village and killing the scattered undead last night, they only saw We arrived at the corpses of countless villagers who had been torn to pieces, including adults and children...
Without exception, they all fell into a pool of blood. Except for little Timmy, no one was alive!
Therefore, in order to prevent those people's corpses from turning into undead under the plague, they had to avoid the little boy's sight, directly use the 'flaming' spell to set fire to the place, and come to this place to spend the night.
'Sister Furong, are you telling the truth? '
Little Timmy believed it, and at such a young age, he did not have any doubts about his brothers and sisters who not only saved him, but also heroically defeated those terrible monsters.
"certainly!!"
"What do you think?"
Fleur nodded, then looked at Hermione and Harry, and used her eyes to signal the two of them to say something quickly to temporarily stabilize this little boy who didn't seem to be easily fooled.
"..."
Harry opened his mouth but didn't say anything, because he didn't want to deceive the little guy, and he wasn't very good at comforting the other person, so he could only continue to eat his breakfast in embarrassment.
"Senior Sister Furong is right!"
"But Timmy, before you set off, you must have a full stomach, otherwise, we won't be able to carry you because this guy is too heavy!!"
Hermione forced herself to smile, patted the other person's head, and then quietly turned her face to the side.
To be honest, she really feels a little embarrassed now, because they have no idea what to do next, because she is very sure that they have lost their way, and the only local person they have found who can talk is... It's just this little boy. In this case, he definitely can't know the way to Andorhal from the other person's mouth.
"!!"
"Hey! Hermione, and Fleur, look, I think we no longer have to wander around the world looking for Arthas and the others!"
At this moment, Harry, who had just drank half of the bowl of porridge in two mouthfuls, suddenly stood up, pointed in disbelief and excitedly and said loudly to the two of them in the distance.
"!!"
"That is……"
Seeing this, Hermione and Fleur didn't bother to say more to the little boy Timmy. They put down the things in their hands in shock and stood up, looking towards the distance of the farmland.
They saw: there, a group of knights wearing silver-white armor and blue robes were flying towards here holding flags high.
The sharp-eyed three people, even the short-sighted Harry, had clearly seen that the flags held high by those people were the Lion Flag with a blue background and gold border and the Royal Emblem of Lordaeron flag with a blue background and gold border!
Therefore, there is no doubt that it must be the army of Lordaeron!
Moreover, the direction they were traveling was obviously this way. Obviously, the other party must have seen the smoke from the firewood burning in the yard when they had just made breakfast.
'! ! '
'Those are the knights of the Knights of the Silver Hand. They came to our village a few days ago! ! '
Timmy jumped up excitedly. He did not say that he recognized those flags and the knight uncles of the knighthood wearing silver-white armor.
However,
Soon, to Hermione, Harry and Fleur's surprise, those knights did not seem to be the troops of Prince Arthas as they imagined, but knights from other troops of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. ? Because they could see that almost all of that unit were cavalry. The seemingly mighty cavalry unit with almost one or two thousand people was obviously not comparable to the pitiful dozens of cavalry in Alsace's hands.
What surprised them even more was that the other party seemed to be rushing towards them with strong hostility. So, before they were happy for a long time, a large group of paladins holding warhammers or heavy swords immediately surrounded them. And soon the four of them were surrounded by tall horses wearing heavy armor.
"Well?!"
"Look what we found, three wizards and a little boy? Hum! Tell me, who are you, where are you from, and why are you here?"
"Did you do that village that was burned down?!"
Soon, when the knights surrounded the four people and faintly emitted the kind of holy light that Hermione and others were familiar with from their bodies and weapons, a man wearing a golden eagle shoulder plate armor held in his hand Holding a huge war hammer, the old knight with gray-white hair and a thick beard, who looked a little tired, rode forward majestically and swept towards Hermione, a group of three wizards and a little boy. After taking a look, he shouted and asked in a rich and unbridled voice.
last night,
All the villagers in a village died violently, and there were a large number of burnt corpses and traces of the plague at the scene. Of course, there were also traces of spells cast by wizards... So, after arriving at the village early in the morning and seeing everything, he became furious. He led the more than a thousand paladins of the Silver Hand Knights under his command to wander around the wilderness for a few times, and soon found this place by following the smoke, and successfully killed the three suspicious little wizards in front of them. Surrounded here.
In his opinion, the three little wizards in front of him were really too deliberate, and the little wands in their hands always made him feel that what happened in the village not far away must be related to The other party has nothing to do with it?
"..."
Unexpectedly, the other party would have such a menacing attitude. Fleur could not help but secretly swallow while clenching the wand in her hand.
Fleur knew, because she could directly see that these menacing knights in front of her were extremely hostile to them. If they made any incorrect moves or said something wrong, I'm afraid they would definitely attack them. Launching an attack, right?
Facing these knights in front of her, looking at their fierce eyes full of anger and murderous intent exposed behind their cold steel masks, Fleur was immediately shocked, as if she was blocked by something. My throat was so weak that although I wanted to say something, in the end nothing came out.
"you……"
"Hermione?"
Harry, who was holding his wand tightly, couldn't help but take a step back under the momentum of those terrifying knights. Then he turned directly to look at Hermione, hoping that their extremely smart and flexible companion would be able to do it here. Say something while planting.
"..."
call!
Hermione, who was also frightened by the opponent's aura, took a deep breath after seeing Harry's pleading eyes, and endured the discomfort caused by the opponent's aura. He took a step forward directly.
"Please don't treat us like that, Lord Paladin, we are not your enemies!"
From the energy on the other side, the golden light, it was not difficult for Hermione to guess the identity of the other side.
"We are actually a group of students, a group of students from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! And the reason why we came to Lordaeron is at the request of our teacher, an arcane archmage, in order to investigate the plague here. Coming!"
At this point, Hermione stopped. Seeing that the other party was noncommittal and seemed to be unaware of the existence of her and others, she continued.
"We did burn that village, but that was only after we eliminated those evil undead!"
"We had to do that because when we arrived, it was already too late. Most of the villagers died under the claws of those terrible undead. After saving the little boy, in order to prevent them from being resurrected by the plague and becoming new The enemy, we had to set fire to it..."
"So, Lord Paladin, there is no reason for you to be so hostile to us!"
"Besides, you and we should be on the same side, because we are friends of Prince Arthas. You must know him, right? He is in charge of the offensive against the undead in Andorhal, and we were sent out to investigate the information about the undead. of!!"
After gradually calming down, Hermione patted little Timmy who was hiding behind her and seemed to be frightened by the menacing knights in front of her. Then she calmly and generously faced the man in golden armor. The old knight who looked like a general explained.
She didn't mean to deceive the other party, she just told everything.
"oh?"
"Do you think you are Alsace's friends, or were you ordered to do reconnaissance?!"
Hearing that the other party confessed that he had burned down the village and saved people, the old knight did not comment. However, after hearing that the other party was a friend of Alsace and was ordered to come out to investigate the information about the undead, he couldn't help but sneered.
"Do you think I'm easy to deceive?"
"Okay, wizards, I tell you who I am: I am Uther, Uther Lightbringer, leader of the Knights of the Silver Hand!"
"You think I will believe your clumsy lies, huh?"
"Do you know how far it is from Andorhal? If you are really from Alsace, you should be scouting near Andorhal instead of running so far to Geron. Come here near the farm!!”
Uther's suppressed angry voice slowly came out from his mouth. At the same time, the paladins around him unconsciously took a few steps forward, shrinking the encirclement a little smaller, and they were ready at any time. Order, the impulse to directly take down these three suspicious guys in front of you.
To be honest, if the little boy behind the little witch hadn't subconsciously hid behind the opponent, which made him a little confused, he would have ordered his knights to take action. Why would he waste time with the opponent?
After all, he had received intelligence and now understood that the plague in Tirisfal Glades, Darrow County and near Stratholme was getting more and more serious. People were dying every moment. He, Uther, had more important things to do. If you want to do it, you don't have much time to hang around with these suspicious guys in front of you.
"But we are really friends of Alsace!"
"Master Uther, we went out for reconnaissance with a group of cavalry that day, and accidentally encountered a group of terrifying rock giants, and then we were scattered! They were invulnerable, and magic could not do anything to them, so we had to use phantoms Disapparate, use that teleportation spell to escape."
"If we hadn't gotten lost, we would have gone back to meet His Royal Highness Prince Alsace!"
"If you don't believe it, you can bring us to Prince Alsace. I think he will be happy to testify for us!!"
Seeing that the other party was unwilling to believe her, Hermione hurriedly began to explain, and looked at the paladin named Uther with sincere and magnanimous eyes, indicating that everything she just said was true.
"..."
Uther did not respond immediately, but frowned slightly and stared closely at the little witch who looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old and the other two little wizards beside him.
"Feel sorry!"
"Wizard, your words cannot be confirmed... Recently, we have seen too many wizards, especially those necromancers!!"
"And I can't even believe that a group of wizards who can teleport magic would get lost from Andorhal and come here..."
After saying this, Uther stopped for a moment, and after seeing the embarrassed expression on the little girl, he continued to snort:
"Do you know how far it is from Andorhal?!"
"Okay, let's not talk about it for now. Wizards, since you say you are Alsace's friends, do you have any evidence on your body that can convince us?"
"If there is one, could you please take it out?"
A group of suspicious wizards, a magic school that they had never heard of before, and they were still stranded near a village that had just been burned down. They said they were their friend, Prince Arthas of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, Uther. How could you easily believe the other person without verifying it?
Therefore, he is now waiting, waiting for the other party to come up with sufficient credentials to prove the identity of the three people. No matter what it is, as long as it can prove the identity, he will give the other party the courtesy they deserve.
"this……"
Hermione looked at Harry and Fleur with some embarrassment, but what she got was the innocent shaking of their heads...
The thing is obvious, whether it is Hermione herself or Harry and Fleur, there is absolutely no way that the three of them have anything on their bodies that can identify themselves.
"But!"
"Lord Uther, we are really friends of Prince Arthas! If you don't believe it, you can send someone to Andorhal to contact Prince Arthas. He will definitely tell you the truth!"
Hermione was a little anxious. She had no choice but to ask the other party to help them prove their identity. Apart from this, she seemed to have no other better way.
'that……'
'Grandpa Knight, I am also a friend of Prince Alsace! '
At this time, the little Timmy who had been hiding behind Hermione from the beginning finally spoke up. He just exposed half of his head behind Hermione and said timidly to Uther.
But what he didn't know was that it was okay if he didn't say it, but when he did, it made Uther laugh...
"Hmph! What a clumsy lie!"
"I'm telling you, according to the intelligence I got, Prince Arthas captured Andorhal yesterday and is no longer there!"
Having said this, Uther arrogantly raised the war hammer in his hand and stopped the other party from speaking, because he was already a little impatient.
"Wizard, since you can't provide any evidence to prove your identity, then we can only arrest you first!"
"Now, hand over your... wands?"
Uther pointed at the small and strange-looking things in the opponent's hand, but they must be wands. He motioned for the opponent to hand them over and then waved his hand, allowing the Paladins of the Silver Hand to continue to threaten. After a few steps.
"Please believe me, your weapons and magic won't have much effect on me, surrender!"
Uther waved his hand again, and several knights got off their horses and immediately surrounded the three wizards aggressively.
If the little boy hadn't been there and dispelled some of his concerns based on the other party's behavior, he might have ordered the knights to chop these unidentified wizards to the ground!
You know, according to their investigation, there are many wizards in the Cult of the Curse who hate the Kingdom of Lordaeron and are willing to be evil minions! He has seen many such bastards, so now he has no choice but to act carelessly, especially when the three people in front of him do not have any credentials or tokens that can prove their identities.
"!!"
"Hermione, what should I do?"
Seeing the other party approaching aggressively and starting a fight if they disagreed, the driver was a little anxious, so he had to look at Hermione who was still talking to Uther just now, hoping that the other party could come up with an idea.
"..."
"Hand over your wand. It's one of ours anyway, we're not afraid of them! Besides, Harry, it's safer to follow them and you won't get lost again, isn't it?"
After saying that, Hermione waved her hand as if she was angry, and threw the wand in her hand directly into the arms of the paladin who was staring at her not far away.
Actually, handing over the wand is not unacceptable to Hermione. After all, she can skillfully perform various wandless spells. However, it may just be the case when she is not holding the wand. Is downloading so smooth and efficient?
"..."
"..."
Harry and Fleur, who believed Hermione and felt that what the other party said was correct, after looking at each other, could only hand their wands to the hands of the paladin who was staring at them. , chose to surrender and accept the arrest of the other party.
'Sister Hermione...'
'Are we being arrested by the adults of the Knights? '
Although he is still young, he doesn't need to think too much about little Timmy to know that the current situation seems to be a little bit bad? Because he could see that the vicious knights of the Knights did not believe what Sister Hermione said, and had already captured his brothers and sisters who had defeated those terrible monsters and saved him just last night.
"Okay, it's okay!"
"Little Timmy, don't worry, you will soon see the Prince Alsace you mentioned! As long as they find Prince Alsace, they will soon know who we are!"
I saw that the Paladins only confiscated the wands of myself and others, and glanced at the three of them casually, but they made no more moves, and had no intention of tying them up with ropes or the like. After getting up, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief and patted little Timmy on the head, telling him not to worry.
Because the conflict between them now is just that they have no way to confirm their identities. As long as the other party and Alsace's troops meet or practice, the paladin prince will definitely be able to help them prove their identities. When the time comes, They will be free.
Besides...
Hermione also felt that staying with this group of powerful-looking Paladin troops would definitely be safer than the three of them continuing to wander around and bump into each other?
'oh……'
Although he didn't quite understand, little Timmy still nodded obediently.
"Hmph! Our marching route is different from the route Prince Alsace investigated!"
"So, wizards of unknown origin, I think you may have to follow us for a while. If there is more information that can prove your identity, we at the Silver Hand will definitely return the wand to you as soon as possible! "
After saying that, Uther waved his hand and asked someone to find a carriage that was originally carrying supplies.
It is obvious that during the march, the three young wizards who were discovered and arrested by them looked suspicious, but they were not completely sure whether they were enemies or friends. I am afraid they could only stay in the carriage and wait. Accepted the supervision of their paladins.
"Paladins!"
"Keep moving! Target: Darrow County!!"
When he saw his men loading the four little guys into the carriage, and seeing that they were sitting there without any intention of resisting, Uther waved his hand and got off the troops to continue moving forward.
When he is free, he will take time to continue to have a good talk with the other party, but it will definitely not be now!
boom! boom! boom!
Soon, the rumble of horses' hooves and the rumble of vehicles gradually began to roar, and they began to turn towards the straight King's Road of Lordaeron in the distance...
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