The afternoon passed quickly.
However, the lich seemed to have disappeared, and no matter how hard Rossi and the two searched, they could not find any trace of the other party.
This made Christina very depressed, and her mood improved slightly until the two found several barrels of Zollin wine that did not smell peculiar on the basement floor of the castle.
"Rosie, I have to go back to Wilson Manor and tell my father what happened here."
Christina's tone was a little worried, "I couldn't kill the lich in its infancy, and I don't know how much harm it will cause later."
"Go and do your business. This is business, don't worry about me."
Rossi nodded and comforted: "But you don't have to worry too much about the lich. In this world, there will always be powerful wizards who can take care of it."
"Um!"
Christina smiled, "You're right, even if my father can't handle it, there are still other pure-blood families, as well as Dumbledore!"
After making an appointment with Rosie to go find Oswell tomorrow, Christina sprinkled a handful of advanced floo powder and teleported away from the underground level of the abandoned castle.
"Ding, wait until the next day and listen to what Oswell will say..."
Turning off the pop-up message from the system, Rossi, unable to continue the mission, could only teleport home.
However, what she didn't notice was that behind the barrels of the pungent-smelling Zollin wine, a metal pull rope quietly passed through the wall and hung there.
After returning home and eating the delicious dinner cooked by Sammy, Rosie went to the Ministry of Magic through the fireplace and came to the Auror's office.
She planned to stay up late at night and read all the information given by Theseus.
"Even if you can't remember it, you still need to browse it and get a rough impression."
Rossi thought so.
…
Early the next morning, after replenishing her hunger and energy levels, Rosie came to McCrum through the fireplace.
She used the tracking map to check the locations of Moriah and Stephen, and saw that both of them were in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts. Then she walked out of Macroom's north gate with peace of mind and headed towards the Muggle village in the north.
Before reaching the village entrance, Christina saw Rosie coming from a distance and waved happily.
"Rosie, you're here!" she said enthusiastically.
"Good morning, Christina, I've been waiting for a long time."
Rossi walked up and glanced at the system time. There were still five minutes left until the time they agreed.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm used to getting up early."
Christina smiled and waved her hand, "The air is the freshest in the morning. Exercising at this time will help increase your magic power!"
Is there such a thing?
Rossi turned this thought around in his mind and asked instead: "How is the Lich's matter?"
"My father has already arranged for people to investigate, but there have been some rumors about our family circulating in the magical world recently. The family should give priority to investigating this."
When she said this, Christina seemed a little distressed, but then she smiled again, "But it doesn't matter. Father said he would send someone to check, and the results will be found."
"Rumor? What rumor?"
Rossi recalled the information about the Wilson family that he had read last night, and did not think of any information related to the rumors: "It seems that there is no latest information in those materials. Well...it is really basic information!"
"Just the Elder Wand...the Philosopher's Stone and the like, oh, they're all just rumors, don't care about them!"
With that said, Christina took Rossi's arm and walked quickly towards Oswell's house, "Let's go and listen to what Mr. Oswell has to say!"
The Elder Wand? Magic stone?
Rosie suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, but at this time, Christina, who was in high spirits, had already pulled her to the door of Oswell's house. Rosie could only keep her doubts in her heart and wait for the things here to be over. Ask in detail.
Duh duh duh!
Christina slammed the iron ring on the door: "Mr. Oswell, are you awake?"
"Come on, who is it? It's so early in the morning!"
After waiting for about three minutes, Oswell, who had arrived late, opened the door sleepily, "Hey, why are you here so early?"
"Here's the wine you asked for, we've brought it to you."
Rossi took out a barrel of Zallin wine from the system backpack and placed it on the ground.
"Zollin wine!!"
Oswell woke up instantly and couldn't wait to open the seal on the barrel. The strong aroma of wine instantly overflowed.
"Oh! It is indeed a rare wine!"
As if he was afraid that the aroma of the wine would dissipate, he skillfully closed the seal again, then raised his chin and took a deep breath full of intoxication.
"Mr. Oswell, you have to tell us some useful news!"
Christina held her chin with her hand, "In order to find this wine, we all encountered a lich who was performing a transformation ritual."
"A lich who is still undergoing transformation rituals?"
Oswell's gray eyes glanced at Christina and smiled nonchalantly, "What's the matter? As the genius eldest daughter of the Wilson family, a lich who has not yet undergone transformation is not a threat to you."
"It's not that simple. That lich is very special. I couldn't interrupt its transformation."
"Failed to interrupt? This is a bit strange, but the newly formed lich is nothing to you, right?"
"That's not the case. That lich is really weird! Not only can he cast 'Ice Crystal Bloom', he even cast a life-killing spell on me."
"What?!!!"
Hearing this, Oswell, who was originally casual, stood up straight and said, "You said that the lich can cast spells just after it takes shape?"
"Yeah, it's weird, isn't it?"
"This, this...how is this possible?"
Oswell held the barrel firmly, his tone mixed with disbelief.
"Yeah, I don't think it's possible, but it's the truth." Christina spread her hands.
Although both of them seemed surprised by the Lich's performance, Rossi could clearly feel from Oswell's expression and tone that there was something else that shocked him.
"Do you know anything about this strange lich?" Subconsciously, Rossi used his interrogation skills.
"It could be..."
When the words came to an end, Oswell suddenly closed his mouth and looked at Rosie with a burning gaze, "Miss, it is not a friendly thing to use telepathy on others at will."
"Telepathy?" Rossi looked at Oswell with innocent eyes, "What is that?"
Although I used the identity skill, it was clearly written on the system that it was called "interrogation", and it was not a telepathy trick.
"Mr. Oswell, don't change the subject."
Christina glanced at Rosie with an apologetic look, then stood in front of her with her chest raised, "Rosie didn't touch her wand just now. I don't think she can cast spells silently and without a wand!"
"Um……"
Pronounced with a guttural sound, Oswell let out a long sigh, "Well, since Miss Wilson said so, let it be my imagination."
"Miss Christina, you must be careful when choosing your friends." As he said that, he glanced deeply at Rosie's face.
After a pause, his face suddenly showed a bit of pride: "Remember your questions yesterday, I will tell you the answer now."
