HP Bella's Lie

46 - Abandoned person

On the 23rd, Hogsmeade seemed a little deserted.

The sky is a leaden gray haze, and the autumn wind in October blows bleakly and quietly.

The owner of the jazz bar was wiping the wine glasses on the bar counter, and the sporadic guests made him idle.So when two hooded wizards walked in the door, he spotted it right away.

"Guest, do you need anything?"

Under the cover of the hood, only the lower half of the wizard's face was exposed, but the knife-like lines and fair complexion made it easy to think of a beautiful face.He shook his head and said curtly, "Order later. We're waiting for a little girl. Please do not disturb."

The boss nodded, watched them find a corner by the window and sat down, secretly noted down the location, and stopped paying attention.

"You bastard, you really don't want me to order anything." As soon as he sat down, another wizard in a hood teased, "Even if she wants to come, it's still early, why should I just sit here?" Wait an hour?"

The person opposite him evoked a nice smile, but the words he said were not as beautiful as the face under the hood: "Do you know how much effort it takes to bring a Muggle in? Don't do unnecessary things to reveal your identity."

The front table didn't take this set: "Don't bring me a Muggle? I believe there are countless wizards rushing up... Have you cast an anti-eavesdropping spell?"

"I've applied more, you know?" RT answered with ease.

"That's good." The front desk looked at the expensive Muggle watch on his wrist. "It's 38:52, and there are [-] minutes before Bella's possible appearance time. What should I do now?"

"You stay on schedule. I need to get to Hogwarts to prepare my speech."

rt said so, but didn't mean to leave.

"You really take that Lao Shizi's speech seriously." The front desk curled his lips, "Why can't you think about it, obviously you haven't mastered the law of time, but you spend time playing academics with a group of young brats."

He is quite critical of rt's performance of "not doing business properly" so far.

"I will not take back the law of time in the locket." RT said surprisingly, "That part of the power has other uses, and the law of time I have mastered is enough."

The front desk raised the corner of the hood in surprise: "Enough? Is this a word from your mouth? God, am I still awake today..."

rt pressed his hood and warned: "Keep a low profile. How's the arrangement over there in North America?"

"The air ticket has been bought, the route arrangement is as usual, the Denver headquarters and the Niu Keluo launch site have been notified and are ready."

"Yeah." RT nodded slightly, "Tell them it's business as usual, no special treatment."

The corners of the mouth at the front table twitched: "The head *oss said that he wanted to inspect the work, why didn't you ask them to treat him specially..."

rt but smiled.

The front desk couldn't help looking at the watch again: "It's only been 6 minutes... Please, at least order me a glass of iced whiskey before leaving? Even brandy is fine..."

Most of the seats in the bar are empty, and the boss is still wiping the wine bottle boredly. It seems that this is just a habitual action of his. From time to time, he looks up at the street outside the door, looking for possible guests.

The guest two tables away was a down-and-out old wizard who only ordered the cheapest gin and flicked through the newspapers to pass the time.

RT clearly saw that the white-haired wise old man was smiling and winking at him in the close-up photo on the front page.

Sighing, he thought of the photo he was about to meet, and waved to the owner of the bar.

"I'll have a drink too."

The front table spread a triumphant smile.

On the other side, the backbone of the Volpes Knights who are scheduled to accompany RT:

President Evan Rozier;

Zeroye Greengrass, deputy director of the Wolpers Institute, author, and master of magic;

Sergey Shafek, the master herbalist who invented fresh potions and cultivated lovage.

The three of them had come to the front yard of the rt manor ahead of time to wait.

Rozier raised an eyebrow when he saw Shafik, and did not hide his surprise: "Miss Xiafik? I didn't expect you to be interested in Lord's speech this time."

Because of the treatment of Bella, Xia Feike has recently become a sign of a popular person around RT.This speech was also taken by name.

Although she was very flattered, it was a rare opportunity to hear the lord's views on magic, but according to her previous personality, she would not take the initiative to seek such an opportunity.

Another accompanying person, Zeroje, was also curious about this.However, compared to Rozier, the leader of the news industry with a keen sense of smell, as a researcher, he has no habit of talking too much.

Smiling awkwardly, Shafik has never been good at dealing with this kind of situation: "Maybe the lord thinks that my college can make more students feel friendly."

Rozier smiled hypocritically: "Maybe so."

Xia Feike is one of the few members of the Knights who came from Hufflepuff College, but her research field is Hufflepuff's strong point, so it's not surprising that RT brought her with the intention of winning people's hearts.

In any case, this trip dispatched two key researchers from the Volpes Research Institute. Even though they are both core members of the Knights Order, they have different fields, so Rozier rarely sees the masters of the research institute.Compared with the lonely Shafek, he is obviously more interested in the prestigious Zeroje.

"Mr. Greengrass, I heard that the Lord recently recruited a group of German Muggle scholars... I wonder if you have seen them?" Rozier inquired calmly.

Zeroye didn't seem suspicious: "It's the Muggles who study...what are they called quantum physics? They claim to be scientists. Who knows, only that Muggle man knows their messy theories best."

The "Muggle man" mentioned by Zeroje was a specific reference to the front desk, and only a few people in the upper echelons of the Knights knew of his existence.

Rozier happened to be one of the few who knew.

"It sounds like you don't communicate much," he said casually.

"Lord has that plan, but..."

When Zeroye said this, he suddenly stopped, stood up and walked towards the gate.

Rozier quickly realized that the lord was here.When following up, he found that Xia Feike had also come to his side.

Secretly startled——

This group of research masters...although their vigilance is insufficient, their strength cannot be underestimated.

At the same time, unexpectedly, a trace of pride quietly rose.

RT appeared in front of them in a black robe, his hood had been lifted, his bright red eyes swept across the three of them calmly, and a wave of tremors blew out for no reason.

The three bowed and said, "I think you are all ready?"

Rozier said: "The elite reporters are ready, and Hogwarts has dispatched special personnel to investigate. Suspicious people including illegal Animagus, polyjuice, and shrinking agents are guaranteed to be eliminated."

Zeroye continued: "I have prepared two speech manuscripts, which are 10 minutes long and half an hour long. The themes are about wandless magic and spellless magic. You can adjust the speech length to ten to 15 minutes according to your needs. .”

Shafik's voice was tense and astringent: "Me...Me too. The lecture on herbalism and the lecture on potions have been prepared for about 10 minutes respectively. There is also a shortened version, which only takes 10 minutes. minute."

RT nodded, and took another look at Xia Feike.

"Don't be nervous."

The other two gazes seemed to come over, and Xia Feike felt the blood capillaries rushing to blood...

A black carriage appeared just in time to save her from the embarrassment.

Pulling the carriage was a pure white Ye Qirt with a completely opposite color tone, stroking its mane.

"There's still more time, take this seat and go."

After the four of them got into the carriage, Ye Qi jumped lightly, stepped into the air, and flew towards the evening sun step by step.

The clouds all over the sky reflect the beautiful colors like fantasy, and the dark carriage gradually turns into a little crow color and disappears into the sky.

Before the protagonist arrives, the Hogwarts lobby is already buzzing with people.

Bella and Mona had a hard time reuniting with Rodolphus amidst the extraordinarily excited Slytherins.The reason is that they themselves are not any better than others.

"That's the person! Someone said they saw them in the first class in the afternoon."

"Didn't you say that this time it's an exclusive report. They must have come early in the morning to investigate suspicious personnel from other newspapers."

"The previous news said that the author of the textbook of Charms for senior grades will also come. Did you know? That's the one. I heard the student council chairman say that the book is about magic without spells."

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Bella tried to calm herself down as she listened to the chattering voices in her ears.Follow Mona to find a vacant spot—it's not easy, and the students after class are flocking to the hall to grab the vantage point.What's more, they simply skipped class and ran to occupy seats, and most of the good seats were gone.

Fortunately, Andromeda had no classes in the afternoon, so she found seats for them in advance.

"Sister, that Psyche Shafik who lifted your curse will come too!"

Although the environment was noisy and noisy, Andromeda, like everyone else, didn't mind being in an unprecedented enthusiasm.

"I haven't seen her in those seven days... To be honest, I'm looking forward to what she looks like." Bella said sarcastically.

Rodolphs, who sat on the other side of her, was concerned about something else: "So you've really decided to give up your date with Mr. Riddle?"

"...I told you that it's not a date!" Bella felt her face burning hot, but it didn't prevent her from frowning impatiently and explaining, "I also said that we can't decide yet."

Although a voice in her heart has been urging her to leave here, her long-term obsession prevents her from easily taking steps.

"Merlin's ancestor! It's this time, you're sitting here, and you still say you can't decide?"

Rodolphus found her simply unreasonable.

Bella didn't bother to argue with him anymore.

She had already calculated that it would take only 35 minutes to rush to Hogsmeade from here, and now she still had 25 minutes to waste.

Just when she was immersed in thinking, a soft touch covered the back of her hand.

Bella was taken aback for a moment, and saw Andromeda's concerned eyes: "Sister... what's on your mind?"

The face of the first-year girl was flushed, and she hadn't recovered from the wave of excitement, but she was sensitive to her sister's absent-mindedness.

It's nothing like her.

Bella suddenly frowned inwardly, but showed a comforting smile to Andromeda on her face.

"I'm leaving for a while."

After she finished speaking, she walked through the sea of ​​people without looking back, and quickly disappeared from the sight of the remaining three.

Meng Na was startled by her actions, and rarely looked a little stunned: "She...does this mean to give up that adult?"

"That's what happened." Rodolphs said strangely, and then muttered a few words in a very low voice, "I knew..." But the environment was too noisy and no one heard it.

Only Andromeda was at a loss.

But these are not what Bella knows.As soon as I walked out of the main entrance of the auditorium, I felt like I had come to another world.

The autumn wind chilled the lawn, and also blew out the noisy human voice.The outside world is empty and quiet, especially compared with the inside of the lobby, it can be called quiet.

Bella exhaled and said to herself——

Now that you have decided, don't look back.

Touching the wand in her robe and the time-turner on her chest, she walked towards the lake.

The path by the lake leads all the way to Hogsmeade station.Bella was already very familiar with this part of the road.

At this time, there was no one on the road.Bella looked at the scenery along the coast, all kinds of events in the past seven days flashed in her mind, and she laughed unknowingly.

"That guy... better know what I gave up for him."

Suddenly, there was an urge to make things difficult for the teacher, and Bella unconsciously quickened her pace.