[HP] Liar

Ep.56

"Are you all right, Clearwater?"

While Ted was holding the steering wheel without saying a word and leading everyone in the car to gallop through the night sky, Viola curled herself up into a ball, using all her strength to wrap her robe tightly , as if the air-conditioning in the car really made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Is it because the air conditioner is too cold?" Dean Thomas, who was sitting next to Viola, stretched his neck and looked at the air conditioner in front of him, only to see that the circular spiral twisted shoulder pointed directly at 26°C , "Aha, it's not possible."

After seeing the numbers above the messy knob, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Or is it true that girls are physically weaker than boys?

"Ah, I'm fine." Dean's emotion immediately attracted the eyes of all the passengers in the car to Viola, and Viola couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed for a moment, "I just... feel a little tired .”

"Tired?" Hearing Viola's words, Dirk, who was sitting in the front row, couldn't help interjecting sarcastically, "Among all the people present, who is not tired? Me and Ted have already avoided The Death Eaters hunted for days, not to mention Griphook, who never had it easy when he was working at Gringotts. But you, do you know how much we risked to save you tonight? Risk? Do you know what would happen to us if we were seen by the Death Eaters on the night watch at this time? I don't think you've ever considered these questions, right girl? Because you never got on the bus Since then, I have been acting downcast, not even a word of thanks!"

"That's enough, Dirk." Before Dirk could finish his sentence, Ted Tonks cut him off decisively, "Viola is still a child. She is a victim just like us. By."

After Ted's voice fell, the car once again fell into a suffocating silence.

Dirk's words made Viola feel even more uncomfortable.In fact, she no longer regretted the mistakes she had made, and felt painful about her powerlessness and weakness.And what Dirk said just now was undoubtedly worse for her.

"...You're right, Mr. Dirk." Unexpectedly, this time, Viola admitted on her own initiative, "I really did a terrible job, and I should apologize to you."

"Don't listen to his nonsense, Clearwater." Dean answered immediately after hearing this.

"That's right." Ted also said, "It's just that he's had a bad day these days, so he just took his anger out on you. What's more, I've already used two long spells on this car. Hours of invisibility spells, those Death Eaters won't be able to spot us so easily."

……

Viola didn't know where Ted Tonks was going to take them, but for some reason, this man named Tonks was inexplicably reassuring to him - it felt like Professor Dumbledore taking them Give her the same feeling.

Soon, she fell into a deep sleep unconsciously.When she opened her eyes next time, she raised her head and looked out the car window, only to find that the car had stopped in front of a villa.

"Get out of the car, Viola." Dean, who was standing outside the car, reached out to her in a very gentlemanly manner, "We need to go to Ted's house to pack our luggage."

"packing luggage?"

"Yes. After all, we will go on a very long journey in the future."

While Ted Tonks and Dirk were packing the essentials at Ted's house, Dean told Viola that he always thought he was a bitch like Viola.

until--

"Until one day, my mother suddenly told me that my father was actually a wizard." At this point, Dean couldn't help shivering, "To be honest, it was really scary. I used to Thought my father was dead. My mother actually told me that I was actually the illegitimate child of my mother and a wizard who had just abandoned her in the first place."

"I'm sorry." After hearing Dean's story, Viola could only say so, "Although I feel that my story is also quite regrettable."

In fact, what Dean Thomas said was right. They had embarked on a very long and difficult journey after leaving Tonks' home.

This trip, instead of calling it a "travel", it would be simpler and straightforward to call it a "flee".In addition to Griphook, Tad took a Gringotts goblin named Gnuck with him.Ted claims that fleeing in a flying car is a very dangerous move, and doing so will undoubtedly turn him into a living target under the eyes of the Death Eaters.So in the end, the few of them had to obediently choose the most primitive and simple way—that is, walking.

Viola's physical strength was not very good when she was still studying at Hogwarts. She was never a Quidditch fan, nor did she like to play Quidditch.In her spare time outside of school, most of the time she just stays at home drawing or reading comics.

In this way, not long after the escape of the few people started, Viola thought that sooner or later she would die of exhaustion on the way to escape.

"There is not much dry food left in the backpack. We must save the dry food that can be stored for a long time."

Today, a group of them came to a wild forest.The few people had just stepped into the edge of the woods, and Ted hurriedly said so earnestly beside them.

Viola didn't have any objection to Ted's proposal. Anyway, she didn't like to eat the dry food in her schoolbag, and the men wouldn't expect her to go hunting.

But this decision may look very different in the eyes of Dirk and Dean.

"Ah, I feel like I'm about to die of exhaustion." Dean said while shaking his arm, "It seems that the injury from shooting wild rabbits yesterday is still not healed."

"Nonsense." Griphook dismantled him from the sidelines, "You can obviously heal wounds with a wand."

"Let's let the hare go today." Dirk couldn't help but suggest at this time, "I see that there seems to be a shallow lake in this forest. I believe there must be salmon in the lake."

"Isn't it too early for the season?"

"You'll know if you try it." Dean put the heavy backpack on his back next to a rock, then raised his right hand holding his wand, aiming at a stream in front of him, "Salmon are coming!"

There was a sudden crisp splash of water, followed by the slap of the fish hitting the skin.The two non-human beings, Griphook and Gnuck, immediately gave out sharp cheers, and even Viola, who had been in a low mood, couldn't help but softly praised Dean at this time.

"Nice job, Thomas," she said.

Dean seemed a little embarrassed.He touched the back of his head with his hand: "It's nothing, it's all trivial."

In this way, the fleeing group finally enjoyed a new type of lunch today.

People tend to feel idle when they are eating or chewing, so the few people around a fire-grilling salmon started chatting almost involuntarily.Dirk said he escaped while being escorted to Azkaban.Everything Dean suffered was basically the same as Viola's, because of his blood.Griphook and Gnuck simply don't want to be ruled by wizards like house elves in the future.

"Have you heard, Ted?" Dirk asked suddenly at this moment, "I heard that the boys at Hogwarts tried to throw the sword of Gryffindor out of Snape's office. .”

Viola couldn't help but stop tearing the salmon meat.

Gryffindor kids?who is it?

"Not a word of it," Thad said. "Isn't it going to be in the Daily Prophet?"

"Impossible." Dirk laughed loudly. "Griphook told me that. He heard it from Bill Weasley, who worked in the bank. He said that among the children who stole swords were One is Bill's sister."

Bill Weasley's sister?Could it be Ginny?

"The little girl sneaked into Snape's office with a few friends, broke open the glass case that seemed to hold the sword, and was caught by Snape when she was secretly taking the sword downstairs."

Viola blinked and looked at Dirk with fear.

Severus Snape was a Death Eater who would have killed even the great Professor Dumbledore, so what would he do with a Gryffindor student trying to steal the sword?Viola couldn't help feeling worried for Ginny Weasley, even though they had never been true friends.

"They shouldn't have done that," said Griphook suddenly harshly. "It's a fake."

"how is this possible?"

"Yes. That's the imitation." Griph said firmly.

"Okay." Dirk bowed now.

Only Dean asked the question Viola really wanted to know the answer to: "How about Ginny and the others? What about the students who stole the sword?"

"Oh, they were punished, cruelly--they were sent to labor service in the Forbidden Forest."

Oh, that's really "cruel".After hearing this, Viola could finally let go of her hanging heart, and at the same time couldn't help feeling a little surprised and ironic.

— but only to punish them for labor service in the Forbidden Forest?That's not how a Death Eater should behave.