The Advent of the Infinite King

Chapter 10 Horseshoe Disease

Gabriel was right in front of her.

Xie Chen suddenly felt cramped.

Harry asked her to take care of herself, but she didn't believe it, and because of this, while waiting for Fleur's letter to prove this, she simply turned herself into a stone statue by magic and stood in front of the counter for almost the whole afternoon.Then she ran away in anger and left her small shop.Then, he got on the Knight Bus and was brought to this place by the Portkey for a reason that he has not figured out so far. He thought he had nothing to do with everything before. From the moment he stepped out of the store, Harry gave him His promises are gone—or rather, he has given up on it himself.

But she came after him after all.

No matter how she came here to find him, the whole process didn't look easy, but no matter how easy it was, she still found him.The hem of Gabriel's white cotton dress was covered with gray stains. Seeing those black marks, Xie Chen felt an unprecedented strange feeling in his heart. The Knight Bus, and then the idiot Lockhart.

"you--"

"I came out to look for you and went to all possible places, but there was no result. So I went back to the shop. It was very late at this time, but suddenly a staff member of the Ministry of Magic came to the door and wanted to buy a test that can test for traces of magic. Potion, he told me that there was an accident on the Knight bus." Gabriel suddenly spoke to explain Xie Chen's question.

"The manifesting potion showed that there had been a Portkey transfer inside the bus. I tracked it down through the Ministry of Magic."

"So here I am."

"Stop, wait, you mean you reported to the Ministry of Magic—" Lockhart interjected.

Gabriel nodded, "But I showed them Harry's letter and told them not to interfere."

"Oh dear you don't know anything about the Ministry of Magic, they don't want to interfere," Lockhart muttered, and Gabriel gave him a hard look when he heard "dear".Lockhart pretended not to see it.

"So now that the rescuers are here, I don't think we need to go forward. Gabriel, right? Shouldn't we figure out how to get him out too?"

Gabriel said nothing.

"Apparition won't help, he's a Muggle. So we..."

"You can choose to be a Portkey now," Gabriel said, staring at Lockhart.

Lockhart shrugged.

"That's Dumbledore's patent. Miss. Or Harry Potter's. My little magic—"

"No way. Let him walk back by himself." Gabriel turned her gaze back to Xie Chen again, she still had the same indifferent expression.

"No way. Just walk back by yourself." Lockhart said imitatively.

Xie Chen now finds that Gabriel is not normal either.He couldn't help but sighed and said, "Okay, okay, then at least give me a direction..."

Gabriel calmly pointed behind her with her wand—the direction they came from.Xie Chen suddenly felt that all parts of himself, from body to mind, had collapsed to varying degrees.

"Well, I can go back as you came here." He really started to walk back, talking to himself as he walked.He glanced in Gabriel's direction as he passed, and Gabriel was unimpressed.

Xie Chen continued to walk forward, he knew that of course Gabriel would not really let him go back regardless of him.But after walking a long way, there was still no movement behind him, he couldn't help hesitating a little, but kept walking.

On Gabriel's side, Lockhart twirled his wand leisurely in his hand, and asked, "It's really interesting. Harry Potter would push trouble on you..."

"He has no choice."

"No choice? The whole of Hogwarts is under his control, so he has too many choices." Lockhart changed his previous style and retorted.

Gabriel shook her head, "He suspects that the Order of the Phoenix has an insider."

"Yo." Lockhart laughed, "I just came out of St. Mungo's, and I found that the streets are full of good news. I said why did he miss me, not to mention how merciful he was to give me back my freedom."

Gabriel was silent again.

"Very well, then. Fourteen Grimmauld Place must not stay. Shall we go to your place?"

Gabriel didn't speak, just nodded.

Lockhart waved his wand, then tapped his toe, turned around in a circle, and disappeared into the early morning path.

Gabriel looked at the place where Lockhart disappeared, her brows were furrowed, she was thinking about something, but in the end, she turned her horse's head and chased after Xie Chen.

On Xie Chen's side, he felt that he was about to die suddenly from overwork. For no reason, he thought of the messenger soldier in the marathon story who traveled between two cities and finally ran away to death.

Then, while he was secretly laughing at his own absurdity, there was a soft neigh, and when Xie Chen turned around, Gabriel's red horse came into view.Xie Chen was a little surprised. Before that, he hadn't heard the sound of horseshoes at all, and of course he didn't know that Gabriel had already chased him.

As he watched, Gabriel held out her hand to him.

"Come up."

come up?Xie Chen couldn't even turn his head around.Is she inviting herself to ride a horse with her?Based on his understanding of Gabriel's temperament, this is simply impossible.

He walked forward slowly, without waiting for Gabriel to speak a second time.Holding the saddle with one hand, he put the stirrups on the horse and sat behind Gabriel.It didn't take too much effort to get on the horse, but when he sat firmly and found Gabriel's silky satin-like long hair and thin shoulders wrapped in white cloth in front of him, it certainly felt different.

Gabriel didn't have a whip in her hand, she just held the rein tightly, and said softly to the front: "It's fine, Tiffin."

Is she talking to the horse?Xie Chen laughed.It really is a girl.

And Tiffin was indeed a girl's horse.Gabriel gave an order, and it flew away. Xie Chen looked sideways at the rapidly retreating scenery around him, and sighed inwardly.

The wind was blowing Gabrielle's hair, and a few strands of blond hair fluttered to Xie Chen's eyes, floating softly in the air like golden water plants.

Gabrielle.You are not that annoying.

Xie Chen thought to himself.

"Hey."

Gabriel in front of her suddenly spoke.

"what?"

"You—are you not that annoying."

Chapter 11 Variables

Back at Gabrielle's small shop, it was already high in the sun, and the warm winter sun baked the streets paved with stone slabs. (Baidu search "Book Books Novel Network", the latest chapters are free to read) Even the interior of the room has been swept away by the sun's stale smell of books.

Lockhart came back much earlier than they did, and was sitting at Gabriel's counter looking through the scattered parchments.Seeing them push the door and come in, they greeted casually, "Yo. Our young people are back."

Gabriel began to rush people directly, "Get away from my counter."

Lockhart was noncommittal.

"Okay, if you want to indulge in bad information, you have to wait until you explain it to me." Xie Chen snatched the paper from his hand, "From the damned door key to the Death Eaters to what is your purpose."

"Wrong. I'm innocent. The great Professor Lockhart just saved another hapless Muggle kid."

Xie Chen glared at him.

"I said. Wouldn't it be okay to say it. Young man, curiosity killed the cat—"

"And you! Lockhart, you must die one day because you are too wordy!"

"If you two want to quarrel, just get out." Gabriel still said in a flat tone, but as soon as she spoke, the whole room fell silent.Her eyes swept over the two of them in turn, and then she took a step and walked into a door at the back of the house.Xie Chen and Lockhart followed behind.

This is a living room. Compared with the darkness of the shop, it is unexpectedly bright and spacious. The walls are covered with light green patterned wallpaper. A small round table by the window is covered with a clean checkered tablecloth and a handful of A teapot, a teacup, and a book under the teacup.There are several chairs around the table.

In addition, there are a few cabinets and bookshelves.

The three sat down at the table.Gabriel flicked her magic wand, and the teapot and teacups jingled and flew towards the samovar automatically. A cabinet in the corner also opened the door automatically, and a plate flew out of it, and all kinds of pastries lined up and jumped one after another. Serve on a plate.

Xie Chen was dumbfounded.He had seen Lockhart's scorched trousers and the magic of keeping warm before, but what he saw at this moment was completely out of line with his cognition.

"Tell me first. Gabriel," Lockhart pointed at Xie Chen, "how did this guy come to you?"

One sentence called Xie Chen's attention back. He turned his eyes back and listened intently to Gabriel's story about how the two met. Sure enough, he did not exaggerate or add embellishments.Gabriel doesn't seem to mind having her portrayed in the story as an unjustified lynching figure.

But the sigh is the sigh, and then the three of them shared the encounter on the knight bus and the experience of the Portkey.Of course, Xie Chen also roughly told how he met Harry Potter.

"Now you have to explain," he said to Lockhart. "What exactly is a Death Eater?"

The teapot and plates flew back one after another, circling above their heads. Lockhart took a cup of tea and thanked the teapot in a serious manner.

"You see, nearly thirty years ago, there was a big devil in our wizarding world—Voldemort. Under his rule, the entire wizarding world was shrouded in terror. One day, he obeyed a He predicted that Harry, who was just born, would be the one who killed him, so he ran to Harry's house and killed Harry's parents. Harry's mother, Lily, tried her best to protect her She planted a spell in Harry's veins, child, so that instead of killing Harry, Voldemort was mortally wounded and never seen again. Our world, therefore, once again ushered in a brief peace."

"To get to the point, I'm asking you what a Death Eater is." Xie Chen didn't agree with him at all.

"I'm telling a story. You don't wish you didn't know what children know?"

Gabriel eats a muffin with a blank expression.

"Okay." Xie Chen disarmed and surrendered.

"When Harry grew up, he naturally went to Hogwarts to go to school. When he was—what grade was it? Forget it doesn't matter—when Voldemort returned. The Order of the Phoenix led by Gwartz's principal Dumbledore started a fierce confrontation with Voldemort's forces. This is the biggest war in our history. The so-called Voldemort's forces are those who swear allegiance to him. There will be marks branded by Voldemort on people, which we call the Dark Mark. These people are Death Eaters. In the post-war trials, most of them entered the wizard prison Azkaban, but some A particularly dangerous Death Eater, who eluded the Ministry of Magic and has since disappeared—"

"Then where were you going on the Knight Bus that night?"

"As entrusted by Harry, go to the appointed place to meet with the Order of the Phoenix and get the information from him." Unexpectedly, Lockhart replied very frankly, "I know what you want to ask. But magic, since it is used Then there must be traces to follow, so one of the guidelines for us to carry out such secret activities is to try not to use magic to transfer, so as not to be detected by people.”

"Then you didn't expect someone to put a portkey on the bus, did you? But if they're going to catch you, why didn't we stay in that wilderness for so long without a single movement?"

"I don't know that." Lockhart shook his head, and the teapot refilled him obediently. "Probably to stall for time."

"Then there is another question. Since you know it's delaying time, why don't you use magic to leave quickly? You have such a magic, right?"

"But I can't apparate you as a Muggle," Lockhart said bluntly, "and I also want to see what the person who set the trap is trying to do. You are a variable in this operation. Enough is enough, I can't take any more risks."