Hogwarts and the Holy Grail War

Then he caught a glimpse of a soft white light from the corner of his eye, and a translucent light curtain appeared on the metal door frame just below him. Ethan sneaked in from behind the light curtain.

"Ahahaha, what a coincidence, Professor. I didn't expect you to be here too."

This idiot greeted him with an awkward smile. He seemed to be in good spirits and probably didn't suffer any harm.

However, before I could open my mouth to scold him, he opened a portal right under my nose and disappeared somewhere unknown.

My stomach hurts even more.

I don’t know why I have been busy these days.

"wrong!"

Professor Figo suddenly slapped his head, and several strands of his gray hair fell out due to the blow.

Since Ethan had just returned through the light curtain located here, it meant that he had passed Percival's test, which meant that he had been out of Hogwarts for at least some time.

What on earth is going on? Why did no one notice that there was one student missing from the group that stayed on campus, and that was the guy who absolutely could not be missing?

What about the professors? Help!

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Momoko's painting style is also very awkward

Chapter 218: Hogwarts Stardust Crusaders

"Well, Minerva, what do the students say?"

In the principal's office, Professor Figo was pacing back and forth. When he saw Professor McGonagall pushing the door in, he asked anxiously.

After he came to his senses in the map chamber, he immediately ran to the principal's office and told Dumbledore about Ethan's running away from school.

Of course, since it was related to ancient magic, he did not show the note to Dumbledore, but just said that he could not find Ethan.

Ethan was a person that the professors had agreed to protect, so his violation was immediately taken seriously. Dumbledore immediately called the deans of several colleges over, and after they compared information with each other, they found that no one had seen Ethan in the past few days.

"I just thought I hadn't run into him, but I didn't expect that the guy was really missing." Professor McGonagall said.

"I thought so," agreed Professor Flitwick.

"I thought he just stayed in his dorm and didn't want to come out, so I didn't take it seriously. No wonder I haven't seen him come to the greenhouse in the past few days." Professor Garrick looked frustrated.

"I thought so," agreed Professor Flitwick.

"Don't look at me. Why would I pay attention to him when I have nothing to do?" Snape snorted coldly.

If it was Harry, he might pay a little more attention for Lily's sake, but as for Ethan...

Stop wasting my energy, you little bastard.

"Me too..." Professor Flitwick trailed off.

So after comparing the information, the professors began to take action and went to their own college students to ask about Ethan. The most urgent task now was to find out when Ethan disappeared.

"I asked Potter and Weasley, and the last time they saw Ethan was last Saturday morning. No Gryffindor student has seen him since then." Professor McGonagall shook her head, her face heavy.

"Where on earth did this little bastard run off to…" Professor Figo became even more anxious when he heard what Professor McGonagall had learned from her students, that Ethan had last appeared in front of others several days ago.

Could it be that this kid has been away for so long without anyone noticing?

"Calm down, Eleazar. If you can't think calmly, it will be more difficult to deduce Ethan's whereabouts." Dumbledore also walked in from the headmaster's office. He was responsible for asking the portraits hanging in the castle, but he found nothing.

"I really can't calm down right now, Albus. God knows what kind of trouble he has caused outside. No, if it's just some trouble, it would be fine. But what if something bad happens to him..."

Professor Figo was a little crazy. Although he knew that Ethan was in perfect condition before today, he had no idea where this guy would go next or what weird things he would do.

In fact, this was also because Professor Figo was too concerned. He started to infer where Ethan might go based on the premise that Ethan had completed the trial in Red Tomb City. So in his panic thinking, he subconsciously ignored the possibility that Ethan had returned to Red Tomb City, and just thought that Ethan had started running around Britain to find the whereabouts of the Fire Snake Party.

He did tell the others that Ethan was going to the Fire Snake Party, but he just said it was his guess. And these words made the atmosphere more solemn. After all, there is a fundamental difference between the danger of being attacked by a dark wizard and the danger of actively looking for a dark wizard to cause trouble.

"Ethan should be fine... After all, that guy is very cunning, and few people can outwit him, right?"

Professor Garrick smiled miserably, his face no longer showing his usual vigor.

"Mirabel..." Professor Figo's Adam's apple moved back and forth, but he did not feel any agreement with these comforting words.

The door of the headmaster's office was pushed open again, and Professor Snape walked in slowly, holding a folded parchment in his hand.

"How is it, Severus? On your side..." Professor Figo asked expectantly. Among the professors, Snape was the last one to come back. Maybe he had really found out some useful information.

"The Slytherin students have not seen Mr. Ethan during the Christmas holidays. Miss Shannans and Miss Worley, who were usually close to him, have already left school and returned home. I'm afraid they can't provide any useful information."

Snape replied expressionlessly, spreading the parchment in his hand on Dumbledore's desk.

"What is this?" Several professors leaned over and saw that the parchment was empty without any writing on it.

"Maybe we can find Mr. Ethan's things." Snape explained slowly in his emotionless voice:

"Last school year, some of the potions I made often disappeared inexplicably. I suspected that some naughty students had stolen them, so I cast some locating spells on the ampoules of potions. Usually, those spells are dormant, and there are no traces of casting. If I don't activate them, no one can detect them. Only when I start to activate the locating spell will the spell take effect and be detected."

"When Mr. Ethan had his first potion lesson with me, I packaged all the potions he made and gave them to him. The ampoules I used to package the potions were exactly the ones that had been cast with the locating spell."

"As long as he still has those potions with him, I can use the locating spell to find their location and thus locate him. And I just took a detour to the Gryffindor common room, and the locating spell did not point to there, which means that he took those bottles with him before he left."

Snape said, tapping the parchment with his wand:

"Punctum Modo."

A black arrow appeared in the center of the parchment, and after turning a few times, it pointed to the southwest. At the same time, in the direction of the arrow, almost close to the edge of the parchment, a small red dot lit up and kept flashing.

"I have removed the positioning spells on the remaining ampoules I have. Now only the ampoules carried by Mr. Ethan will be detected by this arrow and displayed as light spots on this parchment."

"And as you can see, there are no multiple locations shown here, which means he probably didn't give these bottles to others. In other words, the direction of this red dot is most likely Mr. Ethan's location."

"Of course, when I set up the positioning spell, I didn't expect the potion to be taken so far. If the distance is too far, the positioning spell will not be so sensitive, so I can only mark the approximate direction here, and I can't indicate the specific location. And there is also the possibility that Mr. Ethan has found another place to put these bottles, but we have to give it a try."

After Snape finished his explanation, he put away his wand. On his expressionless face, one could vaguely tell that it was saying "Whatever you say, I did my best."

"That's enough, Severus. Having a direction is much better than searching around like headless flies." Professor Figo finally smiled. "Thank you for your trouble."

"It's just a coincidence. It's also part of my duties as a professor at Hogwarts." Snape had an unnatural look on his face, and he felt a little uncomfortable with Professor Figo's thanks.

After the summer vacation, he had to face Lily's child, so nervous and anxious that he had actually forgotten that he had set up such a thing. At that time, he gave Ethan the potion just for fun, and he didn't think that he could use these positioning spells to monitor Ethan's position. But today, after a discussion with several people, he finally remembered that there was such an insurance that was not even a chess piece, which was a blessing in disguise.

"Okay, now that we have a clue, let's set off with this as our goal and bring Mr. Ethan back to Hogwarts safely. Filius, I'll leave Hogwarts to you, okay?" Dumbledore looked down at Professor Flitwick.

"No problem, Albus." Professor Flitwick nodded.

"Okay, then let's set off immediately without further delay."

As soon as Dumbledore said this, the lines on the professors' bodies suddenly became sharp, and strange words continued to emerge and surround them.

Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and his specialty is mastering all spells!

Minerva McGonagall, Head of Gryffindor House and Professor of Transfiguration, specializes in Animagus Transfiguration and powerful Transfiguration!

Severus Snape, Head of Slytherin House and Professor of Potions, specializes in Legilimency and mastery of the dark arts!

Mirabell Garrick, Head of Hufflepuff House and Professor of Herbology, specializes in manipulating magical plants to attack!

Eleazar Figo, professor of ancient runes, specializes in mastery of magical theory and wandless casting!

"Very well, let's go!"

The five of them lined up shoulder to shoulder at the door of the principal's office, turned sideways and stomped their feet, ready to set out to bring Ethan, who had skipped school, back to Hogwarts.

On the other side, Red Tomb City.

Ethan opened the other end of the portal directly to the base. Alanna and Xiaomo were tinkering with some magic gadgets in the living room. Suddenly, they saw a silver-white light curtain unfold in the middle of the living room. Ethan ran out of it as if he was escaping, stumbled and fell on the sofa, with a look of fear on his face. So the two of them hurried forward to support him and asked about his situation.

"What's wrong, Ethan? You don't look well. Is there something wrong?"

Alanna asked worriedly, she thought Ethan had encountered some major accident during the trial. Otherwise, how could Ethan, who usually remained calm and remained calm even when Avada Kedavra collapsed in front of him, lose his composure like this?

"I, I..." Ethan took a few deep breaths, picked up the half-full glass of water on the coffee table, took a sip to catch his breath, and then fell into deep thought looking at the glass in his hand.

Whose cup is this?

"Ethan? What's wrong with you? Tell us what's going on? Did you fail the trial?"

"No, the trial went smoothly, there were just some minor problems." Ethan waved his hand and explained with a lingering fear on his face.

"After completing the trial, I was teleported back to Hogwarts, and then... Professor Figo happened to see the whole process of me walking out of the portal. Although I escaped back while he was distracted, he must have realized by now that I had left Hogwarts a long time ago."

"Ethan, you...did you leave Hogwarts and come here without the professors' consent?" Alanna discovered the hidden meaning in Ethan's words and asked quickly.

When Ethan told her about his leaving Hogwarts, he only briefly mentioned it, and she didn't know the details.

"After all, Alanna, you know that I am under the strict supervision of the professors. How could I have left Hogwarts and come here with their permission? I must have sneaked out without telling the professors." Ethan shrugged and said lightly.

"After all, no other professor knows that I can use ancient magic except Professor Figo. And even Professor Figo doesn't know my true strength."

"They want to keep me in Hogwarts because they are worried that I won't be able to protect myself when facing those dark wizards who are targeting me. But those means can't stop me. If I want to leave, I can leave at any time. Look, I've slipped out now."

"That's good, Master. You have a bright future as you are not bound by the rules." Xiao Mo raised his eyebrows and appreciated Ethan's blatant violation of rules and regulations.

"Go, are you praising me or insulting me?" Ethan glanced at Xiao Mo unhappily and said:

"It's only a matter of time before he realizes that I'm here. We really can't delay any longer. Alanna, Xiao Mo, you guys just take a few quick breaks. We'll set out after dark tonight..."

"A-choo! A-choo!! A-choo!!!" Ethan was talking when he suddenly sneezed three times in a row.

"Master, are you...catching a cold?" Xiao Mo looked strange.

Could it be that Master and the other two weren't very careful when they slept together these past two nights, and didn't pay attention to covering themselves with the quilt, so they caught a cold?

"No, I'm in good condition now, how could I have a cold?" Ethan rubbed his nose, with a strange expression on his face, "I feel like someone is saying bad things about me behind my back."

"Severus, are you sure there is nothing wrong with your positioning spell?" Professor Figo asked, staring blankly at the sea of ​​flowers in front of him.

In the center of the sea of ​​flowers was a luxurious mansion that was so large that it could almost be called a palace. It was surrounded by a low wall that was less than one meter high. Although it looked like anyone could easily climb over the low wall, it was obviously cast with several spells to defend against foreign enemies. Once you rashly break in, you will definitely not be able to escape unscathed.

Several professors were standing outside the low wall, facing a tightly closed wrought iron gate. On the stone wall next to the gate were written the following words in gilded cursive letters:

Worley Manor

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The usual heroine picture time:

Chapter 219 Don’t want that kind of thing!

Professor Figo looked at the magnificent building in the center of the sea of ​​flowers, his mouth twitching and he couldn't help muttering to himself.

Didn't Ethan go to cause trouble for the Fire Snake Party? Why is he here?

Could it be that the Waller family, like the Rosier family, has some shameful dealings with those dark wizards?

That's not right. Usually, the Wally family has always been disdainful of dark wizards. During the First Wizarding War, they stood on the side that firmly opposed Voldemort, just like the Potter and Weasley families. For this, they were persecuted by Voldemort. How could they hook up with dark wizards more than ten years after Voldemort disappeared?

"That's right, Eleazar, I'm sure it's here." Snape looked at the parchment in his hand, also a little dazed.

Why is it here?

How did Ethan end up on the territory of the Wally family?

Could it be that he offended someone from the Volley family along the way and was caught and detained?

What a shame! It's okay that you offended others, but you couldn't even escape and were caught. Did you learn all those Defense Against the Dark Arts skills that I taught you?

"Is it possible that the location is not accurate enough and is causing misjudgment? For example, it is actually in the vicinity of Wally Manor?" Professor Garrick asked hopefully.

She could easily figure out that the only one in the Wally family who was relatively close to Ethan was Cassandra, who was still studying at Hogwarts.

If Ethan is really here, it means that either Cassandra helped Ethan escape from Hogwarts, or Ethan came to see Cassandra after escaping from Hogwarts. Neither situation is what she would like to see.

Although Ethan's life would at least not be in danger, the problem behind this was even bigger. Doesn't this mean that Ethan is the kind of love-brained person who is completely obsessed with women or who makes women obsessed with him and who would sneak out of Hogwarts without caring about his own safety just to see his beloved girl?

Well, and considering his relationship with Miss Shanans, he is a two-timing scumbag.

"We have circled the Walley Manor three times, Mirabelle. Even if the coordinates have errors due to lack of precision, the direction of the arrow has always pointed to this mansion. I'm afraid he is really inside." Snape raised his eyes from the parchment and looked at the Walley family mansion with a melancholy face. He felt a rare sense of uncertainty in his heart.

If it was really as he thought, that Ethan had gotten into trouble and was locked up here, he really couldn't bring himself to ask the Walley family for his release.

"Okay, stop thinking about those things here. Wouldn't it be more useful if we just go in and ask?"