Hogwarts and the Holy Grail War

"Master..." the house-elf begged for mercy in a trembling voice:

"Barry didn't mean to do that. He just wanted to put the young lady's box back into the suitcase..."

"Okay, you step back first, I'll deal with you later." Alexios said with a sullen face, and Barry disappeared on the spot trembling.

"Cassandra, what is going on?" Alexios turned his head, and several professors also moved away and looked at Cassandra who was at the end of the line with Alexios.

Although he was relieved that the noise in the room was not made by the hidden man, what about the pile of things on the ground? The potion with Snape's locating spell on it was fine, but the rest of these messy things didn't look like something his daughter would be interested in.

Could it be that these were all given to her by that Ethan?

Give these things to girls?

This can't be considered as low emotional intelligence, this can be said to be no emotional intelligence at all!

"Didn't I tell you that these are things Ethan gave me?" Hearing her usually kind father calling her by her full name, Cassandra knew that her father was not in a good mood at the moment, but she still tried to evade the question with a glimmer of hope.

"Really?" Snape glanced at Cassandra, snorted coldly and made no comment.

Professor Garrick stared at the robe on the ground and frowned. He noticed it, walked over, picked it up from the ground and spread it out in his hands. With an expression of "as expected", he asked Cassandra:

"This robe... judging by the size, it shouldn't be yours, right, Miss Worley? Why do you have a student robe that is obviously not yours? Could it be that this is also a gift from Ethan? Are you two close enough to give each other clothes?"

"Cassandra, this is not just the usual quarrels you have with your classmates at school. Your classmate has been missing for several days and may even be in danger of his life. If you know something, you must tell us and do not hide anything just because of a small friction between classmates."

Alexios suppressed his doubts, tried to make his tone sound gentler, and warned Cassandra seriously.

"Dad, you just said... life is in danger? Didn't Ethan just run away from school? With his strength, how could he be in danger of his life?" Cassandra's little face suddenly changed color and she said in a trembling voice.

She suddenly remembered that night in the Forbidden Forest, Ethan had told her casually that after the Christmas holiday he would go out and find those Fire Snakes who were plotting against him and wipe them out along with their lair.

At the time, she thought he was just talking nonsense and didn't take it seriously at all. After all, no matter how strong Ethan was, he couldn't deal with an entire famous dark wizard group on his own. She believed that Ethan had this self-awareness.

But looking at the current situation, it seems that Ethan was serious about what he said that day.

Then what had she been battling with up to now? Now was not the time for her to worry about the trivialities of her relationship with Ethan being misunderstood!

The professors must be informed of this matter. Even if I will be punished for it, it doesn't matter. The most important thing now is Ethan's safety.

Cassandra bit her lower lip and finally spoke:

"This story begins a month ago. That night I was in the underground dock at Hogwarts..."

She was very smart to cover up the matter related to ancient magic. After all, she knew that this matter was not something that could be casually mentioned, even to her own father. She just said that she accidentally strayed into the forbidden forest, met Ethan in it, and encountered a group of dark wizards who called themselves the Fire Serpent Party and narrowly defeated them. She accidentally got injured and her clothes were torn, so Ethan gave her his robe and did not specifically take back the things inside. That was all.

"So that's how it is. I roughly understand it." Alexios frowned, "But Kashan, why didn't you tell us? Even if you think your mother and I might not be able to take care of us because we are too far away, you should at least tell the professors, right?"

"Because... after we defeated those dark wizards, they all exploded by themselves. There was not a trace left at the scene. Even if we tell the professors, I'm afraid no one will believe us without evidence."

Cassandra hesitated, trying to make her motives more plausible:

"And if I tell the professors, I'll have to explain how I got into the Forbidden Forest. This is incredible even to me, so I don't think anyone will believe it... They'll all think I sneaked in on purpose and didn't tell anyone."

The professors looked at each other helplessly, but they understood Cassandra's logic.

What she said was logically consistent. After all, it was hard to explain how they accidentally entered the Forbidden Forest, and those dark wizards did not leave any survivors, so there was no evidence.

"In any case, thank you very much for telling us these things, Miss Volley." Dumbledore glanced at Professor Figo and said softly, "It seems that Eleazar's guess was correct. Ethan did go to the Salamander Party to settle the matter."

"Yeah, I would rather my guess wasn't that accurate." Professor Figo said with a wry smile. He now had the most interesting expression among all the people present.

Others may not know yet, but he understands the ins and outs of this matter clearly from another perspective, and after Cassandra's supplement, it can be said that he has guessed the matter to be almost correct.

Ethan certainly hadn't been able to hide the matter of ancient magic, and given his eccentric personality, he might have just told her everything.

It would be fine if this kid leaked the secret, but he actually kept it from me!

My stomach started to hurt again.

However, in the eyes of others, Professor Figo's expression was an expression of self-blame for his bad mouth.

"Don't blame yourself for this, Eleazar." Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and comforted him, "It's better to say that you have done enough. Now that we have Miss Volley's evidence, our next goal is very clear. Didn't you just go to the Ministry of Magic to discuss the elimination of the Salamander Party? I believe that with the intervention of the Aurors, Ethan will be fine."

"Yes, now we can only wait for Tony and the others to send back a letter. The probability of Ethan going to the Fire Snake Party's lair is greater." Professor Figo murmured with a pale face.

"Actually..." Cassandra suddenly interrupted, "I might know where Ethan went."

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Here is another version of the regular clothes~

Chapter 221 Which bastard is scolding me?

"I might know where Ethan went."

"Are you serious, Miss Volley?" Professor Figo's eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's just a possibility, I'm not sure." Cassandra bit her lower lip and said hesitantly:

"That night, the dark wizards seemed to have said something about doing something in Red Cemetery on Christmas Day. Ethan and I overheard a rough outline of it, so I think he might have gone to Red Cemetery."

The reason why she hesitated was that this information was clearly obtained by Ethan himself, and he also clearly stated his intention to go there. However, judging from the professors' expressions, especially Professor Figo's, it seemed that they were not aware of this.

Didn't Ethan tell the professors?

Come to think of it, after all, Ethan was planning to sneak out by himself, and it would be bad if the professors knew his destination.

How could this arrogant guy really think that he could handle everything by himself? Even if he knew those powerful ancient magics, it would be too arrogant for him to face a group of dark wizards alone!

But even if he didn't tell the professors now that he had spoken out about this matter, it should be possible for the professors to find Ethan's whereabouts quickly.

She did this just to do the professors a favor, and thought that she could make amends by entering the Forbidden Forest.

I'm not worried about that guy's safety!

"Red Tomb City?" Professor Figo suddenly exclaimed.

So that's it, now everything is clear...

This guy already knew everything, but he didn't discuss it with me. I was actually kept in the dark by him. Very good, very good... (gritting teeth)

"What's wrong, Eleazar?" The others looked at Professor Figo in surprise, totally not understanding why he reacted so strongly.

"Because..." Professor Figo immediately realized his own gaffe and quickly organized his words to explain, "As you know, I have been busy discussing the elimination of the Fire Serpent Party at the Ministry of Magic these days. Then we finally speculated on the possible locations of several Fire Serpent Party headquarters, and the most likely one is Red Tomb City."

"In that case, we can almost confirm Mr. Ethan's destination." Dumbledore glanced at Professor Figo thoughtfully, then smiled apologetically at Alexios, "I'm sorry, Mr. Volley, it seems we have to leave. You have heard everything, and we must now set off to Red Cemetery to bring back Mr. Ethan who has skipped school. Please allow me to apologize to you again for our abrupt interruption of the peaceful life of you and your family."

Alexios waved his hand very reasonably and said, "It's not a big deal. You don't have to take it to heart, Professor Dumbledore. I won't say any more polite words. If you need any help from me in this matter, please tell me before you leave. I will definitely help you."

"That's not necessary. We'll set off now." Dumbledore exchanged glances with several professors and led the way outside.

Alexios sent the professors out the door and watched their figures go farther and farther away with the sound of hurried footsteps, until they suddenly disappeared outside the iron gate. He sighed dejectedly, turned into the house, closed the door, and walked towards Cassandra's room upstairs.

Cassandra was squatting in front of the desk, feeling uneasy, putting the scattered trinkets into boxes one by one and arranging them neatly. She could have done it with a wave of her wand, but she still stubbornly picked them up bit by bit by hand.

Myrrine stood aside, holding the robe in her hands, carefully looking at the fine marks of repair on it, shaking her head and sighing gently.

Just by looking at the scratches on the dress, one can tell that Cassandra and Ethan were in an extremely dangerous situation that night, otherwise how could this robe be so damaged that it is almost unwearable?

Ethan: Nonsense! The cuts on it were clearly caused by tree branches!

"Dad, have the professor and the others left?" Cassandra looked up and asked when she saw Alexios coming in.

"Yes, she has left." Alexios nodded, squatted down to help Cassandra pick up the things on the ground and handed them to her. Looking at his daughter's worried face, he said with concern:

"What's wrong? Why do you look so bad? Are you afraid of being punished for the trouble you made before? Don't worry, neither I nor the professors are unreasonable people. They won't make things difficult for you."

"No, Dad. I'm not thinking about those insignificant little things." Cassandra said with a frown, clenching a bottle of potion in her hand, and her small hands looked a little pale. "I should have noticed it earlier, and I could have told the professors! But I chose to keep silent. If something happened to Ethan because of this..."

The most painful thing in the world is not that you can't do anything, but that you could have done it.

This is also related to Cassandra's personality. She is usually too strong-willed and even a little arrogant. This self-centered personality makes her have a heavier sense of responsibility than others, and she tends to take all the responsibilities on herself. As long as it is something related to herself, she will be happier than anyone else when it is done, thinking that it is all thanks to her own credit; if things go wrong, she will blame herself more than anyone else, thinking that it is because she did not do enough.

The same was true for this incident. In Cassandra's opinion, as long as she had taken Ethan's words seriously and had not listened to him and kept it a secret, but had told the professors directly about it, then under the strict supervision of the professors, Ethan would not have had the opportunity to sneak out of Hogwarts and disappear, and his life would not have been in danger.

So now she is in deep self-blame.

But this normal behavior for her had a different meaning to Alexios, who was already a little nervous.

Alexios curled the corner of his mouth when he heard that, and a thousand exploding-tailed skrewts were running wildly through his heart.

I didn't expect that my daughter was quite interested in that boy named Ethan.

She seemed to have said before that they were just friends? How is that possible!

It's not like he has never been in love before. No matter how you look at it, his daughter's behavior doesn't seem like the kind of concern between ordinary friends, right?

So Alexios picked up a bottle of potion on the ground, played with it in his hand, and pretended to be casual and asked: "By the way, Kashan, what do you think of Ethan? Is there any..."

"No... What are you thinking about, Dad?" Cassandra's face flushed instantly. She stood up and interrupted Alexios in a panic, saying:

"There's nothing going on between Ethan and me. We're just ordinary friends! And I don't like him either. Well, I don't like him..."

click-

The ampoule in Alexios' hand was crushed by him, and the purple liquid inside flowed all over his hands. A dark cloud instantly emerged from his palm holding the ampoule fragments, and surrounded his body. Tiny thunder descended from the cloud, splitting the ground into darkness.

Thunder Brew, a potion with common ingredients but extremely complicated production process and high failure rate, can summon lightning around the body to attack the enemy after taking it. Although the effect of skin absorption is not as strong as drinking directly, it can indeed prove that this potion is not a failure.

But these are no longer important. Alexios looked at his daughter's red face and felt sad for no reason.

My dear daughter, we haven’t even asked you whether you like Ethan or not. Are you admitting your guilt?

Okay, Ethan, right? You dare to lay hands on my lovely daughter, you better hope I don't touch you, or I will break your legs!

"Ah!"

At the same time, Ethan, who was tidying up things in the living room, suddenly sneezed again, sniffed his nose, and looked constipated:

"Who the hell is behind this plot against me?!"

Cassandra realized that she had said something wrong, and squatted down again with a frustrated look on her face, muttering softly: "Really not... He and I are innocent..."

Besides, what's so good about Ethan?

...which means he is a little bit better than other boys of the same age, more mature and more aware of his own thoughts than other boys of the same age, and more likely to get along with him...

Apart from anything else, he is now dating Alanna and is considered a married man. There is no reason for me to like him at all.

Besides, he was just an annoying jerk, always smiling at me and never acting serious. He would always ruthlessly expose me when I was being stubborn, making me lose face in front of Alanna. How could I possibly like someone I hated?

"Alexei!" Myrrine glanced at him in dissatisfaction. "Young people have their own way of getting along with each other. Let them take their time. Let's not worry about it."

"Yes, yes, I was wrong." Alexios immediately raised his hands in surrender, stood up and walked out of the bedroom, and then half of his body was leaning out of the door again, "If it's possible during the summer vacation, why don't you bring him home so that we can meet him? After all, he saved your life, so you should thank him properly."

"Dad!" Cassandra cried out in shame and annoyance.

"Hahahaha." Alexios laughed heartily, but as his figure disappeared behind the door, the smile on his face quickly disappeared.

The Fire Snakes, huh? How dare they attack my own daughter... Very good, I heard that the Ministry of Magic is also discussing the elimination of this group of dark wizards recently. It seems that I have to get involved in this matter.

They will not survive this Christmas!

On the other side, Red Tomb City.

Ethan had finally finished packing up his stuff and was leaning back on the sofa with his eyes closed, resting.

There is still some time before dark, so I can take a break for a while.

"Looks pretty comfortable, Master?"

Xiao Mo came behind him, stood behind the sofa and used his A++ hands to massage Ethan's shoulders.

"Isn't it the same for you? We will take the initiative to attack the enemy's home tonight. If you don't get a good rest now, you may not have a chance."

Ethan leaned his head on the back of the sofa, looked up at Xiao Mo's face, smiled comfortably, and enjoyed Xiao Mo's massage very much.

"Master, I want to talk to you."

Xiao Mo suddenly lowered his head and stared at Ethan with a serious look on his face.

"Okay, what do you want to talk about?"

Xiao Mo glanced casually in the direction of the bedroom, with some hesitation between his brows.

"Let's talk outside. I just want to go out for some fresh air." Ethan stood up and stretched, then walked out without waiting for Xiao Mo to answer.

"Oh." Xiao Mo stared at Ethan's back blankly, then obediently followed him out the door.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?"

On the roof, Ethan and Xiao Mo sat side by side. Ethan looked at the setting sun in the distance with a very comfortable look on his face.