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The red-haired witch continued, "But this matter may be delayed for a while. This morning, about twenty Muggles were admitted to the hospital because of some vicious curse. Their condition is very difficult. Now all the healers in St. Mungo's are rescuing the patients, and there is really no manpower available. After they have dealt with these patients, they will help Miss Shannans transfer to the ward. Before that, you can only wait for a while."

"Okay, no problem." Ethan nodded.

After all, emergency situations are obviously much higher in priority than his trivial request, and he is not the kind of domineering boss who doesn't care about his duties. He would not do something like "other patients' lives are not important, my little matter is more important than theirs."

Ethan asked again: "By the way, about the medical expenses of Miss Shanans..."

Alanna's family doesn't seem to be very rich. Ariel has been lying dead in St. Mungo's for nearly a year, and Alanna is still a student at Hogwarts with no source of income. She may have owed the hospital a large sum of medical bills.

"The treatment fee..." The red-haired witch compared the bill, raised her eyebrows and said, "Someone has already paid it."

"Who?" Ethan frowned. Who would pay such a large amount of medical expenses for Ariel, a girl with no relationship to her?

Was it Professor Figo? Or Snape? Or was it all the professors at Hogwarts who pooled their money together?

"It's not written on it, but look." The red-haired witch turned the bill to Ethan and pointed to the last item:

"Since the day Ms. Shanans was hospitalized, someone has already prepaid a large sum of money for her treatment, and it has not been used up yet."

Ethan looked at the words "1000 Galleons" written in the account record on the bill and fell into deep thought.

Such a big move is not something that those poor teachers can do...

And looking at the cursive signature on the lower right corner of the bill... the handwriting seems somewhat familiar, and I feel like I've seen it somewhere.

Ethan was thinking hard when he caught a glimpse of a familiar-looking golden-haired dog walking past him with his head down.

"Cassandra?" Ethan called out the visitor's name reflexively.

Cassandra now looks very depressed, with a dazed look, unsteady steps, and a listless appearance. She does not resemble her usual energetic and spirited self at all.

She looked so haggard that she seemed a little strange to him.

"Ethan?" Cassandra clearly heard the voice calling her name, exclaimed in disbelief, and turned to look in the direction where the voice came from.

earlier today.

At the dining table of the Waller family, Alexios handed Cassandra the owl letter from the Ministry of Magic, with a complicated expression: "The Salamander Party no longer exists."

I didn't expect that before I could take any action, these dogs were all killed.

Good, very satisfying!

Although it was a pity that he was unable to avenge his daughter personally, it didn't matter to him who did it. What was more important to him was the absence of the Fire Snake Party.

"Then...where's Ethan?" Cassandra looked up from the parchment in a trance, with an anxious look on her face:

"It only says that the Aurors wiped out all the Salamanders, but what about Ethan? There's no mention of what happened to him!"

Alexios felt very distressed when he saw his daughter's haggard appearance. He gritted his teeth and gave a harsh remark to Ethan. He looked concerned and tried his best to comfort his daughter:

"There is indeed no news about him at the moment, but that doesn't mean anything. This is just an official document from the Ministry of Magic, and it won't mention such details as a missing student. Even if there is news about him, the Ministry of Magic will suppress his matter in order to avoid problems with public opinion."

"But it doesn't matter. Dad will write another letter to ask your uncles and aunts in a private capacity. Maybe they can know something private."

"Thank you, Dad. I'll go back and rest for a while." Cassandra smiled miserably, stood up and staggered towards her room upstairs.

"Alexei," Myrrine looked at her daughter's haggard back, feeling her heart tighten a little, "Is it really okay for Kashan to be like this?"

"So what if there's a problem? We can't do anything right now unless we can confirm the safety of that little thing called Ethan. Otherwise, do you think Kashan can return to her original state?"

Alexios sighed heavily, put down the fork that had been deformed by his grip, and left the table. "I'm going to the Ministry of Magic to ask if there's any trace of that kid! The owl is too slow in delivering letters!"

Myrrine walked Alexios to the door and kissed him gently on the forehead: "Be careful."

"I will." Alexios nodded, Apparated away.

"Cassandra?" Myrrine stood in front of Cassandra's bedroom door, hesitated for a long time, and finally knocked on the door.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

"Mom is going to St. Mungo's Hospital to visit your Uncle Longbottom and the others. Do you want to come with us?"

No matter what we do, at least we should take Cassandra with us. Maybe this will allow Cassandra to divert some of her attention from this matter.

Myrrine thought so.

After a moment of silence, Cassandra's voice came from the bedroom: "Okay, Mom, I'll go with you. I need to change my clothes first, please wait for me."

"Okay, Mom will go arrange the carriage first. You change your clothes and go directly to the back door."

In the bedroom, Cassandra lay on the desk, staring at the neatly folded black robe with her head tilted:

"Are you still alive?"

Taking a deep breath, the blonde girl forced herself to cheer up and changed into a bright green uniform.

I can't keep sinking like this, it's time to cheer up and face other things. Apart from anything else, Alanna's sister is still lying in St. Mungo's, and I have to go see if the medical expenses I left before have been used up.

After all, that was just her monthly pocket money. Although the person in charge of the information desk said that the money should be enough, since she didn't know much about medical care before, she was indeed a little unsure about how to calculate the treatment costs. Cassandra was still a little worried that the medical expenses she paid in advance might not be enough.

So she followed her mother to St. Mungo's.

The carriage, which was cast under the Disillusionment Charm, landed steadily on the roof of Tao Tao Department Store, and the two entered the sixth floor of St. Mungo's through the entrance on the roof.

Cassandra stopped in front of Janus Sichy's ward on the fifth floor:

"Mom, can I not go in yet?"

“Cassandra!” Myrrine looked at Cassandra’s hesitation and scolded her harshly:

"They became like this because they were fighting on the front lines against the mysterious man. This is an honorable thing. You are old enough now and should not be afraid of this anymore."

"No, Mom, I'm not in a good mental state right now. I don't think I should face them in this state." Cassandra tucked her hair behind her ears. "Can I go and sort out my emotions first? It won't take long. I'll be here soon."

"…Okay, don't run too far."

Myrrine sighed as she watched Cassandra disappear around the corner of the stairwell.

As a mother, she is very clear about her daughter's condition. Now that things have developed to this point, she is no longer able to intervene.

I can only say that I hope that Ethan won't let me down.

Contrary to what she said, Cassandra did not go to the tea room on the sixth floor, but went straight down to the information desk on the first floor, thinking of asking if the money she had prepaid to Ariel was enough.

Then she saw the person she had been thinking about day and night for the past two days in front of the information desk.

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Let's have some Cassandra

Chapter 247: Didn’t Team Member Ethan die in the fight against the Fire Snake Party?

"Ethan?"

Cassandra covered her sore nose and exclaimed in disbelief.

Although the clothes he wore were a little strange, and his temperament was a little different, he no longer had the frivolous look that he always showed in front of her before, but was more restrained and calm, so his whole appearance was a little different, but she could still recognize that the person in front of her was him.

It turns out that he is still alive and well, which is really great.

Ethan clearly saw that the uneasiness and guilt in the eyes of the little tsundere opposite him disappeared after seeing him, and was replaced by the domineering look that he was very familiar with on weekdays.

Cassandra walked forward slowly, suppressing the bitterness in her nose, trying to pretend to be calm and indifferent as usual, and said to him with disdain:

"You're not dead yet?"

She regretted saying this as soon as she said it. With her current good mood, she shouldn't have spoken to Ethan in such a bad tone, but when she saw his face, she couldn't help but treat him the same way she usually did.

She didn't know why, but she just didn't want to lose face in front of Ethan, so she stopped talking and just stood there in a stalemate with Ethan with a cold face.

"..." After hearing this, Ethan looked at the little golden retriever opposite him speechlessly, with a thousand exploding-tailed skrewts running through his heart.

I saw that your emotions were fluctuating so violently, and I thought you were going to say something nice to comfort me, but this is what you said the first time you opened your mouth?

We haven't seen each other for such a long time, and as soon as we meet you're disgusted by the fact that I'm not dead yet, right?

It's a pity that I just had the idea of ​​asking you to join our loving family a few minutes ago. It seems that I was just being too sentimental.

No, no matter how I think about it, I can't swallow this humiliation. I have to think of a dirty trick to tease this little arrogant girl in front of me and make her happy... Got it!

"Sorry, you got the wrong person." Ethan kept his eyes as empty as possible and replied calmly without any emotion.

"Eh?"

Cassandra's pretended indifference froze on her face, half stunned and half bewildered, and she asked cautiously:

"What...what nonsense are you talking about, Ethan?"

"You got the wrong person. I'm not Ethan." Ethan continued to talk nonsense with a heavy face:

"I am Izka Olga, Ethan's half-brother. My brother died in the battle with the Fire Snake Party. I am here to take care of his funeral and bring his body back to the country for burial."

You are already dead, you are your brother.jpg

After saying this, without waiting for Cassandra to respond, Ethan calmly walked past her and left without any reluctance.

After turning into the stairwell and confirming that Cassandra couldn't see him, Ethan leaned against the wall, let out a sigh of relief, and quickened his pace to run up the stairs.

Cassandra was not a stupid girl who could be coaxed by a few words. She would soon realize that he was teasing her. If he did not run away before she reacted, he would definitely be killed by the angry little arrogant.

Pi was very happy this time and ran away.

Cassandra hesitantly watched Ethan's back disappear around the corner of the corridor without any hesitation. The pain that had just been suppressed spread in her chest again, causing her heart to twitch suddenly.

Is Ethan really dead...

Impossible... He's so strong, he just faced some dark wizards, no different from the time in the Forbidden Forest! He must be fine, he was just teasing me like he always does, that's for sure...

But if it was Ethan, why didn't he look at me with any familiarity, but only with strangeness and indifference? Even if he was smiling at me like usual, why didn't he have any expression towards me?

What's going on... Why do I feel so bad? He's just an annoying guy, I should feel relieved if he never shows up again, at most I'll just feel bad for a while because of self-blame...

Two lines of clear tears ran down the girl's delicate cheeks, but Cassandra seemed not to notice it at all. She dragged her body, which was a hundred times heavier than in the early morning, and followed Ethan's route upstairs.

She still didn't believe it. At least she wanted to see him again. Even if he died, she wanted to see his body and say goodbye to him...

Under Whitehall, headquarters of the British Ministry of Magic.

Alexios emerged from a fireplace on the left side of the main hall, walked quickly to an elevator at the end of the hall, and pressed the up button.

The metal gate in front of them made a heavy sound and slowly opened to both sides. Moody and Tony walked out of the elevator and met Alexios.

Mad-Eye's face was covered with scars, which were twisted into a knot because of his smile: "Alexios?"

"Alastor!"

Alexios also showed a sincere smile on his face, opened his arms and gave Mad-Eye a tight bear hug: "How are you doing recently?"

"It's still the same as before. I don't have much to do after retirement, so I just train some new people for fun. Occasionally, I give these young people some advice and keep them in check."

Mad-Eye pointed at Tony with his crutches, looked Alexios up and down, and asked, "Why, you finally came to the Ministry of Magic?"

"Yeah, I had no intention of coming again. But recently, something happened and I had to come and ask." Alexios sighed, "What happened to you? If there is nothing particularly important, it seems that we can't invite our old Moody, right? Could it be that the mysterious man is making a move again?"

"No, I'm just here to wrap up some things. It's about the Salamanders - you should know about this, so I won't say much." Mad-Eye smacked his lips and started talking with interest. He looked at the staff coming and going with caution, and whispered to Alexios:

"But I'm telling you, I recently found a good candidate to be an Auror. Although he's still just a student, his ability and character are impeccable. Today I just tricked him... ahem, brought him to my side. After training him for a few years, he will definitely be a good fighter who is no less capable than Tony... no, no less capable than me."

Tony, who was used as a unit of measurement for combat power, silently shifted his gaze to the side.

"Alastor, you are known for being picky. I think someone who even Mad-Eye can praise as excellent must be a good young man." Alexios smiled faintly.

Hearing this, Mad-Eye banged his cane on the ground vigorously, looking very proud:

"That's right! You don't know that he was the one who wiped out the Fire Snake Party overnight, killing at least half of the enemies head-on! And he came back intact - ah, I shouldn't have told you so much, when people get old, they tend to blurt out everything when they are happy."

"Don't tell anyone about this. We plan to suppress it, otherwise it will have a bad impact on him - he will be targeted by those old-fashioned people! You better keep your mouth shut."

"I know. After all, this is an internal matter of your Auror Office. It is not something an outsider like me can get involved in." Alexios nodded seriously, "I will keep it confidential."

"Look at what you are saying. Although you didn't have time to join the Order of the Phoenix due to various reasons, you are no outsider to us or those old Aurors." Mad-Eye's magic eyes moved unnaturally fast, and he added:

"Albus thinks so too, always has."

"Dumbledore..." Alexios smiled nostalgically, "He came to see me a few days ago - but it was for business. Business is business, so we didn't get to chat about the past."

"Business? Is there any official business in Hogwarts that requires Professor Dumbledore to go to you personally, Mr. Wallace?" Tony interrupted.

"Not only Dumbledore, most of the professors at Hogwarts went there, just for a truant..." Alexios suddenly figured out something, and asked in disbelief with his eyes wide open:

"Alastor, this good seedling you just mentioned, is his name... Ethan?"