"What's the matter, Mr. Weasley? Didn't you say that the patrol would not end until noon today? Why did you come back so soon?"
When the two teams responsible for patrolling the nearby mountains met Charlie on broomsticks, they were surprised - because it was only more than a dozen minutes before Charlie separated from them and went to the periphery for patrol.
"There seems to be something wrong with the school -"
Charlie said, reaching out and patting norbeta on the neck, motioning her to get closer to the team flying on one side so that he could talk to each other.
"Norbeta noticed something just now. She felt a little uneasy. I was worried about an accident in the school, so the peripheral patrol was temporarily put down."
Both teams followed Charlie from Weymouth camp and naturally trusted Charlie. Seeing him say so, one of the team leaders immediately said:
"Well... We'll go back with you."
"No," Charlie shook his head. "Don't get together - you can come out in one team and follow me, and the other team is on standby around here. If anything unexpected is observed, it's easier to rush for help or leave to report... Act on the signal."
"OK."
The leader nodded slightly, then waved and let one team follow behind norbeta, while he took another team down the hill below.
"Let's go!"
Charlie and the team behind him nodded slightly, then patted norbeta on the back and flew towards Hogwarts castle.
However, the school, which was quite noisy because it was being rebuilt, is now dead.
"Hoo... Hoo."
Norbeta's heavy body fell on the grass in the front yard of the castle and made a dull noise. Then, the wizard team that followed them stopped their brooms around them and hung steadily in the air.
Charlie still sat on norbeta's back, looked carefully at the quiet castle in front of him, and then frowned.
no one! No one.
"How is this possible?" Charlie turned his head and looked at the team member on his side. "You were patrolling nearby before. Did you hear anything suspicious?"
"No." everyone shook their heads one after another.
"That's strange," Charlie said to himself with a frown. "There are nearly 200 people! And there are many good and knowledgeable players among them... How could they disappear so quietly unless they all take the initiative to leave?"
"Snore."
It was so cold that Charlie saw norbeta turn around and look towards the lake.
"Over there?"
Charlie was stunned for a moment, thought again, and wanted to urge norbeta to take him to the lake.
But who knows, at his urging, norbeta shrank in the opposite direction and roared a few times. It seems that there is something it doesn't want or even dare not approach.
"Mr. Weasley?"
One of the team members looked at Charlie with some trepidation.
"It's all right," Charlie waved his hand. "And anyway, we have to find out - you wait here, and I'll go and find out the truth first."
With that, he jumped down from norbeta's back, looked grim and walked towards the lake with his magic wand.
The rest of the Wizards looked back and forth, and immediately they tacitly separated several people to follow Charlie, while the others flew into the air one after another.
……
"Marca, it's Charlie Weasley."
Willie glanced in the direction of the castle behind her and said to Marca:
"Then... The wizards were still waiting in the woods on the other side of the hillside outside the school gate, and didn't go too far."
"Well," Maka nodded, "it's mostly that Aslan's intention - he still hesitates about me, so he wants to use Charlie's relationship with me to test my true attitude."
"Shall I drive them away?" asked Willie.
But Maka waved her hand when she heard the speech.
"No," he said. "They'll leave completely when they see that Charlie is gone."
The voice dropped a little. Soon, Maka and them heard a burst of footsteps behind them. The voice was very soft, but it obviously couldn't escape his perception.
"Marca? Marca, is that you? And Willy and... Mr. brova?"
Maka, they stand by the lake without any cover, so it's not surprising to be found so quickly.
In fact, Charlie had seen them from a distance just now, but he didn't dare to confirm until he was close enough.
"Yes!" Maka said without looking back. "It's me... Charlie, have you come to Hogwarts?"
"Well, Hermione and Percy asked me to come and help them rebuild the school -" Charlie said, and then took a shortcut. "By the way! Where are they, Marca? Oh... I think you should know who I mean."
"Oh, I know!" Maka still looked at the glittering lake and calmly said, "as for where they went... It's very simple. I killed them all."
"What?"
Charlie was stunned, as if the brain melon seeds were suddenly rusted. After a few seconds, he subconsciously stepped back, and then slowly raised the wand he had just put down.
"You're not Maka!"
"It's just a joke. Don't be so nervous." with a slight smile, Maka finally turned around and looked at Charlie. "They're right behind the hillside over there!"
However, Charlie did not relax at all. Because even if old Aslan and they are really there and live well, in his impression, Maka is by no means such a dangerous person who can kill to joke!
"Hey! Charlie, don't look at me like this. I'll be sad." Maka looked at him, staring at his eyes and shaking his head slightly. "Of course I am. No one can pretend to be..."
As he said this, he suddenly looked in the direction behind Charlie and them, and then smiled happily again.
"Oh, there's another 'little acquaintance' here..." he suddenly waved and said, "norbeta, you're all here. Why don't you come and see me?"
The fire dragon norberton, who was still in front of the castle, gave a low roar, then waved a pair of dragon wings and jumped fiercely and flew over here.
When she fell between Marca and Charlie, they saw that norbeta lowered her huge head very carefully and came up to Marca honestly.
As soon as Maka reached out, she couldn't help stroking the bridge of her nose and said leisurely:
"Look! The night when you secretly asked you to take her to Romania seemed to be yesterday."