Chapter 242: A Cruel Grin

Chapter 242: A Cruel Grin

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

-Author notes-

Chapter 242: A Cruel Grin

A cruel grin appeared on the boy's face. "D-Death... m-my comrades must have... hav... g-got them b-by... now..."

Lily's face went through many changes at that moment but eventually went back to anger.

"I don't think so," Daphne said with conviction. "Harry is here, he will—"

His eyes moved to Daphne and his smile disappeared. "Y-You... traitor... w-will die too... t-the Dark Lord... w-will... will... oh..." He tried his best to keep his eyes open a bit longer but was unable to continue. His body gave up.

"He's dead..." Daphne realized. She had mixed feelings about this. She may not have liked this guy but this was the first time someone died in front of her.

'Although Harry had been very close...'

"Let's go. We can't waste time here," Lily gave the boy a look of disgust. She felt no pity for him at this moment. Even if his family influenced him, he still had to make many bad choices to get to this point.

After all, her old friend Sirius had been not much different. Growing up in the Black House. But he chose to not become like them and leave that family behind to become a better person.

'There is always a choice...'

After giving the dead young man a last glance, she turned around.

"We need to find those girls." She did not believe his words even for a moment. Lily was sure her daughter was alive.

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"I-It's looking at us..." Neville pointed at the golem with his shaking finger.

"He is not going to attack us... right?" Ginny asked.

"No... it just spoke with Harry's voice. I think my brother sent it here to save us," Lyra said.

The golem turned to them and advanced a few steps. Its eyes seemed to move to Lyra and then to her wounded legs.

[Protect the students...]

"Fine... let's go to the Hall then. Staying here in the entrance just seems more dangerous," Lyra decided.

They all agreed to that, so they ventured up the stairs and went further into the castle.

"Tap... tap..."

The group kept glancing back as they walked.

"It really is following us..." Neville said.

"How else is he going to protect us?" Luna asked.

"It is following us... but I would still feel safer if I had my wand," said Lyra.

"Dobby will also protect the Missus!" The elf declared with confidence.

Lyra chuckled. "Thank you, Dobby. I feel safer now."

"I-I will also... you know..." Neville stammered the words.

"Oh?...." Ginny gave Neville a side glance.

"There are a lot of Blibbering Humdingers flying over Neville's head," Luna pointed out.

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Just a few minutes after the group departed from the entrance, three large individuals came through the hole left behind by the broken door.

"I can smell a lot of blood here..."

"The door has been completely destroyed."

"Yes... something happened here."

The three large men wore simple pieces of wool clothing that barely covered their muscular torsos. Their bodies had copious amounts of hair, including their faces. This all combined gave the men a very feral and dangerous look.

"Sniff sniff... oh? What do we have here?" One of them moved his eyes towards the two dead men on the floor.

"Bloody hell, what a mess!"

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