Chapter 1041
Upgrade
Chapter 1041 Upgrade
Ferdinand was about to put the tools back in the box when he heard this. He stopped, turned his head, and looked at his wife's profile.
Fiona was watching the back of Wade casting a spell by the flower bed. Her eyes, which were always full of smiles, now clearly reflected worry and unease.
Ferdinand suddenly realized that his wife wasn't truly oblivious to everything. She also sensed the unspoken sense of urgency behind her son's unusual behavior during this holiday.
—In that world beyond their reach, something must be changing dramatically, even making Wade feel threatened, and thus he tries to build a defense for his home.
Ferdinand paused, put down his tools, put his arm around Fiona's shoulder, and whispered:
"Of course, darling."
Ferdinand turned his gaze to Wied and said, "Our son is smarter than we could have imagined. He knows what he is doing and is capable of doing it."
Fiona leaned on her husband's shoulder, let out a soft breath, and said nothing.
"Besides, don't you understand our children?"
Ferdinand said with a smile, "If the situation really gets so bad that he's not sure, Wid will definitely have us move to a safe place first."
Long ago, Vader had jokingly discussed with them that if the Dark Lord of the Wizarding World were to return, they could move their entire families to another country. They even seriously discussed which country would be the safest.
At its peak, Voldemort's power only ravaged this island; he failed to spread his terror throughout Europe, let alone other continents.
Although Wied seemed to have just said it casually at the time and never mentioned it again, Ferdinand did not think that Wied would completely forget this "contingency plan".
Therefore, the fact that he has not yet put forward this final strategy means that the situation should still be under control.
Upon hearing this, Fiona finally smiled and said, "Yes... if it really comes to that, he will definitely do it."
On the wall beside them, a small figure sat on a clock, chin in hand, gazing thoughtfully out the window.
……
In the dead of night, while the Grays were fast asleep, the kitchen door was quietly pushed open a crack, and a figure slipped out.
Then came the second, the third...
Beside the fireplace, Dobby had just tossed a fresh piece of firewood into the fire when he suddenly heard something, his big ears twitched, and he turned around abruptly.
The flickering firelight cast long shadows on the steps, which writhed and swayed on the wall like monsters.
Dobby asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"
Coco was walking up the stairs with her arms outstretched, while Ali stood on tiptoe at the bottom of the steps and reached up. Lena reached out from above to pull Ali up.
Six eyes met Dobby's gaze in mid-air, and the three little puppets let out a strange "ee-yah" sound, whispering, "Run! We've been spotted!"
Then, instead of sneaking upstairs, they leaped between the railings and walls like squirrels, turning into blurry afterimages before darting upstairs and disappearing into the darkness.
Dobby stood there, still holding the fire tongs, and winked at the empty staircase.
He knew the three little ones were playing their own game with their own rules, so he sighed deeply, shook his head helplessly, and then straightened his chest, feeling deeply proud of his maturity and reliability.
At the same time, the three little puppets rushed upstairs and headed straight for Wade's door. Coco, who was in the front, crashed into the door, and Ali and Rena, who were behind her, also bumped into Coco with a thud.
With a creak, the door, which had been slightly ajar, was pushed open.
"Ah, Master, I didn't mean to..."
Coco hurriedly explained, but when she looked up, she found the bedroom silent and the bed empty, with only the curtains in the wardrobe swaying slightly. Just as they got up from the floor—
"Ring ring ring, ring ring ring..."
A crisp, delicate bell rang out in the silence, and the golden bell beside the cabinet door chimed: "Oh, you three, what are you up to, sneaking into the master's room in the middle of the night?"
Coco put her hands on her hips, looked up, and said, "We want to see our master."
Ali hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, we've come to see our master."
Lena said, "Mr. Bell, please help me inform them."
"Hmph, Master already knows."
The bell shook and said, "You'd better have something important to say! If you're bothering your master with trivial matters like what to have for breakfast tomorrow, I'll have the broom spank you when it gets back!"
Coco wasn't scared at all. She reached out and pinched her cheek, making a face at the bell.
Bell: "..." I didn't feel any provocation at all, but instead found it strangely cute.
As they were talking, Wade lifted the curtain and came out, his figure appearing very tall in the dimly lit room.
Then, he bent down and placed the three little ones in his palm, asking, "What's wrong so late?"
Coco and Ali shoved each other a little, but in the end, Lena took a small step forward and gestured with her thin arms, saying:
"We also want to become better."
Coco and Ali nodded vigorously together.
"Coco can protect her owner too!"
"Alibaba wants to be able to help...Alibaba can also be a security line of defense."
“I see…” Wade reached out and patted their little heads, his gaze softening as he said, “I can make some adjustments and optimizations to you. The process might be a little uncomfortable. Would you like to give it a try?”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Coco exclaimed eagerly. "What Master makes will definitely be the best modification."
"Wrong, Coco," Lena said, shaking her head. "This isn't modification, it's an upgrade... We're going to upgrade into a more powerful magical puppet!"
Wade looked at them, a smile flashing in his eyes: "Alright, let's upgrade then."
He re-entered the wardrobe space with the three little puppets. The curtain swayed gently, and the bells rang softly, like music.
At that moment, some other small creatures silently crawled out from inside the curtain—
The gecko, its shell gleaming with a cold light, climbed up the wall to the ceiling, and soon disappeared with a rustling sound.
A very nimble little snake slid out through the gap under the wooden door, slithered around once, and finally crawled into the gap along the edge of the floor.
Next came a group of beetles, which flapped their wings and flew out of the bedroom. Some flew to the curtain box, some hid in the gaps of the bookshelf, and some stayed on the hanging arm of the chandelier.
Finally, there was a slow-moving spider. It came to the eaves, seemingly wanting to spin a web, but when the cold wind blew, the spider hesitated for a moment, withdrew its legs, curled up into a ball, and squeezed itself into the gap in the eaves.
Dobby returned to his little bedroom, patted his fluffy pillow, pulled back the blanket, crawled in, sighed contentedly, closed his eyes, and waited for the next beautiful tomorrow to arrive.
Silence returned to everything.
(End of this chapter)