Chapter 166
Fairies and Bubbles
Chapter 166 Fairies and Bubbles
Michael traveled a long way before he found an ideal place.
This was probably a fortress that former students had built for themselves. The dilapidated wardrobe and the table with missing legs were barely stacked together to form the appearance of a house, leaving only a narrow gap in the middle.
"That's it!" Michael said. "Hurry up, we have to seal all the big gaps."
Wade waved his wand, and the stool next to him flew up, blocking the large gap. The surrounding tiny debris automatically filled the small gaps, leaving only three or four observation ports.
"The rules of this battle royale are very simple," Michael said. "First, don't get hit. Second, don't get discovered. Third, find a way to catch their queen."
"The Queen?" Vader asked.
"Yes...don't talk, they are coming!"
Michael made a silent gesture and asked Wade to look out the observation port.
I saw a large group of small humanoid creatures flapping their wings, holding small magic wands in their hands, flying menacingly through the middle of the alley.
Wade's eyes widened, he looked at Michael and whispered, "Fairy?"
Michael nodded and grinned. A green fairy seemed to have heard the noise, so it flew over and looked through the gap.
Michael and Wade had already hidden to the sides, and it saw nothing.
The fairy raised her magic wand, and with two "puffs", two balls of red berry liquid shot out from the tip of the wand, hitting the table opposite, leaving a trail of sweet fragrance.
Thinking that there was no one around, the fairy turned and flew away.
“Ahhh…I’ve been discovered!”
A scream was heard not far away, and a man and a woman pushed away the obstruction in front of them and ran away hand in hand. The fairies all chased after them with a whoosh, and dozens of balls of berry juice chased after them.
"Puff puff……"
They left a trail of fragrance behind them.
Vader looked at Michael.
"I can take them all out with one hand."
"I can, but no, I can't use powerful magic on them."
"Not even when capturing the queen?"
"This is the only magic that can be used on fairies."
Michael raised his wand and whispered a spell, and a tiny bubble emerged from the tip of the wand, just the right size to trap a fairy.
"It's very simple, I'll teach you." said Michael.
"No, I've already learned it."
Vader raised his wand and a bubble ten times larger appeared.
Just then a fairy flew nearby and saw through the gap that there was someone inside.
It raised its little magic wand murderously, and as soon as it came in, it saw Wade's huge, still expanding bubble. It screamed immediately, flapping its wings and quickly ran away.
The two looked in the direction where the fairy disappeared, and then looked at each other.
"Ved, cheating is not allowed."
"How can this be considered cheating? I'm using the same spell as you guys."
"...If the spell's power exceeds the limit, it's cheating."
"……All right."
Vader regretfully burst the bubbles.
The two of them stayed in the "fortress". If they saw a single fairy, they would catch it with bubbles. If they saw a group of fairies, they would hide. Sometimes, when there were too many fairies, they even had to block the observation holes.
Fairies are simple-minded creatures. As long as they are not seen directly, they think there is no one. Wade caught the little guy several times when the fairy turned around to leave.
When the number of fairies gradually decreased, the students came out of their respective shelters and ambushed and captured the fairies from all directions.
The fairy queen wore a golden skirt and had a pair of gorgeous and wide wings. She had been flying in the center of the fairies, but when the soldiers were captured, her figure was gradually exposed.
When everyone was hunting the fairies, a Gryffindor girl jumped down from a height, and before the fairies could react, she caught the golden queen with a bubble. "I won!" She raised her wand and cheered loudly.
Her companions also jumped and danced, and the remaining fairies grabbed her hair in anger, but they ignored them.
"Hey, what's so great about catching the queen? Why don't we compete to see who can catch more?"
Another Slytherin boy pulled out a bag filled with fairies trapped in bubbles.
"We have thirty-five!"
"We are thirty-eight!"
"Forty-seven!"
Everyone took turns showing off the fairies they had captured.
"Cough cough." Michael coughed twice deliberately, and after attracting everyone's attention, he waved his wand.
With a "crash", a pile of fairy balls like a small hill rolled down.
"I didn't count how many..." Michael pretended to be modest and boasted, "But there are probably more than 200, right?"
Everyone was quiet for a moment.
"Want to go eat?"
"Okay, I'm hungry!"
"Let's go to the library after dinner?"
"Okay, go do your homework."
The others dispersed instantly, and Michael blinked.
After all the students had gone far away, Wade heard someone say, "No wonder... I felt like today's game ended a little too quickly..."
"Most of them must have been caught by Wade!" someone else said.
"Humph, it's all jealousy!" Michael said angrily because he didn't receive any envy or admiration.
"Oh, it looks like the game is over."
Professor Flitwick appeared and waved his wand, and all the bubbles that trapped the fairies disappeared.
The fairies flew out and gathered around Professor Flitwick, buzzing and accusing the students.
"All right, all right," Professor Flitwick said soothingly, pulling out a large jar. "Come and have some nectar!"
The fairies immediately forgot what they had just said and landed on the jar obediently.
"How is it, Weder?" Professor Flitwick asked, "Is this escape game fun?"
"It's interesting, but it lacks a bit of excitement." Wade raised his eyebrows: "Professor, I have an idea..."
Michael leaned over to listen, and several fairies landed on their shoulders and flapped their wings gently.
Professor Flitwick nodded as he listened. "Not bad, not bad. This is much more interesting... But it's a big project. I have to call other professors to help, and I also need to get Professor McGonagall's permission..."
"Don't worry, Professor McGonagall will definitely approve it... It's this kind of scoreboard... Can it be made? It sounds complicated..." Michael said.
"It's not very difficult." Wade said, "I'll ask Fred and George to help me, and we can get it done in an afternoon..."
"Then I can call on other people to help." Michael said: "Padma can draw the sketch, and Theo and I will classify the monsters, and the scoring must be reasonable..."
"For architecture, you can call on senior students."
"Cedric is very charismatic. He can call on a large group of people to help with the work."
“Complete in one day?”
"No problem!" Michael made an "OK" gesture decisively.
The next update will be delayed, maybe until the evening
(End of this chapter)