Chapter 402
V Area
Chapter 402 V Area
"Yes, she ran away... Maybe I shouldn't say this from my perspective, but I think... it's a good thing she ran away."
Professor Sprout sighed deeply and said.
"What happened?" Vader asked.
"The Ministry of Magic wants to execute that girl, and they don't want to let the child who was rescued with her go easily."
Professor Sprout, remembering the argument she had heard on the ship a few days ago, could not help but get angry. She said:
"They are planning to incarcerate these kids, and I heard some people say they won't let them go until they are at least adults and proven to be no longer a threat."
"But if that's the case, how will they survive when they are released into society? No one cares! No one thinks about that at all!"
She said this angrily, her nostrils flaring, and she took a deep breath before saying:
"After the girl escaped, the Ministry of Magic suddenly realized that anger and hatred would breed more powerful dark creatures. They were afraid of being retaliated by the Obscurus, so they suddenly changed their tune and said that they could consider treating those children more leniently."
She said this in a mocking tone, and her expression was almost similar to Professor Snape.
Wade asked, "But there is still controversy about how to deal with it?"
"Yes." Professor Sprout said, "Dumbledore wanted to send the magical children to Hogwarts, but... alas... but was opposed by most of the board of directors."
"Actually, I can understand their thinking... and some of the children are indeed older. Even if they enter the school, they will graduate soon, but they will most likely not be able to pass the wizard level test."
"Later, both sides made concessions. Children over the age of eleven could not be admitted to the school as an exception. However, the Ministry of Magic specially approved a sum of money for them to take correspondence courses in introductory magic. This way, after graduation, they will have mastered some simple magic and at least be able to find a way to support themselves."
"Correspondence courses?" Wade asked in confusion, "I thought there was only one school of magic in the whole of Britain, Hogwarts!"
Professor Sprout smiled tolerantly: "Of course, there is only Hogwarts in the UK, but there are also some wizards who will open a magic correspondence course in their own yards, recruit a few crappy students, and teach some simple household magic - in fact, they are all tricks to fool people."
"But the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore together should be able to find a reliable teacher for those children."
"Once they are all settled, perhaps next week, Dumbledore should return to school."
Wade had been planning to ask about the whereabouts of those ordinary children who couldn't do magic, but when he saw that students for the next class had already started to enter the greenhouse, he thanked Professor Sprout and said goodbye.
Once outside, Wade joined Michael.
"There's still more than an hour until History of Magic!" Michael said, "How about going to the maze and arranging a competition?"
"Okay."
Wade happened to be feeling a little depressed recently and wanted to relax.
The two turned a corner and headed towards the maze.
Ron and Harry, who had just come out of the castle, also saw the two people turning from afar.
Harry immediately said sympathetically, "It's bad luck for anyone who goes to the maze today."
"Um... yeah..." Ron said absentmindedly, looking over there.
……
Wade did not use enlarged insects to bully children in the maze as Harry had imagined.
Most of the students who could still play in the maze during normal class hours were lower grade students with fewer classes. When they saw Wade, they ran away as if they were afraid that they would be caught by him if they ran too slowly.
"Hahahaha... Wade, you're being treated as the god of plague... hahahaha..."
Seeing this, Michael laughed at him loudly, laughing so hard that he fell backwards. Wade touched his nose embarrassedly.
"I don't plan to use insects to bully them today..." Wade said helplessly.
"Okay, the next batch can come in!"
It happened that Hagrid was on duty in the maze today. He opened the entrance of the maze and shouted, but there was no sign of the little wizards who had been eager to get in in the past.
Hagrid put his hands on the bush wall in surprise and looked out, and saw only Wade and Michael standing outside.
"Where's everyone?" Hagrid asked puzzledly. "Why are there only two of you left?"
"Ahem!" Michael coughed dryly, stopped laughing and said seriously, "They all went to class."
"Well..." Hagrid muttered disappointedly, "Looks like there's no one else. Do you two want to come in?"
"Uh..." Michael hesitated for a moment before saying, "Let's go. Now that we're here..."
Wade took the lead and Michael hurriedly followed: "Let's make it clear first, Wade, we only pass the level, not compete, OK?"
"What's the point of breaking through?" Wade said, "Since there's no one else, I'll take you to see something new."
"What is it?"
Michael asked curiously, but Wade smiled mysteriously and did not answer.
At the entrance behind him, vines stretched and closed together, weaving like a weave, closing the gap in the wall.
Behind the wall, Hagrid, sitting on a rock, put down his pink umbrella and picked up the ball of yarn and a handful of hair of an unknown animal at his feet.
"What are you doing, Hagrid?" Michael asked him.
"Oh, I'm going to make a belt out of the hair of the Chimera, the old one is about to break."
"Would you like one? I could make one for you, too," Hagrid asked, as he tangled the yarn and fur together with his thick fingers.
Michael looked at the belt that was thicker than his arm and quickly waved his hands and said, "Forget it, forget it. I can't use it."
Wade also greeted Hagrid, and then said, "Professor Hagrid, we are going to Area V."
"V-Zone? Oh, okay."
Hagrid picked up the pink umbrella and knocked on the wall, and an arched entrance appeared in the bush wall.
"Go ahead, and be careful," said Hagrid.
"Got it, thank you."
Vader waved his hand and walked inside.
"Area V?" Michael walked beside him and asked, "What is this place? How come I have never heard of it?"
"It's normal that you haven't heard of it, because this is a newly opened area."
Wade said, leading the way. Michael looked back at the sealed entrance, then at the walls on both sides that were getting higher and higher, and felt that the surroundings were unusually quiet.
It's not like this usually -
Once you step into the maze, every step may be a trap and a challenge.
Not only are there traps set up by school professors, but every student who has passed through here may leave a trap for those who come after them.
So even if you follow the same route repeatedly into the maze, you may encounter new "surprises" every time, which is the fun of the Hogwarts maze. Michael recalled the process of stepping into the maze in the past, while comparing it with the silence at this time, and felt a strange uneasiness in his heart.
He couldn't help but want to find something to say.
"The wall around this place is really high - even higher than Professor Hagrid's." Michael looked up at the tall green shrub wall and asked, "Why is it built so high? Is there any secret building hidden inside?"
"It's not a secret building, but some creatures." Wade stopped and said, "Look, they are coming."
Michael was stunned, and then he saw a dark green giant monster dragging a long wooden stick, staggering out from the end of the passage.
He turned his head suddenly and saw a werewolf appearing silently from behind. It looked at the two of them and let out a low growl.
A low laugh sounded above his head, and Michael looked up, only to see two people squatting on each side of the bush wall... They looked like humans, but their eyes were glowing red, and their mouths were full of sharp fangs.
Michael: “…”
……
Half an hour later, Wade couldn't help but admire Michael as he looked at him sitting on a natural chair formed by tree roots and picking pine nuts to eat.
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Just now this guy was so scared by the monster that suddenly appeared that his face turned pale, but after seeing the vampire girl on the wall, he suddenly said:
"You must be very cold wearing so little, right? And you're wearing a skirt, so it's easy to expose yourself if you stand against the wall!"
The vampire girl burst out laughing, and the tense atmosphere created by the other monsters disappeared.
They looked at each other, then at Wade. The werewolf asked honestly, "If he doesn't run, should we still chase him?"
"Be flexible, everyone. If a student is so scared that he collapses on the ground, will you let him go?" Wade said helplessly, "Pretend to attack and surround the enemy to attack the reinforcements. Didn't I teach you that?"
"Oh--"
The werewolf suddenly realized something, and with a clatter of his claws, he actually took out a small notebook from his stomach and wrote it down carefully.
The troll tilted his head, and seeing that there would be no fight for the time being, he dragged his stick and walked away with heavy steps.
The handsome chestnut-haired vampire bowed and said, "Please feel free to call upon us whenever you need us."
After saying that, he jumped to the other side of the wall and the other vampires disappeared with him.
Michael looked at the direction where the female vampire disappeared with a sense of loss, and suddenly sighed heavily.
"She is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen... but it's a pity that she is not human... not even a vampire..."
"If it were a real vampire, would you still pursue it?" Vader asked.
Michael said angrily: "Love is not restricted by race!" After a pause, he added frustratedly: "But I can't accept that it is a puppet."
Ved complained: "Padma has a reason for breaking up with you."
Michael thought of Padma and began to sigh again.
The last time Wade saw the two of them sitting together peacefully, talking and laughing, he thought they had reconciled, but who knew that they had actually broken up completely.
Padma couldn't stand Michael's behavior of being gentle to every girl and often talking and laughing with beautiful girls, and the two had quarreled several times.
Michael could understand Padma's anger, but he just couldn't change his way of doing things.
From lovers back to ordinary friends, their relationship has become more harmonious.
After all, Michael has always been very nice to Padma.
But he is also very nice to other girls, which makes Padma, as his girlfriend, feel annoyed and uneasy; but as a friend, Padma can learn to turn a blind eye.
The relationship between the two was an area that Wade had never been involved in. He rarely interfered, and at this time he only mentioned it, and then turned the topic to Michael's performance just now -
"Honestly, you didn't feel scared just now?" Wade asked in confusion, "Or was there a flaw in the puppet I made that you saw through it at a glance?"
"That's not the case," Michael said. "Real trolls may not be that scary, because... you know, trolls are fools, but golems are not."
"Then you are..."
"Because I haven't forgotten that it was you who brought me in."
Michael said casually, "You're not going to bring me here to die! There's no way the professors at the school would let so many monsters sneak into Hogwarts without noticing."
"If you think about this and think about the creatures like the red hat that appeared in the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts course, the conclusion is obvious. Is this another group of puppet creatures?"
Vader was speechless.
It's easy to say, but when facing a life-and-death crisis, how many people can still think calmly?
As they were talking, the two finally passed through the long passage and arrived at the real V area.
It looked as if we were in the depths of the forbidden forest. The huge trees had intertwined roots and knots, forming a canopy. There was almost no sunlight on the ground, making it seem cold and damp.
There are some dead trees around, with branches and claws bared, as if they are monsters with slender fingers stretched out, ready to bite someone.
Michael adapted well to this frightening atmosphere. After a tour, he picked up some pine cones. It was not difficult for the two people with magic to peel the pine nuts.
He even had time to comment while eating——
“The atmosphere is good, but the place is a bit small. It would be better if it could be expanded into the forbidden forest.”
"That's unlikely." Wade sat on another tree trunk and said, "The creation of the maze has already caused some creatures in the Forbidden Forest to protest to Dumbledore. If it is extended further inward, they will definitely be very angry."
"Besides, beyond a certain range, the school's magic will not be able to protect all the students."
"That's a shame," Michael said. "In such a small place, everyone will soon be able to tell whether these puppets are real or fake."
Not far from them, several giant monsters huddled together in a wronged manner, setting up a fire and pretending to be warming themselves. Their huge bodies looked very cramped.
Werewolves ran around from time to time, their lanky figures often flashing by.
Only the vampire hid well and never showed up.
"Area V is only temporary," Wade said. "Professor Dumbledore has invited Mr. Scamander to help. During the holidays, they will use magic to move Area V to the underground maze. When the area is connected, it will look not much different from the Forbidden Forest."
Michael opened his mouth in surprise: "Is this even possible? Moving a whole space there?"
Wade paused, also surprised: "Are you surprised by this? Isn't time magic more magical?"
The two looked at each other for a while and decided to give up changing each other's perception.
Wade asked, "Do you want to try what it's like to fight a werewolf?"
"Okay!" Michael jumped up happily from the seat at the root of the tree, holding his wand.
Wade clapped his hands, and a werewolf slowly walked out from the woods.
(End of this chapter)