[HP] I'm hanging out at Hogwarts

Chapter 114 The Cage

Blue star flowers are blooming in Knott Manor, swaying in the midsummer breeze, bathed in the moonlight among the dark blue domes.The evening party was dimly lit, and the gray walls outside the ancient building were decorated with magic. Through the fluorescent glass, the iron-black window bars divided the scene inside into pieces.

Except for Nott, everyone in this house seems to be beaming.Old Nott had a smirk on his face. He changed into the expensive dress he didn't often wear, and entertained the guests.

Raisin cakes and baked soft and sweet cookies were continuously supplied on the dining table. Grilled lamb chops and small sausages were stacked on a large plate, but almost no one touched them.Bottles of champagne are automatically refilled for guests.

The men and women at the banquet talked loudly, wishing Old Nott that he would be so lucky to be married to the Usain family.The Usain family is loyal to the Dark Lord and is a powerful assistant in France.

The young lady of the Usain family, Lillian Usain, is a sweet-looking girl with long black hair like an Asian, but mysterious brown eyes.

Wearing a silver dress robe, she walked down the steps step by step, facing the cheers of the crowd with an unusually calm face.

"She is indeed very beautiful, and she is a good match for Theodore." Daphne took a sip of iced champagne, "I didn't expect that among us, Theodore was the first to get engaged."

The girls around Daphne laughed together.

While talking, her eyes came to Theodore next to Lilian. His whole body was tense, including that face, which seemed to be colder than usual.A stiff arm was around Lillian.

"I do sympathize with him, he looks like he is going to the execution ground." Blaise said jokingly.

"Obviously they are engaged, why are you so happy?" Pansy glanced at Blaise, and finally turned to Draco who was talking with his father Lucius and the patriarch of the family. "Time flies so fast, doesn't it?"

Draco followed behind his father and nodded with a forced smile. Here at Pansy, she couldn't hear a word Draco said.

"This Miss Usain will also transfer to Hogwarts when the school starts. If there is no accident, it will be our college. It will be more interesting then."

"Sister, it's better not to talk nonsense at this time." Astoria said.

She vaguely felt that the present atmosphere was very strange, and there was no joy and joy of engagement here at all.The arrogance of the Usain family, the helplessness of the Nott family, the perfunctory blessings of the guests...

It's all very strange.

Sure enough, as Astoria thought, during the engagement ceremony, she was almost sure that Theodore dropped the ring "accidentally" on the ground on purpose.

Theodore took advantage of the time to pick up the ring and scanned the crowd. Except for Draco and the others, there were no other familiar figures in the crowd.

Holding the incomparably hard ring in his hand, he felt a burst of joy and sorrow in his heart.

Fortunately and unfortunately, she didn't come.

"What is he looking at?" Madam Usain asked with some dissatisfaction. "Lillian has put her hand out."

Blaise also began to look around. If Anne saw this scene, would she be sad...or happy?

The most Brace wanted was for her to feel nothing.So at least it proved that no one walked into her heart.

The moment Theodore put the ring on her, Blaise felt genuine joy in his heart. Theodore's future wife would be the heroine at today's banquet——Lillian Usain.

And his and Anne's story is over.

The "engaged couple" never smiled at each other.

After this painful and long ceremony ended, Theodore disappeared from everyone's sight, sitting alone in the garden and sighing relaxedly.

"It's over, Theodore." Blaise sat down beside him. "I know it's hard to suddenly accept a stranger as a fiancée..."

"I can see you're happy," said Theodore. "I can no longer get involved in your story with her, but that doesn't mean I don't have a chance."

"This sentence is really like what I said. I thought you would be a guy who valued love and righteousness, and at least he would know how to respect your unmarried wife. Look at what you are saying now, it sounds like a libertine." Bray Si said, looking at the ring on Theodore's middle finger.

"I'm nothing more than a hostage. They used this relationship to bind me and our entire family. As long as we have a slight betrayal... Usain will immediately report."

Theodore's eyes grew darker.

"Brace, I really envy you, you live freely and romantically..."

"If you keep messing around with her, you're only going to kill her. And you're going to kill yourself," Blaise said. "She came out of the maze with Harry Potter last semester, and everything she went through Enough. She's been targeted."

"You're right, approaching her will only increase that person's suspicion. I can't risk my family." Theodore smiled self-deprecatingly, "I sometimes wonder, is she heartless? "

"My best hope is that she has no heart." Blaise smiled bitterly, "This way I won't think it's my ability."

"You are very similar to her, you live so freely and romanticly..."

"I'm not like her at all. I'm a label person. From a very early age, I seem to be what people say...I do what they say...I never care that I will What became. But she broke my lie, yes, I didn't like her at all at first, I wanted to see her become arrogant because of my pursuit... You know, I I always like to reveal my true colors when girls feel that they are about to succeed."

"What a bastard you are," said Theodore.

"She said in the third grade that I don't know how to really like her. Her goal has always been clear, and she wants someone who really likes her. And I, because I have a criminal record of punishing her...so I am directly at a disadvantage Bar…"

"She'll change about me," Blaise said silently, leaving Theodore alone. "If you want to hit me...be patient."

Theodore didn't know when his hands had been tightly clenched into fists.When he heard what Blaise said, he was actually going crazy with jealousy.

Why did all the bad things happen to him?The mother who loved him passed away, and his father was tortured by a mysterious person... and he unintentionally became the weakness of the Nott family.

All he could do was to be patient and calm.

Emotional fluctuations caused the star flowers in the garden to vibrate, and they turned into petals and fell into the soil in an instant.Theodore's own hair was also a mess.

He really wanted to cry sadly, but his responsibilities did not allow him to do so.He adjusted his bow tie again, took a deep breath, and continued to run towards the endless abyss he would face.

Millicent didn't like this Lillian very much. In her eyes, this Lillian was too perfect, so perfect that it was impeccable. All the girls circled around her and introduced Hogwarts to her.

"Who is this lady?" Lilian saw the unremarkable Millicent in the corner.

"Oh, she's from the Bulstrode family, it doesn't matter."

The chattering voices of the girls soon drowned out Lilian. She broke through the encirclement with great effort, and walked towards Millicent with a glass of drink.

"Hello, Miss Burst, I'm Lillian Usain, I hope we can become good friends in the future."

Millicent ignored her, looked at Lilian's wine glass in the air, smiled awkwardly, and could only reluctantly agree.

"I already have a great friend. Thank you."

"I'm really curious what kind of character this friend of yours is?"

"She's a very interesting person."

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The temperature in Beijing in August is frighteningly high, and the whole city seems to be shrouded in a furnace.

"Ah... Merlin, someone must be talking about me behind my back..." Annie sneezed unexpectedly.Then he glanced at Eric next to him.

Eric looked at Annie with a look of disgust, "Why are you looking at me? It's not that I'm scolding you behind your back. You do so many immoral things every day, can you stop people from talking about you behind your back?"

"You're the one doing immoral things behind other people's backs!" After speaking, Annie rewarded Eric with a chestnut.

"Stop beating, stop beating." Zhu Peiqi trembled when she saw this violent scene. "I'm so happy, Annie, you're coming to China again for your summer vacation this year!"

"Peggy, let me tell you, you must tell your parents that you are buying a house in Beijing now, and the house price will rise terribly in the future..." Annie said, and the popsicle in her hand was snatched away by Eric up.

"I'll just take a bite!"

"You think I don't know your "billion mouth"!"

"Hmm... By the way, I don't know why Annie, you came to China again this year? Are you seeing a doctor again?" Peggy asked weakly, Annie who fought with Eric is really rare.

"This time, it's not a medical visit. It seems to be a matter between Smelly Dad and the Chinese Ministry of Magic. But we will only stay here for a short time, and we will go to France in a few days." Annie said.

"France?"

"It's because Uncle William was afraid that she would be in a bad mood, so we went out to relax together." Eric poked Annie's head, "She is the most troublesome fellow."

"Stop making trouble, look at the sky and see if there is anything..." Peggy watched as the originally clear sky suddenly turned cloudy, the wind started to blow, and the icy rain began to fall.Clouds of black mist scurry in the sky.

"What is that? Soul Eater?" Eric pulled Annie and Peggy to find an alley sheltered from the rain, and the surrounding houses just formed a shelter from the rain.

"Isn't that a European specialty? Why did you come to China to play wild?" Annie watched the black mist descending from the sky, sweeping away the Muggle clothes.

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The headquarters of the Chinese Ministry of Magic is underground, with numerous entrances, accessible through a certain water meter cover.In addition to the expected Chinese-style architecture, wooden structure and elevator floor, the center of the headquarters is a huge golden lotus, and the statue of Laozi is placed in it.The black bird flies in it.

At this moment, Mr. William Panik and Mr. Wang, Minister of the Ministry of Magic of China, are looking at each other.

"Eh..." Mr. Wang said awkwardly, motioning for the translator beside him to come over.

"No, no, I can speak Chinese. This time I am here to say hello to you on behalf of the British Ministry of Magic and the mysterious anti-mafia organization in the UK. At the same time, it is also a warning to you. That force has already spread from Europe."

"We have been paying close attention recently. It is true that strange and abnormal weather has appeared in various regions recently, but if it is because of the invasion of your dark forces in Europe, then you should be responsible, right?"

"Dumbledore thought too, but everyone is too afraid of that person's power... You are also a person who has experienced Grindelwald's era. If you were asked to relive that era, would you be willing to believe it? Although this person's power has not yet Spread to Asia, but compared to Grindelwald, he is even worse."

When Minister Wang heard this, his fat body trembled, "We all remember... that Grindelwald who made the whole world tremble... We also suffered a lot. How is Dumbledore's attitude?"

"Since there is really no evidence, we are suppressing the news for the time being. The current situation is changing rapidly, and we cannot predict what his next plan will be. I also hope that you can cooperate and protect the Muggles."

William is getting more and more confused about the current story... The Soul Eater set foot in the east that never came, maybe the whole world has their shadows, Barty Crouch Jr.'s escape... Petrov Munda's There are more and more variables.Voldemort's plans became more elusive.

Anne Panic was in a very unbeautiful mood...

Because it was her and Eric who went to France for vacation!

William received Dumbledore's letter and returned to England ahead of schedule.

Nothing left but money... ugh... no needle poking.

But the good news is that Anne still has a diary, so she can secretly scold Eric with Riddle.But Riddle has been listless since he came back from the cemetery, and he seems to have something on his mind.

But she still looks forward to going to France for vacation. After getting off the plane at Charles de Gault Airport, she and Eric boarded the train to Provence, enjoying the beautiful scenery slowly.

It seems to have forgotten all the bad things.

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Next chapter: Xiao Ai's special session, on how to get beaten in a foreign country