It must be said that compared to John, who has always been a little unreliable in his work, Brooks, the younger brother, is indeed a good boy.
He has excellent talent in magic, and has a sense of justice in dealing with others. At some critical moments, he can still show calmness and bravery that most of his peers do not possess. Therefore, whether it is for Ilvermorny or the Stewart family where he was born, he is a capable and outstanding young man.
At the same time... it was obvious that he had a crush on the girl named Tia Prince beside him, so much so that when he found out that she had fallen into a dangerous situation, he even did not hesitate to step into it himself.
Yes, as a junior student in Ilvermorny, he can already be regarded as outstanding. But even so, in the face of the danger here, he had already understood his own weight from the Shitabe boy.
"Ta, Ta, Ta..."
The vertical pendulum clock in the corner ahead was ticking, slightly offset from the footsteps coming from the same direction, and it was clearly audible in this quiet corridor. So he didn't dare to move and could only squat here, silently waiting for the other party to walk over step by step.
Maybe it was just an ordinary No-Maj staying here. He couldn't sleep at night, so he got up and walked around. If that was the case, it would be lucky, because most No-Majs who happened to pass by would not notice the hasty covering with magic spells. In the corner behind this large vase.
He knew that this spell was the best he could achieve at the moment. It's just that the difficulty of the spell itself is beyond his ability. Even a No-Maj will notice something abnormal if he looks here carefully. Fortunately, it was night, and the insufficient lighting made the chance of the two of them being discovered much smaller.
However, if that was a wizard... According to his observations and understanding of following the Nashtabe boy in the past few days, there is a wizard in this monastery, and there is more than one person! In addition, it was already the dead of night - the possibility of the other party being a wizard was actually greater than that of a No-Maj.
Therefore, while Brooks prayed secretly in his heart, he had to tighten his grip on the wand in his hand.
"Pah... pah... pah..."
The man seemed to be wearing a pair of slippers, which made his voice drag when he walked. Brooks didn't look around anymore, but just listened silently with Tia who was further inside, hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer.
Both of them were a little nervous. Brooks was worried that if the other party found out, others would be attracted immediately, while Tia was more worried that the recovered Alyssa would catch up with others.
After much difficulty, the two children couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when they heard that the person in the corridor finally walked past without noticing, without stopping for a step, and then gradually moved away.
"We're gone... let's keep running!"
Brooks, who was looking out again, after confirming that there was no one in the corridor, tried to reach out to pull Tia's arm without looking back, but after tugging, he found that there was no pull.
"Miss Prince, what-"
He looked back with some doubts, but suddenly his whole body froze and his scalp felt numb. Because he saw that there was another figure in the corner where Tia was supposed to be alone. When he looked in, that person actually nodded gently at him with a gentle look on his face.
And Tia, who was closer to the other party than him at the moment, was naturally even more afraid to act rashly.
"Another lovable child! My dear, is this the gift you brought for me?" After the other party glanced at Brooks, he lowered his eyes slightly and stared at Tia in front of him again, and said softly, "Of course , compared to the 'big gift' just now, this is obviously nothing... isn't it?"
Saying this, the other party gently stretched out his hand, as if to touch Tia's cheek. But at the moment when he was about to touch her, Tia, who suddenly came to her senses, leaned back slightly and hid.
Then, Tia used a slightly dry voice and whispered with difficulty:
"...Alyssa."
She still caught up, even though her forehead was stained with sweat, even though her clothes and hair were messy, and even though the blood vessels between her neck were swollen and bulging, they still caught up with her!
"Yes, it's me, your Alyssa." The other party smiled, but there was a hint of madness under the gentle and charitable face, "You did a good job just now, I must praise you, because You obviously understand the importance of a wand to a wizard - so you didn't forget to break my wand before you left - you did a great job!"
She first praised Tia inexplicably, which made Tia's hair stand on end, but she didn't know what she should do. She could only stiffen her neck and purse her thin lips, waiting for the situation to develop.
However, when Tia felt that she couldn't do anything, Brooks beside her obviously didn't give up. At the moment before Alyssa finished speaking, very suddenly, Brooks used the cover of Tia's body to stretch out the wand that he had prepared for a long time.
Unfortunately…
"Expelliarmus."
"Bang!"
The next second Brooks' wand quietly reached out, Alyssa in front of Tia waved her backhand abruptly, and a red light suddenly passed between the three of them, accurately hitting the tip of Brooks' wand.
The next moment, his wand flew up, drew an arc in mid-air, and landed far away in another corner of the wall.
After doing all this, Alyssa shook the new wand in her hand, and still looked at Tia without raising her head and said:
"Look! Does it look familiar?"
"My... wand." Tia stared closely and murmured.
"That's right," Alyssa said with a smile again, "I thought you would go back to the room first. It's obviously near the exit, but you just focused on escaping and didn't actually go. So you see, even if you occasionally There has been some growth, but you are still not smart enough after all... I was right at the beginning, wasn't I?"
Having said this, she finally put the wand in her hand on Tia's forehead again, and said with a smile:
"Then, let me give you the gift you confiscated just now! My dear, you have to accept it well this time! Cruciatus—"
"boom!"
As an explosion sounded in time, she was unable to finish her spell.