"Walk!"
In the moment when the wall in the corner was knocked down and the raised dust obscured her sight, Tia was able to identify the owner of the voice at once - it was the person who rescued her from the dark dungeon and replaced her halfway. The strange boy blocked the powerful enemy.
She didn't hesitate anymore, because she knew that staying here would have no meaning at all, but would only get in the way. So after coming back to her senses, she got up from the ground and turned around and ran, heading straight for the gate of the monastery - she was so focused on escaping that she didn't even notice Brooks chasing behind her.
It wasn't until a strong force pulled her hard from behind that she realized that Brooks had actually been following her since just now.
"This way!"
Brooks pointed to the window not far away from him and pulled her to run there.
"I'll help you climb out, it'll be faster."
No matter whether No-Majs make up the majority or not, there are always enemies in the monastery. If you stay there for a while, there will definitely be more danger. Clearly, Brooks had the right idea.
"Clang—"
Brooks dragged the nearby wooden frame with flowerpots and pushed hard against the colorful mosaic window, causing the window glass to shatter. Then he turned around with his back against the wall under the window, half-kneeling and motioning for Tia to step on him and climb out of the window.
"and you… "
"It's okay, I can get over by myself, hurry up!"
No one had caught up with her yet, so Tia hesitated for a moment and heard Brooks urging her again. She paused, and finally gritted her teeth, followed the other person's knees and shoulders to the window sill, and then jumped into the pitch-black world outside.
When she rolled a few times on the soft grass outside the window, she stopped, raised her upper body and looked up at the window again. What she saw was Brooks who had clearly climbed onto the window sill, as if he had been violently pulled from inside by someone. It seemed as if it was a handful, and suddenly disappeared from the window.
The next moment, another familiar figure replaced Brooks' previous position and appeared in Tia's field of vision.
It was the dark wizard who dragged her to the study and was knocked unconscious by that boy not long ago! He's awake—and not only awake, he's catching up!
"Well," the man standing at the window held his forehead and shook his head, as if he was still a little dizzy, "Damn it... look, what kind of trouble have you caused to the master? There is a strange boy over there. … There’s also a swarm of noisy flies sneaking up outside, which is really… annoying!”
As he said this, he clenched his fist and hit his head hard, as if doing so would make him more awake.
Seeing the other party's appearance, Tia immediately wanted to take this opportunity to turn around and escape, but before she could get up and run a few more steps, she heard the sudden sound of wind behind her.
"Bang!"
Several rays of fire flew out of a window on the side of the monastery at high speed, and one of them accurately hit the small figure running forward. The next second, the figure was knocked away by the impact, brushed against the not-too-high wooden railing, and finally fell into the cold river water outside with a "plop".
The wizard at the window glanced at the river not far away, then looked back at the room, then turned around and went back.
…
"When I woke up, I found that I was already in the ward of the Magic Medical Center. There was an Auror guarding the bedside, asking me some questions. It wasn't until I recovered that I was discharged from the hospital and was taken to the Parliament Building. When I compared the transcripts, I saw Brooks again - he seemed fine, but seemed very tired. Some people said that he was rescued by an Auror after several days."
"But... that's not important anymore."
When Tia said this, she looked at her brother opposite and shook her head, with a thoughtful look on her face. But more than anything, it was still fear.
"Later, I was let out of the Parliament building first, and I was led out of the Auror office by a witch. At that time, I said I wanted to go to the bathroom... Then, Severus, guess what, I was watching in the corridor at the door of the bathroom. Who arrived?"
Opposite him, Severus frowned, but said nothing. He just raised his chin towards Tia, signaling her to speak quickly.
Tia licked her lips that were a little dry from talking too much, swallowed and said softly:
"It's still the dark wizard - I'm definitely not wrong! Although he changed into a neat and crisp suit, I can remember that face and that look forever! However... However... Just when I wanted to turn around and meet the man next to me When a witch from the Magic Congress said that, the witch pressed me on my shoulder, and looked at me coldly with the man on the other side with terrifying eyes... At that moment, I knew that the other person must know me. She doesn’t want me to say anything!”
At this point, Tia, who was immersed in that memory, couldn't help being silent for a few seconds, and then finally said:
"A few years later, I accidentally learned that the man was called 'Jason' when looking through the list of winners in a school magazine in Ilvermorny. And his last name... like John and Brooks, was also 'Stewart' .”
"Tsk."
Severus, who had been listening quietly, finally couldn't help but smacked the tip of his tongue again and whispered to himself:
"Is there really something wrong with that family that carved the stone?"
After listening to Tia recounting so many experiences about that major case in the American wizarding world, what didn't he understand? Such an incident involving a suspected Obscurus and a captive-bred Obscurus is probably the conflict involving Greenwald in the American Legacy Party that was resolved by Maca
Even if Severus himself wasn't involved at that time, how could he not know about such a big thing
But what he didn't expect was that this problem that should have been solved ten years ago was inexplicably delayed for such a long time. Among them, it is very likely that the Stewart family, which holds high the banner of "Wizards and No-Majs can live together equally" in the American wizarding world, is causing trouble!
"So that means," he thought and murmured to himself, "those guys coming here this time probably have bad intentions."
Before he finished speaking, Severus suddenly stood up using the handrail and walked towards the door without hesitation.
"You stay here and you are not allowed to go anywhere."
"Hey, wait!"
Tia hurriedly stood up and immediately took two steps toward the door, but her brother suddenly turned back and stared in his tracks.
"I said, you wait here, don't you hear me clearly?" Severus scolded impatiently.