Chapter 3: The Ring of Waywardness
As soon as Dumbledore and the three left, Michael Bryce immediately returned to his former elite demeanor.
Looking at the watch, the hour and minute hands on the dial point to nine at the same time.
With a hint of apology, Michael Bryce said to Nick, "Mr. Cooper, according to the original plan, we will leave at 11 p.m. and go to the nearest local airport. β
"However, there was a slight change in the plan for safety. β
"We will split up in three vehicles and head to the local airport as originally planned, while you, your wife and children will be personally escorted by me to London City Airport, which will take about an hour and fifteen minutes. β
"We will leave an hour and a half early, that is, half an hour later, please prepare the belongings you and your family want to take with you, and we will leave as soon as the time comes. β
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It has to be said that the plan made by Michael Bryce is very professional.
Use stand-ins to carry out the original plan, while they break out of their shells and set off early.
Even if someone really wanted to assassinate them, or even if the security team had a mole that caused the plan to be leaked in advance, they would have already arrived at the airport and boarded the plane before the scheduled departure time.
Everything looks so seamless.
But in fact, before he could set off, Carl encountered an unavoidable problem -
At this time, Xiao Hei was lying on the floor of the living room with sculptures.
Taking advantage of Michael Bryce's lack of looking this way, Xiao Hei raised his big head, which was half a circle bigger than him, and stared at him innocently with a pair of big yellow eyes.
"Don't move, get down!" Karl quickly reminded in a whisper.
As he spoke, he looked back at Michael Bryce, and saw that the latter did not look back, so he was relieved.
Hearing his words, Xiao Hei put his head back on the ground in a boring way, pouting and staring at him with his eyes, cocking his tail from time to time.
"I told you not to move. Karl reached out and patted Blackie's head gently.
Suddenly, Xiao Hei angrily simply buried his head in his tail, closed his eyes and did not move.
Seeing this, Carl shook his head helplessly.
Glancing back at Michael Bryce who was explaining the precautions on the road to Nick and Louise, Hela and Hades could be carried with him as pets, but Blackie couldn't, she was too big.
I knew I should have asked Dumbledore to take Blackie away.
Here, Michael Bryce had just finished talking to Nick and Louise about the precautions, and Carl immediately gave the two of them a look.
The two immediately understood.
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At Nick's request, Michael Bryce left the living room, leaving the family plenty of time to prepare.
"Or, you two go first, and I'll settle Xiao Hei and go to the United States to find you?"
Putting a soundproof cover on the living room with a wand, Carl said to Nick and Louise.
"Don't worry, I can teleportation, you know, teleportation. β
Even now, the Intercontinental Phantom Shifter Carl is still not too sure, but he can find a few islands in the middle to use as a springboard.
If it goes well, the whole process will take less than a minute, and he will be able to travel directly from the UK to the US.
Hearing this, Nick immediately became excited.
"Teleportation, can I take someone with me?"
"Of course," Karl nodded, "I can take you right now if you want." β
"That's so-"
Under Louise's gaze, Nick didn't say the rest of the words.
Turning to look at Carl, Louise reached out and took his hand.
"That's what worries me about your father, my dear, you're becoming more and more like a real wizard now. β
As if afraid that Carl would have a misunderstanding, Louise didn't even ventilate, and directly said the rest of the words:
"Don't get me wrong darling, I'm not against you becoming a wizard. There may be all sorts of dangers, but whatever you want, your dad and I will always have your back. β
At this point, Louise finally paused, glanced at Carl secretly, and saw that he was not angry, so she relieved herself and continued.
"My dear, we just hope that while you become a wizard, you can also properly integrate into the ordinary world, at least on the surface, you can adapt to your current identity and adapt to someone serving you......"
"I've had some dealings with wizards with your dad, and those ordinary wizards have been able to do things that ordinary people like your dad and I can't even think of in our lives, let alone you, my dear, we know that those ordinary wizards are far from being able to compare to youβotherwise Professor Dumbledore wouldn't have taken you so seriously......"
"But even if you're perfectly capable of doing everything yourself, at least you have to get someone else to do something for you. β
"We hope that you can have an identity in the world of ordinary people, even if you only use this identity as a backup, as a mask, but at least, once you get tired of the wizarding world, or when you feel tired in the wizarding world, you can also have a safe haven, a place to rest, a place where you can completely relax your body and mind. Stop thinking about the complex and dangerous magic and the strange magical creatures. β
"That's why your father and I hope you can fully integrate into the world of ordinary people......"
"We wanted this trip to be a start. β
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Karl completely compromised.
Strange to say, Louise's words made him more or less moved.
Indeed, the world of magic is really fascinating, but because of this, he is a little bit of a fan of what it is like to be an ordinary person.
Although, the so-called ordinary people here are not so rigorous.
A person, when he says he can't do something, generally has only one reason......
He's lazy.
At least that's what Carl is.
For Carl, there is nothing he can't do when he starts to get ready to do something in earnest.
Just like now.
"Don't worry, it doesn't hurt at all, it's no different from sleeping. β
Pointed at Carl with his wand, Blackie looked uneasy, his big eyes showing helplessness and disbelief, as if he had been betrayed by someone closest to him.
A magic, Carl saw from the forbidden book section.
Since the International Congress of Wizards officially passed the bill banning dragon breeding in 1709, a group of dragon madmen who are passionate about dragon breeding have joined forces to invent a magic in order to avoid regular searches.
They used this magic to turn their dragons into undetectable objects without killing them.
However, the reason why this magic is hidden in the forbidden book area is not only because of its existence to encourage dragon breeding in disguise, but also because of its danger and difficulty.
It is a magic that evolved from ancient magic.
The spells are lengthy and extremely difficult to cast.
The hardest part is that in order to successfully unleash it, you need a very strong mana base, at least beyond the target dragon itself.
As a result, this magic usually requires several wizards to work together.
After all, there are hardly any wizards whose magic base is more than a dragon.
Even if it's a young dragon like Xiao Hei who has not yet reached adulthood.
And if the release fails, the consequences will be catastrophic.
Among them, according to the records in the book, the huge magical power will eat back at the caster himself, causing all kinds of unexpected and surprising changes in the caster's body.
Historically, someone has used this magic to accidentally grow a dragon's head.
But for Carl, that's not a problem.
Especially now, although there is not one divine power extracted from Poseidon, it has actually been transformed into the magic power in his body, which has more than doubled his magic base.
Looking at Xiao Hei, Carl was ruthless, ignoring the former's pitiful eyes, and whispered a spell in his mouth.
The incantation was very long, and even at Karl's speed it took about half a minute to recite it.
As the last syllable came out of his mouth, before his eyes, Blackie began to change dramatically.
As if dehydrated, the massive body grew smaller at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turned into an astonishingly small object and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Magic was created only to turn dragons into imperceptible objects, but what exactly it became was not controlled by the caster.
With a wave of his hand, the object automatically flew to his hand, a dark red dragon-shaped ring.
It's very delicate, like a small black disk that has been compressed countless times into a ring, which is extremely beautiful.
But Carl didn't wear the ring on his hand, not for any other reason, but because it was too thick.
Karlna's fingers, which were not yet fully grown, could not contain it at all.
Even if he tried to put the ring on his thumb, as soon as he put the thumb upside down, the ring slipped off on its own.
Normally, this kind of magical object turned from a living creature changes with the body shape of the wearer, and there is only one reason for this-
The ring was made by him by magic, and naturally, there was some kind of inextricable connection between him and the ring, and Carl could even clearly feel the slightest resentment coming from the ring.
It felt like a little kid sulking.
Carl knew that Blackie was playing with him.
Shaking his head with a smile, Karl waved his wand out of thin air, and a tiny dark red metal chain appeared out of thin air, automatically passing through the ring and making a knot at the end.
In this way, the ring becomes a pendant.
Wearing the pendant around his neck, the pendant naturally drooped into his underwear, making contact with his skin.
A cold touch arose, and then, Carl suddenly felt a tingling pain in his chest, like something had bitten him.
Hurriedly lifted his shirt, only to see a row of tiny tooth marks appear on his chest, and a trace of blood flowed out of the tooth marks.
Right on his chest, the pair of eyes the size of yellow rice grains on the head of the dragon-shaped ring that Xiao Hei turned into were facing him, as if they were glaring at him.
"Don't be angry. Karl said angrily and amusedly.
Hearing this, a pair of eyes on the ring closed automatically, as if they didn't want to bother him.
However, Carl could clearly feel that the resentment coming from the ring was much less.
After taking revenge, Xiao Hei, who had become a ring, simply stopped paying attention to people and went to sleep on Carl's chest.