"Monsters!!"

With a scream that shattered glass, chaos swept through the church hall in a matter of seconds.

The soldiers frantically opened fire on the huge creatures inside the church, and the prisoners on the ground fled frantically with their heads in their hands.

Searing bullets landed on the wings with a clanging sound of metal colliding. Hoffa slammed his massive claws to the ground. As the lightning rolled through the hall, countless pillars and stone hands poked out of the ground, catching all the strafing soldiers, including the female doctor, of course.

Hoffa spread his wings and swept away the statues, stools, and chairs in the church in an instant. Then he lowered his head, held the palm-sized little man in front of him, and asked with great interest, "What did you just say, how did the magic come about, do you repeat it?"

Being watched by such a huge creature, the woman almost fainted. Her teeth were clenched, and there was no place in her body that was not shaking.

"Say, if you don't say it, I'll pinch you to death. ”

Hoffa threatened.

Death was a great deterrent to some people, and the woman said with her teeth rattling, "Magic, magic, magic."

"Well, go on. ”

"No, no, no."

The stone arm tightened slightly.

"Ah!!!h

With screams and violent tendons and tremors, a stream of fishy gas flowed out of the woman's crotch, and she rolled her eyes and fainted.

Seeing this, Hoffa sneered, "Is this the only way, arrogant, I thought your bones were very hard." ”

The people in the church hall scattered and fled, screaming and screaming, and when Hoffa saw that his goal had been achieved, he withdrew his Transfiguration, stood in front of Adebegoshak, tore off his shackles, and said, "Professor, I'm here to pick you up." ”

Unexpectedly, the screams irritated Adebegoshak, who grabbed Hoffa's arm and shouted: "Bach, Bach, why are you here, why are you here, why are you here?"

Hoffa was stunned, Professor Goshak's state seemed to be worse than he had imagined.

"Go, hurry up!" Adebegoshak shouted incoherently, "Take Miranda and go quickly, never come back!"

Hoffa shook Adebay's shoulder vigorously and shouted, "Professor, Professor! I'm back, and I'm all right." ”

"Bach.Get out of here, they'll catch you, get out of here with Miranda.," said the old man, confused.

"Professor!" Hoffa called out to Adebe, but Adebay slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep in his arms.

"Professor Goshak, he was tortured a lot. ”

One man said: "He's not mentally normal. ”

(Most of the church's chanting prisoners had fled for their lives after Hoffa turned into a thunderbird, but one man in his fifties had not run away and stayed with Adebegoshak.) ）

"Are you?" Hoffa felt that the man was also somewhat familiar, but he couldn't name him. ”

"Don't you remember me, Bach, I'm Reiner, the Hogwarts Doctor. ”

The man said sadly.

Hoffa's expression changed to Reiner, the school doctor, who vaguely remembered that when he was injured at Hogwarts, he was the one who gave him critical treatment many times.

"Dr. Reiner, how did you end up here?" he asked.

"A year ago, Goshawk took us to the Muggle world to investigate the root cause of narcolepsy, but we didn't expect that we would also fall asleep during the investigation. By the time we wake up, the magic is gone. We were imprisoned here, reciting strange things all day and night, and I think if it weren't for the Thunderbird, I would have almost thought that Hogwarts was really just a dream I once had. The school doctor said sadly.

Hoffa looked at the sleeping Adbegoshak in a daze, and felt extremely heavy in his heart for a while.

"Is there any hope, Dr. Reiner? ”

"Perhaps, but it's changing so fast that I don't know what to do, and the traditional methods are failing. Bach, you can still turn into a thunderbird, which means that you have gone further than us on the road to mana recovery, tell me, what the hell should I do?"

Hoffa looked at Professor Goshak who was smiling in his sleep, his heart moved slightly, and he asked, "Do you know Professor Goshak's hometown?"

"Hometown?"

"That's right, where he lived with his son. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the place must be on the Black Goland. ”

Reiner thought for a moment, then affirmed, "It's on the Black Golan." ”

Hoffa picked up the sleeping Goshak.

"Let's go, let's go there together. ”

Two days later, Hoffa carried Adebe and Reiner on his back to the island of the Black Golan in the southeastern part of the European North Sea, and after stepping off the ship that had brought them here, they saw waves more than five meters high crashing fiercely against the dock. Dark clouds shrouded in the sky intersected the lead-gray horizon in the distance.

The surroundings were familiar and unfamiliar to Hoffa, who had been here in a meditation basin when he was in his first grade. However, time has passed, and those long-lasting memories are like castles on the beach, and there is nothing left.

Passing through some colored sandstone belts, they came to the only village on the island. Although they are villages, the islands are uninhabited, and like most of the villages that Hoffa had seen on his travels, they were deserted and decorated.

Uninhabited, it has been overrun by animals and plants, the most conspicuous of which are the ubiquitous violets, which bloom on the ground and dance in the wind.

Looking at the surrounding scenery, unexpectedly, Adebegoshak gradually calmed down, his nervousness over the past few days was sucked away little by little, and the whole person relaxed on Hoffa's back.

"Homecoming"

He muttered on Hoffa's back.

Seeing that Professor Goshawk had finally come to his senses, Hoffa was overjoyed and said, "Professor, is this your hometown?"

"Yes, Bach. ”

"Where is your home, I'll take you to find it. ”

Hoffa said.

"Go to the high part of the island where there is the house where I live. He whispered.

"We're almost there, Professor. It's safe here, and no one forces you to carry those things anymore. Hoffa comforted softly.

Adebe did not speak.

When Hoffa came to the top of the island, they saw a relatively old and well-preserved ancient building. It has a small courtyard with rusty road signs creaking in the wind.

"The House of Goshak. Here it is, Bach. ”

Reiner, the school doctor, pushed open the wooden door to the courtyard for him.

The building was locked, but with a single tug, the rusted iron lock was opened. When you open the door, you will see a quaint old German-style living room with a fireplace, chaise longues, and several sets of tattered sofas. Of course, the furniture has long been covered with a thick layer of dust and cobwebs.

Hoffa carried Adebay to the fireplace, where there was an old man's chaise longue, which, strangely enough, was clean and spotless, as if it were often used, unlike the dusty objects around it.

At this time, Hoffa didn't bother to think about why, and he carefully placed Adebay on the chaise longue. I went out again to collect some firewood and lit the fireplace. Reiner, on the other hand, went outside to get some water from the well, and dug out some kettles from the house to clean them.

While they were doing this, Adebay lay on the chaise longue and watched Hoffa quietly.

When Hoffa lit the fireplace, Adbay suddenly stretched out his hand and called, "Hoffa, come here." ”

Adebe, who rarely called Hoffa by his name, quickly crouched on the side of the recliner and held his palm: "Professor." ”

"Hoffa, you and Miranda are okay. He asked in a deep voice.

Hoffa was stunned, "Miranda is out, maybe, it will take a while to come back." ”

"You didn't quarrel, did you. He asked again.

"Nope. Hoffa replied.

"That's good. Adebe breathed a sigh of relief, he touched Hoffa's palm, and said, "You don't want to go to the Ministry of Magic in the future." Don't go to Hogwarts either, just find a quiet place and live a peaceful life. Two years ago, I was too strict, always trying to prove something, family, business, but now you look at me." He shook his head, took Hoffa's hand and said, "Promise me, Hoffa, don't go down the old path of Nimon with Miranda, and don't go my way, okay?"

(Nemon was the son of Adebe.) It was also Miranda's father, who died early. ）

Hoffa looked at Adebegoshak's earnest eyes, and there was no doubt that this was his most sober moment in the past few days. Hoffa approached Adebe's side, sat down on his knees, and whispered in his ear, "Professor, I'm looking for Miller." ”

Adebegoshak was stunned for a moment, and lowered his head in frustration.

"I don't know any Miller." He said.

Hoffa said a little anxiously, "Professor, I need help, I need help finding Miranda, and I also need help defeating the Centaur King." The only one who can help me enough is Miller. Please, tell me where Miller is. ”

Adebe's face changed, there was helplessness, remorse, and despair, and finally, he waved his hand weakly, and said tiredly: "Bach, if you miss her, go to her room and look for it, I don't know where she threw her strength." Once you've found her, take her away, take her away."

As he spoke, he shouted as if he had seen something, "Take them away, don't stay here, get out of this damn place!!!!!"

Hearing Adbey's cries, Reiner hurriedly pushed the door in from outside, and he came to Adebegoshak with a glass of water, touching his forehead and examining his eyes. After some examination, he sighed, "Bach, Professor Goshawk may not have much time left. ”

"What?"

Hoffa was shocked: "How can this be."

Reiner looked at the frantic Adbay and said with concern: "Wizards are spirit animals, and it takes extraordinary spirits to control extraordinary energy, but not everyone can control that violent energy smoothly. At some point in life, many people will be thrown off by a beast and then eaten by it. ”

Hoffa looked at Adebe sadly, whether in reality or dreams, this man was his elder in a sense, and now seeing him like this, Hoffa couldn't be happy anyway.

"The professor will take care of me, you can do your thing. Reiner said.

Although Hoffa was unbearable, he also knew that the more times like this, the more he had to find Miller. He stood up and bent slightly to Reiner: "Excuse me, doctor, please take care of him, at least, wait for Miranda to come back." ”

Reiner nodded, "I promise you." ”

After receiving Reiner's affirmative answer, Hoffa left the fireplace in the living room and searched the old and dilapidated mansion.

He flickered open the door of the room, and most of the room was filled with broken furniture and meaningless debris, cracked globes, broken wooden beams and floors, moldy clothes and fabrics, and rusty cutlery and furniture. It's good to have these things, most of the rooms are empty, only dense cobwebs and thick dust.

When Hoffa reached the second floor, a faint gust of wind blew through a half-open room. His heart moved slightly, and he pushed open the door and walked in.

The door closes slowly in the breeze.

Compared to the other rooms, this bedroom is very different, and the reason for the difference is that there is a bed frame in the room, which is very small, which is the bed frame for young children. On the walls beyond the bed frame, there are many strange murals painted with paint, and if you look closely, the contents of those murals cover a series of elements such as flowers, magic wands, Quidditch, self-portraits, etc., and a very conspicuous place is a beautiful bird, standing in the flowers, playing with the young children in the flowers.

The mural has been aged for a long time and faded, but the aura contained in it is as compelling as if it had just been born.

In the dream, Hoffa knew almost everything about Miranda, but only here, he never came.

He gently stroked the mural on the wall, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile, as if he had traveled through time and space, he could still see the short-haired girl squatting on the wall painting, covered in paint.

I don't know if it's his delusion, he always feels that there is a smell of Miranda in the room. The fragrance of the violet flowers made his mind drift far, far away, and he couldn't help but put his hand on the bed frame when he thought of decades in his nightmare.

Touching it, he felt something was wrong. There was no dust on the bed frame, just like the old man's chaise longue below. He hadn't thought about it before, but the more he thought about it now, the more wrong it became, was there still anyone living in this house?

Outside the window, the wind blew into the room, and in the breeze, everything in the room was rapidly darkening. Hoffa sensed something and immediately wanted to stand up. However, at this moment, two translucent arms gently fell from his shoulders.

Hoffa looked at the arm hanging from his chest, and his breathing almost stopped.

"Did you miss me? brother-in-law. ”

Someone laughed behind his back.

Hoffa shuddered, then turned around in ecstasy.

But the arm forcibly held his head in place, and the voice behind him said: "Look back at me and you will die, I will break your neck, Hofabach, I swear." ”

(End of chapter)