'Silence!! ’

Some bearded old man roared, and finally succeeded in suppressing the noise in the Great Hall.

The three warriors of the Triwizard Tournament, Hermione, Harry and Fleur vs. the undead, made the headmasters, professors and students watching the movie in the Great Hall of Hogwarts very satisfied, so when he saw that Harry and the others had successfully rescued the only poor boy left in the village, Timmy, and comforted the other party, and also found a good farmhouse on a farm outside the village to prepare for the night, Dumbledore got up from his seat and spoke, The plan is to drive the students back to their respective college lounges to sleep.

'Ahem......

"Students, you have seen: today, our warriors showed us a very wonderful battle, and I think you must have a deep memory and inspiration for the practical application of spells such as 'Phantom Shifting', 'Barrier', 'Obstacles', etc......."

"But it's getting late, and I think it's almost time for you to go back to bed?"

It's the weekend, and according to the previous rule, students were allowed to watch movies in the Great Hall all night, but Dumbledore quickly changed the rules that he didn't think were appropriate, thinking that the necessary rest time for students was still reasonable, so it was only natural for him to expel people now.

"I don't need to have a class tomorrow, but I ...... it."

'Students, I still don't want to see some students who have infiltrated the auditorium by unconventional means at night, because we will have someone to guard the gate and lock it from the inside, so I advise some students that you don't have to fight those ill-conceived ideas at night, and I am sure you will not be able to enter! ’

With that, Dumbledore lifted his reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then looked at the three Weasley brothers on the Gryffindor table with some meaningful gaze.

Obviously, he, the headmaster of Hogwarts, had already gotten some information, and probably guessed how some of the little ones had managed to escape the investigation and come to the Great Hall to watch the movie at night, so he didn't forget to warn some students who didn't like to follow the rules with his eyes while announcing the relevant precautions.

'Students, go back! ’

'Tomorrow you have one more day off, and this will be open around the clock...... If your homework is done, there will be no reason why our professor or Mr. Filch would refuse you to come here at that time! ’

When the time comes, maybe there will be more wonderful pictures to see? ’

'But for now, please all of you stand up and go back with your prefects, I don't want any of my students to be stranded in the corridors of the castle after the allotted time!' ’

Otherwise, if he is caught, you know, Hagrid, our Hogwarts ranger, will be more than welcome tomorrow to have someone to help him clean the stables for the whole day!" ’

'It's all day!' ’

After giving the students a nice picture, Dumbledore held out a small threat with a finger and announced the punishment before waving his hand and motioning for the students to follow the prefects away.

Because there is really nothing to see here now, Harry, Hermione, Fleur and the little boy who was saved by the three warriors have already fallen asleep, and there is no point in continuing to watch, and he Dumbledore does not want the three children to be awakened by other accidents when they sleep at night, so he hopes that they can sleep well, hope that tonight is safe, and then, he himself wants to go back to sleep well.

"Dumbledore......"

"One thing I must declare beforehand: you Hogwarts Warriors, the performance of that magic book used by Hermione Granger must not be included in the rating!!"

At this time, seeing that the students had begun to leave in an orderly manner, and that Dumbledore and the other professors and judges seemed to be about to leave, Lady Maxim hurriedly pulled the other party's cuffs and added.

Although she also knew that if nothing else, Miss Granger, who performed the most dazzlingly, would definitely be the deserved first place in the second category! However, Madame Maxime, who was still lucky, felt that if the little girl's rating could be lowered a little, maybe Fleur of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would have a little hope of winning.

"Well...... this"

"Probably not a big deal, Professor Annie, what do you think?"

After listening to Madame Maxim's words, Dumbledore, who didn't expect the other party to still have such an idea, after pondering for a while, felt that the other party's statement was reasonable, so he turned his head to look at the little girl who seemed to be dozing off on the other side of his seat and asked.

“！！”

∑(?? △｀)？！

"Huh? What's the problem? Oh! Was there something you guys were just discussing? I was listening very carefully just now, but you should just say the final say on that kind of small matter, don't ask me!! ”

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was startled by a bad old man, and then turned his head, and saw that not only the Dumbledore was looking at him, but even the burly Madame Maxim on the other side was staring at him, little Anne didn't think about it, didn't ask anything, and didn't hesitate, just nodded and agreed.

I don't know why, she only got up in the afternoon today, and then she dozed off again now, could it be that the dozen hours she slept last night were not enough? Or maybe it was because he woke up too many sleepy bugs when chasing that pesky Peeves today?

However, thinking of the Peeves, Anne suddenly realized that she seemed to be busy watching blockbuster movies before, and accidentally let it sneak away?

“……”

"Then there is no problem, Madame Maxim, just do as you just said!"

It was already late, and seeing that the little girl Anne didn't seem to have the heart to listen to what they were talking about, Dumbledore didn't want to waste time, so he just nodded, and the matter was closed.

"Huh?!"

"Ron, George and Fred, what are you three hiding there for, why don't you hurry back?!"

Dumbledore, who stood up and was about to go back to his headmaster's office, saw that in the foyer of the Great Hall, some three Weasley boys were still stuck there muttering something, and knew that those guys must be trying to fight some kind of ghost idea, and he wanted to run out in the middle of the night, so he yelled sternly over there.

‘！！ ’

'Run! George! ’

'Ahh ’

Amid the twin brothers' commotion and Ron's screams, the trio soon fled, never daring to linger in the foyer of the Great Hall again.

'Hey! Wait for me first......

That's right, George, Fred, and Ron were indeed discussing the matter of continuing to sneak out to watch the movie with the invisibility cloak at night, as well as the possible benefits and subsequent benefit distribution, but now that they were drunk by Headmaster Dumbledore, they obviously didn't dare to continue the discussion.

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Last night, Hermione, Harry, Fleur, and the five-year-old boy Timmy, whom the three of them had rescued, had stayed in this deserted farmhouse not far from the village, and they did not dare to stay in a place full of dead and undead corpses, which had already been burned to the ground.

Although, the place was not far from the village, but fortunately, the undead in the middle of the night that the three of them had been fearing for a long time did not happen, so that they could sleep well and get up early in the morning to enjoy their rare breakfast.

In the cellar of the farmhouse, they found some grain and jerky that had not yet been contaminated by the plague of the undead, and the portion was not too small, surely enough for three men and a little boy to eat and take some with them on the road.

‘！！ ’

Is that true? ’

'Timmy, I can't tell you that you still know that Prince Arthas?' ’

Hermione, who had fished out a bowl of porridge made with jerky and clean grains, handed it to the little boy Timmy, and then chatted with the little boy with interest as she beckoned Harry and Fleur to come over and enjoy it.

'Hmm!! ’

'Danielle and I both know Prince Arthas, and that big brother played with us, and Danielle made him a beautiful wreath at that time! ’

'At that time, ......'

After taking a sip of the rotten porridge with rotten meat, which was many times worse than his mother's, little by little, he began to tell the story...... He proudly told him how he had been rescued from the jackals by Prince Arthas, and what he had done with Danielle with His Royal Highness.

You know, the whole village is just him Timmy and Danielle have played with the prince of Arthas's brother, which is something that other friends can't envy.

'But ......'

'Sister Hermione, are you really not going to help me find Mom and Danielle?' Yesterday before I hid in the barrel, I seemed to see them running into the house......

Timmy was sure that Danielle and his mother were hiding in their house, and that it wasn't too far from the farm...... However, I don't know why, these brothers and sisters in front of me, who are very powerful, can use spells, and have defeated those terrible monsters, have been holding back, not letting him go home, and not letting him go to them?

It's been one night, and Timmy thinks that his mother should be looking for him in a hurry, and if he goes back late today, he will definitely be spanked!

‘……’

‘……’

Hermione and Harry looked at each other, you look at me, I look at yours, each other's hands holding food were frozen in mid-air, and they didn't know what to say to each other at this time.

“……”

"Timmy, let's have breakfast first, and we'll take you to them when you're full!"

"As you may have seen, the village was burned down by the villains yesterday...... Those monsters are scarier than gnolls and orcs, so your mom and Danielle must have run away, and it might take us a little longer to find them, and we only have the strength to find them when we're full, aren't we? ”

"Look? Sister, I've already eaten one bowl now, and now I'm about to eat the second bowl, do you want to come and have a game?! ”

Shaking the wooden bowl in her hand at the other party, Fleur began to smile and comfort the little boy.

She wouldn't tell the other party that the whole village had been killed by the undead, and according to Harry and Hermione, when they were cleaning up the village and killing the scattered undead last night, they only saw the bodies of countless villagers torn apart, including adults and children......

Without exception, they all fell in a pool of blood, and none of them were alive except little Timmy!

Therefore, in order to prevent the corpses of those people from becoming undead under the plague, they had to avoid the little boy's sight, directly set fire to the place with the 'Blazing' spell, and came to this place to spend the night.

'Sister Fleur, are you telling the truth?' ’

Little Timmy believed it, and he didn't have any doubts about his brothers and sisters who not only saved him, but also heroically defeated those terrible monsters.

"Of course!!"

"What do you say?"

Fleur nodded, then looked at Hermione and Harry, and motioned with her eyes for the two of them to say something to stabilize the little boy who didn't seem to be easy to fool for a while.

“……”

Harry opened his mouth and didn't say anything, because he didn't want to deceive the little one, and he wasn't very good at how to comfort the other person, so he went on eating his breakfast in embarrassment.

"Sister Fleur is right!"

"But Timmy, before you go, you have to eat well, or we won't carry you because this guy is too heavy!!"

Hermione forced a smile on her own, patted the other person on the head, and quietly turned her face to the side.

To be honest, she really felt a little embarrassed now, because they didn't know what to do next, because she was sure that they had lost their way, and the only local person she could find who could talk to him was this little boy, and in this case, she must not know the way to Andohar from the other party's mouth.

“！！”

"Hey! Hermione, and Fleur, look, I think we don't have to go all over the world to find them in Arthas! ”

At this moment, Harry, who had just drunk half a bowl of porridge in two sips, suddenly stood up, pointed to the distance in disbelief and excitedly and said loudly to the two of them.

“！！”

"That's ......"

Seeing this, Hermione and Fleur didn't bother to talk more to the little boy Timmy, and directly put down their things in their hands in shock and stood up, looking into the distance of the farmland.

There, they saw a group of knights in silver-white armor and blue robes galloping towards them with banners held aloft.

And the sharp-eyed trio, even the short-sighted Harry, had clearly seen that the flags held high by those people were the lion flag with gold edge on a blue background and the royal coat of arms flag of Lordaeron with gold edge on a blue background!

So, there is no doubt that it must be Lordaeron's troops!

Moreover, the direction they were now traveling was this side, and it was evident that the other party must have seen the smoke from the firewood burning in the yard when they had just made breakfast.

‘！！ ’

'That's the knights of the Knights of the Silver Hand, they came to our village a few days ago!!' ’

Timmy jumped up excitedly, he didn't say anything, he recognized the banners and the knights of the Order in silver-white armor.

however

Soon, to Hermione's slight surprise, Harry, and Fleur, the knights didn't seem to be from the army of the Prince of Arthas they had imagined, but from other Lordaeron kingdoms. For they could see that almost all of that unit was cavalry, and that the cavalry force, which almost had one or two thousand men and looked immense, was obviously not comparable to the poor dozens of cavalry in the hands of Arthas.

To their surprise, they seemed to be rushing towards them with a strong hostility, and before they could be happy, a large group of paladins armed with war hammers or heavy swords surrounded them, and soon surrounded the four of them in the middle of tall horses in heavy armor.

"Huh?!"

"Look what we found, three wizards and a little boy? Hum! Tell me, who are you, where are you from, and why are you here? ”

"That burned down village, did you do it?!"

Soon, after the knights surrounded the four of them and faintly burst out of their bodies and weapons, the familiar light of Hermione and the others, an old knight wearing golden eagle shoulder armor, holding a huge war hammer in his hand, with gray-white hair and a thick beard, looked a little tired, and rode forward majestically, and after glancing at Hermione, a combination of three wizards and a little boy, he asked in a deep voice that was not angry.

Last night

The villagers of a village were all killed, and there were a large number of charred corpses and traces of the plague and, of course, the spells cast by the wizards...... Therefore, after rushing to the village early in the morning to see everything, he was furious and led the paladins of the more than 1,000 Silver Hand Knights under his command to walk around the wilderness a few times, and soon followed the smoke to find this place, and successfully surrounded the three suspicious little wizards in front of him.

In his opinion, the three little wizards in front of him were really too deliberate, and the little wands in their hands always made him feel that the affairs of the village not far away must have nothing to do with each other?

“……”

Unexpectedly, the other party turned out to be such an aggressive attitude, and Fleur couldn't help but secretly swallow her saliva while clenching the wand in her palm.

Fleur knew, because she could directly see that these menacing knights in front of her were extremely hostile to them, and if they made any incorrect moves or said something wrong, I am afraid they would definitely attack them brazenly, right?

Facing these knights in front of her, looking at the fierce eyes full of anger and murderous aura that appeared behind their cold steel armor, Fleur was directly shocked, as if she was blocked by something, although she wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't say anything.

"You ......"

"Hermione?"

Harry, clutching his wand, also involuntarily took a step back under the momentum of the terrible knights, and then he turned directly to Hermione, hoping that their extremely clever and nimble companion would say something at such a time.

“……”

Call!

Hermione, who was also frightened by the other party's momentum, took a deep breath after seeing Harry's pleading eyes, and forcibly endured the discomfort caused by the other party's momentum, and took a step forward.

"Please don't do that to us, Paladin, we are not your enemies!"

From the energy on the other party's body, that golden light, it was not difficult for Hermione to guess the identity of the other party.

"We're actually a group of students, a group of students from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! And the reason why I came here is because of the request of our teacher, an arcane archmage, to investigate the plague here! ”

Speaking of this, Hermione stopped, and after seeing that the other party was noncommittal, and did not seem to know the existence of the others, she continued.

"We did burn that village, but that was after we destroyed the evil undead!"

"We had to do that, because we were too late, most of the villagers had died at the claws of those terrible undead, and after saving the little boy, we had to set fire to the ...... there in order to prevent them from being resurrected by the plague as new enemies."

"So, Lord Paladin, there's no reason why you're so hostile to us!"

"Besides, you and we should be on the same side, for we are friends with the Prince of Arthas, and you must know him, right? He is presiding over the offensive against the undead in Andorhar, and we have been sent to investigate the intelligence of the undead!! ”

After gradually calming down, Hermione patted little Timmy, who was hiding behind her, looking frightened by the menacing knights in front of her, before she explained generously to the old knight in golden armor who looked like a general.

She didn't mean to deceive the other party, and just said everything.

"Oh?"

"You say, are you friends with Arthas, or were you ordered to come out to reconnoitre?!"

Hearing the other party confess that he burned down the village and saved people, the old knight was noncommittal, but after hearing that the other party was a friend of Arthas and was still ordered to come out to investigate the information of the undead, he couldn't help but sneer.

"Do you think I'm a good deceitful?"

"Well, wizards, I tell you who I am: I am Uther, Uther Lightbringer, Master of the Knights of the Silver Hand!"

"You think I'm going to believe your clumsy lies, huh?"

"Do you know how far this is from Andorhar? If you are really from Alsace, you should be scouting near Andorhar and not running so far and running here near Farm Giron!! ”

Uther's suppressed angry voice slowly spit out from his mouth, and at the same time, the paladins around him unconsciously took a few steps forward, shrinking the encirclement a little smaller, and had the urge to obey the order at any time and directly take down the three suspicious guys in front of him.

To be honest, if it weren't for the little boy behind the little witch who subconsciously hid behind the other party and made him a little confused, he would have ordered his knights to do it a long time ago, where would he waste time with the other party?

After all, he had received information that the plague was getting worse and worse in the Tirisfarh Glades and the county of Talon and near Stratholme, and that people were dying all the time, and that he Uther had more important things to do, but he didn't have much time to rub shoulders with the suspicious guys in front of him.

"But we are really friends of Arthas!"

"Lord Uther, we went out to scout with a group of cavalry that day, and we accidentally ran into a group of terrible rock giants, and then we were scattered! They are invulnerable, and magic can't help them, so we have to use apparition and teleportation to escape. ”

"If we hadn't gotten lost, we would have gone back to meet His Royal Highness Prince Alsace!"

"If you don't believe me, you can bring us before the Prince of Arthas, and I think he will be happy to testify for us!!"

Seeing that the other party didn't want to believe herself, Hermione hurriedly began to explain, and looked at the paladin named Uther with earnest and open eyes, indicating that everything she had just said was true.

“……”

Uther didn't respond immediately, but frowned slightly and stared at the little witch who looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, as well as the other two little wizards beside him.

"I'm sorry!"

"Wizard, your words can't be confirmed...... We've seen too many wizards lately, especially the necromancers!! ”

"And I can't believe that a group of wizards who can teleport magic can get lost and run here from Andohar......"

Saying this, Uther paused, and after seeing the embarrassed expression of the little girl, he continued to snort coldly:

"Do you know how far this is from Andohar?!"

"Well, let's not talk about that, wizards, since you say you are friends of Arthas, do you have any evidence on you that can convince us?"

"If so, could you please bring it out?"

How could Uther, a group of suspicious wizards, a wizarding school they had never heard of, and who were still stranded near a village that had just been burned down, who said they were friends with Prince Arthas of their kingdom of Lordaeron, could Uther easily trust each other without verifying it?

Therefore, he is now waiting, waiting for the other party to come out with enough credentials to prove the identity of the three people, no matter what it is, as long as it can prove the identity, he will give the other party due courtesy.

"This ......"

Hermione looked at Harry and Fleur with some embarrassment, but all she got was the innocent shaking of their heads......

It was clear that neither Hermione nor Harry and Fleur would have anything on them that could identify them.

"But!"

"Lord Uther, we are truly friends of the Prince of Arthas! If you don't believe me, send someone to Andorjar to contact the Prince of Arthas, and he will tell you the truth! ”

Hermione was a little anxious, she had no choice but to ask the other party to help them prove their identity, and she didn't seem to have any better way.

'That ......'

'Grandfather Knight, I am also a friend of the Prince of Arthas! ’

At this moment, little Timmy, who had been hiding behind Hermione since the beginning, finally spoke up, and he showed half of his head behind Hermione so vividly, and said timidly to Uther.

But what he didn't know was that he didn't say that it was okay, but when he said it, he laughed at that Uther......

"Humph! Bad lies! ”

"I tell you, according to the information I have received, the Prince of Arthas had conquered Andohar yesterday and is no longer there!"

With this, Uther raised his hammer in his hand and stopped the other man from speaking, for he was already a little impatient.

"Wizard, since you can't give any proof of your identity, then we can only arrest you first!"

"Now, hand over your ...... Magic wand? ”

Uther pointed to the small and strange shapes in the other party's hand, but it must have been something that must have been a magic wand, and motioned for the other party to hand them over before waving his hand, allowing the paladins of the silver hand to continue to threaten forward a few steps.

"Believe me, your weapons and magic won't do much for me, surrender!"

Uther waved his hand again, and several knights turned over and dismounted, and directly surrounded the three wizards with great momentum.

If it hadn't been for the little boy's misgivings about the other man's actions, he would have ordered the knights to chop these unidentified wizards to the ground!

You know, according to their investigation, there are many wizards in the Cult of the Cursed God who hate the kingdom of Lordaeron and are willing to be evil minions! He'd seen a lot of those bastards before, so he couldn't afford to be careless now, especially if the three people in front of him didn't have any credentials or tokens that could prove their own identities.

“！！”

"Hermione, what should I do?"

Seeing the other party surround him violently, and the driving that started without saying a word, he was a little anxious, so he had to look at Hermione again, who was still talking to Uther just now, hoping that the other party could get an idea.

“……”

"Hand over your wand, it's your own people anyway, we're not afraid of them! Besides, Harry, it's safer to follow them, and you won't get lost again, will you? ”

After saying that, Hermione waved her hand and threw the wand in her hand directly into the arms of the paladin who was not far away from her.

Actually, handing over her wand wasn't unacceptable to Hermione, after all, she was skilled at casting all kinds of wandless spells, but maybe it wasn't as smooth and efficient as when holding a wand?

“……”

“……”

Harry and Fleur, who believed Hermione and felt that what the other party said was right, could only give their wands to the hand of the paladin who was staring at them in a huff, and chose to be arrested and accepted by the other party.

'Sister Hermione......

'Have we been captured by the Knights?' ’

Although he is still young, he doesn't need to think much about Timmy Jr. to know that the current situation seems to be a little bit worse? Because he could see that the knights of the vicious knights did not believe Sister Hermione's words, and had already captured his brother and sister who had defeated those terrible monsters and saved him just last night.

"Alright, it's okay!"

"Don't worry, little Timmy, you'll soon see the Prince of Alsace you speak of! As soon as they find the Prince of Arthas, they will soon know who we are! ”

After seeing that the paladins had only confiscated their wands and glanced at the three of them casually, but did not make any more movements, nor did they intend to tie them up with ropes or the like, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief and patted little Timmy's head, signaling the other party not to worry.

Because now the conflict between them is just that there is no way to confirm their identities, as long as the other party and Arthas and their troops will meet or practice, the paladin prince will definitely be able to help them prove their identity, and when the time comes, they will be free.

Moreover......

Hermione also felt that it would be safer to stay with this group of paladins who looked like they were powerful than if the three of them continued to wander around?

'Oh......'

Although he didn't quite understand, little Timmy nodded obediently.

"Humph! Our march route is not the same as the one investigated by the Prince of Arthas! ”

"So, wizards of unknown origin, I think you've been following us for a while, and if there is more information to prove your identity, our Silver Hand will definitely return the wand to you as soon as possible!"

With that, Uther waved his hand and asked people to find a carriage that was originally carrying supplies.

Obviously, during the march, the three little wizards who looked suspicious and were not completely sure whether they were friends or foes were found and arrested by them during the march were probably left to stay in the carriage and accept the supervision of their paladins.

"Paladins!"

"Keep going! Target: Talon-gun!! ”

When he saw that his subordinates pressed the four little guys into the carriage, and saw that the other party was sitting honestly without resisting, Uther waved his hand and went directly down to the troops to continue to advance.

When he has time, he will find time to continue to talk to the other party, but it will definitely not be now!

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Soon, the rumbling of horses' hooves and the rattling of vehicles began to ring towards the straight road of King Lordaeron in the distance......

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