On the last day of June, it was getting late and there was a light rain in the sky. A horse-drawn carriage is speeding along the path between the fields, and it departs from the Krivari School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

There wasn't much noise, only the creaking of the carriage as it swayed, and the carriage slowly came to a halt in front of a road sign. It's a junction, and further on it's a small town.

Three young figures came out of the carriage one after another and opened their umbrellas.

"It looks like it's still the same...... The rain at home......" The boy looked around and couldn't help but sigh.

His umbrella was a little old, and although he had injected a lot of magic into it, he couldn't hold it up. He saw that the rain was going to wet his hair.

"Is there any stuck?" said a short, soft-voiced little girl standing on tiptoe and holding her umbrella high above the boy's head.

"I'm fine, you take care of yourself, don't catch a cold. The boy smiled and pushed the umbrella back, then got under the umbrella of the other boy behind him, "I'll just get an umbrella with Riel and go back." ”

"Yes, your grandmother's angry look is terrifying......" The tall boy pouted, looking palpitating, "the last time I went to your house to look for you, she was already furious after just staying at your door for a little longer, and said that if I dared to disturb you again, I would turn me into a toad......! Wow, I can't think ......."

"How is that possible...... Transfiguration charms generally do not work on living creatures, especially humans like us who can generate magical powers. The girl chuckled lightly and lowered her head, "She's trying to scare you...... As you know, my grandmother has always been strict with me, and she won't allow anything else to distract me until I have completed the study tasks she has assigned. ”

"No, I don't think so. The tall boy shook his head vigorously, "Come to think of it, the powerful magicians in the story are all these old men and old ladies, and I bet she would have thought and had the ability to turn me into a frog and throw me into the Blue Lagoon!"

The little girl pursed her lips and smiled when she heard this, bowed her head and stopped talking.

The three of them walked into this town with a smile and a smile all the way - Beiya, their hometown after nearly a year of absence.

Familiar houses, familiar streets, everything here seems to have not changed. The rain still kept falling, as if it never stopped.

The little girl said goodbye to them at the junction of a sheep's intestine path, and they continued on their way south. At the end of the road there are two houses, one of which is still lit, and that's their home.

However, there are only these two houses in the vicinity, and no one else lives there.

"Mom, Dad, we're back!" Riel pushed open the door, just in time to see Mrs. Connor coming out of the bedroom, he threw his umbrella on the ground and threw himself into her arms.

"Ouch......" Mrs. Connor staggered at him, tapping his skull with her hand, "I'm a year older, but I haven't learned to be steady at all." You can't learn more from Alan. ”

Alan smiled and said, "Aunt Heidi, don't be angry, he just misses you too much...... He didn't sleep much along the way, asking me almost every ten minutes how long it would take to get home. ”

"Yo, yes, it's like father and son, even this is the same. Mrs. Connor burst out laughing, rubbed Riel's hair, and looked over the couch as she said, "Your dad has been talking to me for days, too. Ever since he found out that you had met so much at school, he had to ask me for the date several times a day, counting the days you would come back with his fingers. Why don't you squeak now?"

"Really?" asked Riel in disbelief, looking at Mr. Connor. After all, in his impression, although Connor Sr. was usually humorous, he was never good at asking for warmth.

"Ahem...... You two look taller again?" Mr. Connor was also a little uncomfortable when he heard Mrs. Connor say this, coughed lightly twice, and quickly stood up and changed the subject, "Especially Alan, who looks good!"

"Yes?" Riel looked back and forth between himself and Alan, only to realize that the two of them had indeed changed a lot over the past year, the height of the sofa in the living room was almost above his chest, and now it was almost up to his waist.

"It's been growing so fast, you're about to catch up with your father?" said Mrs. Connor with a smile, "a little like an adult." ”

"Well, probably because the school food is too good. Alan said with a smile. He had also grown a little taller over the years, so much so that Alyssa was almost looking up to him when she spoke to him later. However, he is still slightly thin, not as muscular as Riel.

"Oh, it looks like you've inherited my good genes and been assigned to the Department of Space-Time Magic?" Mr. Connor got up from the couch, walked up to them, touched the tie-in on Riel's body, and stared carefully at the badge on his chest with emotion: "I miss it so much, I think I was so young and handsome when I wore this dress......

"Poof. Hearing his words, several people couldn't help laughing.

"Well, although there are a lot of girls in the medical department, it is good for you to learn time and space magic, it is not easy for people with boiling physique to learn medical magic, and if you don't do it, you will cure other people's diseases more and more, and then you will have to lose a lot of money......" Mr. Connor suddenly changed his thoughtful expression and said, "Although it is a big trouble to accidentally get yourself into some strange place, but compared to the former, this consequence seems to be quite acceptable......

"Dad! you seem to have reversed the severity of these two consequences!" Riel couldn't help but cry out when he heard this, and Mr. Connor's words made him feel embarrassed.

"Oh, really?" said Mr. Connor, smiling, putting away his joking tone, and his expression became serious, "Judging by the last few letters you wrote before you returned, it seems like you've had a rough year?"

"Not only is it restless, I never dreamed that so many strange things would happen to us. Riel said.

"Let's talk as we eat. Mrs. Connor looked at the food on the table and said, "In order to wash away the dust for you, and to celebrate your school year, I have taken a day off from the Minister today to prepare these things, which you both love." ”

"Wow! I can't even see this at school!" "Riel was just excited, only then did he see the delicious food on the table, and immediately ran to the table with a cigarette, "I've really had enough of eating cookies all the way!"

Although he has grown a lot taller, Arle's characteristic has not changed. As soon as he saw the food, he immediately left everything else behind, and Mr. Connor smiled helplessly and looked at Allen.

"A lot did happen in the first two or three months of the school......," Alan said slowly, "but luckily, we've all made it through." ”

Since the end of the serious incident orchestrated by Menissa Frost, they have indeed lived a quiet life for a few months, and nothing like this happened until the end of the school year. Riel and Frey and a few other people who were trapped by the frozen magic quickly recovered their health under Professor Watson's careful care, but after discussing the specific process of that incident, they decided that it was better to hide it for the time being, after all, whether it was this castle or the Krivary Magic Management Association, it was still the Winslow family, and Negris Winslow had a strange master-apprentice relationship with Professor Frost, and it was too reckless to say this matter rashly, not only would no one believe it, but there would be some inexplicable troubles coming to the door.

Facts have also proved that they are right. Since then, Mr. Winslow has suddenly started to frequent, and there have been several groups of people from the Magical Management Society who have entered the castle on official duty, but have actually been secretly visiting, as if they were looking for something or someone. According to Allen's observation and speculation, what they are looking for is Menissa Frost, who suddenly lost contact.