Chapter 152 Destined Death
Feast of the God of War.
When hearing this name, Bruce's first reaction was that Ares was still an honest man.
He simply named the banquet after his own divine identity, saving Bruce the trouble of guessing who was behind it.
"Is that all?" Bruce confirmed with Hermione.
Hermione nodded. She had shared all the information she knew with Bruce.
Bruce couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
What does the theme of this banquet, one life for another, mean?
"Do you have any idea?" he asked Katoom.
"No!" Katum said unhappily, still wondering why there was an owl on the back of Hermione's hand.
Fine.
Bruce looked at Hermione, he had made his decision.
"I'll go with you tonight."
He said, "No matter what happens, I'm with you in this! That's what family is about."
In fact, Bruce also thought about whether he could persuade Hermione not to attend the party at the beginning.
But after thinking it over again and again, I decided to give up this attempt.
Since the other party was able to do it without anyone noticing and leave a mark on Hermione's hand.
It should not be difficult to take Hermione's life silently.
If the brand was on his own hand, Bruce wouldn't mind trying it once, but not this time. He couldn't risk Hermione's life.
"Is this really possible?" Hermione was a little doubtful. "The voice has already said that people without the mark cannot enter the hall."
"How will you know if you don't try?"
Bruce said, "Even if I can't get in in the end, I can just wait outside and pick you up."
"Ok."
After hearing what Bruce said, Hermione finally felt relieved.
"See you tonight?" she said.
"See you tonight." Bruce nodded.
At this moment, for some reason, Bruce suddenly remembered yesterday's divination class.
At that time, Professor Trelawney said that he would encounter a big event, but he could only stay out of it.
Is this the situation now?
Bruce thought, he didn't know how Ares chose the people and didn't let him attend this party.
But then, he suddenly remembered that Professor Trelawney had not only predicted it for him, but also for Hermione.
Hermione has the ominous sign of death...
Bruce shook his head and put the thought out of his mind. It was impossible. Hermione couldn't be dead.
He will never allow it!
At this time, Katum suddenly said: "Actually, I can go in with Hermione."
Bruce turned and looked at the owl.
"Why are you so surprised? This isn't the first time we've encountered such restrictions."
Katoom said calmly, "People without the mark cannot enter the hall, but I am not a human."
……
The day passed quickly and it was evening in the blink of an eye.
Bruce did not go to study today. Instead, after dinner, he went to the dormitory early to make some preparations.
He was walking in the corridor of the castle and was about to reach the common room. When he turned a corner, he saw a little witch waiting at the door.
The little witch was wearing the Ravenclaw school uniform, and was none other than Ravenna Royale.
That is, Ravenclaw himself.
She was obviously waiting for Bruce, and when she saw him appear, she immediately waved and greeted him.
"Are you waiting for me?"
Bruce came to Ravenna.
"Don't play dumb and tell me you didn't hear this morning."
There was no trace of a smile on Ravenna's face. "Something happened in Hogwarts Castle. I did a divination and saw a bloody future. Someone will die."
"Has the situation become so serious?" Bruce asked, "Does even you feel uneasy?"
"Very serious."
Ravenna nodded. "That is an unprecedented power, at least stronger than me, and I feel endless malice in this power."
"Can you find the source of that evil power?" Bruce asked tentatively.
"That's why I came to find you."
Ravenclaw opened her hand, and four silver animal shadows appeared in her palm.
Lion, eagle, badger, snake.
It is the representative animal of the four major colleges.
"What is this?" Bruce asked.
"It is the protective power that the four of us left behind in the castle thousands of years ago."
Ravenna said, "I'm giving them to you now. It should help you."
"Leave it to me?" Bruce understood what Ravenna meant. "Do you think that power is directed at me?"
"What do you think?" Ravenna urged, "Hurry up and continue!"
Bruce opened his palm and took in the four little animal shadows.
But before he could take a closer look, the four shadows instantly turned into streams of light, flew in different directions, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"this?"
"don’t worry."
Ravenna said, "This phantom is a very advanced magic. You have just activated this protective power, and they went to where they should go.
"It should help you at a critical moment."
Bruce asked, "What are the functions of these phantoms?"
"Their functions will change in due course depending on the crisis the castle encounters."
Ravenna said, "So I can't really say what effect it has now. After all, this is not just my magic."
It is a protection jointly set up by the four founders.
"I see."
Bruce thought that the so-called crisis should refer to the banquet tonight.
In this case, after thinking for a moment, he decided to tell Ravenna about this matter.
With the power of Ravenclaw, there is also more confidence.
He told Ravenclaw what he had learned from Hermione.
"Is there such a thing?"
After hearing this, Ravenna fell into deep thought.
After a long moment, she said, "I see. You go there with Hermione today. I'll be there soon."
"You're not coming with me?" Bruce asked.
"I'll go make some preparations first."
Ravenna said, "Now that something like this has happened in the castle, I don't want to be in a bad mood anymore. I have to release Gryffindor. Only I can remove his seal."
"it is good."
Bruce nodded.
In that case, that couldn't be better.
With such preparations from all sides, he didn't believe that Ares could still make any waves!
……
It was late at night, approaching twelve o'clock.
Bruce slipped out of his dorm and headed secretly to the Gryffindor common room with Katoom.
The owl flew beside Bruce, muttering to himself.
“Tense, exciting, exciting!”
"What the hell are you doing?" Bruce asked. "I've never seen you like this before."
They had faced danger many times before, and the owl had never shown any signs of nervousness.
"This time is different."
Owl said, "This is my first time in a girls' dormitory."
Just because of this?
Bruce shook his head and said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we're not going in."
They were just heading for the door to the common room.
When I arrived at the door, I saw a figure sneaking out from inside.
Is that Hermione?
Bruce only took one look and was sure it wasn't.
The figure was round and fat, and Bruce was also very familiar with it.
"It's Neville." Katoom whispered in his ear, "Why would he sneak out so late?"
Neville wasn't the type to casually break school rules and sneak out of bed in the middle of the night.
There can be only one explanation for this situation.
"I'm afraid Neville is one of the chosen ones."
Bruce said, "Hermione said there would be other people attending the party."
"He is also a chosen child!" Owl sighed.
Bruce hid in the dark and didn't come out. After Neville left, another figure appeared.
Still not Hermione.
"It's Harry."
The owl recognized the man's identity and nodded, "Yeah, that makes sense!"
After Harry left the common room, he looked around in the corridor for a few moments, took out a cloak and put it on, then disappeared from Bruce's sight in the blink of an eye.
"Invisibility cloak," Katoom explained. "One of the Deathly Hallows."
"You've told me this many times. There's no need to repeat it!" Bruce said impatiently, "You should think about how to explain that there is an owl on the mark!"
"The truth will come out sooner or later." Katum snorted coldly, "The innocent will be innocent. I didn't do anything wrong this time!"
As the man and the bird were whispering, Hermione finally appeared at the door of the lounge.
She whispered, "Bruce?"
"I am here."
Bruce stepped out from the shadows, and Katoom flew onto Hermione's shoulder just in time.
"What is this?" Hermione asked puzzled.
"Let him go with you." Bruce said, "You can use him to block the Avada Kedavra curse at the critical moment."
"You're kidding again."
Hermione took Katoom off her shoulders and held it in her arms.
"If Katoom could understand what you are saying, he would be very sad, wouldn't he, Katoom?"
Hermione rubbed the owl's head, and Katoom grunted in grievance.
Bruce ignored Katum's pretense.
He urged, "Okay, we should go over there."
Twelve o'clock is almost here.
……
As he approached the auditorium, Bruce saw that the door was wide open.
There was no defense at all, and it seemed like anyone could get in.
"Wait a moment, I'll go try first."
Bruce thought about it and decided to give it a try to see if only people with the brand on the back of their hands could enter.
Hermione held the owl and signaled him to be careful.
Bruce nodded and walked towards the auditorium.
While walking, he flipped his palm, and a palm-sized armor model appeared in his hand.
Hellbat Armor - Smaller version.
As soon as anything seemed amiss, he would immediately use magic to enlarge the armor and complete the outfit.
However, nothing could wait for Bruce to react.
He just took the first step forward, and then he disappeared from where he was.
"Bruce!" Hermione screamed.
"I'm fine!"
A voice came from a distance, and Bruce's figure appeared at the end of the other side of the corridor.
When he walked in front of Hermione again, he didn't believe it.
He would try again.
He took another step forward, and just like before, Bruce's figure disappeared from the original place again and appeared at the end of the corridor.
"Things can only be done three times!"
He tried again, but nothing changed.
"alright."
Bruce did not make a fourth attempt, and it would have been futile to continue.
"It seems that there is a magic of expulsion set up nearby. It's very clever. I can't figure out the principle for now."
He spoke as if nothing had happened just now.
"Hermione, I really can't enter the Great Hall, so you have to go in by yourself. Remember what I told you. If anything happens, keep Katoom in front of you. Remember this!"
Hermione nodded: "I remember!"
Bruce was still worried, and Hermione just said that she remembered it, but didn't say she would do it.
Bruce has played this kind of word game many times.
But Hermione had no intention of making further promises. After looking at Bruce, she turned and walked towards the hall.
Her figure did not disappear, Bruce watched her all the way and watched Hermione walk into the door.
"Is it really just targeting me?"
Bruce thought about it and took another step forward.
Then, his eyes blurred and he was sent to the end of the corridor again.
……
When Hermione entered the Great Hall, there were already several people waiting there.
"Harry? Neville?"
When Hermione saw her good friend, the tension in her heart immediately dissipated a lot.
The same goes for Harry and Neville.
The moment they saw Hermione, they felt relieved.
With Miss Know-It-All here, you don't have to worry about anything.
"Humph--"
Suddenly, a cold snort came from the corner. Hermione turned around and saw Malfoy there.
"Another Gryffindor," said Malfoy sarcastically. "Why don't you just book the whole party!"
“This is not a good thing.”
Hermione ignored Malfoy and went over to sit with Harry and the others.
Then, another person came here.
Still a Gryffindor.
"Fred?" Harry called out the visitor's name in surprise.
"No no no! I'm George!"
The man had red hair, a face full of freckles, and smiled with his teeth showing.
"Come on."
Hermione exposed the lie without mercy, "You are Fred, I can recognize you!"
Fred seemed to be deflated. "Okay, okay, you can always tell. Can you tell me how you can tell?"
Hermione snorted but didn't explain.
Harry now curiously asked, "Are you the only one chosen? I mean, George wasn't with you?"
"The guy who picked me had good taste."
Fred showed the brand on the back of his hand that had faded to almost invisible.
"This means that in his opinion, I am a little better than George. This is normal. My pranks are usually more creative than George's."
There are five of us now.
"I think they're all pretty much the same," said Hermione.
Fred and Harry sat together, and soon two more people appeared at the door.
A man wearing a yellow and black sweater, with fair skin and handsome looks.
It was Cedric of Hufflepuff.
The other one was dressed in a black robe and had a gloomy face, but when he saw Harry was there, his expression instantly warmed up.
It's Snape.
It was then that everyone realized that it was not just the students who would attend the party.
"Wang!"
Suddenly, just as Snape appeared, a big black dog suddenly came out from under the guest of honor seat and pounced on Snape.
"Blake, don't do this."
A voice stopped the big black dog's actions, and Professor Lupin, with a smile on his face, appeared in the center of the guest of honor seat.
That was where Dumbledore often sat.
"It looks like everyone is here. Nine of us, not one less."
Lupin didn't seem like a guest at a party, but more like the host.
He glanced around and greeted everyone.
"Nine people?" Harry was puzzled. He counted the people present.
Him, Hermione, Neville, Malfoy, Cedric, Snape.
Even if Lupin is included, there are only seven people. Where did the nine come from?
Lupin smiled: "Of course, I can't be counted as one."
He suddenly waved his finger, and a small figure suddenly flew up from the corner of the auditorium and fell onto the long table.
That's a mouse.
Fred immediately stepped forward, picked up the mouse by the tail, and said with a smile: "Ron, don't think about taking it back from me unless you spend ten Galleons."
This mouse is none other than Banban.
Banban, who was being held upside down at this time, looked extremely frightened and curled up, wanting to bite Fred's hand.
On the other side, the big black dog just stood there stupidly, not moving a single muscle.
His expression was extremely shocked, as if he had seen something completely unexpected.
In this confusion, he didn't even take action immediately.
"That's interesting."
Katum saw everything that happened at this time.
He discovered something interesting.
"Fred, Cedric, Snape, Sirius, Peter Pettigrew, and Lupin.
"It seems like none of these guys lived to see the finale of Harry Potter?"
Except for Hermione, Neville, Malfoy and Harry, the others are all future dying people.
Even strictly speaking, Harry died once in the finale.
What does it mean?
At this moment, Katum felt a little uncomfortable.
Except for three students, all those who came to the banquet today are a bunch of 'dead people'?
(End of this chapter)
