Chapter 270 Tia in the Mist

( ) In the valley, it suddenly became dark, and Tia's sight was covered by the dark gray that could not be seen. update the fastest

This undoubtedly disturbed her.

Tia is a very ordinary girl, she has been ordinary since she was a child, so ordinary that she even wanted to cry.

Tia is also a girl who is often bullied. She has been bullied since she was a child, and every bit and every bit of her memory is full of obscurity.

Whenever encountering sudden changes, Tia is always at a loss. Even though she had passed her 23rd birthday last month, it was still the same.

23 years, 23 years of her life have passed away, but she doesn't seem to have grown up at all, living a muddled and destitute life.

yes! She grew up in a Muggle orphanage in Massachusetts, USA, and was admitted to the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the age of 11, and graduated with great difficulty.

However, such a tragic life experience without parents has never been able to become a fig leaf for her to cover up her cowardice. This is just because there are many children with the same life experience as her, even more miserable than her. Aren't most of the children in the orphanage where she grew up like this?

She has neither the capital nor the opportunity to complain, at least she thinks so.

Other orphans can rely on their talent and hard work in exchange for the motivation to keep climbing, but she, Tia, cannot. She is weak and helpless...but the reason is only her own.

"God gave me opportunities, but only because of my cowardice, those opportunities were lost in vain."

Tia often thought this way, it was the same when she was a Muggle, and it was still the same after she became an unknown witch.

She didn't understand why, while waiting for the sorting house in the hall of Ilvermorny Castle, the statue of the cat and leopard representing the wisdom of the scholar roared, and the statue of the thunderbird representing the spirit of adventure flapped its wings and flew.

All she knew was that she spent her study life at the magic school in a daze, barely crossed the threshold of the graduation pass line, and became a poor witch who couldn't even find a job.

This time, perhaps for the first time in her life, she mustered up the courage to leave the orphanage where she had lived for 23 years and come to this land that was completely unfamiliar to her.

Recently, the "Gildroy Lockhart Personal Audio-Visual Conference", which has caused a lot of trouble in the British magic circle, is almost known to everyone.

Even Tia, a foreigner who came from afar, inevitably heard about it.

But unlike those wizards who joined in the fun in order to see the truth of the "audio-visual conference", Tia came for the free food.

Tia, who didn't have much money, was penniless a week ago. If she didn't find something to eat, she might starve to death in this strange country.

She is so thankful that there is so much free food and drink available!

Those rich and powerful merchants probably wanted to take advantage of this event to make a big publicity, but how could she understand this. All she knew was that she could finally last a few more days.

In the huge building that was said to be the site of the audio-visual conference, it seemed that there would be many interesting events about to start, but Tia didn't even take a look.

What she wants to do most now is to stuff as much free food as possible into her empty stomach, because these things are only served on-site and are not allowed to be taken away.

However, just as Tia was sitting in front of a staple food stall, desperately stuffing French fries into her mouth, she found that the sky was depressing for a while.

She puffed her cheeks full of French fries, raised her head blankly, and immediately saw the gray-black clouds descending from the sky.

"……What's wrong?"

In her ignorant mind, only such a question flashed, and then she couldn't see anything.

The originally crowded crowd disappeared, as did the noisy hawking that echoed in her ears, and even the french fries stuffed in her mouth disappeared together.

It seemed... even the whole world disappeared.

She squatted on the same spot as before, hugged her knees tremblingly, and buried her slightly dirty face deeply into the crook of her arms.

"...Don't, don't bully Tia... Tia knows it's wrong, Tia knows it's wrong..."

In Tia's subconscious, when encountering danger, any resistance will lead to more rough treatment. So since she was a child, she never argued again, and she didn't even explain.

She only knows how to beg for mercy, only knows how to admit her mistakes, and only knows how to tell others... She is a cowardly and boring girl. That way, at least, she won't be bullied for too long.

But this time, it was different from what she expected.

No bully Muggles kicking her or pulling her hair; no bad wizards magicing her into pustules or anything to make her miserable.

In her ears, there seemed to be a faint sound of horseshoes...

Tia quietly opened her tightly closed eyes, and timidly raised her head. Suddenly, she was surprised to find that she was in an empty and quiet field.

The green fields are bathed in the morning dew, shining with crystal brilliance; the fine soil is moist and soft, faintly exuding a fresh smell.

Everything around here seems to be glowing with vitality.

"……Da da da."

The sound of horseshoes approaching from behind Tia, she hurriedly turned her head to look, and immediately saw a carriage briskly approaching here.

And not far behind her by the horse path, a farm with a peculiar shape is located in the middle of a fruit forest, and a smooth dirt road winds up and extends to the horse path.

"Law of Law"

The two maroon horses pulling the carriage were strangled by the coachman, trotted for two steps, and stopped at the intersection of the dirt road.

"Master Lockhart, you're home."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work... Wait for me on the side of the road, I will be back soon."

Under Tia's confused sight, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and then, a tall, handsome man easily jumped out of the carriage. After saying goodbye to the coachman, he walked towards the farm with steady steps.

The coachman nodded towards his back, then shook the reins, and drove the horse to the side of the road.

Tia looked at Lockhart who was walking towards the farm, then at the old coachman sitting in the carriage, and blinked blankly.

"Can't they...don't see me here?"

She was obviously squatting on the field ridge not far from the horse path, but neither Lockhart nor the old coachman even glanced at her. Even though his eyes passed by her several times, he still turned a blind eye.

Although Tia's academic performance is not good, she is at least a graduated witch. At this moment, she finally realized dully that she might have fallen into a strange and strange magic...

"...Again...is someone teasing Tia?"

She hugged her knees tightly, bit her lower lip, and timidly thought about this question that made her fearful and uneasy.

Even though she is often teased and bullied by others, she has never encountered such a situation. Who is bullying her with such a powerful and terrifying magic?

Is it... worth it?

"...T-Tia knew it was wrong... No matter who it is, I beg you, please let Tia go..."

She begged for mercy timidly, but no one paid attention to her. The surrounding area is still quiet, only the wild frogs in the field are chirping softly, full of wild interest.

Time passed little by little, the old groom on the carriage dozed off, and the two maroon horses were unusually well-behaved and quiet.

Tia didn't move at all, she didn't dare to move, for fear that if she moved, something terrible would happen.

Until Lockhart came out of the farm with two suitcases, put them in the carriage, and went on the road. However, after driving for a certain distance, the carriage suddenly soared into the air.

At this moment, the surrounding scene was suddenly blurred, and when Tia blinked again, everything in her vision changed.

"...Where is this?"

This is a green lawn, which seems to be mowed from time to time, making them look extremely smooth.

A tall fence gate stood not far in front of her, looking into the distance, at the end of a winding ramp, there was an amazing ancient castle.

The castle has rough and natural lines, and the large gray-black wall bricks are stacked tightly, making it look thick and solid, as if it is indestructible.

In Tia's eyes, this is a more magnificent castle than her alma mater, Ilvermorny Castle.

While she was in a daze, another series of horseshoes sounded from behind her. When she looked back, it was still the carriage carrying Lockhart that fell from the sky and stopped at the school gate at a trot.

"Squeak"

Tia was startled, and quickly turned her head away, then buried her face in her arms again in fright.

The tall fence door opened, and it was opened by a man with a gloomy face. There was obviously no one just now, where did he come from? Is it apparition? still is……

Tia is terrified! Very scared! What she fears most is a man with an indifferent face and sharp eyes!

"Oh, are you Professor Severus Snape? Hello, nice to meet you! I'm Gilderoy Lockhart, and I'm here to serve as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts... from today From the beginning, we were colleagues."

"……Hello."

One is a cheerful and calm voice, and the other is a cold and ruthless voice. In the past, Tia would definitely be more inclined to the former, at least such a sunny man would not easily bully her.

But somehow...

Tia suddenly raised her head and peeked at the gloomy man again...