Chapter 119: Resolve (2)

Since gaining the system, Arthur spent most of his time living at Hogwarts.

Although life at Hogwarts was good, and he enjoyed it, It was usually too quiet and boring.

He could feel his power growing every day as he got better at casting spells.

Arthur wanted to fight interesting battles and use all of his strength.

However, he hadn't had many chances to show off his skills over the past year, aside from the fight with Voldemort while looking for the Philosopher's Stone.

Now that there were so many of his enemies gathered together, Arthur hoped that they would be strong opponents so he could enjoy the whole fight.

"All right, Lockhart and I will be staying here for the next three days. Get him a room to stay,"

Arthur instructed Alia, who nodded and left to prepare the housing and dinner. Arthur stayed at Aelia's place for the following two days, treated by her loving care.

However, during this time, he received a letter from Fleur asking why he wasn't coming to France for Christmas.

Arthur had to rack his brains to reply to the letter, explaining the reasons and assuring Fleur that he would visit during the summer break.

Christmas Eve finally arrived, and Arthur, Alia, Lockhart, and a dozen other wizards all set off on their plan.

The hall of the Frank Manor was brightly lit as a group of wizards in formal clothes gathered for the banquet.

The event was attended by influential members of the Frank and Ramsay families. However, despite the alliance between the two families, the atmosphere was still awkward.

After all, they had been enemies for many years, and hate wasn't easy to eliminate.

Still, the most important people on both sides talked to each other as if they were old friends.

"Frank, I never thought we would be talking like this. I've always thought that if you had the chance, you'd cast me a Killing Curse immediately." Ramsay said with a smirk.

"Ramsay, isn't that what you've been thinking?"

Frank answered, and the two cunning people shared a knowing glance, and both started laughing at the same time.

Clearly, they both had their own motives for doing what they doing.

But for now, Alia was their common problem, and they wouldn't turn on each other until she was taken care of.

Just as they were about to get into an intense discussion about how to split their interests, there was a noise outside.

"What's going on?"

Bruno Frank furrowed his brow, but the wizards guarding the entrance remained silent, not giving him any response.

A feeling of unease came into his heart as he looked out at the night. It was as if the darkness had swallowed everything.

Others also knew something was wrong and pulled out their wands.

They walked out of the hall behind Frank.

"Lumos!"

Weak beams of light came out of the tips of their wands, showing that three people were coming toward them.

"Hey, are all these people here to welcome me?"

A silly voice sounded, and it felt like the person speaking was happy to see so many people.

Finally, the members of the two families recognized the person—Alia, along with two others dressed in wizarding robes.

"Alia, what are you doing here?"

Frank furrowed his brow and shouted angrily.

Although there were only three people in front of him, who knew if there were more hidden in the shadows?

However, he was sure he wouldn't be at risk considering the important people from both families who were there.

Alia remained silent, standing quietly beside Arthur.

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Frank,"

Arthur took a step forward and greeted in a soft voice.

Frank quickly realized that this person in the black robes was the one in charge.

At the same time, He also remembered that Alia's family had grown recently as she had been given a lot of potions.

Could it be... this person in front of him?

Frank didn't take chances with Arthur because he knew nothing about his background.

"Merry Christmas to you too, sir. May I know the purpose of your late-night visit?"

Ramsay, who was standing next to him, had the same feeling. He looked around for a moment, and then he pointed to one of his subordinates.

Unfortunately, due to the darkness, the subordinate didn't notice...

Ramsay quietly tightened his grip on his wand in silence helplessly.

Arthur gave him a quick glance but didn't pay attention to his slight movements.

He continued in a calm voice, "Alia said that the purpose of your meeting today is to talk about how to deal with us. I was curious, so I came to check it out."

Frank's expression changed. He didn't expect the other person to be so direct.

He instinctively grabbed his wand and pointed it at Arthur while his subordinates behind him did the same.

Lockhart and Alia also tensed up and got ready to fight at any time.

However, Arthur sighed lightly.

Why did these people want to start a fight without even talking to each other

It was insulting and rude.

Frank knew that things couldn't be resolved peacefully today.

He gave the order directly, "Attack! Kill the two behind him first."

At this moment, he still wanted to capture the person he thought was in charge of potions so he could see if he could control that person to do what he wanted.

"Expulso."

"Petrificus Totalus."

"Reducio."

Many beams of different colors of light were attacking Arthur and the other two.

Arthur raised his hand lightly, and a stone wall appeared between the two sides.

However, It broke immediately, even though it stopped nearly half of the spell.

The remaining spell didn't lose speed and struck Arthur's Shield Charm, causing ripples to spread, but it didn't break.

Arthur furrowed his brow slightly.

He didn't expect that a few dozen spells would almost break his shield charm.

He still wasn't strong enough.

If the opposite side could read Arthur's thoughts, they would definitely be angry.

We threw dozens of spells at you, and your defense didn't break. How strong do you want to be?

In the next moment, a silver flame appeared in the palm of Arthur's hand.

With a gentle toss, the flame immediately flew into the sky, rapidly expanding and destroying the entire mansion.

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