The next morning, Hoffa was woken up by the chirping of birds. Not only were there the chirping of birds, but there was also the rumbling of his stomach.
He opened his eyes and saw a gray beach, as well as seaweed exposed on the rocks by the shore due to the ebb tide.
The weather was gloomy, as if a storm was coming.
In a daze, he stared at the embers of the fire that had already burned out. It took him a long time to figure out what happened last night. Aglaea took him away from the family, and the two of them were intercepted by Muggle planes on their way, which destroyed their flying brooms. In the end, they stole a plane and escaped.
In the end, they got lost by the sea and had nowhere to go. The two of them argued for a long time, but in the end, no one could come up with a solution and they fell asleep on the beach for the whole night.
After almost smoothing out the events of last night, Hoffa had a headache. What the hell was going on?
He wanted to sit up but found that his lower abdomen was heavy. When he looked carefully, it turned out that Aglaia had fallen asleep on top of him.
From the way she slept, it could be seen how heartless she was. Even after experiencing such an adventure last night, she still acted as if nothing had happened. Not only was she sprawled out on her back, she even used herself as a pillow and her lower abdomen was wet with saliva.
Hoffa pushed her head in disgust, but she made a smacking sound and changed her position.
He pushed her two more times, but he still couldn't push her away. Hoffa then shouted angrily, "Your mother is here!"
Aglaia shuddered and sat up like a spring in her sleep.
"My mother!!?"
"Where is she!?"
Then, she suddenly looked at Hoffa and said, "Let's go, my mother is here!"
Hoffa wiped the saliva on his face and stood up. He shook his clothes that were stuck to his stomach because of the saliva.
"Drooling? You're Miss Dracath who lives in the castle. "
"Whoa, people who live in the castle don't drool …?"
Rumble …
As she spoke, Aglaia's stomach began to growl. She stuck out her tongue and said, "I'm hungry."
"Did you prepare food in your Traceless Stretch Backpack?"
Hoffa asked. He was also a little hungry.
Aglaia was stunned. "I didn't bring it."
"Huh?"
Hoffa was stunned. "You what?"
"How would I know that I would get lost on the beach? This was not part of the plan at all." She looked around, then pointed to the sky and added, "Isn't this the seaside? Look, we can catch some birds to eat."
Following her finger, Hoffa indeed saw many seagulls circling in the sky.
He sighed and did not want to talk. He felt that agreeing to travel with her was really the stupidest decision he had ever made.
Although Aglaia's suggestion was tempting, he did not have a wand and lacked an effective way to attack.
Moreover, Hoffa also suspected that with the flying speed of those birds, even if he had a magic wand, he would not be able to shoot them down. After all, they were all creatures that had evolved for hundreds of thousands of years. None of them were stupid.
Aglaia saw that Hoffa's mood was not much better, so she got up and looked around. Suddenly, she clapped her hands excitedly.
"Look, mussels!"
She dragged Hoffa to the beach and pointed to the reef by the sea. "When I was young, the housekeeper brought me to a picnic to eat this. It was very delicious."
Hoffa looked carefully and found that a few rocks on the left were covered with algae. The seawater would probably submerge them in a few hours. In the middle of the slippery seaweed on the rocks, there were a large number of two-petaled shells.
"Mussels?"
He carefully observed the mollusks on the rocks. "Are they really edible?"
"Of course," she replied confidently.
"You've eaten them before?"
"I know!"
She peeled one and threw it into her mouth, chewed twice and swallowed.
"Look."
Seeing that she was eating with relish, Hoffa also peeled a mussel and carefully put it into his mouth. He found that there was a strong taste of pepper. It was not bad, and after he tasted it, there was a hint of sweetness.
So he ate a second one, a third one, a third one, a third one …
Under the sun, Hoffa ate a full meal of half-peeled mussels.
After eating, his hunger was alleviated.
But then came the question. Where were they?
He was going to the Sorcerer's Secret Realm, but now he was stranded on the beach. What was this?
He could not help but stand up and look around the desolate surroundings. "Where are we?"
Aglaia hesitated and said, "Maybe in Wales. I flew this way last night."
Wales. Hoffa had never been to Wales, so he ran to the bushes and looked around for a while. What he saw was only green bushes full of thorns, and a forest in the distance. It was a complete wilderness with no traces of human activity, only a remote and desolate coast.
"This …"
Aglaia stood beside Hoffa, and the two were silent.
"What should we do?"
Aglaia asked instinctively.
"The river."
Hoffa said, "We have to find the river."
"You're thirsty? I know the Clear Water Spell. "
"Thirsty your ass," Hoffa said, "Without a river, there is no town. Without a town, who can you ask for directions, and how can you determine our geographical location?"
"Wow, you're amazing. Where did you learn this from?"
Aglaia praised him exaggeratedly, not very sincere.
Hoffa thought, "You definitely don't know Bear Grylls."
After making a decision, the two began to walk deeper into the bushes, trying to find the river. After walking for a quarter of an hour, Hoffa and Aglaia entered the vast forest.
At this moment, summer was over, the trees were lush, and the air was filled with a refreshing fragrance. Although the scenery was good, the ground was rugged, and along the way, there were weeds and thorns.
Fortunately, Hoffa had the Grasp of Shattering, the magic he learned from Grindelwald was simply a divine skill for traveling.
In the area covered by his Spiritual Energy, the ground rumbled and rolled, the grass and trees scattered to the sides, revealing the bumpy ground.
Large birds would fly out of the forest at any time, flapping their huge wings and scurrying in all directions like clouds.
Aglaia was excitedly chattering all the way, pointing at the birds and saying their scientific names, genera, and families one by one.
Hoffa just kept his head down and hurried on.
The river was not as hard to find as he thought. Soon, after walking to the mountain stream, he found an inland river. This gave him hope. Where there was a river, there would be traces of civilization.
But, at noon, it began to drizzle. Soon, the drizzle became heavier, and even with the Grasp of Shattering, the road became extremely muddy and difficult to walk on.
After the initial sense of novelty, all that was left was endless walking.
Different from Aglaia who was always full of energy, Hoffa was a little depressed.
There was a lack of normal food, no normal drinking water, cold and hungry, and even with the Shield Spell, his shoes were still wet. There was no one around except Aglaia.
Not to mention the Wizard's Secret Realm, there was not even a Muggle town in sight.
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Walking until evening, the two finally saw a small town in the mountains. This town was not affected by the war, it stood quietly by the river, surrounded by fields, and looked very hazy in the rain.
Seeing the town, Hoffa's spirit was lifted. If there was a gathering place for Muggles, then there would be food. Only after eating could he think about the Wizard's Secret Realm.
They braved the heavy rain and ran to the streets of the town. It was time to eat, and the aroma from the streets made them salivate. Aglaea found a small restaurant and was about to rush into it in a hurry. After a day of traveling, she could not wait for some food and drinks.
However, Huo Fa quickly pulled her back. "Wait, did you bring any money?"
The clothes he was wearing were old clothes from Aglaia's father when he was young, and there was not a single penny inside.
"Of course I did!"
Aglaia excitedly reached into her pocket and took out a few gold coins.
"Look, although it's not much, it's enough for us to spend."
Hoffa saw the few gold coins in her hand, and his face gradually turned pale.
Aglaia was surprised, "What's with that look in your eyes, do you think it's not enough?"
"Please." Hoffa pointed to the pedestrians around and said in a low voice, "These are all Muggles, do you want to use this to buy things? We have to use pounds! "
"Ah! Is that so? "
The girl suddenly realized, "Sorry, I didn't know that you have to exchange money to eat in a Muggle shop."
Hoffa said, "Do you have any common sense in life? You quarreled with me in school, why are you like a baby when you come out!"
"I haven't bought anything." Aglaia jokingly bumped Hoffa's shoulder, "But, don't you know how to turn invisible? Do you want to turn invisible and steal some for us?"
"In your dreams, I'm not here to be a thief!"
Hoffa snatched the gold coins from Aglaia's hand, "Look around and see if there are any Wizards here, if there are, we can exchange them for some Muggle money."
"Then what are we waiting for, let's go."
Aglaia, who was full of motivation, immediately wanted to drag Hoffa to exchange for money.
But when it came down to it, Hoffa hesitated. This girl's life skills were almost blank. If he let her follow them to exchange for money, what if some unexpected trouble happened …
Aglaia stared at Hoffa for a long time, and seeing that he didn't move, she asked, "What are you thinking about, do you still want to eat?"
Hoffa rubbed his chin, thinking that this town wasn't that big, and his Spirit Field could easily cover the surroundings. If Aglaia encountered any danger, he could definitely rush back in time. If she followed him and got into a conflict with some unfamiliar Wizards, it would be one more thing.
After weighing the pros and cons, Hoffa shook his head at her, "No, I'll go alone, you wait for me here."
"What!" Aglaia exclaimed, "We're teammates, and you want to leave me behind and go alone?"
"No, no, I'm just worried about you. We've been walking for a day. I'm afraid you'll be exhausted. "
Hoffa said without thinking. He pressed her shoulder and pressed her down on the bench under the canopy outside the shop, "You can rest here."
Aglaia stood up and frowned, "You've never said anything good, so this must be a lie."
Huo Fa pressed her down again and said indifferently, "What nonsense are you spouting? Sit properly. I'll be back in a while. "
She crossed her arms and glared at Hoffa fiercely, "I understand, you're afraid I'll mess it up, right?"
Hoffa avoided the topic and pointed at her as he stepped back, "Don't move."
Aglaia stopped talking and began to sneer.
"Don't laugh, don't move," Hoffa emphasized as he walked to the corner of the street.
The girl gave him the middle finger.
Hoffa walked to the corner and stuck his head out again, "Don't move."
Aglaia: "Get out!"
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After leaving Aglaia, Hoffa immediately entered a meditative state. He spread his power of the will in the town, hoping to sense the presence of other Wizards.
This was a typical riverside town. The houses on the streets were low and crisscrossed. Several old fishing boats with internal combustion engines were anchored at the wharf. Under the dark night sky, the shops on the street were shining with broken neon lights, and the dirty water on the ground reflected the lights that flickered between red and blue.
He didn't walk far before he felt faint mana fluctuations. Those fluctuations were very weak.
Hoffa's eyes lit up. He was lucky that there were Wizards in this town. He followed the magic wave and followed it.
However, the more he followed, the more dilapidated the surrounding scenery became. Following the faintly discernible magical undulations, Huo Fa actually arrived at an alley filled with trash.
Above his head were dense, crisscrossing wires, and the walls were covered with advertisements that looked like psoriasis. Seeing this place, Hoffa could not help but think of the Wu Orphanage.
Were there really Wizards living in this place?
Suspicion grew.
As the magical fluctuations got closer and closer, a faintly discernible cursing sound entered Huo Fa's ears.
"… Blockhead, where's the money?"
"No … No."
"No, doesn't your alcoholic father drink today!?"
"No … I beg you …"
"Liar, he drinks every day, doesn't he?"
"I really don't …"
"Sh * t, you monster, take out the money!"
"Don't … Don't hit …"
Bang! Bang bang!!
There was a pitter-patter sound in the rain, mixed with someone's cry of pain. Hoffa turned the corner and saw a few boys about his age blocking the garbage at the end of the alley, kicking something with their feet.
"You won't cry until you see the coffin. Others may be afraid of you, but we're not!" The boys said as they kicked.
Huo Fa furrowed his brows, because the magic waves were coming from the children.
He walked closer slowly, and peeked out from the periphery. The children were attacking a tall adult. The man was wearing a tattered and dirty cloth shirt, and he was curled up on the ground in the rain, trembling non-stop. The rain on the ground was mixed with traces of pink.
"Who told you to be stubborn, are you still going to be stubborn?" The leader of the boys with yellow hair said.
"Boss, just knock him out and search his body! Why are you still talking nonsense with him? "Another child said.
"Makes sense." The leader of the boys with yellow hair raised his iron rod, and a trace of viciousness flashed in his eyes, and was about to smash the man's head on the ground.
But the moment the iron rod came down, a hand like an iron clamp grabbed his wrist, and he couldn't move.
When the big boy turned his head, he found an unfamiliar youth who was about the same age as him standing beside him.
"What are you doing?" The yellow hair was shocked, and asked.
"What are you doing?" Hoffa asked back.
The boy with yellow hair struggled twice, but couldn't break free. A trace of fear flashed across his face, but when he saw his companions, he became bolder.
"Let go." He threatened.
Hoffa obeyed and let go.
"Who told you to be a busybody!" The boy didn't hesitate to hit Hoffa with the iron rod.
But the iron rod stopped a centimeter away from his head, and couldn't hit him. Looking at the pair of golden eyes in the rain, his fingers trembled for some reason.
Huo Fa looked at the iron rod that was pressed against his head and calmly took it.
Magic transformed into life, and the iron rod was bent ninety degrees, as if it wasn't made of iron, but of rubber.
Clang!
The iron rod smashed into the distance.
The boy in front of him was dumbfounded.
However, among the four, a boy with his back facing Hoffa didn't give up, he picked up a brick, sneak attacked from the side, and hit Hoffa's head.
Hoffa didn't turn his head, and kicked back with lightning speed.
Thud!!
The boy who sneaked an attack flew into the corner of the garbage pile, he was foaming at the mouth, unconscious.
The boys stared at the iron rod, and then looked at the boy lying in the garbage pile, twitching and foaming at the mouth.
Without waiting for Hoffa to speak, they scattered, rolling and crawling, and not even their shadows were left.
Hoffa shrugged, and turned around. Only then did he see clearly the man who was curled up between two garbage cans, covered in cuts and bruises. And the man was looking at him with a pair of beetle-like brown eyes.
Man …?
A flash of lightning lit up his face.
No, maybe it wasn't a man, because although the man was big, his face was surprisingly young. Fear.
That's right, he was the guy with magic waves.
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