Chapter 130
Compared with the atmosphere on Karan's side that gradually eased, James and the others on the other side were not doing so well.
The three of them remained silent. Peter cringed and collapsed on the ground. He has not stood up again until now, making meaningless whimpering sounds.
James covered the injured side of his face with one hand and stared at the ground with a dull expression, where his mahogany wand was lying.
Sirius was the one who reacted the fastest among the three. He picked up the red oak wand as soon as it fell to the ground.But after staring at Karan's back for a while, he still didn't take action rashly.
"hateful!"
He whispered angrily. This was the first time he had been insulted like this since he was a child.
While gritting his teeth, he pressed the wound on the side of his face with one palm, and then put it in front of his eyes to examine the traces of blood stained on it.
Compared to the pain and shock he felt in the previous moment, the amount of blood stains was much less than he imagined.
It seemed that Karan did not intend to actually hurt them, but only intended to teach them a lesson.
Otherwise, the rocks that hit them wouldn't just be round stones, but should have sharp edges and corners.
"James, are you okay?"
Sirius ignored Peter who was whimpering softly. He walked over to James and checked the wound on his face.
Unlike Sirius, the stone that hit James' face was obviously harder. Although it only scratched some skin, it made his cheek swell up.
"There is such a talented wizard. It's time for Remus to admit it." Sirius said pretending to be nonchalant, but James did not react to this and remained silent.
On the other side, after Callan suggested diving into the lake, Lily and Snape were also silent. They didn't know what to say for a moment.
"You're kidding, right?"
After a while, Lily asked with some uncertainty.
Karan shook his head.
"You have to know where the female ghost went." He said inexplicably.
Lily looked at him with wide eyes, then she turned her head to look at the bottomless lake, and then looked at Karan again.
"How is this possible?" she asked in surprise: "I mean, how can this be done?"
Karan knew what Lily was referring to.
"Don't worry, only a head soaking charm is enough." He raised his wand and explained to the two of them: "Maybe we also need a water and fire invulnerability charm. After all, we didn't bring a swimsuit."
As he spoke, he pointed the wand at the witch robe on his body and whispered: "Invulnerable to water and fire."
A magic spell hit Karan. He squatted down and tried to splash some water from the lake on his body, but after the water droplets slipped, his witch robe did not become wet.
"It looks like it will last for a while, at least the clothes won't become a burden."
Then he gestured to Snape. Snape glanced sideways at the dark lake and felt a little hesitant, but he did not refuse in the end.
"Invulnerable to water and fire."
After the curse was also cast on Snape, Lily saw that Kahlan had completely made up her mind, so she simply followed suit and stood up.
"I have to keep an eye on you." She muttered in a low voice, her tone seemed a little unhappy, but the expression on her face was one of deep helplessness.
She simply couldn't stop what Karan wanted to do. If she just sneaked into this lake, she gritted her teeth and it wasn't unacceptable at all.
But Karan did not cast the fire and water invulnerability spell on her.
"You stay here," he said.
Lily was stunned for a moment, and she immediately said unconvinced: "I am the number one in my grade, there is no need for you to deliberately protect me."
Karan still shook his head.
"Out of the three of us, one must stay on the ground."
He explained calmly: "If the people who swam into the lake encountered any danger, the remaining person could go to the professors in the school for help. This is better than being wiped out."
"You know it's dangerous but you still insist on swimming in!" Lily accused angrily.
Karan just smiled at this, but his attitude was still very determined.
"Then..." As a last resort, Lily looked around: "Then let Sif stay. My grades in the Charms class are better than his, and I can help more."
"no!"
Before Callan could say anything, Snape immediately objected: "It's better for you..."
Snape immediately flinched after Lily narrowed her eyes at him.
"I mean, it's still very cold in the lake, just in case..." He faltered, unable to even speak a complete sentence.
However, it is now June, and even at night, the temperature of the lake is not unbearable.
However, this reminded Karan a little bit. Perhaps because of the freezing of the lake before, the female ghost never appeared again until tonight when he accidentally ran into her.
Seeing Snape becoming more and more flustered, Callan had to give him an excuse: "Hair."
He looked at Lily and said, "Your hair is too long. It will affect your vision when you swim to the bottom of the lake."
Lily pouted dissatisfied, this answer did not completely convince her.However, under the joint opposition of the two, she finally had to agree to stay on the ground.
"Remember to put on the invisibility cloak, it will be safer."
After giving Lily a final reminder, Karan cast a head bubble spell on himself and Snape respectively. A huge bubble immediately appeared around their heads, making their facial features appear to be elongated and widened. , it looked very funny.
Lily looked at their rare appearance curiously. She couldn't help laughing and whispered, "Fortunately, I don't have to go down with you."
Karan pointed at the invisibility cloak helplessly. After Lily's figure completely disappeared from the sight of the two of them, he waved to Snape, and then the two of them dived into the lake together.
Although they couldn't hear what they said, their actions were still seen by several people on the other side.
James had gradually come back to his senses at this time. He was holding the wand he had picked up again in one hand, and he was still rubbing his swollen cheek with the other hand.
"Let's go too!"
He said suddenly.
Sirius turned to look at him.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
James took out a ball of something from his pocket, which looked like countless slippery gray-green rat tails.
"This is a gillweed that allows us to breathe underwater. I originally planned to use it in the school's black lake. But... forget it."
He grabbed a bunch and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it hard, while humming and saying: "No matter what they want to do, as long as I do it before them."
"It's just wandless magic, nothing special!"
He seemed to have regained his composure, but the circles under his eyes became a little red, revealing a hint of cruelty, which made him no longer look so rational.
At this time, a hand stretched out from his side and also grabbed a small handful of gillweed. Sirius chewed it while complaining: "Ugh, this tastes like this."
After James looked over to him, Sirius made a fist gesture.
"You can't do this without me, man."
James smiled and touched him.
"James, I...I just..."
However, Peter behind the two of them still looked a little frightened. His lips moved and his whole body trembled slightly.
After seeing his appearance, Sirius snorted disdainfully, and James had no choice but to let him stay on the ground like Lily, and leave the invisibility cloak to him for safekeeping.
Peter nodded gratefully, tears streaming down his face.Before the two of them left, he couldn't wait to put on the invisibility cloak.
Sirius was becoming more and more contemptuous of Peter, but James was the only one who didn't pay much attention to it.
Before entering the water, Sirius pretended to be relaxed and asked: "Are you sure you are ready? The blow we just received was not a light one."
"Ah!"
James laughed loudly, his tone full of confidence again, but also with a hint of unwillingness.
"I'm a freshman who can do the Wronsky fake perfectly!"
Lily on the other side looked at them coldly and didn't say anything to stop them until they entered the water.
Inexplicably, she suddenly felt a little flustered.
She suddenly remembered a joke Karan had said that afternoon.
【I have killed people. 】