The last pot of vegetable soup was brought to the table. The silver dinner covers covering other foods were gradually lifted, revealing the steaming delicate delicacies.
As a professor at Giant Tree College, Professor Hagrid's family does not need to worry about food contamination and scarcity, especially when distinguished guests come to visit.
Professor Hagrid opened his collection of red wine, filled it for Lu Li, his wife, and even Sithorne. He picked up the swaying wine glass and said, "Your Excellency, Lu Li."
"Respect Mr. Lu Li." said the virtuous Mim.
"Here's to the good-smelling Lu Li!" Sithorne chimed in childishly.
After covering the perfume potion, Lu Li's scent filled his surroundings again.
Put down the wine glass and the warm family lunch officially begins.
Professor Hagrid told Lu Li about the various shops in this neighborhood. You can visit them in your free time. There is no need to cover up your scent, but someone may ask about the perfume Lu Li wears.
Mim was a wife of this era and asked Lu Li if he had anyone he liked.
"I'm still looking for her."
Professor Hagrid happened to be one of the insiders: "Your Excellency Lu Li, there is another thing to invite you to be our guest...about the Paradise Valley that you asked me to pay attention to."
Professor Hagrid had a clue. He found vague words about "Paradise Valley" in the pages of an unknown and broken book.
[She is surrounded by vast forests, far away from disputes. Animals gather here, plants are still growing, and honey-like rivers flow. People who escape the world migrate here, it is like paradise]
The fragmentary page cannot confirm whether it points to Paradise Valley, nor the location of Paradise Valley. It is just Professor Hagrid's conjecture.
"Are the pages gone?" Lu Li said.
Professor Hagrid would probably have taken it out if he were still there.
"Yes... the page was too torn, and it blew away when I tried to pick it up." Professor Hagrid said guiltily.
Ambiguous clues are better than none.
The vast forest, far away from disputes and rivers.
Combining these keywords, Lu Li first thought of the Eternal Forest in the west of the Main Continent, which is the vastest forest known to mankind. Hundreds of years of logging have not reduced the Eternal Forest much, and because explorers focus more on the ocean, human beings have
Little is known about the Eternal Forest.
Lu Li temporarily put down his knife and fork and went back upstairs to take out the map. The wrinkled and yellowed sheepskin map of the Main Dependent Continent showed the outline of the Eternal Forest in the west, which was almost larger than the Lennon Islands.
Several rivers flow into the Eternal Forest and flow out from the south below.
The closest town to the Eternal Forest is the town of Vig, the end of Human Tentacles and the terminus of the railway.
But with the fall of the ice-free port of Wiener, their contact with the railway town became intermittent, and the town in the second half of the railway completely lost contact.
We can only judge that their situation is not going to be too good.
Fortunately, the flowing cat is still there and may be able to protect the town of Vig.
Memorizing the outline of the Eternal Forest, Lu Li returned to the restaurant downstairs.
The moment he settled into the seat, Lu Li suddenly felt tired and weak in his heart.
Tiredness was like a storm that could not withstand the surging force, destroying the sailing boat composed of reason and making him sleepy.
Before falling into unconsciousness, the last thing Lu Li saw was Professor Hagrid standing up suddenly, then collapsing and knocking over the dining table.
There is also Mim who is expressionless and Sithorn who is still smiling.
…
A carriage drove slowly along the streets of the inner city towards the outer city.
The "cargo" that was not firmly fixed in the carriage banged lightly against the wall of the carriage.
Amid the shaking and cold contact, Lu Li slowly woke up.
A changing light shone through the gap between the carriage doors, and the carriage was moving.
Lu Li's black eyes, which were deeper than those in the dim carriage, scanned the surroundings and lowered his eyes.
He leaned against the carriage to hide, his body tied with hemp rope, and the holster on his waist and stomach bag were all missing. Professor Hagrid was leaning on the other side, encountering the same situation, and had not yet woken up.
"Professor Hagrid..."
Professor Hagrid slowly woke up due to Lu Li's call or the bump on his forehead when the carriage hit him.
"Your Excellency Lu Li..."
When he saw Lu Li looking calmly, he acted subconsciously, and then found himself tied up with a hemp rope. The fact that he was knocked unconscious by his wife and children also flooded into his chaotic mind.
"How could...what is Mim doing?!" Professor Hagrid has not woken up from his wife's betrayal.
"Keep quiet, don't let them find out we're awake."
Lu Li signaled Professor Hagrid to be silent, but he was a step too late.
The carriage door suddenly opened, and dazzling light invaded the dim carriage.
The dilated pupils shrank, and Lu Li could vaguely see Sithorne, who was covered in light and shadow.
"Father, smell good Lu Li, are you awake?" a honest voice sounded.
"Sithorn? Come on, let us out!" Professor Hagrid growled lowly, still full of hope.
"Mother said...no!"
Sithorn muffled his refusal, and Lu Li, who had adapted to the bright light, also saw Mim driving the carriage.
"No……!"
Professor Hagrid yelled in pain at Thorne to close the carriage door.
Unable to understand the betrayal, Professor Hagrid began to struggle and shout, but the carriage only shook slightly and no passers-by heard the shout.
The struggle lasted for several minutes, and the panting Professor Hagrid stopped with scratches. The hemp rope was strong and thick enough, and the binding was so tight that it almost made it difficult for blood to flow.
"I never imagined... that Mim and my child would betray me."
Professor Hagrid's hoarse, low words rang out in the dim carriage with turbid air.
"I'm sorry, Sir Lu Li... I shouldn't have invited you as a guest."
Professor Hagrid is full of guilt and regret.
His wife Mim had a problem for a long time... She came to Professor Hagrid a long time ago because of some conspiracy, and became one of the conspiracies against Giant Tree Academy. But because Professor Hagrid invited Lu Li, the lie that he had maintained for nearly ten years was
expose the ugly truth
After a few minutes, the sound of horse hooves slowed down and the carriage became still.
The carriage stopped, and voices came from outside the carriage.
"I am the wife of Professor Peter Hagrid of Giant Tree College, and I need to go to the surface."
"It's the inner city guard..." Professor Hagrid suddenly raised his head and shouted outside: "He's lying!"
"As usual, we need to check the carriage." The voice of the city guard sounded.
"certainly."
An unsettling conversation rang out, and then Sithorn opened the door. Lu Li and Professor Hagrid saw the city guards under the light that symbolized hope.
"I am Professor Hagrid, and I am accompanied by the exorcist Lu Li. They kidnapped us!" Professor Hagrid shouted to him, his voice no longer hoarse and harsh.
Lu Li leaned against the rear of the carriage and watched quietly as the city guards looked around the interior of the carriage. He found nothing and then backed away.
"No problem, Mrs. Hagrid. I wish you a safe journey. Goodbye."
"goodbye."
"What are you doing?! That's Lu Li! It's the legendary exorcist! You can't do this!?" Professor Hagrid roared hysterically, but the narrow carriage seemed to be isolated from the world.
"They even bribed the city guards..."
Professor Hagrid murmured that they seemed to be trapped in the conspiracy of the Spider Web God System, and were getting deeper and deeper into it.
"Maybe not."
Lu Li recalled the city guards whose focus had never been on them.
"The city guards can't hear us or see us."
The carriage started to move again with a slight tremor, carrying the despairing and remorseful Professor Hagrid and the calm Lu Li, and ran over the young grass growing in the gaps between the bluestones.