Chapter 105 105. Michael's plan
"Honey, what's wrong with you?"
Amelia saw Scott's face was grim, so she leaned over to look at the newspaper in his hand.
"Oh..."
She looked at the photo of Scott and Milton "parting reluctantly" in the newspaper and sighed.
"This photo is well taken." She commented, "They made you look handsome, and Milton is also very beautiful...if he is really a girl."
In this photo, Milton only showed a small part of his face, and with his long hair, I am afraid that anyone who saw the photo would think he was a girl.
But Milton's true gender obviously could not be hidden from Rita Skeeter.
Or, the fact that Milton is a boy might make her more excited.
She obviously knew it well, and deliberately revealed Milton's true gender at the end of this report.
Scott himself has been portrayed as a playboy who plays between men and women in this article...
After reading the report, Emilia said again: "To be honest, I would rather you be more romantic like what is written in this article."
Her tone was regretful.
"You should enjoy your youth like a young man, dear."
"..."
Scott took a deep breath.
"That's not the point, Millie," he said to his mother, "The point is that our home address was exposed by her!"
He even began to suspect that it was the Auror named Williamson who betrayed his home address.
Amelia smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. The article only says that you said goodbye at Hastings Station..."
"It's Hastings, not London." Scott said helplessly, "It's too easy to find our home in this town. Don't forget how Milton found us."
This report is really bad news for Scott.
He began to regret his carelessness.
Thinking of this, he stood up and walked around in and around his house and yard.
According to the "original book", he knew that Rita Skeeter was an illegal Animagus who could turn into a beetle.
He wanted to confirm whether that guy was still lurking nearby and eavesdropping.
Scott searched with both naked eye observation and magic perception, but found no abnormality.
In fact, magic perception is useless for Animagus.
He once asked Professor McGonagall about this problem.
When wizards transform into animals, magic power will only fluctuate during the transformation process, but when they maintain their animal form, magic power is usually imperceptible because it is maintaining the "transformation" itself.
Fortunately, it is winter now, and the sudden appearance of insects will be very conspicuous.
Scott carefully searched for several times and basically confirmed that Rita Skeeter was not nearby.
"What's wrong with you?"
Emilia looked at Scott busying around and was a little confused.
"It's okay."
Scott forced a smile.
"You and Mike should move away." He said.
"Move away?" Emilia shook her head, "No, we won't move away, where can we go?"
"Listen to me..."
Scott was a little flustered at this time.
He told Emilia about Jacob's experience again.
"Maybe you can move to Spain." He suggested, "After all, you grew up there, and your grandparents are there too."
Scott also learned these days that his grandparents are still alive, and they just returned to Spain after Emilia got married.
"No, we're not going anywhere." Emilia said with resistance.
"But those people have no bottom line." Scott persuaded, "During the wizard war more than ten years ago, those Death Eaters often took pleasure in hurting Muggles."
His relationship with the pure-blooded Slytherins was already very bad, and it was foreseeable that it would get worse in the future, which made him very worried about the safety of Emilia and Michael.
Amelia still shook her head, "We are not ordinary Muggles, dear! I will let them eat bullets before they raise that little stick!"
"..."
Scott had a headache watching his mother refuse to accept the advice.
He decided to go to the antique shop to talk to Michael.
At noon, he took the initiative to take over the service of delivering food to Michael and left home.
Trollope Antique Shop.
After listening to Scott's words, Michael fell into silence.
After a long time, he asked, "You let us leave England and leave you alone here?"
"You should understand, Mike." Scott said, "I will worry if you stay here."
Michael looked a little sad, and he asked in a deep voice, "Have we become a burden to you, son."
"I..."
Scott opened his mouth and couldn't speak.
"Okay, I understand what you mean."
Michael laughed again and patted Scott's head.
"But you are still underage, kid! Whether you are a wizard or not, you are just our son, and we must watch you grow up!"
"But..."
Scott wanted to say something else, but Michael interrupted him.
"No buts!"
He patted Scott's head again.
"The situation is not that bad now, right?"
He said calmly.
"Because of the last wizard war, the current magic world, your headmaster's proposition is politically correct."
He motioned for Scott to sit down, and he sat down and began to enjoy his lunch.
"Didn't you say that? The homes of dark wizards will face rounds of searches by the Ministry of Magic, which shows that the faction represented by your principal is gaining the upper hand."
Scott nodded.
"So, those people are too cautious and will not take the initiative to hand over evidence to the enemy at this time. And you have not provoked that kind of crazy enemy yet."
Scott had a different opinion.
"You are talking about wise and intelligent wizards." He said, "But there are always crazy and stupid people everywhere, and such people are often more lethal."
For example, Strelner, whom he offended the most, was not a calm person.
"Okay, son."
Michael motioned for him to stop talking.
"You should trust your father."
Michael said proudly.
"Our family has lived in this town for hundreds of years. If someone really comes to cause trouble, I can at least guarantee that I have the ability to take Milly away safely."
"You know wizards can apparate, right? Mike."
Scott looked at him distrustfully.
"You can also disguise yourself as anyone with magic potions."
"Given those guys' habit of looking down on us, they won't be so careful about pretending."
Michael said nonchalantly.
"Well, we can move to your grandfather's old house, which is on another street near the seaside."
He smiled at Scott, leaned closer and whispered: "There is a passage in the backyard of that house that leads to the bottom of the cliff, and there is a hidden dock there."
Scott looked at him in surprise.
Michael said proudly: "As long as a stranger comes to town and inquires about our family, I can get the news. This time is enough for me to take Milly to set up a boat and leave."
"..."
Scott was a little helpless.
In short, he failed to persuade Michael and Amelia for the time being.
But he didn't give up.
There were still a few days left for the holiday, and he had decided that at any cost his parents would leave England before the holiday was over.
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