Wizardry System - Chapter 71

When Chris woke up, he was in a bedroom with 2 other people. He looked over to see Harry and Ron still sleeping.

‘Luckily we made it out of the forest and made it to the base,’ Chris thought. ‘Who knew that the ‘base’ were some portkeys that were being guarded. Well I guess it made sense. If we were caught by the Dark Lord and he used Legilimency, no one would know anything,’

Suddenly, the door burst wide open and in came an unfamiliar woman.

“Wake up you three. It’s time for breakfast!” The woman said.

Harry and Ron groggily sat up in their bed and proceeded to get ready. Chris did the same and in about 5 minutes, the woman led the three of them to the dining room where there were students and ȧduŀts eating together. Chris saw Hermione, Kristine, and Se-yeon already starting to eat at a table. The three quickly got their food and went over to where the girls were.

“Glad that I can have another breakfast,” Ron said. “To be honest, I thought I was going to be snake food last night,”

“If it weren’t for Michael, Justin, and the others staying behind, we really would’ve been snake food,” Kristine said sternly.

“Ok… Just trying to lighten up the mood here,” Ron said as he shrugged his shoulder.

“Well-”

“Alright Kristine, let’s not sour the mood even further,” Chris said. “Right now, we need to stay positive. We’re getting closer to winning this war. If we’re so down all the time, we can even lose the battle we’re supposed to win,”

Kristine pouted and silently ate her food.

“Hello ladies and gentlemen!” A loud female voice shouted. Chris looked towards where the voice came from and it was a lady around Professor McGonagall’s age. She had a simple outfit with a robe.

“My name is Cassia Elks. You can call me anything you want as long as you say either my first or last name. I’d like to give a warm welcome to the students who have all made it here. I know that it was an arduous journey with uncertainty and fear and so I would like to thank all of you for being brave enough to fight against someone that we know is extremely powerful and tyrannical,” Cassia said.

Everyone in the dining room clapped and all the students who were tense lightened up a little.

“I also understand that you all had friends, people that you cared about deeply, sacrifice their lives in order to bring everyone here and I want to thank them for their bravery and let them know that their sacrifice will not be in vain,” Cassia said as she saw that the tension in the students’ face significantly lessened.

‘Wow she’s good. I probably can’t do that as fast as she did,’ Chris thought as he also noticed that the students even Kristine were starting to lighten up.

“While we still do have a lot of work to do, we have progressed a lot in our battle against the Dark Lord. So for now, let us have a happy healthy breakfast and have all the students meet up in the Command Room. I’ll have a person guide you all there after breakfast,” Cassia said with a smile.

Everyone started to eat once again and Ron even had seconds.

“Jesus Ron, you’re eating as much as you eat breakfast and lunch together in one sitting,” Se-yeon said.

“Not really eating during a run does that to me,” Ron said as he continued to eat rapidly. “Besides, I think it’s crazy that you all are not eating as much as I am right now. Who knows how long we’ll be able to peacefully eat like this until the next battle,”

“Well you’re not wrong there,” Chris said. “Alright guys, let’s finish eating. I’m starving,”

After finishing breakfast, all the ȧduŀts except for one left the Dining Room. It was a tall man wearing a suit and a tophat.

“I’ll guide you to the Command Room,” The man said as he gestured to follow him. The students orderly left the Dining Room and entered the hallway. After a couple of turns, they arrived in front of a double door. The man opened the door revealing a medium sized room full of bookshelves packed with books. In front of the students was a relatively big desk and a chair. Cassia was sitting down smiling at the sight of the students.

“Hello students. Once again welcome. It’s a pŀėȧsurė meeting all of you. So as you guys know, I am Cassia Elks. You can call me Cassia, Mrs Elks, or whatever is suitable for you. Now I am also the commander. So on a more serious note, who here is the leader of the group?” Cassia asked.

Everyone pointed at Chris.

“Alright then. I believe you are Mr. Evergreen. I have met your relatives quite a lot especially your uncle. He’s a very kind and brave man. Always willing to go to the front of the battlefield without a care for his life as long as he’s willing to help others. He’s a very close friend of mine,” Cassia said. “Well then, since everyone here is used to Mr. Evergreen leading the charge, he’ll be the commander of the students. It’s better this way rather than ȧssigning an ȧduŀt to you. An army works best with a familiar leader. So since we have chosen the leader, everyone except for Mr. Evergreen and Mr. Potter may leave the room,”

Everyone left with only Chris and Harry staying.