Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 199 Escape and Resistance
"Eat something, Tommo."
Sarah, looking haggard, placed a plate of fried eggs and grilled sausages in front of her husband.
Tommo was reading a newspaper, but he only saw the man who was hated and feared by countless French hemp-blooded wizards, smiling coldly on the front page photo.
[Seventy percent of the Mudbloods have had their wands confiscated. The Minister has announced the establishment of a temporary correctional facility.]
Looking at the two bold and enlarged news headlines, Tommo's hands holding the newspaper unconsciously clenched tightly.
Sarah held his hand, her face full of pain and paleness.
"Why don't we just go away, dear, escape from here and go somewhere else..."
"When those British muffs fled to our land, they thought the same thing." Tommo said excitedly, "Where can we flee to now? Go north to Belgium or the Netherlands? Go south to Spain or Portugal? Britain and France have fallen into his hands. Do you think the Ministries of Magic in these countries can stop him? Where can we flee to then!"
Sarah shed silent tears, holding her husband's hand tightly, and was filled with fear and anxiety about the drastic changes that had taken place in less than a month.
They were a wonderful wizarding family.
Both husband and wife were Muggle-born wizards who graduated from Beauxbatons. Tommo was recruited into the French Ministry of Magic right after graduation due to his excellent academic performance. With his outstanding abilities, he was promoted to office manager when he was just over 30 years old without any political background.
His wife Sarah works as a tailor in a magic robe shop. Her work is relatively easy and it also allows her to take care of their children who are not yet of school age.
However, this life was broken three weeks ago.
No one knew what happened at that extraordinary parliamentary meeting, but overnight, the dark lord who ruled Britain and was notorious in the hearts of Muggle-born wizards all over the world suddenly became the Minister of Magic of France.
The Ministry of Magic from top to bottom became his loyal supporters, and all the original muffed employees were arrested and imprisoned.
Fortunately, Tommo sensed that the atmosphere in the department was not right on the night of the meeting and escaped in time, thus escaping the disaster.
Now he has taken his wife and daughter to hide in his countryside home in Rouen, avoiding the Aurors' search and confiscation of wands.
Having been in the political arena for more than ten years, Tommo knew very well what would happen to the Muggle-born wizards under the bloodline policy after their wands were taken away. They would all become fish at the mercy of others and become slaves of the Dark Lord's government!
But even though they are away from Paris, the Tommo family's current situation is still extremely dangerous.
The Aurors, whose staff has more than doubled, are searching for Muggle-born wizards all over France. As long as they don't escape, it's only a matter of time before they are discovered.
"Julie hasn't gotten up yet?" Tommo put down the newspaper in his hand and wiped his wife's tears.
Sarah sniffed and collected herself.
"When I went to see her, she was still asleep, so I didn't call her."
"Then let her sleep a little longer. She's been frightened these days."
Just as they were talking and preparing to start eating breakfast, Tomo suddenly raised his head sharply.
Outside the window, several dark shadows suddenly flashed by!
His nerves suddenly tensed up, but he put down the knife and fork very gently and then grabbed Sarah's arm.
Sarah looked at him, and neither of them spoke. However, the tacit understanding they had developed over the years of getting along had allowed them to know what was going on just by looking at each other's eyes.
With a look of fear on her face, she stood up from the chair in a panic, turned around and walked quickly towards the stairs leading to the bedroom on the second floor.
Tommo controlled his trembling hands, pulled out the wand that had always been in his pocket, and then approached the wall where the main entrance was with extremely careful movements.
He pressed himself against the wall, chanted a spell very quietly, and waved his wand over himself.
"Iron armor protection."
An invisible layer of protection formed on the surface of his body, and the closer he got to the door, the more he could hear the movements outside, and he could even vaguely hear a series of intermittent conversations.
"…He is hiding here…"
"Yes... I used Legilimency on that Muggle woman... right here..."
Tommo's palms were sweating as he held the wand, but at this moment his trembling hands calmed down.
He turned to look at Sarah, who had already called her daughter and was holding her daughter's hand as she walked down the stairs to the second floor, looking at him with tears in her eyes and a face full of fear and worry.
He opened his mouth and shouted with suppressed voice.
"Go... now!"
Julie, who had just been called out of bed, seemed to have guessed her father's fate. When she was about to cry with red eyes, Sarah covered her mouth.
Both mother and daughter were in tears, and Sarah raised her wand.
The knock on the door and the sound of her chanting sounded almost at the same time!
"Apparition!"
She took Julie with her, and their bodies twisted together for a moment, but in the next second, with a sound like a whip hitting the air, the two of them suddenly appeared in the same place!
Apparition is blocked!
Sarah and Tommo's faces were filled with despair, and such a violent movement naturally made the people outside the house realize that something was wrong.
"Damn it! They found us and tried to escape!"
Tommo raised his wand towards the door with a determined look on his face , but before he could recite the spell, a deafening explosion was heard!
"Boom! "
The main gate was blown to pieces in an instant, and a large section of the surrounding walls also collapsed.
Sarah and Julie on the second floor let out a shrill scream, but Tommo did not hesitate to cast a spell at the smoke in front of him!
"Expelliarmus!"
The red light flashed and pierced through the smoke, but it seemed to be swallowed up without causing any ripples.
In the next second, three voices of chanting spells sounded simultaneously from behind the smoke.
"Avada Kedavra!" *3
The pale green light, which was countless times more dazzling than the red light, completely dispelled the haze. Sarah, who was on the second floor protecting her daughter and looking for a flying broom, screamed!
She gave up the idea of escaping and ran down the stairs like a madman.
Fortunately, long office life did not wear down Tommo's vigilance and reaction. The moment he heard the spell, he turned over and hid behind the sofa.
The three killing curses fell on the sofa pillow, blasting it to pieces, with countless down flying all over the sky.
Sarah rushed to her husband's side, grabbing Tommo's arm with one hand. Her daughter ran over with her, crying loudly, and raised her wand with anger and despair on her face.
If you can't escape, you can only resist!
