Hogwarts: Starting as a Card Maker from a Failed Art Student

Chapter 53 Ethan: Senior Sean Voluntarily Gave Me His Loot

"What's going on?! Was there an earthquake?!"

"The ground is moving!"

"Of course! The whole cave is moving—Aaaaaah!"

Screams, panic, chaos.

It swept through the entire cave in an instant!

The first Slytherin prefect to enter, Gemma Farley, was already standing at the cave exit.

She stared in astonishment into the depths of the nest, her pupils slightly contracting.

Is this... the Toad King being disturbed?

The next second, she suddenly realized something and turned her head sharply.

On the originally dark lake surface, pairs of scarlet eyes were revealed.

He stared straight at them.

—The entire swarm of toads went berserk.

"Quick! Run to the professor!!"

Gemma shouted, trying her best to stay calm.

She waved her wand, unleashing a patch of ice that froze the incoming tongue in mid-air, her heart pounding wildly.

hateful!

What exactly happened deep within the cave?!

This is the question that all the professors want to know at this moment.

"What's going on? Why did the toads suddenly go berserk?! That roar just now... could their king be injured?"

"That's impossible! Professor Snape is guarding there!"

"The most urgent task is to save the students—we need armor to protect them!"

The professors sprang into action, rushing into the cave to protect the students.

Professor Flitwick waved his wand, and a mud wall immediately rose from the bottom of the lake, isolating the toad inside.

Amidst chaos.

Professor McGonagall glanced at it subconsciously.

I glanced at the figure still standing at the starting line.

In this emergency, all the professors forgot that the only first-year applicant, Ethan Vincent, was still standing on the edge of the cliff.

Similarly, in such an emergency situation.

Ethan remained motionless.

Like someone who has taken root there, or perhaps... like an audience member watching a play, quietly observing them.

The night was dark.

Most of Ethan's body was hidden in the shadows, and his face was completely black and could not be seen clearly.

For no apparent reason, Professor McGonagall shivered.

Her sixth sense told her that this sudden accident was related to Ethan.

However—how could that be?

Ethan's portal can only be set within the visible area.

Everyone knows that.

As long as he doesn't move an inch, there's nothing that can be done.

"what!"

A scream brought Professor McGonagall back to her senses.

She suppressed her chaotic thoughts and focused her attention on the rescue.

In any case, with Professor Snape in the cave, everything should be fine.

......

Inside the cave.

Snape felt that his teaching career—no, his entire life—might be coming to an end.

Even when facing Voldemort, when acting as a double agent.

I've never felt so powerless before.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

"Help, help me!"

"Croak—!"

"Hmm!"

Snape swung his wand fiercely, and a red light flashed, swatting the cannonball-like tongue aside.

The crimson tongue crashed against the wall with a thud, and the heavy stalactites fell to the ground.

The scene was filled with screams of agony, resembling a living hell.

The King Toad is a protected animal.

If they kill someone, they'll have to pay compensation.

"Damn it!"

Snape cursed under his breath, casting a hypnotic spell as he retreated.

His hair was stuck to his forehead like seaweed, making him look extremely disheveled.

But he wasn't the unluckiest one.

"Aaaaaah—my feet! My feet!!"

Ravenclaw's elite, Sean Max, screamed in agony.

He lay on the ground, one leg bent unnaturally to one side, his back covered with broken pieces of stalactites.

Sean tried desperately to get up, but he couldn't muster any strength.

Every breath was accompanied by a pain as sharp as sandpaper.

Amidst the rising dust and the toxic slime released by the toads, Sean's eyes were swollen and watery, making it difficult for him to see the road ahead.

He doesn't understand.

One second everything was going smoothly, you had your spoils, and success was just around the corner.

But next second.

Everything is ruined.

All the careful planning and meticulous accumulation crumbled into dust with that roar.

What's more painful than losing is gaining everything and then losing it.

Why is this happening? Why is this happening?!

Has he offended the devil?!

"Help, help me..."

Sean groaned in pain, desperately reaching out to Penelope in front of him.

Even then, his other hand was still tightly clutching his spoils.

The two Slytherin students had been knocked unconscious.

Now, the only thing we can count on is our fellow Ravenclaws!

"Uh, uh!"

Penelope did not act immediately.

She collapsed to the ground, staring in horror at the eyeball on Sean's back, her whole body trembling.

it is true!

That eyeball is real!

It wasn't that she was mistaken; it was indeed growing on Sean's back!

But how can eyeballs grow on a person's back?

Perhaps due to the toxic fog, Penelope's mind was in complete chaos, making it impossible for her to think clearly.

Suddenly.

"Gurgle."

His eyes moved and looked at her.

In an instant.

Penelope felt as if her blood had frozen, staring intently into those eyes, unable to move.

In a trance.

She seemed to see those bloodshot, dark eyes smile at her.

next second.

! !

A door opened beneath her.

Before Penelope could react, she fell to the ground.

The last expression on his face was one of terror.

"...No, no—!!!"

Sean watched helplessly as his savior vanished before his very eyes.

He couldn't help but cry out in pain and despair.

Is he really going to die like this?

Because of a ridiculous accident?

No, he still has a chance!

Professor Snape is still here.

Professor Snape will protect him, as long as he holds on until the professor finishes the fight and takes him out.

He could even become the final winner through the selection process!

Thinking of this, Sean's heart was filled with renewed hope.

Sean clutched his prize tightly in one hand—an obsidian gold ring.

The intricate carvings, the deep black gemstones like the night sky.

Sean fell in love with it at first sight.

At this moment, he couldn't remember any spells.

With one hand gripping the ground, relying on his survival instinct, he struggled to crawl forward, a glimmer of hope rising in his eyes.

however.

Just then.

Sean's blurry vision suddenly went dark.

Sean looked up in confusion and saw a small, fair hand reaching out from the shadows beside him.

He waved to him in a friendly manner.

...?

Before Sean could react, that fair little hand reached down and grabbed the prize ring from his hand!

!!!

What the hell?!

Sean tensed up in fear, his hand instinctively gripping the ring tightly to prevent the eerie little hand from taking it away.

No!

This is his last hope! It must not be taken away!

As if sensing Sean's resistance, the little hand let go, and she retreated as if giving up.

"call......"

Sean secretly breathed a sigh of relief and grinned with a smug and manic smile.

No one can take his spoils away.

Followed by.

Sean saw the little hand reach out and casually pick up a stone the size of a bowl from the ground.

Sean: "..."

His smile froze, and he stared in shock at the stone in his hand.

"No, no!!!"

"Bang!"

A muffled thud.

The stone struck Sean squarely on the head without hesitation.

He was knocked down with a sudden slap, collapsing limply to the ground.

Then, her small hand deftly discarded the blood-stained stone and picked up the obsidian ring.

After a pause, it quickly retracted into the portal.

Professor Snape, who witnessed the entire event: "..."

—Ethan Vincent!!!

Ethan somehow opened a portal here, didn't move an inch, and directly snatched the Ravenclaw student's spoils!

He even threw a brick at his classmate!

"puff!"

Professor Snape was so enraged that, coupled with the accidental whipping by the Toad King, he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Ethan, Ethan, Ethan!

He knew this kid was full of bad intentions; how could he just sit and wait to die?

Damn it, the one who provoked that brat was probably that smug Ravenclaw idiot.

I stayed quietly in my lair and didn't provoke him!

I just wanted to make a few sarcastic remarks to him, as is customary...

You can even get a blind shot like that?!

In front of him was the raging Toad King, and behind him were students lying haphazardly.

At this moment.

Snape just wanted to shout to the heavens:

Ethan, teleport him away too!!!