Chapter 458: The Future in Hand

A little earlier, when Ma Erfu was sitting in the Slytherin common room, listening to the chaotic footsteps outside and the noisy talking, he silently clenched the blue energy bottle that no longer responded to him, his mood very complex.

At this time, Pan Xi poked her head over and asked cautiously: "Ma Erfu, do you feel better?"

"No." he said stiffly.

"Alright, you find your state again." Pan Xi sighed, "Sigh, it's all my fault."

"This is not your fault, we were calculated." Ma Erfu sat on the sofa in frustration, hanging his head to look at the fading Dragon Bottle.

Pan Xi looked at him for a while, then turned and prepared to leave.

"What are you going to do?" Ma Erfu asked.

"We at least know Kiva relatively well, and we also know that the Impediment Jinx and Transfiguration can slightly block him." Pan Xi said, "I'll go find other professors or students to buy you time to find your state."

Ma Erfu suddenly stood up. He was a bit impulsive. In fact, he hadn't thought about what to say.

"Or, let's go find..." he stopped talking, standing blankly in the common room, his hands moving on his body, as if groping for something, or as if simply having nowhere to put them.

"Did Zhang Qiu say anything important when she came to find you alone that day?" Pan Xi seemed to notice something wrong.

A shadow covered Ma Erfu's eyes, "That would make me look very stupid," he said.

"If what she said is helpful to everyone, then do it." Pan Xi advised, "Is it something that helps you find your power?"

"On the contrary, it's asking me to hand over the power." Ma Erfu took a deep breath, "But it's also right, keeping these things will only cause me bad memories."

He buttoned his robe and began to walk toward the door quickly.

When he and Pan Xi ran to the eighth floor, they happened to see the students led by Jin Ni using a very thick Impediment Jinx to separate Kiva on the other side of the corridor. Each of them stretched out their wands hard, and several students were already sitting on the ground exhausted.

Kiva held a big sword in his hand, attacking the barrier unhurriedly. He didn't use much force, but every slash hit ripples that made people's hearts palpitate on the barrier.

"Neville!" Ma Erfu shouted loudly, "You come out, I have something to give you!"

Neville came around from behind the crowd. He didn't look as restless as imagined, but very calm.

"Give it to you." Ma Erfu handed his belt to him, "This is part of the plan."

"Why don't you use it yourself?" Neville didn't take it, but asked back.

"I..." After a long hesitation, Ma Erfu gritted his teeth and said the truest thought in his heart, "I'm not qualified."

The students were busy casting spells at this moment, and almost no one heard what they said, but at this moment, Ma Erfu felt his face burning. He was unwilling to tell the complete truth, saying that his power was all hard-stuffed into his hands by Evolt, saying that he hadn't thought about what he was fighting for from the beginning, saying that he was depressed immediately after losing his power and could never find the reason to fight again.

"Am I qualified?" Neville said with a bitter smile, "The prophecy says clearly that Harry is the one chosen. I have heard this from different people several times. I think I don't need to touch any Kamen Rider power, just being an ordinary wizard is fine, right?"

"Prophecy has nothing to do with what's in front of us!" Ma Erfu said impatiently, "Kiva is just an ambitious person who wants to snatch the crown. Haven't you always been very powerful? You can solve this matter, we all believe in you!"

"The 'we' you said, who else is there?"

"Zhang Qiu, it was she who told me before she left that if I really couldn't find my power, I could give the belt to you." Ma Erfu felt worse and worse.

Neville smiled helplessly, "Mr. Ma Erfu, you have to understand one thing, I don't need to listen to Zhang Qiu."

"But—but she said you are the only one among us who can solve the crisis."

"Yes, I don't deny it, I am also a wizard with a little talent, but since fate doesn't need me, I don't think it's necessary to rush to it." Neville's words carried a trace of resentment, "Dumbledore left me a pin. After I solved the mystery pointed to by the pin, I found that he just wanted to tell me that fate didn't choose me."

"I understand a little." Pan Xi, who followed, stepped forward and grabbed Ma Erfu's arm, "Mr. Longbottom didn't receive fair treatment from the old bee, so he doesn't have much desire to fight."

"However, if it's just to protect the person you love—"

"I've done that too." Neville waved his hand. He had already stalled for a long time, "They want me to be an ordinary student, and I have done enough as an ordinary student."

Just then, Hanna ran over panting, interrupting their conversation.

"Didn't find a single professor." She said with dissatisfaction, "Even Hagrid is gone."

"Don't you think this is familiar?" Neville raised his eyebrows, "Just like in the first year."

Ma Erfu took a step back. He began to regret listening to Zhang Qiu's riddle-like warning and running over to say these inexplicable things. Just as he worried at the beginning, he felt he looked very stupid at this moment.

But Neville reached out and grabbed him, not letting him leave.

"At this most critical moment, the professors are all gone, and Kiva could have tried his best to defeat us and grab a few hostages to achieve his goal." Neville pointed out the oddity sharply, "But he insisted on walking from downstairs to upstairs like shopping, and now he is stopped in front of the Impediment Jinx. This is too ridiculous."

"And you, poor child, if Zhang Qiu wants you to give the belt to me now, it only means that this belt didn't belong to you from the beginning, you are just a storage place."

This pitying tone made Ma Erfu angry from embarrassment. He wanted to pull his hand back with a cold face, but Neville grabbed it very tightly.

"Your background, your personality, and your original fate trajectory, these things are naturally destined and inviolable in the eyes of that group of people. Just like you look down on mudbloods of Muggle origin, they also look down on you, a supporting role, or possibly a villain, in the fate trajectory." Neville's words became sharper, "Now all this is in front of us. He wants you to recognize yourself, wants me to be a hero. Do you think I will agree? This late hero identity, like your short knight career, is just some alms given by those who see through fate to supporting roles."

At this moment, Ma Erfu was completely red-warmed. He used his other hand to grab Neville's extended hand, but Neville's strength was obviously much greater than his. After feeling the pain in his wrist, he could only let go unwillingly.

"So what? Then you don't want this belt?" Ma Erfu chose to put aside the facts in extreme anger, "Then who will deal with Kiva?"

"No need to deal with it. Before the person who can deal with him returns, he will keep shopping." Neville laughed lightly, "I have a proposal, you go and kill Kiva, let them open their eyes, how about it?"

"Me? I have already lost my qualification!"

"Then let's watch him shop together." Neville patted his sleeve, "Villain and supporting role, sitting here waiting for the protagonist to return."

"I! Am! Not!" Ma Erfu let out a sharp explosion. He rushed to the front of the crowd and buckled the belt on his waist.

Just then, Kiva looked elsewhere very cooperatively, then slashed on the big sword, the whole sword ignited with strange red light, and split the barrier built by the students together with one blow.

"Hey, I don't intend to protect anyone, nor do I have any grand ideals." Ma Erfu talked to himself to the bottle, "I just want to prove that I am not worse than others. I don't want to be a villain and a supporting role. Is that okay?"

The energy bottle, which had already faded by half, suddenly burst into blue light again. Ma Erfu was overjoyed, immediately inserted the bottle into the belt, and turned the crank quickly while running forward.

"Cross-Z Dragon!"

Although it was only the basic form, he found back his heart for battle in his own way, which was the most important thing.

About 17 seconds later, Kiva, holding the Demon Emperor Sword, beat Cross-Z to the ground, causing him to painfully cancel the transformation.

Neville walked slowly to his side, and Ma Erfu couldn't help but widen his eyes. An identical belt was wrapped squarely around his waist.

"Forgot to tell you, Zhang Qiu gave me the belt long ago, confiscated from Bellatrix." He said, "What I said to you just now was just to help you find your power. I'm actually not that pretentious."

"But haven't you always been brooding, saying that fate didn't choose you?" Ma Erfu twisted on the ground.

"Grandma once said, as long as I hope," the sound of insect wings flapping suddenly sounded in the air, "fate will definitely stand on my side."

That pin left by Dumbledore, at this moment, was flapping its small wings like a Snitch, flying from the dormitory to Neville's side, and revealed two pins.

"Cast off! Change Beetle!"

Before this, Kiva had already learned the power of Clock Up. Even Neville, an ordinary wizard, made him feel tricky. Therefore, when the knight armor took shape on him, Kiva immediately threw out the smoke bomb he had been holding in his hand.

Looking at the empty corridor, Ma Erfu only felt that he had a full stomach of dissatisfaction to tell, but Neville didn't cancel the transformation, but took out a small handkerchief from a small cloth bag.

"The school is safe." He gripped the handkerchief taken from the cloth bag, "Next, it's Harry's and my business." ===== CHAPTER 459 =====