This Was a Perfect Plan!

Click~

The crisp sound of a door closing carried far down the corridor in the dead of night.

Damn it! What if that awful kid wakes up? Celad Williams felt his heart seize up. Holding his breath, he listened for any movement in the room.

After a while, he finally let out a long breath. Hunched over, he cautiously slipped into the Elevator.

The long descent...

Ding~

Smiling, he nodded to a night-shift attendant passing by, then strolled out of the hotel.

After finally flagging down a Taxi, he had it take him to a street several blocks away. Celad made his way into a dark alley.

Bang~

With a sharp crack, he vanished without a trace.

Apparition! He had finally made it home!

"Merlin's beard, I actually escaped!" Thinking back on his daring stunt, Celad could hardly believe it. But it had all been worth it—he had escaped from that crazy Young Wizard's room!

Most importantly...

Breathing hard, Celad pulled a Camera out of his backpack, along with a thick stack of evidence: photos of him using the Confundus Charm to make those Squibs slaughter one another!

He had finally gotten them back!

Celad could hardly imagine how many years in prison—or even the death penalty—he'd face if those photos fell into the hands of the Magical Congress's Aurors.

"Hahaha~"

Smugly, he pulled out one of the photos and admired himself brandishing his Wand, looking every bit the dashing villain.

Then, humming a jaunty country tune, he took the photo into the bathroom.

He raised the corners of his eyes in the mirror above the sink, flexed the muscles in his face, and struck a wicked, arrogant pose—exactly like the one in the photo!

It was the most satisfying thing he'd ever done in his life.

He had killed