"If we could, we really wouldn't want to know a bunch of lunatics like them!" Smith looked toward the man giving the speech and spat viciously. "They're nothing but living fossils stuck in the past!"
"Sir, sorry..." He seemed to realize how worked up he had become. His voice paused, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face. "I'm just too angry!"
Yet the fury between his brows did not fade. He took a deep breath before managing to calm himself slightly. "If you knew what these people have done, I think you'd be just as angry as I am."
"They're all lunatics! Especially that Bellbourne!" He raised a hand and pointed at the man giving the speech. "He's a secondary school teacher."
"Using that position, he's deceived a whole group of parents into believing that magic is evil and terrifying, that it endangers their children."
"Bellbourne holds gatherings after midnight. When they end, he incites those parents to attack wizards who live alone."
He pointed toward the vines. "Him, him, him... and him! They're all wizards, yet they joined those parents in attacking other wizards!"
The four people Smith pointed out were precisely the ones Wizet had been paying particular attention to earlier. All of them held wands that did not suit them very well.
"That's how Jack got hurt!" Smith continued, his voice growing more agitated and filled with indignation.
"When they were attacking a wizard, Jack happened to be in that neighborhood. So he called the police, but that group found out..."
"So they beat Jack too! They even broke his leg! He's still lying in the hospital!" By the end, he was practically grinding his teeth.
The companions standing behind him were also stirred up by Smith's emotions, shouting indignantly.
"Those damned bastards! They only