Luna tilted her head slightly and said airily, "I think Mum and Dad should be in the castle."
"They wanted to find a chance to return to Hogwarts together and have a proper look around... When Dad used to dream, he was always muttering about those wishes."
"Then let's go find them together! Let's see how many of Mr. Lovegood's wishes..." Wizet said softly, "can come true now."
Luna looked at Wizet, and her gaze softened.
She laced her fingers with Wizet's, her voice like the wind as it gently fell into his ears. "Then we'll stay with them and finish the rest together!"
Wizet said nothing. He only tightened his grip on Luna's hand.
The sun had fully risen, bathing the surroundings in warm light.
Almost at the same moment, Wizet and Luna stepped forward together, lowered their heads, and charged toward the castle as though sprinting.
The young Thunderbird that had been chasing Thor the owl through the air noticed Wizet and Luna moving at that moment. It hurriedly beat its wings and followed after them.
Before it followed Wizet and Luna into the castle, it spotted Cornelia the Unicorn heading toward the Forbidden Forest. It nimbly swished its long tail, adjusted its posture, and flew after her instead.
It even quieted its cheerful cries, as though it wanted to surprise Cornelia.
The only place Wizet had protected was the grassland where he had returned.
Before he returned, all the traces of battle left upon that grassland had remained intact.
Luna leaped over a crater blasted open by Dark Magic and laughed brightly.
As though she had remembered something, she slowed slightly before the castle gates.
Wizet naturally noticed and slowed as well, asking with concern, "Are you too tired?"
"Or..." He blinked, and a little anticipation entered