Sword Forged

"Bell! Are you all right?!"

With a cry of alarm, Hermione hurried toward Bell, who was sprawled on the ground.

She had been diligently reviewing lessons in the Stone House when she heard the explosion outside and immediately knew that Bell had gotten himself into trouble yet again. She had risen at once to check on him, but the blast wave was so powerful that she had been unable to leave the Stone House for a while.

Finally, once the shockwave had subsided somewhat, she rushed out impatiently. Guided by Bell's laughter, she spotted him at a glance.

At that moment, Hermione was extremely worried. Bell was laughing wildly after an explosion? She seriously suspected that her boyfriend had been unable to bear the blow of failure and had gone mad.

She knew that her boyfriend had been preparing for years to create an extraordinarily powerful "Wand." Over the past few days, she had seen all of Bell's hard work and had often silently prayed for him, hoping everything would go smoothly.

But now, it seemed that Merlin, that fellow Wizards had practically worn out, really was utterly unreliable. If she had known, she should have prayed to God instead.

"Haha! I'm fine, haha—cough, cough, cough!"

Bell choked in his overjoyed state.

"Stop talking! Let me examine you!"

Hearing her boyfriend's "heart-wrenching" coughs, Hermione became even more convinced that Bell had been seriously injured in the explosion, whether physically or mentally.

Rushing anxiously to Bell's side, Hermione first helped him up and laid him on a conjured recliner. Only then did she press her Wand against him and carefully perform a full-body examination.

Since Bell had become increasingly uninhibited in recent years, charging ever farther down the path of courting death no matter how hard she tried to pull him