Chapter 399: Cuthbert, Go Trade Yourself for Him
The group came into a more open stretch to the west, old trees spaced further apart, gaps in the canopy showing deep blue sky.
Regulus raised a hand and swept it lightly before him. The Disillusionment Charm peeled away starting from his head.
Then the ripples came apart layer by layer, his shape sharpening out of the blur, and he stood square in the dusk.
Cuthbert had been waiting, a bellyful of grievance ready, and closed in the moment he appeared.
Alex turned too, shoulders dropping, breath going out of him.
Lina and Samuel looked over at the same instant. Neither had seen Regulus come out of invisibility before, and they watched that patch of air twist and resolve without blinking once.
Hermes only flicked his eyelids, glanced over, and put his eyes back on the forest depths, neck craning forward slightly. He looked ready to walk straight in.
Cuthbert spoke first, thick with resentment. "Where does he get off!"
His face had been cold the whole way from the hut.