Erii: A Journey Through the Heavens Begins with Frilian

Chapter 125 Erii, the Outlaw (Two chapters combined)

"My God, what kind of beast would do something so cruel to my lovely Dudley!" Penny said with great heartache, her face flushed with anger, holding Dudley's hand as he pointed the way in one hand and gripping the steel clothes hanger in the other.

"No matter who it is, Dudley, don't worry, your dad will make him kneel down and apologize to you!" Vernon said angrily from behind. Not only his face, but his entire head and neck had turned a flushed pink. Seeing his son's swollen and shiny face, he felt his anger rush to his head and his chest was about to spew fire.

"There she is! Harry is there too!" Dudley shouted.

Once they had their sights set on their target, the couple grabbed their son and used nitrous oxide to accelerate, taking three steps at a time to reach the small park.

"Well, Harry, I think you're completely beyond saving. You're actually helping outsiders bully your own cousin?" Before she even got close, Penny started arguing with her.

Harry argued vehemently, shouting, "He bullied me first! He snatched my glasses, and they pushed me!"

To be fair, the reason Harry didn't turn to the dark side or get crushed by the injustices of his childhood was entirely due to his unwavering spirit. No matter how many times, he dared to speak out and fight back, silently enduring while maintaining hope for tomorrow.

Erii greatly admired this.

"You dare talk back? Dudley is your cousin. He was just playing around with you. You're just being petty, insecure, and sensitive!" Penny's face twitched, and she immediately abandoned the facts and retorted in a derogatory way.

"Is there something you need?" Erii asked calmly, swinging on her swing.

"It's her!" Dudley mustered his courage and pointed at Erii, then shrank back behind Vernon in fear, only daring to peek out half of his face.

Vernon stared at Erii suspiciously. "Where did you come from? A stranger just barging into our community like that? You'd better tell the truth, or I'll call the police!"

"Look, I just moved in today," Erii said, pointing to the apartment she had rented.

Penny also looked Erii up and down with disdain, especially at her red hair, which made her frown repeatedly. It was unclear whether she was envious of Erii's hair volume or just stuck in her old-fashioned and conservative thinking.

"I don't care why you hit my precious son, you must apologize today, and you must compensate for medical expenses, emotional distress, and lost school fees. You also need to write an apology letter and read it aloud publicly in the community!"

"You have to buy me ten servings of fish and chips!" Dudley added at the top of his lungs, his courage growing whenever food was mentioned.

"Yes! Do as my son demands, or I'll make sure you can't stay in this community!" Vernon's eyes widened, and he roared furiously, "Hey! Are you even listening to us?!"

Quiet~

An awkward silence hung in the air.

Hu~hu~

Erii continued swinging on the swing, higher and higher, almost drawing a 180° semicircle in mid-air.

She ignored the noise from the family of three and didn't take it to heart at all.

Her nonchalant demeanor completely enraged Penny, who was fiercely protective of her son.

"You ignorant little bitch, let me teach you what manners are!"

Penny picked up the clothes hanger and hit Erii hard.

Erii nimbly leaped off the swing, and her opponent not only missed but was also hit on the wrist by the swing that fell down. The excruciating pain made her throw away the clothes hanger and howl as she bent over.

"You! Ouch, that hurts so much! Vernon, what are you standing there for?!" Penny cried out in pain, tears streaming down her face.

Vernon stormed towards Erii, furious. "We gave you a chance!"

His plan was that if the other party was an adult male, especially the strong and healthy type, he would call the police and sue the other party for intentional injury and child abuse.

But after discovering that it was just a teenage girl, Vernon gave up on calling the police.

Firstly, such disputes are difficult to handle properly in Great Britain. They are often met with a perfunctory apology and a warning before being let go, especially since the other party is clearly a hoodlum girl with dyed red hair, who is obviously not afraid of anything.

Secondly, as the head of the family, he felt it was necessary to establish a strong, protective, and authoritative father figure in front of his son, and to properly intimidate Harry, this freak.

Vernon's chubby belly jiggled as he reached out to grab Erii's hair.

Erii reacted quickly, raising her hand and swinging it out.

Snapped-

The slap made Vernon see stars, he spun around twice on the spot, slipped and knocked Dudley down, pinning him to the ground.

DuangDuang's bulging belly pressed tightly against Dudley's face as he struggled to pound the ground. Had Penny not rushed over and pushed the dazed Vernon away, he probably would have suffocated on the spot.

"How dare you hit my husband?"

Enraged, Penny completely ignored the power Erii displayed and charged forward with a scream, unleashing War God's Stomp.

After the loud slap, Penny stumbled and sat down next to the father and son, touching her visibly swollen cheek in a daze and shock.

Even a family should be together.

The three of them looked at each other, speechless.

Noticing Erii's cold gaze, Dali shuddered and cowered on the ground, pleading, "Don't, don't hit me! If you hit them, you can't hit me again!"

"Pfft~"

Seeing this utterly ridiculous scene, Harry, who was not far away, couldn't hold back any longer, and the resentment that had been building up in his heart for years was instantly released.

"Harry—" Penny screamed, "You actually brought a crazy woman to go against the family!"

"You've never treated me like family," Harry said weakly.

Penny opened her mouth, but couldn't find a way to refute it, after all, she knew this better than anyone else.

One of the reasons she disliked Harry stemmed from her jealousy and resentment towards her own sister.

She also wanted to attend Hogwarts and become a wizard.

"Call the police! I need to call the police!" Vernon finally came to his senses and felt that his personality and self-esteem had been humiliated like never before. He shakily pulled out his brick-like Nokia mobile phone from his pocket.

Realizing his neighbor might go to jail because of him, Harry quickly stopped her, "Uncle and Aunt, it's all my fault. Please don't call the police, cousin. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have—I shouldn't have—"

He didn't say anything for a long time, after all, all the blame lay with Dudley.

"I shouldn't have talked to the python yesterday, and I shouldn't have let the glass suddenly disappear, like magic. Actually, I don't know if it was my fault. Anyway, I'm sorry."

Upon hearing the word "magic," the couple felt as if their hearts had been struck, and they shouted in unison, "Don't mention magic!"

"There is no magic in this world! You just need to remember that you are a freak, a monster like a demon! You are a monster abandoned by God!" Vernon said through gritted teeth, his burning cheeks dripping with sweat.

Snapped-

Erii slapped Vernon on the other side of his face again.

"Harry isn't a freak, you are!" Her tone was now icy.

That moment just now stirred up memories that Erii loathed. Words like monster, freak, and alien were once exclusively hers. After each physical examination, the researchers would hide behind the wall and whisper, calling her a "monster" and a "scourge."

Although she has broken free from the past and her inner demons, she, who has been through the rain, also wants to hold an umbrella for Harry.

"Miss Uesugi~" Harry blinked blankly, his eyes glistening with tears.

He didn't cry when faced with the humiliation from his family, but when he felt the concern from strangers, countless grievances and bitterness surged up violently.

From childhood to adulthood, whether at home or at school, Harry was labeled a freak. Due to Dudley's bullying, Harry didn't make any friends at school, and no teachers or classmates would defend him or speak up for him.

"Are we freaks?" Penny laughed angrily. "Vernon, call the police right now! Make sure she's arrested and thrown in jail!"

Vernon, his cheeks flushed red, felt dizzy and nearly had his brain formatted by the two slaps. He was even making calls intermittently, pressing the wrong number several times.

"The laws here don't apply to me." Erii said with disdain, taking out a tissue to wipe the sticky, oily sweat from her palms.

Her point was that I am not from this world, and local laws have no binding force on me.

But to the couple, it came out as, "I disregard the law, don't even think about touching a hair on my head."

"No matter what, you're finished. I'm going to complain to the government and get you kicked out of here!" Penny continued her incessant nagging.

"I'm calling the police too," Erii declared righteously. "I'm going to report you for child abuse!"

Upon hearing this, Vernon paused, his hand about to press the dial button, and he and Penny exchanged a guilty glance.

"Don't think nobody knows how you treated Harry," Erii said with a sly smile, much like a raven when it's being cheeky. "So, hurry up and call the police."

If Crow were there, he would definitely say that it wasn't sleazy enough, shameless enough, or ruthless enough. Given his style, he would definitely extort a lot of money from it.

The scene fell into a deathly silence.

"Dali, let's go back and apply the medicine first." Penny didn't dare to look directly into Erii's burning eyes.

"This isn't over," Vernon glared at Harry. "Aren't you coming back?"

The three of them hurried back with small, quick steps. Harry gave Erii a smile and followed behind her, looking rather cheerful.

For the next two days, Vernon and Penny rarely went out. Even when they went to work or to buy groceries, they covered their heads completely, and their still swollen faces were still faintly visible.

As soon as they step outside, they glare fiercely at the other side of the street and raise their middle finger towards their bedroom window to vent their pent-up anger.

Erii also stopped seeing Harry take out the trash, water the lawn, and trim the branches. As the saying goes, even the wicked need a ruthless person to teach them a lesson. After Erii's physical and mental blows, the Dursleys would at least behave themselves for a long time, and Harry was able to relax a lot.

Erii eagerly awaited the arrival of the owl that was destined for her every day, glancing out the window at the sky.

It was as if the Hogwarts acceptance letter wasn't for Harry Potter, but for her.

That's about right.

The easiest way to get to Hogwarts School right now is through Harry, since she has no magic powers and can't get through Platform Nine and Three-Quarters or into the Leaky Cauldron.

You can't really release Dustless Land on the busiest street in London and then get yourself on the Ministry of Magic's wanted list, can you?

That would be too troublesome. It would require negotiating and explaining to a bunch of adults with ulterior motives, which would be a waste of energy and time. If things didn't go well, the negotiations could break down and they could end up fighting.

Please, please!

Fighting and killing in the wonderful and fantastical world of Harry Potter is such a killjoy!

Erii has absolutely no interest in experiencing being a prisoner of Azkaban.

The morning breeze blew in through the open window, filling the room with the fresh, green fragrance of morning dew on the trees.

zizi~

Two fried eggs, a few slices of luncheon meat, and bacon rolls lay in the frying pan, with sliced ​​bread and washed lettuce on the side.

Erii is learning to cook.

She suddenly realized that cooking was a particularly interesting thing; the food she made seemed to have some kind of buff, and tasted inexplicably delicious.

Of course, with her cooking skills, she can only do simple operations at most. Even a seemingly simple hamburger requires very precise control of the heat and time, and she always forgets to fry the bread slices.

Fluttering~

The sound of birds flapping their wings reached my ears.

Her eyes lit up as she recognized the uniqueness of the voice compared to that of sparrows and pigeons.

Looking up, sure enough, a white snowy owl descended from the sky, clutching an envelope in its claws, and steadily tossed it into the gate across the street.

It exhibits remarkable sharp eyesight even during the day, clearly indicating it is no ordinary owl.

Erii!!!

A tuft of hair on his head stood straight up instantly; his DNA had kicked in.

It was an owl from Hogwarts; it was a genuine Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry acceptance letter!

Forget about the hamburger, she untied her apron and rushed downstairs and out the door, striding to the Dursleys's door and ringing the doorbell.

bite-

Harry opened the door and looked surprised when he saw who it was.

"Who is it so early in the morning?" Vernon shouted.

"Yes, yes, Miss Uesugi," Harry replied, a hint of anger still lingering on his face.

The room fell into a deathly silence. The rustling of newspapers turning, the sizzling of oil in the frying pan, and Dali's boisterous humming and hawing all came to an abrupt halt.

Deng Deng Deng!

The couple stormed into the corridor and blocked the doorway.

Vernon was still holding an open envelope in his hand, the postmark of which clearly read Hogwarts.

Apparently, they unexpectedly discovered a letter addressed to Harry. After snatching it, they were horrified to find it was from Hogwarts. The two, who knew magic, were shocked and exchanged a perfectly synchronized glance, determined not to let Harry go to any magic school!

In their eyes, magic is an evil force, and wizards are freaks who are not accepted by the world.

Another point is that they don't want Harry to come into contact with that unknown world. As for their specific reasons, even they probably can't explain them clearly.

"This belongs to Harry, give it to him," Erii said bluntly, her words still concise and imperative.

"This is none of your business, Miss. Please leave my house!" Penny said firmly.

Vernon then turned around and took out a double-barreled shotgun from the room, which frightened Harry and Dudley so much that their faces turned pale, and even Petunia's expression changed as she reached out to stop him.

"Get out! I have the right to fire on any intruder!" Vernon shouted angrily.

It's no wonder he lost his composure like this. For the past few nights, he'd dream of those two resounding slaps every time he closed his eyes, leaving a huge psychological scar. The middle-aged man's pride had been shattered time and time again in his dreams.

"Uncle, don't be angry," Harry quickly tried to appease him. "Then I don't need the letter."

"That's your acceptance letter. Don't you want to go to Hogwarts? That's a magic school," Erii said.

"Shut up—" Vernon roared, but his finger dared not actually pull the trigger. Not everyone can easily cross the psychological threshold of murder.

Erii faced the gun barrel without flinching, took a deep breath, and opened her mouth.

77

A deafening, awe-inspiring roar erupted from the sea monster's mouth, converging into the house and echoing throughout the entire community.

Trying to out-loud me?

Ban Men get an axe!