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The speed of the express train gradually accelerated, winding through the mountains and fields, observing the outside scenery through the glass, as if a special filter had been added, making it more green and clear.
For most of the trip, Harry and Ron played wizard chess. After scratching their heads and scratching their heads, they chose to give up the struggle. They did not care about the situation on the chess board and randomly messed up, talking about next year's Quidditch team. From time to time, a low chuckle of unknown meaning came out, and the chess pieces shouted impolite words.
Ginny leaned next to Harry, flipping through the test questions on "The Quibbler."
Loren accompanied Hermione through the Daily Prophet. The articles in the newspaper now are all about how to resist dementors, how to see through polyjuice potion to confirm whether relatives and friends around you have been replaced by others in disguise, and who has been stolen from the body. Typical symptoms of soul curse...
The second half is a work report from the Ministry of Magic, telling what measures the Aurors have recently taken to deal with dark wizards, how many dementors have been arrested and taken in, and the werewolf recruitment announcement. Some hysterical passages are published in the letters from readers. A man who lives alone in An old witch in Cornwall claimed to have seen Lord Voldemort walking past her house one morning.
"There is almost no useful news..." Hermione sighed dejectedly, leaning her head on Loren's shoulder, "But all signs indicate that the war is about to begin."
"It hasn't really started yet." Loren closed the newspaper for her.
"There is not much time left for the Ministry of Magic."
"..."
The two chatted quietly, and the journey was spent in such chatter.
At lunch time, they bought a lot of pot cakes and pumpkin pies, and the sweet aroma filled the whole compartment.
The exquisite sweets made them fall into a deep sleep. When they woke up, the shadow of the town appeared outside the window. A few hours later, the train began to slow down. As it approached King's Cross Station, the whistle on the top of the carriage Smoke erupted and the train came to a complete stop.
The temperature in London is slightly higher than Hogwarts, about one or two degrees, but the air here is slightly turbid, and the interior of the station is filled with various indescribable smells.
Loren put his wand into his sleeve, put Crookshanks into Hermione's arms and let her hold it. He snatched the box from Hermione's hand and pointed an empty box towards the two platforms in each hand. Walk through the magical wall between.
Hermione scratched the ginger kitten's chin and smiled slightly.
The pick-up and drop-off queue on the opposite side of the wall was unexpectedly large.
The most conspicuous person in the crowd is Mad-Eye Moody. The brim of his bowler hat is pushed down very low, covering the rotating magic eye. His thick-boned hands are holding a long cane. Wrapped in a large traveling cloak, he looks like a terrorist. Pedestrians passing by will look at him appraisingly.
Sirius was wearing a decent work jacket, with stubble covering his chin, and looked like a convenience store handyman.
Standing behind him was Tonks, chewing gum expressionlessly. The sun shone through the dirty glass on the station ceiling, making her hot pink hair shine. She was wearing The bright purple T-shirt with the Weird Sisters singing group pattern printed on it, and the cyan jeans that were starched to white with pudding, have the temperament of a rock youth.
The Weasleys were dressed most like Muggles. They wore brown jackets and inconspicuous black slacks. It would be better if Arthur could stop looking around.
Molly was talking quietly to Bates. She saw them from the corner of her eye and immediately hurried forward to hug several children in turn:
"Ginny! And my dear children. "Are you okay?"
"Very good." Harry replied with some emotion.
"Very good." Loren and Hermione replied politely.
"Very good!" George repeated at the top of his voice, and the words suddenly changed a bit. Fred said in a sinister tone, "After all, you only remember your daughter Ginny and forgot the names of the other children..."< br>
"What are you talking about!" Molly slapped the two of them angrily.
The slightly heavy atmosphere suddenly became relaxed. After hearing Arthur saying that he wanted to give Harry a ride and have a good talk with his aunt and uncle, Loren and Hermione did not stay too long and talked to their acquaintances one by one. After saying hello, he said goodbye and walked with Grandpa Bates to the parking place.
"How about it? You have been a gentleman this time. I carried both boxes!"
Loren said proudly to the old man.
Hermione stood by holding the fat cat, looking at the old man with a smile, her eyebrows crescent, and she said with a smile: "Grandpa Bates, long time no see, how are you doing at home recently?"
"Long time no see. "Ah, Hermione!" Grandpa Bates responded in a relaxed manner, with a wrinkled smile on his face, "It's a good time at home. Your parents went to the beach for Easter, so I need you to take care of this bad boy at school." br>
"I didn't do anything."
"This guy didn't bully you, right? Tell me, I will teach him a lesson when I get home."
"No, Luo Lun is very nice, he even helps me carry my luggage."
"It's just an empty box, what's there to praise?"
"..."
Loren silently watched the two people walking towards the car, chatting happily, as if he was an outsider .
Put the ignition into gear and drive home.
As the sun set, the car drove into Hampstead Gardens. Hermione ran in front of her, and quickly opened the door of Granger's house: "Mum! Dad! I'm back!"
Loren followed him into the house and took a deep breath. The alluring aroma lingered in his mouth and nose. Mr. and Mrs. Granger were sitting at the dining table waiting for them, with bright smiles and joy on their faces.
"It's like this every time. Mom is put before dad. Can't you come to me first when you get home?" Wendell sighed and pretended to blame.
"Ignore him." Monica hugged her daughter and was affectionate. When she saw Loren entering the door behind her, she greeted warmly, "Lauren, come here quickly and tell us whether Hermione is good or not in school. You have important exams this semester, so she must stay up late a lot, right?"
"Mom!" Hermione said in a long tone with her head buried in her arms.
Loren revealed without mercy: "Yes, this person often stays up late..."
"You should teach her a lesson next time..."
Perhaps they came back once during the Christmas vacation. The separation time was not long, and Loren did not see any obvious changes in their faces.
Noisy, laughter scattered, another warm dinner.
...Dinner was over and the sky had completely darkened.
Everyone sat in front of the TV, listening to the news and chatting.
Halfway through the year, TV news is doing a mid-year review, taking stock of the big news that happened in the first half of the year and analyzing and interpreting it.
Hermione was nestling in her mother's arms and talking softly. She only stopped to read when she heard news of interest. Most of the time, it was mainly men who listened, and occasionally made a few comments. Wendell's point of view Basically from a medical perspective, Bates focused more on economic policy, while Loren was more casual and listened most of the time.
"Barings Bank collapsed last year, and bankruptcy liquidation is coming to an end..."
"From February 10th to 17th, a human-computer chess competition was held in Philadelphia, the United States. World chess champion Cass Parov played against Deep Blue Computer, defeated the computer in two games, and won a bonus of 400,000 US dollars..."
"On March 20, the British government admitted for the first time that eating mad beef may cause a terminal disease of brain failure. So far, 10 cases of this disease have occurred in the UK, of which 8 people died. After the news came out, it caused panic around the world, and many Chain restaurants have stopped using British beef, and more than 30 countries including the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan and South Africa have successively announced a ban on the import of British beef..."
"Remind residents again..."
"This epidemic is quite serious..." Grandpa Bates said with emotion. "The bank manager told me that the cattle in many pastures have been destroyed, and about 500 million pounds of export foreign exchange have been lost, and we still have to spend 3.5 billion imported beef, this year's trade deficit is very serious."
Wendel leaned back on the sofa and looked at Loren, not far away, "Mad cow disease mainly manifests neurological symptoms and systemic symptoms...the speed of onset. Not too fast, can wizards' magic cure this disease?"
Loren shook his head: "I don't know, this is the category of healing magic. Common human diseases and trauma are harmful to wizards. It's not a problem, but to deal with the disease caused by this virus... Anyway, the wizard community has nothing to do with dragon pox for a long time. There is also the Black Death a few centuries ago, which is what we often call the plague. Wizards can only protect it. Not infected yourself."
"It turns out that magic is not omnipotent."
Wendell shook his head and sighed, while the news review on TV continued.
"On April 20, the Eight-Nation Nuclear Security Summit was held in Moscow. This meeting was first proposed by Russian President Yeltsin. The main outcome of the meeting was the adoption of a declaration on strengthening nuclear security cooperation and opposing illegal trade in nuclear materials. The program, the statement on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the statement on Ukraine..."
Hermione, who was whispering to her mother, suddenly sat up and listened carefully to the relevant news reports. , frowned with some concern.
"On June 15, a major explosion occurred in Manchester. The explosion was a terrorist attack launched by the Irish Republican Army in the city center. During the incident, a bomb was placed in the city center. About 90 minutes before the bomb detonated in the van, the relevant departments received a phone warning, which saved at least 75,000 people from evacuating the bomb. However, the bomb disposal team failed to remove the bomb in time, but 212 people were still injured..."< br>
Loren and Hermione glanced at the time it happened, their eyebrows slightly knitted together.
Bates noticed something was wrong between the two of them, recalling the conversation with Arthur at the station, and asked in disbelief: "This terrorist attack could have something to do with wizards, right?"
Loren thought for a moment and shook his head: "Probably not..."
The time when this bombing attack happened coincided with the time when Voldemort launched the unrest, but there were many clues about the involvement of the terrorist organization. Warning, and proactively announced responsibility for it afterwards. In addition, many people were injured but no one died. It should be just a simple terrorist attack.
The parents looked at each other, with the same uneasiness flashing in their eyes, but said nothing more.
...
Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey.
This house has been vacant for several years. Fortunately, the decoration is simple and the furniture is neatly arranged. The dust on the ground and the spider webs in the corners cannot withstand the power of the cyclone. Under the influence of many wizards, Was cleaned quickly with help.
Sirius spent some time purchasing ingredients, and Molly waved her wand and made a delicious dinner without any effort.
"You're just like Ron!" Molly sat next to Harry and served him a bowl of onion soup. "You two seem to be under a growth spell. I dare say that since the Christmas holidays, Now, at least you've grown a few inches, Harry, eat more..."
"Okay." Harry held the bowl and sipped the soup.
"How have you been this semester? Are you getting used to two new professors in succession?" Molly spread the jam on the bread and handed it to him, "Horace Slughorn has been there for many years. He was at Hogwarts before and taught me and Arthur. I think he entered the school at about the same time as Dumbledore. Do you like him?"
Harry's eyes lit up and he swallowed. Taking down the hot soup in his mouth, he quickly asked: "Do you know this professor, Mrs. Weasley? I have something to ask him."
"Probably not..." Molly felt Somewhat strangely, "For a student like you, he should be very willing to talk to you. He is always willing to tutor students and values ambitious students. Oh, he never wanted to spend more time with Arthur back then... "
Harry listened quietly to Molly's story. He knew that Mr. Weasley had been promoted and was now in charge of several newly established departments and had more than a dozen people under him.
Dinner is over.
Moody, Arthur and Sirius went to the Dursley's house next door to discuss Harry's summer vacation stay. Harry was a little worried and tried his best to refuse the temptation of the game console and wanted to follow, but was stopped by refused.
Harry had no choice but to sit in front of the TV and absentmindedly play fighting games with Ron. He could torture him with one hand.
George and Fred were full of curiosity about everything here. They followed Arthur and kept opening and closing the refrigerator door, waiting for the coffee machine to discharge the brown liquid, which was rich in aroma. They couldn't wait to take a big sip, their faces changed He twisted in an instant, swallowed the coffee with a ferocious expression, forced out a forced smile, and recommended this novel Muggle drink to the people around him.
But no one was fooled.
"Oh, George, I think this could go in our Joke Shop products!"
"Yes, Fred, in the weird beans."
Listen to the two men At these words, a smile appeared on Harry's lips. He turned around and noticed Tonks next to him. She looked a little haggard and her smile was a little forced. Although her hair was still pink, it looked a little bleak without the sunlight during the day. .
"What's wrong with you, Tonks?"
Tonks pursed her lips: "I'm worried about Remus."
"What's wrong with him?"
Harry was a little surprised. He originally thought that Professor Lupine didn't show up because he was staying at the Black Mansion or performing some other Order of the Phoenix mission. Now it sounded like he was doing something. Very dangerous thing.
"He returned to the werewolves," Tonks whispered, "just two weeks ago..."
(End of Chapter)
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