On their last night in France, the Flamels had the house-elves prepare a sumptuous dinner of their favorite foods.
During the meal, Madame Perenelle talked about her school days. It was said that Mr. Flamel was a shy boy who loved books at that time...
Isobel also talked about the story of their relationship. Compared with the shy Mr. Nicol when he was young, Albert was simply... Anyway, the dinner ended with laughter.
The next morning, after saying goodbye to the Flamels, Albert and Isobel passed through the fireplace of Nicola Village and headed to Wizard Street in Paris, France.
They had already greeted Mr. Kenna in advance, and the two of them quickly returned to the old apartment in London through the hidden international Floo network.
"Luckily I didn't eat anything this morning."
When he came out of the fireplace, Albert reached out and helped up Isobel who had also fallen to the ground.
“I hate this feeling!”
The two stayed in the dusty room for a while. After they had recovered, Albert took out the invisibility cloak he had prepared in advance from the traceless stretch bag, put it on, and left the old apartment quietly.
The key to underage wizards performing spells outside of school without being detected by the Ministry of Magic is not to use magic outside the wizarding world.
Because in the wizarding world, the Ministry of Magic cannot figure out whether you are using magic or not.
Moreover, the main reason for prohibiting underage wizards from casting spells outside of school is that people do not want underage wizards to use magic recklessly, which would expose the wizarding world.
Albert didn't want to get into trouble with the Ministry of Magic, so he always paid attention to this.
They found a secluded place, took off the invisibility cloak covering their bodies, hailed a taxi on the way, and went to the Leaky Cauldron with Isobel.
"How does it feel?"
After getting off the car next to the bookstore, Albert paid the bill and asked the girl beside him with a smile.
"What does it feel like?"
"Use Muggle transportation."
"Muggles can get by just fine without using magic."
After entering the Leaky Cauldron, Isobel asked Albert, who was taking out his pocket watch, "What time is it now?"
"There is still half an hour until the agreed time!" Albert put the pocket watch back into his pocket and looked around for Katrina who had come to meet them.
"She's not here yet, what do you want for breakfast?"
Albert pointed to the empty seat next to him and prepared to eat while waiting. Because they had to use the international Floo network, neither of them had eaten in the morning.
"Same as you." Isobel looked at the wanted list on the wall, and recalled Albert's prediction, and couldn't help frowning.
Black's wanted posters were posted everywhere in the Leaky Cauldron, worth $10,000. Any wizard who could provide information to the Ministry of Magic would also receive a bonus.
In advance, the Ministry of Magic caught Black.
As we all know, it is better to expect Black to go to jail himself than to expect the Ministry of Magic to catch Black.
"Something about Potter?"
"Probably... related."
Albert walked to the counter and asked Tom to make two breakfasts for them. While asking Tom about Black, Albert saw Harry Potter coming down from upstairs.
When the savior saw him, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Harry Potter, why are you here?" Albert asked knowingly.
"Mr. Potter is staying here temporarily." Tom said with a smile.
"Oh, you live here?" Albert repeated. "Did you have a falling out with your relatives?"
Harry nodded awkwardly, seeming a little confused, as if to say, you don't know.
"I just came back from France. It seems a lot of things have happened during this period." Albert pointed to the wanted list on the wall. "Is there any news about Blake now?"
"No." Tom shook his head. "The Ministry of Magic has always been unreliable in this regard. They didn't even find Black after releasing the Dementors."
"Tom, do you think I can get money for providing clues?"
"Do you know where Blake is?"
"have no idea."
"He can tell fortunes," Harry explained, noticing Tom's surprised expression.
"If the Ministry of Magic is willing to pay." Albert said with a smile.
"It's a rip-off," Harry muttered. "But it would be nice to make some money. With your abilities..."
"I won't do anything that's thankless. It's hard to say whether the Ministry of Magic is willing to pay the money." Albert shrugged and said, "Oh, my breakfast is here. See you at school."
He returned to Isobel and began to enjoy his breakfast, telling her what he had learned from Tom.
"Divination, that thing is not reliable." Tom muttered.
“He was great and never made a mistake.”
Harry knew how powerful Albert was, and thought that Fudge should spend some Galleons to have him do divination, so that he could save the wanted fee and not waste human resources to look for Black.
Harry looked towards the seats of Albert and Isobel in confusion, as if hesitating whether to go over and sit with them. It was a rare opportunity to meet an acquaintance, and regarding the black dog and the omen of death, he wanted to hear what the other party had to say.
Just as Harry was about to step forward, he stopped and gave up the idea.
There was a beautiful red-haired girl standing next to the seats, staring at the two people who were eating at the table with a strange look. I don’t know why, but I always felt that the atmosphere over there was a little weird.
"for you."
Katrina gave Albert the list of books sent by the school.
"Here, we bought you a gift." Albert took the list of books, took out the gift box from the seamless stretch bag and handed it to Katrina.
"This is the gift we picked for you."
In fact, this was what Albert asked the house-elf to buy at the Tofan Clothing Store when the two decided to go shopping in Diagon Alley after returning.
Since we are going shopping together, it is necessary to bring a gift for my aunt.
Katrina was stunned for a moment, staring at the package for a long time, and then looked at Albert, her eyes seemed to say: "Are you going to bribe me with this?"
"Are you coming alone?" Isobel asked.
"Mom just left, she has given the money to... What's the matter with the ring?" Katrina didn't look at the package, just accidentally glanced at the silver ring on Albert's left ring finger, and Isobel also had the same ring on her hand.
"The teacher gave it to me." Albert said calmly.
"This is a gift from Mr. Flamel to us." Isobel regretted not putting the ring away.
These two guys must be hiding something from me!
"You wouldn't..."
Katrina obviously didn't believe it. She didn't think Isobel would wear the ring on the wrong finger, and the two of them wore the rings in exactly the same position.
"Ahem, why don't you open the package and take a look?" Isobel interrupted. "We all think that hat suits you very well."
"Have you had breakfast? Would you like some too?" Albert also changed the subject.
"No, I'm not hungry!" Katrina looked a little dazed, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Let's buy them separately. I'll go buy the books for you." She just sat down and then stood up again, as if she didn't want to stay here any longer.
Albert and Isobel looked at each other and watched Katrina's departing back.
"Mother probably didn't tell her about us." Isobel sighed.
"If you're worried, do you want to follow and take a look?"
So, the two of them dropped their half-eaten breakfast and secretly followed Katrina to Diagon Alley.