Ding Dong!
The doorbell rang.
Sansa opened the door of the entrance, looked at the red-haired girl outside, smiled and let her in.
"Isobel, right?"
A long time ago, Sansa had seen Isobel's appearance in the photo given by Albert. Sometimes she couldn't help but sigh that three generations of her family had good taste. The red-haired girl in front of her had a special temperament and was a good match for Albert.
"I think Albert should have told you." Isobel said to the old man with a smile, "I'm here to pick them up to watch the Quidditch World Cup."
"Albert and Nia are still eating, why don't you sit down and have something to eat with everyone!"
"No, I've already had breakfast."
When Isobel followed Sansa into the dining room, she saw Albert, who was wearing plain clothes, eating breakfast, and Nia, who was also dressed very ordinary.
However, with the Anderson siblings' temperament and appearance, even if they were dressed casually, they would easily attract other people's attention in the crowd.
Nia put down her fork, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth, and asked impatiently: "Are we leaving now?"
"Yes. However, we have to move everything we will need in the next few days into the box." Albert finished the last bit of food on the plate, then raised his head and said to Nia: "You have to stay in the box for a while, so that I can Apparate you secretly into the camp."
"Stay in the box?" Nia's eyes moved to the suitcase in Isobel's hand and asked doubtfully, "Will it suffocate people to death?"
"The space inside is huge. You'll see after you go in." Albert motioned for Isobel to open the suitcase, revealing a staircase that meandered downward.
"Magic is incredible. I didn't expect that even something like this could be done." When Nia pulled the suitcase in, she was surprised to find that there was actually a house inside. Not only was there sunshine outside, but there were also a large number of flower fields planted around it.
"Stay here, and the Apparition won't affect you." Albert said to Nia with a smile, "You can pick a room you like here."
"Are we going to live here from now on?" Nia asked puzzledly.
"Yes, we may live here for the next few days." Albert nodded and left the suitcase with Isobel.
"Then we'll leave first." Albert said to Luke.
"Aren't you leaving with her?" Sansa asked puzzledly, looking at Isobel who was leaving empty-handed, and then at Albert who was carrying a suitcase.
"I'm still underage and can't use magic, so we have to go separately." Albert took out his pocket watch and checked the time. "I need Grandpa Luke and Grandma Sansa to leave home for a while. You can go to the nearby convenience store to buy some things."
"Take good care of your sister," Luke warned.
"I will." Albert returned to his room, where the house-elf Bit was already waiting for him.
Albert handed the suitcase to the house-elf Bit, then entered the Vanishing Cabinet and secretly Apparated to Isobel's house to reunite with the two sisters.
The task of the house-elf Bit is to return to the house in Hogsmeade with the suitcase when no one is at home, wait for Albert to set up the tent, and then secretly take the suitcase to meet up with the three of them.
At this time, Isobel was apparating with Albert and Katrina to a place specially set aside by the British Ministry of Magic for Apparition.
When they first arrived, they saw an exhausted old wizard not far away. He was frowning at the young trio, and his gaze stayed on Albert for a moment before moving towards Katrina, who seemed not used to Apparition.
"Is there any problem?" Albert noticed the old wizard's gaze and asked without saying anything.
"Are you the only ones?"
"We have registered in advance. I think you should be able to find McGonagall on the parchment." Albert reminded.
"Oh, McGonagall... You are over there. The groundskeeper is Mr. Payne." The old wizard suddenly said, "You are Albert Anderson, right?"
At this moment, several young men fell to the ground in a mess, obviously suffering from the aftereffects of using the door key.
Albert didn't answer, but just nodded at the other person, then went in the direction of the other person's finger to look for the Muggle gentleman.
The three of them soon saw the stone house. A man was standing at the door with a dazed look on his face, as if he didn't care about anything.
"Good morning, you must be Mr. Payne." Albert stepped forward to greet the other party. He could obviously see that this unlucky guy had just been cast under the Forgetfulness Spell.
Mr. Payne looked at the three young men and asked, "Ah, yes, you are?"
"McDoug, I booked a tent two days ago. I'll probably stay here for twelve days. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility of leaving early."
After saying that, Albert took out the pounds he had prepared in advance and handed them directly to Mr. Payne.
"You have a place there." Mr. Payne looked at the list posted on the door, took the pound handed to him by Albert and said, "It just so happens that I'll give you a plan of the camp."
"Thank you." Albert took the map and led the McDougal sisters to the camp over there.
"Will that Muggle turn into a fool?"
"No, but I'm afraid I'll be a little forgetful. Using the Forgetfulness Charm too many times will always leave some troubles." Albert said.
As soon as he entered the camp, Albert saw two neatly arranged rows of new tents. They looked like Muggle tents, but there were still some wizards' tents that showed magic. It was obviously unrealistic to expect the wizards to hide themselves.
They soon reached the end of the camp and took a minute to find the wooden sign with McDougal's name on it.
Albert quickly took down a very simple tent and used magic to set up the tent in a short time.
The space inside the tent is much larger than outside. Apart from a table, there are only a few beds, which looks very simple.
Of course, they hadn't originally planned to live in a tent, so it didn't matter how simple it was here.
"This is definitely the worst tent I have ever seen." Katrina couldn't help but complain.
"At least it's still a tent, and you're not asked to live here." Albert took out his pocket watch to check the time, and said to the McDougal sisters, "Sit down and rest for a while. Beat will be here to join us soon."
"Bit is your house-elf?" Katrina asked curiously.
She didn't wait for Albert's answer.
There was a crackling sound from the compartment and the house-elf appeared in the tent carrying a suitcase.
Albert took the suitcase and opened it at the entrance of the compartment, disguising the entrance of the suitcase as the entrance of the compartment, making it look like opening the door to enter the compartment of the tent.
As for this broken tent, it is actually prepared for the house-elves. Once encountering any trouble, the house-elves can take the box and Apparate away immediately, leaving this broken tent directly here.
"If there is anything, you can notify me directly through this thing."
As he spoke, Albert took out a bracelet from his pocket and handed it to the house-elf. It was a communication tool he made. He had made many similar gadgets before, but most of them were only one-on-one and had defects.
"Okay, master." The house-elf put on the communication bracelet and started to busy himself with his own business.
"Owner?"
Katrina keenly caught the meaning of the house-elf's words and looked at Albert suspiciously.
The latter didn't bother to explain at all, and simply opened the door and entered the suitcase.
"Have we reached our destination?"
Nia heard a noise coming from the room, so she hurried back to the room and saw Albert appear in the house with two beautiful red-haired girls. Nia knew one of them, and the other one should be Isobel's sister Katrina.
She had heard from them that Isobel's sister would be going with them to the Quidditch World Cup.
Katrina also looked at the beautiful girl in front of her with curiosity, and suddenly felt a little depressed because Albert's sister was also a beautiful girl.
"My sister Nia, this is Isobel's sister Katrina. This should be the first time you meet." Albert introduced them to the two.
After the two got to know each other, Katrina suddenly asked Albert: "There must be a Muggle-repelling spell on the Quidditch field. How are you going to get her into the field?"
"It's not difficult to block the Muggle Repelling Charm. It's not a particularly powerful spell." Since Albert dared to bring Nia to watch the Quidditch World Cup, he naturally considered various situations and had corresponding countermeasures.
"You guys take a rest first. During the day, in order to prevent Muggles from noticing anything unusual, the camp is very normal and there's nothing interesting to visit. In the evening, vendors selling things will appear in the camp, and then I'll take you around to buy some souvenirs." Albert learned about the situation here in advance through other channels.
"Can I, too?" Nia asked with a wink.
"Of course, but you have to wear these things first, and you can't leave my side then." Albert took out a few magic props and handed them to Nia, then took out his wand to cast magic on her.
"Is it really okay to do this?" Katrina was a little worried. Albert was really unscrupulous and didn't take the Ministry of Magic seriously at all.
"I've studied the Ministry of Magic's traces. As long as you don't use magic outside the wizarding world, there won't be any problem. I've tested it in Diagon Alley before. As long as you're in the wizarding world, you won't be warned even if you use magic around Muggles." Albert took Nia out of the suitcase and appeared in the tent.
"What is that?"
The girl was frightened when she saw the house-elf for the first time, and she couldn't help but shrink behind Albert.
"House elves are similar to hired servants. Some wizard families have house elves serving them." Albert explained casually, "His name is Bit, and he is responsible for taking care of our daily life."
"This is my sister Nia." Albert introduced to Bit. The house elf bowed slightly to Nia and then continued to do his own thing.
"Does this tent use similar magic?"
Nia followed Albert out of the tent and found that there was a large space inside the tent, but outside it was just a very small tent.
People were coming and going outside the tent, and it looked like an ordinary camp, if not for those strange costumes. These wizards were using their poor acting skills to try to disguise themselves as Muggles, but they didn't realize that their behavior was so weird in the eyes of Muggles.
"I think they treat ordinary people as fools." Nia looked at the group of wizards with poor acting skills and couldn't help but complain.
"Yes, in fact, no one really cares about those things, because they prefer to use magic to solve problems." Albert said softly, "If Muggles discover the secrets here, the wizards will use magic to solve the problem."
"Make the other person forget?"
"Make the other person forget."
"How... arrogant," Nia muttered under her breath.
"This is the wizard."
Albert patted Nia on the shoulder, motioning her to go back to the tent to rest and not run around at this time.
"When does the Quidditch match start?" Nia looked up at Albert.
"About evening," said Albert.
"What a terrible time period! Staying up late is a woman's natural enemy." Nia muttered.
"I totally agree with you." A voice came from not far away.
Albert turned his head and saw Catherine and Valeria walking towards him.
Nia looked at the two uninvited guests in front of her in surprise, frowned and said, "You are really charming."
"Who is this beautiful girl? Is she your new girlfriend?" Valeria greeted Albert enthusiastically, and looked at Nia curiously. She couldn't help but teasing, "Isobel will definitely be very sad."
"Let's talk inside." Albert invited the two into the tent.
"Your tent is so simple." Valeria looked at the tent in surprise. It was hard to imagine that Albert and Isobel would live in such a shabby place.
"Idiot, they definitely don't live here." Catherine's eyes fell on the girl next to Albert. She was also very curious about who the beautiful girl next to Albert was.
"This is my sister, Nia." Albert introduced them. "This is Catherine and Valeria, my friends in the magic world. The beauty potion you used before also had its share of credit on theirs."
"Sister?"
"The magical world?"
Unlike Valeria, Kathryn noticed Albert's choice of words.
"Nia is a Muggle, remember to keep it a secret." Albert also knew that this kind of thing could not be hidden from a smart guy, so he came clean.
The two looked at each other, but also said that they would keep it a secret.
"If you're looking for Isobel, she's resting in there." Albert pointed to the entrance of the suitcase.
"You don't mind if we have a meal at your place, do you? Catherine's cooking skills are really not that good, and the food I make is barely edible too." Valeria said pitifully.
"I'll have the house elves prepare extra portions for you."
"In fact, if possible, we would like to move in and live with you." Valeria continued to press forward, and this was her purpose.
Nia looked at the busty blonde in front of her suspiciously. She felt that this woman had other intentions towards Albert.
"Unfortunately, we don't have any extra seats here." Isobel declined directly.