Haierbo established a mysterious organization and recruited his subordinates to secretly bewitch wizards and wizards. This matter may be considered a big secret to the outside world, but many people in the Ministry of Magic already know about it.
It was only because Scrimgeour issued a death order this time, saying that anyone who dared to leak the information privately would be treated as a collaborator, did this make those guys who usually don't keep their mouths shut all remained silent.
However, even those wizards who work at the Ministry of Magic are unlikely to know that this raid is simply a cover-up.
That's right, this is just a pretense.
As one of the few people who knew the actual situation directly through Maka's Silver Eagle Patron Saint, Kingsley not only dispatched manpower from it this time, but also personally led two people to work from late night to early morning.
And now, just at the moment when Martin, Pansy, and Iluli met in the alley, he happened to arrive at Diagon Alley.
Of course, although it is said to be a coincidence, there are actually some inevitable factors involved. After all, the reason why Kingsley came to Diagon Alley specifically was because someone among the Aurors that Lucius took to the underground church picked up a wand there.
As we all know, if a wizard loses his wand, he is almost like a Muggle. And if you want to get a new wand after losing it, you will most likely have to go to a wand shop.
But in the entire British wizarding world, Ollivander's family is the only wand shop. In today's era when wandmakers are extremely rare, even if some families try to cultivate a private wandmaker, they must have the corresponding knowledge to pass on.
With this in mind, a walk in Diagon Alley naturally became a harmless choice—in fact, he planned to arrange for a team of three to stand guard at Ollivander's door!
"Ah, Mr. Shacklebolt!"
As soon as Kingsley entered the store, he immediately heard someone calling him respectfully.
"Is it Crevat? It seems that you also guessed something from Taylor's report, right?" He smiled and nodded, "How about it, are there any abnormalities found here?"
"Oh, yes, I think someone should come here to take a look." The young Auror named Crevat first explained, and then said with some regret, "Unfortunately, maybe I came early."
Based on the past arrest experience of the Auror Office, if those suspects have to go to a public place, they will generally choose to act when there are the most people. And then, those insignificant strangers will form a natural protection for them.
Because of this, Crevat said that he might have arrived too early.
When Kingsley heard this, he couldn't help but shrugged and said:
"Well, it's because of newcomers like you who are willing to study seriously during training that I never signed the proposal that suggested shortening the training period for newcomers due to manpower shortage."
"Yes," Crevat nodded after hearing Kingsley's praise, "I also think we should pay attention to training and assessment. After all, it is the valuable experience left by generations of predecessors. It is suitable for people like us who have just started." Newbies getting to work!”
"Yes, if you can realize this, it means that you are one step closer to becoming an excellent Auror." Kingsley encouraged him again, and then said, "By the way, since you also If you understand that this place deserves our attention, then you should be responsible for staying here and guarding it! Go and call the other two teammates over and chat with Mr. Ollivander."
Having said this, he turned sideways and looked deep into the shelves filled with small wooden boxes on the counter, but he did not find the old wand maker.
"Where's Mr. Ollivander?"
"Oh, he just went inside to inspect the newly arrived wood. If you have anything to do with him, Mr. Shacklebolt, just call him and he will hear you."
"No, no need," Kingsley immediately waved his hand and said, "That's it! I don't think Mr. Ollivander cares about how many more people are in the store... Go ahead! Call someone over, I'm here I’ll help you stay here for a while.”
…
Just as Nakivat followed Kingsley's instructions and hurried outside the store to look for his teammates, two pairs of eyes in the alley opposite the wand shop silently watched him run away.
The owners of those two pairs of eyes were naturally Martin and Pansy. With Iluli's height, she obviously couldn't look out from the gap between the upper edges of the crate.
However, right now, for the three of them, whether or not to watch is actually not that important anymore.
Because of Kingsley's arrival, there will obviously be no shortage of Auror sights outside this alley, which means that they can't go there anymore.
"The person who just entered is Kingsley Shacklebolt, the current head of the Auror Office..."
"... And he has a good relationship with that McClain," Martin took over Pansy's explanation and said in a slightly low voice, "I know this."
Before he finished speaking, he shook his head impatiently, and then continued:
"It seems like we should leave from the other side... Although we have to take a long detour to get out from there, at least there shouldn't be any more Aurors blocking the way."
Martin naturally had no worries about Pansy, because he had no need to go to Ollivander from the beginning. But even though he could leave just like that, Pansy was still somewhat hesitant at this time.
After hesitating secretly, the latter saw that Martin was about to turn around and leave, so he quickly called him softly.
"That...Mr. Martin?"
In a hurry, Pansy asked randomly looking for an excuse:
"You just said you were going to take a detour. Are you planning to go somewhere?"
"Huh?" When Martin heard this, he paused for a moment and replied nonchalantly, "Oh, I have a friend over there in Knockturn Alley. She runs a small shop there... You two are coming too. Come on! There is a suitable place to hide there, and you can disapparate there without being discovered."
"We're not going," Pansy whispered as she thought quickly, "Uh... I mean, I have to go back to Hogwarts - you know, I should stay in school, that's right Mr. Haierbo is the most valuable!"
Fortunately, she was quite quick-witted and knew how to use this most suitable reason to persuade the other party.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Martin not only did not doubt Pansy's intention, but even had a slightly relieved expression on his face.
"Oh, you're right," he nodded. "It's hard for you to be so calm in this situation. That's good..."
Just as he was speaking, Martin suddenly raised his eyebrows and said:
"But if you are going to Hogwarts, why do you come here?"
Although he seemed a little hesitant, he was not doubting Pansy's position.
Because from the beginning, Pansy was caught by the "bait" he spread. Not to mention, the lives of these people who have completed the magic ritual are equivalent to being under his control.
If you want to betray, the price you have to pay is extremely high, and everyone has to weigh it carefully.
"this… "
When Pansy saw him asking, she just thought about it and took out the wand that Iluli had broken, and showed it to Martin.
"You see, I have to get a new wand. Otherwise, when it comes to class, I may be suspected by my classmates or professors."
Having said this, she glanced back with some anxiety - Ollivander's door was clearly open early in the morning, but she still couldn't get in. This was really a nerve-wracking thing.
"It looks like I might just have to go back—"
Pansy pursed her lips and showed a somewhat helpless expression as she spoke.
"Oh, you should have said it earlier!" When Martin saw this, he immediately waved to her and said, "There are second-hand wands for sale in Knockturn Alley - you understand, this is an illegal transaction, so it never Let’s put it out there. Although other people’s wands may not be suitable for use, if you try a few more, you should be able to find one that works…”
While speaking, he seemed to have remembered something, and suddenly took out a small silver pocket watch from his breast pocket, opened it and took a look.
"If the schedule at Hogwarts doesn't change, I think you should still have time to go back before breakfast... Let's go! Follow me—"
Don't forget, Martin also graduated from Hogwarts, and his academic performance was even quite good.
Unfortunately, there are always differences between people even if they have studied in the same school.
If nothing else, just like Voldemort, the Dark Lord who has never had any good intentions from beginning to end is still a serious "outstanding graduate" of Hogwarts!
However, no matter what kind of person Martin was, his proposal did do Pansy a big favor.
"If that's the case, that would be great!"
Having said that, Pansy no longer hesitated, pulling Eluli, who had not spoken since just now, with her, and followed Martin's pace.
To be honest, there are not a lot of debris piled up in this alley, but perhaps because of the good ventilation, there are also a lot of spider webs. This is not an easy place for girls to walk.
Fortunately, Martin obviously had no objection to these messy places. He waved his hands to grab the cobwebs and pushed all kinds of debris forward. Because he was walking in front, he took on the task of opening the way.
Pansy followed him. Along the way, in addition to worrying about whether she would be able to return to school in time, the task assigned to her by Maka also lingered in her mind.
Unknowingly, the three of them had passed through the messy and narrow alleyway, and from the exit in the other direction, they saw a dilapidated cobblestone street that was much darker than Diagon Alley.
"left."
After confirming that everything was normal outside, Martin reminded him and then turned a corner and went out.