Dark, cold, and dead... Ever since she was captured and imprisoned in the dungeon, Iluli could only endure all this unpleasantness silently.
But she did not regret it, because she knew that if she had allowed old Tim to continue to inform, she and Muriel would obviously not be the only ones caught now.
At the moment, she was most worried about Pansy's condition, but the fact that she still couldn't get home before her master woke up also made her a little upset.
"Hey! Why aren't you talking again? Isn't it boring just sitting like this?"
Compared to Iluli's reticence, Muriel, who was locked up in the cell next door, seemed too calm. Ever since I was sent in, I would hear the other party say a few words from time to time, sometimes talking to himself, sometimes asking Iluli one or two questions.
However, it would be fine if she asked something meaningful, but every question seemed to be the product of her random thoughts. Often the last sentence was about potions, but in the blink of an eye she was talking about her past life as a student.
But because of this, Eluli learned a lot about Martin's past from Muriel's words, almost in a semi-forced state.
To be honest, if Pansy were here just now, she would be happy to listen.
"… I do not know what to say."
In response to Muriel's inquiry, Iluli responded somewhat perfunctorily, but this may be regarded as her true thoughts.
And just when Muriel next door wanted to say something, a strange "clicking" friction sound suddenly sounded, making her slightly startled.
"Oh! Did you hear it? It's that sound again!"
…
That was certainly not a pleasant sound.
About ten minutes later, Miss Parkinson, who had come down from the Auror office above to the dungeon level, seemed to have heard the same thing.
However, no matter how weird the movement was, it was impossible for her to look back now that she was here.
After going down the stairs, Pansy just paused for a moment, then quickly pursed her lips and continued walking forward. Torches slowly retreated on the walls on both sides, and the empty cells were dark and cold.
She peered into room after room, again and again, trying to find the room where Iluli was being held.
"There...are there no guards guarding the cells here?"
If it were Azkaban in the past, the prison guards would be the dementors that could be seen everywhere on the island. With them there, there wouldn't even be a need to arrange for additional wizards to take care of the guards.
But it is impossible to let dementors do the work for the dungeons of the Ministry of Magic. Logically speaking, it should be indispensable to arrange a few wizards to guard the dungeons.
But until Pansy suddenly heard Muriel's voice coming from a cell in front of the corridor, she still had not seen any wizard on duty here.
Of course, although this made Pansy quite concerned, wouldn't it be convenient for her to save people since there was no one watching
After Pansy followed Muriel's voice and hurried forward, it wasn't long before she finally spotted the figure of Iluli who was hanging her head and silent in the front room of Muriel's cell.
Seeing this, Pansy quickly removed the invisibility effect of the invisibility cloak on her body, then stretched out her hand and gently knocked on the thick railing of the iron door of the cell.
"Dangdang—"
"Iluli?"
Even though Pansy had let go gently enough, the two voices still spread to both sides in the empty straight corridor.
Suddenly, Iluli in the cell suddenly raised her head and looked at the slightly unfamiliar figure that appeared outside the cell door in shock.
Although the appearance is completely different, the voice does belong to Pansy - is Pansy coming to rescue her
But before Iluli could speak, she heard Muriel from next door say abruptly:
"Oh! Sure enough, someone came to save us—you're right, saying a few words really seems to work!"
Apparently, Iluli thought she was too noisy just now. So the former simply made up an excuse casually, which finally made his ears quieter.
Pansy naturally had no time to pay attention to her. After seeing that Iluli seemed to be safe and sound, she looked around before raising her wand and pointing at the cell door in front of her.
"Open the Alaho hole!"
The prison door in the Ministry of Magic is obviously not easy to open even with ordinary lock-picking spells. Looking at the motionless iron gate, Pansy had no choice but to try a few more spells one by one, but she still didn't get the results she wanted.
In the end, she even had her mind set on the stone walls surrounding the cell door. But who would have known that the walls that had existed since ancient times were almost stronger than the prison doors. Several crushing spells and cutting spells were applied to them, but only a few stone chips were broken out.
To be honest, even if those alienated Muggles were able to tear down the cell door with just brute force, only after actually trying it will you know that it is not an easy task.
"It seems that MacLean asked me to go to Kingsley first, perhaps including this reason."
Pansy frowned and thought about it, but for a while she didn't have any idea.
"Pansy... you're Pansy, right?"
Iluli suddenly stood up from the ground, hurried to the cell door, and whispered to the outside:
"Don't worry about me, just leave! This is the Ministry of Magic. If someone discovers it, you will never be able to leave again!"
"No, there is still a while, let me think of a way -" Pansy stared at the cell door in front of her and whispered in the same voice, "Don't worry, I will at least leave enough medicine to leave here."
The medicinal effect she was talking about was, of course, the Polyjuice Potion. As long as the transformation effect was still there, I believed that at least leaving alone would not be a problem.
In the cell, Iluli looked at Pansy who was immersed in thought. She couldn't help but be moved when she thought that the other party took huge risks to sneak into the dungeons of the Ministry of Magic in order to save herself.
After a moment of hesitation, Iluli finally couldn't help but said:
"Otherwise...let me try it!"
"What?"
Pansy didn't understand what she meant.
"I mean, let me try to open this prison door." Iluli pursed her lips and said, "You know, I am a fairy hybrid, and in fact, I am the one with the more obvious manifestation of fairy blood. Kind of... Sometimes, I can also use goblin magic."
Looking at Iluli's slightly solemn expression, Pansy asked subconsciously:
"Using goblin magic... won't have any side effects, right?"
"Well," Iluli smiled reluctantly, "I may have some nosebleeds or something, and my head will also be a little dizzy, like a heat stroke..."
Pansy knew that the actual situation must be more serious than what she said, but if Iluli didn't tell her, she would have no way of knowing.
"If it's dangerous, then don't try it, right?"
Although it is indeed possible to open the prison door with the goblin's natural magic, because it is completely different from the wizard's magic. Just like the space movement magic of house elves, it allows them to still come and go freely in the area where the anti-Apparition spell is cast.
But it's obvious that Iluli has to pay a price if she wants to use goblin magic.
But Iluli seems to have decided to do this.
"It's okay!" She smiled at Pansy and said, "My friends have all come to save me. I can't just do nothing and let my friends take such a big risk in vain, can I?"
Before she finished speaking, she was seen staring at the cell door with bated breath, and stretched out her white fingers towards the lock position of the iron door.
And at the next moment, a faint light suddenly lit up from her fingertips, but a trace of tight pain appeared on her expression.
Iluli lowered her head slightly so that Pansy wouldn't see her.
According to the most basic magic principles, it is difficult to use magic talents that cross species. Even though Iluli has the blood of both fairies and wizards, she is still a wizard in general.
Otherwise, those wizards in ancient times would not have had to spend so much effort studying bloodline transformation.
At the moment, except for her expression of pain, Iluli's other performance is indeed similar to what she just said. As she kept trying, a trace of blood flowed from her nose and dripped to the ground.
She looked a little unsteady on her feet.
But in fact, all of this stemmed from the severe throbbing pain in her head.
Because Iluli still lowered her head, Pansy couldn't see her face, but judging from her slightly trembling body, the situation seemed to be bad.
"Otherwise, it's better not to—"
"Crack."
Just when Pansy wanted to persuade Iluli not to hold on, she only heard a crisp sound from the lock of the cell door - the door lock was really opened!
But almost at the same time, Iluli on the other side of the cell door suddenly fell to the ground. She was holding one hand on the cold ground, her head was hanging swaying, and her nosebleeds were still splashing on the ground drop by drop.
Pansy hurriedly opened the cell door and was about to go over to help the other party, but was stopped by the other party raising her hand.
"Don't—" Iluli said weakly, "Let me take a moment."
Nothing else really mattered, except that the severe pain remaining in her head made it impossible for her to move at all. The slightest vibration would make her head feel like it wanted to split.
Pansy looked at her quite bewilderedly, not knowing what to do for a moment. But soon, she suddenly thought of another extremely difficult question:
What about Muriel next door
Obviously, Iluli opened the cell door herself, so Pansy would naturally take her away.
However, McLean asked her to rescue Muriel in advance... No, maybe Muriel is even more important than Iluli in McLean, right
As a result, now, Iluli had to pay such a price to open the prison door.
"… what to do?"
Pansy hesitated.