"Kingsley?"
"Oh! It's Harry? What are you doing with the sword in your hand... Ah! Forget it, anyway, open the door for me first. I have to go and talk to Maka..."
When Harry arrived near the school gate, he finally saw clearly who the figure was wandering outside. But the other party seemed a little anxious. When he saw it, he quickly took out his wand and lifted the protective spell on the school gate.
It must be said that the spell set by Maka himself is quite powerful. Even if Harry knew how to unlock it and cast the spell from the inside of the door, it would still take a lot of time to open the door.
"Kingsley, do you have something urgent to do with Maka? He doesn't seem to be in school at the moment..." He said while casting spell-breaking magic on the huge iron gate, "He left me a note saying It was something temporary, and I don’t know where he went specifically.”
"Not in Hogwarts?" Kingsley outside was startled when he heard this, "Does he already know the latest situation in the London Fog? Hmm... Harry, since Maka isn't here, you don't have to open the door. Yes! I'm going back to London... If Maka doesn't meet me and comes back after I leave, remember to tell him that I was here."
"Hey, wait!"
Hearing that there was no need to waste the effort to break the curse, Harry immediately put away his wand and called out to stop Kingsley who turned around and wanted to leave.
"What happened to London? What happened to that 'London Fog' you just mentioned?"
"Um?"
When Kingsley heard this, his steps suddenly stopped, but then he waved his hand without looking back.
"Oh, it's nothing. There's just a heavy fog in London - the Ministry is investigating the cause. I originally wanted to come to Maka to ask for advice."
Although Kingsley was quick-thinking, he didn't know Harry's situation. However, when he thought that Maka didn't seem to tell the latter about London, he thought there must be a reason.
Therefore, he did not go into details, lest he ruin Maka's plan without knowing it.
Seeing Kingsley say something in an understatement and then disapparating on the horse path outside the school gate, Harry couldn't help but frown in confusion.
Even though there were no obvious flaws in Kingsley's explanation, when he thought of his slightly anxious look before, Harry knew that things were obviously not as simple as what the other person said.
"... Something happened in London again?"
After standing in front of the school gate for a long time, he said to himself slightly hesitantly.
…
As the "cause" for many people to rush to London one after another, Fred and George's current situation is indeed not good.
Since they left the Jumping Magic Joke Shop with their newlywed wives, the four of them have been hiding and running away, and now they have not had a good rest for a day and a night.
"Oh! We should be able to get away from those people temporarily when we get here... Ashley, can we still leave? Otherwise... Fred, let's find a place to rest for a while!"
"Well, of course, that pot of swamp syrup should be able to trap them for a while! Hey, I hope they all like sweets!"
It seems that even in a slightly embarrassing escape, it is difficult for the twins to completely put aside the sense of humor that has been engraved deep in their souls.
But it has to be said that after a long period of running away, they finally felt a little exhausted.
Then, George was seen walking in front, supporting Ashley, whose right leg was slightly injured. Fred and Mary were following behind with wands in hand to keep alert. The four of them walked as fast as possible on this foggy road. Walking through the deep alleys.
"George, over there—"
"Oh, I saw that too, Fred."
What they discovered on the way to the alley was the small backyard of a Muggle family—surrounded by a brick wall, only one aisle was left in that small area, and the rest of the area was covered with various large and small flower pots. Full.
And in a corner of the backyard, they saw a slightly worn wooden door.
"That should be a small utility room, just like my dad's studio filled with Muggle items... I guess that's where it is! It doesn't look inconspicuous at all, just perfect for hiding."
When they reached the door, Ashley, who was supported by George, immediately waved her wand and opened the lock hanging on the door. As the wooden door creaked open, the messy and crowded space inside immediately made several people nod with satisfaction.
Although it is a bit small, it is difficult for anyone to spot it if it is hidden inside, so even if those people push the door in, they still have room to deal with it.
The four of them just looked at it for a moment, and quickly walked in one after another. Fred, who entered last, closed the wooden door behind him.
When the door was closed again, the small space suddenly became dark.
"Ashley, come on! Come over here and sit down, I'll give you some medicine—"
To be honest, being unable to apparate in this gathering gray fog makes the wizard feel like a bird with its wings taken away.
Under this situation, the situation that could have been easily escaped suddenly became the worst situation that put everyone in trouble or even despair.
George helped Ashley sit down on the wooden box behind the innermost shelf, then waved his staff to cast a luminous spell, and leaned over to check the injury on the other's calf.
Just when he was escaping from those dark wizards, Ashley, who was running with him, was hit by a spell from the other party and fell to the ground. In order to cover George's rescue of Ashley, the four of them almost fell into the encirclement.
Therefore, even though they saw a patch of blood on Ashley's calf, they had no time to check and treat her. They just hurriedly tore off some clothes and tied them tightly after running away for a distance.
Until now, Ashley's entire face had become a little pale due to too much blood loss.
"Oh! This must be very painful... It's really hard for you to be able to hold on for so long... "
When he saw that there was a blood hole the size of a baby's fist on his calf, and the scarlet blood that was constantly flowing had completely soaked his pants and shoes and socks, even if George's character was not serious, it would be difficult to laugh at this moment. .
"It's alright!"
Ashley, who was slightly introverted, shook her head slightly, but soon seemed to realize something, and suddenly turned her head to look in the direction of the door.
"...bloodstains!"
"Don't worry, we've cleared everything along the way." Fred immediately waved his hand, then pointed at Ashley's calf and said, "George, treat the injury quickly!"
While several people were talking, Ashley's sister Mary had already approached her sister and hugged her shoulders with red eyes.
"My mother always said that although you are introverted, you are stronger than me. Now I finally understand... If it had been me, I would have screamed out in pain!"
"Really?" Ashley forced a smile, her pale face was really worrying, "I don't think so. If it were you, you wouldn't delay everyone's escape just because of this little pain... Well …”
George was already pouring healing medicine on her wound. The painful stinging sensation made her expression change, and she was finally speechless.
Fred, who was taking the initiative to lookout near the door, frowned with concern.
"We haven't protected the ball for so long. The family must be very worried now... Oh! If I had known that this would happen, we shouldn't have stayed at the Burrow after the wedding. We have already prepared a new house ourselves! "
"Yes! With the worried nature of my father and mother, they must have come out to look for us a long time ago... But now London is full of strange dark wizards who appear out of nowhere! Those guys are very interested in Muggles. Ignore them at all and only look for trouble with wizards, but they are still very strong—"
George had already applied medicine to Ashley and was currently re-bandaging the healing wound while casually echoing his twin brother's words.
Finally, he thought about it and said:
"Well... at least mom won't run out, right? Percy still needs someone to look after her. Even if she wants to, dad won't allow it."
"I hope so!"
After the two said this, they both sighed in perfect agreement.
However, they could not have guessed that the Burrow was already empty. Not to mention the Weasleys, even Percy, the "sick man", couldn't stay at home. He sent two letters and then ran out to find them.
"Hmm? Shhh—there seems to be someone outside!"
Suddenly, Fred raised his index finger to stop the other three people from talking for the time being, and then he pressed himself against the wooden door and listened to what was going on outside.
You could hear a lot of footsteps suddenly appearing in the alley outside. Judging from the number of people, it seemed that they were the dark wizards who had been chasing the four of them before.
It's strange to talk about those dark wizards, although almost everyone is very strong, especially the strength of the spell is extraordinary.
But most of them seemed to have insufficient brains. With a few tricks, even if there were only four of them, they could still narrowly escape from the siege.
However, probably because those guys are simple-minded, they are even a little stubborn. After identifying Fred and the others at first, he never changed his goal and was still chasing them, unwilling to give up until now.
Not long after, I heard footsteps outside that didn't seem to stop outside. They jogged all the way to the other end of the alley one after another.
"gone!"
After Fred listened for a while and found that there was indeed no sound, he turned around and nodded to a few people.
"Take another rest, and then we leave here in the opposite direction... I remember that the street in the past was the street where St. Mungo's is located. Anyway, let's go there first to see the situation!"
"Yeah, that's fine!" George responded, then lowered his head and said to Ashley, "By the way, you can ask the therapist to check you again to make sure there is no evil black magic in that spell!"