Following Charlotte's notice, everyone came to Aberforth's side one after another in advance and sat around the dining table as usual.
Except for Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, of course.
"Remus... what happened? What news did Sirius get when he went to Beauxbatons?"
Tonks had just sat down after coming over, and couldn't help but cast a glance at Sirius's back at the bar, and then asked softly to Lupine beside him.
However, Lupine shook his head.
"I don't know either," he said with a slight frown, "I asked as soon as I came over, but he only said to wait until everyone is here before talking... But in short, it's definitely not a good thing!"
The couple, who had a slight age gap, had obviously become more and more accustomed to getting along recently. Tonks no longer had the same impulsiveness as at the beginning, and the feeling between the two of them together became obviously much more inconspicuous. However, perhaps it is precisely because of this plainness that it makes people feel that the relationship between the two of them is getting stronger and stronger.
To say that this disaster may occasionally bring some benefits to people - at least if there are not so many terrible and annoying things constantly attracting the attention of the two of them, they may not adapt to each other so naturally. the existence of the other party.
Now, hearing what Lupine said, Tonks couldn't help but sigh, and a trace of sadness flashed across her face.
"Oh...poor Weasley, I hope it's not too bad - they won't be able to stand it."
"Who doesn't hope so?"
Lupine took a sip of his wine and sighed softly. Then he naturally put his arm around Tonks' shoulders and kissed her on the forehead.
"Let me take a sip too."
Tonks reached for his glass, but Lupine quickly covered the rim of the glass and held it down.
"Just stop drinking... I don't want everyone to enjoy another fish-man opera performance, especially under the circumstances today!"
"Hey!"
When Tonks heard this, she immediately glared at him, but after that, she finally gave up her plan to drink. Because in fact, she had been drunk once before, and that scene... Even though she couldn't remember it at all afterward, just listening to Lu Ping's story made her want to die.
As for Lupine's "murloc opera" metaphor... Obviously, the murloc's song is ethereal and sweet in the water, but if it is on the shore, it is comparable to the scream of a mandrake. In addition, Tonks was a natural disguisemagus. Once drunk, her long hair would change color automatically, and she looked very much like the murlocs in the water.
So, although Tonks is not completely incapable of drinking, the thought of her drunk appearance... Oh! She might as well give up drinking altogether!
While the "little" couple was whispering to each other, the seats around the dining table were gradually filled up - yes, except for Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's seats and Sirius who was sitting alone at the bar.
"Okay, you can come over too!"
Seeing that Charlotte, who had even gone out to inform everyone, came in through the back door and returned to the bar, Aberforth suddenly reached out and patted the table in front of Sirius, and then pointed towards the dining table.
"Oh, are you all here?"
Sirius's drinking capacity is still very good. While waiting for people to come over here, he drank a lot of Aberforth's wine alone. However... there are also disadvantages of being a good drinker, that is, when you occasionally want to get drunk, it seems that the more you drink, the more sober you become.
"Crack."
After placing the cup on the bar, he finally stood up, turned around and sat down at his usual seat at the dining table. Then, he scanned everyone's faces one by one from left to right.
"Anyway... let me tell you the biggest reason why I called you here in advance today! In case Arthur and his wife will come later and I haven't had time to tell you - it will be difficult to tell you then."
At this point, Sirius waved his hand and said:
"Percy was killed."
Before he finished speaking, the slightly dim room immediately fell into dead silence, so quiet that it was as if there was an inexplicable buzzing sound in his ears.
After a moment of silence, a voice finally broke the silence.
"Why Percy?"
The person who spoke was Lu Ping.
To be honest, he had already guessed some possibilities when he met Charlotte before and heard the other person's reminder not to disturb Arthur and Molly.
Even... maybe it's because I made a lot of judgments and decisions with Maka in the past! He seemed to have picked up on some of Maka's habits - he always liked to imagine the worst possibilities in advance.
Before that, Lu Ping had subconsciously envisioned many possibilities, and the death of a certain person or even a few people was one of the conclusions.
But no matter how he imagined it, he never expected that Sirius would reveal the news of Percy's death.
When it comes to danger, the most dangerous ones are definitely those on the front lines. Although they are already stronger than ordinary people, the crises they need to face are obviously much more terrifying than others. Coupled with the fact that Weymouth, where Percy is located, at least until this time, it was considered relatively safe.
However, Percy died, in front of many people.
"Because another change has erupted in the UK that is more severe than before!" Sirius spread his hands and said, "Actually, this time I not only met Madame Maxime at Beauxbatons, I also met Two young witches. They also seem to be friends with Maca. They have been in Winchester Cathedral recently and have just returned from England until today."
"Who are these two people specifically? We don't know each other?" Kingsley on the other side couldn't help but ask.
"Actually, it can't be said that we don't know each other at all." Sirius shrugged and said, "Kingsley, the Geoffrey family, you should know."
"That prophet family in Northern Europe?"
"Yes," Sirius nodded, "that's the one who was regarded as the leader of the group of Nordic dark wizards by Geofein. That group of dark wizards were able to stay peacefully there for so many years, and this prophet family was indispensable. And now … Of the pair of witch sisters I met at Beauxbatons, the sister is the prophet of this generation.”
At this point, he paused for a moment before turning to:
"I think it may be for this reason that Maka came to them. The sisters seemed to have done a lot of work in helping to deal with the zombie army in the UK - of course, I only listened to what they said themselves, The specific circumstances may have to be discussed later.”