Delphi didn't know that not long ago, London was experiencing an unprecedented downpour; and Delphi didn't know even more that the rain came down quickly and stopped even faster than ever before.
The once continuous curtain of rain has now turned into crystal clear ice, freezing the entire city of London inside like a specimen.
Looking from a distance, the buildings in the city become twisted and distorted due to the irregular refraction of light in the ice, as if they no longer belong to this world, but have been sealed into an isolated space.
And this is what Delphi saw before leaving, what the city of London looks like now.
In fact, she returned to the attic and lay silently on the bed thinking for a long time. Until nightfall, she still didn't understand what happened in London.
But this is understandable after all, because it is probably difficult for anyone to imagine that someone would be crazy enough to freeze the entire city into a big ice lump.
"Should I go in? Or... how should I go in? And if I really rush in, what will be the consequences?"
There was no light in the attic bedroom, and Delphi just lay in the darkness, muttering to herself.
However, there was obviously no one here to answer her questions.
After staying there for a long time, as the night gradually deepened, I heard a sudden sneer in the quiet room. The next moment, a flame ignited out of thin air, dancing slightly, spreading light to every corner of the room.
The thick curtains have long been drawn up, and the only one who can enjoy the warmth and light now is Delphi, who lit it.
Seeing Delphi holding the wand, she gently shook the tip of the wand, letting the small but bright enough flame drift to the side. Then she sat up again, holding on to the edge of the bed.
"Go, you have to go after all."
While mumbling like this, she took out some of the things she had brought with her and laid them out one by one on the bed and examined them carefully. From various potions, to special materials, to certain magic and alchemy props... there are even several volumes of rune diagrams drawn by herself.
These are the guarantees why she dared to set foot in this death place as a Muggle this time, and will also enter London with her next.
When the time comes, whether she lives or dies, or even whether she can see her father, this is all that matters to her.
After the inspection was completed and he put it away again, Delphi finally extinguished the flames and lay back on the bed, relaxing his body and mind and gradually fell into sleep.
The dream wasn't a good dream, but looking at her like that, it didn't seem that bad.
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Luna met up with Charlie and the others before nightfall. When she found them heading west from the sea, she found that they had planned to spend the night on a ship docked at a certain port.
For the four of them, it is easy to go around Devon from the English Channel, but it is still not an easy task to get to the Burrow from the coast - even if they choose this route, it is already a cut for them. Most of the danger is gone, but the rest of the journey still cannot be taken lightly.
"We will try to get to the Burrow early tomorrow morning, so let's have a good rest tonight! There are two crew bunk beds inside, so let Luna and Miss Brandt sleep on them!"
In this small cabin, the four of them were eating simple dry food, and the one speaking at the moment was Charlie. But soon, Luna gave her bed to old Ajinbad.
After a while, when Ajinbad stopped giving in, Luna changed her subject and said:
"Actually... I'm still a little worried about Delphi."
"But she wants to go to London after all, doesn't she?" Charlie couldn't help but say after hearing this.
But Luna shook her head.
"I'm just worried that this has nothing to do with whether she's going or not - I'll talk to Hermione about this when we get to the Burrow tomorrow! I want to know what she thinks."
"It's probably just a matter of worry!" Charlie said, "But there's nothing you can do... Didn't you just say that Delphi left from the Burrow? Hermione can let her leave alone. That's enough. That explains the problem. After all, the Burrow must be very busy right now, and Hermione may not have the time to take care of her."
"Maybe?"
Luna said, taking another bite of the dry biscuit in her hand and chewing it crunchily.
After a while, everyone hurriedly filled their stomachs and went to bed as Charlie just said.
And this night, perhaps because I only spent it on the boat on the beach, I had a relatively peaceful night.
Of course, among those who feel this way, Ida must not be included.
Although she didn't know exactly when the time limit was, as time passed by bit by bit, they could only circle around the sea. Whether they could see him in time... or even whether they could really see He. Mindu is still a question mark.
When she thought that she might be heading towards death every minute and every second, she became increasingly unable to calm down.
To be honest, it was really a waste to leave the crew's bed to her. It wasn't until dawn the next morning that Ida, who had been staring dryly with her eyes open all night, immediately got up with her dry eyes. Looking at her red eyes, it was obvious that she had not been able to sleep all night.
After Ida stood on the deck facing the morning sea breeze for more than ten minutes, everyone woke up one after another from their not deep sleep. They only had two mouthfuls of dry food with clear water, and Charlie began to call with the dragon whistle. Started Nobetta.
The fire dragon is not suitable to go deep into the current British land, so it is time for him to return to the camp on the other side. Next, Charlie will ride a broom to the Burrow with Luna and others.
However, just when they were ready to officially set off, Luna suddenly stood up and stopped everyone.
"Wait, it seems... there are a lot of living corpses coming from the east along the coast."
"A lot? How much is it?" Old Ajinbad asked immediately.
"It's not easy to estimate," Luna shook her head, feeling carefully and raising her hand to gesture, "but there are many... very many! There are them from the coast to the inland."
When Ida heard this, she suddenly couldn't help but become anxious.
"Then..." she said hurriedly, "can't we leave from here?"
However, after Luna sensed it for a while, she took the lead in getting on her broomstick, turned to Ida Brandt and said:
"No, you can... but you have to be quick! Although we don't know why they are coming here in a bunch, as long as we are quick enough, we should be able to get ahead of them before they move over."
Before she finished speaking, Luna took control of the broom and took the lead in flying.