Sirius was a little confused.
Because obviously, he was one of the groups of people, other than a few Hogwarts professors, who were disrupted by the news that Maka had awakened from the ice coffin.
However, unlike Professor Flitwick who was jumping in a hurry, the reason for his panic was not the news about Maka that Bill sent from Granger camp itself.
Yes, Maka's unexpected return certainly gave him a sudden shock. It might even be more shocking than when he accidentally learned that Peter Pettigrew was still alive in Azkaban.
However, when there were more people around him who were more confused than him, he knew that at least he couldn't be confused.
especially…
"Mrs. Weasley?" Sirius glared at Aberforth and asked, "What's going on? Didn't you all agree to hide it from her? How could something go wrong... Wait, don't tell me. Is there any other news she knows?"
But behind the simple bar, Aberforth seemed to be even more depressed than he was.
"Who told Bill to send this news directly from the camp without passing through Blois' house?" Aberforth said loudly with an annoyed look on his face, "Since Arthur is not here, of course the recipient of the message is Molly. ! Instead of asking me here, you might as well go to the camp and ask Bill directly!"
After yelling a few words, Aberforth scratched his beard and frowned:
"As for the 'other news' you mentioned... who knows? Molly showed up this morning and told me the news that McClain was back, and then she went back straight away with a straight face - I couldn't say a word I didn’t have time to ask!”
"Oh! I should have come here earlier," Sirius hammered the table hard, causing the goblet on the table to jump. "Maybe I could have stopped that damn owl."
"Then it's a good thing you didn't have time."
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the direction of the door behind Sirius, causing him to quickly turn around and look over.
"Remus? Are you back?"
"It's not just me!"
Lu Ping, who appeared at the door, stepped into the house and took another step to the side. Then, four more figures walked in from the outside one after another.
"Sirius!"
"And Aberforth!"
"haven't seen you for a long time!"
"How are you lately?"
"Hey, speaking of which, even though Bill sent that letter..."
“… But actually, it’s us who wrote the letter.”
"We have to talk about this!"
"You don't understand mom at all—"
"Even dad doesn't understand!"
"You shouldn't have kept this from her at all."
"That's definitely..."
"Worst choice!" "Worst choice!"
Sirius and Aberforth looked at the two young men walking in front of each other and continued talking to each other in a tacit and familiar manner, with shocked looks on their faces.
"Fred? George!" Sirius looked at the twin brothers and said with astonishment, "You... I thought you were..."
"In the United States," I didn't know whether it was Fred or George who nodded midway, "Yes. But that was also a week ago!"
"After accepting the task entrusted by Bill and going there to check out the situation, we took Ashley and Mary to meet their parents. After reporting that they were safe, we came back!"
As the other twin said this, he turned around and took the hand of Ashley, the quieter of the Olsen sisters. Apparently, he was George, so it was obviously Fred who spoke before.
"Then what?" Sirius spread his hands towards them, "How did you end up like this?"
"Oh, did you say this?" "Oh, did you say this?"
Hearing Sirius' question, the Weasley brothers subconsciously touched their arms at the same time. It's just that one has a left arm and the other has a right arm - one of their arms is tightly wrapped in bandages, each hanging on the left and right sides.
"We met some enemies on the way back."
"One of us flies to the left and the other to the right."
"Then this guy just walked right through the middle..."
"It's quite symmetrical, isn't it?"
Sirius frowned, thought for a while and said:
"Did you also include this in the letter?"
"Hey, that's what I just wanted to say." Fred shrugged his uninjured shoulder, "Are there not many innocent people who died in this huge disaster? Our family is not special. Why can't I mention the character?"
"Still," George said, "including dad, you actually don't understand at all - our mom is not a fragile woman! You know, in the face of big things, right and wrong, I'm afraid no one will be more vulnerable than her. Stronger."
"... I didn't expect that in the end, you two understood me best."
Suddenly, another voice sounded faintly from outside the door behind the two Fred George couples, startling everyone in the room.
"Oh! Mom?"
The two brothers quickly pulled their wives aside, and the next moment, the fat Mrs. Weasley that everyone was familiar with suddenly appeared in everyone's field of vision.
"What about him? He's not back?"
Mrs. Weasley glanced left and right as she walked inside. The "he" she refers to obviously refers to her husband, Arthur Weasley.
This capable woman, who was sometimes kind and sometimes fierce, actually looked not as strong as Fred and George claimed at the moment. Her hair was a little messy, and her clothes were not very neatly ironed, which made her look even more embarrassed and haggard than her two injured sons.
However, there was a sense of calmness and sharpness in her slightly bloodshot eyes—the eyes were very much like those of a lioness when hunting.
After briefly glancing at her son's wounded arms covered with bloody bandages, Mrs. Weasley nodded at Lupine, and then walked straight to Sirius and Aberforth at the bar.
Immediately, I heard her speak loudly in a slightly hoarse voice:
"Now that the real Maka is finally back, it's time for us to take action! Before, it was because of our lack of ability that we were just a burden in the frontline battle. But now, at this time, the children finally need us. Something happened... We cannot let the blood of those who sacrificed their lives heroically be shed in vain!"
It wasn't until Mrs. Weasley finished speaking, and those sonorous and powerful words were still faintly echoing in the room, that Lupine by the door continued:
"Indeed... just like Molly said, the time for us to act has already arrived!"