harry potter book of crimes

"Let's go, go in! Although it's a little dark here, there are street lights after passing through the stone door in the corner... Be careful where you step..."

In the ruins of St. Augustine's Abbey, several Ministry of Magic staff were guiding the team inside. Perhaps in order to reduce the possibility of being discovered as much as possible, even though the surrounding roads had been enchanted without blind spots.

, the Ministry of Magic still gave up adding lighting here.

At the moment, the sky has become very dark, and even the setting sun on the Western Mountain has almost completely disappeared. And the inside of this dilapidated monastery is naturally even darker. Although the staff of the Ministry of Magic also specially reminded everyone to pay attention to their feet, in case someone steps on their toes.

, or the low sounds made when stepping off the shoes are still coming and going.

Especially when Ron was stepped on by Ginny earlier, it was like an omen. Now since he followed the team into the dark monastery, he had been stepped on continuously for more than ten minutes.

Six legs.

"Oh... please be careful when you walk. I feel like my fingernails are about to be stepped on and split! Everyone, be careful... little..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly let out another "ouch", which was so painful that the wailing sound was trembling.

But Ginny who was following him slapped him hard on the back, pouted and said:

"Didn't you say before that you're not afraid of getting hurt now? Didn't you say that you have some kind of 'self-healing ability'? If you can really heal yourself, it won't be a problem if you step on it!"

Although she said this, the hand she had just finished patting Ron's back grabbed the hem of his clothes and pulled him slightly in front of her, causing him to take a small step backwards.

At the same time, she couldn't help but murmured in a low voice:

"If you don't want to be stepped on, don't follow so closely! It's weird if you keep pushing forward and don't have your toes stepped on!"

"Oh...Ginny, thank you..."

Ron had just turned around in front of him, with a moved expression on his face and wanted to say thank you. But in the darkness, he could only see Ginny giving him a vague glance, then grabbing Harry's arm and squeezing aside.

, as if he disliked Ron.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to care about you! If you do, you will only care about me, Harry. I just don't want to listen to you crying and howling in front of me anymore. It's so noisy!"

When Ron heard this, he couldn't help but turned his head with a sad face, and sighed at Fred, who was walking on his right.

"Look! You just said that Ginny should be nicer to me now, but you saw it"

While sighing like this, the bitter look on his face quickly disappeared, and instead he showed a slight snickering expression. Fred looked at his secretly proud look and couldn't help but make a face at him.

"Stop it," he whispered, "Ginny already has Harry, but what about you?"

"Oh, okay!" Ron pursed his lips and thought about it, "I'm not the only one left in our family! Charlie and Bill are both single too! Oh, by the way, there's also Percy."

"...I have a girlfriend."

Suddenly, Percy's voice came out faintly from the left.

"Well, at least there was one before I fell into a deep sleep... I plan to look for it when I enter Spiral Town later! Penello's home is near Diagon Alley, and he may be in it now!"

"Well"

Yes, after Percy mentioned it himself, Ron also remembered the summer vacation when Ron and the others were in second grade. Percy spent the whole vacation in his room writing letters to that girl. The two of them at that time

The feelings seem to be very hot.

However, it has been so long now. Will the girl who was a prefect of Ravenclaw still worry about Percy who disappeared soon after graduation?

Oh! At least from the fact that the other party has never been to the Burrow in the past few years, it can be seen that this old relationship with Percy may be a bit confusing!

"Okay," Ron was stunned for a moment, but finally shrugged and said, "Percy doesn't count, so Bill and Charlie are right, right?"

"Bill seems to have been corresponding with a girl?" George, who was not far away, suddenly turned around and raised his eyebrows and said, "I heard that his pen pal is an enthusiastic and proactive French girl!"

"Oh no"

This time Ron really couldn't stand it anymore.

"Bill had so many girls pursuing him, but he rejected them all. I thought...I thought..."

"Why?"

Seeing Fred's teasing expression, Ron immediately realized that he must not say anything further. Otherwise, the embarrassing story of him being liked by a boy earlier would have been known to all the refugees here.

"No, no, don't look at me like that...it means nothing! Can't I just shut up?"

Before he finished speaking, Ginny behind him snickered and muttered:

"It's long overdue!"

While the Weasley brothers and sisters were laughing in the dark crowd, Hermione, who was walking further back in the group, seemed a little silent.

Of course, she didn't have a problem with Ron and his friends' playfulness. On the contrary, she was actually very happy to see that everyone was still so cheerful after experiencing so many dangers.

However, somehow she felt at a loss for what to do in this supposedly relaxing atmosphere.

The tasks that she had been busy helping patients transfer were now taken over by the Aurors and dark wizard strikers sent by the Ministry of Magic. Not to mention her, not even Harry and Neville needed to worry about it.

And this should be a good thing for them. After all, transferring those patients who cannot follow the appearance is also a very stressful task!

"Is it because you suddenly had some free time while busy?"

Hermione thought to herself silently, and after a moment, she shook her head as if she understood something.

"No, it's more than just that... It's time to settle down in the new town, and it seems like nothing will happen to us... Is that the reason?"

To be honest, although Hermione has always worked hard, it is not always for other people, but for Maka and her friends. In her efforts, there is still a part of her subconscious that holds her destiny in her own hands.

Nowadays, Haierbo's problem is still unresolved, but she probably has no way to intervene. Even if Maka allows it, she probably won't allow it, because she knows that she doesn't have the ability to face Haierbo directly.

Obviously, it is very disturbing to feel that you cannot control your own destiny, but leave it to others.

Thinking of this, Hermione couldn't help but shake her head vigorously, so that her curly long chestnut hair also swayed.

"Maka, I believe you...yes, that's right! I believe you..."