harry potter book of crimes

The refugee community is just a very ordinary residential area, adjacent to another nearby Muggle neighborhood, and there is not even any protective magic applied to it.

But because of this, this place is even more secretive in the magical world.

As long as the wizards living in the community use magic spells as little as possible - especially the underage wizards who still have traces in their wands, it will be difficult for the outside world to be discovered living in the Muggle world.

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Of course, since wizards have long been accustomed to the convenience of magic spells, it is difficult for them to use them completely at once. So... it is said to be safe, but obviously it is not absolute.

"Ah! I forgot to pick a slightly farther place to reveal myself."

Lupine, who had just returned from Beauxbatons, appeared in an alley in the community. He just looked around, and then shook his head with some annoyance.

Because if something needed to go out before, Sirius had always been responsible for it. This time it was rare to go out. When I went out, I still remembered to run far away before apparating. But now when I came back, my head was already full of Booth.

Patton's incident was a bit careless.

But before he thought about it, he soon discovered that the old housekeeper and Willie appeared behind him.

"Mr. Butler?" Lu Ping hurriedly turned around, looked at the two of them and said, "Why don't you—"

"Anyway, this place will be abandoned soon, and the enemy will definitely not appear around here in a short period of time, so just relax for now!"

The old housekeeper waved his hand, seeming to easily understand what Lu Ping was going to say. But thinking about it, when everyone was sent to this refuge community, it was the old housekeeper himself who explained the precautions to them in advance.

"Okay! Then... although this is originally the territory of your family, if you two need to take a rest, why not go to the room where I live temporarily! It's just around the corner in front - I have to go first

A trip to Aberforth's side, that guy Sirius is probably going crazy waiting by now."

"Um...Miss, what do you mean?"

Of course the old housekeeper himself has no objections. Anyway, he will go wherever Willy goes. It is his mission to protect Willy's safety. Everything else can be fine.

"Me?" Willy shook her head slightly, "I'm not tired yet, so there's no need to rush to rest - Professor Lupin, where are Cathy and the others? I want to meet everyone first."

Of course Lupine knew that what Willy was talking about were actually her friends who lived at Chateau Blois.

"It's just across the street from this alley," Lupine pointed out. "This community isn't very big, and everyone is together. Miss Blois, are you going there now? I'll take the lead first."

Go ahead!"

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As Lupine said, the refugee community is not big, and it is easy for everyone to visit each other. Cathy, Helen and others who once lived with Willy at Chateau Blois for a period of time are currently

We live in a big house across the street and live together every day.

After Lupine took Willy over, he left again, preparing to go to Aberforth's place to join the gathering among their adults.

But after he left the door, before he could walk a few steps, he heard the door that had just been closed behind him opened again, and then the old housekeeper walked out with a look of helplessness on his face.

"Mr. Lupin, let me go too! By the way... I'll also tell you about the next arrangements for our Blois family."

In fact, as soon as he saw the expression on the old housekeeper's face when he came out, Lu Ping knew something in his heart - he must have been driven out by Willy, who had just reunited with her long-lost friends.

"Oh, of course, please!" Lu Ping immediately extended his hand to invite you, "Everyone knows that you are here, and you will be very welcome. Moreover, it happens to be lunch time now - sir, I saw it just now.

The food must have just been delivered by Molly, it’s still steaming hot!”

"Well, I'll excuse you then."

The old housekeeper did not refuse, and nodded in agreement.

While the two were talking, they crossed the quiet street again and walked along the street for a short distance. Soon, they arrived at the door of Aberforth's house.

But just as they got closer, the two of them heard Mrs. Weasley's usual loud voice in the room. When Lupine heard this voice, he finally stopped suddenly as if he thought of something.

The action of reaching out and knocking on the door.

"Wait a moment."

After giving a gentle reminder, the old housekeeper retreated to the side of the road with Lu Ping at his signal.

"Mr. Lupine, what's wrong?"

"Well, that's it." Lupine frowned slightly and said, "Mr. Butler must be well aware of the fact that Percy Weasley was killed in battle. But in fact, we are still keeping this matter a secret for the time being.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley—please don’t mention it in front of them when we go in later.”

"Oh?" The old butler raised his eyebrows slightly, but quickly nodded and said, "Is that what happened? I understand."

"After all, this is a period of frequent incidents... Anyway, I'm in trouble, sir."

Lu Ping also nodded to the old butler, and then he and the other man returned to the door again, and knocked on the door deeply. After a while, he heard a sudden silence inside, and then the door was opened.

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"Remus, you finally got back to—"

The one who opened the door for them was Sirius, and judging from the speed with which he opened the door, it seemed that he was not far from the door just now.

However, after seeing Lupine appear outside the door, before Sirius could finish speaking, he saw the old housekeeper following Lupine again.

"...Butler Blois?"

"Well, good afternoon, Mr. Black!"

Nowadays, few people call Sirius by his surname. After all, Sirius himself doesn't like this surname at all, so he rarely mentions it to others.

So after hearing this, Sirius paused subconsciously, but he quickly returned to his usual posture.

"Just call me Sirius...please come in!"

Fortunately, the irritability he felt when he was fighting with Aberforth just now has been suppressed, otherwise he might really be able to lose his temper now.

Lu Ping shook his head, then took a step forward, changed the subject, and led the old housekeeper towards the room.

And now, just as Lupine said just now, Mrs. Weasley has indeed brought today's lunch and placed a full table on the dining table as usual.

As the aroma overflowed, the old housekeeper also sat down at Lu Ping's invitation.