harry potter book of crimes

Delphi didn't know that not long ago, London was experiencing an unprecedented downpour. And Delphi didn't even know that the rain fell very 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 night fell, 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 so crazy that they would 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 this attic bedroom, Delphi just lay in the darkness, muttering to herself.

However, apparently no one here can answer her questions.

After waiting for a long time, the night gradually deepened, and then I heard a sudden chirp in the quiet room. The next moment, a flame ignited out of thin air, leaping slightly, spreading light to everyone in the room.

A corner.

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 on the bed one by one and examined them carefully. From various potions, to special materials, to certain magic and

Alchemy tools... and even several volumes of rune diagrams drawn by herself.

These are the guarantees why she dared to set foot in this place of death as a Muggle this time, and next, she will also enter London with her.

When the time comes, whether she lives or dies, or whether she can see her father, this will be all that matters to her.

After the inspection was completed and put away again, Delphi finally extinguished the flames and lay back on the bed, relaxing her 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.

…

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 shore - even if they choose this route, it will already be a cut for them.

Most of the dangers have been overcome, 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, let Luna and Miss Brandt sleep on them!"

In this small cabin, the four of them were eating simple dry food, and it was Charlie who was speaking at the moment. 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 there on her own - I'll talk to Hermione about it when we get to the Burrow tomorrow! I want to know what she thinks."

"Probably I can only 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 all

That explains the problem. After all, the Burrow must be very busy right now, and Hermione probably won't 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 a 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, they could only circle around the sea. Whether they could see each other in time... or even whether they could really see each other...

Hermione is still a question mark.

When she thought that she might be heading towards death every minute and every second, she became even more unable to calm down.

To be honest, it was a waste to leave the crew's bed to her. It wasn't until dawn the next morning that Ida, who had been staring with her eyes open all night, immediately raised her eyes against her dry eyes.

She got up. 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.

Got up Norbert.

The fire dragon is not suitable to go deep into the current British land, so it is time for it to return to the camp on the other side. Next, Charlie will also 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 a minute, it seems... there are many living corpses coming from the east along the coast."

"A lot? How much is it?" Old Ajinbad asked immediately.

"It's hard to estimate," Luna shook her head, feeling carefully, and raised her hand to gesture, "but there are many... very many! They are from the coast to the inland."

When Ida heard this, she 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, yes...but we have to be quick! Although we don't know why they are coming here in a bunch, but 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.