harry potter book of crimes

For Hermione and others who returned to the Burrow stronghold, it is probably an impossible task to find a Ron Weasley who does not actually exist within the expected range;

For Ron, who transported the ice coffin containing his best friend and mentor to Hermione and others, it seemed quite difficult to travel a long distance and end the trip as quickly as possible in a short period of time.

Therefore, it is destined that the two sides will not meet again soon.

Hermione and the others were originally a search and rescue team of four people, and then Sarah was added to the search and rescue team, which became a five-person search and rescue team. They searched inside and outside the half-ruined stronghold for a long time. Sarah even made some relatively crude tools for this purpose on the spot.

The alchemy dolls were rummaged around. In the end, Ron definitely didn't find them. Instead, he unexpectedly found two people who were seriously injured and could not escape. They were already dying but in a tent that was half collapsed.

The lucky guy who's not dead yet.

Safina, who was already good at healing spells, tightened her face, which seemed to have become more and more accustomed to coldness recently, and took action to save the lives of the two people.

When the half-day of non-stop searching passed quietly, Hermione and the others, who had not slept, and the previous strenuous fighting and retreat, actually felt quite exhausted.

However, what made Hermione finally decide to give up the search temporarily was not the physical and mental fatigue that even potions could not alleviate, but the same warning that Delphi and Sarah issued to her in a short period of time -

—There is a powerful fluctuation of magic power coming faintly from the north!

"...It's a devil!"

Although the distance is obviously still far away, even Delphi and Sarah, the real source of magic power, have not yet sensed it. But precisely because of the abnormal fluctuations of magic power after being sensed by them, the target has not officially entered yet.

Their sensing range...is there any other possibility besides demons?

"Agree," after Delphi made a decisive conclusion, Sarah also agreed, "and there may be more than one... Miss Granger, it's time for us to return."

To be honest, Hermione actually didn't want to give up just yet. After all, when she thought about Ron's self-healing ability obtained from the ashes of the Phoenix, maybe he was still alive like the two lucky ones before?

However, when she knew that there was a demon approaching, even if there was actually only one rather than "more than one" as Sarah judged, their search and rescue team with only five people and no prior preparation was definitely not capable of doing anything.

You should continue to stay.

Therefore, considering the overall situation that was not far away in the future, Hermione finally bit her teeth and nodded.

"Return to the beach evacuation point and evacuate the UK." She thought for a while and then said, "However, continue to search along the way on the return trip, and be sure not to miss any companions who may have survived."

"certainly."

Delphi, Sarah and others looked at each other for a few times, and then nodded in agreement.

…

Ron's disappearance will of course be quite bad news for many people, but no matter how worried and sad this incident is for those involved, it can only be regarded as an inconspicuous thing in the context of resisting this disaster.

It's a trivial matter.

At the moment, the most worrying event is undoubtedly the collapse of the Burrow stronghold and another defeat of the resistance forces who first held on and then retreated.

Just like in Camp Granger now, most of the camp wizards who had just ushered in a large number of retreating teams did not notice the solemnity and dullness in the tent of the central command post of the camp.

"Dad... don't worry too much. Hermione and the others have already gone to look for her. Moreover, Ron has the ability to protect himself now. It's not that easy..."

At this moment, in that large tent, Ginny was comforting her father, Arthur Weasley. Unfortunately, even she was still uneasy about Ron's loss of contact, so what?

Maybe it can comfort others?

Looking at his daughter who was a little distracted just now, now she put on a forced smile to comfort her heart. As a father, Arthur naturally felt sour in his heart - poor Ginny, poor Ron, and of course...

There's poor Percy.

Arthur nodded gently to prevent his daughter from worrying about his brother Ron while also taking into account his feelings as a father, but he still sighed heavily deep in his heart.

Of course, there are definitely not just the four Weasleys, including Bill and Charlie, sitting in this tent right now. Among the people who came back from across the strait, in addition to Ginny who came here to meet her family, there are actually

Luna, Hannah, Neville and other friends also came over; on the other side, Lupine and Kingsley, who had accompanied Arthur earlier, were also at the table.

Everyone is sitting or standing around this conference table, talking softly.

Although, everyone's interest is obviously not very high.

"...Yes, this is the new Marauder's Point map. It was originally planned to cover the entire land of Britain...well, it is still a semi-finished product, or actually it cannot even be considered a semi-finished product. But if this can be completed, then regardless of

Preventing a surprise attack, starting a counterattack, or even understanding the situation will all play a very important role...Forget it, let's talk about this together after Miss Granger and the others come back!"

It can be seen that Lupine on one side is holding the half-finished version of his new Marauder's Map in his hand, explaining it softly to Luna and the others. Luna seems to be very interested in this thing, even if Lupine intends to stop for the time being, she

Still couldn't help but ask a few more questions about follow-up production.

But to be honest, so far, the group of people sitting here have only been talking about topics that are not very important. It seems that they are still waiting for something.

Are you waiting for Hermione's search and rescue team to come back?

No, of course not. According to what Hermione said when she left the evacuation point, it might take several days before they return at the earliest, and they would never return today.

After all, in addition to rescuing Ron, Hermione also had to conduct a lot of searches along the way to give a precious life to more companions who were injured and left behind during the evacuation, but might still be alive.

As for what exactly everyone is waiting for now, or who they are waiting for——

"Ta...ta...ta."

There was a vague sound of footsteps, suddenly approaching the outside of the tent, and then a figure immediately walked in from outside the door curtain.

"Sirius, you're back!"

Lu Ping's greeting made everyone turn their heads and look over.