Daily Life at Hogwarts

Chapter 967: Just in Case
"Who's out there?"

Hearing a knock on the door downstairs, Katrina subconsciously poked her head out of the window, trying to see who was knocking outside.

Under normal circumstances, very few people come to the house.

However, there was no one at the door!

Katrina seemed to think of something, but felt chills all over her body, regretting her reckless behavior just now, she quickly grabbed the wand on the table, and while she was relieved, she pricked up her ears to listen to the surrounding noises.

Is there someone downstairs?

"Who will it be?"

Ordinary guests would not rush into other people's homes without the owner's permission.

The red-haired girl immediately became more vigilant. Ever since Isobel disappeared with Albert, she was left alone in the big family most of the time.

Suddenly a stranger came to the door, and it was impossible for Katrina not to panic, because Isobel once told her that the fake Moody that Albert cleaned up in the maze of the third project was a Death Eater, It is likely to provoke revenge from the minions of the "mysterious man".

Logically speaking, even if the mysterious man wanted to take revenge, it was for Albert Anderson. What does it have to do with his family?
Whoever made Anderson's family emigrate overseas, even a mysterious person would have difficulty crossing continents to find Albert's family, and the only person related to Albert was Isobel McDougal.

Although the two parties are currently just boyfriend and girlfriend, who knows if they will be implicated?
It's really hard to say how low the bottom line is for the mysterious man and his minions.

It was eerily quiet below the stairs, and Katrina was hesitating whether to retreat temporarily.She is currently occupying vantage point (stairs) and can Apparate to retreat at any time.

While Katrina was hesitating, some noises suddenly came from the hall, which aroused Katrina's vigilance.

However, to her bewilderment, the intruder didn't go up the stairs, but into the lobby.

"Not the enemy?"

If not the minion of the mysterious man, who would it be?

Katrina really can't imagine who will come to their house at this time. If it is her mother, she will definitely not knock on the door.

The other party doesn't seem to be hostile, could it be that Isobel is back?
After hesitating again and again, Katrina quietly used the Disillusionment Charm on herself, intending to sneak downstairs to see what was going on.

She gripped her wand tightly, tiptoed downstairs, and groped towards the hall.

Then, Katrina froze.

A strangely dressed house elf was standing at the entrance of the hall, holding a piece of parchment in its left hand, a magic wand in the other hand, and a familiar suitcase beside it, but for some reason, it always gave Gives the illusion of a house-elf in front of you, ready to run with a suitcase at any moment.

The house elf seemed to be confirming something. He kept staring at the parchment in his hand. After a long time, he stuffed it back into the pocket of the cloak, and said to the corridor outside the hall, "Please don't be nervous, Miss Katrina."

The house-elves seemed pretty sure Katrina was around.

After speaking, the house-elf raised his wand and waved it towards the window, and the open window suddenly closed.

"who are you?"

As soon as Katrina opened her mouth, she saw that the curtains in the hall were closed one after another, and the already dim hall was completely plunged into darkness.

Not long after, the lights in the hall were turned on again, and there were two more familiar figures in the field of vision.

"What the hell are you doing?"

After Katrina saw the two, she couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, lowered the wand in her hand, and stared at the two in front of her angrily.

"Be careful, it's never a bad thing."

Albert quickly glanced at the metal ring on his wrist, as if confirming something.

"Kara, I'm sorry for the trouble for dinner." Isobel said to the house elf.

"Okay, mistress, I'll leave the dinner to Kara." The house elf opened the suitcase and happily went to do the work he liked.

"hostess?"

Katrina noticed what the house elf called Isobel just now, her face became very strange, and her eyes moved back and forth between the two, as if she wanted to say: Are you married?
The house-elves were so efficient that dinner was ready in no time.

For the sake of safety, Albert insisted on having dinner in the box, and waited for Mrs. McDougal to come back. Although Isobel had notified her mother in advance, she did not know when the other party would return.

"Why hide in the box?"

Katrina stood at the door and looked around. She was surprised to find that there had been a lot of changes here, and it looked like a small manor.

What surprised her even more was that Katrina actually saw the steaming hot spring, which she didn't see when she came in last time.

"Of course it's for safety reasons." Albert reminded solemnly, "Last night, a famous Death Eater appeared near my house. I don't need to tell you, you should be able to guess the reason!"

"Death Eater?" Katrina was stunned, "How do you know? Didn't you already hide?"

"They triggered the alarm that I was staying. Of course, those guys didn't know about it. I already knew about it." Albert's tone was very flat, as if it was a trivial matter to be taken care of by a dark wizard.

Perhaps, he had expected this to happen from the very beginning!
"You came to me for..." Katrina asked suspiciously.

"Help you change to a safe place." Albert said directly.

Hearing Albert's proposal, Katrina asked with a strange expression: "Are you sure you're not joking?"

"It's not safe here anymore."

"You should know my mother's character better than I do. She won't agree."

Katrina looked at Isobel, wanting her to come out and stop Albert's nonsense.

"You have to try everything, and what you did just now was wrong. In this case, you shouldn't come down to check, but you should hide. Even if you want to find out who is below, the method is wrong." Albert looked at the food Tom, who took a nap after dinner, corrected Katrina's mistakes.

Too risky.

Especially if he has no strength and is not the protagonist, it is easy to take risks.

"What method?" Katrina raised her eyebrows and asked.

"Human trace curse."

"What's that?" Katrina asked confusedly, she had never heard of this spell.

"A spell that allows people to mark it on the map." Isobel explained gently, "There are people around, just look at the map."

"That's why the house elf reads the parchment?" Katrina took the parchment and saw the ink dots on the map marking the names of the house elf Kara and the three of them.

"Yes." Albert reminded, "Even if you use spells or potions to camouflage, you can't hide the human trace spell, unless you use a strong shielding spell on yourself, but only a skilled wizard can do it. Believe me, I don't know The mysterious man of love and his minions will certainly not be on guard."

"Well, this method is indeed very practical."

Katrina felt that the fake Moody was not wronged at all, and it was no wonder that Albert was able to defeat the fake Moody and his assistants. It turned out that the other party had been planning to ambush him under Albert's nose.

Mrs McDougall was staying late at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries despite having been notified in advance, looking exhausted.

However, Mrs. McDougal was not too surprised when she saw Albert and her daughters emerging from the suitcase. Instead, she was more interested in the house elf's dinner.

"So, you hope that I can find a place to hide like your family?" Mrs. McGregor asked with a strange expression after eating paella and listening to Albert's story.

"Correct."

Albert admitted directly, although he knew it was rude to say so.

"You predicted that the mysterious person would attack me?" As soon as Mrs. McGregor finished speaking, the atmosphere in the hall became a little depressed.

"I didn't try to prophesy, but I don't think you should trust the integrity of mysterious people. No matter what those people do, I won't feel strange."

Although Albert knew that the chances of success were slim, he still had to try.

"I have my own job, and I won't hide it." Mrs. McGregor shook her head and vetoed it.

"Maybe, you can change your job temporarily, such as writing a book that teaches everyone to treat magical injuries." Albert suggested sincerely: "I know it's rude to say this, but I think you have also experienced the first wizard war , it’s clear what was going on and this time it’s only going to be worse.”

"worse?"

"The Ministry of Magic will collapse and be controlled by mysterious people. I am worried that they will implicate you because of my relationship." Albert did not hide it, "The Death Eaters robbed me of my hometown yesterday."

"Death Eater, are you sure?" Mrs. McDougall frowned.

"I'm sure that even if I can strengthen the defenses around the house, it's not safe. A powerful wizard can easily break them." Albert paused for a moment and continued: "Even if I live in another place, it's actually not safe. If you die If gangsters really want to catch you, they will rush into St. Mungo's Magic Injury Hospital and take you away, they don't care about these issues."

"Has the situation gotten so bad?" Mrs. McGregor frowned deeper,
"Not yet, but it will be hard to say after a while." Albert reminded.

"Why don't you and Isobel leave the UK?" Mrs. McDougal didn't worry much about her safety.

"We are safe. Others don't even know the exact location of the town where we live. Even if they know, there is nothing they can do. The Loyalty Curse can ensure that no one can find us." Isobel comforted.

Mrs. McDougall looked at Albert, nodded and said, "It seems that you have already prepared."

"Yes." Albert admitted directly: "If the situation is not good, I will take Isobel and leave the UK. The back road is already prepared."

"Then I'm relieved." Mrs. McDougall knew that Albert's arrangement was entirely out of her safety, but...she had no intention of giving up her current job.

"I won't hide." She looked at her daughter and said, "However, you can arrange a safe place for Katrina. The sisters are what I worry about the most."

"Mom!" Katrina frowned, she would not leave her mother and hide.

"Albert is right. If the mysterious man makes a comeback, you'd better find a place to hide." Mrs. McDougall looked at Katrina and said, "Anyway, it's boring for you to stay at home, and Not safe. Don't blame Albert, I have experienced the first wizarding war, I know what happened, many of your relatives died because of it, hiding and staying away from right and wrong may be the best choice."

"how about you?"

"Death Eaters rarely kill pure-blood wizards who remain neutral." Mrs. McDougall is very precise. Albert seems to reveal everything, but he reveals nothing. Even if he is caught, it will not be useful. intelligence. "

Mrs. McDougall can favor pure blood when necessary, and her daughter is about to marry a Muggle wizard?
Mrs. McDougal will tell the Death Eaters that Albert is actually a descendant of a famous wizard, but the two parties had a bad relationship and changed their surnames.

Is this wrong?
That's right.

"What about the three meals?" Katrina was still struggling for the last time.

"I can handle it myself," said Mrs. McDougal. "Don't forget, I raised you."

"I can ask the house elves to help," Albert took out the backup plan he had prepared, "but I still suggest that you live in another place for the time being. If someone invades here, we will know as soon as possible and deal with it Plan. As for the temporary house, I have already prepared it for you."

Katrina suddenly realized that Albert had known for a long time that he couldn't persuade others, but just wanted Mrs. McDougal to change her residence.

"Katrina, go and pack your things and leave with Isobel tonight!" Mrs. McDougal turned her head to Isobel and said, "Take care of your sister."

"I will." Isobel said seriously.

It wasn't long before the house-elf, suitcase in hand, Apparated away.

Looking at the empty hall, Mrs. McDougal sighed softly, her gaze fell on the photo in the frame, she listened to the music on the radio, closed the "Wizard Weekly" in her hand, and slowly closed her eyes.

……

……

"We have arrived?"

Emerging from the box, Katrina found herself in a dilapidated house.

"Apparition is forbidden here, only house elves can go directly here, so don't worry about being followed."

After Albert checked that there was no one else around, he called a few people to follow.

"Be careful."

Katrina knew Apparitions could be tracked, and it was difficult, but the Ministry of Magic should be able to do it.

But... Apparating directly to an area where Apparation is prohibited is very tricky.

God knows what will happen.

When Katrina followed out, she found herself in some remote place. No wonder Albert said that no one knew the location.

"follow me!"

Albert raised his wand and introduced to Katrina: "This place is completely deserted, no Muggles will disturb us."

"Of course, as long as no one knows we're here, no one can find us, and..."

Albert took out a silver card and handed it to Katrina, saying, "Without the permission of the Secret Keeper, we couldn't find the place where we live.

As he spoke, he raised his luminous wand and leaned over to let Katrina see clearly the words on the silver card: "Keep in mind what's written on it, don't read it out, and think about what you saw in your heart."

"The Rose Manor is located in the small town of Quimper."

Just as Katrina was thinking about the content on the silver card, a not-so-small house suddenly appeared in front of her. It looked like it had just been renovated, but it was still quite old.

"Let's talk inside if you have anything to do." Albert opened the door and walked in first.

"Can this be considered a manor?" Katrina's eyes fell on the door plate of Rose Manor, and she was dragged into the house by Isobel. The house elf Kara closed the door at the end, and the house disappeared again, as if it had never been seen before. never appeared.

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