Chapter 4: Meetings (2)

The time finally came on Sunday afternoon. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoEven though the murder in Little Hangleton was still under investigation, Holly still appeared on time in a Muggle vehicle, a car, at the door of the Dursleys' family at 4 Privet Road in Little Whinging. At this time, the Dursleys were in the house, and Harry Potter had just told them the news.

Well, that's right. After being ignored all day, when the Dursleys were fully prepared to receive the Countess of Peverell at four o'clock in the afternoon, they discovered that Harry Potter, who had been ignored all day, and even thought to have left, was still at their house, and while trying to hide Harry Potter, at least not from the eyes of the distinguished guests who were about to visit, they learned another piece of news that was even more devastating to the Dursleys. The guy who had sent a strange letter two days ago was coming to pick up Harry Potter at 5 p.m. This means that their valued guests are likely to see them meet with a group of "strange" people, and if so, then there is a good chance that they will have a bad impression of their family, which is really bad. However, given that the time was almost up, the only thing the Dursleys could do now was to pray that the Countess would be a few minutes late and that Harry Potter's strange friends would arrive less punctually and quickly.

So at 4 Privet Road, you can see both the Dursleys and Harry Potter fidgeting and pacing in the living room. Even though Harry Potter was anxiously circling the living room, Vernon Dursley did not explode and herd him upstairs, but told him to put his luggage in the stairwell, a hidden and easy to carry place, so that Harry Potter and their friends could be sent away in the shortest possible time.

At 4:55 a.m., a car drove by, and the sound of the car's engine was heard, and the Dursleys jerked to their feet, nervously tugging at their clothes, trying to smooth out any wrinkles. Just as they were about to walk to the door, they found the car whizzing by, not stopping.

Sitting back on the couch, Vernon Dursley seemed to remember something, and asked, "Did they come by car?" as he spoke.

"Uh......," Harry replied vaguely. He also wondered how the Weasleys would pick him up. The Weasleys used to own an old Ford sedan, but it was wrecked by him and Ron two years ago, and the car is still driving through the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts.

"I think so. Harry replied.

"I hope they can drive a car that makes sense. Vernon Dursley muttered. Harry heard this, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say, he didn't have much faith in the Weasleys himself.

When the time came to five o'clock, a Rolls-Royce sedan slowly stopped at the door of No. 4 Privet Road. If you look at it from the front, you can see that there is no one in the driver's seat of this car, just the steering wheel, gearbox and accelerator, which are running by themselves, and no one is directly controlling them by hand, but all this is nothing. The door opened, and Holly, dressed in a black dress, got out of the car, swept around, and walked towards Dursley's house. Behind him, the door of the sedan slowly closes, and then it drives away from the block and disappears at the end of the road.

Without knocking or pressing the doorbell, the door to the Dursley's courtyard opened and closed again as Holly approached. This time, the Dursleys reacted and hurried to the door to greet their guests. Harry Potter also consciously hid in the stairwell after seeing only one person coming outside.

Penny opens the door and a familiar face appears in front of her again, the same face she had seen two years ago, only it happened so quickly and so terrifying that Penny didn't react to the letter in the first moment.

"Hello, Mrs. Dursley. I think you should have received my appointment letter. Well, it looks like this. Holly said to Penny Dursley as she entered.

"Hmm...... Yes, I received an appointment letter...... "Penny said slowly.

"Oh, I introduced myself two years ago, maybe you've forgotten about it. Holly suddenly came to his senses. "Holly Lily Peverell, Count of the Crown. ”

"Ah, Count, welcome. Vernon Dursley reacted instantly, and pulled Dudley.

"Ahh Oh... Miss Count... Happy... Welcome... Your... Visit. Dudley stammered.

"Well, hello. Holly still only bowed his head and did not respond too enthusiastically. "I should have brought the gift with me, but the things I prepared this time are a little difficult to find, and my servant is bringing them for me from out of town, and the things may arrive later. ”

"Well, you're welcome, please come in first. The Dursleys turned sideways, trying to squeeze a path out of the middle of the hallway. Just as a few people were walking towards the living room, there was a sudden "bang" sound in the fireplace, accompanied by the bright light of the flames.

When Dudley heard the voice, he rushed to the kitchen with his hands on his buttocks, regardless of the presence of guests. Seeing this, Penny didn't let Holly sit in the living room, but led Holly straight to the dining room. There is a strange situation in the house, but at least it is not for the guests to see.

Vernon looked at the fireplace that had been sealed by him a long time ago, his face was flushed, and his anger couldn't help but go up, fortunately, considering that there were guests, he didn't completely explode, but even so, the people around him could clearly feel Vernon's mood fluctuations.

Just as Holly was walking through the living room to the dining room, a clear sound came from the fireplace.

"Oh, Fred, don't ...... Go back, go back, there's something wrong, tell George not to ...... Oops, oops, oops......" shouts came from the fireplace one after another, each time louder and louder, each time more than one sound.

"Maybe Harry can hear us, maybe he'll let us out. A voice came from the fireplace. This was accompanied by the sound of fists banging on the planks.

"Harry, Harry, can you hear me?"

Hearing the voice, Harry Potter rushed out of the stairwell, ignoring the presence of guests at the Dursleys.

"What is this?" said Vernon Dursley, growling at Harry. "What's going on?"

"They want to get here with Floo powder," Harry explained, "they can get through the flames, it's just that you seal the exit of the fireplace...... Wait......"

The Dursleys gradually converged upon Harry's explanation, and no one realized that Holly had returned to the living room, let alone the smile that had fallen on Holly's lips.