"Click."

With a soft click of the metal clasp, Ginny flipped the trapdoor to the side, revealing a staircase that sloped downward.

"Let's go down and have a look."

After exchanging glances with Hannah and the others, Ginny drew her wand and cautiously walked down the narrow underground staircase.

Since Sarah deliberately said not to let them come before leaving, there is always a reason for her, and there is nothing wrong with being cautious.

But then again, if Luna really reminded everyone not to go near Sarah's room, she sneaked in here-

"I hope she's okay...... Then, this time, when I found her, I had to let Hermione talk about her! ”

Ginny, who was at the front, said this, but the staircase was actually very short, and she soon found that there was no way ahead, and in its place was a closed door. And on the way down, there was not even a corner, and it led straight to this door.

"Alajo Cave Open."

Unable to find anything like a handle on the door, Ginny thought about it and tried to use a lockpicking charm. Who knows, this door was simply opened as if there was no protective magic at all.

It's just that......

"Oh!"

At the moment when the door opened automatically, a dazzling light suddenly overflowed through the crack in the door, and because it was already very dark in the passage outside, such a strong and sudden light immediately illuminated everyone involuntarily covered their eyes that were flashed painfully and whispered.

Fortunately, while they were unable to see, no one or anything attacked them from behind the open door. Otherwise, no matter how short the time to lose vision is, it will undoubtedly be a very terrible thing.

"What kind of light is this, everyone back away...... Wait, no one? ”

Ginny said, but soon found herself in the first place, not attacked. But...... It's a good thing that there is no movement from the enemy, but she realizes as soon as she follows it, as if even Luna is not here?

"Luna?"

She shouted tentatively again, but there was still no response. Could it be that they had guessed wrong from the beginning that Luna hadn't actually come to Sarah's room at all?

In order to open her eyes as soon as possible, Ginny narrowed her eyes into two slits, trying to adjust to the inexplicable light in this room little by little.

After a few moments, she finally barely opened her eyes with tears in her eyes, and hurriedly glanced through the small basement in front of her.

The neat, unadorned walls, with a magic lantern in each corner—the dazzling brilliance that almost blinds the blind—came from them. It is worth mentioning that there is also a tangled golden chain hanging in the middle, and ...... Ginny and Hannah behind her saw that Luna was now slumped on the ground next to the padchain!

"Luna!"

Although the eyes have not fully adapted to the brightness here, and the tears that have been illuminated in the eye sockets, the whole field of vision is still very blurry. But seeing that Luna was indeed here, and seemed to have fainted, they naturally couldn't care so much, so they hurriedly rushed into the door and squatted down beside Luna.

Luna...... Wake up! Are you okay...... Luna? ”

"Be careful—"

Ron, who had followed closely behind, suddenly caught a glimpse of a black light flying out of the stinger, and was about to go straight to Ginny's neck. Because the distance was too close and the speed was too fast, he only had time to open his mouth to warn, but he couldn't even help in this close distance.

But before Ginny could figure out what was going on, they suddenly heard another voice in the small basement.

"Stop...... No. ”

Luna, who was being held in Ginny's arms, still had her eyes slightly closed, but she moved her lips and squeezed out an almost inaudible sentence from her throat.

However, it was her slightly vague words that caused the narrow black shadow in Ron's vision to stop at the back of Ginny's neck—a very familiar pure black curved blade.

And then he saw the blade silently leave Ginny's neck and shrink down into a faint but tangible shadow.

Obviously, because there were so many people in this small space, the shadow that was originally covered by multiple light sources finally reappeared.

Just when Ron looked at the thin shadow and was a little stunned, he saw Luna in Ginny's arms speak again.

"Don't worry, it's very good, it's just a little stupid, I think you're going to hurt me......"

"'It'?" Ginny, who hadn't seen the black blade from beginning to end, only knew that something seemed to be in danger just now, so she looked down at Luna with some confusion and asked, "Who is 'it'?" Also, how did you end up here? ”

When Luna heard this, she slowly opened her eyes, smiled at Ginny and said:

"'It' is 'it'! A little guy locked up here...... Oh, I just think it's so pathetic. ”

She may not be in a good state, or she may simply have just woken up from a coma, and her consciousness is obviously not very clear. There was no beginning or end to what she said, and Ginny didn't understand it.

But that's okay, just know that there's nothing dangerous here, and that's enough.

"Anyway, you're fine, aren't you?" Ginny checked Luna's body up and down again, and found that there were no injuries at least on the surface, so she said, "Let's go out first!" Over here...... The light is too harsh, and we obviously can't let you lie here any longer. ”

"No, wait, Ginny."

Suddenly, Ron in the back finally spoke:

"I see! That was the shadow monster that attacked us on the road! No wonder it's so brightly lit...... Luna, you ...... Can you start by telling us what the hell is going on? ”

Ron remembers the enemy hiding in the shadows - not only is it extremely fast and stealthy, but even Hermione's gravity trap and Harry's Gryffindor sword are difficult to use against him.

This kind of enemy is simply too evil and terrifying!

But when Luna heard this, she quickly shook her head again and said dreamily:

"It's okay...... It doesn't do anything bad anymore...... It's ...... now It's my friend. I also gave it a name, and it was called ......'Shabow'......"

As soon as she finished speaking, Luna fell into a complete coma.