"I'm sorry, but I'm ...... Let's go back and tidy up the observation room with Harry. ”

"yes, okay."

Hermione, who seemed to have been persuaded by Lupin's call, finally turned away after saying a little goodbye. Lupin watched as the door was gently closed again, and his expression, which had been slightly gloomy from the heavy topic he had just raised, did not improve, but became even more depressed.

After all, Hermione's suspicions were right, something did happen to Sirius, although he and Maca apparently thought that with Sirius's intelligence, experience, and ability, he wouldn't have lost his life at the hands of those living corpses.

But if you bump into Helbo herself, the nature will be completely different.

"Big Footboard...... Aside from that bastard's tail, you're the most resilient of the three of us...... Don't just die! ”

In the main hall of the new Ministry of Magic building, Lupin sat in a chair by the sand table and let out a long sigh.

……

In fact, Hermione's mood at the moment was not much different from Lupin's.

Sirius was a very nice man, and despite the fact that he was sometimes cold and sometimes crazy, he was actually a very child-loving person.

It's not just Harry, who has a deep relationship with him and is almost regarded by him as his own, but even one of Harry's friends is very caring and loving, and the big guys like him very much.

Oh, of course, even his handsome appearance is actually hard to hate.

However, Hermione's current concern for Sirius probably stems mainly from her deep concern for Harry, a lifelong friend.

Sirius, he ...... Is it really okay? ”

Even if the previous doubts have been masked by Lupin's words, once the worries arise, they are not so easy to dispel.

"No, if I were in the observation room in my current state, Harry might have found out, no matter how dull he was. What's more, even if Harry didn't notice anything, Ron's words ......"

Obviously, Hermione has been watching Ron's growth over the years. In this case, she also had to take into account the aspects of her inner turmoil that the other party perceived.

Hermione couldn't help but hesitate as she walked slowly down the road.

Originally, the Ministry of Magic building was not far from St. Mungo's new premises, and before she knew it, she looked up and realized that she had actually arrived there.

But after hesitating for a moment, she shook her head slightly and walked silently from the entrance of the hospital.

"Was that Hermione just now?"

"Well, it looks like she...... Where is she going? ”

As Hermione slowly passed by St. Mungo's main entrance, Harry and Ron, who seemed to have just come down from upstairs, couldn't help but glance at each other. Perhaps it was a matter of hesitation, although Hermione didn't see the two of them, they looked at Hermione squarely.

"You wait, I'll stop her"

"Hey, don't!"

Harry was about to run over when Ron grabbed him by the back of his robe, making him almost cough.

"Shhhh Sorry, sorry......"

Ron hurriedly sent his hand away, apologizing in a low voice, but also signaling Harry not to make too much of a fuss. Then he hurried up to the second floor with Harry, and leaned over to the window in the porch and looked down.

"Remember? Just now, Mr. Dean said, Hermione only hurriedly explained the matter of the observation room, and left not long after. But it's been almost twenty minutes...... Regardless of where she was going now, what had she been doing in those twenty minutes? ”

Looking at Hermione's back as she slowly paced down the street, Ron had doubts written all over his face as he spoke to Harry. After all, although he has improved a lot compared to before, his mind is not delicate enough to detect such a small anomaly from Lupin's words as Hermione did.

So, even if he could somerely realize that something might be wrong with Hermione's hesitant back now, he didn't think of Sirius all of a sudden.

Needless to say, Harry, who was standing next to him with a puzzled face, was even more confused.

"Ron, what's wrong? Why are we lying here looking at Hermione...... Since you care so much about where she just went, why don't you just ask? ”

"Huh?"

When Ron heard this, he immediately looked at Harry helplessly and said:

"It's okay to ask...... But do you think she'll answer us? ”

"Uh," Harry paused for a moment, pondering for a moment before finally shaking his head, "Like...... No. ”

"Really?"

Ron shrugged, then turned his head again to look at Hermione, who was about to walk out of their sight even if Hermione walked slowly, which made Ron can't help but lean forward again, and even half of his face was pressed against the window glass.

When he couldn't see the other party at all, he straightened up again and muttered alone.

Maybe it was because he was thinking too intensively, and he didn't even notice the red mark on his face that was pressed against the glass just now.

After a moment, he frowned and patted Harry on the shoulder, nodded and said:

"But I have to say, it's better to ask directly!"

I could see Hermione's preoccupied feelings, but I couldn't figure out why. While worried about Hemin, Ron, who suddenly felt helpless, finally agreed with Harry's statement just now.

With that, he beckoned Harry and ran downstairs again.

After a while, Ron and Harry, who chased them all the way out of the hospital gates, were running fast on the road, and because the roads in Spiral Town were complicated, if Hermione walked away, they could easily have a fork in the road.

It's just that fortunately, Hermione didn't walk fast in the first place, and just after turning an intersection, the two of them immediately saw the former's back again.

Probably because of the closer, this time, even those as sluggish as Harry could already sense something strange from Hermione's back.

"Wait, wait"

This time, Harry, who had just offered to ask directly, stopped Ron's footsteps, and then hurriedly dragged Ron behind a fence on the side of the road.

Since most of the street shops in Spiral Town are not in use, and even this fence has not been decorated with plants or other decorations, the two of them are hiding behind a bit of a bell.

Fortunately, Hermione was now so focused on Lupin's earlier words that she didn't even have the idea of looking back, so that the two big boys who were hiding were not immediately exposed.

But who knows, at this moment, another familiar figure walked briskly from the other side of the street, facing Hermione.