It's dinner time, but not only Harry hasn't returned, but Mr. Weasley, Kingsley, Tonks, and a host of other members of the Order of the Phoenix who work in the Ministry of Magic haven't returned.

Truth be told, everyone in the kitchen is going to die.

Sirius sat in the throne, shaking his legs incessantly—he was the first to say he was going to find Harry, but Mrs. Weasley, who had always been more careful with Harry than anyone else, was the first to stop him.

Sirius definitely couldn't go out, especially in such a very sensitive time, and it would be even worse if someone found out about it.

Hermione and Ron were forced into chairs by a calm Lupin, preventing them from slipping out to find Harry. But in fact, Lupin himself was very anxious, but he knew quite well that the more he had to remain calm when encountering a situation.

Montungus, as always, was absent-minded.

A wizard like him, who is at the bottom of the ladder, has always been a short-sighted person who only cares about his own interests, and he only appears here every day to eat and drink.

Although he had his own principles, his "principles" would never include Harry's life or death.

As for the Leni and Lena sisters...... It doesn't seem to have taken it seriously.

Overall, however, the atmosphere in the kitchen was unusually tense, and it was unlikely to get any better until Harry and the others returned.

At this moment, the two brothers, Fred and George, crept into the kitchen, only to find everyone staring at them.

"What's wrong?" Fred and George said in unison.

"No, nothing."

I don't know who answered, and then everyone's eyes quickly looked away - they were waiting for Harry, not the two troublemakers.

Hermione spoke hastily.

"Fred, George...... Isn't there any movement in the study? ”

The twin brothers shrugged their shoulders at the same time, and then George said, "Still no response." ”

After Maca returned to the study, Hermione felt that something was wrong when she thought about it, and a sense of disobedience kept reminding her that Maca seemed to be hiding something.

So, she ran upstairs again, only to find that the door to the study had been spelled. Now the door was open, and it couldn't even be knocked, as if an invisible wall was blocking it.

"Don't stand there! All sit down! Sit down! ”

Seeing that Fred and George were standing in the doorway talking to Hermione, Mrs. Weasley impatiently beckoned her two unconscious sons to sit down at the table.

However, she herself was leaning against the wall, and the anxiety in her heart had already been written on her face.

"Molly, it's useless for you to stand there - you can sit down too!" Lupin waved his hand and said, "Wait another ten minutes, and if they don't come back, I'll go out and figure out a way." ”

"I'll go too!" Sirius immediately rose to his feet.

"Don't make a mess!" Mrs. Weasley was dissatisfied.

"You can't go." Lupin shook his head slowly at Sirius, "Molly is right, if you run out, we'll be more worried. ”

"Then what do you say!" Sirius's horn-stricken-loving nature seems to have popped up again, "Tell me! What to do? Why don't I go to the Ministry of Magic—"

"Sirius!" Lupin raised his voice and said solemnly, "Do you understand what you're talking about?" ”

Sirius opened his mouth, then took a deep breath before settling back into his chair.

At this moment, Lupin suddenly frowned, as if he had thought of something. Immediately after, he shook his head slightly and sighed.

"It's not the time to talk, but I'd like to say - haven't we been relying too much on McLean lately?" He frowned and said, "If it weren't for the sudden emergency today, and McLean happened to be absent, I really wouldn't have noticed this problem......

"Recently, whenever an incident occurs, we will subconsciously write a report and hand it to McLean to decide, and then he will send us a handling plan as a matter of course......"

"Yes, McLean's handling is really good, often getting to the point, and saving us a lot of trouble in terms of execution...... Just like Dumbledore before it! ”

"Dumbledore?" Mrs. Weasley was stunned.

"Molly, you're still as smart as ever...... I think you get the idea, right? Lupin nodded, "That's right, we've always relied on Dumbledore's decisions, and now we've just shifted that dependency to McLean. ”

"I think you're right," Mrs. Weasley said thoughtfully, "Moody and Kingsley would be more assertive than us, but we can ...... a few of us."

"No matter what you think, I'm not good at using my brains anyway," Sirius said impatiently, "what to do, what to decide, just leave it to the smart people to think, and I'll just be in charge of executing." ”

"Like right now - I just want to know, how do we do that?" He said loudly.

"Molly, what do you think?" Lupin asked Mrs. Weasley.

Just as Mrs. Weasley was lost in thought, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the kitchen, and everyone was surprised to see Mr. Weasley, Kingsley, and Tonks rushing in.

"What happened? Why is everyone this expression? Mr. Weasley asked, looking puzzled.

But everyone in the kitchen didn't answer him immediately, but looked behind Tonks, who was the last to come in.

No one! No Harry! Only these three people!

"What about Harry? Arthur, didn't Harry come back with you? Mrs. Weasley immediately asked anxiously.

"Harry?" Mr. Weasley was surprised, "He should have been back a long time ago?" It was Miss Bones herself who took him away from the Ministry of Magic...... He didn't come back? ”

"Miss Bones?" Lupin was stunned and said, "You mean, Amelia Bones, the director of the Law Enforcement Division?" She's not—"

"I don't know, it's possible that Dumbledore went to her...... Now the question is not this, but ...... Harry really didn't come back? Mr. Weasley was astonished, his eyes widening.

"What did I lie to you." Lupin shook his head helplessly.

"What about Mr. McLean?" Kingsley, who was on the side, interrupted their conversation, "He must know something...... Not necessarily, he's not at home now, is he? ”

"Yes, ......yes," Mrs. Weasley said, pointing upstairs, "and as soon as he came back, he went to the study, saying that he didn't need to prepare his dinner, and then locked the door and never came out again......"

Kingsley was stunned when he heard this, and then showed a puzzled expression.

"Locked the door?" He said strangely.

"Yes! He cast a spell on the door of the study, and we couldn't even touch it. Fred and George chimed in.

This time, even Kingsley had no idea, he thought left and right, and simply turned around and walked out the door.

"I'm going to Bones and asking, don't you go out and run around yet...... By the way, don't use the fireplace lately, Floo has been monitored. ”

With that, his figure disappeared from everyone's sight, leaving only a group of people staring at each other in the kitchen, all anxious and dazed.

The dishes on the table were getting cold a little, and only Mondigus and Leni ate some during the while, and even Lena didn't move the cutlery in front of her.

Of course, she wasn't worried about Harry, but because the atmosphere of the scene made her feel that if she didn't eat heartlessly right now, she would have unnecessary disagreements with other people.

Making a bad impression on the people in front of her is something that Lena has always tried to avoid. She needs to let her sister Leni live in this "big family" so that she can rest assured.

"I don't know...... Is Mr. McLean hungry? ”

Lena looked up at the ceiling and thought of Maca inexplicably.

……

Of course, Maca is hungry, and he usually eats the most. But tonight, he didn't have time to pay attention to whether he was hungry or not.

At this moment, in the study, a vast ocean of dark blue magic light was constantly surging, and a large number of runes fluttered throughout the study space, flashing with beautiful colors.

On the cleared floor, lines of texture meander and erupt into a soft white light.

Maca sat seemingly casually in the center of the room, her eyes closed, focused on the magic within her.

To be more precise, it is concentrated on the black gas mixed with magic.

He was using the power of the rune array to try to filter those black qi out of the magic power.

Those black gases seem to be very easy to infect with magical power, and the adhesion is quite high, so it is extremely difficult to remove. But with the help of the rune array, this is not an impossible thing to do.

The rune array under him can make all the magic power within the range of the array rotate at high speed. It was only a matter of time before the magic was separated from that eerie black aura.

Of course, the premise is that the carrier of the magic power, that is, Maca herself, can support it.

The flow of magic is affected by the spirit of the wizard, and the high-speed flow requires the wizard to have a corresponding strong spiritual will, otherwise there will inevitably be a magic riot.

Just as when the little wizards first awakened their magic power, it was because their spirits had not yet adapted to the magic power that had just awakened and slowly flowed.

However, what Maca has to face right now is a much more terrifying high-speed flow than when her magic awakens.

At this moment, he was still sitting calmly in the center of the rune array with his eyes closed, his chin in one hand and his other arm resting casually on his thigh.

However, his hand was clenched into a fist hard, and the veins on his forehead were even more violent. Sweat soaked the bangs on his forehead, causing a few strands of hair to cling to the skin at the corners of his eyes.

Only the slight sound of breathing echoed softly in the quiet study.