Chapter 13: Summer Vacation Begins
Silently watching Anna bury Condi in the yard, and by the time the two of them rushed back to Brandy's house, it was already getting a little dark - Anna insisted on keeping them at home for dinner, and she really couldn't think of a good way to repay the two people who had helped Condi in her last days without asking for anything in return.
Of course Brandi doesn't care, he's going home alone anyway...... And Luna also seems to be moved, but when it is said to be moved, in fact, Brandi has a faint feeling that as long as she has a good intention, she may agree. Even if it may cause trouble to yourself.
But just as both of them entered the house and read the newspaper while Anna was preparing dinner. Brandi inadvertently mentioned a news item in the newspaper......
"Recently, there was a strange scene in the North Yorkshire Cemetery, where a cemetery was excavated and the body and belongings inside were stolen. To the surprise of the police, during the on-site investigation of the scene, it was found that the footprints at the scene were confirmed to be the footprints of the deceased himself...... What is wrong with this country, and why it is civilians who suffer, the journalist cannot help but fall into deep thought. It has been confirmed that the deceased missing in this case is Alicia, who was confirmed dead earlier by York Public Hospital. Edward ......"
He read the news and then dismissively put the paper back on the table. "It's really funny, the corpse can still stand up and walk on its own, and at first glance, it seems that the newspaper is doing this kind of thing again for the sake of sales through vague fake news to attract attention."
"It's true." Just as he was talking about the truth with an expression that there was only one truth, Luna leaned over curiously to take a look.
"What?" Brandi's eyes widened. "How do you know, this is Muggle news!"
"Because this matter is also reported in the wizarding world, don't you usually subscribe to any wizarding publications?" Luna looked at the words in the newspaper in a trance, "This was originally discovered by a squib, because there was an evil magic that can resurrect the dead in the era of the mysterious man more than ten years ago, he was frightened and immediately notified the Ministry of Magic with an owl." But when the heavily armed Aurors arrived at the scene, they found that there was no sign of magic ever being used in the place. ”
"So, it wasn't Voldemort who did it?"
Luna gave him a deep look, "Of course not, the mystery man would be hundreds of miles away." ”
"Huh?" Brandy's mouth could almost fit a duck egg, she had just defeated Voldemort a few days ago, and it was really possible for him to hide back in the remote Albanian forest at this time, but she couldn't have known, this was too accurate.
"How do you know? Can you see the future? ”
Luna shook her head, pulling a magazine out of her jeans pocket...... It was handed to Brandi.
He looked eagerly.
Unbelievable, the truth that the mysterious man was defeated by the savior is actually true!
The style of this cover is really bad, and if it weren't for the huge title at the beginning, Brandi probably would never have imagined that the baboon in the picture was alive and jumping around in black cloth would be the terrible Voldemort. It looked like Harry might have actually defeated him, because his bananas had been poisoned......
This was followed by the headlines of other articles in the magazine:
A male witch has a glass of intestinal cleansing water every night before going to bed, and after insisting on it for a month, it turned out to...
Deciphering the Ministry of Magic, Fudge's five-year development plan.
The corpse crawled out of the grave by itself in the middle of the night, so hard.
“…………”
Brandi read the headlines several times in a row, and then he was sure that he was reading a news magazine, not some funny journal in the wizarding world. He thought about it, and silently found the part of the Muggle news that was there.
The resurrection of the dead - is it evil black magic, or the great activity of zombie bugs.
The Ministry of Magic recently received a report from a North Yorkshire wizard that the cemetery had been attacked by dark wizards, and a body had disappeared from the scene. The Aurors Phantom Migration quickly arrived at the scene and cleaned the memories of nearly half of the nearby Muggles in the villages who had witnessed the Ministry of Magic's operation.
According to the detection and backtracking magic, the spokesman of the Ministry of Magic, Kadeer? Felton pointed out that the incident has ruled out the possibility of dark wizards running around to commit crimes, but it does not rule out that the deceased had actively or forcefully conducted dark magic-related experiments during his lifetime, and the Aurors may have searched the memories of his family after applying for a search warrant.
But is that really the case?
According to the latest academic research, there is another way to bring the dead up besides black magic. In southern Africa, there has been a magical creature named the 'Zombie Bug', which enters and parasits into the human body by drinking water, and moves to the brain after death, using magic to temporarily gain control of the deceased's body. They will control the deceased to go to the nearest body of water and jump off to complete the spawning work in the water. Therefore, it is very likely that this incident is a 'zombie bug' playing tricks, and the author has gone to the Ministry of Magic to apply for access to the portkey to Africa to find the unseen murderers.
- Xenophilius? Lovegood reports.
"Is this true?" Brandi asked in surprise as she put down the magazine. "I mean, this is an incredible, bug that can make dead people move? This author is really erudite...... Eh, Lovegood? You are ...... with this author."
He suddenly saw a familiar surname.
"He's my father, Brandy." It seems that because Brandi praised her dad, Luna seems to be in a good mood. "When you first saw me, we had just come over there from the Leaky Cauldron, and Daddy had gone to the portkey office to apply for access. That's when I saw Condi. ”
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Brandi was stunned for a moment, then his face turned pale.
"You mean...... You're going to be waiting for your father? ”
Luna nodded lightly, as if living in a dream.
So, they finally couldn't eat the paella that Anna had made for them. The two of them rushed back to Brandi's house, hurriedly picked up Luna's big thing, and ran in the direction of the subway station without looking back. They turned into the cold street, and in the distance they could see the restless figure beside the phone booth.
"Thank you, Brandy." Luna took the luggage from his hand, her large, light-colored eyes staring at him without shyness. "You're special. No one since my mom has ever wanted to run with me for something like this. ”
"That's probably because you don't usually have a relationship with too many people, hurry up and go to Hogwarts, and I'll introduce you to all my friends. They're all very nice people. Brandi said with a soft smile. Go back quickly, your dad should be in a hurry. ”
The two said goodbye happily.
"I'll go back to you, Brandi."
"Ah, welcome, welcome, remember not to make a mistake in the subway."
Brandi turned, waved his hand, and disappeared into the street. Luna stood on tiptoe, staring blankly at where he had left off, not knowing what to think.
"Luna, where have you been! I'm scared to death! Xenophilius trotted over excitedly from a distance and took Luna into his arms. The Muggle world is so chaotic and complicated that you might be deceived. ”
"Dad, did you get your application approved?"
Xenophilius bowed his head and cursed. "These unprofessional wizards would rather have those oily-haired Quidditch players travel around the world than support us who are actually doing academic research for the wizarding world. I'm really ......."
He suddenly stopped grumbling.
"Luna, you look happy?"
Luna's face was still in such a trance, but the corners of her mouth kept curling slightly. Her eyes unconsciously stared straight ahead, as if immersed in something beautiful.
"Yes Dad, didn't you ask me if I wanted to go to Beauxbatons, I think I already have the answer."
She nodded, and said in a firm tone.
"I'm going to Hogwarts, my friends are waiting for me there."
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I must thank Professor McGonagall for the kind reminder that with the help of her wand, Brandy, who had suddenly returned to Muggle society, finally stopped cleaning by herself. Of course, he can only mow the lawn in the courtyard little by little, even if the Ministry of Magic will not find a record of Brandi's use of magic, but as a wizard, of course, he needs to abide by the most basic things of a wizard.
But it's different indoors!
Close the doors and windows and draw the curtains...... The room was immediately filled with all sorts of magic, and the broom writhed back and forth on the floor; Mop yourself in the water, twist it a few times, and then follow the rhythm of the broom, drawing black and white marks on the tiles. In the pool, pots and pans that have just been made of instant noodles float in the air, waiting to be reviewed by the brushes.
The power of magic is so handy that it might take a day or two to complete a cleaning that can be done in a few hours...... Brandi sat lazily on the couch, holding a sleeping Yale in his arms.
Get up... Watching TV... Order a boxed lunch... Game... Instant noodles... Go out for a run, buy snacks for the evening, come home and pet the cat or the sorting hat, and finally have a good sleep of up to 10 hours. It's summer vacation!
The two of them had been paralyzed at home for a full week, and Brandi almost felt like she had gained weight!
It was only then that he remembered the mountain-high summer homework and Professor McGonagall reminding him of the spell practice.
Yes, without the restrictions of the traces, it is not very common for such a quiet and idle opportunity to practice spells. He deserves to put it to good use.