In the coffee shop that had closed, Hood had just finished cleaning and the four of Hood, Nelson, Wales and Ryan were sitting lazily at the bar chatting. At this moment, the door opened, and Rodney, who had been off work from Hogwarts, walked in.

"You came back after taking another shower?" Hood, who was scratching the ginger, looked at Rodney, who had just walked past her, and Hood could smell the shower gel and shampoo that had not gone away from her.

"The professor's bathhouse at Hogwarts lives up to its reputation, and it's really the same as the legend." Rodney walked behind the bar to prepare himself a nightcap, "It's worth working there because of that bathroom." ”

"I want to see you talk so much about that bathroom, too." Nelson, who was holding only half a glass of wine, saw that his sister had prepared another large glass of cocoa milk for herself, and then asked, "Aren't you afraid of gaining weight by drinking such a high-calorie drink before going to bed again?" We're going to have to call you 'Rhodes Oil' then." ”

Rodney poured a little whiskey into the cocoa milk and said, "It's okay, you will not gain weight by doing strenuous exercise at Hogwarts during this time." ”

"Huh?" ×4

Several people heard the interesting content and quickly sat up straight.

"What kind of strenuous exercise makes you have to take a shower after exercising before coming back?" Hood asked, "Is it ...... with him?"

Naturally, everyone here knows who "he" Hood is talking about, and they also know the virtue of the other party, but this does not prevent them from making fun of Rodney with a certain person.

"Naturally, it's with him." Rodney put down his half-drink cup and said, "We're very athletic. ”

"Wait!"

Hood grabbed Rodney's hand from which he had picked up the glass, and then pulled up her sleeve. From her wrists to her elbows, several bruises were clearly visible.

Nelson then pulled up the sleeve of Rodney's other hand, which was also bruised on the arm.

"Hiss~" Hood gasped, "Could it be that he likes this tone, I can't see it." ”

Then Hood looked Rodney up and down for a moment, and then said, "Do you like this tone too?" I really didn't expect it! ”

"So you're doing such strenuous exercise in the bathroom?" Nelson looked at Rodney, who had grown up with the eyes of a stranger.

"If I say no, will you believe it?" Rodney looked helplessly at a few of them who were about to drag race again.

Since the topic involved Zhang, Ryan on the side was not very familiar with him, so he didn't join the topic, but just watched quietly with a smile on the side.

Wales didn't speak, either, and sat there not knowing what he was thinking.

"Come, let my sister check the rest of the place for you."

"Play with your to go...... Yikes......"

……

At night, when people are ready to go to bed after a tiring day, there are still many people working at their posts.

In the town of Chelmsford, Essex, the light from the street lamps shines on the trees on the side of the road, casting a connected shadow behind the trees. A dark shadow walked quietly in the shadows, and from other places, this black shadow merged with the shadow, and if you didn't look closely, you couldn't see the existence of the black shadow.

Shadow Stealth is a useful spell recorded in The Invisibility Book of Invisibility that allows the user to hide and walk in shadows.

After being accepted as an Auror and undergoing a short period of training, Brian Braddock followed the instructor's advice and pulled out the tagged "Invisibility Book" from his home bookshelf to learn, Shadow Stealth being one of several invisibility charms he learned from the book.

As the Auror in charge of policing the town, Brian Braddock is tasked with patrolling the neighborhood tonight. If you spot a Death Eater on patrol, report it to the Auror command center in charge of the town, and if you find a Muggle doing evil, report it to the Muggle police.

A cool breeze blew, and the evening breeze, which was only a little above freezing, made him shrink his neck.

At this time, he thought of the robe on the body of Zhang in Hogwarts, which was said to have a warming function, which made him envious. What makes him even more envious is that in winter, there are many girls who stick to Zhang's side to rub the heater.

Last time, around Christmas, Hogsmeade had introduced similar clothes, but he didn't make it because he was on duty, and when his sister went to buy them, he found them sold out.

Thinking of this, Braddock couldn't help but pat a vest under his clothes, which was the Iron Charm Vest produced by the newly formed Weasley Dark Arts Armor Company.

As the war escalated, the Weasley twin brothers split off from the original Weasley Magic Tricks to develop and produce dark magic armor, and Braddock helped them solve the technical problem that dark magic armor could not be used by dark wizards before becoming an Auror.

Maybe we could write a letter to Fred and ask them to add a warm winter and a cool summer spell to their waistcoats, Braddock thought.

However, he thinks that even if the Weasley brothers added such a feature to the vest, the Ministry of Magic would not let them use it. Every week or two, these vests are upgraded with the latest research on the latest enchantments, but that comes at the expense of the Ministry of Magic. He didn't think the Minister would take gold out of the Ministry's tight funds to make such trivial improvements.

Thinking of the question of money, Braddock on patrol couldn't help but sigh. Now he finally understood what Zhang meant when he said in his Muggle studies class, "War is a lot of money."

For example, the price of the Iron Armor Charm Vest on his body is not cheap, even if the Weasley brothers keep the profit very low, but because its cost is not low, the price is still high, not to mention that each iteration upgrade has to cost additional money. Counting the number of Aurors in the Ministry of Magic now, the final amount he came up with made him a little dizzy.

In addition to the standard equipment, Braddock also spent a lot of money on the protective equipment that he bought privately. When Hogwarts was making trouble with the basilisk, he bought a dozen iron-armored amulets from Zhang, and half of them are still left. When he became an Auror, his sister gave him her share. There is also Zhang's latest sale of the Iron Armor amulet and various potions, as well as the space expansion leather bag where these things are stored, he has spent a lot of money on them like other Aurors, after all, these things can save their lives at critical moments.

When thinking about things, time always flies. There are still about ten minutes until three o'clock in the morning, and Braddock's patrol mission tonight is about to end. So, after the last bit of his journey, he turned to another road, heading towards the Auror command center in town.

Just as he was about to walk to the Auror command center, he suddenly noticed movement not far away.

Although it was likely that his colleagues from patrolling other places had returned, he still hid himself in the shadows and walked slowly towards the place where the movement was coming from.

The place where the movement came was very close to the town's Auror headquarters, and when Braddock approached, he found several people there to be something to be done about.

The next moment, a loud "boom" sound spread throughout the night sky.

The house that had been hidden by magic as the Auror headquarters jumped out of the night.

Then, more and more dark shadows appeared around the headquarters, and then launched an attack on the house.

The Aurors in the house fought back when they realized that they had been attacked.

Hidden in the shadows, Braddock resisted the urge to strike, knowing that the attacking Death Eaters hadn't discovered themselves yet, and that Command wasn't so easy to breach. Therefore, at the moment when the battle entered a stalemate, he was going to be the key force to deliver a fatal blow to the Death Eaters from behind.