Voices came from afar.

"I just saw movement here!"

"It's a few horses, really. ”

"Let's go, the patrol mission hasn't been completed yet, grab a hundred thousand!"

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"It's a search party!" Hermione's voice trembled, "how did they get so deep into here?"

"I don't know, I'm afraid the encirclement has been narrowed...... Lockhart felt a chill in his back, those people just now were not accompanied by Dementors, they didn't ride broomsticks, and they were dressed in a mess, I'm afraid they belonged to the kind of lowest-level search team that organized themselves to mix the bounty, and they weren't even necessarily on the list of the Ministry of Magic......

"What to do, then we-"

"If we continue deeper into the forest, I'm afraid it's just a matter of delaying the end of the siege, we have to take the initiative to break through!" Cyreth said solemnly, "Now that the wizards have arrived, it's only a matter of time before the Death Eaters and Dementors come over......"

"That group seems to be exactly four?" Harry asked.

"Five, and one that didn't come closer, I saw it. Hermione said.

"Kill them and break through like them. Lockhart made a decision on the spot.

Almost all of the five wizards never graduated from the wizarding school or even went to school...... None of them could be beaten, Lockhart easily knocked down two by himself, Cyris also knocked down two, and Harry knocked the last one unconscious.

"Pluck your hair. Although they didn't know these five people, and maybe they hadn't done anything bad, this time they couldn't be relentless, and Lockhart killed all five people with a death curse after Hermione pulled out her hair, and even the corpses were melted.

"Merlin's ......" killed five wizards with a calm face, and destroyed the corpses of Lockhart, which made Hermin a little scared, really does making Horcruxes still have an impact on people's personalities?"There are no women among them, I ......"

"Don't want to be a man?" Lockhart asked. "Oh well. Harry, give her the cloak of invisibility, I'm worried she'll be exposed. ”

Harry took out the Cloak of Invisibility and handed it to Hermione.

"Head due south," Lockhart said, "our Polyjuice Potion should be enough for the three of us to transform for twenty hours, and if not, let Harry and Hermione squeeze in the Cloak of Invisibility." ”

"It's not enough to get out of the forest, maybe you can ride a broomstick?"

"Probably only the Death Eater Search Party can ride a broomstick, unless we encounter a team of wizards who are not Death Eaters who also ride broomsticks. Lockhart shook his head, "And the brooms we brought are so good." Anyone who can afford such a broom would come here and risk their lives to capture the former Aurors?"

"Well, let's go. ”

They didn't drink the polyjuice decoction directly, everyone put the prepared polyjuice decoction in their pockets, ready to drink it when they saw people from afar.

They walked for a long time, and it was not until evening that they encountered another search team, which was also unofficial...... When they saw people half a mile away, they drank the potion decisively.

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"How do you get to the periphery?" asked an ugly wizard.

"I've met a unicorn inside!" Lockhart said, lowering his voice, clutching the wand in his robes, hoping the two groups didn't know each other. "I've lost two people, and I'm not going to toss anymore. ”

"Haha. You still want to catch a unicorn like this?" the stout wandering wizard at the head sneered, and then said to the wizard who was with him, "Luckily, even if we can't find or defeat the rebellious Aurors, let's catch a unicorn." It can sell for thousands of Galleons. He thought greedily and couldn't help but get excited. "Brothers, let's go!"

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"Just tricked into it?" shouted a group of wizards who didn't look very mixed up as they walked past them, and walked away. Harry's eyes widened in disbelief. "Don't you know how to check it?"

"Wizards can still be mixed up like this, except for a good old man like Remus. That's the kind of thing that has neither the ability nor the brain. Lockhart said disdainfully, "Even if you try hard and learn a confusion charm or an oblivion charm or something, you can go to the Muggles and cheat and cheat." ”

"Well, so it makes sense that the U.S. Department of Magic would give stipends to law-abiding wizards......" Hermione said with a hint of sympathy.

"Hehe, these can't be considered wizards, they can only be considered magical half-squibs, I bet they even stole their wands from the wizard's graveyard, let's keep walking. Lockhart said, "In the future, when you become the Minister of Magic, you can also pay stipends to wizards, and you can also free the elves, so now, save your life first." ”

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They marched for a day to the outskirts of the forest, and for fear of being exposed, they walked very slowly, and did not encounter any more enemies. This shows that the Death Eaters' encirclement has not shrunk to the worst of what they expected, and they have found a natural hot spring, and the temperature in the vicinity is obviously several degrees higher than in other places, and even vegetation has begun to grow. Hermione finally saw wild vegetables and mushrooms here, and she had been eating roast venison and rabbit for the past two days, and she was so tired of it.

"Mushroom soup...... It reminds me of my mother. Lockhart said, holding the spoon.

"Huh? Are you saying that the mushroom soup I make tastes the same as my mother's? "Hermione was a bit of a surprise, it was a good start!

"No...... Not exactly. Lockhart was full of emotion: "When I was a child, I loved to drink the mushroom soup made by my mother, and I had to take out the mushroom slices and eat them after drinking. ”

"One day, after I finished eating, I complained to my mother: 'Mom, there are so few mushroom slices, and they are so thin, if only I could eat them big next time, and eat them all at once.' ’”

"And then?" Harry didn't know.

"Then the second time my mother made the mushroom soup, she cut the whole mushroom in half and put it in the soup......" Lockhart couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, "I saw so many mushrooms that day, and I excitedly scooped one up and ate it, but it turned out that the mushrooms were cut too big to taste at all, and the texture was not as smooth as the small pieces, and the inside was still raw." ”

"Hey—" Harry chuckled softly, turning his head to wink at Hermione.

Hermione, who was in charge of dinner, blushed all of a sudden, picked up a spoon and scooped some mushrooms in a small iron pot: "I've cut it into slices, isn't it too thick?"

"No, no, no, you're mistaken. Lockhart hurried to comfort the embarrassed little witch. Then I asked my mother, why didn't it taste good? My mother asked me, 'Didn't you tell me to cut the big pieces, did you eat them well?'"

"Haha. "Sirith was happy, too. "And then?"

"From that incident, I learned two truths. First, nothing is appropriate to go to extremes, moderation is best, and second, do not express your opinion on the practice of professionals on a whim in an area where you are not an expert. ”

"That's a good point, your mother is a clever witch...... "Cyris suppressed his smile, "but what do you mean, do you mean where we go to extremes?"

"We don't have a say anything about what you're doing......" Harry said.

"Hey, it's nothing......" Lockhart waved his hand, shaking off his memories of the past. In fact, it was just a dangerous situation in the depths, and he couldn't help but recall some warm and interesting past. "The soup is good, Hermione, I love it. He didn't forget to add.

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――(To be continued......)