On their last night in France, the Flamel couple asked the house elves to prepare a sumptuous dinner, which included everything they liked.
During the meal, Mrs. Perenal talked about the past in school. It is said that Mr. Flamel at that time was a shy boy who loved books...
Isobel also told the story of their relationship. Compared with the shy Mr. Nico when he was young, Albert was simply... Anyway, the dinner ended with a burst of laughter.
The next morning, after bidding farewell to the Flamel couple, Albert and Isobel passed through the fireplace of Nicolas Village and headed to the Rue de la Sorcerer in Paris, France.
They had already greeted Mr. Kenna in advance, and the two quickly quietly returned to the old apartment in London through the hidden international floo network.
"Fortunately I didn't eat anything in the morning."
When coming out of the fireplace, Albert reached out to help Isobel, who also fell to the ground.
"I hate this feeling!"
The two stayed in the dusty room for a while. After they calmed down, Albert took out the invisibility cloak he had prepared in advance from the traceless stretch bag, put it on himself and quietly left the old apartment.
The key point for underage wizards to cast spells outside of school without being discovered by the Ministry of Magic is: not to use magic outside the magical world.
Because in the wizarding world, the Ministry of Magic can't figure out whether you are using magic or not.
Moreover, underage wizards are prohibited from casting spells outside of school. The most important reason is that they do not want underage wizards to use magic indiscriminately and expose the magic world.
Albert didn't want to be troubled by the Ministry of Magic, so he always paid attention to this.
They found a remote and uninhabited place, took off the invisibility cloak covering their bodies, caught a taxi halfway, and headed to the Leaky Cauldron with Isobel.
"how do you feel?"
After getting off the car next to the bookstore, Albert paid and asked the girl beside him with a smile.
"How does it feel?"
"Use Muggle transport."
"Muggles can get along just fine without using magic."
After Isobel entered the Leaky Cauldron, she asked Albert, who was taking out his pocket watch: "What time is it now?"
"There's still half an hour before the appointed time!" Albert put his pocket watch back into his pocket and looked around for Katrina who had come to join them.
"She hasn't come yet, what do you want for breakfast?"
Albert pointed to the empty seat next to him, preparing to eat and wait. Because they had to use the transnational floo network, neither of them had anything to eat in the morning.
"Same as you." Isobel looked at the wanted list on the wall, recalling Albert's predictions, and couldn't help but frown.
Black's wanted notices are posted everywhere in the Leaky Cauldron, worth ten thousand. Wizards who can provide information to the Ministry of Magic will also receive a bonus.
It was the Ministry of Magic that caught Black in advance.
As we all know, expecting the Ministry of Magic to catch Black is worse than expecting Black to go to jail himself.
"Something to do with Potter?"
"Probably... related."
Albert walked to the counter and asked Tom to get two breakfasts for the two of them. While asking Tom about Black, Albert saw Harry Potter coming down from upstairs.
When the savior saw him, there was a little surprise on his face.
"Harry Potter, why are you here?" Albert asked knowingly.
"Mr. Potter lives here temporarily." Tom said with a smile.
"Oh, live here?" Albert repeated, "Have you broken up with relatives?"
Harry nodded awkwardly, seeming a little confused, as if to say you don't know.
"I just came back from France. A lot of things seem to have happened during this period." Albert pointed to the wanted list on the wall, "Is there any news about Blake now?"
"No." Tom shook his head. "The Ministry of Magic has never been reliable in this regard. They even released dementors but failed to find Black."
"Tom, do you think I can get money for providing clues?"
"Do you know where Blake is?"
"have no idea."
"He can do divination." Harry noticed Tom's stunned expression and explained.
"If the Ministry of Magic is willing to pay." Albert said with a smile.
"It really costs money." Harry muttered, "But it would be nice if you could make a fortune. With your ability..."
"I don't do thankless things. It's hard to say whether the Ministry of Magic is willing to pay the money." Albert shrugged and said, "Oh, my breakfast is here. See you at school."
He returned to Isobel and began to enjoy breakfast, while telling him the news he had learned from Tom.
"Divination, that stuff is unreliable." Tom muttered.
"He is very good and never makes a mistake."
Harry knew how powerful Albert was, and he also thought that Fudge should spend some Galleons to ask him for divination, which would save him the cost of a wanted search, and he wouldn't have to waste human resources searching for Black.
Harry looked doubtfully towards the seats of Albert and Isobel, as if hesitating whether to go over and join them. It was rare to meet an acquaintance, and there was also the black dog and the omen of death. He wanted to hear
Listen to what the other person has to say.
Just when Harry was about to move over, he stopped again and gave up the idea.
There was a beautiful red-haired girl standing next to the seat, staring at the two people eating at the table with a strange look. She didn't know what was going on, but she always felt that the atmosphere there was a bit weird.
"for you."
Katrina handed Albert the book list sent by the school.
"Here, we bought you a gift." Albert took the book list, took out the gift box from the seamless stretch bag and handed it to Katrina.
"This is the gift we chose for you."
In fact, when the two decided to go shopping in Diagon Alley after returning, Albert asked the house elf to buy it at the Tuofan Clothing Store.
Since we are going shopping together, it is necessary to bring a gift to your aunt.
Katrina was stunned for a moment, stared at the package for a long time, and then looked at Albert, with a look that seemed to say: "Are you going to use this to bribe me?"
"Are you going to do it by yourself?" Isobel asked.
"Mom just left, she already gave the money...what's going on with that ring?" Katrina didn't look at the package. She just accidentally caught a glimpse of the silver ring on the ring finger of Albert's left hand. Isobel also had it on her hand.
An identical ring.
"The teacher gave it to me," Albert said calmly.
"This is a meeting gift from Mr. Flamel." Isobel regretted not putting the ring away.
These two guys must be hiding something from themselves!
"Shouldn't you..."
Katrina obviously didn't believe it. She didn't think Isobel would put the ring on the wrong finger, and the two of them put the ring on the wrong finger in exactly the same position.
"Ahem, why don't you open the package and take a look?" Isobel interrupted, "We all think that hat suits you very well."
"Have you had breakfast? Do you want some?" Albert also changed the subject.
"No, I'm not hungry!" Katrina looked a little dazed and didn't know what she was thinking.
"Let's buy them separately. I'll buy books for you." She just sat down and then stood up again, as if she didn't want to stay here any longer.
Albert and Isobel looked at each other, watching Katrina's leaving figure.
"Mom probably didn't tell her about us." Isobel sighed.
"If you're worried, would you like to follow me and have a look?"
So, the two of them dropped their half-eaten breakfast and secretly followed Katrina to Diagon Alley.