Hearing a knock on the door downstairs, Katrina subconsciously stuck her head out of the window to see who was knocking outside.
Normally, few people come to the house.
However, there was no one at the door!
Katrina seemed to have thought of something, but she felt cold all over. She regretted her reckless action just now. She quickly grabbed the wand on the table, breathed a sigh of relief, and raised her ears to listen to the noise around her.
Is there anyone downstairs?
"Who could it be?"
Ordinary guests will not enter other people's homes without the owner's permission.
The red-haired girl immediately became extremely vigilant. Ever since Isobel ran off with Albert, she was left alone in the huge house most of the time.
Suddenly a stranger came to the door, and it was impossible for Katrina not to panic, because Isobel had told her that the fake Moody that Albert had cleared away in the maze of the third project was a Death Eater.
It is very likely to provoke revenge from the minions of the "mysterious man".
Logically speaking, even if the mysterious man wanted revenge, he would be targeting Albert Anderson. What does it have to do with his family?
Who made the Anderson family immigrate overseas? Even a mysterious person would have difficulty finding Albert's family across continents. The only one who has anything to do with Albert is Isobel McDougal.
Although the relationship between the two parties is currently just boyfriend and girlfriend, who knows if they will be implicated?
It's really hard to say how low the bottom line of the mysterious man and his minions is.
It was eerily quiet below the stairs, and Katrina was hesitating whether to retreat temporarily. She was currently occupying a favorable terrain (stairs) and could use Apparition to retreat at any time.
When Katrina was hesitant, there was suddenly some noise in the hall, which aroused Katrina's vigilance.
However, what puzzled her was that the intruder did not go upstairs, but went to the lobby.
"Not an enemy?"
If it's not the minions of the mysterious man, who is it?
Katrina really didn't expect anyone to come to their house at this time. If it was her mother, she would definitely not knock on the door.
The other party doesn't seem to be hostile. Could it be that Isobel is back?
After much hesitation, Katrina quietly used the Disappearance Charm on herself, planning to secretly go downstairs to see what was going on.
She held her wand tightly, tiptoed downstairs, and quietly walked towards the hall.
Then, Katrina was stunned.
A strangely dressed house elf is standing at the entrance of the hall. It holds a piece of parchment in its left hand and a wand in the other hand. There is a suitcase that looks familiar to its side, but for some reason, it always looks like it.
You have the illusion that the house elf in front of you is ready to run away with the suitcase at any time.
The house elf seemed to be confirming something, and kept staring at the parchment in his hand. After a long time, he stuffed it back into the pocket of his cloak, and said to the corridor outside the hall: "Please don't be nervous, Miss Katrina."
The house elves seemed pretty sure Katrina was around.
After saying that, the house elf raised his wand and waved lightly towards the window, causing the originally open window to suddenly close.
"Who are you?"
As soon as Katrina opened her mouth, she saw that the curtains in the hall were also closed one after another, and the originally dark hall was completely plunged into darkness.
Not long after, the lights came back on in the hall, and two familiar figures appeared in the field of vision.
"What the hell are you doing?"
After Katrina saw the two of them, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, lowered the wand in her hand, and stared at the two in front of her angrily.
"Be careful, it's not a bad thing."
Albert quickly glanced at the metal ring on his wrist, seeming to confirm something.
"Kara, I'm sorry for bothering you about dinner," Isobel said to the house elf.
"Okay, Mistress, dinner will be left to Kara." The house elf opened the suitcase and happily went about his favorite work.
"hostess?"
Katrina noticed what the house elf called Isobel just now, the expression on her face became very strange, and her eyes moved back and forth between the two of them, as if she wanted to say: Are you married?
The house elves are very efficient, and dinner is ready in no time.
For safety reasons, Albert insisted on enjoying dinner in the box while waiting for Mrs. McDougal to return. Although Isobel had notified her mother in advance, she did not know when the other party would come home.
"Why hide in the box?"
Katrina stood at the door and looked around. She was surprised to find that a lot of changes had taken place here. It was almost like a small manor.
What surprised her even more was that Katrina actually saw a steaming hot spring. She didn't see these when she came in last time.
"Of course it is for safety reasons." Albert reminded seriously, "Last night, a Death Eater appeared near my house. You should be able to guess the reason without me telling you!"
"Death Eaters?" Katrina said with a look of astonishment on her face, "How do you know? Aren't you already hiding?"
"They triggered the alarm for me to stay. Of course, those guys don't know yet, but I already know about it." Albert's tone was very calm, as if being visited by a dark wizard was a trivial matter.
Perhaps he expected this to happen from the beginning!
"You came to me because..." Katrina asked doubtfully.
"Help you find a safe place." Albert said his intention directly.
After hearing Albert's suggestion, Katrina asked with a weird expression: "Are you sure you're not kidding?"
"It's no longer safe here."
"You should know my mother's character better than I do. She won't agree."
Katrina looked at Isobel, wanting her to come out and stop Albert's nonsense.
"You have to try everything, and what you did just now was wrong. In this case, you shouldn't come down to check, but should hide. Even if you want to find out who is down there, the method is wrong." Albert looked at the food.
Tom, who took a nap after dinner, corrected Katrina's mistakes.
Too risky.
Especially if you have no strength and are not the protagonist, it is easy to get easy money by taking risks.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "What method?" Katrina asked with raised eyebrows.
"Human traces curse."
"What is that?" Katrina asked confused. She had never heard of this spell.
"A spell that allows people to mark them on the map." Isobel explained gently, "You can tell who are the people around you just by looking at the map."
"Is this why the house elves read the parchment?" Katrina took the parchment and saw the ink dots on the map marking the names of the house elf Kara and the three of them.
"Yes." Albert reminded, "Even if you use spells or potions to disguise yourself, you can't hide the human trace curse, unless you use a very strong shielding spell on yourself, but only a highly skilled wizard can do it. Believe me, you don't know.
The mysterious man of love and his minions will definitely not be on guard."
"Well, this method is indeed very practical."
Katrina felt that Fake Moody's loss was not unfair at all, and it was no wonder that Albert was able to defeat Fake Moody and his helpers. It turned out that the other party had been planning to ambush him under Albert's nose.
Despite being informed in advance, Mrs. McDougal still worked at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies until late at night and came home looking very tired.
However, Mrs. McDougal was not too surprised when she saw Albert and his daughters emerging from the suitcase. Instead, she was more interested in the house elf's dinner.
"So, you hope that I can find a place to hide like your family?" Mrs. MacDoug asked with a strange expression while eating paella and listening to Albert's story.
"right."
Albert admitted it directly, although he knew it was rude to say so.
"Did you predict that the mysterious man would attack me?" As soon as Mrs. MacDoug finished speaking, the atmosphere in the hall became a little depressing.
"I didn't try to predict, but I don't think you should trust the integrity of mysterious people. No matter what those people do, I won't find it strange."
Although Albert knew that the chances of success were slim, he still had to try.
"I have my own work and I won't hide it." Mrs. MacDoug shook her head and rejected it.
"Perhaps, you can temporarily change your job, such as writing a book that teaches everyone how to treat magical injuries." Albert suggested sincerely: "I know it's rude to say this, but I think you have also experienced the first wizarding war.
, it’s clear what the situation was then, and it will only be worse this time.”
"worse?"
"The Ministry of Magic will collapse and be controlled by mysterious people. I'm worried that they will implicate you because of my relationship." Albert did not hide it, "The Death Eaters were defeated in my hometown yesterday."
"Death Eater, are you sure?" Mrs. McDougal frowned.
"I'm sure that even if I can strengthen the defense measures around the house, it's not safe. A powerful wizard can easily crack them." Albert paused for a moment and continued: "Even if I change my place to live, it's actually not safe. If you eat death
If they really want to catch you, they will rush into St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies and snatch you away. They won't worry about these issues."
"Has the situation gotten so bad?" Mrs. McGonagall's frown deepened.
"Not yet, but it will be hard to say in a while." Albert reminded.
"Why don't you and Isobel leave England?" Mrs. MacDougal was not too worried about her own safety.
"We are safe. Others don't even know the specific location of the town we settled in. Even if they know, there is nothing they can do. The Red Loyalty Curse can ensure that no one can find us." Isobel comforted.
Mrs. McDougal looked at Albert, nodded and said, "It seems that you have been prepared for a long time."
"Yes." Albert admitted directly: "If the situation goes bad, I will take Isobel and leave the UK. The escape route is already prepared."
"Then I'll be relieved." Mrs. McDougal knew that Albert's arrangement was entirely for her safety, but... she had no intention of giving up her current job.
"I won't hide." She looked at her daughter and said, "However, you can arrange a safe place for Katrina. The ones I worry about the most are their sisters."
"Mom!" Katrina frowned, she would not leave her mother and hide.
"Albert is right, if the mysterious man comes back, you'd better find a place to hide." Mrs. McDougal looked at Katrina and said: "Anyway, you will be bored staying at home, and you are still bored."
It’s not safe. Don’t blame Albert. I experienced the first Wizarding War and know what it was like. Many of your relatives died because of it. Hiding and staying away from right and wrong may be the best choice.”
"how about you?"
"Death Eaters rarely kill pure-blood wizards who remain neutral." Mrs. McDougal was very precise. Albert seemed to reveal everything, but he revealed nothing. Even if he was caught, he would not be able to extract anything useful.
information."
Mrs. McDougal can favor purebloods when necessary. As for her daughter about to marry a Muggle wizard?
Mrs. McDougal will tell the Death Eaters that Albert is actually a descendant of a very famous wizard, but they just changed their last names after a bad fight.
Is this wrong?
It's really right.
"What about three meals?" Katrina was still making her final struggle.
"I can handle it myself," said Mrs. McDougal. "Don't forget, I raised you."
"I can ask the house elves to help solve the problem," Albert came up with the prepared backup plan, "but I still suggest that you change your place to live temporarily. If someone invades here, we will know it as soon as possible and respond.
Plan. As for the temporary house, I have already prepared it for you."
Katrina suddenly realized that Albert had long known that he could not persuade others, and just wanted Mrs. McDougal to change her residence.
"Katrina, go pack your things and leave with Isobel tonight!" Mrs. McDougal turned her head and said to Isobel, "Take care of your sister."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I will." Isobel said seriously.
Not long after, the house elf picked up the suitcase and Apparated away.
Looking at the empty hall, Mrs. McDougal sighed softly, her eyes fell on the photos in the frame, listening to the music on the radio, closed the "Wizard Weekly" in her hand, and slowly closed her eyes.
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"Here we are?"
Coming out of the box, Katrina found herself in a dilapidated house.
"Apparition is prohibited here. Only house elves can go here directly, so you don't have to worry about being tracked."
After Albert checked that there was no one else around, he called a few people to follow him.
"Be very careful."
Katrina knew that Apparition could be tracked, and although it would be difficult, the Ministry of Magic should be able to do it.
But... it would be a big mistake to apparate directly into an area where apparation is prohibited.
God knows what will happen.
When Katrina followed her out, she found herself in a remote place. No wonder Albert said no one knew the location.
"follow me!"
Albert raised his wand and introduced to Katrina: "This place is completely deserted, and no Muggles will bother us."
"Of course, as long as no one knows we're here, no one can find us, and..."
Albert took out a silver card and handed it to Katrina and said: "Without the permission of the secret keeper, we can't find where we live.
As he spoke, he raised the glowing wand and came closer to let Katrina see the words on the silver card clearly: "Keep in mind the content above, don't read it out, think about the sentence you saw in your heart."
"Rose Manor is located in the small town of Quimper."
Just as Katrina was thinking about the contents on the silver card, a house that was not too small suddenly appeared in front of her. It looked like it had just been renovated, but it was still obvious that the house was old.
"If you have anything to do, let's talk inside." Albert opened the door and walked in first.
"Can this be considered a manor?" Katrina's eyes fell on the door number of Rose Manor, and she was pulled into the house by Isobel. The house elf Kara closed the door at the end, and the house disappeared again, as if from nowhere.