Chapter 1176 The Unmanned Leaky Cauldron

Bang bang bang—bang bang—"

A knock on the door suddenly sounded in the streets of London, but no matter how painful Ginny knocked, no one came to see the familiar door.

No, not even the bare minimum of a response, as if no one was on the other side of the door.

"...Hermione? What should I do?"

The Leaky Cauldron, which has always been full of people, seems to be deserted now. The black oak door of the bar was tightly closed, and even if someone knocked on the door, there was no response from inside.

It seems that even Tom, the owner of the bar, is far away from it.

"Maybe it's because the Ministry of Magic simply blocked the place to prevent the fog from entering Diagon Alley?" Hermione thought for a while, but quickly shook her head and said, "No, logically speaking, this place should become a temporary place. The shelters are right—the Leaky Cauldron and St. Mungo’s were the only two shelters in the city when there was a disaster in London last time! No matter how you think about it this time, it’s impossible to suddenly decide to block it.”

After thinking about it, she simply stretched out her wand and pointed the tip of the wand at the position of the door lock, intending to try to see if she could open it from the outside.

But to be honest, Hermione didn't have much confidence in picking the lock.

However, it was just a simple "Alahoo opening", and the door of the Leaky Cauldron Bar opened with a soft "click".

"Ok?"

When the few of them saw the door opened, although they felt that it seemed unbelievably smooth, they hurried into the bar room.

I was able to enter it for a while to observe, and this time it was finally as expected—from the bar counter to the small round tables for guests, there was indeed no one in the bar, and the whole bar was in a rare dead silence.

It is worth mentioning that the closed door seems to have been closed only after the fact, because the bar is also filled with a fairly thick fog. It's just that the amount of fog is not as much as it seems to block out the sun outside.

In order to prevent the gray fog from coming in, so as not to reduce the visibility in the bar, Hermione closed the oak door again with her backhand.

"Well?"

Suddenly, Luna stretched her neck, and when her nose fluttered slightly, she frowned as if she smelled something.

"Did you smell anything?"

"What?" Ron followed suit,

But it didn't take long before he scratched his head in doubt, "No? Umm... If I have to say it, it's the smell of wine, right? And that musty smell that old Tom can't get rid of..."

However, Ginny who was beside him immediately frowned.

"Is there a strange smell, like... the smell of blood?" Her expression became more and more serious, and her heart became a little more worried.

This time, Hermione also raised her eyebrows, and greeted a few friends:

"I smell it too, is it from the other side of the stairs? Someone may be injured...upstairs! Let's go up and have a look..."

Looking at the three girls, it didn't take long before they seemed to have confirmed the direction of the smell, and ran to the stairs leading to the guest room on the second floor. Ron couldn't help being stunned.

"Is my nose broken? Or is it that girls have a better sense of smell than boys?"

Of course, the current situation didn't give him much time to think about this kind of problem, and after a short pause, he also hurriedly chased after him.

And when a few people quickly climbed the stairs and ran to the corridor on the second floor, the large bloodstains left here immediately proved that Luna and the others' sense of smell was indeed correct.

Although the blood in the corridor had begun to solidify, obviously not left in a short period of time, but several pools of blood still left a lot of that disgusting stench.

Someone was injured here, it seems that the injury is not serious, and... there may be more than one person!

Seeing so many bloodstains that had turned dark red, everyone immediately took a step back in discomfort, and then stood in the corridor looking at each other for a while.

"It seems that London is not just as simple as fog..."

Since they flew here directly on Hermione's broomstick, they didn't encounter any obstacles from dark wizards along the way, so until now, everyone realized this under the reminder of these bloodstains.

"All in all, grab your wands! Let's open the doors and have a look first!"

Hermione stared at the shocking bloodstains, said to everyone without turning her head, and then walked towards the door closest to the stairs.

Like the doors of the bar downstairs, none of the doors of these guest rooms had been cast with a protective spell, and they were basically opened easily with an unlocking spell.

They even found that two doors were simply open, and the items inside were extremely messy, which showed that the guest who lived here must have left in a hurry.

It's a pity that apart from these situations, everyone seems to be unable to find any more valuable information. Including when they returned downstairs and searched as thoroughly as possible, they didn't get any more results.

"Let's go to Diagon Alley... I hope at least there are people there."

After seeing the misery of the Leaky Cauldron, they now only hope that Diagon Alley will not be like the bar, where no one can be seen. If there is no one there, they really don't know where to go.

After a while, the four of them came to the backyard of the bar maintaining a certain degree of vigilance. And following them, they saw that the magic courtyard wall was wide open, and they could directly see the streets of Diagon Alley from the courtyard.

When they saw this scene, the hearts of the friends sank. Obviously, Diagon Alley was invaded, and it seemed that they forcibly opened and destroyed the magic brick wall as the entrance.

After being stunned for a moment, Hermione was the first to come to her senses. She quickly motioned everyone to keep quiet, and then dragged the other three people to the side with light steps.

After they all leaned against the wall and hid themselves, Hermione pursed her lips and lowered her head slightly, taking a quick glance into Diagon Alley.

"How is it?" Seeing Hermione shrinking back again, Ron asked in a low voice.

Hermione blinked at him, then shook her head oddly.

"I think... we'd better go straight in!"

"Ok?"

Before Ron could react, he saw a person suddenly walking in from outside the open courtyard wall, but he was so frightened that he hurriedly raised his wand in his hand.

"Why are you here?"

No one expected that it was Sirius who came in.

I saw that he just casually glanced at the magic wand pointing at himself, and then continued to speak:

"It's very dangerous here now. There are a large number of dark wizards wandering around in the mist and hurting people... I don't know how you got here, but I think you have seen it. Even Diagon Alley has been attacked."

"So...how is the situation in Diagon Alley now?" Hermione asked immediately.

Sirius shrugged when he heard this.

"For the time being, those guys have been repulsed once. Now there is no one outside, right? But I guess, they should come again... Don't stand here talking, come here first!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked back, Hermione and others quickly followed.

As soon as they entered the streets of Diagon Alley, Ron and the others understood why Hermione's expression was so weird just now.

It turned out that there were many Aurors and dark wizard strikers standing on both sides behind the courtyard wall. When she probed before, she must have found that she was being watched by a large group of people.

Oh, it must be a subtle feeling to think about it!

Among these people, they also saw several familiar figures, such as Tonks and other members of the Order of the Phoenix who had met several times in the past.

While walking in with Sirius, Ginny suddenly couldn't help asking:

"Sirius, is Percy here? Or has he ever been?"

"Percy?" Sirius paused, and then suddenly said, "Oh, it's your brother Percy Weasley, right? No, he hasn't been here... At least not since we've been stationed here. met him."

Having said that, he turned to say:

"In fact, your parents have both been here, saying that they came to find their two sons and daughter-in-law. Because London is indeed in crisis, I originally wanted to keep them, but they both insisted on leaving. In order to ensure For their safety, I also sent a few Aurors to accompany them to find someone..."

"Oh! Thank you, Sirius." Ron said gratefully.

Upon hearing this, Sirius waved his hands indifferently, and said suddenly:

"By the way, you don't want to leave—the magical strength of those dark wizards is a bit unexpected, and I can't split them up. As for finding someone, I have already contacted Lupine, and he will arrange for others to search."

"Oh, but—"

Ron was about to say something, but Hermione secretly pulled his clothes, making him stop suddenly.

"we know."

After Sirius temporarily placed them in the nearby cauldron shop, Ron watched the other party leave, and then looked at Hermione with some doubts.

"Why didn't you just tell Sirius directly?" He said, "As you know, Sirius is different from other adults. He has never opposed our actions."

"That's why I didn't let you talk to him in detail," Hermione glared at him and said, "Didn't you hear everything? He doesn't have enough manpower here. If we say we have to leave, That will only embarrass him! You say, if he separates out for our safety, and then puts himself in danger because of the lack of defensive strength..."

"Ah! That's really not good," Ron nodded immediately, "So... what should we do next? Should we leave?"

"Of course," said Hermione, "after all, Percy's situation must be very bad now! But before I leave, I want to find someone to ask the situation-remember what Sirius mentioned just now? There seem to be a lot of people out there." Very dangerous dark wizard!"

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