Chapter 235: Sneaking Out

"Is there anything you want me to bring for you?"

"No need! I'll sneak to Hogsmeade later."

"...Huh?"

Daphne was a little confused.

It was already the weekend, and the trip to Hogsmeade was as usual.

Lu Yunkai was not on the list of people leaving school today.

Although Daphne didn't know why, she didn't ask, she just wanted to ask Lu Yunkai if there was anything she needed her to bring back from Hogsmeade. But she didn't expect to get such an answer.

"Hogsmeade is very dangerous today... Didn't you notice that Draco didn't go today? And Goyle and Crabbe..."

"... Today's Hogsmeade??" Hearing Lu Yunkai list these three people, Daphne understood instantly, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"Just your sister's leaky mouth, if she knew, God knows how many people would know!" Lu Yunkai shook his head seriously, "Don't worry, you take Astoria to the Hog's Head Bar to wait for me later, I should be there soon."

"... Then what?"

"Then? Let's just watch the excitement together. Don't worry, I will protect you." Lu Yunkai smiled and gave Daphne a gentle hug.

"Nalia..."

"Don't worry, I will protect her too!" Lu Yunkai smiled speechlessly.

Do you think I can kick her away and then run away with you? Am I such a beast?

"Well... I'll leave first."

"Well, I'm leaving too." Lu Yunkai smiled and nodded.

Watching Daphne walk out of the lounge, Lu Yunkai went back to the dormitory.

"Meow, are you ready?" Chris looked even more excited than Lu Yunkai.

"Have you thought about it? There will be danger today. I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you then." Lu Yunkai looked at Chris seriously and said.

"Meow, when did I fall to the point where I need your protection?" Chris rolled her eyes at Lu Yunkai, then jumped directly onto his shoulder, "Let's go, let's go!"

"...Okay."

Lu Yunkai nodded, took out the Confusion Mask and put it on his head, pulled out his wand, and took out the Marauder Map from his space bag.

"I solemnly swear that I didn't do anything bad."

...

"Are you my brother-in-law?"

"Who else!"

"...Okay, I suddenly think you look pretty handsome now."

Astoria looked around Lu Yunkai and nodded reluctantly.

Then she was lightly kicked by Daphne.

"I feel like something is obviously wrong in Hogsmeade today." Daphne came close to Lu Yunkai and whispered.

"What's wrong? I didn't feel anything on the way here just now!"

"It's hard to say, but it feels weird, as if someone is watching me no matter where I am." Daphne explained in a very metaphysical way.

Lu Yunkai smiled and shook his head, and didn't ask any more questions.

"Brother-in-law, what's going on today? Why are you so weird?" Astoria lowered her voice, "Why did my sister tell me to follow you?"

"...The mysterious man may appear here today."

"Ah???"

"Keep your voice down!" Lu Yunkai glared at Astoria.

Daphne simply covered her sister's mouth with her hand.

Fortunately, the Pig's Head Bar was noisy to begin with, and this little noise didn't attract anyone's attention at all.

"So what is the mysterious man here for?" Daphne asked Lu Yunkai while covering her sister's mouth.

"Come and attack Harry."

"Huh!?!?"

Well, fortunately, Daphne had been holding Astoria's mouth, so her voice was not very loud.

"So stay with me today. I don't know what kind of people the mysterious man will bring, and whether innocent people will be hurt... Well, although I think the possibility of hurting innocent people is not high." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "But safety comes first."

"Then there won't be any problems with Harry, right?"

"I notified Professor McGonagall in advance."

"... Professor McGonagall knew? Then can Harry still be allowed to come to Hogsmeade?"

"She can stop him once, can she stop him a second time? Unless she locks Harry in the school and doesn't allow him to go out in the future." Lu Yunkai smiled, "And if she stops Harry this time, it means that he has Dumbledore's undercover inside... Can Dumbledore bear this kind of loss?"

"... I don't really understand." Daphne shook her head and didn't respond.

The bar became appropriately quiet.

The three of them drank some butter beer together, and then left the Hog's Head.

"I only have an invisibility cloak, so just make do with it." After Lu Yunkai led Daphne and Astoria out of the bar, he took out the cloak he had just put on his head all the way from school.

"Hey! Brother-in-law! You actually have such a treasure!!"

"Keep your voice down, don't be startled!" Daphne suddenly felt a little embarrassed for her sister, "Then what should we do next?"

"Follow Harry and the others and watch the fun from a distance."

"...Huh? Watch the fun?"

"Professor McGonagall knows, which means Dumbledore knows. In this case, Harry still came to Hogsmeade today... Don't you want to see Dumbledore and the mysterious man fight?" Lu Yunkai smiled, "This is a head-on confrontation between the two greatest wizards in the world!!"

"I'm afraid of being injured by mistake!"

"Oh, don't worry, let's stay away and watch." Lu Yunkai smiled and held up the cloak, and put it on himself and the two girls.

"Wow!! I'm really invisible!! Brother-in-law, can we discuss something..."

Astoria was obviously very excited.

"This thing is very expensive, you are so embarrassed to ask me for it?" Lu Yunkai snorted.

"...Brother-in-law, you are the best!!"

"Not that good yet." Lu Yunkai ignored Astoria's coquetry, "Okay, stop talking, this cloak can only make you invisible, it can't block out sound."

Hogsmeade is not a big town to begin with, and in addition to Lu Yunkai and his group looking for it themselves, Chris, who jumped off Lu Yunkai's shoulders and started "working" as soon as they arrived in Hogsmeade, was also tracking Harry's whereabouts. Almost immediately, Lu Yunkai and his group caught up with Harry, Hermione and Ron.

Of course, it was not difficult to find them: they were sitting in the Three Broomsticks.

"Strange..."

After choosing a table farthest from Harry and his friends, Lu Yunkai put away his cloak.

Of course, no one in the Three Broomsticks, which was busier than the Hog's Head, noticed that there was suddenly an extra table of people in a remote place.

Even the busy shopkeepers didn't pay much attention.

Without ordering, Lu Yunkai and his friends just sat there, and then looked at Harry and his friends who seemed to be happily chatting over there.

Suddenly, Daphne said something.

"What's wrong?" Lu Yunkai asked.

"I remember... Ron is in love with Lavender? Why does he stay with Hermione and others on weekends in Hogsmeade?" Daphne's eyes scanned the bar, as if looking for Lavender Brown.

"Ah? He's not with Hermione... Ahem, well, what's going on?" Lu Yunkai was stunned.

He really didn't know about this...

Well, in fact, it was because he had never been particularly concerned about Ron's affairs.

Since Ginny's incident a few years ago, his relationship with the Weasley family has not been very close. Even the twins that Lu Yunkai has always admired don't interact with him very much, let alone Ron.

"They have been dating for a long time, don't you know?" Daphne was also a little surprised, "Lavender took the initiative to pursue Ron."

"... Girls really pursue boys!" Lu Yunkai smiled and sighed softly.

Thinking about it, it's true. He seemed to have heard Parvati say that Lavender liked Ron a long time ago. This can be regarded as asking for the right thing, right?

"Meow, you are here!"

Just when Daphne wanted to complain about whether Lu Yunkai would be easily chased away by other girls, Chris appeared.

She jumped onto Lu Yunkai's shoulder skillfully.

"Where did you go?" Lu Yunkai asked Chris.

"I went to find Nagini. She is over at the Shrieking Shack. When Harry and the others go to a place without any cover, they will take action." Chris said simply.

"Oh, then how about we go out and find a place to watch the fun?"

"There's nothing to find, meow! This bar is the best place." Chris shook her head, "I guess they will start fighting on the street outside the door soon... Nagini told me that Voldemort didn't call many people today, and it doesn't seem that he intends to fight Dumbledore here. Maybe Voldemort just wants to test whether he can hurt Harry."

"Will it never end in the future?" Lu Yunkai muttered in a low voice.

"What?"

Daphne, who didn't understand Chris's words, asked curiously.

Lu Yunkai relayed Chris's words to Daphne and her sister.

"I don't think so!" Astoria shook her head after listening to the story, "If it were me, I would definitely sneak in by myself, kill the target and then escape. Bringing too many people would make it easier to be exposed."

"...I think Leah is right." Daphne also nodded.

"I don't know. God knows what the mysterious man is thinking." Lu Yunkai responded casually without comment.

Indeed, what Astoria said makes sense. Bringing too many people can sometimes get in the way.

The three people and the cat chatted here and there. After waiting for a long time, Harry and the other three finally finished their drinks and prepared to get up and leave.

"You two sit here and be careful." Seeing this, Lu Yunkai reminded the two sisters Daphne and put on his cloak.

"What are you going to do?" Daphne was a little flustered when she saw Lu Yunkai's actions.

"I'll get closer to see."

"... Are you going to die?"

"Don't worry, I have a way to protect myself. Not to mention just watching the fun, even if I go to fight Voldemort, he may not be able to kill me." Lu Yunkai smiled, "You must pay attention to safety."

After saying that, without waiting for Daphne to speak again to stop him, his figure disappeared.

"Tsk, I thought he would take us to watch the fun." Astoria was a little unhappy when she saw Lu Yunkai disappear, but she didn't say much.

"...What's so good about this kind of fun! It's so dangerous!" Daphne complained to her sister.

"Sister, I believe that my brother-in-law will be fine. Can you have some confidence in him!" Astoria smiled, "Okay... Yeah!!!"

Halfway through her words, Astoria suddenly exclaimed.

And she was not the only one who screamed.

There were screams in the bar.

Because just now, there was a loud noise on the street.

A black figure appeared in front of Harry and his group who had just walked out of the bar with the loud noise.

Harry was stunned when he saw the person in front of him, and then he pulled out his wand as quickly as possible.

He had seen this person in the Daily Prophet.

Bellatrix Lestrange.

The madman who had attacked Lu Yunkai on the street!

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