Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

It was already evening when the train stopped at King's Station in London.

When Andre and his party came out of the carriage, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Mr. and Mrs. Granger had been waiting on the platform for a long time, but it was Ron and his parents who were the first to greet them.

"Is this Mr. Ivanov?" Mrs. Weasley first asked not about her sons, but Andrei.

When George gave her a positive answer, the slightly fat middle-aged woman immediately said to Andre apologetically: "I'm so sorry, kid. The letter I sent to Ron before must have hurt you. I really thought you were a bad boy. But a few days ago, Arthur told me everything that happened in your school. Only then did I know that you helped our family uncover a dark wizard. I didn’t even know what to do. What can I say..."

It seems that the matter of Sirius and Pettigrew has been known to the Weasleys, but it is obvious that Arthur, as a low-level official of the Ministry of Magic who is not taken seriously, is almost the last one to know about this matter. Although the incident actually involved a rat that had lived in his house for 11 years, no one told him in advance.

Before Andre had time to express that he actually didn't mind too much, Mrs. Weasley had already turned the gun and shouted very loudly at Percy: "And you, Percy! I never knew you were still there. You know how to lie! How could you slander a classmate like this! You don't know how surprised I was when I learned the truth. I always thought you were the best-behaved child in our family."

Percy's face turned red instantly, and Andre could see that he seemed to want to refute, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Fortunately, Hermione smoothed things over at this time and said: "Hello, I am Hermione Granger, and I am also a Gryffindor student."

Upon seeing this, Arthur quickly changed the subject and said: "Oh! Hello, Miss Granger, I have heard about you. George and the others mentioned in their letter that a genius witch will join Gryffindor this year."

This compliment obviously made Hermione a little embarrassed, and her cheeks turned slightly red.

"Dad, we made an appointment with Sirius to go to St. Mungo's to visit him today." Ron also interrupted at this time.

Mr. Weasley did not receive the news in advance, but he reacted quickly and said, "Is that so? How many of you did Sirius have on an date?"

"Me, Harry, George and Fred, Andre and Hermione, we all helped him a lot." Ron said proudly.

Mr. Weasley nodded, and then said to his wife: "Molly, you take Percy to the Burrow first. Ginny is still waiting alone at home. I will take these children to St. Mungo's." .”

Mrs. Weasley also nodded in agreement. She still looked angry and walked towards her third son. She was obviously ready to reprimand the child who originally gave her the most trouble.

"I have to go talk to my parents." Hermione's parents were waiting not far away, but they saw a group of wizards in strange costumes standing together, so they didn't approach immediately.

The little witch quickly ran towards Mr. and Mrs. Granger, while Mrs. Weasley was already leading Percy towards the outside of the station. They would return to the Burrow through the fireplace of the Leaky Cauldron.

After a while, Hermione came back with her father.

With Mr. Weasley here as an adult, he is not worried about his daughter's safety. It's just that Mr. Granger is a dentist by profession, and he is somewhat curious about St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies, especially It's the therapists who are half his colleagues.

So taking this opportunity, he proposed to Hermione that he also wanted to go and see it together.

There were eight people in the group, and they finally chose the Muggle transportation method - the subway.

Because Mr. Arthur Weasley, the only wizard here who can apparate, really wanted to try this large machine-driven tool. He also told Andre and the others that he had modified an old Muggle Ford car. , that car can even fly into the sky.

Although they were delayed a lot of time along the way because Mr. Weasley was overly curious about Muggle items, at around six o'clock, they arrived at the entrance of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

This hospital is not located in Diagon Alley. At first, the founder of the hospital, Mungo Bonham, did think about choosing a location in Diagon Alley, but because the land in this British wizarding commercial center was too tight, the matter ended Let it go.

And if it is built underground like the Ministry of Magic, it seems unsanitary for the hospital, so the final result is that this wizarding hospital chose a Muggle building.

From the outside, it looks like an old-fashioned department store. The small building made of red bricks is not very tall. There is even a sign saying Taotao Co., Ltd. hanging at the door.

Under the leadership of Mr. Weasley, they walked to the display window of the small building, where there were still several cracked dummies, wearing clothes that were popular at least ten years ago.

"We're going to visit Sirius Black," Mr. Weasley whispered to one of the female dummies.

The dummy nodded, then extended its joined fingers to wave at them.

Harry and Mr. Granger were the two most surprised of all. Their minds had obviously not completely separated from the Muggle world.

But under the tug of Hermione and Ron, the two followed everyone's footsteps and passed through the glass that looked so real.

It was as if they had passed through a curtain of cold water. When everyone could open their eyes, the dummy and the display window had disappeared.

What appeared in front of them was a crowded consultation room, with rows of wizards and witches sitting on rickety wooden chairs. Some looked normal, holding the "Daily Prophet" in their hands and reading.

But some are a bit scary, such as the one with a lion's head, or the one with a bunch of octopus tentacles coming out of the chest.

The decibels here seemed to be higher than on the street outside, because many patients made very strange sounds. Andre even heard the cry of a blue whale, which is rare on land.

Among these various patients, a group of wizards and wizards in green robes walked around, asking questions. Most of them held a writing pad in their hands, and a floating quill automatically recorded the patients for them. words.

"Children!" At this time, Mr. Weasley greeted the few people who were still looking around: "Come here, we have to ask which floor Sirius lives on."

He was referring to a chubby blond witch who had a table in front of her with a sign labeled "Information Desk."