HP: The Shadow Returns

When she returned to the house, she passed by the door of their room. There were bursts of sharp laughter from women inside. They didn't seem to realize that the girl had disappeared from home for a day, or they didn't care at all.

Sansaro went straight up to the second floor and back to the room with an expressionless face. Fides, who was almost suffocating, was the first to emerge from the shadows and rubbed his head around the hem of the girl's clothes, asking for a touch.

But the next second, Baka, who was bigger, rushed out and knocked Fides aside, entangled and quarreled with each other without saying a word.

The girl turned around and sat on the bed and watched their actions, with a helpless smile on her pale face. The black mist spread from her body and slowly gathered to the side to form a sphere, with Manna's head actually exposed inside.

"I am really happy today"

Sansaro watched Manna happily chatting with her. The two brothers also saw their sister's appearance. They rushed over excitedly and nestled around them on the bed, rubbing Manna with their heads.

Manna, who had been able to cultivate herself in the black air, immediately let out a scolding grunt. Fides huddled directly behind Sansaro, but the thin figure could not block much of its huge body like an anaconda.

"They are protecting me. They are just a little too happy now." Sansaro liked this atmosphere very much. He bent his eyes and stroked their heads while speaking for the two brothers.

"Look." She immediately stretched out her hand, and a strong light flickered in Sansaro's palm, illuminating the dim room and her pale and thin cheeks.

"I don't need a wand to cast Lumos. I didn't even say it out loud, I just thought about it."

Haas...

"I didn't tell him, this is important, right? I want to study black magic, it fascinates me."

A white light flashed on Sansaro's lens, she looked at Manna blankly and murmured

"Everything that's been going on lately is weird, magical,..."

As she spoke, a sharp pain instantly penetrated her brain, like a knife and saw being violently stirred inside. Sansaro suddenly froze and widened her eyes.

"Uh..."

She held her head and cried out in pain, and the black mist around her became unstable. Fides and Baka, who didn't know what was happening, were frightened by the noise.

The sound in Manna's throat became more and more intense. She stretched out her body with all her strength to wrap around the girl in the restless black fog. It took a long time to finally calm down Sansaro and stopped thinking about it.

She fell exhausted on Fides, the cold sweat on her forehead slid down her temples into her hair, and Sansaro closed her eyes tiredly.

"Just wait, everything will get better"

...

When night came, Sansaro just took a quick bite. The faint but not very serious labor pain kept tormenting her, making her unhealthy cheeks become increasingly pale and thin.

But the latest news comes one after another.

Cedric started school and went to London's King's Cross Station early in the morning. Before doing so, he told Sansaro and she wrote back wishing him good luck.

And even though Perfa lived under the same roof, he didn't notice the girl looking haggard and doing nothing all day long. Lafido's tolerance for him was almost reaching its limit.

She would go out every day these days, and would come back very late with a thick wad of money, but even so, it was almost enough for Pofa to squander it in just two days.

He somehow got hooked on marijuana and was delirious all day...

Sansaro stood at the corner of the stairs and looked quietly at the man whose eyes were deeply sunken, like a god of death staring at the departing soul, as if he would swing the sickle in his hand to chop off the man's head when the time came.

She wouldn't do that. Sansaro walked down the stairs step by step and walked around the man's huge body sitting on the sofa. When she narrowed her eyes, she found that Perfa's fat fingers were holding an old photo.

Looking closer, there is a beautiful girl with a graceful figure and a bright smile and a strong young man who is hugging her very intimately. The two are having fun on the beach, and they look very eye-catching.

But when Sansaro realized that it was Perfa and Laphido above, she still couldn't believe it. But in just ten years, has time changed people so much?

What on earth did they go through?

Sansaro just sighed in her heart and opened the door to leave. She was too lazy to pay attention to these things that meant nothing to her. There were too many tragedies in the world, no matter what the reason was, but they had already happened.

Because he left too quickly, Sansaro also did not see the tears falling from the corners of the man's eyes due to pain, and the determined look that was buried.

Sansaro, who had been walking outside, recalled how Cedric had told her how Muggle wizards should go to Diagon Alley.

Of course, before that we have to go to London first.

She made several transfers, and although the little girl's appearance caused some minor troubles along the way, she managed to reach the bustling capital before noon.

port of london

People come and go here, the lively vendors, passing trams and towering buildings are the main components here. Standing here, you can even hear the whine of the ship starting in the distance.

Sansaro stood here in an old white dress, with a thin figure, thick black-rimmed glasses that covered less than half of her face, and two braids hanging on her chest. She was wearing high heels, a suit and leather shoes, and she was well-dressed. Trendy and beautiful people are very out of place.

Feeling their appreciative glances, the girl walked in the direction she wanted to go without changing her expression. It didn't matter. With the mark, she could go straight to Diagon Alley next time.

She thought to herself as she searched for the location of the Leaky Cauldron.

London is very big, how long will it take if she continues like this alone... With a thought in Sansaro's mind, two black figures rushed out from her side.

In just a minute, she sensed the location of the Leaky Cauldron. Sansaro, who knew the route, went straight to the dilapidated door with dusty handrails without any effort. There was no one here and it was not easy to be exposed. Good location.

Sansaro looked at the thick dust above and frowned slightly, but finally raised his hand to open the door and walked in.

But if you look carefully, you can see that she didn't actually put her hand on it at all.

Another scene with the laughing crowd quickly appeared in front of Sansaro. The place was very dark and simple, and it seemed that there were all kinds of people there. Some wizards and witches were drinking beer, reading newspapers in their hands, and... Some were chatting.

Sansaro's appearance did not affect anyone. She arrived at the bar smoothly, where a man with a stooped back and no hair looked at her very kindly.

"Can I help you?"

"I want to go to Diagon Alley." The girl raised her head and said without any condescension.

She noticed the man's eyes blinking, and then he asked, "Where is your guardian?"

"They don't have time to come. I want to come over alone and take a look." To a certain extent, Sansaro felt that what he said was true.

"Okay, brave little wizard, I am the boss here, you can call me, Old Tom"

Tom?

I don't know why, but Sansaro, who was very calm for a second while standing in front of the bar, felt a strange feeling in his heart.

She cheered up, smiled at Old Tom and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome"

He walked out from behind the bar, holding a long and thin wand in his hand, and led Sansaro to a small patio with four walls, and then he began to knock the bricks on the trash can.

Count three upwards - count two bricks horizontally...Finally, tap the wall three times with the wand. In an instant, the brick shakes and slides away to both sides, with a small hole appearing in it. Finally, the hole slowly becomes a large brick. An archway where three people pass side by side.

"Okay, little wizard, let's start your adventure. Remember to come back here after shopping."

"Ok, thank you"