Chapter 319： change of weather

It was like a pebble was thrown from the calm water, and the auditorium became noisy in an instant.

There have been many serious incidents of Muggle attacks. This kind of words came out of Dumbledore's mouth, and even the most ignorant first-year student could instantly understand the seriousness.

I'm afraid, the wizarding world is really going to have a big problem.

Even though Dumbledore kept gesturing to keep silent, the whispered discussions among the students had gathered into a noisy wave.

Many young wizards from Muggle families have become visibly flustered, and even impatient students have stood up to ask where Dumbledore's accident happened.

"Quiet, quiet -" Dumbledore gave himself a sound like a bell, and the old man's thick voice finally suppressed the Hogwarts students.

Dumbledore glanced at the crowd with a serious expression, and then said: "At present, London, Bristol, Paris, Marseille, Germany, Berlin, Germany..."

The names of the cities came out from Dumbledore's mouth, and Sean's fingers were tightly clenched together.

All are some of the most densely populated cities in Europe, and Muggle attacks have occurred in almost every capital.

The students were completely disrupted by the news. It seemed like a bomb had been dropped in the auditorium. The explosion made everyone forget to speak, leaving only shock.

Now, even students from wizard families can't sit still...

"What's the situation?" Sean stood up at some point, his voice particularly prominent.

Dumbledore just glanced at him and said to everyone: "The situation is serious, hundreds of innocent Muggles have lost their lives, and all the staff of the Ministry of Magic have been dispatched."

"Who was the attacker?" Sean continued to ask.

"I haven't figured out the identity yet, the Aurors are trying their best to hunt down the attacker." Dumbledore still didn't look at him.

"Is there a danger of exposure in the wizarding world?"

"There is a certain danger, but the Ministry of Magic has assessed that the exposure risk is still within the controllable range, and all the staff of the Memory Deletion Department have been dispatched."

"What about the escape wizards in the major prisons?"

"Together, the Ministry of Magic is doing its best."

The conversation in the auditorium suddenly became bizarre, and the other students and staff did not speak. Only Sean stood up and kept asking relevant questions, while Dumbledore had never looked at him, but was answering questions from Sean to everyone.

Between the strange question and answer, the face of the matter was temporarily peeled off, and everyone frowned.

Just this morning, large-scale prison escapes occurred simultaneously in Azkaban, Soul Eater Tower, Alpine Prison and other magical places used to hold prisoners in various countries. The details are unknown, but Azkaban alone has at least Twenty ordinary prisoners and more than eight felons escaped.

Under such a serious jailbreak situation, the Auror offices of various countries were dispatched collectively. It was inevitable that the garrison forces responsible for monitoring the security of Muggle cities were immediately emptied a lot.

Under these circumstances, a group of unknown wizards launched terrorist attacks in major cities. They used magic spells to bomb several areas of the city with high traffic flow. After causing huge casualties, they rushed to the Aurors. Run away immediately before you come.

And under this sudden attack, the entire wizarding world and the Muggle world were thrown into chaos.

At the same time, the absconding key criminals continued to carry out attacks in passing Muggle gatherings, which caused great distress to the Aurors who were in pursuit.

The whole world, in just a few hours, has changed.

Now, the Ministers of Magic of various countries have been discussing measures with the governments of various countries, while obscuring the truth of the matter, while erasing the memories of witnesses at the disaster site.

"Anyway, the current situation is very serious -" Dumbledore glanced at the crowd solemnly, "From now on, Hogwarts will strictly implement the rules of the Ministry of Magic, and all students are not allowed to leave Hogwarts, at the same time, because the wizarding world Risk of exposure, all owl communications are temporarily banned."

After saying this, Dumbledore left directly.

Many students from Muggle families flocked to Professor McGonagall.

"Professor, my home is in London, I have to make sure my parents are safe..."

"Professor, my family is in Bristol, and my parents just wrote to me yesterday to tell me they're taking my brother to the city center for shopping..."

"Professor, professor!"

Professor McGonagall was surrounded at once.

"Please don't worry, Hogwarts has sent a professor, and we are contacting previous students, they will assist the professors to check the situation of all the students' families from Muggle families, and we will notify you as soon as there is any news. …”

However, this explanation did not work well for the distraught children, and the auditorium was already in chaos.

Shawn pulled the pale-faced Hermione and walked quickly outside the auditorium. On the way, he heard several Slytherins discussing how to contact their family members to inquire about the situation.

Daisy trotted and followed, and the three quickly left the crowd and came to the corridor on the eighth floor of the castle.

"Sean..." Hermione came back to her senses, biting her lip, her face helpless.

"Me, my parents, and your parents, they, they're all in London..."

Sean nodded with a livid face: "I know."

In order to ensure the secrecy of the wizarding world, it seems necessary to isolate the communication at Hogwarts, but no one can calm down in the face of the dilemma that the family may encounter.

Sean tried to calm himself down. His parents and his sister should be under the protection of the people sent by Dumbledore and Grindelwald. This kind of sudden attack would not be life-threatening to his family. of.

However, without accurate information, Sean couldn't be relieved, let alone Hermione, the Grangers were real ordinary people, and they didn't have the protection of wizards.

In a super city with a population of several million, the death of a hundred people and the injury of hundreds of people seems to be an extremely small probability in the face of the huge number.

However, when things do happen, no one can guarantee that he or his family will become one of the bright red molecules.

Sean had the urge more than once. He wanted to go back and check the situation in person, but the rationality in his mind suppressed the irrational thoughts.

First of all, the probability of an accident is very small, and secondly, if there is an accident, it will not help him to go back now, but it may cause more serious consequences.

Who knows if the real target of this accident will be the world's number one unstable bomb?

Under Hermione's helpless and Daisy's worried eyes, Sean took a few deep breaths.

"Wait, I'll be back soon." The wooden door of the Room of Requirement emerged in front of the three of them.

Sean gave an order, and then got straight into the disappearing cabinet.

The cabinet door was closed, and after counting silently in his heart, Sean opened the cabinet door.

It's changed... It's the first time Sean has returned to Nurmengard through the Vanishing Cabinet since Grindelwald and Dumbledore's apparent split in Paris.

The furnishings of Nurmengard's room where the vanishing cabinet was placed have been completely changed. It is no longer the warm and classical attic. The things here are scattered all over the place, and there are many traces of smashing.

Only myself and Grindelwald know here... Sean thought to himself.

But he didn't have time to deal with it now, and before quickly running to the fireplace in the room, Sean took out the floo powder.

The Floo network at Hogwarts is all monitored by the Ministry of Magic, and he can't use it, but Nurmengard is different, Grindelwald has opened the castle's authority to himself.

Moreover, when building Nurmengard, Grindelwald also deliberately laid a Floo network that was not monitored by any official agency, the kind that could be transnational.

Green flames rose, and Sean stepped directly in.

...

London, east of St Paul's Cathedral, one square mile.

A large number of banks, stock exchanges, gold markets and other financial institutions have been gathered on a small land, here is the famous City of London.

Above the building, the financial elites are busy working. However, many people are not thinking about work today. These well-informed people learned about the tragedy that happened in London this morning.

The government has issued an announcement saying that this was a very serious gas leak explosion, but their grapevine information suggests that there seems to be something more bizarre behind the incident.

In contrast, the new group of colleagues on the top floor of my building are not so weird-have you ever seen a financial company with a fireplace in the office?

In fact, this was Sean's idea. Mr. Wallup rented out this floor, and the Wizards' Rights Protection Agency, headed by Lupin, began to work in this mixed situation of wizards and Muggles.

Of course, the number of wizards is very small, and Lupin is generally in charge of handing over work with Muggles.

After Mr. Wallup's special training, Mr. Werewolf, who found a job, performed very well.

In the specially constructed small room, a green flame erupted from the fireplace, and Sean stepped out.

He brushed the dust off his shoulders and walked out of the room.

On the modern corridor, a man in a suit holding a stack of documents saw the boy who came out of the small room. He frowned and walked up: "Child, how did you get in?"

Sean didn't say anything, just threw a Confusion Charm over: "Where's your boss?"

The man in the suit replied dazedly: "A few strangely dressed clients came before, and the boss is meeting them in the private living room..."

Sean went to the living room with ease, and just as he was about to knock on the door, the door opened by itself.

Lupin was standing in the doorway.

"Sean? How did you get here? Come in."

Sean didn't have time to compliment the other party's trigger warning magic. He quickly walked into the living room, and when the door closed, he quickly asked, "Sir, I need you to help me protect my parents."

Lupin locked the door and looked back at him: "It really is for this, my God, how did you get out of Hogwarts... But don't worry, I went to your parents when I heard the news before, The accident happened in central London, far from your parents and they are safe."

Sean breathed a sigh of relief. He sat down on the sofa and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Lupin poured him a glass of water: "You should know the place where the incident happened, just 500 meters east of the Leaky Cauldron."

Sean frowned and took a sip from the glass: "Where? Did the attacker come out of Diagon Alley?"

"It's very likely." Lupin nodded, "I went to ask about the news as soon as it happened. You know, we opened a charity store in Diagon Alley some time ago, and the store manager gave me the news. The bar owner saw it. A group of strange wizards in red and black robes came out of the fireplace, all wearing hoods, and went straight out after a few drinks at the Leaky Cauldron."

Lupin quickly said the news he had received: "According to Tom, there are five people on the other side. The accent of the leader is a bit strange, not like an Englishman. Not long after they went out, there was a huge noise from the east. The sound of the explosion, you should know what happened next."

Not a local, attacked from the vicinity of the Leaky Cauldron Bar, and appeared in the bar openly... Sean silently wrote down a few key points, and then looked up at the other party.

Without waiting for him to speak, Lupin smiled: "I know your concern, in fact, just before you came, someone just left, a total of three people, all recruited from the list you gave me. In fact, I've looked at them for a long time too, and they're all trustworthy people - if nothing else, they should be near your house by now, and they can take your family away at any time if you want, Godric's Hollow. Bian has already rented the house Lily will also welcome your family."

With this amazing efficiency and this meticulous plan, Sean felt fortunate in his heart that hiring Lupin was one of his most correct choices.

"By the way, and the Grangers... Hold on, I'll call my parents." There was no electromagnetic interference from Hogwarts, and Sean picked up the landline and dialed the number at home.

Lupin sat on the sofa, watching the young man in front of him gently and seriously instructing his parents to pay attention to safety, and a smile appeared on his face.

After instructing his parents and asking someone to take the Grangers to his house for a while, Sean was completely relieved.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Lupin." Sean thanked sincerely.

Lupin said with a smile: "Your list has helped a lot. The people on it are very trustworthy, and I don't need to spend a lot of time finding people."

Sean shook his head: "It mainly depends on you."

That list came from Golden Dawn member Savannah Minsk, a member of the brokerage family who got a list of all Nurmengard graduates, ardent admirers of Grindelwald, just put the word Sean on it. The name of a personal disciple of Grindelwald was found, and they were much more trustworthy than ordinary wizards.

Lupin replied with a smile: "It's my duty, and, as a werewolf, such a good employer is certainly worthy of my utmost sincerity."

"Mr. Lupin, please don't say that. I don't think you are a different group from us. You just have a chronic disease. Just like my father, he has high blood pressure and has to take medicine on time." Sean spread his hands , looking relaxed.

Lupin's eyes flickered twice, he lowered his head and laughed twice, and then resumed his usual rigorous manner.

"So, what's next?"