HP meets at Hogwarts

Chapter 170 Four Thoughts

Ann happily answered Hermione's call at night.The conversation with Aaron and Dinah made her feel a lot easier. After the meeting of the Order of the Phoenix, it was time to confess to the Gryffindor trio.

Even though the way forward is unclear, Ann still believes that she can defeat the mysterious man in the end and be with them.

"Hermione? Did everything go well home?"

"Very good," said Hermione, "Ann, are you still going to China for the summer vacation?"

"Well, well. It depends on the situation, but the situation in Britain is indeed unclear. I told you last time that the Roland family does have the intention to transfer assets. And China is a big cake, we must divide it .”

"Really? That's pretty good." Hermione said, and the Grangers' voices came from the other end of the phone, "Oh, Ann, I'll talk to you tomorrow, my parents called me."

"Okay. You go, go to bed early. Good night." Ann said softly.

"You too, good night," said Hermione.

After Hermione finished speaking, she hung up the phone. After Ann hung up the phone, she touched her nose. She felt a little strange. Why did she feel that Hermione didn't want to talk to her more?

Shaking her head, Ann felt that it must be an illusion. It should be because of Dumbledore's death. Hermione was not in a good mood, after all, she had just attended the funeral today.They are not like themselves, mentally prepared in advance.

Thinking of this, An felt her nose a little sour again.

"Hmph, old guy, it's really worrying." An muttered, then turned and walked towards the study.It's better to finish the meeting points of the Order of the Phoenix and the following action guidelines as soon as possible.

Ann was busy until late at night before going to bed.I got up early the next morning, finished breakfast with Aaron and Dinah, sent them to work at the Ministry of Magic, and plunged into the news reports of Voldemort's Death Eaters and Dementors everywhere.

Gu Ke sent lunch and "Daily Prophet" and "Wizard Weekly" to Ann's study during lunch time.Ann's study was very different from the past. It was full of parchments flying around, as well as various data sheets, newspaper clippings, and letters from various places through the Order of the Phoenix.

After finally finding an open space in the corner of the piano, An ate with a lunch box and picked down the delivered "Daily Prophet" from time to time.

Dumbledore's death did cause a lot of excitement in the wizarding world, plus how Dumbledore's death happened, Harry only told a few people at the time, and most people didn't know what happened that night.The heavily guarded Hogwarts was invaded, and the downfall of an iconic figure who fought against Voldemort undoubtedly plunged the entire British wizarding world into a more panic-stricken situation than before.

The first page of the Daily Prophet is a lengthy eulogy for Dumbledore's death.The author is Elphias Dorje.

After reading the eulogy, the third page is another full page teaching wizards how to hide at home and prevent nonsense from Death Eaters.After flipping through it quickly, Ann saw a new news on the fifth page: the violence spread, and a Muggle wizard family in Manchester was killed.

Ann froze for a moment, Manchester?Putting down the lunch box and waving his magic wand, dozens of pieces of parchment gathered on the floor and in the air, forming a pile and falling to Ann.Ann picked up the stack of parchment and quickly flipped through it. After reading it, she sighed. Sure enough, the news was not easy to collect.

Picking up the lunch box, he took two more bites and finished eating.Ann placed the empty lunch box on the open space, stood up and entered the vast ocean of messy news.

Having dinner with Aaron and Dinah, Ann discussed how to specifically withdraw the Roland family from England, as well as the whereabouts of 'Ann Roland Stoke'.

An knew that after Voldemort became powerful, he even took control of the Ministry of Magic.If the whereabouts of the identity of 'Ann Roland Stoke' is not dealt with in advance, Dinah and Aaron will definitely be implicated in the future.Of course she didn't want to do this. The best way was to make the Roland family and 'Ann Roland Stoke' disappear from the sphere of influence of the British magic circle.

"I can write a letter to ask Xiao An to suspend your studies for a year. The reason is to deal with the Far East trade. Anyway, when I was studying at Hogwarts, my father didn't have such ideas." Dana said, "And, Xiao An, You passed the patriarchal test better than me, and theoretically, you are also eligible to wear this patriarchal ring."

Ann's reaction to this was to quickly wave her hands, "No, no, no, Aunt Dinah, I think it's better for you to wear it. After everything is over, I plan to play for a few more years."

Aaron was amused by Ann's words, "Xiao An, are you so confident to overcome this difficulty? The other party is not simple."

Although I don't know exactly what happened, I am confident that Voldemort will be around for another year at most.Ann thought so, but said haha, "Be optimistic. In short, if the hidden mission Dumbledore gave me goes well, it should be successful. Well, I really can't say what the hidden mission is. In a few days , at the Burrow meeting, some things in the Order of the Phoenix will also change."

The phone call with Hermione at night lasted for nearly 15 minutes, but after hanging up the phone, An's doubts grew even greater.Conversations with Hermione always made her feel a little weird, but she couldn't say exactly where.

Another day later, Ann hung up on Hermione again, and the doubts in her heart increased instead of diminishing.Did Dumbledore's death affect Hermione so much?

An thought to herself, when she came to the study, she happened to see Gu Ke arranging newspapers, books, and magazines according to her instructions.

"Good evening, little master." Gu Ke said respectfully.

"Good evening, Gu Ke. Thank you for your hard work." Ann said, walking to the desk with a confused face, flipping through the magazines on the desk.

"Little master," Gu Ke pointed to the newspapers that had been sorted out, "Should I keep these for tomorrow, or should Gu Ke put them in the storage room tonight?"

"Let's stay here first. Let it go tomorrow, you go to rest first." Ann said, flipping through the organized newspapers.

"Okay, little master. Pay attention to rest, good night." After Gu Ke finished speaking, with a slap, Apparation left.

Flipping through the newspaper, Ann once again found the news that a family of Muggle wizards in Manchester had been murdered.

Then, it seemed as if a thunderbolt woke him up in his head.

Ann suddenly understood why Hermione felt weird to her these days.She had been ignoring a problem before.That is, the news that 'Skool' should know, she acquiesced that 'Ann' also knew.

But the problem is, Hermione doesn't know that 'Ann' knows about the Horcruxes.Because after Jill's accident last time, Ann was indeed depressed for a while. At that time, the Gryffindor trio cut off communication with Ann.In the past few days of phone calls, Hermione always led the topic intentionally or unintentionally, and never talked about her summer vacation and her future whereabouts.And Ann knew that Hermione was going to help Harry, so she subconsciously ignored it.

From this point of view, Hermione didn't want Ann to know about the Horcrux.Reminiscent of the hesitant eyes of Harry and Ron under the big beech tree on the day of Dumbledore's death, and the kiss after Hermione.

Ann instantly understood that Hermione was planning to keep herself in the dark.Anyway, after she, Harry, and Ron left, no one would know where they went, because only four people knew about it.But 'an' will not be included.

This, idiot.

Hermione sat on the bed in the bedroom, where there were many books, parchments, newspapers and some daily necessities neatly arranged.There is also a pile of medicines that seem to have been sorted and classified by the corner.No matter how you look at it, this is a posture of going out.

Rubbing the necklace around her neck, Hermione stared out the window for a moment.

"Seventeen." Hermione murmured a French word.

The violet flower in the drop-shaped oval transparent pendant flashed for a moment, and a gentle and melodious piano sound sounded, which was the first part of "Dear" that An once played.As the sound of the piano music faded, Ann's voice sounded.

The voice is not loud, after special processing, it sounds like it is speaking in Hermione's ear.

"Hey, 17-year-old Hermione. Happy birthday. How should I put it, before I met you, I never thought that such a day would come, unbelievable but of course, several times, when I looked at you, time seemed to freeze Yes. At the beginning, I was foolishly resisting, until the day under the beech tree, I completely figured it out. Everyone has their own way, and my way is connected to yours. Destiny always brings people Wonderful arrangement, the original me, I didn’t believe in fate and even spurned fate. Why did many things with such a small probability have to be me, but a series of things that happened after that made me feel a little grateful to fate. It was its arrangement that made me realize what happened before I have never experienced it before, and all of this has become me now. In the end, the flower language of the violet flower is that I like you very much, and this is what I want to tell you."

Putting the necklace into the collar, Hermione picked up a box and opened it. Inside was the toy given by Ann, 'Tumbler'.Putting the little doll that resembled Ann's appearance in her palm, Hermione pushed it once and for all. Finally, she gritted her teeth and put the toy into the box.

Waving the wand, all kinds of things in the room flew neatly into an open handbag.Closing the handbag, Hermione looked at the box on the bedside table, and finally put the box in the handbag, but didn't move it either.

Hermione looked around the room again to check if there was anything missing, and her eyes finally stopped on the gray schoolbag hanging on the coat rack by the wall. The shoulder bag was simple in style and had no pattern.

She remembered An's decent way of delivering her schoolbag that day, Fanny's remark that the schoolbag was ugly, and An's rebuttal with puffed cheeks.And after that, as long as she was carrying a schoolbag, she would notice when she saw An running around with the same schoolbag on her back, smiling, angry or stern.

Shaking her head, Hermione put her handbag on the table and lay on her back on the bed, staring at the ceiling.An image of Ann lounging in her Slytherin robes and yawning in History of Magic class loomed on the white ceiling.

With red eyes and biting her lower lip, Hermione took the quilt to cover her head.I plan to leave tomorrow, and what I'm about to face is a hundred times more dangerous than all previous adventures, and if it's a little bit worse, it's likely to involve more people.She couldn't drag Allah into this muddy water like before. Even someone as powerful as Dumbledore passed away, so she didn't dare to think about it.

In front of an ordinary villa in the suburbs of London, the street was empty in the early morning, the sky was gray, and it looked like another cloudy day.A sports car was driving on the street at a high speed, and finally came to a halt with a babble. Just as the car came to a complete stop, An, who was dressed in casual clothes, couldn't wait to jump out of the car.

Walking through the small garden to the door, Ann took a breath, lowered her head and straightened her clothes before ringing the doorbell.

Not long after, the door was opened. Mrs. Granger couldn't help being surprised when she saw Ann standing at the door, "Ann? Why are you here? Hermione didn't tell us."

"Mrs. Granger, good morning. I didn't tell Hermione yesterday. I came here temporarily to find Hermione. Is she at home?" Ann finished speaking in one breath, the last sentence showing nervousness.

After opening the door to let Ann into the house, Mrs. Granger led Ann to the dining room.

"Ah, I'm here. But I don't know what's going on in the past few days, and she's been hiding in the room. She didn't tell us, look, she hasn't gotten up yet." Mrs. Granger said worriedly, "I was just going to bring her breakfast up."

"Good morning, Ann." Mr. Granger, who was reading the newspaper, greeted Ann.Ann also replied politely with a smile, "Good morning, sir. Now, ma'am, I think I'll deliver your breakfast up there for you. If I guess correctly, I probably know what happened to Hermione."

"Really? Great, I'm a little worried. But, Ann, you're a guest, and we haven't—"

"It's okay, I'm happy to help." An Xiao said gently.

"Let Ann help deliver it," Mr. Granger said, "Hermione, the child has not been in a good state these days. You should prepare more biscuits and tea. Let them have a chat."

"That's good." Mrs. Granger nodded, "I'll take out the cake and biscuits I baked yesterday, Ann, would you like some dried fruit?"

The author has something to say:

Hermione made the exact same mistake Ann made here.That is, they were concerned about the identities of the people around them, fearing that they would be in danger, so they decided not to tell anything.

The author just wants to say, it’s really not that the whole family doesn’t enter the house.

whee.