Chapter 868: Leaving the Leaky Cauldron

Sirius had returned to reality, but the black cat had not.

It walked in the vast white realm, carefully sensing and searching for something.

During this period, it observed that the mist here would occasionally evolve into some tangible existences.

For example, the hillside under its feet, and the irises swaying on the hillside.

As the black cat walked, it skillfully calculated the time it had stayed in the Boundary.

Five hours and forty minutes...

It was getting longer and longer.

As the walking time grew longer, the black cat saw more and more wooden houses.

It curiously approached a wooden house; the black cat statue beside the small oak door did not look like it at all.

But the wizards in the Boundary seemed keen on doing this.

Whether it was the black cat portrait on the oak door or the black cat statue beside the oak door, they all truly revealed this fact.

The change brought about by this fact was that the black cat's yarn balls were becoming more and more numerous.

At first, they were just simple ones, intertwined like real yarn balls, the size of a black cat.

Now, they were becoming more numerous, and the balls they wound into were becoming fatter, fully the size of a cat-leopard.

The black cat thought that this was probably not just because of the wizards in the Boundary, but even more so, because of the wizards in the Wizarding World.

The black cat did not know whether it should thank the old Hufflepuff senior.

But regardless, Senior Newt had revealed a part of the Boundary's secrets to it: for example, the existence of reverse souls; and had also helped it form some bonds with other wizards—whether it wanted to or not.

Now, it could stay for a longer time.

This also made the black cat harbor a faint expectation.

*Dream Stories* had once confessed: after seven hours, the sky would darken, and stars would fill the night sky.

The priest told Merlin that the stars here were the brightest... he also learned the ability to divine the future from it...

Divining the future...

The black cat thought of its Divination studies, which had always been stuck at the final step, and always felt that there must be some key magical trick it had not yet known.

But none of this mattered anymore.

The black cat saw dusk descending, descending between the roots and leaves of the wild grass, descending between the yellow flower buds, descending into the boundless green wilderness.

This was the first time it had stayed for so long, the first time it felt that night would come.

It felt a sense of comfort, just like waiting for the Hogwarts library to open.

But to the black cat's disappointment, the mist rose up after all.

It did not wait for the night, but the black cat soon did not feel lost—it already possessed a dusk.

And it would always wait for the best time to learn Divination.

Thus, the necessary waiting became a kind of happiness.

After time was stretched longer, the expectation was also stretched.

The only thing that made the black cat hesitate was that it had not found Leta.

She seemed to be in a very distant place.

This meant it could not quickly find the witch who had caused Professor Dumbledore to be troubled for many years.

At the same time, the black cat also realized one certain thing.

Its way of walking in the Boundary seemed somewhat special.

In Professor Dumbledore's eyes, the Boundary was a realm untouched and unknown by anyone, possessing unimaginable danger;

even in *Dream Stories*, Merlin was carefully exploring this place.

But for the black cat, the Boundary was too gentle.

Those dangers aimed at wizards had never harmed it in the slightest.

The black cat did not know the reason for this, having only some faint guesses.

At the same time, it also had some thoughts about the future.

The suddenly appearing Uagadou headmaster told it that Uagadou was waiting for the return of the eldest son;

and Professor Dumbledore told it that only a wizard who could bring souls in and out was considered the eldest son of the Uagadou deity.

Thus the black cat began to ponder why it could bring souls into the dreamscape, and whether its special permissions had any special significance?

Or did it just happen to fit the special rules of the Boundary?

Then, could it really bring souls into the world of the living?

Although magic had never followed the principle of equivalent exchange, nor the law of conservation of energy, all of this was still too magical.

When the mist shrouded everything, the black cat also left this place.

It thought that next time, it might be able to find Leta.

The second to last week of summer vacation.

More than one wizard moved out of Diagon Alley in an instant.

When Sien walked to the entrance of the Leaky Cauldron, he happened to see the Wei Silai family busy moving all their trunks down the narrow stairs of the Leaky Cauldron.

Their belongings were piled at the entrance, and the cages of Hedwig and Hermes—Percy's long-eared owl—were placed on top of the trunks.

Beside the trunks was a small wicker basket, from which a very loud purring sound came.

That was Hermione's Crookshanks; with her parents' permission, Hermione had also stayed at the pub for one night.

"Sien, good morning—"

Of course, there was also Justin.

"Good morning."

Sien said softly.

At this time, the young wizards and the Weasleys were all sitting around chairs, waiting to eat breakfast.

And Sien walked out of the pub, looked up, and could see that the window of Room 10 had already been opened, and a black dog was casting its gaze outside the window.

The moment it made eye contact with Sien, the black dog slightly bent its knees, its eyes flashing with human-like, fanatical respect.

"Good morning, sir."

Sien did not say whose name it was, but the black dog knew, and its heart warmed.

Although he did not need it, being cared about by others was always pleasant, especially... being watched by a deity.

Just then, the hurried Mr. Wei Silai suddenly walked out, walking onto the street where only Sien was, and Harry followed right behind Mr. Wei Silai.

"We are preparing to return to the Burrow, and before we leave, there is something I must tell you—"

Mr. Wei Silai said nervously.

"No need, Mr. Wei Silai,"

Harry said in a low voice,

"I already know."

"You know? How did you know?"

"I—er—I heard you and Mrs. Wei Silai talking last night. I couldn't help but listen,"

Harry quickly added,

"I'm sorry—"

"I wouldn't want you to find out about this in that way."

Mr. Wei Silai appeared very worried,

"Harry, you must be terrified—"

"No."

Harry said earnestly.

"Really,"

He saw Mr. Wei Silai show a look of disbelief, so he added,

"I'm not trying to act tough, but honestly, Sirius Black couldn't be more terrifying than Voldemort, right?"

Mr. Wei Silai flinched upon hearing this name, but did not take it to heart.

"Harry, I know you are, um, braver and stronger than Fudge thinks.

I am certainly glad to see you aren't scared, but—"

"Arthur!"

Mrs. Wei Silai called out; she was already taking care of the others who were preparing to leave,

"Arthur, what are you doing? Hurry up!"

"Coming, Molly!"

Mr. Wei Silai said, then turned back to Harry, saying in a lower, more urgent voice,

"Listen, I want you to promise me..."

The two's conversation was urgent and fast; not only did Sien slightly furrow his brows, but the black dog by the window also had its fur tremble.

Even Professor Sineipu, who had just emerged from the distant horizon of Diagon Alley, was coldly watching this place. ===== CHAPTER 869 =====