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Chapter 717 A Decision That Was Completely Unnecessary?
Chapter 717 A dubious decision?
Diagon Alley is even more deserted than it was last year.
After Hogwarts went on holiday, it should have been the busiest two months of the year, but there was no one on the streets, and almost all the shops were closed.
In the entire Diagon Alley, it seems that only Gringotts and the Leaky Cauldron are still barely able to stay open.
All of this had little impact on Ollivander's Wand Shop, since even on busy days, business was slow. Customers only started coming in after the Hogwarts acceptance letters for the new school year were sent out.
After returning home, Siren spent another night engraving all the necessary runes onto the Slytherin locket.
The next day, Sirius slept until noon. After waking up, he wrote a letter to Dumbledore as previously agreed, telling him that his business was over and casually placed Gryffindor's sword on top of the cabinet next to him.
However, sending the letter proved to be a challenge for Xilun.
The situation outside is becoming increasingly dangerous; Death Eaters could jump out from any corner at any moment and kill those who haven't joined them.
In this situation, even the number of owls in the sky has decreased significantly. Occasionally, one or two will pass overhead, only to quickly fly away the next second.
To make matters worse, the Owl Post Office was also closed.
It is said that a clerk at the Diagon Alley post office was killed a few days ago for resisting Death Eater activities, and the terrifying Dark Mark floated in the air above the post office for three days before slowly dissipating.
After that, no one was willing to take on this mess.
He ran halfway down Diagon Alley with the letter, but when he had no other choice, he knocked on the door of the Eeyore Owl Shop, bought an owl, and finally managed to send the letter to Dumbledore.
"If you ask me, you should have bought an owl a long time ago," Lila said from the side. "That way, when you send letters back, we won't need to check if it's a Hogwarts owl first, which would save a lot of time."
"But that way you don't have to worry about being targeted, right?" Xiren shrugged.
Siren had considered buying an owl before, but he gave up the idea after Umbridge came to Hogwarts.
Because Umbridge intercepts students' mail, especially that of special students—like Harry's Hedwig, who is so conspicuous that she is almost always stopped when she flies back to Hogwarts.
The Death Eaters are not much different in character from Umbridge, so it's hard to say whether they would do such a thing. Therefore, using a different owl each time a letter is sent is also a way of maintaining secrecy.
There's no other way now.
As he watched the most common barn owl disappear over Diagon Alley, Siron returned to the store.
Dumbledore has just completely removed the curse and needs time to recover, so he probably won't be able to get here so quickly.
Before he arrived, Celen was not prepared to take the Ravenclaw crown, which served as a Horcrux, out of the shapeshifting lizard skin bag.
In the meantime, he can make another wand.
Back in his room, Celeste picked up the Slytherin locket from the table and took out something that looked like a plastic tube from the shapeshifting lizard skin bag.
The heart of Aragog, the king of the eight-eyed giant spiders—also the staff core that Siron had prepared long ago to match the pendant box.
Speaking of which, the basilisk should be the perfect match for the Slytherin locket. Unfortunately, most of the basilisks have now been soaked in various potions by Snape, making it virtually impossible to retrieve them.
The basilisk eye in Xiren's hand was also transformed into something else a few years ago—a ring that he always wore on his hand, seemingly inlaid with orange-yellow gemstones.
Fortunately, Aragog was no ordinary eight-eyed giant spider; it was the king of the eight-eyed giant spiders in the Forbidden Forest. Even Slughorn, when he first saw Aragog's corpse, repeatedly exclaimed that he had never seen such a large eight-eyed giant spider.
It would be nice to pair it with a Slytherin locket.
However, after we started production, a small hiccup occurred.
This pendant box is arguably the most troublesome staff body ever made by Xilun, and it wasn't easy for Xilun to integrate the staff core into the runes on the pendant box either.
If crafting a regular wand is like flying on a fire bolt, then this time it's like running on two legs.
It was as if each rune was weighed down by a boulder as big as a small mountain, and Xiren had to bear this heavy pressure until the runes were filled with the core of the staff.
But that's okay. Although the process is a bit slow, it's still progressing steadily, and it's during the holidays, so Xilun is very patient.
Now all that's left is to wait.
Waiting for the staff shaft and core to fuse together, and also waiting for Dumbledore's reply.
However, for several days afterward, there was still no news from Dumbledore. Sirius even began to suspect that the barn owl had failed to deliver the letter to Dumbledore.
It wasn't until two days later, in the afternoon, that the Gryffindor sword that had been on the cabinet suddenly disappeared, which put Siron at ease.
Fortunately, the owl he bought for eight Galleons did not fall victim to the Death Eaters and successfully found Dumbledore.
In addition, although Siren did not receive a letter from Gryffindor, he did receive a letter from someone else.
On the windowsill, a snow-white owl kept tapping on the window with its beak, forcing Celen to temporarily stop what he was doing.
He opened the window, let Hedwig in, and took the envelope she was clutching; it was from Harry.
Urged on by Hedwig, Siron opened the envelope.
Dear Siren:
I really don't understand why they insist on sending me back to the Dursleys. You know, soon the protective magic on me will completely lose its effect. Mrs. Weasley told me that they—I mean the Order of the Phoenix—will move me to a safe place (12 Grimmauld Place).
I don't understand. Since I have to go there during this holiday, why can't I just go there from the beginning and avoid having to make an extra trip?
The letter contained very little; it was just Harry complaining about the Order of the Phoenix's decision.
Earlier at King's Cross Station, Siron returned to Diagon Alley with Garian and Lila, unaware of Harry's final destination.
He had only just found out that Harry had been sent back to Privet Drive.
Faced with Harry's question, Siron didn't know how to explain.
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In his opinion, Harry was right. Since Number Twelve Grimmauld Place was safe enough, why bother sending Harry back to Privet Drive?
At this moment, Hedwig pecked Siron's finger, urging him to reply quickly.
Siron could only hastily lay out a piece of parchment and tell Harry that Dumbledore should have his own plans and that he just needed to wait patiently.