Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 110: Smuggling

Matthew just glanced at the news briefly, and then he suddenly felt a little funny——

Azkaban has criminals escaping from prison, isn't this a common occurrence; what kind of news is this, and it can still be on the headlines?

What's more, the whole news did not even give the names and information of several fugitives; it just mentioned that the special mission of the Ministry of Magic in Azkaban who was in charge of the night watch that day had been severely punished...

What is the difference between this and no report?

But speaking of it, he should be going to "smuggle" with Mr. Shafik tonight.

If you are unlucky, you may have to live in Azkaban for a while.

Matthew threw the newspaper aside and left Lihen Bookstore.

He went to the Leaky Cauldron not far away, had a simple breakfast there, and took care of some personal affairs by the way.

……

The night is coming soon.

As soon as it got dark, Mr. Shafik ordered the shop assistants to close the bookstore early.

At the same time, he gave Matthew a look.

Matthew quickly returned a "understanding" expression to Mr. Shafik, and then went back to the basement, back to the damp and dark hut that belonged to him.

He changed the clerk uniform of Lihen Bookstore and put on a wizard robe without any logo; in addition, he also put on his own dragon leather gloves; The dragon skin protective suit is not with him, otherwise he would definitely wear it...

Sitting on the bed, he flipped through the textbooks for the second grade, such as "Standard Spells Level 2" (Matthew took away his textbooks as early as the first day he came to Lihen Bookstore), While waiting patiently.

I have been waiting for a long time...

Until the time on the watch shows eleven o'clock in the middle of the night——

The door of the hut was suddenly knocked lightly.

Matthew quickly put down the book, picked up his wand, and walked out.

Mr. Shafik is waiting for him outside the door, besides him, there is another clerk from Lihen Bookstore...

Matthew couldn't call out his name for a while, but in his impression, he only remembered that he seemed to be a relatively taciturn adult wizard in the bookstore.

There are only three people, and there are fewer members participating in this smuggling "activity" than Matthew imagined...

"Keep your voice down, Wakefield." Mr. Shafik reminded: "Try not to make too much noise."

"Yes." Matthew nodded.

The three of them walked out of Lihen Bookstore together, and came to the dark Diagon Alley in the middle of the night.

……

Since it was already late, most of the shops in Diagon Alley were closed.

The cobblestone-paved long street was empty, and no pedestrians could be seen.

It was obviously not the first time that Mr. Shafik had done this. He did not act rashly, but carefully observed that there were no wizards around.

After confirming that there would be no witnesses, he just gave Matthew and another wizard a wink, motioning them to follow.

And the taciturn clerk, who looked like Matthew, had no experience in doing this before; both of them were a little at a loss, and they hurriedly followed.

"Mr. Shafik, don't we use Apparation and Floo Network?" Matthew asked curiously while trying to keep up with Mr. Shafik's pace.

"Of course it can't be used." Mr. Shafik replied in a low voice while observing his surroundings carefully, "Whether it's the Apparition Network, the Floo Network or the Portkey, the Ministry of Magic has very strict surveillance. Every time it is used, a record will be left... once it is discovered, it will be exposed... so it must not be used!"

"Come on!" he urged.

Matthew noticed that the direction Mr. Shafik was heading was not the Leaky Cauldron.

They walked for about five minutes, then walked around Gringotts, trying to keep the goblins inside as invisible as possible (Gringotts is a twenty-four-hour wizarding bank).

"Here, hurry up!" Mr. Shafik waved his hand towards them again.

It was only then that Matthew noticed that Mr. Shafik led them into a side road.

Seems to be - Knockturn Alley!

In other words, this used to be Knockturn Alley... As early as a year ago, Matthew knew that the black magic item shop here had been forcibly closed by the Ministry of Magic, and the entire alley was deserted.

Even so... But when they walked forward along the dirty path, they could still see some scary things in the next window.

For example, in a huge window opposite, there are a few shrunken human heads displayed eeriely...

In the dark night, the alley is silent and gloomy, the wind is howling, and from time to time you can hear the rustling of leaves blown by the wind, and the screams of wild cats—

Matthew is fine, but his other companion, the taciturn adult clerk, has already started to tremble.

"Don't be afraid, hold on for a while!" Mr. Shafik encouraged them: "This road has an exit from Diagon Alley, we can only go here... because we can't use the exit from the Leaky Cauldron Leave, there are too many people there, and fish and dragons are mixed together, it is easy to be found!"

"Yes!" Matthew nodded.

As for the other companion who was terrified, he was already speechless.

Fortunately, the exit Mr. Shafiq mentioned is not far away.

After about ten minutes, they passed through a fence, and they successfully left the dirty, dark and gloomy alley just now.

Matthew noticed that ~IndoMTL.com~ the three of them have come to the streets of London.

……

"Shall we walk there?" Matthew asked with some doubts.

"No, let's fly over." Mr. Shafik shook his head first, and then explained: "Follow me again."

They walked through a Muggle street, and found a very remote phone booth that seemed to have been abandoned for a long time... and the surrounding Muggles seemed to be unable to see this phone booth that affected the "city appearance" so much.

Mr. Shafik pulled open the door of the phone booth, and Matthew found several broomsticks hidden inside.

"Wakefield, can you ride a broomstick?" Mr. Shafik asked.

Matthew spread his hands.

Obviously, this is the first time he has come into contact with this kind of transportation.

"It's okay, then you sit behind me." Mr. Shafik said without hesitation, and then he took out two broomsticks from the phone booth.

He rode one on himself, and threw the other to another clerk.

Matthew noticed that, unlike the broomsticks seen in the Quidditch shop, the one in Mr. Shafik's hand has no label or number...

"Let's go!"

After Matthew and another clerk sat firmly on the broomstick, Mr. Shafik gave the order without hesitation.

Immediately, the two broomsticks soared into the air, and they disappeared into the London night.