The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 575 The Muggle World

"Excuse me, ladies." The middle-aged man said, opening the car door and casually showing his identification.

"Can I see your tickets?" he said, extending his hand.

Well!

Is this the Muggle Ministry of Magic?

Should it be called the Muggle Division?

The middle-aged Muggle's rather serious demeanor made Loila instinctively shrink back, and this action caused the Muggle to frown slightly.

"this--"

However, before he could even speak, Hilo had already handed him two tickets.

"These are our tickets," she said slowly.

The middle-aged man pursed his lips, took the ticket, and glanced at it a few times, seemingly carefully checking its authenticity. After a while, he nodded slightly and said, "Your tickets are fine."

But his gaze couldn't help but drift towards Loira, as if he was puzzled by her appearance.

"Madam—why are you always wearing a hood?" he asked slowly. "Are you feeling unwell?"

"Ah————" Loila trembled at the sudden question, and she stammered, unable to utter a single word.

If I say something wrong—if I say something wrong, will I get eaten by Muggles?

"Could you please take off your hood?" the Muggle continued, finding Loila, who remained faceless and huddled in the corner with her hood up, extremely suspicious.

"Ahem—" Shiloh coughed softly and stood up between the Muggles and Loila.

"Sir, don't frighten her," Shiloh said slowly. "She's just a child."

Well? !

Loila suddenly looked up at Shiloh.

Then Shiloh slowly said, "She's my sister. She has a skin problem, so she can't be in the sun—"

"We went to London for medical treatment—we just got back."

"Then—" the Muggle paused and said, "why didn't she say a word?"

His expression was full of confusion.

Upon hearing this, Shiloh lowered her voice and said, "There's something wrong with her here."

Hilo pointed to the spot on his head as he spoke.

"So she's not very good at talking —"

Ok?

What do you mean there's a problem here?! I clearly don't have any problems!

Loila pursed her lips, about to retort, but the Muggle showed a slightly pitying look: "Is that so?"

"I'm so sorry," the Muggle said with an apologetic smile. "Please let us know if you need any help."

"I will." Shiloh gave a polite smile, then watched the Muggle leave the carriage.

"Miss Shiloh!" As soon as he left, Loila glared at Shiloh and said angrily, "I—I'm fine!"

"That's the simplest way," Hilo shrugged and said slowly. "Should I tell him that we are actually a pair of wizards who are about to explore a very dangerous and mysterious cave, and that if he bothers us again I will just kill him with the Killing Curse?"

"ah----"

Miss Hilo's sudden long and complicated sentence made Loila's previous momentum falter. After thinking for a few seconds, she lowered her head and said, "Then there's no need—no need to say that there's a problem with me, right—"

Seeing that Loila didn't seem very happy, Shiloh paused for a moment, then reached out and patted Loila's head: "It was just a joke, okay?"

"Of course there's no problem with you—you're very smart."

Even if you say that now, I won't be happy.

However, Shiloh's words did have some effect. No Muggles bothered the two of them until the train arrived at the station. In fact, when the two of them encountered the Muggle again after getting off the train, he showed a rather apologetic expression.

I'm not happy at all!

However—the most difficult task should have been completed, shouldn't it?

Looking at the sun in the sky, Shiloh raised an eyebrow and said, "It's a little faster than I expected."

"I thought it would be evening."

"Why—why?" Loila blinked. "Is it because there's some danger?"

"No," Shiloh shook her head. "It's just that Muggle trains are often late."

"And occasionally there are accidents that stop the train for a long time—like mudslides or broken bridges—" Hilo said as if reminiscing, "So sometimes I would go out of my way to help fix the road."

Miss Hilo is also a helpful wizard —

"That cave is still a bit far, let's rest in the town first." Hilo said, and started walking towards the town, forcing Loila to quickly follow her.

This place is full of Muggles. If I get separated from Miss Shiloh, it's uncertain whether I can even make it back to Hogwarts alive.

"This town is most famous for its black tea—we might want to try some—and today is Halloween—I think there's some kind of event going on—are you interested?"

"Ah—that—" Loila tapped her fingers and said, "Shouldn't we—complete the exploration first?"

"Of course there will be exploration," Hilo said, pausing for a moment. "But aren't you curious about how Muggles celebrate Halloween?"

Honestly, I'm not curious at all. What if their way of celebrating the festival is to eat Veggie ear stew or something?

And Miss Hilo, why do I feel... something's really strange... weren't we here to do something very important?

Why would it really be like a tourist trip?

Besides—Miss Rihiro in Loy's eyes doesn't seem to be like that—Miss Rihiro is always very serious, very meticulous—and also seems quite aloof—

But why did Miss Hilo feel—like she really was a girl in her twenties—on this trip?

Hmm—Miss Hilo seems to have always been a young girl, right?

Seeing the slight confusion in Loila's eyes, Shiloh seemed to realize something as well. She sighed softly and said, "Loila—"

"I've just—maybe I've just been a little too—busy lately." She said, giving a slightly apologetic look. "If you really don't want to—go out and have fun."

"Then let's go explore the cave."

no----

Miss Hilo's apologetic look made Loila quickly shake her head: "No—no, no, I didn't mean that—that's not what I meant!"

Miss Shiloh's unusual display of vulnerability startled Loila for a moment. She quickly grabbed Shiloh's hand and said, "If Shiloh wants to—wants to rest for a bit..."

"Then let's take a rest."

Since Miss Hilo is interested in this—then I'll just go for it! I'm being incredibly selfish! Even though Miss Hilo is really tired lately—I'm only thinking about finishing the exploration as soon as possible and going back to study the magic array.

Loila, how could you treat your friend like that?!

Seeing Loila's resolute acceptance of death, Shiloh couldn't help but smile faintly.

(Stay tuned for the bonus chapter at the end of the volume!)