"I actually slept in today. That's really rare."
In the small garden inside the cabin, Katrina, having finished breakfast, reclined on a comfortable beanbag chair and leisurely flipped through the latest issue of Witch Magazine.
Ever since learning that wizards in Italy's magical community had suddenly been murdered, they had decided to drift at sea for the time being, avoiding any chance of running into Voldemort.
"There's nothing important this morning anyway."
Albert covered a yawn with his hand, stretched, and asked, "Any news today?"
"Another wizarding family was slaughtered by The Dark Lord."
Without even looking up, Katrina turned the pages of her magazine. "The Ministries of Magic in various countries seem to be planning to join forces against The Dark Lord."
"That's all just pretty talk to placate the public."
Albert picked up the stack of newspapers on the table, briefly read the front-page headlines, then casually tossed them back down. "If they truly wanted to deal with The Dark Lord, they would have joined forces long ago. Did they really need to wait until now to bring it up? By the time they form a joint Auror squad to hunt him down, half a year will probably have passed."
"Why is The Dark Lord looking for Grigoriovich?" Katrina asked, setting down her magazine.
"Who knows what The Dark Lord is thinking? He was never quite right in the head to begin with."
"No, I'd say you definitely know the reason. You just don't want to tell me." Katrina believed there had to be an extremely important reason for Voldemort to search so frantically for Grigoriovich.
"You can't help anyway."
After finishing the peeled egg, Albert began working on the reheated milk oatmeal.
"It can satisfy my curiosity." Katrina raised an eyebrow slightly. "Besides, staying on this ship