Fred and the others tried their hardest to persuade Mrs. Weasley to stay, Sirius Black also urged Lupin to remain, and at the same time, Hermione was trying to talk her parents out of leaving.
As a result, Mrs. Weasley, the Granger family, and Xenophilius Lovegood also joined the traveling party, and the group suddenly grew much larger.
The only thing Sirius Black found somewhat regrettable was that, because the full moon was approaching and he did not want to delay M.S.C.'s affairs, Lupin had no choice but to return to England before night fell.
Not long after Lupin left, another familiar figure appeared at the door.
Fleur Delacour first looked around, and when she saw that Vizet and the others were all in the Common Room, along with a few unfamiliar faces, she also let out a slight breath of relief.
"I thought..." She seemed to realize something, crossed her arms, and lifted her chin slightly. "You had vanished as if you'd been hit by a Vanishing Charm. I didn't expect all of you to come back..."
There was an elusive note in her tone. "I was even worried something might have happened to you. If that were the case, I wouldn't have known how to explain it to Bill. I didn't expect that afterward..."
"Bill?" Mrs. Weasley seemed to realize something. "Are you... Miss Delacour?"
"That's right..." Fleur Delacour lowered her arms, looked Mrs. Weasley up and down, and said with a hint of probing in her voice, "You are... Bill's mother?"
Mrs. Weasley nodded. "When we came here, Bill told me that if we couldn't find them, we could contact you."
Fleur Delacour tucked a lock of hair behind her ear, her tone much gentler than before. "Mrs. Weasley, if you really had contacted me, I'm afraid