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Chapter 760

It's You

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The Magical Barrier surrounding the area had been removed by the Aurors. Before that, they had restored the small house where the Inferi had been to its original state.

"But what do we do about this Muggle named Fraser?"

Kingsley watched as the glass window that had been scattered across the ground gathered back together, then flew backward into the wall. His worried gaze fell on Amosta Breen, who stood at the doorway looking into the house, and he spoke quietly.

Fraser's body had been turned into a human bomb by the dark wizard controlling him. In the harrowing explosion just now, his flesh had been utterly consumed by the heat and flames. Not even a single intact scrap of clothing remained. How were they supposed to explain that to the Muggle woman rushing over later?

If they simply told her that someone she knew had been reduced to ashes in an explosion, she would surely call the police, wouldn't she?

This matter was troublesome enough already. If possible, Kingsley wanted to avoid involving Muggle law enforcement as well.

"Desperate times call for desperate measures—"

Amosta said. A brick that had naturally fallen from the corner of the wall rose from the ground. Enveloped in light, it underwent a complex human transfiguration, and the body of the young Muggle who had just self-destructed reappeared, lying back on the bed boards.

Amosta's actions were hardly unexpected, though they clearly did not quite conform to the rules.

"—I used a Permanent Transfiguration Spell to deal with it. We have to return something to this Muggle's family."

Amosta's voice was heavy, and fury also flashed in Kingsley's eyes as he lowered his head.

Even if Amosta Breen was not personally overseeing this case, Albus Dumbledore was paying close attention to it. They had

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