Amid the startled cries of pedestrians on the road, a thick, silvery spider silk stuck to a pillar atop the hospital, and a huge half-human, half-spider thing rapidly lowered itself toward Allen—this was Penelope in her Animagus form, transformed into the shape of an Arachne.
"Allen." Penelope's female voice, more magnetic than usual, emerged with a pronunciation similar to Aragog's.
Lucius had already been frightened into retreating several steps by the sudden turn of events, and the passing wizards could not help stopping in the distance to look.
The ring of six compound eyes atop Penelope's head swept over the surrounding onlookers. Although insectile eyes like these had no pupils, the wizards who sensed they were being stared at still had no choice but to back up a few more steps. On Penelope's face, wrapped in an Arachne carapace, there was a hint of smugness, and she raised the many jointed limbs in front of her, each as long as fourteen feet, toward the watching wizards.
"Compared with those fake costumes, this outfit of yours really is more suitable for Halloween." Allen's eyes paused here and there over Penelope's body before he nodded. "Pretty good."
That made the female spider before him look even more radiant and dangerous. She waved the Anti-Magic Claw that had grown from her shoulder blade behind her.
"Young Master, I brought over the people you wanted." Victor dispelled the Disillusionment Charm and appeared behind Penelope, turning his head full of curls into a mass of dancing Little Snakes flicking out their tongues. It seemed that for the Halloween event later, he intended to dress up as Medusa in women's clothing...
Appearing together with Victor were four members of the Umbrella Red Umbrella Department rapid-response security team, as well as three fully armed Death Knights wearing