The Giant Squid in the Black Lake had come to the Harris Lake Island's regular feeding spot. It had already developed the habit of swimming over from the waters by Hogwarts at fixed times to enjoy seafood and fine wine, but today some mishap seemed to have kept the Harris House-elves from arriving on time. That made the Giant Squid slap the surface of the water with its tentacles again and again, trying to send the sound through those windows and attract the attention of the people in the big house.
But today, the Giant Squid was destined to wait a very long time before it got anything to eat—if it was willing to wait at all.
Because at that moment, inside Luna's room in this house, everyone who had been at home earlier had gathered there.
Luna sat on the bed expressionlessly, her back propped up by a support made from quilts. Her right foot had been raised a little on a velvet cushion similar to the one that had previously held the Hand of Vecna, while Allen, equally expressionless, knelt on one knee on the floor and treated that leg of hers little by little as it kept taking on bizarre appearances.
Because of the energy released by the broken Time-Turner, Luna's leg, starting from the lower half of her calf, was constantly shrinking down to the size of an infant's bones, then returning to adult form, cycling over and over like that. As a result, the position of the fracture kept shifting too.
Allen's brows had drawn together. From top to bottom, he advanced as thoroughly as if combing a carpet, straightening out the disordered sequence of time clinging to Luna's leg. But what made him feel this was tricky was not merely Luna's injury.
It was