South Kensington lay in the Kensington and Chelsea district west of central London. The area was mainly made up of the Commercial District around South Kensington Underground Station, the cultural and educational district around Exhibition Road, and the surrounding parks and residential neighborhoods. It was a royal borough under Greater London, England, and part of Inner London. Because Kensington Palace, where the British royal family lived, was located within the borough, "Royal" had been specially added to its official administrative name to distinguish it. Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum were both located in South Kensington. The wealthiest residents in all of London lived here. It was one of London's famous affluent districts, and its housing prices and cost of living were among the highest in the world.
After getting off the Underground, Harry let out a long breath. At least that ride had passed without any real danger.
Crazy Girl had been fairly obedient, and she, he, and Allen were all dressed normally enough. As for The Grey Lady, although Allen had cast a spell so that Muggles who looked over would not think she was a ghost—even when a Muggle had just seen her pass through the railing at the entrance, the spell only made that Muggle think his eyes had played tricks on him—the real problem was that Harry did not have only one ghost beside him.
The Boy Who Lived practically did not dare look at the Potions Professor beside him. Uneasily, he looked toward Allen, who was dressed as an ordinary Muggle boy. He felt certain Snape would take revenge on him after they returned—though the outfit Snape was currently wearing had actually been what Allen had told him to put on through a secret message.
At that moment, Snape had a dark