When Penelope drove out of London with her lover and the ghost of her lover's daughter, they circled along the White Cliffs of Dover over England's southern coastline. Unlike last year, when they had been forced to drive along roads on the ground, the sky had not yet fully darkened by the time they returned, and they arrived back much earlier than expected.
Morgan le Fay warmly embraced Allen and the others, then took the hand of her granddaughter, who had already taken the initiative to materialize, and led her into the house with a beaming smile. Unlike last year's formal ceremony, which had been so grand it made Luna run away, this year's atmosphere had returned to normal. That made it feel even more like home, without the cautiousness and deliberate attempts to please one another.
Penelope, meanwhile, was pestered by Daisy, who clamored for her to give Tonks some ideas about her wedding dress as well. After some discussion and being forced to make a few choices from a pile of photographs, Harris Manor was already brightly lit. In the end, Penelope politely declined Morgan le Fay's invitation to stay. She did not especially like lively atmospheres with too many people, so she returned to her own Muggle home. Like Hermione, she also had to persuade her parents to give up their life and achievements in the Muggle world and move to Hogwarts's development zone. So she intended to use the time before the development was completed to lay some groundwork and drop hints for her parents—after all, no matter how snobbish they were, and no matter how much Penelope herself said she hated them, they were still her parents.
The hall was filled with the aroma of food, tempting their appetites.
Although Hogwarts also had some more