Chapter 666: Darren, Don't Come Over!!

In any case.

They had finally arrived in Hogsmeade.

Harry saw Madam Rosmerta driving out a shabbily dressed wizard.

"Get out of here!"

Madam Rosmerta said angrily.

Then she spotted Dumbledore.

"Albus, come in and sit for a while."

"No, Rosmerta. I want to go to the Hog's Head Inn... I need somewhere quiet..."

A short while later.

They arrived near the Hog's Head Inn.

"Alright, we just need to leave without anyone watching..."

Dumbledore grabbed Harry and Darren by the shoulders.

Smiling, he said, "I'll Apparate with you this time."

After a bout of squeezing.

Harry and Darren caught the fresh, salty scent carried by the sea breeze.

"This is Voldemort's orphanage, the place where they once brought them for a picnic... More precisely, not here, but the little village behind those cliffs."

Harry looked at the waves and cliffs before them. They were standing on an exposed rock.

Dumbledore pointed at a black crack in the cliff face. "That's it, Harry. Take off your Invisibility Cloak and swim over with us!"

Then Harry saw Dumbledore clamp his wand between his teeth and slip into the sea, moving as nimbly as a young man.

As for Darren.

After Dumbledore went in, he too waved his wand, cast a Water-Repelling Charm on himself, and dived into the sea.

Harry did not notice Darren's Water-Repelling Charm.

He thought neither Darren nor Dumbledore had used any spells.

So he anxiously jumped into the water as well, following Darren and Dumbledore.

The seawater soaked through his clothes, and Harry shivered from the cold.

But there was no way he could stop now.

He could only keep swimming, doing everything he could not to fall behind.

At last, he saw Darren and Dumbledore stand up.

They did not seem particularly wet, nor did they