Daily Prophet... Overseas Edition

Diagon Alley...

Kane and the other two landed in a deserted little alley. They hadn't needed to do that before.

That was because Kane's and Harry's brooms had both been handmade, and most people had no idea what they were actually worth.

But the Firebolt Ron was riding was currently on the cover of Flying Broom Magazine. If he landed openly in Diagon Alley on that thing, who knew how many people would fix their eyes on him.

Even the Weasley family's red hair might not protect him. After all, someone could snatch the broom and flee abroad, and the Weasley family might not actually chase them overseas to kill them.

After all, it was only a broom.

Kane took off his hat and stuffed all three brooms inside it. The three of them then headed toward Ollivander's wand shop.

And then came the same old story...

They were recognized.

Kane had begun to suspect that the old man Ollivander had hyperthymesia. It was understandable that he remembered Kane—Kane had left a deep impression on him, after all, and it had been less than three years, so the memory was still fresh.

But he could recall Ron's brother buying that wand years ago just from seeing Ron's wand...

Terrifying indeed!

Before long, Ron tucked a fourteen-inch willow wand with a unicorn hair core into his pocket. The three were about to head back when Kane spotted a group of Daily Prophet reporters in the distance, rudely grabbing innocent passersby to interview them about something.

Only then did he realize that the Daily Prophet, which he had never taken seriously in the past two years, actually had interviews?

Ron shrugged at Kane's astonished look. "How else did you think that photo from our trip to Egypt came about? Didn't you read