As soon as he finished speaking, a clear female voice suddenly rang out on the street:

"When did you become my boyfriend?"

The voice sounded a bit more mature than when he was in school, but it still made Lycos's eyes light up, and he immediately recognized the owner of the voice.

He looked at the witch who was wearing a white shirt, a green long skirt and a green ribbon. Her long golden hair was just as dazzling as when he first met her, like golden threads shining in the sunlight.

Then, the dark gold and light blue eyes met.

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Chapter 246: A New Entrance to the Ministry of Magic

Lycos saw a flash of surprise in those light blue eyes, like a moth suddenly flying into a candle flame on a winter night, and even his breathing stopped for a moment.

But this surprise was quickly shattered by the light dancing in his eyes, turning into shimmering waves swirling in his eye sockets—

She blinked twice quickly, suppressing the moisture into tiny stars on her long eyelashes.

"When did you become my boyfriend?"

She raised her chin proudly, just like she often did in Hogwarts Castle, except that the skin from her neck to her ears was still a faint red that would not fade. Although her voice seemed calm, the ending tone was trembling slightly.

"Cassandra?" Looking at the beautiful witch who was about twenty years old, Lycos tried to organize his words, but in the end he could only call out her name.

However, before he could finish his words, she suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Lycos's collar and pulled his face close to her.

Looking at the exquisite face so close to him, Lycos blinked and swallowed unconsciously.

However, Cassandra raised the corner of her mouth, and her fingertips slid down the fabric of his shirt, brushing against the remaining soot on his collarbone without leaving a trace, and she blew a hot breath of air into his ear.

"You've become quite capable! Even London's missiles can't stop you..." She snorted softly, the tips of her ears peeking out from between her hair red as blood. "Since you arrived just in time, I can give you a reward."

As Cassandra raised her eyebrows slightly, their eyes almost locked.

"Cough cough..."

Just then, an untimely dry cough interrupted the two people's emotions.

Cassandra's expression suddenly turned cold, as if she had turned back into the aloof little witch in Hogwarts Castle.

"Mr. Potter, you better have something urgent to do."

Harry felt a little embarrassed for a moment, but under Cassandra's cold gaze, he still said, "We are now outdoors and could be discovered by the Witch Party and Muggle radicals at any time... Why don't you two return to the Ministry of Magic and reminisce about the past."

Cassandra looked back at Lycos and nodded decisively.

"Okay, let's go back and talk."

As she spoke, she grabbed Lycos's hand and dragged him into the alley.

Lycos belatedly felt the warmth in his hand, and for a moment, he felt as if his entire arm had lost some sensation...

It's not like he had held Cassandra's hand before when he was at Hogwarts, but at that time she looked like a little girl of twelve or thirteen. With Lycos's mentality at the time, holding her hand was like holding a little sister.

However, Cassandra at this moment was actually twenty years old, with a slim figure, and a faint fragrance came from the side.

"You seem a little nervous?"

Cassandra suddenly turned around, a faint smile playing on her lips, one that seemed to be teasing but also amused.

"It's not like you haven't done it before, why are you so nervous?"

Lycos paused, feeling her cold palm and slightly trembling fingertips, and the corners of his lips also curled up slightly.

"Why do I feel like you're more nervous than me?"

He gently squeezed Cassandra's palm and found that the little witch's ears turned red instantly, but she still tried to maintain a calm expression on her face... In fact, it seemed that she could not hold on for much longer, and turned her head away so that Lycos would not see.

Watching this scene, Harry and a team of Aurors in the back looked at each other in confusion.

"Director, when did Ms. Worley ever say she had a boyfriend?" an Auror asked.

"Can this man be trusted?" another Auror said. "Although Miss Volley is trustworthy, she is still young after all. If she is deceived by someone with ill intentions..."

"No, he should be trustworthy." Harry shook his head slightly. "Miss Volley has a special status, and the Ministry of Magic has been aware of her activities during this period..."

"So, I kind of know where he's coming from."

Now, Harry, who has become the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, couldn't help but think of what an elder had said more than 20 years ago.

It’s great to be young and still be hurt by love.

In today's tense situation between the wizarding world and Muggles, Harry couldn't help but miss the time when he had that elder. Everything seemed to be solvable, and it was an incomparable sense of security.

"Maybe I should go back and see him." Harry thought.

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Lycos was dragged by Cassandra into a dark alley.

"I thought you would take me to find a telephone booth." Looking at the messy graffiti on the walls around him, Lecos said casually.

Their hands were still connected, neither of them willing to let go.

"A well-known entrance like a telephone booth is no longer suitable for the Ministry of Magic today." Cassandra smiled faintly and squeezed Lycos's hand. "After all, according to the tradition of the Ministry of Magic, there have always been fence-sitters and traitors. This time is certainly no exception..."

Lycos listened to her voice, lowered his head slightly, and looked at the two connected hands.

As if to "repay" Cassandra for her previous action, he turned his fingers slightly, sliding across the delicate palm until each finger slid into the corresponding finger gap, and then suddenly drilled in.

Cassandra's face suddenly turned red.

The two of them were now in a posture with their fingers intertwined, and their breathing seemed to become hot.

"So the previous entrance was discovered by Muggles?" Lycos took a deep breath and tried to make his voice calmer.

"Of... of course." Cassandra's face flushed, but she raised her chin and put on an indifferent look. "To be precise, the Muggle government attacked the phone booth the moment the war broke out..."

As she spoke, she stuffed a card into Lycos's other palm.

Then, an elevator with simple and modern decoration, which seemed to be incompatible with the magical world in Lecos's impression, suddenly rose from the ground, as if it had popped out of nowhere.

"The Fidelius Charm?" Lycos raised an eyebrow.

"The little man is quite knowledgeable." Cassandra tried hard for a long time, and finally her expression became more natural. Then she couldn't help but want to save face. "Come on, sister will take you to the Ministry of Magic."

Lycos glanced at the delicate, rosy little face and inexplicably felt that Cassandra was a little cute at the moment.

“Why isn’t the new entrance a phone booth?”

Walking into the elevator and taking in the simple modern interior, he casually asked, "This is my first time at the Ministry of Magic. I feel like something's missing without a phone booth to dial..."

"Are you stupid?" Cassandra glared at him. "The phone booth was for concealment, but now that we have the Fidelius Charm, there's no need for such crude methods. We'll just do whatever's most convenient."

"That's right..."

Amidst the sound of conversation and laughter, the elevator gradually sank into the ground.

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