harry potter book of crimes

"Cousin Charles?"

"boom!"

Amidst the crashing sounds, Candice found that two figures suddenly appeared around her, so that she subconsciously shouted again.

"It's okay, I'm here."

Before the huge creature outside crashed into the aisle, the Browns finally arrived in time. Charles, who was facing away from the arch, comforted his cousin with words and was about to look back, but was stopped by

The wife next to me pressed her head with her backhand.

"Don't look back..."

Unlike her husband, due to their position and orientation before activating the door key, Christine was almost facing the doorway.

That's why as soon as she appeared here, her eyes were involuntarily attracted by the huge creature outside the door that was hitting the entrance.

And it was almost at that moment that her eyes penetrated the darkness and met the cold and ruthless vertical pupils.

Suddenly, Kristen felt as if her heart was about to rush out of her throat and beat suddenly. There was no doubt that this was the most intense heart palpitation she had ever experienced since she was a child.

The next second, before she could fully react, the palpitations disappeared again. And at the same time as the beating sensation of her heart, the consciousness in her mind disappeared.

Are you going to die? Just to be killed by that huge snake eye without any warning?

No, my husband is right behind me!

Charles was not very reliable when he was on the Quidditch team. He often needed his own reminder to avoid making mistakes. Therefore, this time she should at least do her duty as a wife...

At least, he should be reminded!

"...don't look back, it's...a basilisk."

At his wife Christine's inexplicably weak tone, Charles was stunned for a moment, and then became anxious. Because he knew how terrifying the extremely dangerous magical creature "basilisk" was.

Could it be... could it be that the couple had just arrived and were about to face the separation of life and death?

Soon, a "plop" was heard, and his wife Christine beside him fell weakly to the dusty ground.

"Christine!"

When Charles instantly connected the word "basilisk" with his wife's collapse, the anger in his heart preceded the fear and quickly occupied his mind.

But in the next moment, Candice, who was on the ground, stretched out her little hand and grabbed the hem of Charles' wizard robe.

"……cousin."

In the end, the impatient Charles habitually listened to his wife's warning and did not try to look back. Because if it was really a basilisk, and if both of them were infected - his wife's sacrifice would be meaningless.

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"Don't be afraid, I will take you away right now!"

"boom!"

Hearing the paused crashing sound from behind again, Charles quickly took out his wand, used the levitating spell to lead the three fallen people to the other end of the aisle in a hurry.

He can't look back, and he won't look back.

Even if he actually wants to avenge his wife now... Well, if it weren't for these two children, he might really be able to fight for it, right?

But now, he still chose to escape.

There is no way, Charles is a typical Hufflepuff. Although he does not lack courage, if he has to choose between the lives of his relatives and friends or the anger of revenge, he will still choose the former after all...

It didn't take much time to pass through this passage. After turning into a circular passage, they naturally escaped the basilisk's sight.

The basilisk was too big. Although the London sewers were extremely wide in many places, there were still many passages that were difficult for the opponent to squeeze through.

Of course, the premise is that the basilisk doesn't use all its strength!

"boom--"

I don't know why, but Charles suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the corridor just now.

In fact, just after Charles led the three people to this waterway, the basilisk on the other side suddenly stopped hitting the doorway just now.

But I saw it "hissing" on the spot, sticking out its tongue twice, turning its head sideways and looking into the arch with a huge snake eye, and then suddenly twisted its body, as if venting its anger.

He whipped it hard against the doorway with his tail.

Immediately, a large piece of brick was smashed to pieces, and countless gravel and soil buried most of the corridor.

Obviously, it didn't seem to have used enough force in the impact just now, otherwise it would have been forced into the aisle.

Then, the giant snake monster that collapsed the corridor turned its head again and swam straight forward into the deeper darkness.

Charles, who did not see this inexplicable scene, was conducting a preliminary examination on his wife at this time - no matter whether Christine had been killed by the basilisk's deadly gaze, he would not give up just like that.

Charles and Christine have only been married for three years, and they are currently at their happiest time.

In fact, he and his wife have been thinking about having a child recently. Even though they decided to have a child three years ago out of consideration for the chaotic situation in the past few years, after the deaths of Voldemort and Grindelwald, they decided to have a child again.

A Herbo appeared.

After three years of waiting, they could no longer wait any longer.

But, now... Charles and Christine, a young couple, no longer need to worry about their children.

"Christine..."

In his unparalleled anxiety, Charles hurriedly checked his wife, and then he hugged her tightly into his arms.

"Damn...where is this? The sewer? Why is there a basilisk here..."

Amidst the murmurs mixed with sobs, Charles did not forget to wave his wand and summon the two children who had fallen into a coma at an unknown time to his side.

Then, he took out a door key that had not been used for a long time and decisively activated it.

In an instant, these four embarrassed figures disappeared without a trace in a burst of space fluctuations. Until a moment later, the other end of the waterway shook again, and in the blink of an eye, the basilisk swam here quickly.

"Hiss, hiss..."

The scarlet and forked tongue hesitated in the darkness.

…

What Charles activated was naturally the door key that Maca left for him a long time ago - in fact, including the silver bracelet he originally wore and his cousin Candice's necklace, it was Maca who asked him to go to the black market.

One of the gadgets on consignment.

As a "middleman", he just retains the original price of the goods on the way.

It's a pity that the thing was a good thing, but this time it cost Christine her life. Until now, he didn't know whether he should regret it or something else.

Suddenly, four figures suddenly appeared outside Hogwarts, and then they all fell on their backs or prone on the soft grass.

Charles quickly got up and looked around. After seeing Hogwarts Castle, he understood that it must be the magic that prohibited spatial movement in the school that had expelled him outside.

At this moment, Maka should be somewhere on campus.

After making a judgment as quickly as possible, Charles immediately led the three of them around the school's outer wall in the direction of the school gate without any hesitation.

Yes, even though he had checked his wife, he knew that her body had long lost its vitality. But when he thought of Maka's miraculous magic in the past, he couldn't help but feel a little hope.

What if Maka can save Christine? What if there is still a way?

The school gate of Hogwarts is closed tightly, and it is covered with several protective spells set by Professor Flitwick. On both sides of the school gate, there are several family wizards from the Chateau de Blois in France.

Guard on duty.

When Charles arrived at the school gate, he was also stopped.

"This is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. If you have an appointment, please present the relevant letter."

Since graduation, Charles has not been back to school for three years. Naturally, he will not know the many changes in Hogwarts in the past few years.

After seeing that there were wizards guarding the door, and they all seemed to be very powerful, his first reaction was to feel relieved.

Charles and Christine also have deep feelings for Hogwarts, so it is a joyful thing for the school to grow.

Of course, he is not in the mood to care too much about this now.

"I'm an alumnus of Hogwarts, and I'm here to see Professor Maka McClain... Something happened to my wife and I need his help!"

"Please wait."

The guard who spoke English nodded, and then gestured to the other companion inside the door. When the latter saw this, he immediately turned around and headed towards the castle.

Naturally, they were very familiar with Maka's name.

"If Mr. MacLean has nothing important to do, he should be here soon. Sir, please wait here for a moment."

There was a hint of business-like rigor in his slightly stiff English. This attitude would only make everyone feel at ease at ordinary times, but at this time, in Charles' ears, it became even more torturous.

Every minute and every second now may be related to whether Christine can be saved, which really makes it impossible for him to relax for a moment.

Moreover, the condition of the two children seemed not to be good, especially the boy who was about the same age as his cousin. His breathing had become increasingly shallow and light.

But at this moment, a figure suddenly flew from the direction of the castle, and then stopped steadily in front of the school gate. And almost at the same time, the school gate with a magic spell also slowly opened.

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"Charles, please bring them in quickly!"

Although the wizard from Chateau Blois who just came to see him did not understand English, Maca seemed to already know that he was coming to find her, and waved to Charles to go over.

But just looking at Charles, he frowned and said:

"Christine...is gone." (To be continued)