harry potter book of crimes

When people talk about someone being great, they usually don't mean guys like Dumbledore or Maka.

Because when one person suddenly praises another person, it is inevitable that he has compared himself with himself in the bottom of his heart and feels that he is not as good as others. Only then can he give praise.

As for wizards like that who are considered outstanding in the global magic community, it is basically difficult for others to compare them with themselves.

Or the other way around:

When you find that you can't feel jealous of someone, then that person is either worse than you, or it must be far beyond the limit of what you can expect from yourself.

Therefore, when Maka came into people's sight along with Voldemort, Grindelwald, and now Hale, his rise not only did not arouse too much doubt and jealousy, but also

It has gained considerable popularity among the younger generation of wizards.

However, other people who also possess talents and abilities may not be able to "accumulate in a low profile and explode at the right time" like him.

For example, Kingsley Shacklebolt, the current Head of the Auror Office of the Ministry of Magic and an outstanding wizard who is one of the main combat forces of the Order of the Phoenix.

To be honest, although he looks more mature and steady, he is actually much younger than Sirius and others. However, his magical talent and commanding ability are better than most other wizards.

However, just because his "excellence" is not beyond the reach of others, his life is not as smooth as people see it.

In fact, there are still several people eyeing the position of Head of the Auror Office!

Fortunately, Kingsley not only excels in personal abilities, he also has a really good eye for seeing people. Not to mention those struggles on the surface, at least secretly, he first joined the Order of the Phoenix and followed Dumbledore, and now he

Walking steadily beside Maka.

There is no doubt that this is a smart man.

However, Pansy just doesn't like "smart people" like Kingsley.

As mentioned before, her brother Perses failed to compete with his rivals because he was with the wrong person in the workplace. Although it was not Kingsley who competed with him for the position at that time, but after the change of authority,

Among those who frequently rise instead of falling, apart from Scrimgeour, he seems to have benefited the most.

Unfortunately, no matter how much Pansy didn't want to see him, she still had to do what Maka said.

After leaving the elevator, she walked through a corridor and turned a corner. She soon saw two open oak doors. And inside those two doors, there was a large area with messy decorations and voices.

The noisy open office area immediately caught her eye.

In the sky between those small office cubicles, enchanted paper airplanes were circling back and forth, each flying from one cubicle to another, delivering various documents and messages.

This is the Auror office.

To be honest, Pansy's father had never brought her here before. So when she saw the scene in front of her, there was only one word left in her mind - chaos!

But she didn't know that it wasn't the first day this place was in such a mess.

"Well, who are you? What's the matter here?"

Suddenly, a witch with one eye covered by a blindfold popped up from her cubicle, stared at Pansy and asked.

Although the other party's one-eyed appearance was somewhat scary, as soon as he spoke, his tone and expression were surprisingly gentle.

When the female Auror wearing an eyepatch asked, Pansy quickly replied:

"I'm here to see Mr. Kingsley Shacklebolt. Is he here?"

"Are you looking for Kingsley?" When the female Auror heard this, she immediately turned around and pointed at the door at the end of the office area, "He hasn't come back yet. If you have anything urgent to do, I'll

I suggest you consult anyone here...except me, of course."

"Oh, uh..." Pansy immediately said hesitantly, "I'm not in a hurry, I just just came back from the American wizarding world and I want to tell him something about it."

"I see," the female Auror glanced at the badge on her chest, then waved and said as she walked, "Then go to his office and wait for him! It will be time for lunch in a while, I think.

He will be back soon."

…

Will Kingsley go back early to prepare for lunch, as his female colleague said?

Well! Originally, he really wanted to return to the Ministry of Magic as soon as possible. After all, although this search operation seemed to be very serious on the surface, it was actually just following Maka's instructions to create momentum.

Therefore, when it was time to eat, he was not so busy that he could not spare the time to fill his stomach.

Unfortunately, he may not be able to eat his lunch today until later.

"He is truly worthy of the talents that Haierbo has gathered... Not to mention his ability, his courage is quite impressive. Are you planning to capture me in turn?"

In an abandoned house in Knockturn Alley, Kingsley held the wand in his hand and looked a little solemn. Because he found that he seemed to be temporarily trapped here by the anti-Apparition spell.

Previously, Kingsley found traces of Martin in an alley of Knockturn Alley. If it was according to Maka's intention, then although he didn't have to actually catch Martin when he met him, he couldn't directly do it.

Turn a blind eye.

Kingsley knew that he should at least put more pressure on the fugitive Martin through constant pursuit.

However, whether it was because he put too much pressure on the other party or because the other party had a strong endurance, he suddenly discovered that Martin was actually targeting him in turn.

Therefore, Kingsley, who did not expect this at first, fell into the opponent's plan.

This is a house that has been abandoned for a long time. Perhaps its former owner has no heirs, so the property has gradually become ownerless.

If I have to say it, there are actually many legacy assets like this.

Because almost every year, one or two once glorious families suddenly come to an end. After no one inherits them, those inheritances are either accidentally discovered and collected by scavengers, or they are completely abandoned like this house.

In some inconspicuous places.

Kingsley originally thought that Martin was hiding in this house, because he saw with his own eyes that Martin climbed into the house through the window under his unhurried pursuit.

But after he observed the situation outside for a while and found that the other party did not come out, he wanted to go in and see the specific situation.

But he never expected that Martin would directly set up an anti-Apparition spell and several other protective spells in this house, trapping him here instead.

When Kingsley frowned slightly and was about to use several powerful crushing spells to break through, a voice suddenly sounded from a corner of the room.

"Director Shacklebolt, hello!"

That was undoubtedly Martin's voice - even if he changed his voice slightly with great restraint, this naturally could not be hidden from Kingsley, who had been following him for a long time.

"Hello," Kingsley said, "What, are you planning to attack the Auror?"

"how come……"

Martin, who was hiding, couldn't help but curled his lips when he heard this.

"I don't want to attack you, you see! Do I use any spells that can cause harm to people... No, not really." He said, "I just want to exchange you for someone at the Ministry of Magic."

"oh?"

Kingsley held the wand in his hand tightly and stood motionless, his eyes constantly scanning the corner where the sound came from.

"I have to say, this is actually a bad idea. Don't even think about exchanging me for hostages. It's impossible - how many people do you think would care about my life or death?"

"Hmph," Martin snorted coldly, "At least McClane counts as one, and if I want to see it, that's enough."

"Are you sure?" Kingsley listened and chuckled, "I'm not saying... I'm asking you, how much do you know about Maka?"

"I know at least more than you think."

Seeing that Martin seemed to be very confident in his judgment, Kingsley couldn't help but shook his head secretly. It seemed that he couldn't convince this guy just by talking.

After a short pause, Kingsley simply raised his hand and stretched out his wand.

"Since you are so confident, there seems to be no need for me to say anything more..." He pointed the tip of his stick to the corner of the room and finally said, "Then let me see if you have captured my

Such strength!"

Before he finished speaking, a red light burst out from the tip of his staff silently, instantly forming a shock wave and heading straight to the corner of the wall.

"Bang!"

When a burst of wood chips flew everywhere, Kingsley kept running forward, moving slightly to the side without stopping.

Judging from his experience of fighting dark wizards for many years, if Martin is not in that corner, he is probably on the completely opposite side.

Therefore, when facing the enemy, you must not only pay attention to the front, but also pay attention to your behind.

Sure enough, the moment he left the place, the floor he was standing on exploded.

Kingsley, who kept moving, did not look back, because he could tell just by listening to the sound that it must be a powerful explosive spell.

The next moment, Kingsley waved his wand back with his backhand, and cast an Iron Armor Curse just as two consecutive disarming spells were about to hit him.

For a moment, scattered magic light particles spread throughout most of the room.

"Tsk——"

Martin is very unhappy now - even though he has been with Haierbo for so long, he can still only be an ordinary wizard when it comes to the magic power that he cares about most.

Even though his own magic talent is not bad, in his opinion, it is still a bit of a joke.

He wants to learn those "real magics"! (To be continued)