harry potter book of crimes

The old room was filled with a faint mist coming in from the cracks in the windows, as if someone had covered the place with a thin veil.

No matter how clean the tables and chairs are, the existence of that layer of "gauze" will always give people the illusion of being dirty.

But it must be said that although the boss, Old Tom, looks a little sloppy and often gives people a nervous feeling, he is always sincere when it comes to treating customers and this bar.

Although the Leaky Cauldron is indeed very dilapidated due to its long history, Old Tom would clean up the entire place almost several times a day and would never get bored day after day.

And this is one of the reasons why many people come here to stay for a few days when necessary.

So in the past two days, even Old Tom had to be taken to Diagon Alley by the Aurors to take refuge, but the room on the second floor was still kept at a minimum tidy.

At this moment, the door of this room is tightly closed, and occasionally a few wisps of magic shock visible to the naked eye flash across it. The protective magic left by Maka is as if it is always reminding anyone not to touch it at will.

.

What I have to mention here is that due to the heavy fog outside, the room will become somewhat gloomy and gloomy. Therefore, before leaving, Maka also lit the firewood pile in the fireplace, making the room not only full of

I got a little orange firelight and felt a lot warmer all of a sudden.

The sound of slight breathing echoed in the room without leaving a trace.

"……dad."

"Dad... no, where are you? Don't leave me..."

"do not leave me!"

After a series of vague calls, the girl who was huddled in the bed suddenly opened her eyes, with a few curled hair stuck to her forehead wet with cold sweat.

The next second, Delphi pursed her slightly white lips and murmured to herself:

"Dream?"

After a long time, she finally had this dream again, but it was just after her plan failed. Perhaps for her, it was undoubtedly the scene she least wanted to dream about now.

After lying on his back and being lost in thought for a while, Delphi gently pushed away the quilt and sat up, stroking back his long, wet hair with his left hand.

"Is this... the guest room of the Leaky Cauldron?"

Looking around at the layout of the room, she suddenly saw a silver cup sitting on the bedside table. She could see that steam was still coming out of the cup, and a faint fluctuation of magic power told her that it should be attached.

A magic spell for keeping warm.

The mellow aroma of hot cocoa lingered in the air.

"Dad..." Delphi reached out and picked up the warm silver cup and whispered to himself, "See what I said is right? The you more than ten years ago and the you more than ten years later are really different.

Nothing has changed. Just like...you can always deliver the most suitable thing to others when they need it most, even if you are not around."

After saying this, she lowered her head and took a sip of warm hot cocoa, and the chill caused by the previous nightmare dissipated.

However, when she went to take the second sip, she suddenly noticed something very surprising out of the corner of her eye.

"Cough, cough cough cough"

Delphi choked on the second mouthful of hot cocoa and coughed violently, making her almost unable to hold the cup steady.

After she stopped coughing, she looked down at her clothes and couldn't help but murmured in a low voice:

"Why... pajamas?"

I don't know whether it was because of the coughing fit just now, or because of other reasons, Delphi's originally fair face seemed to be slightly red.

After a moment of silence, she was heard muttering in a low voice:

"...Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

In fact, Delphi also knew that the pajamas she was wearing were transformed from her original clothes. With Maka's magical control, this was nothing.

But...it's a bit inappropriate to cast transformation spells on clothes worn by girls, isn't it?

"Although it's really uncomfortable to sleep in the original battle suit..."

Even though Delphi has always regarded Maka as her father, whether it is now or in the future. But she is so old after all, even if her father changes her clothes, she will inevitably feel a little shy.

After a moment, she shook her head vigorously, raised the silver cup in her hand and took a big sip, flushing the shame in her heart back into her stomach.

"He should be downstairs, right?" Delphi glanced towards the door, "I want to see him...immediately."

Before she finished speaking, she lifted up the quilt, picked up the wand placed on the pillow and turned her pajamas back into the short wizard robe she usually wore.

But just as she put on her shoes and ran to the door, deftly dispelling the protective magic on them, she suddenly stopped her movements as soon as she touched the door handle.

After a few seconds of freezing, Delphi seemed to have thought of something important and retracted his hand as if he was electrocuted.

"No, no, I can't go see him."

As she spoke, she shook her head and took a few steps back, then sat back on the edge of the bed.

"If I had followed the original plan, I shouldn't be here at all now. But... the plan failed, just because I was stupid for a moment..."

"Yes! Why am I still here? What qualifications do I have to enjoy daddy's arms?"

…

"...Yes, so Kingsley plans to go to the Muggle Queen again to see if he can personally direct the actions of the Muggle army."

"Well, the power of Muggles cannot be ignored. In this situation, it would be a waste not to borrow it. After all, London is also the London of Muggles... In order for both parties to cooperate more efficiently, they can fully resolve this issue.

Disaster, I think the Queen would agree."

At the bar downstairs of the Leaky Cauldron, Maca was discussing a response plan with Lupine. There are crazy wizards everywhere in London. With his own strength alone, no matter how strong he is, it is a drop in the bucket, let alone his own Helbo.

To face it.

Whether it is the Order of the Phoenix, Muggles or himself, they all need a plan that is as effective as possible right now.

But just at this moment...

"Well?"

As Maka was talking, she suddenly raised her head slightly and glanced at the ceiling.

"She seems to be awake."

"Oh, really?" Lu Ping also looked around and said casually, "Then let's go up and take a look. It's time to take good care of this person!"

After a short pause, he continued:

"In that previous counterattack, that girl helped us a lot... If she hadn't taken away the most difficult one, not only would it be difficult for us to win so quickly, but the Muggle army would also have a huge number of enemies.

casualties."

"Of course, you don't need to tell me that I will take good care of it," Maka nodded, "As for the few things we decided just now, you should have someone notify Kingsley and Sirius as soon as possible! I will go up first.

It’s downstairs…”

As he spoke, he stood up, turned around and walked towards the stairs. Lupine looked at his back at the bar, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and added loudly:

"By the way! It's okay to care, but don't care 'too much'. As a good gentleman, it's not good to be carefree!"

"Well"

Maka turned around, rolled her eyes at Lupine, and then sighed helplessly.

"Let me tell you the truth, even if I am really carefree to the point of falling in love with everyone I meet," he pointed upstairs, "but this is absolutely impossible."

But I have to say that Delphi is really one of the most beautiful girls that Maca has ever seen. Even compared with Veela, it can only be said that they have their own merits.

So we have to admit that the combination of Voldemort and Bellatrix really gave her an exceptionally good appearance gene!

While thinking about these random things, Maka walked up the creaky stairs to the second floor, and quickly walked to the door of Delphi's room and knocked on the door.

What made him realize that the other party had woken up just now was naturally the protective magic on the door that had been lifted, so he didn't feel anything strange after seeing it now.

But who would have thought that after Maka knocked on the door, Delphi, who was obviously already up, did not come over to open the door. He could clearly feel that the other party was sitting at the end of the bed!

"Delphi...it's me, MacLean."

For some reason, Delphi didn't seem to want to come out. But after Maka opened her mouth, there was only a few seconds of silence, and she couldn't help but responded:

"I know...Dad, let's go! Don't worry about me."

"Um?"

Maka stood at the door, thinking to himself, and suddenly felt that the other party was blaming himself for the failure of his plan. And when he thought of this, he couldn't help but find it difficult to ask what he originally wanted to ask the other party.

However, if you should ask, you must ask no matter what, and naturally you must ask for what you should ask for. This is for Luna.

However, considering Delphi's difficulties and her mood at the moment, it's better to be tactful if possible!

"Delphi," Maka advised through the door, "if you are worried about the failure of your plan, I hope you don't think about it... You see, there are always ways and opportunities, right?

?”

After Maka finished speaking, there was silence in the room again, and then Delphi was heard saying:

"No, it's not just about preventing the failure of the summoning ritual...I...Dad, you'd better leave me alone and leave me alone!"

"But," Maka paused, and then finally nodded, "Okay! Of course, you can be quiet for a while... But I still hope that you can return the time turner to me as soon as possible. You know, no matter

Is it to save the failed plan, or... we all need it."