harry potter book of crimes

For a woman, the most important thing may not be life, but the thing she values ​​most is definitely "appearance".

When Ursula was a child, she was a very lovable child. She was quiet, sensible, and had fair skin and delicate facial features like her mother. She was a beauty since she was a child.

However, ruthless fate played a particularly cruel joke on little Ursula.

Three years after her sister Safina was born, when Ursula was just six years old, a fire caused by their father's mistake in refining the potion swept through the house.

The blazing demonic flames took away the lives of their parents and almost burned the two sisters who were taking a nap on the second floor to ashes.

Fortunately, Ursula didn't sleep deeply at the time. When the flames spread from the laboratory on the third floor to the stairs on the second floor, she was finally choked awake by a puff of smoke.

When she was only six years old at the time, facing the billowing smoke and blazing flames, there was only one thought left in her little mind: she must take her sister Safina outside no matter what.

Yes, in this aspect alone, she succeeded.

I don’t know where the young Ursula got the strength to drag Safina to the living room on the first floor and push her out of the window that was taller than her.

But at that time, the fire was so intense that it was difficult for her to move. It was a huge miracle that she could get her sister out of the window. It was obviously impossible for her to climb out by herself.

The burnt-out wooden floorboards, carrying fierce flames, hit her body, causing the young girl to feel unimaginable pain.

The skin was withering and shriveling, the muscles were twisting and breaking, and most of the body was almost unconscious... However, the tears were evaporated by the high temperature before they came out, and even the slightest bit of blood could not flow out despite being covered in wounds.

Ursula thought that she might be dying at that time.

But she was not dead after all. Larson, the maid who went out to buy ingredients, caught up at the last moment. After seeing Safina crying in the flower bed outside the window, she realized that there should be someone inside the window, and then she was in danger.

He then narrowly rescued her from the fire.

Unfortunately, even after emergency treatment, Ursula's life was saved, but Ursula's serious injuries from being deeply burned by the magic flames still left her with irreparable disabilities.

"... Sometimes I also think that if I had been burned to death, maybe I wouldn't have to face this cruelty again? Mr. McClain, do you know? Not only did I never let Safina and Larson

No one else has seen my appearance, and I haven’t even looked in the mirror for almost ten years..."

Ursula closed her eyes slightly and said slowly:

"Of course, perhaps the only thing I have never regretted is rescuing Safina."

That's right, if she hadn't tried to save her sister Safina at that time, she would have escaped from the house intact. She could easily open the door with a chair, and at that time, the flames probably hadn't even reached it yet.

Burned to the first floor.

For a six-year-old child, even if she ran away alone, no one would blame her.

"It's the same thing," Maka couldn't help but shake her head after hearing what she said, "It's good to be alive... Look, that guy Haierbo didn't even treat himself as a human being in order to get a longer life.

It shows that 'living' is indeed a very wonderful thing!"

As he was speaking, he suddenly seemed to remember something and asked casually:

"By the way, what happened to the mask Safina has been wearing? Is her face burned?"

"No, there's nothing wrong with her face, it's just..." Ursula couldn't help but said sadly when he heard him ask about it, "Although she didn't say it, I know that she wears it every day to prevent me from causing more pain.

She looks very similar to me in the mask, and she also looks very similar to my mother, especially her nose and mouth, it’s like they were carved from the same mold.”

Hearing her talk about nose and mouth, Maka lowered her head subconsciously, but saw Ursula hurriedly turned her head away.

"Don't look at me... I'm sorry, please don't look at me... I'm sorry..."

Ursula seemed to have forgotten how to speak and kept apologizing. When Maka saw this, she could only shake her head again.

"Don't worry, I've seen scarier ones," he smiled, then raised his head and looked forward again, briefly recalling, "I don't know if Haierbo's body has recovered yet.

"

The two of them were chatting softly, while walking towards the block where the giant snake Yael was still fighting the two living corpses.

…

"Safina, is that Maka McClain?"

After Maca left with Ursula, Safina and Ms. Larson, who were left behind, could only sit in the driving seat of the carriage, looking at the neighborhood not far away in a daze.

It can be seen that the violent and large-scale thunderstorms just now are gradually coming to an end, but it is obvious that that area is still very dangerous because the battle is still continuing.

After hearing the maid Larson's question, Safina nodded and said:

"Yes, that is Mr. MacLean. To be honest, he is a little different from what I imagined. He is so young, and I am about the same age, but he obviously has such great strength, but he does not seem to be arrogant at all.

And impetuous... Moreover, when he saw his sister's appearance, he was not surprised at all, and even "

Safina was actually shocked by this, because even she, as a younger sister, did not dare to approach her sister Ursula for a long time, which caused Ursula to be depressed for several years.

.

She knew very well that it was no longer a question of whether she had good intentions or not. The terrifying appearance of her sister was far beyond what ordinary people could easily accept.

However, McClain not only showed no concern at all, but even decisively took Ursula out of the car.

This act alone made the three people present, including Ursula herself, feel a strange sense of security.

"...He is not an ordinary person."

After hesitating for a long time, Safina could only summarize Maka in this sentence.

Beside her, Ms. Larson nodded after hearing her words.

"It's just," Larson thought for a moment, but then said hesitantly, "I don't know why, but I always feel that Mr. McClain is not very willing to help us... Um, no, I can't say that?"

"Didn't Mr. McClain mention it?" Safina said immediately, "He seems to have encountered some problems, so although he wants to help, he has other concerns... I hope he will be fine!"