harry potter book of crimes

"Mr. Weasley, what's wrong? Didn't you say that patrol won't end until at least noon today? Why are you back so soon?"

When the two teams responsible for patrolling the nearby mountains met Charlie on broomsticks, they were immediately a little surprised - because it had only been ten minutes since Charlie separated from them and went on patrol outside.

"There seems to be something wrong at the school -"

Charlie said, reaching out and patting Norberta's neck beneath him, gesturing for her to get closer to the team flying to one side so that he could talk to the other party more easily.

"Norberta noticed something just now and she felt a little uneasy. I was worried about something happening in the school, so I temporarily stopped patrolling the perimeter."

Both teams came from Weymouth Camp with Charlie, so they naturally trust Charlie very much. Seeing him say this, one of the team leaders immediately said:

"Then... let's go back with you and take a look."

"No need," Charlie shook his head, "Don't get together - just separate into one team and follow me. The other team will be on standby nearby. If any accident is observed, whether it is rushing to rescue or leaving to report,

It’s more convenient…just follow the signals.”

"OK."

The team leader nodded briefly after hearing this, and then waved to have one team follow behind Norberta, while he led the other team gradually down to the mountain below.

"Let's go!"

Charlie and the team behind him nodded slightly, then patted Norbert on the back and flew in the direction of Hogwarts Castle.

However, the school, which was originally quite noisy and noisy because it was being rebuilt, was now completely silent.

"Huh... bang."

Norberta's heavy body fell on the grass in the front courtyard of the castle with a muffled sound. Immediately afterwards, the wizard team that followed also stopped their brooms around them and hung steadily in the air.

Charlie was still sitting on Norberta's back, looking carefully at the quiet castle in front of him, and then he couldn't help but frown.

No one! No one.

"How is this possible?" Charlie turned his head in confusion, looked at the team members beside him and said, "You were patrolling nearby before, did you hear any suspicious movements?"

"No." All the team members shook their heads one after another.

"That's weird," Charlie frowned and said to himself, "There are nearly two hundred people! And among them there are many powerful and knowledgeable experts... Unless they all leave voluntarily, otherwise,

How could it have disappeared so quietly?"

"Hululu."

Suddenly, Charlie saw Norberta underneath him turn his head and look towards the lake.

"over there?"

Charlie was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, and then wanted to urge Norberta to take him to the lakeside.

But who would have thought that after being urged by him, Norberta shrank in the opposite direction and growled a few times. It seemed that there seemed to be some kind of existence over there that it didn't want to, or even didn't dare to approach.

"Mr. Weasley?"

When one of the team members saw this, he couldn't help but look at Charlie with some anxiety.

"It's okay," Charlie waved his hand and said, "And no matter what, we have to find out clearly - you guys wait here, I will go over to find out the truth first."

After saying that, he jumped off Norberta's back, held the wand with a stern expression and walked towards the lake.

The remaining wizard team members looked at each other back and forth a few times, and immediately separated into a few tacit understandings and followed Charlie closely, while the others flew high into the sky one after another.

…

"Maka, this is Charlie Weasley."

Willy glanced in the direction of the castle behind her, and then said to Maka:

"Then...the wizards are still waiting in the woods on the other side of the hillside outside the school gate, and they haven't gone too far."

"Well," Maka nodded, "It was probably Aslan's intention - he was still hesitant about me, so he wanted to use the relationship between Charlie and me to test my true attitude."

"Do you need me to drive them away?" Willy asked.

But when Maka heard this, she waved her hand.

"No need," he said, "they will leave completely after they see Charlie leave after a while."

After he finished speaking, not long after, Maka and the others heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind. The sound was very soft, but it was obvious that it could not escape his perception.

"Maka? Maka, is that you? And Willy and...Mr. Blois?"

Maka and the others were standing by the lake without any cover, so it was not surprising that they were discovered so quickly.

In fact, Charlie had actually seen them from a distance just now, but he didn't dare to confirm them until he cautiously got close enough.

"Yes!" Maka said without looking back, "It's me... Charlie, are you here at Hogwarts too?"

"Well, Hermione and Percy want me to come over and help them rebuild the school -" Charlie said, and then said, "By the way! Maka, where are they? Oh... I think you should know who I am referring to.

.”

"Oh, I know!" Maka said calmly, still looking at the sparkling lake, "As for where they went... it's simple, I killed them all."

"What?"

Charlie was stunned, as if his brain was suddenly rusty. After being stunned for a few seconds, he subconsciously took a step back, and then slowly raised the wand he had just put down in his hand.

"You're not Maka!"

"It's just a little joke, don't be so nervous." Maka smiled softly, then finally turned around, looked at Charlie and pointed casually, "They are behind the hillside over there!"

However, Charlie did not relax at all because of this. Because even if old Aslan and the others were really over there and were still alive and well, in his impression, Maka was definitely not someone who knew how to kill someone.

Dangerous guy here to make fun of you!

"Hey! Charlie, don't look at me like that, I'll be sad." Maka looked at his eyes that were staring at her, shook her head slightly and said, "Of course I am me, no one can

You can fake it..."

As he said this, he suddenly glanced in the direction behind Charlie and the others, and then immediately showed a happy smile.

"Oh, there is a 'little acquaintance' here..." He suddenly waved his hand and said, "Norberta, you're already here, why don't you come and see me?"

Before he finished speaking, the fire dragon Norberta, who was still in front of the castle, roared low, then jumped up with a pair of dragon wings and flew over here.

After landing suddenly between Maka and Charlie, everyone saw Norberta very cautiously lowering her huge head and approaching Maka obediently.

Maka stretched out her hand, caressed the bridge of her nose, and said leisurely:

"Look! That night when I secretly asked you to take her to Romania seems like just yesterday."