harry potter book of crimes

Following Charlotte's notice, everyone arrived at Aberforth's side one after another in advance and sat around the dining table as usual.

Of course, except for Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.

"Remus...what happened? What news did Sirius get when he went to Beauxbatons?"

Tonks had just sat down after coming over, and couldn't help but glance at Sirius's back at the bar, and then asked softly to Lupine beside him.

However, Lu Ping shook his head.

"I don't know either," he said with a slight frown, "I asked as soon as I came over, but he only said to wait until everyone is here before talking... But in short, it's definitely not a good thing!"

The couple, who had a slight age gap, had obviously become more and more accustomed to getting along recently. Tonks no longer had the same impulsiveness as at the beginning, and the feeling between the two of them together became obviously much more inconspicuous.

However, perhaps it is precisely because of this plainness that it makes people feel that the relationship between the two of them is getting stronger and stronger.

To say that this disaster may occasionally bring some benefits to people - at least if there weren't so many terrible and annoying things constantly attracting the attention of the two of them, I'm afraid they wouldn't adapt to each other so naturally.

the existence of the other party.

Now, hearing what Lupine said, Tonks couldn't help but sigh, and a trace of sadness flashed across her face.

"Oh...poor Weasley, I hope it's not too bad - they won't be able to stand it."

"Who doesn't hope so?"

Lupine took a sip of his wine and sighed softly, then naturally put his arm around Tonks' shoulders and kissed her lightly on the forehead.

"Let me take a sip too."

Tonks reached for his wine glass, but Lupine quickly covered the rim of the glass and held it down.

"Just stop drinking...I don't want everyone to enjoy another fish-man opera performance, especially under the circumstances today!"

"Hey!"

When Tonks heard this, she immediately glared at him, but after that, she finally gave up her plan to drink. Because in fact, she had been drunk once before, and the scene...even though she didn't remember it at all afterwards.

It was incredible, but just listening to Lu Ping's words made her want to die.

As for Lupine's "murloc opera" metaphor... Obviously, the murloc's singing is ethereal and sweet in the water, but if it is on the shore, it is comparable to the scream of a mandrake. Plus Tonks is a

A natural disguisemagus, once drunk, his long hair will change color automatically without wind, which is really not the same as the fish-men in the water.

So, although Tonks is not completely incapable of drinking, when she thinks of her drunk appearance...oh! She might as well give up drinking completely!

While the "little" couple was whispering to each other, the seats around the dining table were gradually filled up - yes, except for Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's seats and Sirius who was sitting alone at the bar.

.

"Okay, you can go there too!"

Seeing that Charlotte, who had even gone out to inform everyone, came in through the back door and returned to the bar, Aberforth suddenly reached out and patted the table in front of Sirius, then pointed towards the dining table.

"Oh, are everyone here?"

Sirius's drinking capacity is still very good. While waiting for people to come here, he drank a lot of Aberforth's wine by himself. However... there are also disadvantages of being a good drinker, that is

Occasionally when I want to get drunk, it seems that the more I drink, the more sober I become.

"Crack."

After placing the cup on the bar, he finally stood up, turned around and sat down at his usual seat at the dining table. Then, he looked at everyone's faces from left to right.

Scan them one by one.

"Anyway... let me tell you the biggest reason why I called you here in advance today! In case Arthur and his wife will come soon and I haven't had time to tell you - it will be difficult to tell you then."

At this point, Sirius waved his hands and said:

"Percy was killed."

Before he finished speaking, the slightly dim room immediately fell into dead silence, so quiet that it was as if there was an inexplicable buzzing sound in his ears.

After a moment of silence, a voice finally broke the silence.

"Why Percy?"

The person who spoke was Lu Ping.

To be honest, when he met Charlotte before and heard her warning not to disturb Arthur and Molly, he had already guessed some possibilities.

Even...maybe it's because he and Maka have made a lot of judgments and decisions in the past! He seems to have caught some of Maka's habits - he always likes to imagine the worst possibilities in advance.

Before that, Lu Ping had subconsciously envisioned many possibilities, and the death of a certain person, or even a few people, was one of the conclusions.

But no matter how he imagined it, he never expected that Sirius would reveal the news of Percy's death.

When it comes to danger, the most dangerous ones are definitely those who are on the front line. Although they are already stronger than ordinary people, the crises they need to face are obviously much more terrifying than others. In addition, Per

Weymouth, where the West is located, at least until this time, was considered relatively safe.

However, Percy died, and he died in front of many people.

"Because another change has erupted in the UK that is more severe than before!" Sirius spread his hands and said, "Actually, this time I not only met Madam Maxime at Beauxbatons, I also met Mrs.

Two young witches. They also seem to be friends with Maca. They have been at Winchester Cathedral recently and have just returned from England until today."

"Who are these two people specifically? We don't know each other?" Kingsley on the other side couldn't help but ask.

"Actually, it can't be said that we don't know each other at all." Sirius shrugged and said, "You should know about the Kingsleys of the Geoffrey family."

"That prophet family in Northern Europe?"

"Yes," Sirius nodded, "that's the one who was regarded as the leader of the group of Nordic dark wizards by Geofein. That group of dark wizards were able to stay peacefully there for so many years, and this prophet family was indispensable. And

Now... of the pair of witch sisters I met in Beauxbatons, the sister among them is the prophet of this generation."

At this point, he paused for a moment before turning to:

"I think it may be for this reason that Maka came to them. The sisters seemed to have done a lot of work in helping to deal with the zombie army in the UK - of course, I only heard what they said.

, the specific situation may have to be discussed later.”