harry potter book of crimes

The atmosphere in the living room became increasingly dull.

This is only because, after Arthur stopped Lupine and others with that "wait a minute", he said something that made everyone present feel heavy.

"Percy's thing... must have happened for a while, right? Then I think... I probably understand why you want to hide it from Molly and me. Yes! Remus, what you did is

Correct... So, I’ll let it go here, but Molly must not know about this!”

This is what Arthur said just now.

To be honest, it doesn't seem to be anything special at first, but if you think about it further - how selfless you must be to say "I'll forget it" shortly after receiving the news of your son's death!

There is no doubt that although Arthur has graduated from Hogwarts many years ago, the blazing flame called Gryffindor in his heart has never been extinguished.

He knows very well that in today's disaster, the overall situation is more important than personal relationships.

After being silent for a long time, Arthur seemed to have lost all his strength and sat down on the sofa with a dejected look on his face. Then he lowered his head and said feebly:

"Remus, just now you seemed to say...Percy was 'sacrificial'? What else...'defensive battle'? Can you tell me in detail?"

"certainly."

Lupine nodded, then tilted his head towards Kingsley and said:

"Go to the door and keep an eye on it... Also, look where that guy Sirius has gone!"

Originally, he asked Sirius to guard the door, and he did this mainly to be somewhat prepared when Arthur and Molly came over. Who knew that he was still there when Luna and Molly entered the house one after another?

There, but when Arthur finally came, Sirius was nowhere to be seen.

However, Sirius is definitely not such an irresponsible person, or rather, he is the kind of man who attaches great importance to his promises with his friends. His sudden departure now... is probably for a reason.

And at this moment, Luna, who had been standing aside and watching since just now, suddenly raised her hand and pointed in a certain direction:

"As for Sirius, it seems to be over there!"

"Huh?" Kingsley and Lupine subconsciously glanced at her arm, and then they heard the latter frown slightly and say, "Over there... is my room?"

"Maybe another secret message has arrived?" Kingsley was also stunned, and then said, "Then I'll go find him first... Miss Lovegood, can you help me keep an eye on the door for now? Just...

If Mrs. Weasley comes, just remember to say hello loudly."

"Oh, okay!"

Luna nodded, followed Kingsley and left together, heading towards the door.

At the same time, after arranging all these things, Lupine told the grief-stricken Arthur bit by bit about the causes and consequences of Percy's death. Although he himself did not know everything, especially the Weymouth Defense Line at that time

Although there were no specific details, he still told the other party almost everything he could in an orderly manner.

During the entire process of Lupine's statement, Arthur never spoke again. He just engraved Lupine's every word deep into his heart without saying a word.

After a while, after Lupine finished everything, Arthur let out a long breath, and finally there was a faint sparkle in his dim eyes.

"So that's it," he sighed. "Then, we can at least say that Percy's sacrifice is extremely glorious and worthy of making my father proud...is that right?"

"That's natural." When Lupine heard this, he immediately nodded affirmatively and said, "Even if we don't mention Percy's contribution to resisting Haierbo and resisting this disaster, just because of his last persistence, he saved the world.

The large number of supporters who saved the wizard's life are enough for many people to remember his name."

Having said this, he couldn't help but pause for a moment, and then specifically added:

"In fact, a large number of the people that Harry brought to the Burrow from the Cherbourg camp this time were grateful to Percy for voluntarily standing up to respond to Hermione and Ron's call.

Called for!"

Obviously, Lu Ping's last words were actually thought up by himself - after all, Luna, who is the only one who knows something about the recent operation, has never mentioned such details to Lu Ping before.

However... if it was just to comfort Arthur's heart, telling one or two such insignificant white lies would not seem to matter.

"Yeah?"

Sure enough, after hearing this, Arthur couldn't help but close his eyes slightly, leaned against the back of the sofa and raised his head slightly. After a while, a drop of crystal that was not so conspicuous slipped quietly from the wrinkles and ravines that had appeared at the corner of his eyes.

Come down.

A few seconds passed, and Arthur wiped it casually with the back of his hand, then sat up straight again and turned to look at Lupine, who was sitting next to him.

"Has his... body been found?" Arthur asked very seriously. "Is it still at Weymouth Port? Or has it been brought back to the camp in Cherbourg?"

The question he asked immediately made Lu Ping hesitate. However, after witnessing Arthur's selflessness and determination at this time, he felt that there was no need to hide this question from him anymore.

"At the Burrow," Lupine replied, "Harry and the others have sent Percy to the Burrow for burial - according to Miss Lovegood, this seems to be one of Percy's last wishes before his death.

In fact, not long ago, after they arrived at the Burrow as a team, they held a simple funeral and buried Percy."

"Wish...this silly boy." Arthur shook his head and sighed, "So, does he have other wishes?"

"Well, alas——"

Lu Ping couldn't help but sigh slightly and said:

"Speaking of 'other wishes'... I think that is probably the reason why the children chose to establish a new base in the Burrow, right?"

At this point, the two of them seemed to have finally given up the idea of ​​continuing the conversation, and both shut up. Soon, the place became quiet again.

However, not long after, the return of Sirius and Kingsley broke the rather depressing tranquility here again.

Sirius took long strides and hurriedly rushed into the living room. After subconsciously glancing at Arthur, he immediately frowned because he noticed the strange atmosphere here, but then immediately turned his head.

He looked towards Lupine.

"Remus, it's a letter from Professor McGonagall!"