harry potter book of crimes

"...How long do we have to go? Where is the venue of the trial?"

"The venue is on the ground floor."

"What floor are we on now?"

"The fifth underground floor is the last underground floor."

The conversation between Luna and the receptionist was echoing faintly in this deserted corridor, spreading further ahead.

And just as the receptionist witch said, this is the underground part of the International Federation of Wizards headquarters building, and it is also the deepest underground. Not to mention that there seems to be no one here now, in fact, even in the past, there were people from all over the world every day.

When the Ministry of Magic sends people to handle official business, this place is usually idle with no one coming down for several months.

After all, now... at least before the current disaster strikes, the two deepest levels underground have not had the opportunity to fulfill their true purpose for a long time.

However, it is worth mentioning that this long underground corridor is unexpectedly not as dark and gloomy as other similar places. Under the illumination of a magic shade lamp every short distance, this long underground corridor with white walls

On the contrary, the corridor looked quite bright.

In addition, the corridor seems to be under a self-cleaning spell. Although it is inevitably a bit old, it is spotless everywhere, and people will not feel the slightest discomfort when walking in it.

"Fifth floor underground?" Luna heard the receptionist walking in front say this, and couldn't help but glance at the other person's back again, "Oh... Mr. Ajinbad asked you to bring me here.

?”

As soon as Luna said these words, the receptionist paused for a moment and subconsciously turned around to look at her. Then she continued to turn around and walked forward, and responded:

"Yes, Mr. President asked me to take Miss Lovegood to meet one...oh no, 'two' people before the trial officially begins."

"Okay!" Luna nodded after hearing this.

Obviously, she was not worried at all that the other party would take her to any dangerous place, because she could feel that the receptionist did not have any ill intentions towards her.

Not long after, the two of them walked along the corridor and passed a series of closed silver-gray metal doors. The receptionist who was leading the way finally stopped in front of another door. He saw her.

He turned slightly and glanced at Luna again, and then said softly:

"Miss Lovegood, please wait a moment."

"Well."

Luna nodded and responded. But at the moment when the other party turned around and took out the wand and was about to open the door, she didn't know if it was a coincidence or not, but she heard a sudden clanking sound from inside the door.

the sound of.

Because it was separated by the silver metal door, and the door seemed relatively thick, the sound was actually not too loud. But the corridor was already very quiet, so it still sounded very clear.

"Huh?"

In an instant, Luna let out a sigh as if she realized something, and the receptionist involuntarily stopped casting a spell to open the door. And almost at the same time, in the shadow behind Luna,

A black sharp blade was also quietly detected.

Luna, who noticed the rising black blade, quickly waved her hand towards the shadow, and then Silly Bo retracted the blade again.

And then, she heard the receptionist in front of the door say again:

"By the way... Miss Lovegood, I think I still have to remind you first. There is currently a special living corpse locked here, although Mr. Akinbad has asked people to restrain it as much as possible.

Its actions have been taken into account, but you still have to be careful where you should be careful."

"Yeah, I know." After hearing this, Luna nodded again immediately, "But...who is that living corpse? Why do I seem...a little familiar?"

"Well -" the receptionist paused hesitantly, "Anyway, you'll find out when I open the door."

Before she finished speaking, she finally moved the wand in her hand back and forth in front of the door a few times, and finally pulled it gently. The next moment, with a soft "click" sound, the silver door slowly opened.

Slowly turned on automatically.

"Clang!"

At the same time as the door was opened, another crashing sound suddenly came from inside. This time without the thick door panel, the sound suddenly became much louder, and it even made people feel a little deafened.

However, Luna obviously had no time to pay attention to this little movement at this moment.

"Madame Maxime?"

The space inside is not too big, and because there are not many redundant furnishings to obstruct the eyes, you can see the whole thing at a glance just by standing at the door. The moment she opened the door, Luna saw a medium-sized black prisoner.

The cage is just suspended in the deepest part of the room.

And just below the cage, there is a pool that is only slightly larger than the cage - it is definitely impossible to tell how deep the pool is with just your eyes, because the water in the pool is not clear.

It's water, but a strange liquid that looks like mercury.

Under the influence of magic, this silver liquid seems to have its own life, and is automatically flowing backwards from the pool into the air. They are like metal tentacles, swirling around the cage in the middle, rising and falling slowly

It keeps circulating.

To be honest, this scene looks a bit scary.

"Danglang——"

Just as Luna was watching carefully, the figure huddled in the black cage...that looked very much like Madame Maxime suddenly moved violently again, making a loud noise. A huge force

, causing the obviously very strong cage to twist a little, and then shake slightly.

But at this moment, another voice suddenly sounded from the room, which immediately attracted Luna's attention.

"Miss Lovegood?"

"Ursula? Oh, it turns out it's you... No wonder I felt like I felt another familiar magic just now."

Yes, Luna didn't expect that Ursula, who had just heard that she had left Beauxbatons not long ago, would actually come to the Federation.

Of course, if the professor at the school gate could have made it clear earlier, she probably wouldn't be so surprised now.

"Were you also invited here by Mr. Akinbad?" As soon as Luna saw Ursula, she put the black cage aside temporarily, raised her feet and walked straight inside, "

You don’t know, I’m looking for you!”

At the same time, the receptionist who was responsible for leading the way also entered the room and closed the silver-gray door again.

"You two, please have time to talk about the old things! Miss Geofine, after this morning, I wonder if you have gained anything? You know, it is about Mrs. Maxim, her current

How is it going?"