harry potter book of crimes

"shut up!"

When Maka arrogantly questioned the Werther family's education and ordered them to hand over Charlotte, the middle-aged wizard who had always been suppressed seemed to have finally reached the limit of his patience.

Yes, it was the wizard who Maka threw the remaining chicken legs into his dinner plate.

"Charlotte is my daughter, and I won't allow you to insult her! It's even more impossible to hand her over to you -"

"Norman, it's you who should shut up..." the old head of the family suddenly said calmly, "I have warned you a long time ago not to overindulge your daughter... Not only did you let her go to Hogwarts, it would also embarrass your own name.

Last year, he resisted the first marriage with the Augustine family, which embarrassed our whole family..."

"But..." Charlotte's father stood up suddenly, clenched his fists tightly, and said tremblingly, "Father...Charlotte is also your granddaughter..."

"Of course I know," the old patriarch still looked calm. He just looked at his son expressionlessly and said, "Charlotte is my granddaughter, and she is also a member of the family... Not only did I not blame her for her weak

His magical talent even gave Charlotte such a huge honor!"

"The first marriage with the Augustine family! Do you understand what this means?" The old patriarch suddenly raised his voice and asked his incompetent son.

"...It means that we can erase the dissatisfaction of the past thousand years and return to the strong alliance of the past." Charlotte's father, Norman Witt, lowered his head and replied weakly.

The old head of the family snorted coldly, and then turned his attention to Maka again.

"Sorry, Mr. Diher..." He nodded apologetically, "As mentioned just now, Charlotte is currently engaged to the Augustine family. You see..."

Maka understood as soon as she heard it. This old fox obviously deliberately led out the engagement by scolding Charlotte's father.

As for his purpose...

One is to remind Maka that Charlotte is currently engaged in a marriage contract with the Augustine family, which involves the interests of two ancient families; the other is to avoid any conflict with the Dihel family, so they go to such great lengths.

Explain the situation from the side.

"Huh?" Maka frowned and said, "Didn't you resist the marriage last year? What, the engagement wasn't terminated? Can it be postponed until this year?"

"Yes...Charlotte's fiancé seems to care about her very much and did not give up on the marriage because of her rejection." The old patriarch replied calmly.

The situation is indeed a bit complicated, but there are advantages to it.

He had deliberately thrown the half chicken leg before, because he recognized Charlotte's father at a glance. He had already seen Charlotte's father at the MacMillan family's dance.

And now, the other party seems to have recognized him, and he has actively cooperated with his acting just now - not to mention, his acting skills are no worse than Snape's!

Of course, if he continues to fall out, it won't be unnatural - after all, the people in the Diher family are not normal. But then, maybe there will be a real fight...

What kind of magic the Werther family is, he hasn't found out yet! To be honest, he doesn't want to do it rashly.

"Hmph... hum hum..." Maka thought for a moment, then laughed instead, "If you hand her over to me, you will have trouble with the Augustin family; but if you don't hand her over to me, you will have trouble with the Augustine family.

I made a scene...what are you going to do, Mr. Witte?"

He had a weird smile on his face, as if he was watching a good show, and his bad taste was clearly revealed.

"Mr. Diher, although I don't know what exactly happened between you and Charlotte... I think this is what you think..." the old patriarch smiled and said, "I asked Charlotte to come out and apologize to you, and give you

How about a generous apology... just let this matter be written off?"

He smiled and said: "It's really not worth getting angry over a little girl, is it?"

Maka narrowed her eyes, revealing a dangerous look.

In just a moment, the old patriarch was staring at Maka. It could be seen that he was always on guard. If Maka really made a move, he would fight back immediately.

However, Maka just looked at him for a while, nothing more.

"In that case, let her come out first! I want to see her attitude and then decide whether I should sell you this favor..."

After saying that, Maka sat back on the chair, tore off another chicken leg and started to chew on it. For a while, his mouth was filled with grease, which made everyone feel relieved and irritated again.

Got up.

"...Norman, go and bring Charlotte down." The old man tilted his head and motioned to Charlotte's father.

He hesitated for a moment, then nodded silently and quickly left the table.

…

For the members of the Werther family, today's night is boring and frustrating - they have to get up from their soft and comfortable beds to face the disgust of Maka, who is written as "distinguished guest" but pronounced as "bastard"

Guy.

But for Charlotte, everything outside seems not so important.

All she could do was sit on the edge of the bed and look at the dark "sky" outside the window.

She didn't want to sleep, because it would make the last bit of free time in her life wasted in unknown sleep.

So she just sat there, humble and stubborn.

She wanted to use her last little time to dig a hole in her heart, put all the happy memories she had up to now into it, and then bury them deeply and completely.

“Tuk tuk tuk”

There was a sudden knock on the door, and Charlotte raised her head as a reflex, but her eyes were empty and blank.

“Tuk tuk tuk”

The knocking on the door did not stop, but became more urgent...and in the midst of the knocking on the door, my father's voice also sounded.

"Lottie—open the door! Lottie!"

Charlotte finally came to her senses. She was stunned for a moment, then walked to the door and was about to reach out and unlock the door.

"Open the Alajo Cave!"

With a soft "click", the door was pushed open by Charlotte's father from the outside. Then, he quickly walked into the room and quickly closed the door.

"Listen, Lottie!" Her father said seriously, "Lottie, you have to get out of here! Dad already understands... Whether you are sent to the Augustin family or to someone else, it is the same...

Dad can’t let you ruin your life’s happiness just for this cold-blooded family!”

As he spoke, he took out a palm-sized money bag from the pocket of his coat and stuffed it into his daughter's hand.

"Take this... take this opportunity to leave the family! As long as you return to Hogwarts and find a way to stay there, the family won't be able to blatantly arrest you..."

"But..." Charlotte held the money bag tightly, but could not move at all, "Father... you come with me, otherwise..."

"I won't leave." Her father shook his head firmly, "Your mother is buried here, so I won't go anywhere else... But you have to go! Your grandfather won't do anything to me.

, I am his son after all..."

He said it decisively and simply, but in fact, for his most useless son, how would the old family leader, who puts the interests of the family first, treat him?

This is already obvious.

"Father!" Charlotte said stubbornly, "If you don't leave, I won't leave... What happened? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

"There's not much time to explain... Lottie! You have to listen to me!"

"Father!"

Norman took a deep breath and finally explained: "You should have noticed the commotion just now - a guest came just now. His family background is extraordinary. He specified that the family should hand you over to him..."

"Who? Why did you specify me?" Charlotte's face darkened, and she said sadly and angrily, "Is it my face that is causing trouble again?"

"Uh... no, it shouldn't be..." Norman thought for a while and said, "He seems to have met you at Hogwarts... His name is 'Maka Diher'... No, at Hogwarts

It should have been another name..."

"Maka?"

While her father was still wondering whether he should explain it from the beginning, Charlotte screamed in surprise.

"What? He also had this name at Hogwarts?" Norman was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

"Father, don't you remember?" Charlotte said quickly, "It's Maka McClain! You also met him at the dance at MacMillan's house..."

"The dance at MacMillan's house?" Norman frowned slightly, but suddenly said, "Oh! Is it that boy? I remember you praised him... huh? Could it be..."

"In short," Charlotte said decisively, "Father, if that is Maka, then there is no need to worry-"

Halfway through her words, she immediately paused.

What if it is Maka? Even if he can use other identities to deceive everyone in the family, marrying into the Augustin family is inevitable for the family.

Instead, it was because of her own affairs that she allowed her younger brother to risk coming here. If her younger brother encountered any danger because of this... she might never be able to forgive herself in this life.

No, that's not right!

It's too late to think about this now. Instead of regretting not telling him clearly here, it's better...

"Father, I want to see him!" Charlotte suddenly showed a determined expression, looking very similar to her father just now.

After giving a brief explanation to her father, she ignored her father's obstruction and walked resolutely toward the side hall downstairs.

However, when Maca saw Charlotte and Norman, father and daughter, appearing at the door of the side hall, he felt as if a thousand giant monsters were rushing past.

Why don't you run when you have such a good opportunity? I will hide it with you when the time comes, and no one will be able to find it!

But when Maka then saw that Charlotte's father was looking at his face with a hint of surprise, he knew...

"It turns out that wasn't an act just now!"