harry potter book of crimes

"Because I'm different from the others -"

"Because I am 'greedy'."

This is how he answered her, very casually, but as if it were a matter of course.

Luna looked at him in confusion. After a moment of hesitation, she blinked again, tilted her head and said:

"I still don't quite understand...does it mean that the degree of 'sin' is different?"

"You are very smart."

The black figure seemed to appreciate Luna's words after hearing her words. However, the devil's expression was something that humans could not distinguish. Except for Luna, who had mastered the rules of empathy, she could vaguely feel some of the other party's mood.

, no one present could notice it.

After saying something that seemed to be a compliment, the other party continued:

"Of course, apart from the degree, the most important difference is actually the essence. As I said just now, I am greedy, and if greed is a sin, then all life in this world...is guilty."

Perhaps it was Luna's question that impressed him that aroused his interest. He didn't want to discuss it too deeply. After a pause, he couldn't help but continue:

"That Miss Granger just now, right? She said that greed is the desire to possess more than what is needed. This sentence itself is not wrong, but the seven deadly sins... or each of the demons corresponds to

It's a 'big crime', but it can't be explained clearly in just one sentence."

Having said this, the black figure opposite Luna suddenly raised his head, looking past Luna's head and towards Hermione behind him.

"For example, 'arrogance'." He said, "I know that some people call it the most serious sin among the seven deadly sins. It is disrespect and contempt for all things in the world, and it is an attempt to control everything that does or does not belong to oneself.

But in fact, you can also say that it is a kind of greed, greed for self-existence and desire for control."

"Another example is 'gluttony'. Of course, this sin does not just refer to excessive demand for food. If I have to explain it simply, it may be said to be 'addiction and waste', which is the self-satisfaction with the beautiful status quo and excess.

Greed..."

He only chose two of the seven deadly sins and gave a simple analysis and explanation, and he stopped going on. This was naturally because he felt that there was no need to explain each one, because he knew that he could stay in this tower for now.

Almost none of the humans on the platform is truly stupid.

Not to mention thinking from scratch, at least through his two examples and analysis, you can probably understand it if you think about it by analogy!

As for looking at Hermione instead of Luna while talking now, does it mean that his explanation is to Hermione, but it doesn't seem to be necessarily the case.

Soon, the black figure was seen returning his gaze to Luna in front of him, looking at the latter and saying:

"By the way, did you just ask me 'should we cooperate'?"

"Well," Luna nodded, but then shook her head, "Oh, but there's no need to ask this - since it was you who proposed it, of course you hope to cooperate!"

"That's... right." When the other party heard what she said, he was slightly startled, and then nodded.

"Then it'll be fine."

Luna also nodded, then immediately turned around and looked behind her, saying:

"Hermione, do you really want to leave the decision-making power to me?"

Hearing this, Hermione couldn't help but hesitate again, but after taking one more look at the black figure, she gritted her teeth and nodded vigorously.

"Okay," Luna smiled at her, then immediately turned to look directly at the black figure in front of her and said, "Then let's cooperate!"

…

Luna's decision can even be described as "hasty", which especially puzzled the other friends present.

But since Hermione dared to hand over the decision-making power to Luna, and Luna dared to make such a decision, although everyone was puzzled, they would not do it in front of the "greedy" devil, the master of living corpses.

What objections are raised?

Today, after experiencing so many things, everyone's trust has been completely established. And since everyone has agreed on the wisdom of Hermione and Luna, then there is no difference between us in matters decided by them jointly.

When thinking about something, the first thing they usually consider is whether they have made a mistake in their thinking.

However, apart from Luna and Hermione's friends, there are still a few "outsiders" on this platform after all.

For example, the head of the Blois family, who has never really integrated in from beginning to end.

"We, the Blois family, will not be involved in this matter."

As Mr. Blois said that, his eyes fell on the black figure for a moment, and then he took a step forward. The next moment, he saw that the space around him suddenly distorted, and then shrank violently.

...When the space calmed down, Blois completely disappeared from the platform.

Yes, although the sky is still shrouded in haze, this is indeed Britain no longer. Without the interference of the seemingly ubiquitous power of soul rules on that land, Blois can choose to apparate away at any time.

No one stopped him, not even the Lord of the Living Corpses, who seemed to think this was not a problem.

"It's a pity that there is no considerable help," he said after a few seconds of silence as Blois left hastily, "However, I respect everyone's choice... If anyone else doesn't want to participate

Yes, feel free to leave, no one will force you."

After speaking loudly, he looked at Luna who was still sitting opposite and said slowly:

"Since we agreed, let's discuss how to cooperate as soon as possible! First of all, I must tell you that there are several demons concentrated in southern England, somewhere near the English Channel coast."

At this point, he paused for a moment, remembering something. After the momentary delay subsided, he continued:

"Dealing with demons is not a task that can be completed in a short time, especially when they get together. Since we have decided to cooperate, this is the first trouble we will face. So... I

We plan to separate them first and break them up - at least not to get them all together - Miss Lovegood, and everyone else, do you have any ideas?"

Although Luna's decision made most of the partners on the platform feel a bit subtle, no one raised any objections, so this cooperation was indeed concluded in such a dramatic way.

But obviously, everyone has discovered that the Lord of the Living Corpses seems to be much more enthusiastic and eager to solve the problem of demons than everyone expected. As soon as the negotiation was successful, he immediately started talking about the preliminary plan.

discuss.

No one knew what was hidden under his calm and unhurried appearance. He was actually more anxious than the humans.