harry potter book of crimes

To be honest, Tia didn't even know how she escaped from that cell door. Even if this memory is still fresh after many years, all she can remember is the indescribable panic and the dizzying feeling.

Confusion... and the "thumping" sound that filled the ears due to the violent beating of the heart.

Then……

Then when she finally came to her senses, she found that she had somehow run down the long corridor that she had been roughly dragged along.

The thick and soft luxury carpet delivers a comfortable touch to the soles of the feet, but it is obviously not suitable for running wildly; the densely packed picture frames on the corridor walls quickly retreat behind them as they move forward.

Even the content of the painting becomes blurry in the field of vision; the glass chandelier above the head exudes a soft but tough light, causing the shadows under the feet to constantly expand and contract, overlap and relax.

At the fork at the end, she firmly remembered the boy's warning to her, and without any hesitation, she twisted her ankle and stepped to the right - in fact, she didn't need anyone else to remind her, she had already gone to that room.

Having walked through the study room, she knew better than anyone else that she should stay away from that study room.

But when she turned the corner, she couldn't help but turn her head towards the door at the far left and glanced briefly.

The door was open, and the old man was sitting steadily behind the desk in the room. When she ran past the corridor outside the door, the old man in the door only turned his head slightly.

He looked at her calmly.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar yet unfamiliar figure walked out of the door and closed the study door with his backhand, completely cutting off her uneasy sight.

"My dear Tia, you shouldn't have done this."

When these words came faintly from the other side of the corridor, Tia had already stopped running towards the other end. However, she did not turn around, she just twisted her neck in a slightly awkward posture.

, staring at the figure in the distance and slightly pursed his thin lips.

After the entire air in the corridor seemed to freeze for a moment, she spoke out with some difficulty the name that had been lingering in her heart for a long time——

"Alyssa."

"Yes, I am Alyssa." The figure opposite nodded, looking at little Tia from a distance and said, "But unfortunately, you don't seem to be the little Tia I know."

Tia didn't understand at all why Alyssa would say such a thing. She felt that this should be what she wanted to say, but at this moment, it came out of the other party's mouth instead.

"Alyssa... why? You brought me here. You said this is like a paradise on earth, but this is obviously hell - you know, right? Over there... there is darkness over there.

Lao, I trust you so much, but why do you betray me?"

During her time in New York, Tia saw a lot of indifference and cruelty, and also experienced the pain of hunger and cold. The only warmth she ever felt came from the woman in front of her who looked like a mother and a friend. However,

Until now, that warmth once felt so hot, but now it has become so cold.

However, this woman who was once caring and thoughtful seemed to be completely unaware of her current agitated mood at this moment.

"Betrayal?" Alyssa looked at her opposite, shook her head slightly and said, "It is indeed betrayal, but you betrayed me and the dean who had placed hope in you... My child, I heard that the dean

The elder has talked to you once, but why haven't you figured it out yet? I thought you were a smart kid, but now it seems that you still haven't realized how great he is!"

"You...what are you talking about, I don't understand..."

Perhaps it was the other party's seemingly calm but inexplicably neurotic attitude that made Tia feel so nervous that she ignored the sting of being betrayed by someone she trusted and subconsciously took a few steps away.

But Alyssa opposite didn't seem to care, and just continued to talk to her:

"Of course you don't understand. I told you that you are too stupid to understand... My dear, I have shown you the beauty above, so I think you should also be able to realize that you want to be here."

How difficult is it to maintain such a beautiful world in this terrible world? Don’t you think we should help the dean and support him and expand this incredibly beautiful world? When one day,

Every corner of this world has become as beautiful as the monastery above, so will we still feel the same pain as in the past?"

Yes, the old man had said something similar to this in that study that day. But at that time, Tia's heart was filled with the fear and defense of being imprisoned and being treated roughly, and she had no time to think about it.

Too many. Maybe she will have to wait until the old man calls her to talk to her a few more times before she will gradually consider these things after being forced to agree to something.

However, it is obviously still not the time to discuss this.

"Alyssa, you...I have no idea what you are talking about! What does what you are saying have to do with putting me and so many people in prison? I won't tell you...I

Got to go!"

When she left these words, Tia had actually started walking again, and suddenly continued to run towards the other end. Although she was tripped up by Alyssa's appearance, she finally remembered

, the most important thing I should do now is to escape from this ghost place.

However, the other party's voice was still the same as before, coming from behind in an unhurried manner.

"...Tia, didn't you meet those children when you came out? I think even if you are not that smart, you should have felt from them that they are the same as you...don't you want to have

Are they that powerful enough to protect themselves from being bullied again?"

"My dear, listen to me. It's still too late to go back. The dean will not blame you..."

"Go back to the dungeon, and after a while of training, you will be able to gain the same power as them... or even stronger."

"You shouldn't have done this, you made me..."

"boom!"

Suddenly, Tia, who was running, felt an irresistible force coming from behind, and then she flew up.

The next moment, she fell to the ground and felt a sharp pain in her ankle. Looking back, she saw that it was Alyssa who had chased after me at some point. She was stamping with an expressionless face, holding a slightly twisted weapon in her hand.

Slim wand.

"Too disappointed."