harry potter book of crimes

What is "disappointment"?

This question has never been thought about by little Tia, who is about to enter the second grade this year. Because the biggest prerequisite for people to be so-called "disappointed" in you is to have "expectations" first.

Obviously, growing up, Tia has seen contempt, harshness, ridicule, and ill-intentions in the eyes of the people around her... Of course, maybe

It was too little in comparison, but she had finally seen sympathy, pity, and sympathy for people with the same disease.

But only, she never saw "expectations". Yes, even the man named John Stewart who welcomed her into Ilvermorny with good intentions... Even when she looked in the mirror every day,

None at all.

If anything, it might not have been until many years later when she went alone to England across the sea and was accidentally invited by that outstanding, gentle and polite young wizard to be a temporary potion preparation assistant during a crisis.

For the first time, I felt that maybe insignificant, but yet pure and real expectation, recognition and trust.

Of course, at this time about ten years ago, little Tia, who was just 12 years old, definitely had no idea what was going to happen in such a long future. She was lying on the ground at the moment, and she didn’t even know what she would become in the next second.

Can't even imagine it.

So, when she "subconsciously raised the wand she had been holding tightly in her hand, trying to cast a spell on Alyssa in front of her that she had never learned well, but nothing happened.

And during the entire process, where the other party casually pulled the wand away without any surprise, her mind was almost blank.

"...Oh, so you are still a little witch? This...why doesn't this surprise me at all?"

Alyssa squatted in front of Tia who was lying on the ground, put away her wand, and then gently pressed the wand that Tia had taken into her own forehead and said:

"I think your teacher must have taught you that for us wizards, the wand must be the most important companion and support in our lives. Unfortunately, you may not know it yet, but this is often not the case for wands. Once the current owner

Defeated, it is likely to switch allegiance...or at least, not exclude the new owner who defeated its previous owner from possessing it."

As Alyssa said this, she suddenly thrust the wand in her hand forward, stabbed Little Tia's forehead and said loudly:

"Just like this! Cutting out the heart and bones... ah!"

The moment Alyssa yelled out the spell with great evil thoughts, an extremely terrifying pain that reached straight to her soul suddenly rushed back from the handle of the wand in her hand, and poured into herself unbridled.

Alyssa, who was unprepared, immediately fell down as if she had been electrocuted. She screamed and wailed in pain, and her facial features became distorted and twitched in front of Tia.

There is no doubt that she, who has long known that Tia is a little wizard, never thought that the wand she took from this little girl was not only not her own, but also one she picked up by chance and has been with her for many years.

A strange wand belonging to a dark wizard with a bad temper and extremely sensitive and difficult to control!

"ah?"

Tia had already sat up. She stared blankly at the "crazy" woman in front of her, and at the wand that was still in her hand just now, but now seemed to be stuck in the other person's palm and couldn't get rid of it.

, my heart is full of confusion and fear.

Of course she didn't know what kind of magic Alyssa was about to cast on herself just now, nor did she quite understand what the other person's situation was. But she had already realized in a daze that if she had been able to cast the spell just now...

Alyssa didn't even need to take action. The person lying on the ground in agony now might be herself.

However, after a moment of confusion and fear, she finally remembered her current situation again. Then, she was still sitting on the ground, holding her hands on the floor, and stood up in a hurry, carefully avoiding the convulsions.

Alyssa, who was already slowly shrinking, continued to run towards the end of the corridor.

But before leaving here, she didn't forget to take out the wand belonging to the other party from Alyssa's pocket, grabbed one end and pressed it against the ground, and stepped on it into two pieces.

…

Tia finally escaped back to the monastery on the ground. She ran forward in the aisle with all her strength, while looking back from time to time. Alyssa did not follow, and the mysterious old man did not appear, and she even ran away all the way.

I haven't bumped into anyone since.

For Tia, who wanted to escape as soon as possible, this was obviously a good thing. But she remembered clearly that the boy had said before that his classmate Brooks Stewart was waiting above.

So, where did Brooks go?

"Miss Prince."

Tia, who was wondering but not thinking about going over to look for the other party, heard the voice when she turned a corner. It was from a boy whom she had heard a few times but could not be called familiar.

Voice.

"Mr. Stewart?"

Tia's steps slowed down a little, and she turned to look behind the vase from the corner where the sound came from, keeping a cautious look on her face.

If John Stewart was his guide into Ilvermorny and one of the few trustworthy people so far, then this person was a student of the same class as himself in Ilvermorny and was John's younger brother.

Brooks seems equally trustworthy.

Even though the two of them didn't have much of a relationship during the year at school, since the other party actually brought the boy to save him today, it seemed that he had no reason to distrust the other party.

"Miss Prince, come here quickly! Someone is coming from ahead."

In the corner, the boy whispered, and pulled Tia, who was not struggling, behind the big vase.

"Squat down and hide."

Tia watched the other person pull her in, murmuring again, shaking the wand in his hand and poking, as if he was arranging something with a magic spell. Although she complied with the other person's actions for a moment, her heart still remained

disturbed.

And at this moment, Brooks, who had probably arranged the concealment spell, finally turned around again, looked at her and said softly:

"Don't worry, it will be fine... Where is 'him'?"

Tia was startled, and was about to speak, but soon there was a series of footsteps outside, causing both of them to subconsciously hold their breath and concentrate, and no longer thought about talking.

Just as Brooks said, at the other end of the corridor, someone is coming this way.