harry potter book of crimes

The weather has actually gotten a little colder recently, but it's hard for everyone to notice it in this old London city where ice is already everywhere.

Sitting in front of the fireplace in the room, Neville used the poker in his hand to poke the firewood in the stove, causing a soft beeping sound. He waved his fan a few times to drive away a few flying insects that had drifted in front of him.

Ash.

The orange-red flame danced slightly in the fireplace, continuously radiating heat, making everyone in the room warm, but their skin could not help but feel dry and tight.

Everyone has been gathering here for a while.

"Hermione," Ginny, who was sitting aside, looked at Harry, then turned around and said, "Should we also invite Mr. Stewart to discuss it together? After all, what he said last time

The matter is likely to be related to the new news this time. If we have more targeted discussions with him, we can at least be more prepared."

"I understand what you mean." On the sofa not far away, Hermione leaned forward and held her cheek with one hand. After listening to Ginny's words, she nodded quickly, "It's very possible. I want you to guess.

That's right. Because at the dinner, 'he'... obviously didn't finish what he said, and when he said he had some 'good news' to tell us this time, he was probably preparing to add to us what he had not finished last time.

Complete.”

When Ginny heard this, she immediately nodded in agreement.

"Then we-"

"But!" Hermione put down the hand that was supporting her cheek and straightened her back to interrupt her, "Even though the Mr. Stewart before seemed to have told everything he knew without reservation, there were even some coincidences in it.

It involves his old friendship with Tia, but... to be honest, I still think he might be hiding something. Or at least, he's not as candid as he showed to us that night!"

At the end of the sentence, she seemed to feel a little uncomfortable, and hesitantly sighed to herself.

Hermione Granger has always been an upright and kind-hearted girl. She obviously does not like to deliberately doubt a person unless necessary. Especially like Mr. John Stewart, at least on the surface, the other person

He certainly doesn't look like a bad person.

But at this moment, everyone noticed that Harry, who was sitting in the corner of the room, just wiping his sword with his head lowered, suddenly raised his head and said:

"Actually, I also think there is something wrong with him."

"What did you find?" Hermione turned to look at him and asked curiously.

"Well," Harry paused slightly while wiping the blade of the sword, pushed his round eyes and thought for a moment, "Actually, it's not him himself, but... I really want to know, what are they doing here in the United States?

What is the purpose of sending such a team here this time? You know, even if it is difficult for MACUSA and Ilvermorny to understand the situation here in detail, it is impossible for them to not know the dangers here - why did they send

How can such a team rush in and die?"

The reason why Harry becomes suspicious is very simple, and everyone will understand it as soon as he hears it.

Yes, in the final analysis, this matter still needs to be considered from the purpose of all parties. Even including the matter about the Mark of the Deathly Hallows mentioned by John and the Lord of the Living Corpses at the dinner, as long as we understand who "that" is.

I want to tell you something through this incident, so that many of the current doubts will definitely be explained.

Because one thing is already obvious, that is, the person represented by the "Mark of the Deathly Hallows" is already dead - he fell in the vestibule of Hogwarts with Voldemort.

The events that most people have personally experienced are still fresh in their memories even now.

"So," Hannah, who had been listening silently from the beginning, couldn't help but say cautiously, "this is actually the result of Greenwald's remnant party still not giving up after losing their master and wanting to conquer the world.

A tentative act of seeking refuge with Helbo right under the nose of the magic world?"

What she said was not actually her own inference, because before that, Hermione and Harry's conversation had almost put the result in front of everyone. And she just used her own words to summarize this fact.

However, just as Hannah concluded, in this difficult situation where gunfire is everywhere, facts have proved that the behavior of the previous head of the Brandt family in Germany is obviously not a good one.

For example, no one can guarantee whether there will be more selfish or ambitious people trying to throw themselves into chaos during this devastating disaster.

So, is John Stewart trustworthy? It's hard to say for the time being, but now everyone is sure that at least the American Stewart family behind him needs to be more vigilant.

However, just when some of the friends in the room couldn't help but feel worried secretly, Sarah, who had been silent until now, suddenly turned her head and looked at the door, and then said casually:

"Professor Snape is here too, do you want to go take a look?"

Sarah had attended Hogwarts for a while. Although it was not long ago and her mind was not on studying at all at the time, she was still familiar with the professors.

Others were startled when they heard her mention Snape, and then Hermione and others subconsciously exchanged glances with each other.

Yes, there is a Severus Snape!

Now there is more than one John Stewart who has come to this old London with unknown purpose. In fact, if there were not so many problems blocking them right now, everyone might have wanted to find out why Professor Snape suddenly appeared here.

Now that the question is clear, I won’t have to wait until now to think of it because I just discussed John.

"Snape? Did he go to Lupine and his friends?" Harry said subconsciously.

After talking in the small drawing room downstairs before, considering that Lu Ping and others had just arrived here, the journey must be very hard, so they were specially asked to rest first. There are many rooms in Buckingham Palace, including Blois

It won't be a problem for everyone including the family wizards to live there.

At the moment, Lupine and Kingsley were living opposite Neville and Harry's room, separated by a corridor, so they could take care of each other if anything happened.

When Harry asked, Sarah nodded calmly.

"Yes, he stopped at the opposite door, but he didn't seem to have any intention of knocking on the door?" As she was speaking, she paused for a moment, and then said, "He's here."

As soon as Sarah finished speaking, everyone heard knocks at the door of the room, just two gentle and not heavy knocks, which seemed a bit careless.

Then, Snape's voice came in from outside as expected——

"Open the door."