harry potter book of crimes

"It's unbelievable... look behind us! The crowd outside the school gate is like the auditorium at the Quidditch World Cup, but once we get inside, we can't even see half a living corpse? This...

…Who knocked over this sardine can that was supposed to be filled with fish? Why is the ‘fish’ outside the ‘can’?”

After a lot of hard work, everyone finally crossed the front bridge that was repaired with ghoul net vines, and broke through the enemy blockade in one go, rushing straight to the campus they had not seen for a long time.

Nowadays, Ron's speed is really extraordinary. After Maka and Harry, who were the first to step into the vestibule due to their sheer strength, he was the third one to jump through the door.

And after taking a closer look to see clearly the situation inside the door, he couldn't help but be the first to speak in surprise and exclamation. Naturally, he was also the same.

"What kind of fish? It's canned. Stop talking nonsense!"

Harry pulled Ron and dragged him behind the bushes at the base of the wall where he and Maka were hiding together. Maka on the side was doing the same thing to other people who came in afterward.

The vestibule of Hogwarts is really too empty, especially near the school gate. Apart from lawns, there is almost no cover available. That means squatting behind the trees in front of the fence and watching from a distance.

Now it's barely noticeable anymore.

After a moment of free time, Harry couldn't help but turn his head. The densely packed living corpses outside the iron fence were still right in front of him. To be honest, it was no wonder that Ron couldn't help sighing just now.

"Is there any force preventing them from entering the school?" He stared at the horrific scene outside the fence and whispered to himself.

Not far away, Maka's attention was obviously no longer outside the campus.

From here, you can actually see the entire front of Hogwarts Castle very clearly. It can be seen that the current campus as a whole is showing a very weird atmosphere.

First of all, as mentioned before, when you look from a distance outside, you can see that the castle is almost completely "immersed" in a kind of black smoke. Now, it still looks like this from a close distance.

It's just that the tall main gate of the castle that can't be seen in the distance is still wide open for some reason. Inside the gate, which seems to be filled with black fog, just like the open windows on the castle, there is thick black smoke flowing.

He walked out and climbed down the steps in front of the door, until even the brick road and grass in front of him were covered with slightly undulating black air.

However, the strange thing is that after leaving the castle itself for about twenty feet, the black smoke that covered the nearby lawn like a carpet seemed to have hit an invisible wall, and was all restrained around the castle.

Within a certain range, it cannot continue to spread outwards.

This also makes the entire vestibule generally "clean". Inside and outside the clear boundary, it seems that there are two completely different worlds.

But what surprised Maka the most was not actually this. What he was most curious about was the current state of the various trees and vegetation in the front yard.

It must be said that apart from the terrifying appearance of the castle, the ecological environment in most areas of the entire campus is actually surprisingly good, even so good that it makes people feel a little weird——

The lawn in the front yard is fresh and green, and the woods in the direction of the Forbidden Forest are still lush. The vegetable field in the backyard of Hagrid's hunting cabin is full of seasonal vegetables and fruits, and the row of greenhouses further away

It also seemed to be full of life.

Even the whomping willow plant, the cocoons that originally covered its body have long since disappeared. It has sprouted a lot of new buds on the note and is swaying its waist gently in the wind. The whole tree is full of fragrance.

Vitality and comfort.

Comparing it with the desolate and disasterous scene that everyone saw along the way, the scene here is in stark contrast, making people feel that it is fresher and more beautiful than the Hogwarts of the past!

"I saw grass that was not withered yellow again! But I never expected that the place where you can see fresh and tender green in the entire disaster area would be here - I thought this was the least likely place to see this scene.

Place!" Neville, who was squatting not far from Maka, was obviously surprised by the vitality here and couldn't help but say this at this time.

On the other side of Maka, Willie, who has always liked plants the most, was already looking down at the bushes and grass blades in front of her at some point. She seemed to be very curious about what it was.

, so that the vegetation here can still grow so healthily in the severely polluted magic environment...

"I have a proposal."

Just when everyone was shocked by the various scenes in the school, Maka's voice suddenly sounded, breaking the silence here.

It was probably at this time that everyone, including Maka, realized with some hindsight that there was something very wrong within the campus:

It’s so quiet here!

In this campus, there is such a vibrant scene, but not even the slightest sound of insects or birds can be heard.

Even the fact that the core area that was supposed to be a dead place is now full of life is strange enough. But in the front yard of the school, which is full of lush vegetation and full of life, there is not even a bird, animal or insect, which is even more obvious.

It feels weird and abnormal.

Just coming here all the way, except for the sounds of fighting with countless enemies, there is indeed no other movement in this disaster place. It is probably because he has been accustomed to the dead silence environment that Lian Maka

, even failed to notice it at the first time.

"There is life everywhere, but there is a hint of death everywhere..." Maka, who paused the previous topic for a moment, murmured, and then continued, "Anyway, I have a suggestion, that is

Let me...well, Harry and I! Let's go to the castle to have a closer look at the situation."

He might have just wanted to explore alone at first, but after considering what most people thought, he still took Harry with him.

After saying this, Maka turned to look at Sarah next to her, stretched out her hand and said:

"Give it to me! You wait here and prepare to contact the Hogsmeade village resident according to the situation. If you can't be contacted here, let Miss Geofine escort you out and try until Hermione and Luna are successfully notified.

"

"good."

Sarah obediently handed over the broken doll that she had been holding in her hand, and nodded gently. Although Safina on the side did not speak, judging from her posture, she obviously acquiesced to Maka's treatment of her.

assigned.

And in the end, it was Harry who, after thinking for a while, slightly raised the sword in his hand, and silently agreed to the proposal to initiate the investigation.