harry potter book of crimes

"Bang bang bang... bang bang bang..."

At five o'clock in the morning New York time, a rapid knock on the door sounded on the second floor of the riverside house, breaking the pre-dawn tranquility.

"Here we come, wait..."

Abigail got up from the bed in a daze, opened the door in her pajamas.

"……what is the matter?"

"Something happened at Hogwarts. I have to rush back immediately." Maka stood in the dim corridor and quickly warned, "Abigail, I left you with a means of protection.

, Sirius also asks you to take care of him during my absence. Also, try not to leave here as much as possible, do you understand?"

Just now, Maka, who was leaning on the chair next to Sirius' bed with her eyes closed and taking a nap, suddenly felt a slight tingling on her left forearm.

He drew a magic text mark there. If another mark matching it was destroyed, the mark on his arm would immediately heat up as a warning to remind him that there was something wrong with the place he was monitoring.

Right now, the monitor he sent is his owl Malfa, and the place it monitors is Hogwarts.

Because of this, when he heard Greenwald's "kind intention" reminding him, he still didn't rush back to check the situation immediately. Because he had already asked Marfa to keep an eye on that place a long time ago.

"Uh...ah, okay, okay."

In Maka's serious tone, Abigail quickly woke up and nodded quickly.

"I'll come back here as soon as I'm done."

Maka gestured to her, then her body twisted and quickly disappeared in front of Abigail.

…

It's five o'clock in the morning in New York, which is exactly ten o'clock in London time. That's the time that Professor Sprout, who arrived in time after Hagrid's three-headed dog Fluffy went berserk, wrapped it into a "ball of yarn" with devil's net.

point.

However, it was not the centaurs coming out of the forest and Lu Wei going berserk that made the owl Mafa peck the anklet and destroy the magic symbols to remind Maka.

Maka told it that the standard for warning was a critical situation when hostile creatures, including wizards, appeared within the grounds of Hogwarts.

The so-called "school courtyard" only extended to the lawn area around the castle. Neither the centaur nor the three-headed dog Lu Wei had ever taken a step outside the Forbidden Forest.

Just ten minutes before Maka appeared at the school gate, somewhere outside the Forbidden Forest.

"Oh -" Luna said in a daze while walking backwards under Helen's drag, "Devil's Net."

"Hmm...are these dark vines called 'Devil's Net'?" Helen looked at the terrifying plants that had covered the entire forest in front of her, and said with some fear, "That name doesn't sound very friendly!"

"Really?" Luna sat down on the ground and tilted her head and said, "I guess they just like to be close to people - as long as they don't move around, they won't be too tight."

While she was talking in a trance, she stretched out her delicate white hands and waved them beside the black vines that were worthy of stopping at her feet. The devil vines immediately sensed the breath of the creature, and the black vines suddenly jumped up.

Tan, Helen pulled her hand back.

It seems that the spreading range has reached its limit here. After the devil's vine lost its target, it swayed left and right and squirmed for a while, and then drooped back to the ground again.

"Do you want to be strangled by them?" Helen blinked and said, "I think it's best not to."

Before she finished speaking, Luna suddenly noticed that the left side of her vision suddenly lit up, and then she felt a strong force hit her side. Luna, who was still sitting on the ground, suddenly became unstable and was pushed forward.

Caught in that large devil's net.

Those black vines surged immediately upon being impacted, wrapping around Luna's body in the blink of an eye.

Helen, who was squatting next to her, reacted very quickly and moved aside. The gentle expression on her face suddenly turned cold, but then it turned into panic very suddenly.

"I can't stand it anymore, Miss Schon." A voice suddenly sounded from behind a certain tree trunk, with a hint of disdain in his tone, "Friendship? Love? It's simply boring!"

Helen pursed her lips and stared in the direction of the sound without saying a word.

"What's wrong? Why don't you say anything? If you don't work hard, someone will be angry!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the man hiding behind the tree took a step to the side, turned around and walked slowly this way. The thin figure and the rather elegant appearance all indicated that the other person

identity of.

"Socradis?" Helen called his name.

"Huh?" Sokas frowned slightly and said, "Don't call me that bad name! What's the matter with you? You had so much time just now, but you still kept talking nonsense to the target... I'm just here

Just watching from the side is already impatient enough."

"I...I don't understand what you are talking about..." Helen seemed a little scared and took another step back, only a few steps away from the bushes behind her.

Sokas narrowed his eyes, looked at Helen and snorted coldly. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but before he could say anything, his expression immediately changed and he hurriedly left the place.

And in the next moment, a ray of red light almost brushed his arm and flew past him, hitting the tree trunk behind him hard, and bursting out with a cloud of sparks.

"Are you okay, Helen?"

From the bushes behind Helen, two people suddenly jumped out, but they were Hermione and Ron who were about to rush here. And the one who just shot a disarming spell was Hermione who rushed out first.

"Tsk," Sokas said impatiently, "What's going on? Shouldn't you go to the more noisy three-headed dog? How could you come here? In my plan, I haven't yet

It’s your turn!”

"Maka is right, you are indeed a dangerous guy." Hermione held the wand tightly in her hand and looked at him cautiously and said, "But you don't seem to have enough brains - we would like to go over there.

But there is such a big devil's net over there, how can we get across?"

Sokas was irritated by Hermione's dismissal with just two words, but when he glanced out of the corner of his eye, he had to admit that this was a mistake on his part.

But who would have thought that a professor would cast such a large devil's net? From the beginning, this was not part of his plan at all.

"Huh, it doesn't matter..." Sokas suppressed the anger in his heart and curled his lips and said, "This is just a small mistake, and it is of no consequence to the entire plan... There are many obstacles!"

"Armor protection!" Hermione reacted quickly, "Tear to pieces!"

Sokas immediately dodged again and hid behind a tree, avoiding Hermione's curse.

"Ron, take Helen and get out of here quickly!" Hermione said quickly without looking back.

"But-" "Ron!"

Hermione decisively stopped Ron from continuing to push back. While staring cautiously ahead, she urged Ron to speed up.

"Hermione!" Helen suddenly said, "Luna—Luna was pushed into the devil's net by that guy!"

"Luna?"

Hermione was stunned. She subconsciously turned her head and looked to the side, and soon saw Luna who was entangled all over her body. But at the moment she was distracted, a silent curse came towards her very suddenly.

Come.

Because she didn't know what kind of spell the other party was casting, Hermione jumped to the side decisively for insurance and dodged it in time.

However, because the concealment of the silent spell was too high, although she barely avoided the direct attack of the spell, she fell to the ground.

If another curse hits her, then she will just be a living target.

"...The flames are blazing."

The sound of chanting a curse was not that of a boy... was it Luna?

"Damn it! This madman actually lit a fire in the forest!" In the midst of the flames, Sokas had to give up casting spells and hurriedly rolled away from the range of the flames.

At the same time, the devil's net that trapped Luna quickly receded out of fear of the flames, returning her freedom.

"Oh, Luna! Thanks-" "Fainted!"

Sookas, who was out of the flames, did not leave Hermione any time to speak. He interrupted her words with another curse.

"Floating into the sky!"

Luna, who had escaped from the devil's net, was now in a daze. She was able to control the levitation spell quite skillfully and pushed Hermione aside.

"Two people? Humph, today I will let you understand what the strength gap is!" Sokas vented his anger fiercely, gritting his teeth and said, "Flying sand and stone!"

"Armor protection!"

Seeing that the tip of the opponent's wand was pointing at her, Luna immediately waved her own wand. However, the power of the opponent's spell was really extraordinary. Even though most of the impact was offset, she still sat down unsteadily.

On the ground.

"Petrify them all!" Hermione hurriedly came to support, but unexpectedly Sokas flexibly avoided her spell again.

It seems that in terms of the concept of wizard duel, he and Maka have some similarities. Sokas also believes that the ability of sex is also one of the weapons for wizards to fight.

"Broken to pieces——" "There are many obstacles!"

Luna's spell stopped Sokas's actions very accurately, and then she didn't hesitate, raised her legs and ran quickly towards Hermione.

"……Walk."

She grabbed Hermione, who was still trying to continue fighting, and dragged her into the bushes behind.

"That man is very powerful. It will be difficult for us to deal with him."

"Want to run!"

The effect of the obstacle spell only lasts a few seconds. Depending on the magical strength of both parties, this number may even be shortened to a certain extent.

After a while, Sokas, who broke free from the restraints, was already chasing them in the direction they fled.

"Go find someone."

After a quick run, just when the panting two were about to reach the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Luna pushed Hermione away.

"Armor protection!"

The moment Luna reluctantly cast an iron armor spell in front of her, a violent spark exploded on the invisible shield wall. With the powerful impact, she also fell out of the boundary of the Forbidden Forest.