harry potter book of crimes

In the hall on the ground floor of the tower, Maka, surrounded by elves, sat at a round table that was not too big, drinking sweet spring water and eating shortbread baked by the elves.

Not bad though.

It can be seen from these elves with strong autonomy that their race naturally likes to work, which has subtle similarities with modern house elves.

In ancient times, there were many types of elves, either good or evil, depending on their bloodline branches. The ancestors of house elves were often called "house elves" in Scotland and other places because they often wore a set of brown rags.

"Brown Elf".

Unlike most other branches of the same race that are quite naughty and like to play pranks, brown elves prefer to observe every move of humans. And they will also live in harmony with people who are friendly to them.

If they can sense kindness from you, then they may help you with housework, repair the house, etc. At the same time, they are very curious and will always take advantage of more opportunities to keep an eye on you.

Take a quick look.

It's just that the brown elf doesn't like rewards.

If you want to give them something in return because you are grateful for their help, they will immediately consider it an insult to them and leave your home forever. If the matter is more serious, they may even turn around in return.

Start making trouble in your daily life.

It can be seen from this that the reason why house elves now have such strange personality traits may have a lot to do with this.

While Maka was enjoying this slightly leisurely afternoon tea, she was also pushing the topic forward bit by bit, intentionally or unintentionally.

The elf elder Lark gave him a very stable feeling. From Maka's understanding of them, he knew that this stability was very difficult for an elf.

It was only thanks to this stability that he was able to carry on the conversation smoothly using an ancient language that was not very fluent.

From Lark's mouth, Maka learned about the origins of some of the ancestors of their elves and Rowena Ravenclaw.

In fact, their ancestors had been living on this island for a long time before Rowena found this island in the center of the Mediterranean Sea.

It is said that at that time, there were still two families of ancient wizards living far away from the human habitation on this island. Their ancestors would often help these two small families with odd jobs according to their tempers, and occasionally get some milk from the kitchens of those two families.

drink.

Later, the descendants of these two wizarding families gradually stopped coming back, and the older generation of wizards also passed away, leaving the ancestors of the elves alone again.

Until one day, a young girl appeared on the island and used magic to build a hut. That rather simple hut was the original appearance of the wizard's tower today.

The elves didn't care where the girl came from, and the girl didn't care that she had such a group of noisy neighbors. A delicate balance slowly formed between these two different races.

.

Since then, life has become ordinary and leisurely again.

At that time, wizards had not yet established a highly comprehensive magic school like today. Regarding the inheritance of magic, parents still taught it to their children, or hired other wizards to become apprentices.

Rowena, who was still a young girl, didn't know where he got the wizarding inheritance. The elves only knew that he often hid in the house, studying various magics alone, until...

"...Later, a young human man encountered a storm at sea and was pushed onto the beach by the waves while holding a wooden board."

Hearing what Lao Lak said, Macadam thought of the old notes he found on the desk in a certain room when he last came here.

Behind the daily notebook used to record magical biological experiments, he also wrote many essays about daily life. He remembered that starting from a certain day, there was an additional name in the above essay, and the name was mentioned later.

more.

"Is that young man's name 'Youn'?"

Maka took out the notebook from her waist and quickly found the name.

"Ah! Yes..." Lao Lak said softly, "My grandma once told me that story. Human love is very beautiful."

He paused, but then recalled: "Well... I remember it was called... Ewan Ravenclaw?"

"Is it really Ravenclaw?" Maka murmured.

According to records, Rowena Ravenclaw has never been married in her life, but she did have a girl named Helena with the same surname as Ravenclaw. Because of this, many scholars speculate that Rowena may be very

It is unknown whether she had a short marriage long ago.

At the moment, Maka has inadvertently confirmed this long-circulated conjecture... although it doesn't seem to be of much use.

"That man was a helmsman on a long voyage. Rowena Mila was very interested in sailing on the sea. Later, the two of them went to sea together..." Old Luck said leisurely, "It wasn't until many years later that Rowena Mila

I just came back alone and took a lot of things with me..."

The elf Lark kept telling the story of that year, while Maka was thinking about Rowena's origins.

For Maka, it is obviously necessary to know Rowena's life. But so much time has passed, and it is not easy to figure it out.

Although he had some speculation in his mind, it was quite difficult to confirm it. After thinking about it for a while, Maka returned his attention to the conversation with the elf Lark.

It didn't take long for the topic to gradually come to the main topic of his trip.

"...Same race in the outside world?" the elf elder frowned slightly, "It would be like this, which surprised Lao Lak... However, we wait for each ethnic group, and even each individual, to be independent.

This is a rule from our ancestors and cannot be broken casually."

At this point, he shook his head slightly.

"Although I feel very sympathetic to the plight of my fellow tribesmen outside, since the choice was made due to defeat, then the agreement is an agreement, and the elf will never break the agreement unilaterally."

"...Maybe it's not an agreement, but just forced?" Maka asked curiously, "Why are you so sure?"

If Lark had reacted very violently to the living conditions of his fellow racers outside, he would not have allowed the word "forced" to appear here, which would not be of any benefit to the purpose of his trip.

But now, the elf Lark has not shown any indignation at the tragic experience of his own race, which makes Maka have to rework the original plan.

"We, the elf clan, no matter which branch we are, are loyal to the agreement." Lao Lak's old voice sounded very serious at this time, "If we are unwilling to make an agreement, it is useless to force us to force it. We would rather

Return your soul to nature again, and you will not suffer humiliation under any coercion."

"Lao Lack doesn't know what the war was like back then, but Lao Lack is sure that there must be a clear and clear agreement in the end."

Judging from what the elf Lark said, there may be other more complex reasons behind that ancient war with few records.

"...Promise...?" Maka frowned and thought, "Then what kind of agreement do you think should be formed at the end of that ancient war?"

"I don't know about this, Old Lak," the elf elder shook his head and said slowly, "But in this world, there must be at least one compatriot who still retains the original agreement in his heart."

The expression on his wrinkled face is sincere and natural, and his long big ears twitch slightly, as if he is praying for some kind of faith that is difficult for Maca to understand.

"...Unlike you humans, we, the elf clan, have 'promises' engraved in our souls." Lark said seriously, "Every unfulfilled promise will be passed down from generation to generation in the blood of the one who made it.

, until the day comes when the agreement is completed.”

"Then... why did you make the agreement?"

As soon as Maka asked this question, Lao Lark stared at her in confusion for a while.

"'For what'?" He said strangely, as if he didn't understand what Maka was saying, "Does there have to be a corresponding reason before we can make an agreement?"

Okay! So you can make an agreement with someone without even needing a reason? This huge difference in basic concepts made Maka not know how to answer the question.

"Oh, maybe there's something wrong with what I said -" Maka changed her subject, "I mean, under what circumstances would you make an agreement with someone?"

"It doesn't matter," Lao Lak said matter-of-factly, "As long as we want to make an agreement, it doesn't matter what the situation is."

"Uh..." Maka blinked and said suddenly, "Then, I -"

"I will not make an agreement with you," Lao Lak instantly interrupted Maka's words, and said calmly with a surprised expression on his face, "because I feel in you that you want to take advantage of us.

intention."

"ah?"

Maka immediately raised her eyebrows and blinked somewhat depressedly.

He really wanted to take advantage of the situation and propose a so-called "agreement without reason" to test it out, but he never thought that before he could say anything, the other party rejected it extremely decisively.

"I've never heard that elves have such innate abilities?" Maka secretly said in her heart, "I thought they were a bit stupid, but it seems that they have enough capital to support their stupidity."

Of course, he was very aware of his Occlumency skills, and among wizards, he was basically not afraid of being peered into his heart. But the elf in front of him could still feel his own thoughts.

Even though it was probably just an unclear sensory talent, it was enough to surprise Maka.

"Okay!" Maka, who suffered a little loss for no reason, shrugged, "In that case, forget it... Even if we don't make a promise, we can still be friends!"

When his plan failed, another idea suddenly came into his mind.