harry potter book of crimes

Cold! Very cold!

Maka is currently lying in the snow pretending to be dead. The weather is so cold that it really makes him experience the feeling of being so cold that all the joints in his body begin to stiffen.

In addition, he had to distract himself. When he used Transfiguration to create a fake soul that looked like Snape, he had to do his best to stabilize his soul, otherwise he would be destroyed by the floor-to-ceiling round mirror.

The force was shaken out of the body.

To be honest, almost all the difficulties in this plan from beginning to end were concentrated here. Although he had made some tentative preparations for this at Hermione's house before, who knew if any complications would arise?

Even though this scam has been going well so far - just now, he pretended to be Snape and mocked Harry severely, bringing Snape's annoying side to life, and finally he was still talking to Hermione.

With the cooperation of others, he turned around and left with a sullen face and a look of unwillingness.

But just because it went so smoothly, it made him become more cautious.

Fortunately, this time, the mysterious time rules did not cause him any other accidents. When he finally reached the moment when the ticking in his ears ended, he suddenly let out a long sigh of relief.

tone.

Immediately afterwards, he couldn't wait to get up and quickly withdrew from the influence of the floor-standing round mirror. In order to ensure that the whole scene was foolproof, he even looked back.

"Very good, we've left." Maka looked at a location in the distance and whispered to herself.

Last time, he decided to use the time turner again immediately just to avoid wasting time. This time, of course, he still had the same idea.

Although he goes back five hours each time, there is always some delay. He still doesn’t know how many times he will go back, so he must embark on the next journey as quickly as possible. This repeats until he reaches the end of the journey.

Until this incident is completely resolved.

This is the third time he has used the time turner. To be honest, he has experienced it carefully every time, trying to grasp some clues about the time rule runes in the process of going back in time.

But unfortunately, let alone the rule runes, he was unable to discover even more features of the time rules.

But at least, he had a good direction on how to break the deadlock.

Not long after, when he came out of the state of time regression, he used the portkey to leave here immediately. Last time, he sorted out his thoughts before going to Hermione's house, so now, he still has a chance

Be one step ahead.

…

About half an hour later, Spider Tail Alley.

This is a dilapidated town located on the outskirts of Cokeworth. It leans alone on a gurgling sewage river. The town is full of dilapidated old houses. To the north of the town, there is an entire abandoned area.

Factories, sparse street lights flickering on and off, extending deep into those factories.

In this pre-dawn night, this eerie town looked like a ghost town straight out of a Muggle horror story.

At this moment, a thin figure suddenly appeared in a deserted alley. He was wearing a set of black robes, which fluttered silently as he walked quickly, but he could not waste his energy in this dark alley.

Conspicuous.

This man seemed to have something important to do, and he walked in a hurry. But even at this time, his gloomy eyes were still scanning everything in front of him in the alley, showing his disgust for this place.

What is it that makes him hate this place so much? That he would show such an expression of extreme impatience whenever he sets foot on this land?

He walked very fast and took long steps. He just turned a corner and arrived in front of a house in a few steps. This old house was similar to other buildings around it. It looked just as dilapidated.

But at least it is one of the few houses here that still has lights on.

"Squeak——" "Bang!"

Accompanied by a heartbreaking sound of the door opening, the man walked in without hesitation and closed the door behind him.

"Severus, you are back."

"Um."

Not long after he entered, two slight conversations came from inside the door. The man's voice was still cold, with a hint of irritation; while the woman's voice was still timid, but it also contained a rare hint of anger.

happy.

"Didn't I say it? You don't have to wait for me to come back today, so why are you still sitting here?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, but-"

"No buts!"

"Okay, okay... I'm going to bed right now... I've left some food for you on the table..."

"I see."

"……oh."

After that, the simple conversation between the two ended. Following a series of inaudible footsteps, it seemed that the woman was going upstairs.

But none of them noticed that there was an uninvited guest standing by the window outside the house, and they listened to the conversation inside every word.

The person standing outside was none other than Maka, who had followed Snape. He knew that the woman who had a few words with Snape must be Tia.

Just before, he arrived at Granger's house before his last self, and secretly left a mark on Snape's body. But this time, he would not be like last time.

Responded hastily.

He took out his staff and cast an anti-Apparition spell on the old house before opening the door and striding in.

This town is a town where Muggles live, and the furnishings in the house are more Muggle-style. Compared to the dark, dirty brick walls outside, the living room Maka saw was obviously much better.

.

The simple dining table covered with plain tablecloth, the brick fireplace with sparks, and the bookshelves everywhere are easily reminiscent of Snape himself. He was a master of potions and a doctor.

An outstanding wizard, and what made him achieve all this, besides his own talent, was more importantly his single-mindedness and persistence.

Even the living room, like him, does not have too many miscellaneous furniture. Just as he has been in love with Lily all his life, he is also devoted to the endless magical knowledge.

Maka was bathed in the orange firelight emanating from the fireplace, and she looked at each other with Snape, who was slightly stunned. Both of them had different sighs in their hearts.

"...You still came after me." Snape put down the fork in his hand, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and then threw it aside.

"To be honest, I actually didn't want to follow you," Maka looked at him and said, "because when I found myself in Spider End Alley, I knew that you would not welcome anyone."

"Who knows?" Snape shook his head lightly, "Maybe you are right, this place...even I don't want to come back..."

This is Snape's hometown, and even though he probably doesn't want to admit it, this is the only place he can call home.

In this small town, in this small house, he experienced the most disgusting childhood.

His father, a Muggle, and his mother, a pure-blood wizard, often quarreled and neglected his life, so that he had lived a sloppy life since he was a child.

It is said that when he was a child, he never wore any serious clothes. He always wore an old suit that didn't fit very well, plus a wrinkled shirt and dirty jeans. And his hair was also

It has been greasy since I was a child, and it looks like it hasn’t been washed in a long time.

Snape's childhood was a childhood lacking parental care.

However, it was also in this small town that he met Lily Evans for the first time. It was the girl who made him fall in love at first sight and stay with him for the rest of his life, which lit up the world between him and this run-down town.

Similar gray life.

For Snape, this dilapidated hometown undoubtedly contains all kinds of bitter, spicy, sour and sweet tastes, and it is something that he will never forget in his life.

Maka stared at Snape's calm face, savoring the complex emotions hidden behind it. After a while, he looked away and looked around the small living room.

"...Tia, are you okay?" He asked inexplicably with a seemingly unrelated question.

Upon hearing this, Snape subconsciously glanced upstairs.

"Nothing wrong." He replied flatly.

Both of them spoke very softly, obviously not wanting Tia upstairs to hear. Maka didn't know what Snape was thinking or planning about that woman who was doing things in a daze.

.

From the fact that Snape left Tia in this home, it can be seen that he has probably accepted this sister who appeared out of thin air. However, in front of Lily, Tia, the unexpected sister, did not imagine that

China is so important.

Otherwise, Snape wouldn't have held Hermione hostage.

Although Maka now knows that Snape who devoted himself to the mysterious round mirror is actually himself. But judging from Snape's holding Hermione hostage, Snape would have done the same thing without him.

Even now, after Grindelwald succeeds, Snape, who knows that the plan is successful, will probably still rush there in a hurry, and then firmly enter the area that others are afraid to avoid.

"What happens next? Will she be okay?"

Facing Snape's casual response, Maka insisted on asking.

Between the living Tia and the dead Lily, Snape would still choose the latter. But in this way, Tia, who had just gained a brother, would have to face the pain of losing a loved one again.

While expressing admiration for Snape's love, Maka couldn't help but sigh for his heartlessness.

"Hmph..." Snape chuckled, and then said calmly, "This family is not worth her coming back. Being born in this family is a pain. After today, she will forget all this - she doesn't

She will remember her parents who abandoned her, and she will never remember my brother who abandoned her."