harry potter book of crimes

"Yes! Yes, that's right - Miss Lily Evans, well... that's what your mother looked like when she was young..."

"No, it's Lily Potter."

Harry didn't seem to agree with Slughorn's title for his mother.

"Oh, then it was Lily Potter." The fat old man didn't dwell on the meaning of his last name. He quickly brushed aside this small contradiction, "Do you want to hear me tell you about the past when your mother was a student?

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To be honest, Harry really wanted to hear it, but he knew that it must not be now. And rather than hearing it from Slughorn, he thought it would be better to ask Sirius and Lupin another day!

"Well, I think we can choose another time -" Harry shook his head quickly and said, "You know, breakfast is probably ready in the Great Hall."

"Ha! I'm getting hungry when you say that!" Slughorn raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "In that case, dear Mr. Potter, why don't you just tell me the reason for your visit today?

Or... maybe we can continue chatting on the way to the auditorium?"

Harry obviously had a purpose when he came here so early in the morning. Otherwise, judging from the attitude he showed a few times before, it would be simply impossible for him to come here on his own initiative.

Under Slughorn's gaze, Harry seemed a little embarrassed. He wanted to apply for a reduction in homework, but the words rolled in his throat, but he just couldn't.

After a while, he finally spoke.

"Professor Slughorn, here's the thing-"

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Speaking of which, during this period of time, both Harry and Maka had a very relaxed life, so that they had time to get busy with some mundane things.

But some people are relaxed while others are tense. Compared with them, every day of Master Draco's life seems to have not left last year's cold winter.

Draco's mother disappeared, and there has been no news to this day. No one knows where she has gone. Even though Lucius has already mobilized all the connections he can use, he still has not found his wife.

Because he really had no intention of studying at school, Draco finally convinced his father to temporarily suspend school.

After the Malfoy family experienced Voldemort's reappearance, not only was their vitality severely damaged, but most of their former family relationships were also lost. At least half of the friendly families among them fell into decline as Voldemort failed again.

You know, the vast majority of the original Death Eaters were members of pure-blood wizard families.

Now Lucius was shocked to find that he even lacked the manpower to find his wife.

In order to find clues as soon as possible, Draco took the initiative to go home and joined the emergency search and rescue team. Lucius couldn't help but secretly lamented that his son had really grown up...but in the most poignant way.

Way.

This morning, although Lucius, the dispatcher, has been in the mansion and manor, he is actually the most tired one. Even though he has been sitting in a chair, both physically and mentally, he is exhausted to the limit.

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When did you last sleep? The day before yesterday? Or even earlier?

Lucius looked through the letters sent back by several search teams, as well as the suspicious information requested from various sources. Among the seemingly many notes and notes, not even one of them was actually useful.

Yes. But he can't give up. He must constantly search, compare, analyze, and then arrange for a search and rescue team to go and investigate.

He felt that his head was so swollen that there were throbbing pains, as if it would explode at any time.

"Where's Draco?"

As if he suddenly remembered, he suddenly raised his head and looked out the window. It was already dawn, but his son, who had set off with the team all night last night, had not returned yet.

This didn't work. He didn't have to rest, but his precious son couldn't stay without sleep! Although he reluctantly agreed to let Draco go home to join the search and rescue, that didn't mean he didn't care. After all, the child belonged to their Malfoy family.

future.

Suddenly, a flapping sound of wings came from the front living room. Soon, an owl grabbed an envelope and walked through the living room and corridor, finding his exact location.

Is it another new piece of news? Maybe it came from my son? Is the piece of news I got last night a correct clue?

Lucius hurriedly reached out to grab the letter, but unexpectedly his head felt dizzy and he almost fell down on the messy table.

Fortunately, maybe it was just his body reminding him that he needed to rest, at least it wasn't to the limit yet.

With one hand he took the envelope handed over by the owl with its talon, and with the other hand he habitually went to the drawer under him to retrieve the potion bottle.

"Oh no……"

It seemed like there were only empty bottles left in the drawer.

Lucius put the bottle aside casually, no longer thinking about anything, but planned to tear open the envelope without saying anything. However, just as he was about to tear it, a mark on the envelope immediately caught his eye.

In sight.

"Hogwarts?" He paused, then rubbed his temples vigorously to relieve the pain so that he could concentrate more, "Is it about Draco?"

He calmed down for a moment, then opened the envelope and took out a folded letter. But when he unfolded it and took a look, he suddenly realized that he had guessed wrong.

This letter was not about his son, nor was it even from Hogwarts. He was sure that this letter was probably from the mysterious wizarding organization founded by Dumbledore.

But in the letter, he conveyed a simple message:

"Narcissa appeared in Berlin, Germany."

When it comes to what the Order of the Phoenix is ​​best at, some people might say it is the ability to deal with dark wizards. Although this is true, in fact, they are better at finding things and people. In the Order of the Phoenix, there are various members

, their origins are all different, and the roles they play in the magical world are even more varied.

Compositions like this allow the Order of the Phoenix to be closely distributed to every corner of the magical world. With Maka and Kingsley supporting the big things, and Mundungus and the like supporting the small things, there is almost nothing that can be done.

Missed line.

Just like this time, the traces of Lucius's wife Narcissa Malfoy were accidentally heard from a German guy by some of Mundungus' friends when they were discussing a business related to the recycling of old broomsticks.

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Of course, Mundungus didn't care at first, but when he was chatting casually, he broke the news to Sirius.

Many people in the Malfoy family know about it, and the fact that they are deploying more manpower to search cannot be done quietly. The incident of Narcissa's disappearance has long been spread among the families.

But when Sirius heard the news from Mundungus, his face seemed a little stiff.

After all, Narcissa Malfoy was also a member of the Black family before she got married, and in terms of seniority, she was his cousin like Bellatrix. Normally, he would hate these two cousins ​​as much as he hated them.

How disgusting, one of these two people is a crazy woman, the other is an arrogant maniac, in short, they are not normal people.

But Narcissa suddenly disappeared, and this way of staying away from his sight was not something he could accept.

What's more, Narcissa is better than Bellatrix's cousin. At least she seems to be a "person" with some emotions.

But even so, Sirius still didn't say anything. The one who finally decided to deliver the news to Lucius was Lupine, who was quietly watching on the side.

He and Sirius had been friends since childhood, and he could see clearly better than anyone else how the other person was feeling awkward. Since Sirius had difficulty opening his mouth, Lupine should be the "good old guy" who doesn't care about past grudges.

Already.

At this moment, Lucius was holding this letter, but he couldn't help but feel extremely heavy.

He had had very direct friction with Dumbledore's organization. When Voldemort first gained power, he had secretly participated in the fight. But this time, he was even forced to do so.

Standing on the opposite side of a head-on confrontation with this organization.

But now that Voldemort has been defeated, Lucius Malfoy has not only been fished out of Azkaban by Maka, but now he has obtained the latest clues about his wife Narcissa, who was never found.

It is naturally impossible for him not to feel ashamed in his heart.

Although in many situations, he, Lucius, was forced by the situation to make choices, the cause of these things was because he had always tried to profit from them. This is an indisputable fact.

"Hogwarts..."

He recited this word silently, and actually tasted a feeling from it that he had never had before. He was also a student of this school at the beginning, but what kind of power made him become a person completely opposite to those guys?

Woolen cloth?

"After we find Narcissa, shouldn't we find a way for Draco to get along with those Gryffindors?"

While Lucius was shocked by this idea of ​​his, he hurriedly stood up holding the letter in his hands and paced back and forth in the room.

Before thinking about those things, he had to find a wife first. Otherwise, even if he sent his son back to Hogwarts again, how would the child have the heart to continue his studies?

"Berlin, Germany...?" Lucius desperately searched for memories in his mind while wandering, "There should be several families over there who have had a history of good relations with my Malfoy family. We should ask them for help...

...No, I think I should go to Germany in person..."

Thinking of this, he immediately used Disapparation and headed to the Owl Cottage in the manor.