harry potter book of crimes

"A Blois?"

"It seems that Blois Castle is also planning to get involved?"

"Everyone can see the benefits here. It's not surprising that the Blois family wants to take advantage of it. But I didn't expect that on the surface, the Blois family pretends to be indifferent to the world.

But he’s doing some dirty tricks behind his back, hehe.”

"Everyone knows how to say one thing and do another..."

In the auditorium, as soon as Old Edward's words came out, the wizards who were originally shocked by his sudden appearance all started to commotion. It could be heard that the whispers were almost connected together.

The place was immediately filled with chaos.

Maka stood on the side of the gate, first looking around, and then glanced at Fanny, who was standing in the center of the crowd. The other party has now been pushed to the forefront by the "truth" revealed by the old housekeeper. It is foreseeable that

, then she will surely endure waves of questioning and denunciation from other forces.

Whether it is those who act relatively aboveboard or those who like to do things unscrupulously, they will all point their fingers at Fanny...or, in other words, the entire Blois family behind Fanny.

Rather than sharing the same hatred, it may be more appropriate to say that they are taking the opportunity to eliminate powerful enemies. But no matter what the purpose is, they will take advantage of the chaos to attack and focus all their firepower on Fanny.

"Miss Blois... I can't believe that your family is so rich that you would do such a disgraceful thing!"

"Yes! Such selfish behavior is simply ridiculous!"

"Leave Beauxbatons immediately, we don't want to stay with your Blois family! You are not worthy of participating in the public incident of Mr. Nico Flamel's estate!"

There were many wizards who said similar words. They all seemed to be speaking righteously, but in fact, most of them had greed that could not be expressed to others. Maka watched quietly from the side, waiting for the one surrounded in the center.

Fanny spoke.

Under the hypocritical glares of all the wizards, Fanny seemed extraordinarily calm. She just wore a strong yet gentle face as usual, and did not waver in the face of a lot of scolding.

"I think it's not too late for everyone to continue questioning after Mr. Butler and Mr. McLean explain the specific situation clearly!"

Fanny finally spoke, and she used the amplifying spell as soon as she started speaking. Her serious yet gentle voice immediately spread to the ears of everyone present.

But is it useful for her to say this? Of course it is useless.

As a client, Fanny was labeled as the "number one enemy" by everyone. How could those representatives who deliberately placed their power among the "vulnerable groups" pay attention to her words?

Maka knew that just by Fanny trying to argue, it would never be able to completely calm down the noisy and chaotic scene. So after Fanny finished speaking, he immediately took the old housekeeper and strode towards the middle of the crowd.

passed.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

This voice obviously has a more peculiar effect than Fanny's words. It is not only a sound amplification spell, but also has the power of soul rules in it. Just one sentence shocked everyone in the auditorium.

All witches and wizards.

"Miss Blois, I think you seem to have something else to say?" He said loudly as he walked away from the crowd, "This fact is right in front of you, and I have also seen your Blois family with my own eyes.

That person in charge, I really can't think of anything else you have to say... But as it happens, I also have a few questions that I want to ask you clearly, so as to save me from going back to the Lord of the Castle to question him.

.”

He said, paused for a moment, and then glanced around seemingly casually.

"...What's more, the people here tonight are all well-known wizards in the global magic world, and we won't make you unable to even say a word of self-defense. What you want to say, you can say it now!"

Maka's words were so sonorous and powerful, but to be honest, most of the people in this auditorium were not interested in hearing Fanny's defense. From their point of view, they could simply drive Fanny away.

Leaving Beauxbatons is the most beneficial outcome for them.

But Maka's words were so fair and honest that they, who originally wanted to criticize Fanny and the Blois family from the moral high ground, now couldn't even say a word to stop them.

These words seemed to be directed at Fanny, but in fact they were just to forcefully silence those sanctimonious people.

"If you overestimate yourself when you are excited, you will easily be unable to step down." Maka complained in her heart for the first time in a long time, and then she looked at Fanny in front of her and stopped talking.

"Um……"

When Fanny saw this scene, she couldn't help but sigh secretly.

She knew much more about the inside story than the wizards present, so she also learned part of Maka's plan. It can be said that the entire chaotic scene in Beauxbatons at the moment has almost already started with McClane.

Under the precise guidance of each step, it was completely controlled by him.

Even with this arrangement, the biggest key point still fell on the old butler Edward, but without MacLean's complete control over people's hearts, it would not have been possible to do it so easily.

Because in addition to the disappearance of old Edward, there are other emergencies that occurred in Beauxbatons due to coincidence. If you want to combine those things that seem to be incompatible with each other, to achieve your own goals.

Promoting development is quite difficult.

This includes part of the Tefler family's conspiracy plan, two unidentified wizards, and even...

"Mr. McClain, let me ask you first, was it you who rescued Mr. Butler?" Fanny's mind was flooded with thoughts, but she didn't hesitate too much, and she quickly asked her first question.

question.

Upon hearing this, Maka nodded slightly but clearly.

"Yes, I found Mr. Edward Flamel in the woods outside Beauxbatons," he said clearly. "At that time, there was another person taking Mr. Flamel trying to escape from the school's forbidden area of ​​disembodiment. I was there

He stopped him before he managed to leave."

"Really..." Fanny also nodded slightly, "So, what kind of evidence makes you and Mr. Butler think that that person must be the wizard of our Blois family? And... where is that person now?

place?"

"Oh, it's like this," Maka said straightforwardly without any scruples, "I have done some superficial research on Legilimency. For me... it's not really easy to figure out the identity of the other party.

difficulty."

Just when he said this, all the wizards who were a little close to him took a step back.

Obviously, these people all know what a wizard who is good at Legilimency represents. It can be said that even a highly skilled Legilimency master can defeat others to a certain extent without using magic.

The thought is quite scary for people with distracting thoughts.

But Maka didn't pay much attention to their little actions. He just shrugged and continued:

"As for the Mr. Steward... when he saw that something was not going well, he took Mr. Flamel as a hostage for cover, and took advantage of my inconvenience to withdraw from the range of the anti-Apparition Curse. And what happened next, you must know

Everyone can imagine it.”

"Do you know his name?" Fanny pretended to think, paused for a moment before continuing.

"Martin." Maka replied immediately.

After Maka said the name, Fanny then asked about the other person's appearance and clothing, and then remained silent for a while. Looking at her frowning look, it was obvious that she had a desire for something.

It means feeling deeply embarrassed about something.

After a short while, she pursed her lips and said: "I know, that is indeed a steward with a foreign surname from our Chateau Blois. Since both of them have met each other, Mr. McLean even read

If you have passed the other party’s memory, then...there should be nothing wrong with that..."

At this point, she took a deep breath, then raised her head and said seriously: "But I would like to state again that our Blois Castle does not have any intention to interfere in this matter - this is what the castle owner told me personally.

As I said, that steward Martin must have done this out of his own personal thoughts, not the will of my Blois family."

"... Regarding this manager with a foreign surname who made such a big mistake, on behalf of the Blois family, I hereby announce that we will definitely pursue severe accountability."

"Who believes it?"

"That's right! As soon as tonight is over, that 'Martin' steward will not be your boss at Blois Castle and you can say whatever you want?"

Before Fanny could finish her words, some unharmonious voices immediately appeared in the crowd, with a hint of sarcasm in their tone.

However, Maka raised her hand and naturally interrupted those rumors. Probably the momentum he just created was so strong that all the wizards present subconsciously stopped talking.

Of course, those guys reacted quickly, but the right opportunity was missed, and it was obviously inconvenient to speak again.

"Look!" Maka stopped the gossips and said, "Miss Blois, I think your words alone are hard to convince everyone now."

When he said this, many people nodded their heads.

"But it doesn't matter," Maca continued, "I also saw some interesting things when I was searching for the memory of Manager Martin... The gentlemen of the Milefali family over there don't know anything about that Martin

Steward, do you have anything else you would like to explain?"

His words suddenly turned to a place that no one expected.