harry potter book of crimes

Darkness, endless darkness.

The darkness that seemed to swallow everything up enveloped everything, making the people inside it feel as if they had been thrown into a universe without stars, and nothing existed except the boundless darkness.

It was as if something extremely heavy had been pressed on my chest, making it almost impossible to breathe.

And in such an oppressive darkness, only a deep voice was still muttering over and over again, and every syllable exuded the atmosphere of ancient vicissitudes.

What is that talking about? The pronunciation of some sentences seems to be ancient Greek, but when you look carefully, you can see that there are differences, which makes people confused.

However, the content of those words is actually secondary, because among these intermittent syllables, another idea is extremely powerful. Yes, that should be right, it feels like saying...

"...let me...out."

It was some kind of will to survive... No, it was not so much survival, but a desire to gain "freedom".

At this moment, an idea that was completely different from what he had just muttered suddenly burst out!

"strength!"

"...Do you want...power?"

In the empty Room of Requirement, Maka suddenly opened his eyes and his breathing became slightly heavier. While adjusting his breathing, he looked at the bald old man still lying on the floor in front of him, wondering what he was thinking in his mind.

What.

After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had carefully sorted out the images and sounds he had just experienced from the old man's memory.

"I see, is this a 'prediction' from astrology?" Maka nodded and said to herself, "The centaurs are also good at foreseeing the future from the stars. I wonder if this is the same feeling."

To be honest, from the memory obtained from this horoscope, we can feel that it is a very strong negative feeling. Moreover, since the old man has used his horoscope circle to predict several times, even if Maka

It can also be clearly noticed that although the content of each prediction remains the same, the images and sounds become more realistic each time.

This may be an indication that the predicted moment is probably getting closer to now.

Because of this, Maka has reason to believe that the magic stone or the strange dagger of pain may be the key to stopping the coming terror.

"Well, at least it can be used for self-protection, right?"

Although even the old man in front of him only knew the strange power of those two things, even he was not sure whether they were useful or not.

Of course, in terms of reasons, "powerful magic items" alone are more than enough - but don't forget, this bald man is also a very capable wizard!

"...No wonder this old man is so anxious." Maka thought for a while, but then frowned slightly, "But that feeling is really...then what on earth is it?"

He vaguely felt that the whisper in his memory seemed strangely familiar, but unfortunately, he couldn't recall it for a while.

"No matter what, let's do the things in front of us first! The Alchemy Competition is about to reach its most tense moment. Wait until this most important competition ends safely before considering other things..."

With this thought in mind, Maka raised her legs and walked towards the door, intending to discuss with Professor McGonagall how to minimize the negative impact of this commotion.

"Hmm... Also, it's time to start thinking about how to go in the future."

…

Just as Maka was walking to the principal's office, Sarah, who had left the Requirement Room before, was already lying down in the ward of the school hospital.

In fact, most people were confused about the accident that happened at the school gate. Even bystanders who had everything that happened at the scene imprinted in their minds had no idea what happened.

At best, they just saw Maka's vigorous activity. After a long confrontation with the suspicious white-robed old wizard, he ran twice to cast spells at a speed that was so fast that people couldn't see, and saved six people in one fell swoop.

a kidnapped child.

As for the key effect of Sarah's few words, it can be said that very few people can understand it.

"Sarah, you...have confessed to Maka?"

Beside a certain hospital bed with a slightly raised quilt, the fat young man Noah was occupying two chairs. However, because there was so much fat on his butt that the two chairs could not fit in it, and there was still a lot of fat.

It fell limply from the edge.

However, compared with his carefree sitting posture, his attitude when speaking was extremely cautious, as if he was afraid of offending the girl on the hospital bed.

However, his words did not receive a quick response. After a while, when the bulging quilt moved slightly, the girl's voice came out softly.

"Brother Noah," she said, "do you think... he will really choose to help me?"

The fat man was actually insensitive to the title given to him by the girl. You can imagine the feeling when a person knows that the girl who has always called him "brother" also used the same title to call his father.

How disgusting.

However, even Noah, the heir to the Hohenheim family, does not know all the details about Sarah.

Only the head of the Hohenheim family knew the secret of artificial humans. Even Noah only thought that Sarah might be a female ancestor who had been cursed by some terrible curse.

"Uh... I guess so?" After hearing Sarah's question, Noah thought for a moment before replying, "At least, I think he is a pretty good guy. If a friend encounters any difficulties, he will probably take action.

Helpful.”

"Well," Sarah said quietly while lying on the hospital bed with her eyes slightly closed, "Are they 'friends' again...?"

A certain word in Noah's words obviously caused Sarah to fall into some confusion again.

In fact, when it comes to "whether she and Maka can be considered friends" - based on Sarah's observation and experience of the world over the years, she thinks that the two should already be "friends".

Because, after the negotiation just now... or at the end of the conversation, she was able to put aside her own matter of helping Maka save the child and ask Maka for help, and also tell her past frankly. This kind of act of revealing secrets, isn't it?

Can it only be done between good friends?

Maka, on the other hand, never clearly stated her refusal to help from the beginning to the end, and even agreed to assist after hearing her describe the situation.

This kind of request and help that both parties ignore the exchange of interests and only base on honesty is obviously based on the closeness of friendship...friend-like behavior.

But if you want to ask what kind of feeling can be called a "friend", she can't say it at all.

"The feelings between people... are really complicated..."

Sarah muttered to herself and shrank back into the quilt, so that Noah couldn't see her face at all. But even if he didn't look, he would have gotten used to it, because when the two of them were alone,

Sarah never had much expression to speak of.

"Oh, right--"

The two of them were silent for a while. Noah couldn't bear the silence and couldn't help but start talking again.

"This time you finally come out to school, then...how long will you stay at Hogwarts?"

This is indeed a problem, especially for Sarah.

"Four years at most...maybe even shorter." She turned her back to Noah and replied calmly, "The last time I went to school, I only stayed for less than two academic years, but this time I have him here.

, I should leave as much time as possible."

"The last time you went to school..." Noah scratched his scalp and said speechlessly, "I heard from the old man that the last time you went to school was when he was a child——"

"It took you a long time 'last time'" - he definitely couldn't say this sentence.

Just thinking about it carefully, this is something that cannot be done.

In Sarah's case, she is destined to spend most of her life in a place without many acquaintances, because she will not grow or die, even more so than Nico Flamel, who possesses the Philosopher's Stone.

It's also surprising.

Or rather... it makes people curious.

Because he created the Philosopher's Stone and was able to refine life-sustaining alchemical medicine, Nico Flamel was pursued everywhere by those greedy wizards, so much so that he even took his wife to travel around to avoid being noticed.

If someone discovers Sarah's strange state, will she receive countless harassment and threats?

So even if she wants to come out and interact with people, she must always pay attention to the state of the people around her and be ready to leave before causing trouble.

To be honest, the "topic" given by Maka about friends is really just right.

While the fake brother and sister were chatting casually across a thin layer of quilt, there was suddenly a burst of footsteps in the corridor outside the ward. The footsteps seemed a bit hasty, and they sounded like... they seemed to be...

He was running towards this ward.

Fatty, who didn't really like silence, actually couldn't sit still anymore, but his father had already told him before going to the stadium that it was best to stay by Sarah's side these two days. Therefore, as soon as he heard this reason

He immediately became energized by the distant and near sounds, and stood up in a flash.

"Ah...who is this running in such a hurry? Let me go and have a look..."

But just as he trotted to the door of the ward, before he could put his hand on the doorknob, the door was suddenly pushed open.

"Bang!" "Yeah!"

When he opened the door, he hit the fat man... well, he hit his big belly, and then the door that was opened bounced back.

As a exclamation came from outside, the door of the ward was closed again... closed...