harry potter book of crimes

The remaining days of the summer semester were spent in dazzling sunshine.

Hogwarts has returned to its former peace, and everyone no longer has to worry about it every day. More importantly, this year's exams have been cancelled, and the students are very happy about it - they have more leisure time.

But Maka's life has become more compact because of this.

During the period at the end of the semester, he buried himself in the Room of Requirement every day and conducted various researches, and the topics he studied became more profound and mysterious.

For example, the transformation of the Acromantula's bloodline, and another example, "picking up" Tom Riddle for a while.

Previously, Riddle's words about "eating fear" and Dumbledore's sad past gave Maka a lot of inspiration.

He had a feeling that as long as he continued his research in this direction, he would be able to get the right solution.

The rest may just be a matter of time.

Time flies by so fast, and in a blink of an eye, it’s holiday time again.

To be honest, every time I go on vacation, Maca feels like I don’t know where to go.

When a person without a home faces the date of "going home", his "sadness" of loss is transformed into "confusion".

But this summer, someone has already arranged a place for him.

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London Heathrow International Airport.

"Miss Blois, what's the matter with suddenly inviting me to your home?"

"Plant flowers."

"..."

Maka glanced at her and found that Willy still looked expressionless, and then he immediately gave up questioning.

There was no way, if she said planting flowers, then it must be planting flowers, there wouldn't be any hidden meaning in it.

Maka remembered that the housekeeper once said that Willie's home is at the Chateau de Blois in Paris. You know, it is a famous royal castle. Although it has become an attraction now, if there is a wizard

The meaning of the family living in it is quite different.

What's more, the name of this castle is actually the same as Willy's last name.

After a period of flight, the plane landed smoothly on the runway of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Maca carried her suitcase and helped Willy pick up her checked luggage, and then they took the airport bus together to the Loire River.

When he stood at the gate of Chateau Blois, he immediately felt a unique smell rushing towards him.

This is a very peculiar castle building, its main body is a square surrounded by four wings.

Probably because of the different construction years of each wing, they each have architectural styles of different periods, including Gothic architectural style, Renaissance architectural style and French classical architectural style.

When walking slowly in it, people often have the illusion of traveling through different eras.

As the pace progressed, Willy brought Maka to a large spiral staircase.

"here."

Willie said, taking out her wand and tapping on the handrail of the staircase. Immediately, the entire staircase began to slowly fade from top to bottom, turning into a dream-like translucent staircase.

But none of the Muggles around seemed to notice the change in the scene, and they continued to act as usual. This change did not alarm anyone.

After the stairs were changed, Willie took the lead to walk up the translucent stairs. Her back became increasingly faint, and finally she disappeared from Maka's sight.

He quickly followed and walked up.

After Maka walked up the spiral staircase a few times, he came to a large door on the second floor. The door was open, and the situation inside was clearly visible.

Willie was standing in the hall, and in front of her stood two maids, who were talking in French.

And right at the door, the old housekeeper from last time was looking at Maka with a smile.

"Distinguished guest, welcome to Chateau Blois. I welcome you on behalf of my master." The old butler said with a smile, "As for your taking care of my young lady, I would like to thank you."

"That's my honor, Mr. Butler." Maka said politely, "Your English is still so good."

"You know, this is one of the abilities that a butler must have." The old butler said with a wink.

The servants of the Blois family were very efficient at their work. They quickly arranged a room for Maka that could be moved in at any time. The room was large and the decoration was shockingly luxurious.

In this castle, there are lilies, the emblem of the French royal family, everywhere. From this point alone, it can be predicted that the connection between the Blois family and the French royal family is by no means ordinary.

Looking out from the window of the room, you can vaguely see the shadows of many Muggles. They are all translucent beings. Here, Muggles and wizards are cleverly separated by a strange magic.

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Maka looked at the window for a while, and unknowingly became immersed in thinking - this has almost become a habit for him. Whenever he sees some magical magic, he will unconsciously start to think about the mystery.

"Dong dong"

Suddenly, a slight knock on the door interrupted Maka's thoughts.

"Please come in." He said loudly.

The door was pushed open gently, and Willie walked in.

"Plant flowers." She said bluntly.

"...Okay." Maka had no choice but to nod.

Yes, he came here to work as a gardener for the Blois family. He understood, very clearly...

Maka originally thought that Willy would take him to the flower bed or somewhere else, but Willy took him all the way to the top of a remote tower.

"Grow flowers here?" Maka asked.

"Mom is allergic to flowers." Willie said calmly.

Weili said it was planting flowers, so it must be planting flowers. But the flowers to be planted this time are not "flowers" in the general sense.

"Is this...Raphaela's Dragon Kiss?"

Rafaela's kiss is a very peculiar plant. It always likes to grow in high places, and the cultivation method is not complicated. But it is not ordinary difficult to make it bloom.

In other words, it is not an ordinary expense.

When Rafaela's dragon's snout grows small green buds, it needs to be irrigated with dragon's blood every day. Different types of dragon's blood can make it bloom different flowers, and each flower looks exactly like the fire dragon's mouth.

, and even spit out dragon breath.

However, the price of dragon blood has always been very expensive, each vial costs 12 Galleons. If you use dragon blood to irrigate, it will cost at least hundreds of gold Galleons every day. Let’s also count Rafaela’s Dragon Kiss.

The time it takes to bloom...

If you don't prepare tens of thousands of gold galleons, you will never see the day when it blooms.

"Yes, Rafaela Dragon Kiss." Willie was still so calm, "I want to see what it looks like."

It is precisely because the conditions for this plant to bloom are too harsh, and its rarity is simply crazy. But if the pharmaceutical value contained in the fruits of this plant is included, the magic plant is willing to spend tens of thousands of Galleons to cultivate it.

It’s not like there are no masters of medicine either.

But its seeds are equally precious, whether they can be purchased is another question!

"It seems that I really came to the right place to accompany you to 'plant flowers' this time." Maka shook her head and said.

When Maka and Willy finished things here, the sun was already setting in the west.

Under the shining of the setting sun, the two people walked slowly on the square in the middle of the castle, their shadows trailing long behind them.

At this time, the head of the Blois family had returned, and he met Maka quite formally.

"Welcome, Mr. MacLean."

Willie's father is named Eric Blois. He is a thin, middle-aged man with a serious face. He wears formal clothes and always looks so serious. Even when talking to his daughter, his tone is still casual.

Variety.

Although Mr. Blois is very handsome and has an outstanding temperament, he, like his daughter, never seems to show any expression on his face.

But at least, when he entertained guests, he was not as openly arrogant as Lucius Malfoy. Although he always had a sullen face, he did not show any sign of neglect in his etiquette.

It can be seen that he is actually quite concerned about his daughter's study situation in the UK.

At the sumptuous dinner that night, Eric and Maca chatted about Willy, while Willy just looked at them quietly, and the scene was quite harmonious.

This dinner is really the best meal Maka has had in these years. Not to mention the stupid British Muggle food, even the Hogwarts dinner is not very to Maka's appetite.

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But this meal at the Blois family made Maka completely satisfied.

Although he temporarily lost the pleasure of enjoying food, his sense of taste was not lost along with it.

At night, Maka sat at the desk in the guest room and opened her notebook again.

"The environment here is really good, and it is very suitable for doing some theoretical research."

He muttered casually and then immersed himself in the various experimental data in his notebook.

…

Maca lived a very comfortable life in the Blois family. There were servants taking care of him whether he was living or dining, and he didn't need to worry about any trivial matters in life.

But during this period, probably one day in August, an unprecedented event happened in the UK - Sirius Black escaped from prison!

Almost all wizards know the name of this wizarding prison in England.

It is located on an isolated island in the middle of the North Sea. Its original occupant was an evil wizard named "Extis". After his death, the building was discovered by the Ministry of Magic and transformed into a

An officially controlled wizarding prison.

In this famous prison, all the guards are a kind of indigenous dark creatures called "dementors". They are considered to be the ugliest things in the world. They feed on the happiness of other creatures, so they will let people close to them

People feel gloomy and hopeless.

But under extreme circumstances, they will also suck the soul of a creature and turn the creature into a state of walking corpse. It can be said that no one would think of staying in this prison for even a quarter of an hour.

And this famous and terrifying wizard prison is called "Azkaban".