harry potter book of crimes

It's hard to say whether Harry and the others have grown up. Perhaps they have gradually matured physically, but a person's psychology is not something that is clear at a glance.

After observing the invisible beast named "Demi", Maka sat in Hagrid's hut for a while, and then walked to the auditorium with Hagrid.

At the staff table in the auditorium, Maka deliberately ate slowly, the purpose of which was of course to see if there was anything strange about Hermione and others.

In Azkaban before, although Maka didn't completely believe that Ewan Ravenclaw, the last reminder he left was indeed very reasonable.

It's never wrong to always pay attention to the people around you.

However, after paying attention to the three Harrys at breakfast time and Hermione in the ancient runes class in the morning, he realized that he seemed to be a little worried.

Well, except that Harry seemed to talk a little more?

Since that day, for about a week, Maka's life at Hogwarts seemed to have returned to normal. She taught classes and did research during the day, and continued to do research at night and went to bed on time.

Occasionally... just occasionally, he would occasionally go to the astronomy tower to observe the stars in the sky. The luminosity of the comet named "Hare-Bopp" by the Muggles could be visually observed with the naked eye.

This is actually one of the reasons why Maka is not interested in wizards' astronomy, because only stars that can be directly seen or "perceived" by wizards can be included in the range that can be measured and utilized.

Therefore, when Maka raised his neck to look at the stars in the sky, he was more simply enjoying this wonderful scenery.

That's right, he wasn't even interested in picking up the monocular telescope at hand.

For wizards living in modern times, even the magical mysteries of the planet they live on are constantly being ignored and forgotten. How can they touch the endless universe?

You know, according to Maka's understanding of wizard astronomy, almost every star has its own magical meaning.

These "meanings" are not very clear at all, but they are things that have been deduced by a large number of ancient wizards from generation to generation and accumulated based on the experience of various events.

If the wizards who studied astronomy in ancient times were resurrected to take a look at the observation results of modern Muggles, they would probably be frightened to death by the countless stars.

However, although Maka did not want to study the astronomy of the magical world at all, she had to try to think and understand the comet in the sky that was gradually flying towards the sun.

Before I knew it, a week had passed.

…

In the past few days, the weather has gradually turned cooler and it has started to rain more.

Yes, it's almost October. It usually rains at Hogwarts during this period, and then the wind gradually gets stronger, and finally with the rapid cooling, it becomes a storm that spans the end of the year and the beginning of the year.

The heroic heavy snow.

In the past week, Miriam and Asa have been living in a certain Muggle residential area. The two of them lived a peaceful life. Apart from eating, drinking and sleeping every day, they just kept a low profile.

Go out and enjoy the muggle life.

Because, during this period, they were just waiting for news from the Augustine family, and other than that, they had no other tasks.

"The Augustine family is really calm. How many days has it been like?"

That evening, Miriam was sitting on the sofa in the living room, putting her slender legs directly on the glass coffee table. She was eating snacks and watching TV, and she took time to complain from time to time.

.

To put it nicely, she has a personality; but to put it more objectively, she has "no reserve at all as a beautiful woman."

"It doesn't matter. Didn't the boss tell us? As long as there are no big changes in the British magical world, we don't have to be too anxious about this 'deal' with the Augustine family. And if we look at the information from the boss, I think

It’s them who should be anxious, right?”

On the other side of the living room, Asa sat directly at the bar near the kitchen area. It was closer to the refrigerator, making it easier for him to get cold beer at any time.

At present, they are trying not to use spells as much as possible. After all, this is London, and they do not want to actively provide the British Ministry of Magic with the possibility of becoming aware of their existence.

"Well, let's see when they can't bear it anymore," Miriam stuffed a mouthful of snacks into her mouth and said vaguely, "By the way, it's your turn to guard the house tonight...be careful.

The Augustine family may send someone over at any time."

"I know," Asaph said after taking a sip of wine. "Every day that passes, there is an increased chance that someone will come. It depends on whether they come 'today' or 'tomorrow'."

Miriam on the sofa heard this and shrugged indifferently.

"What kind of impact do you think this transaction will have on McClain if he knows about it?" As she was talking, she felt that her wording seemed inaccurate, so she simply changed her way of saying it,

"No, I mean, how would he react to that?"

Asaph put down the bottle and thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"Who knows?" he said, "Although we have fought against him once and been repaired, our knowledge of him is actually limited to information. What he would think, anyway, I'm wondering

Not coming out."

"Yes!" Miriam couldn't help but shake her head after listening to Asa's words, "Just like we can't figure out the boss's thoughts at all, McClain, who has created many miracles single-handedly, is also a completely different person from us.

A genius wizard."

"Before I met him, I might have thought that he was just a young man with relatively good luck," she said, "but now... trying to speculate on a genius's thinking is perhaps an ignorant intention?"

"Well, all this is only temporary anyway," Asa sighed. "Since you can't guess, then just don't bother and just follow the plan given by the boss."

As the two of them talked, the sky gradually darkened. Although it was rainy outside all day long, they also knew at this time that another night was coming.

Miriam glanced out the window, then put her legs away and stood up from the sofa, twisting her waist and stretching her muscles.

"Should we come back in the early morning?" Asa saw her getting up and said casually, "Remember to bring me some food today so that I don't have to cook it myself."

"Okay," Miriam responded as she walked towards the door, "but that bar only has fish and chips, and they taste a bit bad...don't blame me for not warning you beforehand!"

"Hey! Can't you change to another company?"

Before Asaph could say a few more words, he saw the door being slammed shut.

"No change!"

A vague voice came through the door, which made Asaph feel depressed for a while.

"I always feel... since the last mission ended, this girl has become more careless than before?" He looked at the closed door and said to himself with some doubts.

But when he turned his head and saw the pile of empty bottles on the bar, he rubbed his forehead helplessly.

"Forget it, look at these wine bottles, and suddenly I feel that I am the guy who is least qualified to talk about her."

To be honest, the strength shown by Maka at that time shocked the entire team. If compared with Maka's age, the invisible impact seemed even more difficult to calm down.

They are a group of elites who have experienced many lives and deaths. Under the consciousness that everyone must die, they have extremely high qualities both physically and mentally.

But sometimes, death is not the only thing that scares people. When people discover that their efforts may be just a joke in the eyes of others, this feeling of being completely denied is enough to overturn their absolute self-confidence in one fell swoop.

"We are the same children who have lost their parents. Why is there such a big gap?"

Asa drank the cold beer in one gulp, then pushed the empty bottle onto the bar. When he took his hand back, he brushed the hair from his forehead back.

The water vapor on the wall of the bottle stuck to his hands and touched his scalp through his fingers, bringing sporadic chills to Asaph's brain.

But at this moment, there was a slight knock on the door, which brought his thoughts back to the reality in front of him.

"Oh, is it finally here?"

Asa rubbed his face and then stood up from the high stool - the slight alcohol did not make him drunk, but the various thoughts in recent days made his mind somewhat hazy.

"Click."

He walked to the door and turned the door handle, and soon saw the man standing outside the door.

It was clearly identifiable that the other party was a wizard, because the other party was wearing a simple and elegant wizard's robe.

The family crest embroidered on the collar of this young wizard clearly shows the power he represents.

"Excuse me...does Miss Miriam live here?"

Asa looked at this pretty face and felt a little disgusted for some reason. Of course, he had never been an emotional person, and he had always been very good at disguising his appearance.

"That's right," he nodded slightly, "Are you Master Augustine?"

Of course, Asa knew the appearance of the mission target clearly, and Miriam had already shared with him the general feeling of what she actually saw.

There is no such thing as mistaken identity.

"Exactly," Marius stood outside the door, facing Asaph with a slight salute without any fault, and said politely, "You must be the 'other companion' that Miss Miriam mentioned, right? My father.

Invitation, I hope you two can come to your home to talk about it, tomorrow and the next two days will be fine."

After that, he actually took out two very formal invitations and handed them to Asaph. (To be continued)