harry potter book of crimes

As one of the two main parties involved in this dispute, there is of course a sequel to Marius' story. But don't worry, let's drag the progress bar forward a little and bring the time back to before noon that day.

Compared with the ridiculous family meeting of the Augustin family, the situation in the Werther family is much more serious.

"...Well, since everyone has said so, how can we let others down? Huh, does he really think that he can fight against a family on his own?"

"Even if his surname is Dihel, I wouldn't mind letting him understand how the Dihel family was completely overthrown back then!"

The head of the Werther family was born in about the same era as Dumbledore, and is already old now. However, as a wizard, age is usually a symbol of strength, and the Werther family is based on magical research as its inheritance.

A family, once it breaks out, is not something that a family like Augustine can compare to.

From the fact that the old Patriarch of the Wit family still remains as the Patriarch, it can be seen that this old wizard with white beard and white hair has abilities that can impress everyone in the family.

"Barno, go and draft a letter to clearly state the attitude of our Werther family towards the recapture of Charlotte Werther. Although an unlucky family member is nothing to us, but Macca McLean

Since we dare to provoke in our own name, how can we not respond as a large family should?"

In the study, the old master's eyes were slightly open, and the fierceness in his eyes was looming. After a slight pause, he added softly:

"Go! After this letter is written, send it directly to McClain... This will be the ultimatum given to him by our Witte family!"

Butler Bano stood beside the desk, listened calmly, and then nodded deeply.

Although the old head of the family did not express his determination too directly, Bano could clearly feel the meaning contained in it.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

After hearing this, the old master just nodded slightly and closed his eyes again. He leaned back on the chair with an indifferent expression, as if what happened this morning failed to leave a trace in his ordinary heart.

Circle ripples.

However, it is not without reason that the old head of the Werther family is so indifferent now.

After Butler Barno left the study and closed the door silently, the door to the inner room next to the desk opened again.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar-looking figure suddenly walked out.

"Mr. Witte, are you really ready to stand on the opposite side of that Maka McClain?"

The old master sitting behind the desk heard the sound and did not open his eyes. He just twitched the corner of his mouth in an insignificant way.

"It just depends on whether he is willing to hand over my granddaughter after receiving the letter." He said slowly, "I have put the choice in his hands."

When the man heard what the old master said, he couldn't help but shook his head.

"Oh, but I actually prefer that this choice be controlled by our side."

However, the old head of the family suddenly opened his eyes, and his cold gaze suddenly pierced towards the side door.

"Humph, it's my freedom to do whatever I want." He stared at the other party coldly and said, "Mr. Asa, all you need to do is sit down and enjoy it slowly..."

"...remember what I said before? I will put what you want in front of you. This is the reward you deserve. As for the process, you don't need or want to interfere.

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The voice of the old Patriarch of Witte was a little deep, and it also had a sense of relaxation unique to the old man. But no matter how old the old man was, the pressure in his words was still as strong as a mountain, making people feel more stressed.

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Also making a deal with a large ancient wizard family, Asaph's burden was much greater than Miriam's.

"Okay, okay!" He quickly raised his hands and said helplessly, "Mr. Werther, you can do whatever you want, I won't say any more nonsense."

"Don't worry..." The old master's face suddenly relaxed, but he drooped his eyelids again and said slowly and comfortingly, "Since Mr. Asa can trust me and hand over such a thing to me first, then I will also

I have to live up to your trust. I will let you know that our Witte family is worthy of your trust."

Asa twirled the edge of the hood of the black robe and curled his lips silently - is it worthy of belief? If the old man hadn't wanted him to continue to come up with more "trading items", he would still be standing now

Talk to each other as equals here?

Of course, for the current Asaph, these are already secondary.

"I will wait and see," he nodded slightly, "and as long as this transaction is successfully completed, our 'boss' will definitely continue to cooperate with your family... Then, I will take my leave for the time being."

However, before Asaph could even finish his words, he heard a soft "click" from the study door. Asa suddenly became alert and immediately took two steps back and hurriedly retreated to the back room of the study.

When he pulled the doorknob and closed it silently, the door to the corridor outside the study was also pushed open at the same time.

"Who? Why don't you knock...Bano?"

The old head of the family frowned slightly and was about to ask a question when he saw that the butler who had just left was the butler who came in. He and Bano were already very familiar with each other, so he couldn't help but take back the scolding on his lips.

However, Bano is usually the most disciplined person. This time he broke into the study without knocking on the door. No matter how you think about it, it is not normal.

Could it be that something urgent happened?

But just as old Bano closed the door behind his back and walked towards him with leisurely steps, the old master finally slapped the table and stood up.

"You're not Bano! Who the hell are you?"

As he spoke, Old Werther moved as fast as lightning, and in the blink of an eye he drew out his wand and pointed it at the visitor. Just looking at his neat figure, he didn't look like an old man with a white beard.

"Buzz——"

A vague wave spread from the tip of the staff, followed by a powerful soul magic. This method of directly attacking the enemy's soul is naturally not Maka's patent.

It is also a specialty of the Werther family!

It's a pity that this soul impact, which is very threatening to ordinary wizards, may have found the wrong opponent.

Yes, the general characteristic of soul magic is that it is extremely fast. When used at close range, the opponent may even be hit before he has time to react.

But on the contrary, as long as the opponent has the ability to block it, the spell caster will inevitably suffer the backlash.

In just a moment, the old patriarch felt the world spin before his eyes, and his whole body went numb. If he hadn't used his true strength just now, the vibration in his soul that was reflected back would have been enough to make him fall to the ground on the spot.

"Has the soul magic of the Witte family been passed down... Doesn't this seem a little different from my current understanding?"

"Old Bano" was talking casually, when suddenly he saw his eyebrows frown, and then he raised his left hand and rubbed his temples as if he was tired.

"Well...this body is really bad. Even the boy's body is better than this."

After muttering casually, he raised his eyes and glanced at the old owner of the Witte family opposite.

It can be seen that the old patriarch has escaped from the backlash state at this time. A trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, but the hand holding the wand tightly was still stable.

It was obvious that he generally maintained a calmness commensurate with his strength.

However, the secret vigilance in his expression was already ready to come out.

"Why so serious?"

"Old Bano" spread his hands and didn't care about Old Werther's look of getting ready to go. He took two steps and sat down directly on the sofa next to him.

"Sit down too! There's no need to be so restrained. I'm just here to confirm something for now..." He let his body sink into the soft sofa, seeming to relax all the muscles in his body.

Old Werther, who was still standing behind the desk, gently held the table with one hand, stared at the other person blankly for a long time, and finally sat back in the chair silently.

Just now, the opponent did not even move when resisting the soul impact. This is a situation that Old Witte has never imagined since he learned the soul magic inherited from his family.

Looking at the familiar face that belonged to Bano, the old patriarch had to shake his head secretly in his heart.

"This... sir?" Old Werther found that he was not even sure of the other party's gender. "You took over Barno's body and came to me. What do you want to 'confirm'?"

"Well..." The other party pondered for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Originally it was only one thing, but after you just gave me an interesting 'hello', it became two things -

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"Tell me, since your Witte family still retains the inheritance of flexible magic, why don't you strive for a better status in today's magic world? If you want to, you can obviously do that at any time, right?"

When the old head of the Witte family heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Could it be that this strong man who ran out of nowhere does not belong to any ancient wizard family? Otherwise, how could he ask such a question?

"This..." Old Werther paused and said hesitantly, "You don't know?"

"Huh? Should I know?" the other party said nonchalantly, "You just say it, or do you want me to 'please' you before you say it?"

"Well," the old master rubbed the wand in his hand, and then said slowly, "If you don't know, the reason for this is a bit long..."

After that, the old head of the family talked about an old incident. Although he had not experienced it himself, it was something that every ancient wizard family knew.

But he didn't know that a certain protagonist in that incident was actually right in front of him. (To be continued)