harry potter book of crimes

It was raining outside, pattering and misty, and it was hard to see clearly what was happening across the street at a glance.

The Muggles on the sidewalk came and went, with different expressions and gestures, as if they were silently interpreting the various aspects of life in this world.

As the heir of the Augustinian family, Mallorca never thought that he would sit in a Muggle afternoon tea restaurant and waste away his time leisurely.

Speaking of which, the decoration of this store is quite unique.

The exquisite wooden doors and windows are painted with a uniform white paint, and one wall is covered with a variety of teapots and teacups. Most of them are not necessarily very expensive, but the various patterns on them are all fresh.

The boss here is a blond lady with curly perms. The subtle wrinkles at the corners of her eyes show that she is no longer young.

But this small shop is full of cute decorations that she left behind in her spare time, which shows that her heart has never grown old.

At this moment, Marius and Miriam were sitting face to face by the window. Neither of them spoke, they just read the rain and drank tea quietly.

From the hustle and bustle of the "Sleeping Dragon Bar" before to the tranquility of the afternoon tea restaurant now, this sharp contrast made Ma Xiao feel an indescribable feeling.

It's like...it's like...

"...It's as if all my years from childhood to adulthood have been in vain."

He couldn't help but speak first, but his tone was soft, as if he was afraid of blaspheming the silence that enveloped him.

Marius drank too much at afternoon tea. From the luxurious hall to the magnificent garden, it was a normal life for him. Generally speaking, the enjoyment of afternoon tea was usually leisurely and quiet.

However, it was obviously quiet, but he felt that the silence in front of him was very different from usual.

Is there something more or less?

Miriam was still holding the teacup and sipping, and did not respond to Marius' emotion just now. So the latter was not bothered and casually cast his eyes out the orifice window.

Oh, maybe it's this "secular sense" that pure-blood wizards disdain is secretly at work, right?

"Miss Miriam, please allow me to express my sincere gratitude for this invitation this afternoon!"

Marius thanked Miriam while listening to the sound of rain outside the window.

This time, there was finally no formulaic emotion in his words - this thank you was obviously sincere.

Until then, Miriam finally put the tea cup back on the white porcelain cup and saucer, with a touching smile on her face.

"You don't have to be so polite. I believe that Master Augustine will understand with his wisdom that I have my own purpose in doing this."

She said this very calmly.

Thinking about it, if we didn't make some utilitarian preparations beforehand, how could we have knocked on Marius' heart so accurately?

As a young master of the family who was accustomed to seeing various ways of doing things, Marius had of course already seen the suspicion. In fact, from the moment Miriam visited his room, it was impossible for anyone with a keen mind to see it.

Not coming out.

It's a pity that this "conspiracy" was so good to Marius, so good that even though he knew something was fishy, ​​he was still happy with it.

After all, for him, everything about his family is fine no matter what!

"Miss Miriam, I think you must have something else to tell me... please tell me too!"

Marius picked up the tea cup and took a sip, letting the fragrance of black tea flow gently between his mouth and nose. After a while, he swallowed the tea and added:

"You helped me take a step that I have never been able to take... In order to repay you, I am willing to do something for you that I can do."

Not finishing your words is a very common language technique in negotiations. He can speak like this, which shows that he has not been touched by his heart and disrupted his original judgment.

"Oh, since you said so, Master Augustine——"

Miriam nodded slightly, as if she was not surprised by Marius' attitude.

"I don't know if you have heard of something," she said casually, "about a hundred years ago, a member of the Werther family escaped from the family all the way to the Muggle world, and handed over a book called "

I brought out the handwritten magic book of "Abatail"..."

Not many people know about this, but there are definitely many.

Although the Witte family lives in seclusion, there is still no shortage of wizards who know about their existence. Of course, the Augustine family is also aware of this "family traitor incident" that once made a big fuss in the fixed circle.

"A major research text on ancient magic. It is said to cover a large amount of ancient magic knowledge such as curses, souls, summons, heraldry, symbology..."

"It's a pity that the magic book "Abatail" was incomplete when it was first acquired by the Witte family. And what the family member stole back then was only his own partial copy, which was soon stolen by the Witte family.

The old head of the family personally took action to recover it."

Marius did not hesitate and started talking in front of Miriam. In the end, he waved his hand nonchalantly.

"There are eight complete volumes of "Abatail" in total, and what the Witte family currently holds... is said to be only three of them."

Miriam couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she heard this.

"The key lies in which three volumes they have."

Seeing that Miriam seemed to be expecting an answer from him, Marius just spread his hands helplessly.

"Unfortunately, I only know that one of the volumes should be about 'soulology'. As for the other two volumes, or more..."

It's natural that he doesn't know. Apart from the core members of the family, who else would know these top family secrets?

"Yeah?"

Miriam nodded and then entered a state of contemplation.

Marius looked at her across the table and hesitated slightly.

This woman chose to contact him first from the beginning, and later used a booming broomstick company to make deals with his family.

Let's not talk about the superficial purpose of this transaction for now, at least the process is for him to marry Miss Navitt.

After thinking about it like this, Marius couldn't help but his heart beat violently!

"Miss Miriam," he couldn't help but ask with a surprised look on his face, "could it be that you want me to help you get "Abatail" from the Werther family?"

Because the more he thought about it, the more likely it became, Marius felt a little guilty in his heart.

In fact, he originally thought that the other party just wanted to steal some money from the Augustine family behind him, but who knew that things seemed to be going in a direction he had never expected.

Miriam suddenly came back to her senses after hearing this, but soon she smiled relaxedly.

"No, how could it be?" She said in a leisurely tone, "Don't worry, we won't let you do such a dangerous thing... Well, in fact, that's not possible at all!"

"Uh, yes..." Marius couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Even if I marry Miss Werther naturally, the Werther family will not let me, an 'outsider', come into contact with the core heritage of their family."

But even though he breathed a sigh of relief, his heart that had been raised could not fall back into his stomach. Because he now understood that this woman's intention was definitely completely different from what he had imagined!

What are she...or rather she and her companions planning?

Of course, no matter how good Miriam was at guessing, as long as she didn't use Legilimency, she would definitely not be able to know Marius' fear. But now, she didn't care much about what the other party thought.

"That's right," Miriam continued, "Actually! What we are asking you to do is not difficult...remember? Our deal with your father was to allow your fiancée to stay in Hogwarts.

An excuse to let the Witte family fight with that Maca McClain."

"Of course I remember," Marius nodded. "You said you had a grudge against McClain, and the intelligence also showed that you had indeed fought against him... I heard that you also lost a few companions because of this?"

Miriam immediately affirmed:

"Yes, these are all facts, and we do want to deal with that McClain. But...well, I can only tell you the next words, and I hope you can keep them in your heart. If you agree,

I need to form an unbreakable spell with you to ensure that you will not regret revealing our secrets to your family..."

Having said this, she smiled a little apologetically.

"I'm sorry, but please understand. After all... these things are related to the lives of me and my companions."

Once he heard that things seemed to be going back to his own family, Marius felt relieved.

To be honest, he had never had the slightest fondness for his father who hid a knife behind his smile. In addition, he had hardly experienced any fatherly love since he was a child, and this sense of alienation became more and more obvious.

As for his mother...

"Humph," Marius sneered slightly as he remembered something, and then said, "No problem, if it's just a secrecy spell, this is as it should be."

"That would be great if you agree." Miriam showed a bright smile, "My companion should be here in a while, and we can let him be the witness."

A secrecy spell is necessary so that she will not reveal any more information to Asaph before his arrival.

So after that, Miriam temporarily dropped the topic and talked to Marius about some details about Muggle life.

This was undoubtedly new and interesting to Marius.

There was still a lot of time between the afternoon and sunset, and he wished he could enjoy this kind of unrestrained joking for a while longer! So he didn't mean to be impatient at all, and instead took the initiative to start asking.

It seems that he is probably willing to throw him directly into the Muggle world.

"Oh, this is the first time I have discovered that this world is so beautiful!" (To be continued)