harry potter book of crimes

Of course, there is no distinction between day and night in the underground black market. It feels like night has just fallen here all day long, and the lights and darkness naturally intertwine to form a unique picture.

When Maca arrived at the Witte family's mansion again, he found that the previously destroyed doors and walls had been repaired. At this moment, most of the building was immersed in black, with only a few windows still showing some light.

of light.

Everything seemed to have returned to peace with his previous departure.

"Bang bang bang."

Suddenly, there was a rapid knock on the door, but this was obviously not something stupid done by Maka who had just arrived here.

He was currently hiding in a front yard opposite the Werthers' house - although this family lived across the street from the Werthers, they were not as lucky as the Werthers. Look at the nightthorn grass in this yard, which is growing faster than the Werthers.

The person is still tall, and it is obvious that this is an old house that no one has taken care of for a long time.

"That is……"

Maka didn't have time to care about who this big house belonged to now. He just pushed aside the grass and silently stared at the front door of the Werther house across the street.

There, a figure just put down his hand to knock on the door, and then the door was opened from the inside.

"come in!"

The people inside leaned out half of their bodies, looked around outside, and then retracted to greet the visitors to go inside. Judging from their cautious looks, the Witte family's mansion had indeed entered a new building.

A state of alert that is loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

After a while, the door was opened again, and then a person ran out from inside. When the door was closed again, the person had already ran away along the street.

But this time, Maka finally saw it clearly - it should be an ordinary member of the Werther family.

"Are you sending people out to investigate the situation in the black market?"

He was not sure whether this was what Haierbo meant, or whether it was actually just the people from the Witte family who wanted to know the state of the outside world.

Judging from the situation when Maka left, the Werther family itself was not willing to obey Haierbo.

Thousands of years ago, their ancestors might have been Haierbo's loyal subordinates. But now, people have changed countless times, and how can they still have the firm obedience to serve him, even at the risk of death?

Maka thought for a while, and finally sneaked in after drinking a bottle of Immortal Hidden Potion.

It is very likely that Haierbo is still inside, maybe upstairs or in the secret room, but no matter where he is, Maka doesn't want him to find out yet.

Therefore, he did not use the Illusion Curse - the invisibility effect was actually not bad, but in the perception range of people like Haierbo and Maka, the strong magic fluctuations of the Illusion Curse were almost as obvious as a big light bulb.

Without further delay, in a blink of an eye, he climbed up to a small balcony on the third floor using his hands and feet. Because he found that although the balcony was not big, it was filled with various potted plants.

Most of those potted plants are very tall, with dark stems and leaves spread out, and they grow quite lushly in this place without natural light.

But because these plants occupy a large area, the balcony does not even have a door, allowing Maka to easily enter the house without being discovered.

He climbed over the balcony railing and walked among the plants. Soon he saw that it seemed to be a bedroom, but no one was there yet.

"Well, let's find a way to suppress the activity of magic power... If we can get as close as possible to that guy, maybe we can catch him by surprise..."

After briefly inspecting the bedroom, Maka suddenly thought about it for a moment.

In fact, the most important thing now is that he has the ability to "kill Halpo again", but he does not have the ability to intercept the opponent's soul like Voldemort did back then.

Otherwise, if Haierbo is allowed to continue to mess with things, something big will happen to the whole of Britain sooner or later.

After thinking about this, Maka closed her eyes for a moment and concentrated on trying to relax her magic power as much as possible. Then she took a step forward and walked straight to the door leading to the corridor outside.

Who knows, before he took a few steps, he sensed someone walking towards him.

"Um……"

Maka subconsciously looked around again. Although he was currently in a state of invisibility. But just in case, he chose to return to the balcony and hide himself behind some large leaves that were half a person tall.

And when Maka squeezed behind a certain leaf, he even felt the stem of the leaf suddenly move.

"Quiet."

Before the door opened and the person in the corridor had not come in, he immediately rubbed the back of the leaves of the magic plant quickly.

Immediately, the large-leafed plant became more mature.

For a guy like Maka, who has been memorizing the Herbology Illustrated Book since her first year on the Hogwarts Express, there are many ways to quiet a magical plant.

And the moment he put down his hand, the door to the bedroom inside finally opened.

A witch came in, wearing the costume of the Werther family. As soon as she entered the bedroom, she slammed the door shut, and then threw herself on the soft bed.

Maka on the balcony could see the profile of the witch - it was somewhat similar to Charlotte, but she seemed to be a little older than Charlotte.

"Huh? Remember that Charlotte's mother has passed away a long time ago, right?" Maka secretly pondered in her heart, "Or is it just because the Werther family have basically similar appearances?"

After a few glances, she saw that the other person had no intention of getting up, and was just lying on the bed pretending to be dead. So, Maka boldly returned to the bedroom, trying to pass by the bed without saying a word, to think of a solution.

Find the location and existence of Haierbo.

But she didn't know if she had some bad compatibility with Miss Witte on the bed. As soon as Maka took a few steps into the bedroom, the other party suddenly turned over and sat up.

Fortunately, Maka still had the effect of the Immortal Hidden Potion, so there was no chance of her being discovered.

Only this time, the witch who looked very much like Charlotte clearly walked towards the balcony. Maka was a little startled when she saw this, but she didn't want to alarm the snake, so she simply retreated to the balcony behind her.

Not long after, Maka sat on the railing on the side of the balcony, watching the other person concentrate on taking care of the surrounding flowers and plants. Seeing this scene, Maka couldn't help but recall another figure who also liked plants.

Willie has been at Chateau Blois this semester, and it is basically impossible to go anywhere.

"It's almost time for this vacation. Unfortunately, looking at the current situation, it's hard to say whether I will have a chance to go then!"

Seeing that the emergence of Haierbo has pushed the British wizarding world into chaos little by little, Maka may still have to stay to deal with various matters during the holidays.

Not to mention other places, at least Hogwarts was something he had to protect.

Shaking his head slightly, he brought his thoughts back to the present. Probably because he saw that the other party was still cleaning up a potted plant, he stopped waiting and stepped on the railing to go around.

But just when Maka returned to the bedroom and was about to go to the door again, a soft whisper on the balcony stopped him in his tracks.

"Endy... tell me, who is old Bano obsessed with? Grandpa doesn't dare to act rashly at all. This time our Werther family is afraid..."

Apparently, she even named the plants she planted.

"...Well, Lottie (Charlotte's nickname) is so lucky to have such a powerful man standing up for her. It's a pity that I don't have such luck... Well, why don't I just run away?

It’s over…”

"Forget it, I heard that even the door of this underground black market has been destroyed and there is no way out... It's too late to escape now..."

After Maka heard this, she couldn't help but pause for a moment, thinking about whether she should show up to help her. After all, the feeling from her talking to herself seemed to be very familiar to Charlotte.

Well, speaking of which, it is still necessary.

If he wanted to know the entrance to the underground secret room of the Werther family, he would definitely need to find someone to find out. Originally, he wanted to catch someone doing Legilimency, but now that he had the opportunity to ask directly, why not?

"Tuk-tuk."

After thinking about it for a while, Maka reached out and knocked twice on the table next to her. When she heard movement in the bedroom behind her, the witch thought it was someone knocking on the door, so she quickly pushed aside some branches and leaves and walked in.

"ah!"

"Shh-"

Maka immediately raised her index finger in front of her mouth to signal the other party not to scream in surprise.

"Hello, I am Maka McClain... Oh, maybe you have known me for a long time..." He nodded, lowered his voice and said, "Excuse me, are you Charlotte's... um, sister?

"

"Oh, no...how, how could it be!"

The witch immediately waved her hands, as if she was quite surprised by Maka's statement.

"I'm just an ordinary person selected by the family from outside members, and I happen to have the surname of Werther... If the family hadn't brought up the young lady's engagement again, I wouldn't have been brought here to wait."

She said it very cryptically, but Maka was not a fool, and she basically understood the key point when it came to this point.

"Is that so?" Maka nodded, "I heard you call Charlotte by your nickname just now, and I thought... No, let's not mention it now. I just want to ask, do you want to leave this family?

?”

"What?"

When the other party heard the words, she didn't know if she really didn't hear it clearly or if she was in a daze. After Maka repeated it, she hurriedly nodded her head.

"Of course... I had some expectations after hearing that I was selected. But who knew that I would encounter so many terrible things..."

Seeing that the other party seemed to want to continue complaining, Maka quickly waved her hand to stop her from continuing.

"By the way, I want to ask you, do you know where the entrance to the Witte family's secret room is?"

In fact, after hearing this, he no longer expected the other party to know such family secrets, but it was always right to ask. (To be continued)