harry potter book of crimes

"Butler Blois?"

Maka didn't expect to see the butler from Blois Castle at Slughorn's private dance.

Hearing a familiar voice suddenly come from behind him, Butler Blois turned around suddenly, and after seeing Maka, he calmly bowed.

"Oh, good evening, Mr. MacLean."

When he saw that the figure behind him was indeed the old housekeeper of Blois, Maka couldn't help but feel a little stunned. Nothing else, so he was worried that there was something wrong with Willie.

"Butler Blois, are you... invited by Slughorn?"

Under Maka's frowning gaze, the old housekeeper could naturally understand his thoughts, so he quickly waved his hand gently.

"Don't worry, Mr. McLean, Miss is doing well recently." He said with a smile, "Apart from being unable to go outside the range of the formation that Mr. McLean left at that time, which made Miss a little bored, there is nothing else that bothers her."

Hearing what the old housekeeper said, Maka couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

At the beginning, he conducted a series of research at Blois Castle with the goal of unraveling the blood curse on Willie, and finally came up with a plan.

After all, this is blood modification on human beings. Due to the huge individual differences, even if Maka ignores those so-called moral standards, there is no way to use similar experiments to accumulate data.

Therefore, he must do a thousand, ten thousand times of caution - there is only one chance.

Before leaving Blois Castle, Maka injected the prepared warming potion into Willie, and left her in a rune array. With some ingredients in the potion, she began a long period of blood and magic.

Warm and nourish.

Counting the time today, Willy's warming process is about to reach the final step.

According to Maka's prediction, when the Christmas holiday here comes, he will almost be ready to go to Chateau Blois, France, to carry out the real blood transformation for Willy.

To be honest, Maka has not received any news from Willy's father during this period, which is something that makes him feel more at ease.

"...Oh, by the way! A few days ago, the master sent some pots of flowers and plants to the young lady's room. The young lady looked really happy."

Maka nodded repeatedly as she listened.

Hearing this expression of affection from Mr. Blois, he couldn't help but feel particularly warm.

"It would be great to know that Willy is fine." Maka thought for a moment, then relaxed and said, "Oh, so, butler, have you had some friendship with Professor Slughorn? He is so social.

The circle is really broad.”

"Haha -" the old butler then shook his head, "Isn't this recognized? Mr. Slughorn has always been very enthusiastic towards others, and there are always people who like to make friends with him..."

Just as he was speaking, he looked back at Slughorn, and then continued:

"As for me, sir, you must also know that - as the steward of Chateau Blois, it is my responsibility to make friends with my family, isn't it?"

The old butler's tone is still so unhurried, and his conversation is as elegant and peaceful as ever. As a butler, he can obviously stand out as a model in the industry.

Maka has met several butlers from big families, but among them all, the one from Nico Flamel's family is as talented as him.

The so-called "the butler of a family represents the face of that family" is an old saying originating from the ancient magic world, which can be seen from him.

But at this moment, Butler Blois changed the topic again:

"But speaking of it, this time when the master knew that I was coming to Hogwarts for this personal dance, he asked me to bring him a message. He said that if he could meet you, Mr. Maclean, he would mention it to you by the way.

——”

When the old housekeeper said this, the smile on his face did not change at all, and even his tone seemed very relaxed. But after Maka heard this, her originally calm heart immediately became slightly more relaxed.

stand up.

Even if the other party said it very plainly, he knew that this sentence that Mr. Blois asked the butler to bring was probably the most critical thing in the other party's trip.

"Please say……"

Maka also chuckled calmly and spread her hands, gesturing for the old housekeeper to continue talking.

"Well, actually it's nothing... It's just that a few days ago, the Augustine family from your country sent people to visit and discussed with the head of the family about cooperation issues. They had a proposal, saying that as long as our Blois Castle can be at the critical moment

Always help them, and after the disputes within their family are over, provide us with some inside information about the Witte family."

"The Witte family is provoking whomever..." Maka complained with a smile, and then thought about it, "But...'disputes within the family'?"

As for the two ancient wizard families, Werther and Augustine, Maca had long expected that they would change their minds when they were poor.

Last time in the black market, the chaos in the Werther family was attributed to Herbo, so the only one to blame was Herbo. However, it can be said that the problems of the Augustine family are all caused by themselves.

And then the latter suddenly contacted the Blois family and used the Witte family's information as a bargaining chip... This made people somewhat confused.

"Hmm... Is anyone in the Augustine family ready to fish in troubled waters?"

"Who knows?"

The old housekeeper smiled lightly and did not discuss it too much.

"It's just that as far as the head of the family knows, someone in the Augustine family seems to want to drag Hogwarts down with them - of course, those two people didn't say anything explicitly."

In fact, if I have to say it, Mr. Blois's behavior of revealing the matter to Maka was against the rules of the family. If we follow the default rules between families, no matter how intrigues and intrigues between families are, like this

It is obviously not appropriate to reveal the information to outsiders.

But Mr. Blois is still hoping that Maka can lift the curse on his precious daughter! When he looked through the information and learned about Maka's actions in the British magic world, he immediately reported this information that was likely to affect Maka.

He was informed of the matter in advance.

"Anyway, housekeeper, please help me say 'Thank you' to Mr. Blois when you get back."

France is not that far away from the UK, separated by the English Channel. Secret connections between families like this are naturally relatively common.

On the premise that there may be enough benefits, many families will also intervene in certain events in a timely manner, not to mention situations like this where they say hello in advance.

However, Blois Castle did not take any action during the alchemy competition and this family dispute. In fact, it was all because of Maka's face. Otherwise, the current British magic world would probably be much more chaotic than imagined.

As Maka just mentioned, muddying the waters is always what those who control the power are best at.

"Don't worry, Mr. McLean," the old butler said matter-of-factly, "when it comes to 'thank you', our Chateau Blois is the one who should be grateful - if we can solve the curse on the young lady, it will be equivalent to

It paves the way for the future of Chateau Blois. This is a great blessing for both public and private parties."

However, Willie's bloodline curse has not been truly lifted yet! Even Maka, no matter how thick-skinned she is, cannot bear this heavy gratitude.

"For me, what I am going to do is to cure my friend Willy. As for the descendants of the family, there is no need to mention it again."

At this point, Slughorn, who was still chatting and laughing with others, had also arrived and invited the two of them to taste the sweet wine he had recently obtained.

Although some messy things happened during this dance, overall the guests and the host had a great time. It was not until late at night that everyone said good night to each other, and the curtain came to an end with lingering feelings.

It is worth mentioning that Luna actually spent most of the night dealing with various desserts, and even Maka couldn't say a few words to her.

…

The next morning, during breakfast.

Many people still have the habit of reading newspapers while eating every morning, such as Professor Slughorn, who cares about current affairs every day, or our Miss Hermione Granger.

It's just that in today's "Daily Prophet", some news is mixed with some content that only relevant insiders will be surprised by.

"Oh! This...isn't this Sirius? And Professor Lupin?"

Probably because her stomach no longer hurt after one night, Hermione seemed to be in a good mood.

When she discovered the "familiar face" in the newspaper, she was particularly surprised and waved the fork in her hand, beckoning Harry and Ron opposite to take a look.

Because of Maka, the Ministry of Magic's wanted order against Sirius was quietly withdrawn. The major media may have noticed this, but the relevant reports and articles were left on the editor's waste paper.

Basket.

Facts have proved that as time goes by and the popularity subsides, no matter how popular an event is, it will be thrown into the past by the public who have lost interest.

Today, when Sirius's appearance was printed again in the Daily Prophet, the former disheveled Sirius looked like a mad dog had completely changed his appearance.

To be honest, the genes of the Black family are really good. Even though he is no longer young, once the dressed-up Sirius suddenly stood up, he looked like a handsome old man who has retained his value.

"Well, Sirius was also a good kid back then," Slughorn said while chewing white bread and pointing to the newspaper. "He was very smart and spiritual... I knew he would one day tell the world

He has shown his talent. It seems that I can write him a letter and contact him another day..."

Maka glanced at him and said to herself that it's better not to get into trouble with Sirius. That guy has a good character, but he's never been a good person.

After that, he stretched his neck and read the newspaper.

"Who is the photographer? Do you need to take pictures of someone so handsome?" (To be continued)