harry potter book of crimes

Aurelia Sinistra, a witch who spends her life pursuing the mysteries of the stars.

To be honest, this woman has been "confused" for most of her life. When she was young, she slept day and night, sleeping during the day and watching the stars at night. In the end, she barely managed to graduate from Hogwarts based on her talent.

After that, her life became even more chaotic. Sometimes she would even faint from hunger near the starry sky observation point on the mountaintop in the wilderness because she forgot to eat.

It wasn't until she completed her childhood wish of redrawing the star chart that she returned to her home where she had been away for a long time, and immersed herself in astronomy-related research amidst the scoldings of her parents.

Then, the first book in her life was published.

But after that, Aurelia's life did not become more orderly.

Perhaps it was because modern astronomy in the wizarding world lacked sufficient hardware support that she suddenly put aside the days when she had become slightly richer due to royalties, put down her wand forgetfully, and integrated into the Muggle world.

So, under a clear night sky, she met the youngest astrophysics professor at the University of Cambridge at the time in Greenwich Park.

That night, Aurelia almost unconsciously fell into her first love.

But what is sad is that what Aurelia loves is not the young man, but the wonderful knowledge in his head that is overflowing with desire.

Within three months, Aurelia, who couldn't even figure out her own emotions, just explained herself in such a vague way. And it wasn't until she got pregnant and was about to get married to the other person that she seemed to have known it later.

Suddenly realized something.

However, the mutual companionship during this period of time will always produce some feelings after all.

Aurelia did not leave everything without saying goodbye and return to the magical world as she did when she threw everything away and joined the Muggle society. Because she felt that it would be okay to live like this with this Muggle man who also loved the stars.

not good?

Ten months later, the child was born.

After experiencing the hardships of pregnancy and childbirth, as well as the happiness when the child was born, Aurelia gained the brilliance of motherhood. It is obvious that no matter how confused a woman is, she will always grow.

She understood the hardships of life and the warmth of family. Slowly, she realized that she seemed to have truly fallen in love with the man who had become her husband.

But it is a pity that her belated love did not bring more happiness to her family.

On the day when my son turned nine, a group of guys calling themselves Death Eaters suddenly appeared in the British wizarding world!

That group of evil wizards began to reject mixed-bloods, persecuted Muggles, and caused many horrific things in a short period of time. They even extended their tentacles to the Muggle world where Aurelia lived.

Aurelia was scared. She was worried that her child, who might be about to experience a magical rampage, and her Muggle husband would become the targets of that group of wizarding lunatics.

After thinking about it day and night, Aurelia finally picked up her wand again, which she had not taken out for nearly ten years, and pointed the tip of the wand at her child while shedding tears.

"...Judging from what happened next, that was probably one of the few 'clearest moments' in my mother's life."

Professor Sinistra looked at the corner not far away and said softly:

"The mother wrapped the child with the power of the stars so that he would not have any strange visions due to the awakening of his talent... Then, she cried and erased all memories of her from her son's mind."

"However, just when she was about to cast the forgetting spell on her husband, the sleeping husband seemed to feel something and opened his eyes and woke up."

Having said this, Sinistra suddenly smiled.

"Really, my mother is so confused on weekdays. Apart from the stars in the sky, there is probably nothing that can make her smarter." She said, "In fact, her husband has long known that her mother is a

She is a mysterious woman, but she is gentle and considerate, and he has never revealed her clearly."

"When he opened his eyes and saw the wand pointing at him in front of him, even though he was not very clear about what the slender stick was, he immediately realized that something was wrong."

After hearing this, Hermione finally couldn't help but said:

"So, your mother and...explained to him?"

"Obviously, she didn't."

A voice suddenly sounded from the corner of the corridor over there, giving this answer on Sinista's behalf. And then, a figure that should have left long ago returned to everyone's sight.

Hermione seemed a little surprised by this, but Sirius and Sinista beside her remained calm.

It seemed that the two of them might have known for a long time that old Victor had not really gone far.

In fact, the old Victor who appeared again at this moment was completely different from the annoying old man who had argued with Sirius before.

His face was no longer sloppy, and his eyes were no longer as dull as drunkenness. Under the serious and slightly indifferent expression, this old man seemed to have an inexplicable handsomeness.

"I heard you mentioned something about the Death Eaters just now..." Old Victor said gently in a slightly older voice, "Child, tell me! Did she act like that because she was in danger?

Suddenly disappeared? And is she... okay now? "

"She has passed away..."

"But before that, she and my father lived a good life. She could see the beautiful starry sky every night and continue to complete more star maps-"

As Sinista spoke, she paused briefly, seemingly leaving some room for Old Victor to accept. Then, she continued:

"As for the fact that she knocked you out and left, it was indeed because she discovered that there were Death Eaters looking for her, the 'blaspheming pure-blood rebel'. In order to prevent you and the child from being harmed, she hurriedly

I chose to leave.”

"The situation was so urgent that there was no time to give me another...'forgetting spell'?" After Old Victor finished speaking, he smiled bitterly and shook his head, "No, I think she probably forgot again.

Come on - she is always like this, doing things in a daze, I should have thought of it."

After hearing what he said, Sinista did not refute, but just nodded.

"Um."

When Old Victor saw this, he sighed with complicated eyes, but quickly looked at her and said:

"That's fine, that's fine... as long as she is happy, that's enough. The only regret is that she is such a silly girl, why did she leave before me?"

At this moment, the way he stared at Sinista was a little confused. It was as if what he was looking at was not Aurora in front of him, but the innocent and "silly" girl Aurelia back then.

After a short while, he nodded slightly, seeming to agree with this incomplete answer that contained a hint of satisfaction.

"Then, please help me send a bouquet of flowers to her grave! Just choose her favorite Night Sky Petunias①. I think you should know that."

After that, old Victor didn't stay any longer, turned around and disappeared at the corner of the corridor again. But this time, he really left.

Suddenly, Sirius turned his head and looked at Sinistra's side face, and asked softly:

"Is this really good?"

"what happened?"

Hermione, who was still immersed in the unspeakable sadness, immediately noticed that there seemed to be a hidden meaning in it, and couldn't help but immediately widen her eyes.

But Sinister turned around and walked inside and said:

"That's it! I think it's good...and I think if it were my mother, she would definitely make the same decision as me."

Looking at Professor Sinistra's back slowly walking towards the temporary ward, Hermione looked at Sirius again with a confused look on her face, doubts in her eyes ready to emerge.

Sirius easily noticed her confusion and couldn't help but whisper:

"Sinista never had a father. She grew up with her mother..."

The amount of information contained in this sentence was so great that even as smart as Hermione, it took her a few seconds to understand anything.

"In other words, when the professor's mother left that family, she was already pregnant again? And the child she was carrying was actually..."

"It's Aurora, Aurora Sinister." Sirius smiled softly, "The whole story is perfect, only this last name has become the biggest loophole... Let's see when the old man can get over it.

coming."

But after he smiled to himself, he suddenly raised his eyebrows again.

"Oh! I almost forgot, I should go find Kingsley..." Sirius said to Hermione, "You wait here, remember to accompany your professor, I will bring Kingsley down in a moment.

"

After saying this, he ran towards the other end of the corridor and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Hermione has still not been able to calm down the confusion in her heart. She is still immersed in the entangled past between Sinistra's mother and the old Victor. She thinks about it but cannot come to a conclusion that she can agree with.

To be honest, it's not that she can't understand Professor Sinistra's approach.

Because she could guess that she still didn't want to drag her father and brother into the magic world. After all, the current situation was much worse than it was back then.

It's just...as Sirius said just now, "Is this really good?"

At the same time, Sinista in the room also pursed his lips subconsciously, with a suppressed emotion flowing in his chest.

She turned her head, looked at the stone sculpture in the corner, and murmured to herself:

"Mom, I didn't go against your last wish. You know, it was just an unavoidable omission... just like what you did back then... wasn't it?" (To be continued)