harry potter book of crimes

"Ahem...friend?"

"Mr. McClain, cough...just do what you need to do quickly!"

At that time, the wizard in the dark windbreaker just kept coughing, left these two words casually, and left in a hurry.

In that slightly indifferent tone, Maka even heard an inexplicable irony.

Of course, he could feel that the target of the other person's satire was not him, Macca McClain. If he had to say it, it might be more of a self-mockery.

After the mysterious wizard left suddenly, although Maka wanted to catch up secretly to see who he was. But the last sentence of the man was indeed right - he did have one more thing he "should do" right now.

thing.

This time Haierbo took the initiative to show up, undoubtedly to stop Maka from moving forward. This means that the gray shadow flying high in the sky and flying into the distance is very important to Haierbo.

Therefore, no matter what Haierbo cares about is the location where the gray shadow went, or the gray shadow itself. Anything that Haierbo doesn't want him to discover must be worthy of his continued pursuit.

Therefore, Maka could only put aside her hesitation about the mysterious wizard and started searching along the direction where the gray shadow initially flew away.

It's a pity that we don't know why Haierbo left with peace of mind later! No matter how hard Maka searched, he had to return to Black's old house early the next morning without finding anything.

…

"Mr. McClain, good morning... Do you need breakfast?"

The person who greeted Maka in the foyer was Lena, who was still early and hard-working.

Logically speaking, at this point, it was just getting dark outside, and most people were fast asleep in bed! But she had already gotten up, holding a duster with a cloth duster, and concentrated on cleaning the entire room.

You can't tell where the front hall of the old house is dirty.

"Don't worry, just follow your usual pace! I still need to sort out my thoughts..." Maka said as she walked in, "Oh, just call me in the reception room when it's breakfast time."

"OK."

In Lena's usual calm response, Maka's figure disappeared from the doorway at the far end of the front hall.

To be honest, compared with Maka's busy life, Lena's life can really be called "as light as water". After getting up every day, in addition to cleaning and cooking three meals, the most she can do is take care of those things that are not as common as water.

Children who are less dependent on others.

Of course, there is only one exception, and that is her sister - the little poltergeist Leni.

After cleaning the front hall and the corridor on the first floor, Lena put away the cleaning tools.

Because she can't use magic spells, she basically does everything with her own hands, and it can be seen that she seems to enjoy it very much.

After tidying up the utility room a little by the way, Lena washed her hands and planned to go upstairs to take down all the unwashed clothes that the children had changed out last night and wash them.

Some of the older children can do the washing themselves, but there are also some younger ones who need her help. This is something they do easily when washing clothes for their sisters, so Lena naturally takes over the work.

In her hands, she does this every day, and it has almost become a habit for her.

But today, when she came out of the utility room and passed by the door of the reception room where Maka was, Lena suddenly stopped heading towards the stairs.

But I saw her hesitate for a moment in the corridor at the door. After thinking for a moment, she took two steps forward, but then she turned back and walked back.

"Tuk-tuk."

Two knocks sounded with Lena's restraint, and Maca's answer mixed with some questions soon came from inside the door.

"Please come in?"

She pushed open the door, stepped into the doorway, and then stopped.

"Mr. MacLean, the robe and boots I'm tired of seeing are a little dirty. Do you want me to wash them for you?" Lena asked softly, "Of course, if I disturbed your thinking, please allow me to apologize to you."

"Well?"

Maka, who was leaning in front of the conference table with one hand on his laptop, heard her say this and subconsciously looked down at his clothes and shoes. He immediately saw some dust and stains on them.

He has been walking around in and out of London recently, and it is inevitable that his clothes will be dirty in some dirty and damp alleyways. Now it seems that they really need to be cleaned.

But for a qualified wizard, doing laundry is almost unnecessary.

With just one or two magic spells or a bottle of potion-based lotion, no matter how stubborn the stains are, you can easily remove them and make your clothes look brand new in the blink of an eye.

However, this is convenient, but sometimes it makes people feel as if something is missing.

Especially a wizard like Maka who is purely Muggle born.

From the moment they enter Hogwarts, students' clothes have been cleaned by house elves quietly while everyone is sleeping. Over time, people often miss the special scent of soap mixed with sunlight.

.

"It won't take you too much time, right?"

"of course not."

"Oh, please go out first, and I'll change it for you right here..."

"Okay," Lena said immediately when she saw Maka starting to take out the clean clothes she was going to change into, "Just put them on the chair next to you after changing them."

"um. Thank you."

How many years had he not felt this feeling when someone helped him wash his clothes?

Seeing Lena nodding and walking out of the reception room, closing the door for him at the same time, Maka couldn't help but feel that it was a worthwhile decision to keep these sisters here.

However, Lena, who had been waiting outside the door for a few seconds, was suddenly startled.

"...The potatoes should be almost ready."

Originally, she should have gone upstairs to get the dirty clothes first, and then turned off the fire when she came down. But the last-minute idea of ​​washing Maka's clothes today still slightly disrupted her usual habits.

But not long after Lena turned back and walked back to the kitchen, there was a sudden rush of footsteps on the stairs not far away, and someone came down.

"Lena? Lena...have you seen where Leni's favorite pair of pink socks is? Leni can't find it—"

Accompanied by the sound of running, a petite figure rushed down from upstairs, and her feet were bare. But when she passed by the reception room, the closed door made her stop running.

pace.

"Why is the door closed? Is Sirius back?"

While muttering to herself, Leni turned the doorknob without knocking, pushed the door open and barged in.

"ah--"

"'Ah' what 'Ah'!"

Maka just held up the pants she had just taken off and said angrily to Leni who rushed in.

"Because you are taking off your clothes...taking off your pants!" Leni pointed at the pants in Maka's hand and said confidently, "Mrs. Weasley said that if a girl encounters this situation, she should scream loudly!"

"Mrs. Weasley?"

Hearing Leni's words, Maka couldn't help but laugh.

He still remembers the situation when he met the werewolf sisters. Now that so much time has passed, who would have thought that this little girl has changed so much?

Although, there are some common sense things that Leni doesn't seem to really understand yet.

"Did Mrs. Weasley tell you not to run around the house in your pajamas?" Maka gestured to the powdery pajamas she was wearing, and then said, "Look clearly, I

But she’s wearing pants!”

In fact, Maka had already changed his clothes before Leni opened the door, and he was just sorting out the dirty clothes he had just changed.

And just as Leni stood at the door with a "so what if she's wearing pants" expression, another voice suddenly sounded from behind her, startling her.

"What's wrong? There's so much noise early in the morning... Maka? Why are you here?"

But he saw Lupine walking in sideways from Leni. When he saw Maka, he was a little surprised.

"Isn't yesterday the homecoming day of Hogwarts? You didn't go back last night?"

"yes!"

When Maka saw Lupine asking, she nodded accordingly.

"I made some new discoveries last night, and met with Haier Bo again... I am actually hesitating now whether I should go to Hogwarts to continue classes this spring semester."

"Are you taking action?"

Lupine asked immediately, and Maka didn't hide anything and simply told him the situation.

"...Although the location was a bit off at the time, and the fight was still at high altitude, someone would always see it. I estimate that Dunge's information will be sent over soon."

After a little explanation, Maka turned to:

"But that's not the most important thing. The key is that after that, I still couldn't find what I was looking for."

"Do you need Leni's help? Leni is very good at finding things!"

Leni, who was listening to the conversation between the two, suddenly interjected, but was rejected by Maka with a smile - werewolves are good at tracking and searching, but he didn't find it himself, so relying on the werewolf's sense of smell and perception would definitely not work.

of.

"In short, whether it's new clues this time or some accidents in the next two months, it will require a lot of time and energy. I'm wondering if it's time to leave my job temporarily..."

Seeing that there was some hesitation in Maka's expression, Lupine couldn't say anything.

You know, he resigned when he left Hogwarts. Now he doesn't know whether to persuade Maka to go back or to stay here and concentrate on dealing with Haierbo.

"Um……"

Suddenly, Maka counted the time and couldn't help but murmured:

"In more than an hour, everyone should get up and prepare to go to the auditorium for breakfast, right?"

Unknowingly, life in Hogwarts seems to have suddenly become distant. (To be continued)