Rebirth of the Harry Potter

"It's so similar! It's exactly the same!"

The old man nervously looked out the window at the child standing under the tree.

It was so similar to the only child he had seen near the house when the tragedy happened fifty years ago.

They are all in their teens, with black hair, thin and tall stature, fair complexion, and too dead eyes, just like immobile dolls.

The most important thing is that both children have the same temperament.

Mysterious, confident, and a little weird that makes him uneasy.

...

It is a day in late June, 1994.

A village in England called Little Hangleton.

A vaguely recognizable once luxurious mansion is located on a hillside, from where you can overlook the entire village.

Several windows of this mansion were sealed, the tiles on the roof were incomplete, and creepers crawled all over the house with their teeth and claws.

This was originally a very beautiful mansion, the most spacious and magnificent building within a radius of ten kilometers, but now it has become damp and desolate because no one has lived there all year round.

The villagers are still used to calling this house "Riddle Mansion" - Riddle is the surname of the owner of the house, even though the family died strangely half a century ago, and other people moved in later, the villagers They still haven't changed their name.

After all, such a terrible thing happened in their ordinary village, enough to make the villagers talk about it for a long time...

This house has changed many owners, but no one can stay here for a long time, because of the accident that year, they always feel that the house is shrouded in an eerie feeling.

There is only one exception.

An old man named Frank Bryce.

He is the gardener of the Riddle family, an old man in his seventies.

Every new owner of the Riddle Mansion seemed to have no intention of driving him away, so they kept hiring him to take care of the plants in the manor.

He usually lives in a house prepared for his servants in Riddle Manor.

Frank fought in the war when he was young, and his leg was injured and became disabled.

This caused him to have a cold personality, do not like to communicate with others, be taciturn, and speak coldly to anyone.

This is the main reason why the villagers of Little Hangleton believe that he was responsible for killing the Riddles.

After all, there happened to be a murder case, and there happened to be such a weird and withdrawn person implicated in it, so it was hard not to arouse suspicion.

...

early morning.

Old Frank Bryce woke up from his shabby little wooden house.

At this time, most people in Little Hangleton were still awake.

Because he is getting older, he can't sleep more and more in the morning, and his broken leg often wakes up with pain.

He washed his face with cold water.

Walking into the most remote corner of the manor, there is a kitchen for the servants to cook.

Because the lighting was not very good, Frank opened a window on the wall after obtaining the consent of an owner. It was an old-fashioned window that could be pushed outward.

Outside the window is a small forest.

In the early morning, the dew has not yet dried up, and the cool air blowing in makes people feel refreshed. Occasionally Frank could still see baby squirrels writhing on the sun-dappled branches and rabbits hopping in the grass.

If a daring squirrel jumped to the edge of the wooden window to watch him cook, Frank would not drive it away, but broke a small piece of cheese or a few peanuts and handed it to the squirrel.

Today he opened the windows first as usual.

But stunned.

He thought he had almost forgotten about it, but the pale young boy he saw back then with a pervasive smile came to his mind.

At this time, under a big tree, there was a black-haired boy standing.

The boy looked at the house quietly, not knowing how long he had been standing there.

Frank was sure that the boy was definitely not from Little Hangleton, because he knew all the boys in the village, and he had "dealed" with them countless times.

Frank took a closer look, but found that the boy who made him trance was somewhat different from the boy he had seen back then.

Although his face was very pale, this boy still had rosy cheeks, unlike the soaked corpse that looked like he was fished out of the water.

And this boy is much more handsome than the boy with a soft face and gloomy eyes.

Noticing that Frank was looking at him, the boy glanced at him, smiled slightly, and nodded vaguely.

Then it's gone!

Frank rubbed his old, dazed eyes, unable to believe what he saw.

The grove has always been so quiet. Where is the boy who suddenly appeared? It seems to be an illusion.

He shook his head: "It's really old, how can I remember the things of the past..."

...

The Hanged Ghost Tavern.

This is the only pub in Little Hangleton.

As the only recreational place in Little Hangleton, it has always been the favorite place for the villagers to stay.

All kinds of news and gossip are freely chatted here.

It’s as big as Prince Charles’s announcement of a divorce with Camilla, requesting to end his separation life with Princess Diana, and the secret behind the tragic refusal. In the middle, a teacher organizes students to support a certain star, which arouses widespread public discussion. It’s as small as the villager’s hen Several eggs were laid...

Towards evening.

Many people gathered in the tavern again.

They shouted loudly and talked loudly, and the sound of wine glasses clashing one after another, and it was common for someone's saliva to fly into someone's wine glass.

Then, someone provoked the bizarre case half a century ago.

It's an enduring topic.

Even after so many years.

Once the older generation in the village have nothing else to talk about, they will excitedly start talking about that matter.

Talking over and over again, all kinds of embellishments, and then adding in my own analysis in a serious manner.

Then it was instilled in the middle-aged generation in the village, and now it has been passed down to the children's generation. This incident is no longer just an accident, but has become a kind of culture and an atmosphere in Little Hangleton.

In half a century, who knows what will happen?

It's a pity that they don't have a unified version. The versions they uttered are varied, making the listeners dazzled. Everyone blushes and argues loudly with others. What they say is the truth, as if they were witnesses at the time. .

at this time.

The shutter door of the tavern was suddenly blown open by the wind, and a strange child walked in.

From the moment he walked in, there was a feeling of being controlled in the tavern, but no one in the tavern could notice this.

They continued to discuss about the Riddle family, and none of them even cast their eyes on the door, on the boy.

The boy found a table and sat down on his own.

His hand hit the wooden table, making a "boom".

Time seemed to stop, and all activities in the house stopped.

The boy didn't know whether he was talking to the air or to everyone in the tavern, he lazily said: "I am very interested in the story you tell, please give me the details, let me tell it again..."

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