Chapter 1080

"... yes, old buddy has no problem. I'm afraid the child has the problem."

In the Leaky Cauldron bar, Maka and Sirius sat at a table near the wall, while Hermione and others sat around them.

Maybe it was Hermione's words today, or maybe everyone's strength had been greatly improved. Maka finally stopped hiding everything from them.

Of course, if something is directly related to Haier Bo, or even is likely to encounter that guy, Maka can't just let them participate.

After sitting down with Sirius, Marka mentioned old buddy again, and Hermione was curious about it.

"What? No problem?" she wondered. "What did Mr. crouch do?"

When Maka heard the speech, she shrugged and said to you:

"No, Mr. crouch did almost nothing. He just went to the Muggle world to adopt two orphans with a nostalgia for his son and an unbroken ambition for life."

After saying this with a little emotion, he turned to explain:

"As you heard in the library just now, Mr. crouch plans to explore the way for the coexistence of Muggles and wizards in the future by raising Muggle children in the magic world... And maybe he can make his old life less painful by the way."

Here, in fact, it's all what Maka talked to old buddy earlier. But then he pointed to Sirius, a little serious:

"Originally, after Mr. crouch opened the library in Diagon Alley... No, to be exact, there were several homicides here after Mr. crouch came to Diagon Alley with two children. In this regard, Sirius and them tried to eliminate the impact of the case temporarily in order to ensure that there were no bad rumors..."

"However, he and lupin also speculated on this basis that the person who killed in secret was probably buddy crouch who suddenly came to Diagon lane to open a shop."

Hermione listened to him and then nodded, which was a preliminary understanding of the current situation.

It turned out that Maka took her to Diagon Lane today, actually with a task. She, Hermione and Ron, became the best cover when testing each other.

So, if she didn't express her ideas in advance today, maybe Maka would do it by herself again.

After thinking for a while, Hermione realized:

"So, you just confirmed that Mr. crouch didn't kill the man?"

"Yes," Maka recalled the situation at that time, and then whispered, "I didn't think he would commit a homicide. After all, there were not many illegal things he had done in his life... Well, except that in those years, he couldn't help pleading with his seriously ill wife and went to Azkaban to replace his son little buddy."

At this point, he gave a slight pause and then shook his head.

"But for some reason, I can't guarantee that he won't change his temperament... So today's test is still very necessary."

"Some reason?"

Ron, who had never spoken, couldn't help repeating it after hearing that Marca seemed to deliberately skip something.

"Yes."

Seeing that others were confused or curious, Maka didn't hide it any more. She nodded and said frankly:

"I killed his son, Barty crouch, Jr."

No matter how much Maka understands human nature, she can't easily see through people's hearts. He could not guess whether old buddy would bear a grudge because of his son's death.

Because he knew that little buddy's death was like a seed buried in old buddy's heart, and no one knew whether the seed would germinate or rot.

Maybe one day, old buddy suddenly put all the pain of losing his son on his Marca McLean, so the other party is likely to take the initiative to help halbo.

However, in the surprised expression of Hermione and others, Maka quickly said:

"Fortunately, I don't think old buddy killed anyone, because... I've probably guessed who the real killer is."

Hermione immediately frowned, but then she seemed unable to accept her guess. She gently shook her head and put aside the number one candidate in her heart.

"Yes... Was it a guest in the library?" she hesitated.

On the contrary, after a little stunned, Neville asked subconsciously:

"Is that the little girl? Oh, no... no?"

Neville's almost blurted out words were actually the answer Hermione thought of at the first time. After all, it seems that old buddy and the little girl were the most people Marca met in the library at that time.

However, it's chilling to think that a child that old will kill others.

After Neville asked, Hermione couldn't help staring at Marka's head, as if afraid that he would nod in agreement with Neville's terrible guess.

And when Maka shook her head again, she unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sure enough... No!"

"Well, it's not her," said Marca, but sighed again. "But it's still related to her. Remember? I mentioned that old buddy adopted two Muggle orphans - girls. We've met, but don't forget, there's another boy!"

"But although we haven't seen a boy, it doesn't mean he --" Hermione said half, and couldn't help but say, "Marca, did you find anything on that little girl?"

It can be seen that Hermione's kindness made her reluctant to doubt the boy she had never met. However, based on her understanding of Maka, she understood that the other party would never speak aimlessly.

With this in mind, the conclusion seems obvious.

Sure enough, a complex smile appeared on Marca's face.

"You guessed right," he took the cup at hand, drank the juice, and moistened his dry throat because he said too much. "There are traces of black magic on the child... And old buddy doesn't seem to know it yet."

"Well... Isn't he dangerous?" Ron said immediately.

This time, before Maka answered, Hermione first said to Ron:

"No, on the contrary, maybe he is the safest one in Diagon Alley!"

"Ah?"

Ron couldn't help wondering when he heard it.

"Don't you understand?" Hermione said. "First, Maka has just said that there have been several homicides in Diagon Lane recently, but if the murderer is really a child, will he kill the people around him? No, even if the boy is smart enough, knowing to do so can avoid doubt. But without old buddy, it will be more inconvenient for him to act as a child!"

As she was saying this, she stopped briefly and then continued:

"Second, it's suspicious enough that a child can kill people. I think there may be others behind him. If that person is familiar with the magic world, he will certainly leave Mr. crouch - his son was a Death Eater at the beginning. Would he not be a good man himself?"

"Do you mean that once the murder is exposed, they will take old buddy as the ghost instead?"

When Ron was stunned again, Marca nodded.

"It makes sense," he said. "I did think that the boy might be controlled, but I didn't think they might use old buddy as a shield."

After getting Marca's admiring eyes, Hermione was obviously more confident, so she immediately continued:

"And the third point - we all know that Mr. Crouch has adopted the two children for some time. If the child wanted to do it, I'm afraid Mr. crouch would have died, wouldn't he?"

Although Hermione was ostensibly answering Ron's doubts, she also took the opportunity to say some of her own conjectures.

To tell the truth, it is worthy of being the quick thinking Hermione. Some details have not even been taken into account by Marca. After listening to her analysis, everyone, including Marca and Sirius, was silent for a moment.

In the final analysis, even if Hermione said it properly, it was just an inference. What the facts are and how the situation will develop next must be further explored.

Not long later, Sirius suddenly spoke.

"Maka," he asked suddenly, recalling what Maka had just said to Hermione, "you said you found 'traces of dark magic' on the little girl adopted by old buddy? Do you see what dark magic it is?"

If you can know the details of the dark magic, you will not only provide security for them to investigate later, but also learn more about the boy... And even the man behind him.

Unfortunately, without much hesitation, Maka waved her hand and said:

"I don't know. There are few traces left on her. It's probably been several hours... Seriously, it was lucky to find this at that time!"

Sirius listened and regretfully bowed his head again to ponder other doubts.

So, after a while, he probably knew that he couldn't figure out more information, so he stood up quickly.

"Marca, don't you have anything to say?" he said. "Then I'll go first - I'll have to change shifts with dung later to monitor the library so that he can come and eat."

Maka first looked at Hermione and saw that she seemed to have nothing to say. Then she nodded to Sirius:

"OK, you go! I'll have dinner here with everyone, and then I'll go back to Hogwarts. If you find anything new, keep me informed."