Harry Potter’s Book of Sin

() "...There used to be a weird old man who lived here before. He is an herbalist, but he doesn't seem to be very famous-at least I have never heard his name anywhere else."

"He never married a wife and had children in his entire life, and dedicated his whole life to the poisonous tentacles, um... and finally died under the poisonous tentacles' spikes and venom."

On the Hudson River, there is an old house that Muggles can’t see.

Last night, Sisters Leo Livi and Abigail took the Apparition of Sirius to this neighborhood, and they came to this clean but empty house.

The scenery here is wonderful, with the fragrance of grass and soil everywhere, and you can see the gleaming river not far away.Except that the wind on this small slope is a bit stronger, there is really nothing wrong with it.

And behind this old house, the original owner used a wooden fence to enclose a small garden, but it was not taken care of all the year round, and it was filled with weeds.

"Hey, in the garden behind that--" Olivia sat by the window of the room, enjoying the rising sun, and said leisurely, "There used to be poisonous Tentacle, no one dare to go in!"

"……is it?"

Sirius was lying half-sitting on the bed, leaning on the pillow and squinting his eyes slightly to avoid the glare of sunlight outside the window.

"Yeah!" Olivia said while sitting on the chair, swaying her body, "I was still studying in Ifamoni and I hadn't learned the poisonous tentacles! For this, I went to the library to check a lot of materials... ...It turns out that the leaves of poisonous tentacles are precious! Each piece is worth 35 Dargot!"

"Oh, that's really expensive." Sirius responded casually.

The 35 Zhuo pots in the North American magical world are equivalent to 10 golden gallons in the British magical world-that is indeed quite expensive, but Sirius is not very interested in the topic of poisonous tentacles right now.

The middle of the night passed, and the sky was already bright, but his physical condition did not improve at all.Although he used the curse excessively during his flight, and had suffered an attack from the black mist, he still wouldn't be what it is now.

Olivia had given him potions long ago, and most of his injuries were getting better, but he still couldn't perform half of the spell—the ability to float a feather was gone.

The anxiety in his heart could hardly be concealed when he thought that there was still something very urgent to do.

Early this morning, in fact, not long ago, Sirius asked Abigail to send him a letter.

She was actually a very kind and good girl. Although she said unforgiving things last night, she helped him take out the robe later.

But unfortunately, the outer robe hasn't come in for real use, and it actually ran into an enemy.

"... It's not bad to escape smoothly."

Thinking of this, Sirius couldn't help shook his head.

When he himself was being chased and killed, he deeply realized the power of the weird black fog. He was forced to apparate only a short distance, and he couldn't concentrate on appearing to a farther place.

The speed is fast, the resistance to spells is high, and the destructive power is surprisingly strong.That kind of incomprehensible thing can't be dealt with by just one or two wizards—even the Auror of the Ministry of Magic.

So when Abigail came upstairs to inform that there were enemies, he immediately asked them to set out to cast a long-range Apparition to escape there.

It seems that his choice is correct.At least he didn't let the two girls get hurt, this is the best proof.

"...Poisonous tentacles are very aggressive. They are their seeds. If they don't move, they will rattle themselves!"

Olivia was still talking about the poisonous tentacles to herself, as if she would never get bored by singing a one-man show.

"Oh, is it?" Sirius forced himself to wait patiently.

To be honest, this was the first time he felt that his strength was really insufficient.In the past, even if he faced a few Death Eaters directly, he could always retain the leeway to evacuate, far from being as embarrassed as this time.

"Later, whenever I was on vacation, I would often come here with Abby for a few days..."

Olivia leaned against the window, bathed in the warm sunshine, and gently said something.Seeing her pure smile, the depression in Sirius's heart seemed a little calmer.

...

On the other side, Abigail has returned to Jackson Square, and she is now filling out the shipping form at the Owl Post Office.

Yes, the North American magical world also uses owls to deliver letters, as it has always been.

In fact, she shouldn't actually do the delivery of the letter today, because she was seen clearly by a "bad guy" last night.

But if I leave this to my sister, that would be the biggest disaster-no one knows Olivia's unreliability better than her sister!

Therefore, although she still has anxiety in her heart, since she herself has accepted the entrustment of sending the letter, she must do it for others.

Judging from the situation last night, that man should not be a bad guy.

"...But you still have to go back as soon as possible!" Abigail murmured softly while filling out the slip.

Of course, she was not only worried that she would meet the bad guy last night, but also worried about the situation where her sister and the man were alone.

But thinking about it this way, the nib in Abigail's hand suddenly slowed down.

"No, or... Actually, I shouldn't worry about them?" She tilted her head and thought.

Speaking of which, Abigail and her sister are a lot of age difference!By now, Olivia was no longer young, and it was time to find a man to marry and have a few children.

It's not that no one likes her sister, in fact, Olivia has always had no lack of suitors.But because of her character, none of them managed to catch her in the end.

Over time, those men had given up long ago, and they had married each other, and Olivia finally became one of the brightest leftover women in the American magical world.

"Leave aside the troubles of that man, at least it still looks quite tasteful..." Abigail held his chin in consideration, "Well...no, no, the premise is out!"

At the counter of the post office, the clerk who received the mail looked at Abigail expressionlessly, and the postmark stamp in his hand was dripping with ink.

"Ah—" Abigail recovered suddenly, and smiled embarrassedly, "It's going to be good soon! It's going to be good soon!"

After filling out the shipping form in a hurry, she confirmed it again and handed it to the counter clerk.I saw that the other party stamped the postmark without hesitation, and then threw it into the letter basket behind him, which was considered temporarily finished.

After delivering the letter to the post office, Abigail quickly walked out of the post office lobby.She stood on the steps of the hall door hesitating, and finally gave up the plan to go home and take a look.

Anyway, the business trip must be postponed, so leave your luggage at home for the time being!She was about to Apparate and leave here, but she suddenly felt cold behind her back, and then she found that she couldn't move her whole body.

"Sorry, this beautiful lady...please come with me!"

A very gentle voice sounded behind her, and then she felt nothing but a blank in her mind, and an unparalleled sense of happiness suddenly rose in her heart.

"Follow me."

It was that voice again, but this time it sounded in her heart.That voice seemed to have some irresistible magic power, which made her want to obey it involuntarily.

No, or rather, she didn't want to resist at all.Because she felt that she was happiest only if she obeyed that order.

Immediately Abigail turned around, followed a young wizard in an exquisite wizard robe, and slowly left in a certain direction, step by step.

This young wizard is naturally Maca. When he left Jackson Square to follow Joshua last night, he did not retrieve all the eight-eyed giant spiders that were scattered to search.Unexpectedly, when he brought the group of children back here early this morning, he received a rather occasional piece of good news from a little guy.

In the post office, a witch with the breath of Sirius appeared on her body.

According to Maca's understanding of arachnids, spiders' sense of smell is definitely not a keen sense of smell, whether it is in the magical or ordinary biological world.The harvest this time can only be said to be a coincidence.

Just now, when Maca saw the little girl directly, he finally confirmed that there was no deviation in this coincidence.

He only saw one of the two wizards clearly last night, and in the end he also ran away for her. How could she have thought that she would dare to show up here today?

Maca, who has always had doubts about things like "luck", really wanted to say luck this time.

He took Abigail, who was under his Imperius Curse, and walked down the street to the West End.As the number of pedestrians around them gradually decreased, it didn't take long for them to come to the inconspicuous shed.

This is the place Joshua proposed, and it is just right to temporarily house the children.After all, there are those treasured eight-eyed giant spiders of Maca patrolling and monitoring around Jackson Square. The degree of safety is naturally higher than that of other places.

"Squeaky-"

Maca opened the door and walked into the shed. There were more than ten children sitting or lying down in the small space, which made it look a little crowded.

He walked into the door, then stepped aside to the side.Behind him, Abigail looked dazed, and saw her walking a few steps forward with straight eyes, and then stood at the door blankly.

Maca waved his hand casually, and the door of the shed closed again with a "creak".

"Are you hungry? Eat something first—"

He took out the staff and pointed it towards the round table placed in the middle. A big bread basket appeared out of thin air on it, filled with all kinds of freshly baked bread.

And beside the basket, there was steaming heat in several pots, and a wonderful fragrance of milk wafted from the mouth of the pot, filling the whole house.