Harry Potter’s Book of Sin

  

"...Yes, old Barty is okay, it's probably the kid who has the problem."

In the Broken Cauldron Bar, Maca and Sirius were sitting at a table near the wall, while Hermione and others were sitting around them.

Perhaps it was because of Hermione's remarks today, or perhaps everyone's strength had indeed improved tremendously, and Maca finally stopped doing everything without them.

Of course, if there are some situations that are directly related to Helbo and are even very likely to encounter that guy, it is still impossible for Maca to just let them participate.

After hearing that Maca sat down with Sirius, she mentioned Barty again, and Hermione couldn't help but be curious about it.

"What's the problem?" She wondered. "What did Mr. Crouch do?"

When Maca heard this, she couldn't help but shrugged you:

"No, Mr. Crouch did almost nothing. He just went to the Muggle world to adopt two orphans with nostalgia for his son and a life ambition that has never been severed."

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

"You heard it in the library just now. Mr. Crouch intends to explore the way for Muggles and wizards to coexist in the future by raising Muggle children in the magical world... And, perhaps by the way, he can also let him In my old age, my life was not so painful."

Up to this point, it is actually the content that Maca had previously chatted with Barty.But after that, he pointed towards Sirius again, and said seriously:

"Originally, after Mr. Crouch opened the library in Diagon Alley... No, to be precise, when Mr. Crouch took his two children to Diagon Alley, there were several consecutive scenes. Homicide case. In order to ensure that there will be no bad rumors, Sirius and others temporarily managed to eliminate the impact of the case..."

"However, he and Lupin also guessed based on this that the secret killer was probably Barty Crouch who suddenly came to Diagon Alley to open a shop."

When Hermione heard him say this, she nodded immediately, as she had a preliminary understanding of the status quo.

It turned out that Maca brought her over to Diagon Alley today, but in fact it was also with a mission.Hermione, Ron and the other four have become the best cover when testing each other.

Thinking about it this way, if she didn't express her thoughts in advance today, maybe Maca would do it herself again.

After thinking about it for a while, Hermione understood:

"So, you just confirmed that the man was not killed by Mr. Crouch?"

"Yes," Maca recalled the situation again, and then whispered, "I actually didn't think he would commit a murder. After all, he has done few illegal things in his life... Well, except for that year, he couldn't help but begged by his seriously ill wife to enter Azkaban and replace his son Batty Jr. out."

Having said this, he paused slightly, then shook his head.

"But for some reason, I can't guarantee that his temperament will not change drastically... So today's temptation is still necessary."

"Some reason?"

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

"Ok."

Seeing that other people were either confused or curious, Maca didn't hide it anymore, nodded and said frankly:

"His son Barty Crouch Jr. was killed by myself."

No matter how much Maca understands human nature, it is impossible to break people's hearts easily.He couldn't guess whether the old Batty would hold a grudge because of the death of his son.

Because he understood that Barty's death was equivalent to a seed buried in the heart of Barty, and no one knew whether that seed would germinate or rot.

Perhaps one day, the old Barty suddenly counted all the pain of losing his son on his Maca McLean's head, so the other party might take the initiative to help Helbo.

However, in the surprised expressions of Hermione and others, Maca quickly said:

"Fortunately, I don't think Old Batty killed anyone, because... I probably already guessed who the real murderer was."

Hermione frowned when she heard it, but then she seemed unable to accept her own guess, and gently shook her head to abandon the number one candidate in her heart.

"Yes...Is it a certain guest in the library?" She hesitated.

On the contrary, after being taken aback for a while, Neville next to him asked subconsciously:

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

Neville's words that almost blurted out were actually the answer that Hermione thought of in the first place.After all, the people Maca had the most contact with in the library at that time seemed to be the old Barty and the little girl.

However, a child that is only that old will kill others... This kind of thing is chilling to think about.

After Neville asked, Hermione couldn't help but stared at Maca's head, as if for fear that he nodded in agreement with Neville's terrible guess.

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

"Sure enough...no!"

"Well, it's not her," said Maca, but sighed again, "but it is still related to her. Remember? As I mentioned, old Barty adopted two Muggle orphans-girls We’ve seen him, but don’t forget, there is a boy!"

"But, even though we haven't seen a boy, it doesn't mean him—" Hermione couldn't help but halfway through the conversation, "Maca, did you find something in that little girl?"

It can be seen that the kindness in Hermione's heart made her unwilling to doubt the boy she had never met.However, based on her understanding of Maca, she also understands that the other party's words will never be targeted.

Thinking about it this way, the conclusion seems obvious.

Sure enough, a complicated smile appeared on Maca's face.

"You guessed it right," he took a sip of the juice and took a sip of the glass he had in hand, moisturizing his dry throat from talking too much, "the kid's body... there are traces of black magic, and the old man Batty doesn't seem to know yet."

"Then... isn't he dangerous?" Ron said immediately.

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

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

"what?"

When Ron heard this, he couldn't help wondering.

"Isn't it hard to understand?" Hermione said, "First, as Maca has just said, there have been several murders in Diagon Alley recently, but if the murderer is really a child, will he kill the people around him? No, Even if the boy is smart enough to know that to do so, he can avoid suspicion. But without the old Batty, it would be more inconvenient for him to act as a child!"

As she was speaking, she paused for a while before continuing:

"Second, a child will kill. This is suspicious enough. I think there may be other people behind him. And if that person is familiar with the magic world, Mr. Crouch will inevitably be left behind— —His son was a Death Eater at first, so would he not be a good person?"

"You mean, once the murder is exposed, they will use Old Barty as a substitute for the dead?"

When Ron was stunned for a while, Maca also nodded.

"This idea makes a lot of sense," he said. "I did think that the boy might be controlled by someone, but I haven't thought that they might use Old Barty as a shield."

After receiving Maca’s appreciative look, Hermione was obviously more confident, so she listened to her and continued:

"There's a third point—we all know that Mr. Crouch has adopted the two children for a while. If that kid wants to do it, I'm afraid Mr. Crouch is already dead, right?"

Although Hermione was answering Ron's doubts on the surface, she also took this opportunity to tell some of her own speculations.

To be honest, she deserves to be a quick-witted Hermione, there are some details that even Maca hasn't considered.After listening to her analysis, everyone, including Maca and Sirius, was silent for a moment.

In the final analysis, even if Hermione speaks so decently, these are just inferences.What the facts are and how the situation will develop in the future will definitely require further investigation.

Not long afterwards, Sirius suddenly spoke up.

"Maca," he asked, recalling what Maca had said with Hermione just now, "just now you said that you found a trace of black magic on the little girl adopted by the old Barty? Then look. Is it specific black magic that came out?"

If they can know the details of the dark magic, they will not only provide safety guarantee for them to investigate afterwards, but may also be able to learn more about the boy...and the secrets of the person behind him.

It's a pity that Maca waved his hand casually without hesitation:

"I don't know, the traces left on her body are quite rare. It's probably been several hours...seriously, it was luck to be able to find this at that time!"

After hearing this, Sirius regretfully lowered his head to ponder other doubts.

So, after a while, he guessed that he knew he couldn't figure out more information, so he just stood up neatly.

"Maca, there's nothing to say, right?" He said, "Then I'll take a step first-I'll have to change shifts with Dunge to watch the library later, so that he can come over and eat something to fill his stomach ."

Maca first glanced at Hermione, and it seemed that she had nothing to say, and then nodded at Sirius:

"Okay, you go! I have dinner with everyone here, and then we will return to Hogwarts. If you have any new discoveries, please keep me informed."