Harry Potter’s Book of Sin

"...I wanted to go to a deeper place yesterday, but it was too dark to see anything. So this morning, I brought out the flashlight that Dad put in the garage... Look!"

With a soft "click", Kevin looked at the large flashlight in Candice's hand and suddenly emitted a slightly yellow light, and instantly tore the darkness in front of him.

"Oh, it seems you have planned to play truant today!"

Little Kevin scratched his head, not knowing what he was feeling right now—to be honest, he was very concerned about that voice, because he heard it several times in his home yesterday.

So, why does this voice come from this "hole" that is taller than an adult?

For the reason, little Kevin naturally does not understand.

He didn't even know that the "big hole" in front of him at this time was actually one of the many abandoned drains in the London sewer system that was once listed as the "Seven Industrial Miracles".

If he can recognize the way, it will be fine even if he wants to go home along the underground waterway.

"Go away, Kevin! What are you doing there in a daze!"

While little Kevin was still listening to the "hissing" sound, wondering what the movement was, Candice had already raised the flashlight and waved at him deeper.

"Ah, good! I'll come here—"

Before he could finish his words, he finally ran after Candice as if he had put aside all the worries about playing truant.Then, I saw the two children standing side by side, walking to the depths of the underground waterway with excitement and curiosity by the light of flashlights.

Speaking of it, London’s sewers have been praised for no reason. This is not only because of their awe at the huge amount of work, but also because it really protects the city and residents that have been trapped by serious pollution.

Before today's sewers were built, London had made great progress due to the rapid industrial development, but the subsequent pollution began to breed diseases because of the backward sewer system.

In the hundreds of years before the last century, rounds of epidemics caused the death rate of Muggles to fluctuate, and London gradually became stinking.

I remember that at that time, the original clear Thames was weakly swallowing brown sewage, and the streets in central London were foul and unpleasant. Even the House of Commons had to hang curtains soaked in lime water on the windows to block and filter it. Unbearable smell.

After that, after a series of discussions and visits to Paris, France, a total of more than six years, a huge sewer system stretching more than 2,000 kilometers was finally built underground in London.

A large amount of sewage was transported to the sewage treatment plant, and all the drainage outlets that were originally discharged into the river were also abandoned.Some were dismantled, some were borrowed by the new system, and some were still vacant.

Right now, little Kevin and Candice are walking, is one of the many abandoned drains.

"Oh!"

Just after Candice took a turn from a fork, she didn't take a few more steps before she was surprised.Because she saw another intersection of the bifurcated passages, and it was much larger than the previous one.

As the flashlight light slowly moved around, the brick wall gradually came into view.The design of the vault, the excavation of the steps, and the orderly divergence make this place look like an underground castle.

"I always feel that if you go further, you will meet a vampire!" Candice observed the deep passages with interest, as if she didn't know how to be afraid. What? For example, a gargoyle... or a demon?"

Children always like these fantasy things, although adults sometimes say that these things do not exist, but this does not prevent children from continuing to imagine.

Of course, even a little girl as old as Candice generally prefers unicorns.There are not too many vampires, demons and other evil creatures like her.

Hearing what she said, little Kevin couldn't help but followed up with a little worried.

"That voice...but it's better not to be the things you said! Or we'll be over!"

"Yeah, Kevin, are you scared?"

Seeing Candice start to snicker, little Kevin immediately looked up and said loudly:

"Who's afraid! I'm worried about you... haven't you seen it in a movie? People like you who don't worry about anything are usually the first to die in a monster attack!"

"Bah!" When Candice heard this, the snicker on her face instantly turned into annoyance, "You're going to die!"

"Snapped!"

Seeing that she raised her hand, she slapped Kevin on the top of the head, then turned around, raised her flashlight, and walked to one of the forks.

Little Kevin covered his head and curled his mouth, and had to walk quickly to follow-no way, Candice's flashlight is inseparable here, without the light, you can't even see his feet.

After the two of them crossed the fork in the road with a trench, they immediately found that there was a circular passage that was wider than before.

Just looking at the diameter of this passage, I am afraid that if five or six adults can stand side by side, even the carriage can pass through here safely.

"Ah! Dirty!"

As soon as she settled, Candice found herself stepping into the stagnant water-here, there were finally signs of water, but not much for the time being.

It's just that the water is full of greasy dirt, and there are some strange dirty things floating in it, which looks disgusting.Even Candice is not really afraid of dirty girls, but when she sees this kind of sight, she still can't stand it.

"Oh! God... I think we should change our way..."

Under the light of the flashlight, Kevin also saw the accumulated sewage, but fortunately, the impatient Candice got the move first, so that he didn't step in together.

But at this moment, seeing him suddenly another ear, he even whispered:

"Listen! That sound seems to be clearer... Did you hear it? It's the'hiss' sound! I bet we must be getting away from it... Wow! It's a mouse!"

Before Kevin finished speaking, he suddenly saw several very large mice running by the edge of the flashlight's light, making sewage clashed.

At the moment he exclaimed, Candice, who also noticed the mouse, also hurried back to him.

Although there was no screaming or anything, Kevin knew that she was finally scared from the behavior of Candice grabbing her arm.

"Hey! It's just a mouse...Ah! Are you afraid?"

Thinking of Candice's ridicule of herself, Kevin decided to take the opportunity to retaliate-there are not many opportunities to make fun of Candice, because this girl is better than boys in many ways.

I just didn't expect that she would still be afraid of mice?

"Snapped!"

"Who is scared!"

Kevin's forehead suffered another unsuspecting disaster, and this time Candice obviously used more strength, so that his head hurts fiercely.

"...Violent woman." Little Kevin couldn't help but muttered softly.

However, although Candice is rare to be afraid of mice, she does not seem to be afraid of other things at all.After the mice disappeared, she resurrected on the spot again, and happily went deeper.

Even if there is sewage here, the smell is unpleasant, but just cover your nose to avoid standing water?

She also heard the "hissing" that Kevin said just now. It was obvious that she was very interested in the movement that became clearer.

As for the mouse that might still appear... Hey, Candice’s sturdy nerves have long been left behind.

"Kevin, keep up! What are you doing so slowly!"

It's a pity that the sewer exploration of the two of them will naturally not be smooth sailing.Not to mention what caused the strange movement. Just before finding the source of the sound, the shadow of death had already enveloped the two of them.

After walking along this wide passage for more than ten minutes, Candice couldn't help but soften her feet.Had it not been for Kevin to pull her aside, she would almost fall headlong in the dirty gutter in the middle.

"Um...thank you."

Candice, who was supported by Kevin, shook her head vigorously, and then said with a little doubt:

"How do I feel... a little dizzy?"

Of course, the two children would not know that a variety of harmful gases are easily produced in the sewer, and these gases are usually unknowingly poisoning.

The problem arises when the two of them can walk here, but it is because the passage in front has been vacant for many years.

"Oh, Candice, are you okay?"

Little Kevin held the girl's body a little bit hard, grabbed the flashlight in her hand and took photos back and forth, trying to find a place to rest.

But this is a sewer. Except for the steps at some forks for maintenance personnel to walk on, the other places are too dirty to sit on.

But in a moment, he helped Candice walk forward for a short distance, and finally found the next small fork in the passage wall.

Upon seeing this, he hurriedly dragged the somewhat sleepy Candice into the fork, and came to a solid soil platform that could be considered as a resting place.

After leaving the wide and long passage, Kevin felt that the air had become less smelly.

However, at the same time he sat down with Candice, he himself suddenly felt dizzy in his head.He was bending over and didn't stop immediately, and fell directly on the other girl's body.

"Kevin?"

Candice struggled to push Kevin, who was holding him down, but her hands and feet were already weak, and she couldn't exert much effort.But at this moment, Candice felt a slight shock, and suddenly came down from herself...