Hogwarts: The Book of Magic

Chapter 1 The Homeless Boy of Clear Street

Clear Street has been a famous poverty-stricken area in London, England since the nineteenth century.

Poverty forced people to change, so darkness began to grow here, various black industries settled here, and a black mist seemed to envelope the entire Clear Street.

If you want to say what is the strangest thing for the small townspeople on Clear Street today in 1987, it is the homeless boy on Clear Street.

The homeless kid they were talking about was Lean Zell, a 7-year-old boy.

Lien stole a piece of bread from the Charlie Gang two days ago, and was beaten half to death. Just two days later, this kid visited the Charlie Gang's kitchen again.

This made Charlie, the leader of the Charlie Gang, very angry. After all, this kid has repeatedly provoked the dignity of the Charlie Gang. If this kid is not given some color, then the dignity of the Charlie Gang will become worthless.

This is the poorest and darkest part of London, where illiterate roughheads don't think.

If the Charlie Gang doesn't deal with this kid, then all they see is the Charlie Gang being patronized twice by a seven-year-old kid and doing nothing.

This is a serious blow to the prestige of the Charlie Gang.

So after Ryan was caught, Charlie took him to the high platform square on Clear Street for "execution".

He needs blood and life to establish his position and power.

"Boy, after eating so much from Charlie's help, let's play a game, isn't it too much? As long as you win, then you will get a room enough to accommodate you." Charlie stroked his shiny scalp, He grinned fiercely and said.

"Of course, if you lose, then you will have nothing, hahaha... How about it, is this game fun?"

Of course the young Lean was unwilling. The steel pipe in the hand of the big man next to him exuded a strong fishy smell, and the dried blood spots told the horror of this weapon and the crime of the big man.

He wanted to escape, but two tall men sandwiched him between them, not giving him a chance to escape at all.

"Well, now I'm going to announce the rules of the game." Charlie stood up straight, his fat body trembling with his movements.

"The game is very simple, we only need our little warrior, that is, Lean Zell." Following Charlie's words, the two big men lifted Lien high.

Lien looked at the people below. They included old men with haggard faces and sticking bamboo poles, shivering toddlers hiding in their mother's arms, and nobles in gorgeous dresses.

Seemingly accepting his fate, Lean didn't resist at all.

"It is only necessary for this little warrior to survive ten rounds under another warrior of ours——Tom, then he will be considered a winner." The vicious man named Tom took a step forward, and the people below followed He took a step back in a neat step.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Tom was very happy, and he opened his big mouth and showed an ugly smile.

This made everyone in the audience even more scared, and the children even buried their heads in their mother's arms.

These are Clear Street residents who are exploited by gangs and who sometimes wake up in the morning to find that their neighbors have died in their homes.

"Then, the game begins!" Following Charlie's order, the two big men holding Lien threw Lien to Tom's side, and then ran behind their boss as if fleeing.

Tom's a madman, he doesn't care if you're one of his own, and only Charlie can.

"Oh!"

The sound of the metal pipe hitting the human body was heard in everyone's ears, and the children in the audience were covered by their parents.

Although they have to be exposed to these in the future, parents still want to expose their children to these things as late as possible.

Although their children sometimes go home and ask why their little friends haven't shown up for several days.

Charlie was very happy when he saw Lean lying on the stage twitching constantly and the audience's reaction, and burst out laughing.

Tom didn't care about this, he swung the steel pipe and hit Lean violently, five times, ten times, twenty times.

After an unknown number of blows, there was a puddle of blood under Li En's body, and there was no ups and downs in his body - he was dead.

Charlie and Tom, as well as the audience in the audience, were very sure of this matter.

"It seems to be a pity that our little warrior didn't win this game." Charlie lowered his voice, as if he was truly saddened by Ryan's death, but soon, his intentions were revealed .

"So... you bastards, don't try to challenge the Charlie gang, otherwise, I want to play a game with you next time."

Everyone in the audience began to tremble, yelling "Charlie Gang" and "Charlie Gang No. [-]" all the time.

These poor people only know these sentences, and they can't think of any more elegant words. Even these sentences are passed down from their ancestors, nothing more than changing "XX Gang" to "Charlie Gang".

Charlie looked at the reflections of the audience and listened to the chaotic shouts, his eyes were slightly fascinated, and he was full of enjoyment.

"Boy, why don't you get up, ah, hahaha~"

After hearing the cheers of the crowd, Charlie turned his head and yelled at Lean who was in a pool of blood, and then led the members of Charlie's gang to slowly leave the high platform amidst the cheers of the crowd.

Li En felt that his whole body was in great pain, and bursts of cold hit him, and he couldn't open his eyes.

Countless voices poured into his ears, making his brain ache.He tried to make some noise, but couldn't open his mouth.

He felt that his consciousness was being lost bit by bit, and he could clearly know that his life was being lost.

Li En used to be a social animal in his 30s, who was born in an orphanage. He had never even been in a relationship in his 30s.

He doesn't have a handsome appearance, nor does he have a lot of money, nor does he have a powerful father, so of course he is not liked by girls.

What's more, Li En has no idea about finding a girlfriend. He only needs to take care of himself when he is alone.

Until the day when he was 32 years old, he was hit by a book while watching shooting stars on the rooftop.

"Book of Laws"

That's the name of the book, made by a god.

Maybe it was for entertainment, or maybe it was to make everyone who got this book owe him karma, anyway, this book has no usage restrictions.

You can even refuse this opportunity, but to Li En, it's no big deal.

Living like a pool of stagnant water, he also longed for a different life, so he accepted this gift from the gods.

Then the world in front of him suddenly burst into a burst of white light, and then he came into this world and became Lean who fell in a pool of blood.

The drowsiness constantly haunted Rian, which made him anxious. He knew that once he fell into a deep sleep, it would be an eternal sleep.

Charlie used Lean's life to show his power, but he didn't have any idea of ​​collecting Lean's body.

This is also a feature of Clear Street. Death is a common occurrence. Maybe someone will come and steal Lean's body after Charlie leaves.

Either sold to medical schools, or eviscerated, or even eaten.

This is Clear Street, the largest slum in London, and the largest dark place.

After seeing the members of Charlie's gang leave, the trembling people in the audience also began to disperse, and no one cared about Li En, who was lying in a pool of blood.

Perhaps occasionally in the sunshine after lunch, a few old ladies would talk about Rion's tragic situation today.

This is Clear Street, where people have no sensitivity to blood, are familiar with death, and are even more indifferent to life, because you can't give emotion to a fragile glass bottle.

Lean felt that his resistance was getting weaker and weaker, and the drowsiness was getting stronger and stronger.

"Sleep, son, you must be sleepy."

"Come on, don't be afraid, death is just a relief."

"Li En, I am your father, come and let us have a family reunion."

"Father...hahaha...Father, so I still have a father." Rion suddenly felt angry.

In his previous life, Lean witnessed his father hack his mother to death after drinking heavily, and then his father went out to drink as if nothing had happened.

When the police found him, he had fallen asleep in a bush with a bottle of wine in his hand.

When the police asked him if he knew that he killed his wife with his own hands, he replied casually: "If you die, you will die, as long as you don't bother me to drink."

All this was clearly seen by Li En who was outside the interrogation room.

In the end, Li En's father was sentenced to death, and Li En was also sent to an orphanage.

A strong desire to survive stimulated Lian's brain, and suddenly, the book emitted a soft light.

Lean was surprised to find that a force suddenly surged in his body to repair his body. After a while, he found that he could barely move.

After discovering this incident, Lean decided to move immediately, because he could see a lot of creepy things in Lean's memory—of course, people who were extremely hungry picked up some corpses to eat.

He stood up reluctantly, cleaned his clothes a little so that the blood would not reveal his whereabouts, and then endured the pain and walked towards the alley next to him.

There is an abandoned cellar there, no one has ever discovered it, and when the original Lean found it, he took it as his home.

Just two or three minutes after Lien stepped into the so-called home, two skinny and skinny men ran to the side of the high platform. Looking at the high platform with only a pool of blood left, they cursed.

After cursing for a while, the men left with their heads down. They needed to find something to fill their stomachs.

Maybe the Charlie Gang kitchen is a good choice, there is enough food there, enough for two people to have a full meal.

As for whether they will be caught, it is not within the scope of their consideration.If they don't eat, the two will definitely die, but if they go, they may not necessarily die.

And besides, even if he is caught, he can still be a full-fledged ghost.

The two looked at each other and quickly made up their minds.

(End of this chapter)