It's just a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Chapter 175 Amy's Mother

Amy is very happy today.

Holding a windmill and lollipops in each of her left and right hands, she swayed forward on the path of the zoo.

After they finished riding the Ferris wheel, they went to play the roller coaster and the spinning flying chair. When they got to the carousel, Amy watched it for a while. They felt that this thing was boring, so they didn't play, and went directly through the amusement park. The zoo in the back.

"Why won't the lollipops turn?"

She shook the candy in her hand and looked up at Sherlock and asked.

"Because this is something to eat, its best destination is in people's stomachs."

Sherlock helped her unpack the transparent packaging outside the wave lollipop, and handed it to Amy again.

Amy stretched out her small tongue and licked the surface of the candy lightly, then frowned, and wrapped the package back.

"Amy didn't like the smell, but it looked great!"

She decided to treat the candy as a toy like a windmill and not to eat it.

Snape was walking side by side with Sherlock, the crown in his hand.

His face is still so gloomy, but it can be seen that it has improved a lot compared to before, at least the emptiness and coldness in his eyes have reduced a lot.

Snape, who has seen a lot in the magic world, not to mention all kinds of magical animals, has used his internal organs so much, he dismisses those animals in the zoo.

Being able to deflate Sherlock just now on the Ferris wheel is already the happiest thing he has ever experienced in going out this time.

Among the three, Amy is most interested, but she is not because she is novel or happy to see these animals, she is just happy that someone will come out to play with her.

"A lot of pigeons!"

She pointed to a large group of pigeons gathering on the stone road in the rest area in the middle of the zoo, and exclaimed.

Sherlock felt that the scenery here was very good, so he took Amy and bought some bread crumbs to feed the pigeons with her.

"Want to take a group photo? Gentlemen? Our park is holding an event, and there is a discount for family photos!"

A photographer with a camera around his neck took the opportunity to walk over.

"Good idea." Sherlock nodded with a smile.

He pulled a reluctant Snape over, grabbed Amy by the shoulder, who was trying to put bread crumbs on the pigeons' heads so they couldn't eat them, and held her in front of him, with the square in the background Pigeons on the prowl.

The photographer observed through the camera for a while that it looked like a strange combination of "a family of three", and said with a look of embarrassment.

"The gentleman on the left, and the kid, can you have a smile? Isn't it fun to come out and play?"

When he opened his mouth, Sherlock realized that only he was smiling. Snape was still sullen, and Amy tried to keep her mouth flat. She was obviously trying her best to smile.

"Smile, smile Tobias when taking pictures, believe me, smiling more will definitely bring you good luck." Sherlock raised his eyebrows and persuaded Snape.

However, Snape seemed unmoved by his words.

It's enough for Sherlock that he can stand here to take pictures, and he wants to make him laugh.

There are no doors.

After persuading Snape, Sherlock ignored him. Instead, he put his hands on the corners of Amy's mouth like last time on London Bridge, helping her to show a smile.

The photographer was a little confused by the situation.

But he had to continue his work, and raised the camera to his eyes again, facing Sherlock and the three of them.

"Okay, let me count to three, two, one, everyone try to relax a bit. Three, two, one."

When he pressed the shutter, the corners of Snape's mouth twitched slightly, and he flattened unconsciously, revealing a sneer, sneer, completely different from his usual, subtle smile.

At the same time, a pigeon that was full of food and drink happened to fly over his head, and its physiological instincts made it uncontrollably drop a lump of indescribable things from mid-air.

"Crack!"

Holding a lollipop and a pinwheel in her hands, Amy was helped to smile with a happy look in her eyes.

Half bent, supporting Amy's face, looking at the camera, the only Sherlock with a natural smile on his face.

Squeezing out a smile that he couldn't even look at, Snape didn't notice the indescribable thing falling towards his hair.

Three different smiling faces freeze at this moment.

The Ministry of Magic sent someone to find Sherlock on the third day after they returned from the amusement park.

For the past three days, Sherlock has been following the Daily Prophet every day.

The battle between the Aurors and the Death Eaters in Sheffield had ended the day they went to the amusement park.

After the Aurors paid a heavy price, they finally expelled the Death Eaters from the city of Sheffield before the situation became irreversible.

The battle continued for some time in the suburbs, and finally ended with 7 Aurors dead and 12 Aurors injured.

Of course, the Death Eaters suffered more casualties than the Aurors, and in the end their operations in the Ministry of Magic also failed.

Such an ending would of course represent a huge victory for the Ministry of Magic.

The current Minister for Magic, Harold Minchan (a hardliner against Voldemort who left office in 1980), has made the matter loud and clear.

In particular, it focuses on the battles in the Department of Mysteries, and the feat of "two heroic Ministry employees" in unraveling the Death Eater plot.

Sherlock has already been said to be an employee of the Ministry of Magic before he has joined the job, but this kind of political need has long been anticipated by him.

However, the follow-up of the Sheffield incident is still fermenting.

Because the impact was too great, even if the Ministry of Magic sent out all the amnestic teams to work for two consecutive days, they could barely suppress what happened that night.

Sheffield still has rumors similar to urban legends circulating in the city.

Even the International Federation of Wizards sent a question to the British Ministry of Magic about this, asking them not to spread their internal problems to the outside world. If the "International Statute of Secrecy" is violated, the Ministry of Magic of other countries will intervene in the internal disputes of the United Kingdom.

Naturally, the Daily Prophet made a big report on this matter, and Minister Minkan also gave a strong response.

It is said that the internal affairs of the British magic world will be resolved internally, and external forces do not need and should not intervene.

Whether it's in the UK or in the world of magic, things haven't been peaceful recently.

Sherlock just understands the current situation. What he really cares about is about his entry into the Ministry of Magic.

The person who came to look for him was none other than Eddie Butler, who had been exonerated from the charge of traitor and returned safely from the Isle of Man.

"father!"

After Amy saw Eddie, she didn't look very excited. She seemed to know that he would come back to find her.

"Sorry, I left you alone for a long time again this time." Eddie and Amy hugged and said apologetically.

"No, John took Amy to many places to play, as well as windmills and lollipops, all of which he bought for Amy."

Amy hasn't eaten that lollipop until now. It seems that she doesn't plan to eat it and wants to keep it as a toy.

The father and daughter chatted for a while, and Eddie turned to talk to Sherlock about the business.

"Thank you very much, John, not only for helping me take care of Amy, but also for doing me such a big favor."

He thanked him earnestly, and Sherlock waved his hand.

"Amy is very obedient, and she also helped me, so you don't have to thank me."

Eddie didn't say much about thanking him. He knew that it was more practical to keep these things in his heart than to keep them on his lips.

"The Ministry of Magic agreed to your request to join the job, and it was specially approved by the Minister, Mr. Minkan. Mrs. Selwyn also agreed to your desire to join the Department of Mysteries. There are not many employees in this department. You saved her life even more, and she has no reason to refuse. This is your letter of appointment."

After receiving the letter of appointment from him, Sherlock was really relieved.

Being able to enter the Department of Mysteries is equivalent to completing half of his goal. If there are no relevant clues found here, then Sherlock really can't think of where he can find a way to go back.

Eddie was puzzled by this.

"I actually don't understand. Why did you join the Department of Mysteries? I learned about your strength from Sophie. If you want to develop better in the Ministry of Magic, joining the Auror Command is undoubtedly the best choice." .Now is a special period, as long as you have the ability, promotion is not a problem at all."

Sherlock shook his head and said.

"I'm very interested in magic research, especially those remote and mysterious magic. The Auror way of life is not suitable for me."

Everyone has their own ambitions, and Eddie is not a cynical youth. He thinks that since Sherlock has the ability, he must devote himself to the cause of fighting the Dark Lord.

After talking to Sherlock about the Ministry of Magic, Eddie invited him to a nearby restaurant for dinner to thank him that night.

Before he came, he had heard that Sherlock had an uncle who also lived in the bar, and he was going to invite him to join him.

But Sherlock declined.

"He's not in a very good mood recently, so let's not bother him and let him wait for a while."

Amy blinked.

"Tobia is still thinking about what happened at the zoo that day."

Sherlock suppressed a smile and pushed Amy to the front of the corridor.

He could clearly sense that in Room 12, Snape, who had heard Amy's words, was crushing a frog's eyeball in his hand with his face as black as the bottom of a cauldron.

"Okay, don't expose people's scars, Amy, let's go to dinner."

Eddie chose a Muggle restaurant, just up the street from Diagon Alley.

"In some respects, the wizarding world is indeed behind Muggles, but even people who don't discriminate against Muggles will have arrogance. Even if it is good and useful to wizards, as long as it is related to Muggles relationship, they are also very conflicted.”

They chatted about some things in the wizarding world.

Eddie has a good character, integrity and responsibility, which can be seen from his performance in Sheffield.

After chatting with him for a while, Sherlock asked a question that he had puzzled for a long time.

"how old are you?"

Naturally, there is nothing to hide about a man's age.

"It will be 10 after October."

Sherlock's eyes widened suddenly. He always thought that Eddie only looked young on the outside, but he didn't expect that his real age was about the same age as himself!
"Amy said she was 7 years old!"

Eddie shook his head and smiled wryly.

"That's right, I already had a daughter like her when I was less than 17 years old and hadn't graduated from Hogwarts."

Sherlock's face was complicated.

He knew that early marriage and early childbearing had always been the norm in the wizarding world. Basically, most wizards graduated from Hogwarts, got married when they were 18, and had children before they were 20.

Like Harry's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, are like that.

But it was still extremely rare for Eddie to have children while he was in Hogwarts.

Eddie held the wine glass, looked at the passers-by outside the window, took a big sip, and then sent Amy away, asking her to ask the restaurant for another bottle of wine.

"My matter is a bit complicated, but there is nothing I can't say. It's just that I have been busy with work in the Ministry of Magic, and I rarely mentioned it to others. It can be regarded as protecting Amy. Basically, no one knows that I have her. Such a daughter."

"If you follow the Daily Prophet, you should know that a month ago, they reported that the wife of the Ministry of Magic's Department of Transportation got divorced and then married to Germany."

Sherlock's memory is pretty good, and he still has some impressions of such gossip.

"You mean Mrs. Evans who was married and divorced six times in five years?"

Eddie nodded slightly.

"She is Amy's biological mother."

Sherlock was stunned.

According to the lady's deeds, this woman is a woman who is sloppy. He feels that with Eddie's vision and personality, it is impossible to have any relationship with such a woman.

Eddie also saw Sherlock's doubts, he took a breath of alcohol and continued.

"Just saying that, you may think that I was young and ignorant, but well, I was young and ignorant, and I couldn't stand the temptation. But from the report on that woman, you should also know that she is not an ordinary person, Otherwise, there would be no involvement with so many senior officials of the Ministry of Magic."

Sherlock seemed to have thought of something, he asked hesitantly.

"Isn't she a normal wizard?"

"She's a veela." Eddie said lightly, "a veela who is skittish and seeks excitement."

"During the summer vacation when I was 17, I met her by a coincidence. She seduced me with her unique charm and had a relationship with me."

"At the beginning, I didn't know her identity. I really thought I fell in love with her. And then she was pregnant and had a child. I thought about getting married after graduation. But I didn't expect that when she gave the child After she was born, she said that she had played enough with me and wanted to break up, she didn't want the child, and left it to me to raise."

"I was so angry and felt betrayed that I had a big fight with her."

"She was also emotional at the time. You should know how the purebred Veela will change once she gets excited."

"It was at that time that I knew her identity. I knew that I had never liked her before. The so-called feelings were just the unique charm magic that comes with Veela."

(End of this chapter)