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Chapter 255 A Responsible Man
Facing Silk's questioning, Sherlock just shook his head with a wry smile.

He sat up from the sofa, and instead of looking at the girl who was blindfolded with a black ribbon standing in front of him, he looked out the window of the office.

"There are many things that I can't tell you." He said softly, "It's not because I don't trust you enough, and it's not because I'm worried about something, but because this is destined to be a secret that will be hidden in my heart for the rest of my life .”

"I'm not such a righteous person. I'm not as good as your father in this regard. He can do a lot for the magic world selflessly, and he doesn't even care about his family. Although I often call him stupid, I actually admire him very much, because he What I can do, I can't do."

"But I can't be that selfless, but I also have my own standards and bottom line. When I encounter some things, if I can help, I will try my best to help, but if I help, it may put me or the people around me in danger. If so, then I will never do it.”

"But if something happened entirely because of me, but I pat my ass and leave as if it had nothing to do with me, I can't do that."

Sherlock turned his gaze to Silk, meeting her eyes covered with black ribbons.

"What I'm trying to do now is actually to wipe my ass for the changes I have caused. I want to make sure that even with my interference, everyone who should live should live, not because some people should not appear Influenced by the influence, they died in a situation where even they themselves didn't know why this happened."

Silk seemed to be clenching her teeth, she pursed her lips, and then asked.

"Then if someone died in this castle even if you risked your own life, what would you do?"

Sherlock blinked, smiling.

"I will blame myself and feel ashamed, but that's all. After that, I will continue my own life. After all, people like me don't even care about their lives. If they do this, even if someone dies because of it, I also have a clear conscience.”

"At least, I'm not even afraid to face the mess I brought, to be an ostrich who can only bury my head in the sand. I'm a responsible man, right?"

Outside the window, the autumn sun has risen to the highest altitude, and the bright sunlight refracts colorful light through the glass, shining into this small office.

Silk stood under the sunlight, staring at Sherlock as if angry.

A warm smile appeared on Sherlock's still somewhat melancholy face.

Seeing this smile, all the expressions on Silk's face slowly subsided, and then under Sherlock's astonished gaze, she bent down and hugged him tightly.

"It's more important than anything else that you can do well."

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There is still a week until Halloween, or the start of the Triwizard Tournament.

The last weekend before the festival has also quietly arrived.

It has been three days since the last time the entire Hogwarts students had a collective nightmare, and no student continued to repeat that dream every night during these three days.

This made the students in the castle quickly forget about it.

After all, the Triwizard Tournament is getting closer and closer, and the little wizards who have been looking forward to it for two months have become even more impatient.

But that's just the first night of the weekend.

The four deans of Hogwarts plus Sherlock and Silk, a total of six people, gathered in front of the tapestry of "The Troll Beats Barnabas" on the eighth floor of the castle at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.

The small silver crow, which has been guarding the tapestry for three days, flew lightly onto Sherlock's arm. It has been dutifully guarding the entrance of the Room of Requirement, ensuring that Fiddlesticks did not leave it during this period. .

On the way here, Professor McGonagall and the others have discovered the weirdness in the relationship between Silk and Sherlock.

Silk seemed to be angry about something, and he didn't have any communication with Sherlock along the way.

Sherlock just smiled a few times at this, without further explanation.

In fact, he originally wanted to explain a few words, so that Professor McGonagall and the others don't care, Silk is just playing a child's temper now.

But he is also very self-aware, saying such words will undoubtedly make Silk's mood worse.

The reason for Silk's anger is also very simple.

It's just that after she gave him a tight hug when Sherlock was unprepared that day, Sherlock nagged her for two full hours, "You're a big boy" "You said it yourself, let me Think of you as Vera instead of Amy" "How can girls get in touch with boys so easily" are similar to these words.

This made Silk, who had already calmed down, become so angry that he didn't even eat lunch, so he gave Sherlock a face, and he hasn't calmed down until now.

Sherlock is not a straight man of steel. After such a long time, he can naturally see Silk's unusual feelings for him.

But still the same sentence, he couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart, and couldn't do the kind of thing that even a former villain like Snape would despise him.

Getting back to the topic, their purpose for this operation tonight is also very clear, which is to completely get rid of Fiddlesticks hiding in the Room of Requirement.

Before coming, Sherlock had told Professor McGonagall about the complete plan, and the whole process was actually not complicated.

In fact, before getting angry with Sherlock, Silk also proposed that since he already knew Fiddlesticks' location, he should simply notify the German Ministry of Magic and ask them to send someone to find a way to capture the straw man hiding here. .

But after Sherlock thought twice, he decided to hide the news.

Apart from worrying that the German Ministry of Magic's arrest operation at Hogwarts might affect the students, Sherlock didn't trust those German wizards.

Originally, Fiddlesticks ran out because of a problem among them. Who can guarantee that the people who came to Hogwarts this time will have problems?
So after confirming from Silke that as long as the straw man is completely subdued, she has the ability to control it personally, Sherlock decided that this matter should be resolved by Hogwarts itself.

The four deans naturally have nothing to worry about, and each of them is no worse than the top Aurors of the Ministry of Magic.

It's enough to deal with dark magic creatures like Fiddlesticks who usually only do things secretly behind their backs.

(End of this chapter)