if i am not me

Mary had been staring at the parchment full of precautions in her hand for a long time, so long that every child who passed her could see the helplessness in her eyes.Regarding this, except for Lucy who would blink her eyes for a while, everyone else seemed to be familiar with it.

Sure enough, children's tolerance is stronger than that of adults... In some ways.

Of course, that piece of paper is not exclusive to Mary. It should be said that basically everyone in this house has got such a piece of paper. The only difference is that Mary and a few older children know the reason for this piece of paper. , and the servants can only implement it at a loss.

Fortunately, there were not many servants in the family, and the only few were not people who liked to ask questions.

Thinking of this, Mary exhaled lightly, raised her eyes and looked out the window.The windows are large floor-to-ceiling windows, so Mary can easily see Harry who is still busy in the huge courtyard, and Ivan and Willie who are poking around behind him.

magic circle...

To be honest, if Harry hadn't been so numb these days, she might be one of them now.It's a pity that after more than ten days in a row, she could only see the dazzlingly complicated lines of the "magic circle", Mary thought that no matter how much of her curiosity she had, it was smoothed out now.It was also because of this that in this scorching sun in August, she chose to drink tea in the cool flower hall instead of following Harry around outside the house like a few days ago.

In fact, it can't be said to be walking randomly, at least in Harry's opinion, it is definitely a precise...arrangement?

Well, she actually understood what the kid was worried about.

"The Man" is back.

If she had only heard about it from Harry, she might not have paid much attention to it.Yet when she got the same, if more cautious, warning from Lupine, she chose to follow their advice - that no one but Harry would go to school when the term started in September , but by her to arrange tutors for them.

At the same time, she also agreed to let Harry install defensive magic in the house.Because Harry had made it very clear that he had offended "that man".

Because Dumbledore was at Hogwarts, Harry who stayed at school would not be in any danger. On the contrary, the personal safety of Mary and the others in the Muggle world was what Harry was most worried about at the moment.

But, is it necessary to do this?

Thinking of the terms Harry listed for her, Mary couldn't help but be thankful that the electrical products she and Lupine had researched had been successful, otherwise she couldn't have imagined that if they were to be kept from going out as much as possible, there would be no such things as TV and computers to pass the time. Things, what will happen to those children.

Over there, Mary was sipping black tea comfortably while looking at the precautions, while here, Harry was working hard to perfect the defensive magic circle at home.

Perhaps due to the influence of Harry's open-minded style and the cooperative relationship between Mary and Lupine over the years, the children in the family already know a lot about things in the wizarding world.Therefore, when Harry expressed his worries to them and proposed to set up a defensive magic circle for the family, no one expressed any objection, and people like Viri and Ruth even showed some anticipation. .After all, in their lives, there are not many opportunities to be exposed to "magical magic" like this, not to mention that this opportunity also mentioned "defense", which made several belligerent boys ready to move.

"Harry, are you sure that such a small bottle of stuff can make the magic circle move?" Ruth, who walked from the house into the courtyard and followed Harry's instructions to get the things, shook the crystal bottle in his hand. His brown eyes were full of curiosity.You must know that whether it is on TV or in movies, the magic circle seems to use some kind of "gemstones" and "power stones" to support its power. Why does Harry now use this bottle of red and viscous stuff? ...?

"Don't underestimate this thing." Of course Harry understood what Ruth was thinking, thinking of how much he had asked Draco to help him in order to get this vial, he couldn't help rubbing his forehead occasion. "This is the blood of the dragon, much easier to use than those gems."

Ruth was a little careless at first, but after hearing the keywords of "dragon's blood", his face twisted drastically, and at the same time, his hands began to tremble slowly.

"Be careful." Seeing this, Joan hurriedly took the crystal bottle from his hand and held it carefully in her arms.After confirming the safety of the crystal bottle, he turned his head to Ruth who was still dumbfounded.And this scene fell into Harry's eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly for Joan's nerve resilience.

Look at her as if nothing had happened...

Compare that with his brothers.

Harry shook his head, why are all the women he knows so tough?

Of course, in this matter, it may also be because girls don't like or are curious about creatures like dragons...

Shrugging his shoulders, Harry ignored the boys who were still staring wide-eyed, turned around and continued to concentrate on making the magic circle.

At this time, the magic circle has basically taken shape, as long as a few details are improved, and after being blessed with dragon's blood, the outer defense of the house will be completed.

But Harry knew that this layer of defense was only the first line of defense.

He couldn't be blamed for being so cautious, after all, the current Dark Lord was no longer the Dark Lord in his memory.

The current "that person" is Tom, the Riddle who has super talent, powerful magic power, and is still terribly rational and calm.

Before he could get a powerful protection, Harry could only do his best to protect his family with these passive but still useful methods.

Thinking of this, Harry couldn't help thinking of Drake again.

Just last night, he got a message from Drake.His father, Lucius, the current head of the Malfoy family, finally made the final decision—the Malfoy family officially fell to the Order of the Phoenix.

And this decision that outsiders don't understand anyway is just because in the second grade, Drake personally stabbed the basilisk's fangs into that diary.

Riddle probably never expected that in the second grade, the person who made him disappear turned out to be Lucius' son who threw the diary away.

It's just that they didn't expect that Riddle, who was supposed to disappear completely, didn't disappear completely, but entered the necklace given to him by Drake for some unknown reason, and stayed dormant until he appeared with the necklace In that cemetery...

Is this God's will?

Thinking of the chain of events and coincidences, it seemed Harry could only use providence to explain it.Besides, he really didn't know how to explain what happened before.

"Harry." At this moment, Lucy, who came to them at some time, freed one of the little hands holding the rabbit puppet to pull Harry's clothes, and her big watery eyes were filled with infinite admiration. Looking at him, "Is the thing you said ready?"

The magic circle...will it be as beautiful as the magic in cartoons?

Pulled back from his thoughts by Lucy's voice, Harry couldn't help but smile slightly, nodded and took the crystal bottle from Joan's hand.

Almost immediately, he heard several distinct gulps of saliva.

Well, he was actually quite nervous.Anyway, this is the first time in his life to make a magic circle, and before, he has never tried to complete this arduous project alone.

The final success of the magic circle seems to depend on this.

But in this period of calm days before the storm, the core that made everyone uneasy was not as busy as his opponents expected. On the contrary, he didn't even summon the "servants" he used to.Beside him, there was still only that wretched little man, and...a snake named Naniji.

Flipping through the newspaper in his hand, a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Riddle's beautiful mouth.

The Minister and Deputy Minister of Magic were attacked...

I really don't know which idiot did this stupid thing in order to ask for a so-called forgiveness.

The author has something to say: Oh, after the bird test, I will be revived in full condition! ! !

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