The Witch's Bodyguard [Comprehensive Anglo-American]

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Barton's daughter was already in the second grade, and today was the day before Hogwarts started school. In the hazy September in England, the atmosphere in the wizarding world was also affected.The merchants in Diagon Alley were worried, and some of them closed their doors early. The wizards got bad news one after another from the newspapers about the destruction caused by Death Eaters. Back to its darkest period.

When passing by the crucible shop, Ma Linglong heard that the boss planned to close the shop after finishing the business in the morning.

The number of new students is one-third less than last year, not because the birth rate of little wizards has dropped, but because many parents refuse to let their children go to Hogwarts. They would rather go to a school of magic and magic farther away, naively thinking that staying away from the UK is safe .

Barton took his daughter Louis to Diagon Alley to buy materials for the new semester. Although schooling at Hogwarts is free, textbooks and tools are not cheap.Of course, this is nothing to an elite agent.It's just that Barton couldn't be happy every time he withdrew money from Gringotts.

"Look, Louis, fairy tales are all lies. There are no beautiful and lovely elves at all. The elves are all alien faces and their voices are terrible." Barton bought a cash drawer at Gringotts, and he put part of it Muggle coins were exchanged for Galleons (gold) and Sickles (silver), and Nat (copper) existed in them. Barton still remembered the first time he followed Ma Linglong to Gringotts, he was caught with long ears and a big nose The elf's mood when he was treated indifferently was worse than when he ate a soft cookie.

However, there is only such a bank in the entire British wizarding world.

"Stop complaining." Ma Linglong said, "Wizards don't like elves very much either. They think they are superior to humans and treat everyone the same."

"In that case, why are they still working for humans?" Barton said.

"They don't work for anyone." Ma Linglong said, "The banks belong to the elves, they just pay taxes to the government every year."

"Why doesn't the government use banknotes?" Barton asked a question that Stark also asked. This may be something that all Muggle parents will be confused about. They are very puzzled that wizards still follow the European medieval way of life.

Ma Linglong has already prepared his speech: "Because a wizard can conjure a piece of paper casually, and to identify the authenticity of a banknote, it needs to use advanced magic to make an anti-counterfeit label before making it, so the degree of trouble is even greater." It’s the same, and the risk is greater. You should have found out when you bought something that the currency here is relatively valuable. 12 dollars is equivalent to 1 gold Galleon. There are no expensive items in the wizarding world that require a check. Bring a few coins Jin Jialong can eat and drink all day."

"There is always a time for a big deal, right?" Barton asked.

"What are you thinking, we are wizards, do you still expect us to put hundreds of gold coins in our wallets and carry them with us?"

Louis ran to a window where there were several beautiful broomsticks. The little girl seemed to like it very much. She asked Barton if she could go in and have a look.

"So wizards can't make gold?" Barton agreed, and he took his daughter into the broom shop, but to Barton, it looked like household supplies, and he couldn't tell the difference between the brooms at home and the ones sold here. Nothing different, except the price.

"You're talking about alchemy." Ma Linglong said, she explained patiently, "Nowadays almost no wizard can extract gold from ore, that's the magic that only elves can do, that's why, even though They are cold, but wizards still trust them for a reason."

"Aren't you afraid that they will rebel, the current situation. For example, take all the money in the bank?" Barton said.

"You don't have to worry about this." Ma Linglong said, "Although the bank belongs to them, each cash drawer has a special password to open it, and they can't take the bank away. The Ministry of Magic has very strict supervision on banks. After all, elves There is a big gap with humans, and the government has taken this into consideration. What's more, they are only good at making gold, and their IQ is not outstanding. Otherwise, they would not only guard one bank. They even have the concept of loans and usury. No."

"Dad." Louis said, pointing to the Firebolt/Arrow, "Can I have one of these for my 16th birthday?"

"Is there any difference between this one and the one I bought last year?" Barton asked Ma Linglong subconsciously.

"Hello, sir." The clerk came over. It was a young man with a greasy face. He should be a new employee hired by the boss. Ma Linglong had never seen him before. "Do you want to buy a broom?" He saw Ma Linglong. Linglong, "I think this must be your wife, she is really beautiful."

"No, no, I'm not her husband." Barton quickly explained, "We are friends. She accompanied me to buy a magic book for my daughter. The child wanted to come in and read it. We bought a broom last semester. It was the 2001 or something. .”

"The Nimbus series, that's a very good choice." The clerk looked at Barton and said, "You must not be a wizard, I guess, of course, you must be, miss, I saw your wand." The clerk continued. , "It's normal that Muggles don't know much about broomsticks. I've met many guests like you." He patted the Firebolt/Arrow and said, "This is the fastest broomstick currently on the market. Many children Everyone wants to own it, and the price is of course the most expensive, but as far as my personal preference, the light wheel is already very good.”

"Really, how fast?" Barton looked at the Firebolt/Arrow and asked.

"Faster than Nimbus 2001." The clerk said,

"Then, how fast is Nimbus 2001? I mean its speed per hour." Barton continued to ask.

The clerk obviously didn't expect Barton to be so obsessed with this question, because wizards can't clearly mark the speed of a broomstick, they only know that it is fast, faster than the light wheel series, faster than the comet series.

"The speed of the fire crossbow/arrow exceeds 150 miles per hour." Ma Linglong said, "Sorry, sir." Ma Linglong said to the clerk, "Muggle thoughts."

The clerk made a gesture of his understanding.

"That's not very fast," Louis said cheerfully. "Daddy's fighter jet is much faster than this."

"What brand is the fighter jet? How could there be a broom faster than the Firebolt/Arrow?" the clerk asked in disbelief.

"It's nothing, sir, you can go on with your business." Ma Linglong said to Button, "We have to buy books. The store may close early today, so hurry up."

Louis was a Gryffindor, her grades were unsurprisingly excellent, and she inherited her father's agility.In her first year, she happened to meet Umbridge in power, and even so, Louis had mastered several spells that were forbidden to learn.Like most little Muggle-born wizards, she only started to understand the history of magic after receiving the admission letter. She has a strong ability to accept and acquire new knowledge very quickly.

She was, after all, the child of the Secret Service.

"I have a question." Barton said, trying to lower his voice, "Why don't other wizards organize to fight against Voldemort, since there is no official army here, and everyone can use magic?"

"Not all agents are like you and Romanoff, are they?" Ma Linglong responded, "Wizards all have a clear division of labor, Death Eaters are mostly vicious, and ordinary wizards are as basic as ordinary people in the Muggle world. There is no fighting ability in the world, and knowing magic does not necessarily mean fighting. What's more, most wizards are timid, and they don't even dare to say Voldemort's name."

"In other words, it will be very unsafe here." Barton glanced at Louis. He originally didn't want his daughter to go back to school, but Louis insisted on going back to school. "War may break out at any time."

"Yes." Ma Linglong said, "You can apply to withdraw from school, the only regret is that she can no longer use the wand."

Button said: "I am indeed a little worried, but I will not quit school. Louis likes the classes here very much, and I also think magic is very interesting."

"You can teach her some fighting skills just in case." Ma Linglong was talking when a stranger in a dark green cloak passed by her. On the shoulder, the other party bumped her with his arm, then turned the corner and quickly disappeared into the alley.

"He seems a little suspicious." Barton stared at the other's back vigilantly.

"After buying the necessities, remember to send her to the train. Don't be late like last time. The train doesn't wait for anyone." Ma Linglong glanced at the end of the alley, which was the entrance of Knockturn Alley, and only one person would know Go through that hidden entrance, "Don't tell anyone what you just saw."

"Are you having an affair?" Barton said funny.

"You don't want me to deduct 10 points from Gryffindor right now?" Ma Linglong said.

Many shops in Knockturn Alley are empty, and even the dark wizards who usually roam the streets have left this place, and everyone knows that the danger is approaching.Of course, there is another possibility, that is, some dark wizards have been incorporated into Voldemort's command. After all, they have no place in the wizarding world, and joining the Death Eaters may still get some benefits.

Ma Linglong walked into a dark alleyway, surrounded by off-white scraps of paper and unknown garbage, she stopped and looked around.

A hand was suddenly placed on Ma Linglong's shoulder. She almost instinctively clasped the fingers on her shoulder, and then knocked the person behind her to the ground. Stark had taught her to fight.Ma Linglong pointed at the fallen person with the end of her wand, and she quickly took off the hood covering the other person's face: "Who are you?"

Not Lucius?

It was a strange face, old, ugly, and dirty, with dark gray hair, like a beggar.

Ma Linglong should have thought that it wasn't Lucius. When he just passed by her, he was not as tall as Ma Linglong's shoulders: "Who the hell are you?"

"Lucius." The old man on the ground said, "I drank compound potion."

"How do you prove that you are?" Ma Linglong said warily.

The deformed Lucius took out the ruby ​​ring Ma Linglong gave him from his arms: "You are right, Lilian." Lucius made a hoarse voice in pain, which was completely different from his usual voice. Same, "He's going to kill Draco, I don't know what to do, there's nothing I can do."

Ma Linglong opened her mouth halfway, she wanted to say something, but she knew this was not a good place to speak: "Him? Voldemort?"

Lucius nodded.

Ma Linglong helped him up from the ground, and then used apparition to bring the two of them to a relatively safe place. This was a closed pet store in Diagon Alley. There was not even a small animal in it. .

Ma Linglong had never seen Lucius make himself into such a dirty and tattered appearance, he had always cared about his own attire, and Lucius always combed his hair neatly and smoothly.However, Lucius was right not to pay attention to his appearance at this time. He was wanted by Aurors because he was confirmed to be related to the battle in the Department of Mysteries. Lucius was also involved in many crimes, and those charges were in fact He also does have a hand in it.

"I failed, you know, I didn't get the prophecy ball, the Dark Lord thought it was my dereliction of duty, so he wanted to punish me." Lucius said painfully, covering his face, "Draco also joined the Death Eaters In fact, I didn't want him to come in at all, but he actually thought it was an honor."

"Who can be blamed." Ma Linglong didn't know how to comfort him. There was no way to comfort him. Whether it was Lucius or Narcissa, they must have publicized the greatness of black magic and Voldemort in front of their sons.Even though they clearly knew that it was extremely dangerous and something they should stay away from, they couldn't resist the temptation of power, "You better leave quickly, if you are discovered by Auror..."

"It's all that kid Potter!" Lucius hardly listened to Ma Linglong, but said to himself, "If it wasn't for him, if it wasn't for him insisting on fighting against the Dark Lord, if he had given the prophecy ball I!"

"If that's the case, why are you looking for me? You haven't even figured out the real enemy." Ma Linglong said wearily, "I won't report you. If you look like this, no one will recognize you. You go away." Well, put the ring away and take it with you, I can only help you here, I hope we won’t see each other on the battlefield in the future.”

"No, no, don't go!" Lucius said, terrified in his heart, "I'm sorry, Lillian, I know I'm not qualified to seek your help, and Narcissa told me not to come to you, I understand you I still hold a grudge. When you faced the Dark Lord, I didn’t save you. I regret it, I really regret it, but, but what can I do, I can’t do anything.” He was crying, but he Didn't cry, maybe it's just because the throat is restricted after the deformation, it feels like crying, "I have no other way to come to you, Lillian, believe me, Draco is the only son of me and Narcissa, I can't just watch Let him die."

"What happened?" Ma Linglong asked, she sighed, "What task did Voldemort give Draco?"

Lucius couldn't help but tremble twice when he heard the name "Voldemort", "I can't say it."

"If you don't tell me, how can I help you?" Ma Linglong said irritably.

"I can't say it, you know, I don't want to tell you." Lucius said helplessly.

Ma Linglong understood what he meant, and Voldemort certainly didn't want the secret order he gave to be casually revealed to anyone other than the Death Eaters by the father of the person concerned.

"You can..." Lucius made a swallowing motion, "You can use Legilimency on me, that's why I came to you, you must help him, help Draco, as long as you can help Him, I would do anything."

"Are you willing to let you leave Voldemort?" Ma Linglong said, but Lucius hesitated and said nothing, "Then your 'willing to do anything' is really cheap."

"I can't quit." Lucius said, "He will kill everyone in my family, no matter where we hide, he can find us, so what's the point?"

"What if Voldemort fails in the end." Ma Linglong said, "A complete failure."

Lucius shook his head in despair: "Impossible...unless there is no Potter."

"Malfoy, nothing is impossible." Ma Linglong patted his trembling shoulder lightly, "You have to realize the reality, Voldemort is not because of Potter, but Potter is because of Voldemort, What has Potter done to you that you think he's more of your enemy than Voldemort, freeing your house-elves? Do you care?"

Lucius shook his head, but that probably wasn't a shaking head answering the question, just unconscious.

"You advocate pure blood so much, but you are subject to the half-blood Voldemort all day long. Don't you think this is an extremely ironic thing?"

"What did you say?" Lucius looked at Ma Linglong with those cloudy eyes.

"I thought you all knew about Voldemort's life experience." There was a sound outside the house, and Ma Linglong stared at the direction of the sound vigilantly for a while before continuing, "Tom Riddle, you should at least know that he was originally It's called this, Riddle is his father's last name, and his father was a Muggle."

"Who told you?" Although Lucius was shocked by the news, he did not refute it, which proved that he had no doubts about Ma Linglong's words, and it could also be said that he had no loyalty to Voldemort.

"Do you think the reason is important?" Ma Linglong said. She knew Voldemort's secret from the ghost very early on. It was because of her understanding of Tom Riddle that she could cast a curse on Voldemort. "There are no pure-blood wizards in this world, maybe there are, but they are extinct, whether it is the Malfoy family or the Black family, or whoever. The so-called pure-blood wizards will also marry Muggles in private, because you know very well The possible consequences of close relatives marrying and giving birth to offspring."

"I just want, I just want Draco to be safe." Finally, Lucius said, he didn't want to argue with Ma Linglong about meaningless topics, "I can't go against the Dark Lord's will, I can't betray him, But if, if he is really..."

"Is it hard to say that he was killed?" Ma Linglong continued for him, "Okay, you know that you will feel uncomfortable for a while after Legilimency, I can see many of your secrets, and Not just what you want me to see, maybe even stir up some emotions in you."

The entire Legilimency process was very short, but Lucius felt as if a century had passed, and his mind was like a revolving lantern, with familiar images flipping and skipping quickly.

"So you really liked me." Ma Linglong said after putting away her wand.

"It doesn't make sense to say anything." Lucius was uncomfortable dressed, he closed his eyes and shook his head, "I'm sorry, you're right, I'm a coward."

Lucius is a weak person, this is what Ma Linglong has always said about him, no matter when he was a student or a Death Eater, he likes to follow the crowd.He was neither willing to be content with the status quo, nor dared to face the reality. Lucius was better at covering up his guilt with luxurious clothes.

He didn't really have much responsibility, and even Voldemort could see it, he was afraid of sacrifice, and he was afraid of losing his reputation.What Voldemort saw in him was nothing more than Lucius' influence in the Ministry of Magic, so he had to desperately use various methods to make himself appear to be an authority in this area.Because once he loses even this usefulness, he and his family can only die.

However, he is also changing, he has become different from what he was before. Lucius is willing to take the risk of appearing in front of Ma Linglong, and he is ready to sacrifice for his family.

"Listen, you came to Diagon Alley to seek revenge on me. You led me to a place where no one was around, and used the affection we had for each other when we were students to make me let my guard down against you. Then you cast an attack spell on me, and the distance It was close, I was almost killed, but I was rescued."

"What are you talking about?" Lucius asked in confusion.

"I'll repeat it again." Ma Linglong looked into his eyes and held the man's hand tightly.

"You are, you are cursing me, what do you want to do?" Lucius was a little dazed, as if he really felt that he was here to seek revenge from Ma Linglong.

"You don't want to be suspected by Voldemort, so you have to do this. Do you think you can really deceive him by appearing here?" When Ma Linglong repeated it for the third time, Lucius suddenly shot a powerful shot at her. jinx.

Unprepared, Ma Linglong was hit by the proof of the spell. She bounced to the wall and fell down heavily: "Damn..."

"No, I..." Lucius looked nervously at the wand in his hand, "I didn't mean to..."

"Get out!" Ma Linglong roared angrily.

Ma Linglong lay on the hospital bed in the school hospital all night. Her wound had healed under Madam Pomfrey's treatment. Fortunately, Malfoy was not good at black magic.Ma Linglong failed to participate in the sorting ceremony. I heard that the sorting hat encouraged everyone to face the darkness bravely tonight.

"You shouldn't trust Malfoy." Sitting in front of the hospital bed, Sirius cut a few peaches for Ma Linglong, "You speak for him every time. Whenever he has ever accepted a favor, you can't treat him like a stranger." Treat him like a human?"

"Can't you cut the peaches neatly?" Ma Linglong said in a complaining tone, "You are still a wizard, do you have to use a knife?"

"I'm talking business," said Sirius angrily.

"Peach cutting is also very serious." Ma Linglong said seriously, "You just need to spread the word. Malfoy beat me to the hospital or something, whatever you want."

"I want to tell Anthony about your behavior of protecting your ex-boyfriend." Sirius said distractedly, "In this world, except for him, you probably won't listen to anyone. I want to tell him how bad Malfoy is, how bad he is. Bad, and you let him go time and time again."

Ma Linglong wanted to fool him with some sarcastic words, but in the end she just rolled her eyelids and pretended to have nothing to say.

After Ma Linglong was injured by Lucius, he immediately called Barton, who hadn't gone far, and then Barton contacted Sirius (Louis' owl played a very good role, although the little girl was late again this year).

"I want to see Principal Dumbledore, help me to his office." Ma Linglong said after eating the peaches.

Sirius teased her wryly: "Tell the professor how stupid you are?"