[Comprehensive] Road to Trench

the next day.

"Three yuan up, two yuan down...knock three times!"

Alex took her new wand and tapped three times on the brick wall above the trash can by the back door of the Leaky Cauldron, just as Professor McGonagall had done yesterday.

The bricks of the wall moved, and the bustling Diagon Alley appeared in front of the two of them again.

"Alex, would you like a broomstick?"

The little girl with long silver curly hair was watching all this happily, when she heard this sentence, she immediately turned her head around: "Broomstick!"

"Yeah, how about that one?" Bucky pointed to the one in the window of the broom store, where several boys around Alex's age were lying outside the window, their faces crushed by the glass, "The latest Nimbus 2000, which they say is the best broomstick out there."

Alex almost nodded—can fly!How nice!

But soon she remembered a sentence on the admission notice list: "No..." She bit her lip and said with some frustration, "First graders can't bring broomsticks, and I don't know if I can ride... ..."

"It's not like you, Alex." Bucky smiled and grabbed the little girl's skinny shoulders, almost half-dragging her into the broomstick shop, "Do you remember the last time you came to England? The squids on the road Come and attack us, when I got on the roof to fight back, you grabbed the steering wheel and hit the gas pedal, and the squid that climbed on the roof was sent flying... It's not like your first time driving. "

"I learned from you, Uncle Bucky." Alex retorted unconvinced, "You drive much wilder than me!"

She only used that honorific when she was angry.

This made Bucky laugh: "Since you can learn to drive by looking, can't you learn to ride a broom by looking? I believe that no sport in this world can defeat my little guardian."

The case was quiet now, and Bucky heard her small voice after a while: "...but you can't take it to school in the first grade."

If you can't ride it, it's useless to buy a broomstick, and it's so expensive—Alex stared at the price of the broom, biting his lip thinking.

"You have a solid two and a half months to ride it, and... well, I remember you guys had Christmas break, two weeks, and then summer vacation, another two months... and after that, the first year It's over, and you can take it on the train when school starts. Look, how fast the time flies!" Bucky shrugged, and if anyone who knew him was here, he would find that his actions and demeanor , more and more brought the shadow of the Brooklyn boy decades ago, rather than the cold and unpopular killer Alex saw when he first met.

"Okay, Alex, just treat it as the Christmas present I forgot to give you last year." Bucky finally said, "After all, I will never find the Christmas present you want. There is only one you in this world." Uncle Bucky."

"What!" Alex was really shocked this time, "You said it was because the socks weren't big enough! So I've made up my mind to get a sock that's as tall as a person this year!"

Then she could have an Uncle Bucky for next year's Christmas present!

"..."

Bucky was sincerely thankful that he had figured out Alex's ideas ahead of time, and at the same time couldn't help but start thinking: What the hell is this kid watching recently?I can actually think of splitting my wish twice to realize what I want!

He could already guess the stunned expression on his face when he found out what the kid wanted for Christmas two years later without knowing it at all.

"Why do you want two Uncle Bucky?" Bucky finally couldn't help asking, while paying at the counter, watching the clerk happily wrap the Nimbus 2000, "Am I not good enough for you?"

"If there are two Uncle Bucky, one can go out to hunt big squid, and the other can stay with me at home!" Alex replied naturally.

The answer stunned Bucky.

He couldn't think of it because of this reason.

Alex was still muttering over there: "I know, Uncle Bucky has been feeling very uncomfortable. He can only feel better when he is hunting those big squids and helping Mr. Greg catch people. I also want Bucky to Uncle can be happier, but I don't want to be alone at home, it always makes me feel that no one wants me..." She flattened her lips, "So it's good to have two Uncle Bucky! Two people can take turns, one When you go out to hunt squid, one stays at home with...Uncle Bucky?"

She looked in surprise at the man who suddenly knelt down and hugged her tightly.

Bucky didn't know that the kid had always understood him so well, knew the pain in his heart.

It wasn't just the memory of James Buchanan Barnes that came to mind, but the memory of the Winter Soldier.

He remembered the blood on his hands from half a century of service to Hydra.

every drop.

He'd woken up many nights from nightmares, staring at the ceiling above him until daylight.

Before they came to England, he used to sit by Alex's bed all night long, dreaming of her sleeping face.

If it weren't for this child, he would probably be dead.

It doesn't matter whether he committed suicide or surrendered to the government, even if those things were done under his control, but every drop of blood splashed on the skin, every bullet that took the lives of those people, every incident that made people cry The attacks were all done by the man James Buchanan Barnes.

That was his sin.

A sin that cannot be atoned for even a thousand years of suffering in hell.

And now... the things he did, destroying the Hydra base, capturing fugitives, and tracking down the whereabouts of the research institute of the Umbrella company that may be researching anti-human weapons, are not for atonement, but just to make up.

The world would be a better place if it weren't for what I did.

So, even if there is only a little bit, let me make up for the consequences of those mistakes a little bit.

However, when he thinks this way, he forgets that he will feel pain and lose all his memories. Even today, he only remembers his own name, Alex, who was not even sure whether he was a human in the past, Did he feel lonely during the days when he was away from her?

"I'm sorry..." Bucky hugged the girl who was a little at a loss, and vague words rolled at the bottom of his throat.

Sorry, I didn't realize... didn't realize that you were so scared.

Fear of being alone.

Alex was taken aback by Bucky's sudden move, and quickly realized it.

She closed those blue-purple eyes, closed her eyes full of tenderness, and hugged the man who is both the Winter Soldier and Bucky with her backhand, her tone was brisk:

"Accompany me to practice broomsticks, and I will forgive you!"

"I found that the express delivery in the wizarding world is really inconvenient!"

A few days later, in a forest away from human habitation in the British countryside, Alex sat across the Nimbus 2000, slowly floating at a height of one meter above the ground.

Occasionally, her toes would gently brush against the dewy grass, and she would stare at the owl who had just delivered something with a puffy face.

"I have to find an owl to send the things I want to the merchant, and then the merchant receives the owl, sorts out the things I want, finds an owl, and sends them over... My God, how long will it take for this bunch to come down!"

"Don't you have a more convenient way?" Bucky, who got out of the tent, said funny.

"Of course! I thought there would be a more convenient and quick way in the wizarding world! You see, they have double-sided mirrors, which allow two people who are far away to talk to each other!"

"But it doesn't seem to be popular. The double-sided mirror you mentioned looks very expensive... Of course, it is actually very expensive and very rare. It is said that only those wizard families with a long history and a lot of wealth will have it. " Bucky, who accompanied Alex and read all the books introducing the wizarding world, said with a smile.

Alex choked for a moment, then thought about it again: "What about the patron saint? The patron saint can also send a message to the buyer and seller..."

"Alex, not every wizard can release a Patronus."

"...then there's the Floo network! You can use the Floo network to send things there! How fast!"

"According to wizarding law, it is necessary to connect the fireplace with the Floo network, and this requires applying to the Floo management team of the Ministry of Magic and submitting a series of relevant materials. By the way, if there are ordinary people in the family, the application cannot be approved. , because this is the part that needs to be kept secret from ordinary people." Bucky tore off the plastic sheeting from the grass, being careful not to let the morning dew fall on the dry wood.

Alex raised his eyebrows suspiciously, and moved his fingers on the Nimbus 2000. The broomstick that was drifting slowly suddenly accelerated, and appeared in front of Bucky almost at a speed of teleportation, scaring him Big jump.

When Bucky saw clearly that the person who appeared suddenly was his Alex, he relaxed his tense body and let out a big breath: "Alex!"

"The instant acceleration ability of the Nimbus 2000 is very good, I just want you to see this, Uncle Bucky." Alex said with a smile, but judging from the complacency in her eyes, this statement is terrible. Reliability is infinitely low.

"Are you sure you don't want to see my shocked expression?"

"There are some facts that we can choose not to say, just keep them in our hearts."

"..."

Bucky found that his little girl is getting more and more lively, which is a good thing, but why does he feel more and more stuffy?

When he gets angry he scowles, but that expression makes the little girl with the long silver curly hair sitting on her broomstick laugh so gleefully that Bucky can't help but laugh too.

"naughty!"

He laughed and cursed, turned around and went into the tent to see if Tang was ready.

"I think I'm very good, and Mr. Greg and Uncle Li think so too." Alex shrugged, and it took him a long time to remember what he wanted to ask, "Why do you suddenly know so much about the wizarding world, Uncle Bucky?" ?”

"I won't let you go to a place I don't know anything about. Adults always have to think about things several times more for children." Bucky came out of the tent, reached out and lifted the little girl with long silver curly hair and sparkling eyes from the flying sky. Hugged down on the broom, "Okay, it's time for breakfast, today is creamy fish soup and bacon omelette. And..."

He paused, then turned his head and smiled at the grass: "The two little guests hiding in the grass over there, would you like to come and have something to eat?"