A True Story of a Wizard's Life

Gabriel really doesn't like sweets, just look at McCoff's figure, I believe he will stay away from sweets, and like Dumbledore's speed of eating sweets, even if the wizard can keep his figure, but his The teeth must not be able to bear such a sweet burden.

"I wish you a happy meal." Gabriel didn't intend to join the date between Dumbledore and his pen pal. If you interrupt someone's date, you will be stared to death by the basilisk. She is grateful for this funny way of death.

Dumbledore upheld the principle of fair treatment, and also invited Snape. According to Dumbledore, he and his pen pal met in a hurry before the start of school. This time, talking face-to-face should make the conversation more enjoyable. He has I mentioned to the other party that I met two new friends in school, and maybe I would bring them to play together.

The other party said that it would be better if there were more people, because he didn't have any good friends to hang out with in Durmstrang, and he really wanted to know the correct way to establish and maintain friendship.

Snape frowned when he heard Durmstrang. When he took over Hogwarts, the situation was already tense, but he still heard that Rita Skeeter wanted to publish a book about Dumbledore's book is to overthrow people's views on Dumbledore. Among them is a key figure. He graduated from Durmstrang and once fought a duel with Dumbledore, but their relationship may not be the world's think so.

Now I can laugh at myself for dying earlier, so I don't know much about some things.

It's just that Snape felt that it was wrong in terms of time. He knew a little bit about Grindelwald's life. He was two years younger than Dumbledore. How could he be studying in Durmstrang's first grade now?

Snape really wanted to ask Dumbledore what the other person's name was, but unfortunately he was never a straightforward character, and asking too many questions at this time would arouse his suspicion.

"I haven't considered whether to leave school for Christmas yet." Snape gave an ambiguous answer, and he seemed to ask casually, "He goes to school in Durmstrang, so he's not British, then Are you leaving home for Christmas?"

"Well, we haven't discussed this point yet. If I'm busy, he'll come over. In fact, it's just a matter of connecting the fireplace at home. It's not troublesome at all."

Dumbledore remembered that Snape came from the Muggle world, and it was not convenient to travel from England to foreign countries in the Muggle way, so he popularized the transportation methods for wizards for Snape. Gua's train is much faster.

Snape said in his heart that it would be very fast, and Apparation would allow you to travel around the world, as long as you don't lose a part of your body halfway, it will save you travel expenses.But that wasn't the answer Snape wanted to hear, the crucial name he really wanted to know.

Snape really didn't decide whether to go and watch, he had very important potions to make, of course he wanted to stay at Hogwarts, but if the progress was faster, he would also consider going to see Deng Bullido's mysterious pen pal.It all depends on the progress of the potion experiment.

To find out what potion made Snape so obsessed, it had to be Wolfsbane.He has decided to make an improved version of Wolfsbane Potion, which cannot do without the full support of the vampire Kevin.

After all, Kevin was right about Snape. He discovered this talented student. Even though he didn't teach potions, he could help in making potions to control werewolves. As a vampire, he felt a sense of honor .

At that time, even if the Order of Merlin would not have his share at all if they awarded medals, he must be one of the well-deserved heroes.

There must be reports in the newspapers about the invention and preparation of wolfbane potion, in which the vampire Kevin played a vital role in solving the furry problem that plagued werewolves. How comfortable this sentence sounds.Therefore, Kevin did not hesitate to provide Snape with various experimental materials such as werewolf hair, blood, bones, etc. If he hadn't been too concerned about smuggling a live werewolf into Hogwarts, he might really have done it. One comes in.

Why does the school have Kevin who is so bold that he can trust the first-year students to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher of wolf potion? This must be the teaching policy of Principal Black, not talking about age, just asking about strength.

So it's no wonder Defense Against the Dark Arts always has students leaving the room wounded, and Hogwarts always spends a lot of money in the medical wing.I don't know if it's fortunate that most of these injured students didn't dislike Kevin's teaching because of this. Everyone agreed that being injured in school is better than dying after leaving school.

It's hard to say why the wizards of this era have such thinking. Maybe they think that they have not been influenced by the Muggle world, but living on the same earth cannot ignore the distance between the world since the Great Geographical Discovery. The wars in the East in recent years are inseparable from the British Muggle government.

Not everyone is ignorant of the Muggle world. This smell of war has already infiltrated into the wizarding world, but it has never been mentioned on the surface.There is an issue that has to be discussed. Whether wizards in Britain belong to Britain or wizards first has not been mentioned yet. If it is not mentioned, it does not mean that it does not exist.

Having said that, after Gabriel refused to be a light bulb, she confirmed her itinerary for Christmas this year, and she had to go home for the holidays.And there is another very important thing, Sherlock has recovered his true identity!

Sherlock specially wrote to this, saying that all of Moriarty's remnants had been captured, and he also went to see his good friend Watson.In fact, he should have gone to see Watson a long time ago. Last year, Watson's second wife, Mary, passed away due to illness, and he couldn't come forward to see him off. Now he decided to move back to 211b with Watson, so that they can interact with each other. Take care, this Christmas will be spent together at 211b Baker Street, Gabriel will be able to have a normal Christmas.Sherlock is also looking forward to this.

Gabriel didn't rule out going to Baker Street. Anyway, according to general regulations, underage wizards can't use magic outside of school, and it doesn't matter where they live.She has only a trace of curiosity, and Watson must have a very good character to be Sherlock's friend.

Christmas came as scheduled, and Sherlock came to the train station to pick up Gabriel. He even brought a light gray woolen scarf. The first thing he did when he saw Gabriel was to help her wrap the scarf around her.

"I knew you'd forget how cold it is in London in winter. This isn't your school. Scarves are a must, and of course don't forget gloves."

Gabriel took the gloves brought by Sherlock. They were of the same color as the scarf and should be sold as a set. At this time, there is still a hat missing.Sure enough, Sherlock took out another hat from the paper bag and put it on Gabriel's head.

"Thank you." Gabriel is actually used to the one-piece cap behind the wizard's robe, which can cover most of her head if she wears it casually, but she will not wear that dress carelessly in the Muggle world.I have to say that Sherlock was really careful this time, making Gabriel suspect that it wasn't his idea. "Father, although I should be very moved, please let me guess that it was not you who suggested bringing me these three warm items, but perhaps your good friend Mr. John."

Sherlock is not guilty of being exposed at all. This is indeed Watson's proposal. It should be said that Watson is a married man. He thinks more than Wannian bachelor. Unfortunately, no matter how much he thinks, he can't adopt him. Such a daughter as Gabriel.

"You should know that I am very good at listening to other people's good advice, so Watson said, I took this advice. Don't worry, these are not your Christmas presents, I have prepared others. What about you? Actually, I would like to Received a dragon for Christmas, dragon eggs would be nice without a dragon."

Gabriel kept smiling and got into the carriage. She definitely didn't want to know why Sherlock wanted the dragon egg. Was it more delicious to compare the dragon egg or the egg?

"I can't afford dragon eggs at the moment. I brought you a book on alchemy. Maybe you can find out why Newton and alchemy are related."

Sherlock knew that Gabriel couldn't give the dragon eggs. She hadn't found out where the Hogwarts dragon was, and she didn't know if the dragon could reproduce after she found it. If she could, she would have a chance to get an egg.

Leaving aside the unreliable dragon egg thinking, this Christmas Gabriel is very satisfied. Compared with last year when she and Sherlock spent a deserted Christmas in the Hungarian hotel, many people came to 221b this year.

Among them is Lestrade. I don't know how the inspector's eyes are practiced. He actually believed McCoff's words. Gabriel usually goes to boarding school, and McCoff will help take care of Lai during the holidays. Singer's daughter, and Lessinger is traveling around the world.Lestrade really didn't recognize Lessinger as Sherlock, but he was still thankful and happy for Sherlock's resurrection.

"Sherlock, although today is Christmas Eve, I shouldn't say anything about the case, but there have been several strange thefts in London, and I should tell you about this."

Lestrade chose a case as a chat topic after dinner, "Three merchants' homes have been burglarized, and a large number of gold coins have been lost, but the strange thing is that there are no clues left. At first we suspected that someone was guarding the house, but Based on the news of the past few months, it was found that the owners had seen a man who looked suspicious, but they could not describe the man's appearance. The servants in their family had also checked one by one, and there was no one who fit the bill. The presence of a suspect. Are you interested?"

"Are you sure the investigation by the police is useful?" Sherlock didn't have to pretend to be amiable once he regained his true identity. He didn't think most of the police in Scotland Yard were effective at all, and Lestrade would definitely have some trouble when he brought up this topic. Come on, this can be added later by Mycroft.

McCoff put down the fork in his hand, and he was the only one who could eat snacks after dinner, "I heard that a count recently had his home stolen, and his precious jewelry was stolen. This is what he wants to give to his fiancée Engagement gifts must not be leaked."

Sherlock nodded knowingly, he knew it would be like this, and turned to look at Lestrade, "You said there was no trace left at the scene?"

"Yes, it's clean, clean enough to make people doubtful." Lestrade was very happy that Sherlock could ask questions, which meant that he was willing to take over.

Sherlock just thought about it for a while, and he only made one request, "Let Gal go and see it with me, she hasn't seen the scene where the detectives solve the crime yet."

Gabriel felt helpless, she wasn't interested, it was a rare holiday away from magic, she just wanted to sleep until she woke up naturally.

☆, 36. Is love wrong?

Lestrade thinks that Sherlock's return from death is even more unreliable. How can he let a girl go to the crime scene? It's really ridiculous.Girls from good families don't know how to do publicity work these days. Do you really believe in the feminist movement and take pride in catching up with the trend and being a tutor!

Lestrade looked at Mycroft quite clearly, meaning this is how you take care of your friend's daughter?Go and take care of your brother.

McCoff looked down at the unfinished piece of cake. This cake was made by Mrs. Hudson according to the recipe he kindly provided. It almost combined the advantages of traditional cakes and magic world cakes. One can serve a dozen .Therefore, he was not in the mood to care about Lestrade's emotions.

Lestrade looked at Watson unwillingly. John, you are a man who has been married twice. You have more say in the choice of marriage. Speak up!As a man, would he like a lady who went to the scene of the crime?Although Gabriel is still young, this is dark history, don't let Sherlock lead her astray.

Watson was a little uncomfortable. He had already heard Sherlock talk about wizards and other things. Based on what he knew about Sherlock, there must be a reason for Gabriel to go to the scene.So I can only talk about other things, "Today's snow is a bit heavy, and it's getting late. Inspector, why don't you go back first, and the carriage will not be able to go when the snow accumulates."

Lestrade took a deep breath, didn't the people in this room dare to resist Sherlock's existence?

"Miss Moberly, you really want to go and see it. It's not very fun. Sherlock's recommendation is always a bit unexpected, but you can ignore him."

Gabriel said in his heart that it was not my intention to persuade Sherlock, what should I say now, why did I make this scene happen for Sherlock. "Inspector, I haven't seen the earl's house yet, will there be a big racecourse?"

Lestrade was speechless immediately, he understood, it was because the little girl was curious about the way of life of the nobles. "Well, if you want to take a look, it's better to change into a men's outfit, and treat it as Sherlock's little assistant."

"Okay, you don't need to remind me, you will be here on time tomorrow morning." Sherlock finally interrupted Lestrade impatiently, not only bringing an assistant to the scene, but also caring about gender, no wonder Scotland Yard always No case. "It's not the first time I've been visiting as a guest, so you don't have to worry about these things."

Lestrade just smiled and said nothing. People who saw Sherlock for the first time would not feel bad for him, but whoever gets along with him after that will know.It's better to leave early, and I have to investigate the case early tomorrow morning.

**

The next day, Gabriel changed into men's clothes, supplemented by Sherlock's make-up skills, and successfully became a boy. Following Sherlock, he went to investigate the scene of the crime at the home of the thief. The first three houses were separated by time. It's been a while, and there are almost no useful clues, and we can only hope to get favorable news from the servants' complaints.

"Most people's memory is not 100% accurate. They will deceive themselves, make up or add some inaccurate information, just like when describing that strange man, each has a different version, we need to learn from it. Identify accurate information."

Sherlock is generally impatient to teach people, but he is also thinking about the missing dragon at Hogwarts, and hopes that Gabriel can find it smoothly.At this time, he taught some skills to distinguish the authenticity of the clues, and after comparing the three-point confession, he found the commonality of the man described by different people.

"He is a man in his 20s. Although these people can't remember his face, they all remember that they have a good impression of his appearance and think he is a handsome gentleman. This can lead to many clues.

What the Duke’s servant said was even more interesting. There was nothing abnormal on the day of the theft, but I saw a handsome gentleman appearing outside the Duke’s mansion during the day. Being handsome is not a good thing for a thief, let alone he has a Companion, let me say that the Scotland Yard police did not search carefully, and missed a footprint, which was not of a man, but of a lady.

They subconsciously thought that it was a servant from the duke's mansion, but they hadn't analyzed the dead leaves left in the footprints. There was no such plant in the duke's mansion, and it came from outside.The Duke's Mansion will not spend gold coins to support idlers, and if it is cleaned regularly every day, it will leave footprints and dead leaves, so we have to think about whether there is a problem.Scotland Yard actually preconceived that the perpetrator was just a man.

So I asked the businesses along the street around me, when a handsome man is surrounded by a woman who doesn't look good in appearance, people will pay more attention to it.We got clues easily. There was a very obedient and handsome lady who appeared around the scene of the crime together.And you, have you found anything? "

Gabriel failed to find clues at the scene of the first three crimes, and time became the murderer who destroyed the evidence, but there were still traces of magic in the Duke's mansion. The disillusionment spell, which means that the thieving wizard came secretly, not openly.

If the Ministry of Magic intervenes in this case, it may not be possible to find out which wizard did it. It will only be confirmed after testing the opponent's wand. If it is an experienced wizard, he can choose to use two magic wands. Even changing a face, but this witch who used Clean Up and left footprints must not have such a wealth of on-the-spot experience.

"Do you think this is a joint crime, are these two husband and wife?" Gabriel couldn't imagine this guess.

Why not the handsome man entered the duke's mansion, but a witch entered the duke's mansion to steal. This only shows one thing, the handsome man can't do magic, so the witch can only do it.

Is this handsome man a Muggle?Gabriel didn't discriminate against Muggles, but she didn't understand that a witch would be with a male Muggle to help him steal.It sounds incomprehensible for wizards to steal Muggle property. They have always had a superior attitude towards Muggles. Galleon.

Sherlock made a smirk, "Watson once recommended Shakespeare's books to me. I don't like literature, but I remember the sentence, 'The power of love is peace. Make all fear, shock and pain sweet in the moment'.

Let me tell you with these years of experience in handling cases, I seldom feel the beginning of this sentence, but it does happen from time to time that it ignores reason and honor and disgrace, and then uses sweet illusions to deceive myself, telling the pain and humbleness Becoming is the price of love.Wizards are just people, as long as they are people, it is difficult to escape the vicious circle of love. This is the most difficult thing for me to understand. Today's case is so boring. "

Sherlock didn't think it was a complicated case. The reason why he agreed to Lestrade to take a look at it was mainly to see the scene where the wizard committed the crime to broaden his horizons and record it in his mind. help.

It is not difficult to restore the crime process of this case. The more troublesome thing is to find these two suspects and fight against a wizard during the arrest process. It is really worth challenging.

☆, 37. The witch who made headlines

However, before Sherlock and Gabriel followed the magic wave to find the hiding place of the two suspects, a murder occurred.

The Earl wanted to find the lost item not only by looking for the criminal first, the efficiency of Scotland Yard made him unhappy, but something even more embarrassing happened, his lost item appeared in the antique shop and was taken by his A rival bought it.

This completely pissed off the earl. How to deal with the gem buyer will be discussed later. Following the clues provided by the owner of the antique shop, the earl sent someone to catch the thief first. The root cause of this matter is still the thief.

As a result, Sherlock happened to be a few hours late, but he was waiting for new news. Three people sent by the Earl's Mansion died at once. There were no fatal wounds on the three of them, and they died like a sudden heart attack. up.By the time Sherlock and Gabriel felt the death scene, the place had been surrounded by Scotland Yard, but none of the murderers remained.

"I can be sure that there are two people living here. The neighbors said that they are a couple. They don't communicate with the outside world very much and are always sneaky. The man is very handsome, the woman is very ordinary, and the husband and wife are not very good. Harmonious. Some people said that his wife felt more like his servant. When the incident happened, the neighbors heard a heavy knock on the door. There was a dispute there, and then there was no sound at once. Some people came out out of curiosity, only to see When three people were lying on the ground, the couple fled."

Lestrade really had a headache. The earl was trying to scare the snake away, but he had to say that if it was the police who came, it would be his subordinates who would die. "Well, this is what we know. There are too many unknowns." Too much, how did these three people die, what were the weapons, and where did the two escape? Hey, Sherlock, don't let Moberly see the corpse!"

It's a pity that Lestrade's words were a step too late. Gabriel had already seen the corpses. The three corpses had died from the death curse.This was indeed done by the witch, which is not quite like the character of the witch analyzed earlier. She should be cowardly, not thoughtful enough, and obedient to her husband too much (this also corresponds to the neighbor’s testimony), Only now she used the killing spell.

Gabriel couldn't believe that the waves of magic she detected came from the same wand.The death curse cannot be used by any wizard, the key is that it requires the determination to make another person die.What makes a witch's personality change all of a sudden?Perhaps there is only one explanation, the earl wants to capture the two, and the witch wants to help her husband escape, anyone who is in the way of his husband is her enemy.

Gabriel was also thankful for Sherlock. If Sherlock found this place first, it would be hard to tell who the person lying on the ground was.

It's just that the Avada Kedavra happened, and the Ministry of Magic is bound to appear, but the Auror should not appear here openly, but will follow the magic fluctuations to hunt down the witch.

Sherlock received Gabriel's eyes and knew that it was useless to stay here. He casually said a few words to Lestrade, as if accepting Lestrade's suggestion graciously, not letting the children watch the corpse. just leave.

When Lestrade saw Sherlock leaving neatly, he really didn't know how to describe his mood.Why didn't Holmes leave without saying something? Generally speaking, he should be able to see some clues that the police didn't see. Why did he suddenly change his style of painting and become a good uncle who cares about his children?

Sherlock doesn't care what Lestrade is thinking, he likes to solve crimes but doesn't like to see people killed, he is not Moriarty, and now he only cares about whether these two people can be caught. "So will the Ministry of Magic really send out people to catch the murderer? In this case, it means that the whole of London is under the control of the magic net. Little wizards outside the school cannot use magic, which is also a sign of being monitored, and the monitoring object is the opponent's wand. Are all wands registered?"

Gabriel has never been arrested by the Ministry of Magic. She has no way of knowing the specific inside information, but she roughly speculates that there should be magic nets in places where wizards frequent the whole of Europe, and magic power fluctuations can be detected. However, not every wave of magic power will attract attention, just like the one who is not allowed to use magic outside of school, this is not an absolute thing.

Let’s not talk about this, if you use the Killing Curse, you will definitely be investigated, and then you will find the wand along the fluctuation of the magic power. European wizards cannot do without the wand. After testing the wand, you can basically determine who made it. Of course, the wand was stolen. It's another matter for such a small probability event that the owner of the wand just happened to appear at the crime scene.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Ministry of Magic can track down the murderer, but it is not too difficult to avoid the monitoring methods of the magic net. I believe that some wizards with little secrets will have anti-monitoring methods, and at the same time have a spare wand to prove their innocence. .

The next thing is to wait for the Ministry of Magic to deal with it. The Muggle police don't want to get involved, the most they can do is hand over that handsome man.

Sure enough, the man was found by Lestrade before it got dark. Maybe the process would be considered too easy, but he was found, and he pleaded guilty to theft by the way. However, the cause of death of the three people in the Earl's Mansion was unknown. It seems to have been blurred.The handsome man said that he just frightened the other party, and they died, and no one asked about the flawed logic inside!

Gabriel went to Diagon Alley for this reason. The matter of the witch killing three Muggles should be in the newspapers. The Ministry of Magic is very fast. The witch has already been thrown into Azkaban.The Daily Prophet published the news the next day, and the witch named Mary hit the headlines 'Crazy for love, Mary killed three Muggles, what a disgrace to wizards! '

The news described the whole story of the case in detail, which was almost the same as Sherlock's analysis.Mary is 20 years old this year and is a student of Hufflepuff at Hogwarts. She is a half-blood witch who married Muggle Edward and never returned to the wizarding world.According to Mary's own account, she used magic to help Edward steal, and selling the stolen proceeds allowed the two to live a relatively affluent life in the Muggle world.

The reason why the three Muggles were killed this time was because of impulse, she wanted to protect her husband from being captured by the Earl of Muggles.

'As a wizard, Mary stole Muggle property many times, and in order to help her Muggle husband used the Death Curse, one of the three forbidden spells, it must be said that she was a girl who was dazzled by love. wizard.It must be said here that it is reasonable to prohibit intermarriage between wizards and Muggles on the American continent. At least it can reduce the chances of wizards using forbidden spells to deal with Muggles. We have to think about our attitude towards intermarriage between Muggles and wizards. '

After reading the newspaper, Mycroft finally revealed why he cared about this case. He only wanted to know the attitude of the Ministry of Magic after encountering the incident of wizards hurting Muggles.

It was right for the murderer to be imprisoned, but there was no communication between the two during the handling of the case. It should be said that the Ministry of Magic unilaterally decided how the case should end, which made McCoff very dissatisfied.

This is clearly an unequal treatment.However, didn't the wizards realize that the mastermind in this case was never the witch, but a Muggle man they looked down upon.

The man's memory was disturbed, but he also explained the cause and effect at the police station. From his statement, it can be seen that he wanted to live a prosperous life, and that was the result of committing the crime together with his wife.As for asking this man whether he has taken a fancy to the witch's magical ability or has so-called love, the answer has long been so obvious!

Mycroft had to think a little bit more. Today, a witch who is crazy about love helps a handsome man steal property, but what if the theft is a state secret?What if a country uses wizards against its head of state?It can be seen from this case that this idea is not nonsense.

There has been an intersection between wizards and Muggles, and with the progress and development of Muggle society, the past farm-style pastoral life is gone forever, and there are more and more intersections between the two. How to deal with it The relationship between them can no longer be decided unilaterally!

"Gal, do you think a British wizard belongs to the wizarding world first, or does he belong to his country first?"

In the end, it was Mycroft who asked the question pointedly first.