Hogwarts Mystery Sequence

Under the leadership of Sirius, a direct bloodline of the Black family, Crow was not rejected by the barrier and easily entered the Black ancestral home.

Sirius's guess was correct, the crow had indeed been to Grimmauld Place, and not long ago.

However, Sirius' father had placed all the known protections in the wizarding world on the mansion.

This allows it to find loopholes that can be exploited without destroying the barrier.

Therefore, the crow decided to use Sirius to open the barrier. Otherwise, it had no intention of continuing to contact Sirius after releasing him from the beginning.

As for the purpose, it is naturally for the Black family's book collection.

And it's not just this one, Crow's target is the magic schools and magic family book collections in the magic world all over the world!

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Standing on the stone steps in front of the door, Sirius looked around with emotion at the old house that looked deserted and dilapidated because it had not been inhabited for a long time.

"Oh, from a certain point of view, your Black family can be considered a loyal family." Seeing Sirius's appearance, Crow said jokingly.

Sirius was silent for a moment, then laughed to himself and said:

"Indeed, I am the biggest 'betrayer'."

As the eldest son of the Black family, he ran away from home and was therefore removed from the family tree. You can imagine how disgusted he and the Black family are with each other!

Hearing this, Crow turned to look at him and said with a twinkle in his eye:

"Maybe you're not alone."

"What?" Sirius was startled.

But Crow didn't seem ready to continue this topic, and instead said:

"Is the way you Black family treat guests is to have guests wait outside the door?"

Sirius seemed to be somewhat accustomed to the crow's way of speaking. He just shook his head and put the question behind him, and raised his right arm to knock on the door.

The door was dark and mottled, with a silver snake-shaped door knocker hanging on it, but strangely there was no keyhole.

In response, Sirius simply knocked on the door, and then stood still and waited like a guest waiting for the owner to open the door.

A few seconds later, with the sound of the mechanism opening, the door opened as if to welcome a distinguished guest.

Then, one person and one bird walked into the house.

The moment they stepped into the hall, the gas lamps on the walls on both sides of the hall lit up spontaneously, but Sirius frowned.

Because there was a rotten smell in the air, Sirius could even feel the graininess of dust in the air he breathed in.

The crow, which had a more sensitive sense of smell, reacted even more violently. It flapped its wings suddenly faster, and then a strong wind swept through the long hall.

The wallpaper that was about to peel off immediately fell away from the wall, and then rushed up the stairs leading to the second floor at the end of the hall along with the dust carried by the wind. After sweeping the five floors, it poured out of the window, leaving only the remaining An old but spotless mansion.

Sirius glanced at the crow in surprise, then coughed slightly and explained:

"No one has lived here for too long..."

The crow didn't know why Sirius had to explain such a sentence, so he ignored him at all and flew to all corners of the hall to observe.

Sirius, who was ignored, stood in embarrassment for a second, then stepped over the umbrella stand made of the broken legs of the troll on the ground, and walked quickly to the second floor with his usual expression.

But when he stepped onto the first staircase, he suddenly paused, turned around and glanced at the age-blackened portraits hanging in the foyer, and finally his eyes fell on two long curtains covered with insect holes - —His mother's portrait hangs behind it.

Normally, once someone makes a loud noise, the portrait of his mother will scream, and then the other portraits will wake up and scream together.

The movement caused by the crow's curse just now was definitely not small, but the portrait did not scream uncharacteristically, and was as quiet as if it had turned into a Muggle portrait.

Could it be that the portrait is broken... This thought popped into Sirius' head uncontrollably.

But this idea was rejected by Sirius in the next second, because portraits are generally not damaged by time, and at least more than ten years are not enough.

Then the cause of the problem with the portrait must be the crow...Sirius turned to look at the crow as if he was visiting an art museum, but didn't say anything, because he didn't like those portraits either.

In fact, he has no affection for most people and objects in the Black family, so now that these noisy portraits can shut up, in his opinion, it is a matter worth celebrating.

However, he could also see some of the crow's abilities from this incident, including the huge commotion caused in Azkaban and the whirlwind sweeping spell just glimpsed, which proved that the crow was not simple, and even Sirius actually had It was an intuition that was not inferior to that of Dumbledore and Voldemort - the two were the strongest wizards Sirius believed he had ever come into contact with.

Thinking of this, the thoughtful Sirius couldn't help but look at the crow again, but he happened to meet those eyes that were emotionless and seemed to be able to see through the soul, making Sirius feel cold all over.

"Let me remind you, my spiritual intuition is very accurate, so it's best not to think wildly in your mind, otherwise I can't guarantee that I won't throw you back to Azkaban again." Crow glanced at Sirius and withdrew his gaze, while continuing He said casually while looking at the layout of Blake's old house leisurely.

In response, Sirius showed an awkward yet polite smile, nodded stiffly, and then slowly turned around, preparing to deal with personal hygiene issues first.

But at this moment, a hoarse, low voice like a bullfrog suddenly sounded:

"...The bad boy who betrayed his bloodline returned to Mistress Kreacher's old house like a shameful thief, and brought in a putrid bird. If the poor mistress... ·Uh uh…"

Sirius looked towards the source of the sound as soon as the sound rang out, and then saw a house elf who was almost naked except for a dirty rag around his waist, standing at the bottom right of the stairs. In the shadow, he lowered his head and muttered to his knees.

The house elf who calls himself Kreacher has a bald head, a lot of white hair growing out of his two big bat-like ears, a fleshy nose so big that it looks like a pig's snout, and his pale skin is like water. It had been soaked in it for a long time and had droopy layers of wrinkles.

Sirius recognized at a glance that this was the house elf of their Black family, and as he was now the sole heir of the Black family, Kreacher was naturally his property.

But Sirius didn't have any good looks at Kreacher, and he was about to scold him the next moment.

But before he could say a word, he saw the old house elf who had not finished speaking suddenly trembled and began to sway from side to side.

Then Kreacher looked blank and grabbed his own throat with both hands uncontrollably, as if he wanted to choke the rest of his words in his throat, making it impossible for him to say anything.

Sirius subconsciously turned to look at the crow, only to see the crow staring at Kreacher with a faint look in his eyes.

Sensing Sirius's eyes, Crow suddenly looked at him and said with a smile:

"You wouldn't mind if I discipline you, right?"

At this time, Sirius actually saw a smile on the face of a crow, which made the hairs on his spine stand up, and he suddenly shuddered. At the same time, he suddenly had a premonition: if he dared to shake his head, then There is a high probability that he will also join the camp that is being disciplined.

Why didn't you realize that I still have the talent of being a prophet before? Sirius was complaining, showing an apologetic smile, and said to the crow:

"I'm sorry, I made you laugh."

Then he looked at Kreacher and scolded sternly:

"Kreacher, why don't you apologize to my guest quickly!"

At this time, Kreacher's actions had returned to normal, but it seemed that he was frightened by the scene just now, or simply did not want to obey Sirius's order, so he just stood there panting.

This made Sirius furious instantly, and he roared angrily:

"According to the rules, I am your new master now. I order you to apologize to my guests and prepare dinner for me immediately! Otherwise, you will get out of the Black family!"

Kreacher's body trembled, especially when he heard Sirius say that he was going to be kicked out of the Black family, a look of panic appeared on his face.

"Yes, Master..." Kreacher reluctantly looked at Crow, whose attention had already returned to the Black Mansion, his lips moved silently twice, and he bowed:

"Kreacher apologizes to the bad boy guest."

As soon as he finished speaking, he snapped his fingers and disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Sirius's face turned darker.

At this moment, he wanted to call Kreacher back and give him a severe lesson, but he finally held back. He turned his head to look at the crow and said helplessly:

"I'm sorry, Kreacher was taught a bad way by my mother and learned many ugly thoughts from her."

"Most of his hostility was actually directed at me."

The crow didn't look at Sirius and replied nonchalantly:

"If I really cared, he's not himself now."

Sirius was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't understand what "not himself" meant.

Suddenly, he frowned slightly and found that he had unknowingly relaxed his guard against the suspicious crow in front of him.

Otherwise, a person who makes trouble in Azkaban cannot be a good person. He has seen the crow's methods several times, and he should be more afraid of it than curious about it, but the reality is just the opposite!

This set off alarm bells in Sirius's heart, and he subconsciously began to remind himself that the crow in front of him was a wizard with an unknown identity, unknown purpose, and powerful means, and he was most likely a dark wizard!

After all, a wizard who can ignore the laws of the Ministry of Magic and the possible negative consequences to go to Azkaban and rob Azkaban, and who can say "he is not himself" without thinking is obviously abnormal!

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