[Comprehensive] Aunt sweeping the floor

The store door was closed lightly, perfectly blocking the miserable wind and rain outside the window.The wind chime on the door rang monotonously for a while, and the room fell into a long silence again.

Catherine's eyes were fixed on the wind chimes that were gradually calming down, and she remained motionless, as if she was playing a small game of 'who is the wooden man'.

It took a while for Catherine to adjust to her ups and downs.Hand cleared clean plates off the table - that insidious fat man in Mycroft ate all the cake off the plate during the conversation.

By the way, he also took the opportunity to pack a third of the cakes in the store.

Catherine cleared away the dishes and went back to the counter.

The small portraits on the counter still maintain the appearance of still life sketches.

Catherine moved a stool and sat in front of the portrait.

Catherine rested her chin, stared at the portrait, and decided to fight this portrait forever.

The wall clock on the wall turned half an hour later, during which several of William's old customers saw that the shop was open, so they came to take care of Catherine's business.But these people left quickly, and Catherine patiently maintained a movement, staring and staring...

"I'm assuming at this point you should be doing some reading, or disappearing for a while. Rather than staring at a portrait that needs to be quiet and doing nothing!  … Miss Nolan, if you're at Hogwarts , I think I will definitely deduct ten points from Gryffindor!"

The black-robed man in the portrait finally couldn't stand Catherine's stare like rape. ——Severus Snape's robe curled into swirling textures, and he appeared in the frame.

"Uh... I don't think I would be a member of Gryffindor even if it was a branch house, and on the other hand... Maybe you have realized that if you want to detain Gryffindor If you want to share, there is a major premise that you must still be alive... The most important thing is that we shouldn't be entangled here now, you know, we need a conversation."

Snape's face turned ugly.This ghastly expression appeared on his sallow face, and through a portrait, he could still feel the murderous intent: "I don't have any admiration for you like that man just now. I assume The content of your conversation has nothing to do with this, otherwise, even if it is just a portrait, I can teach you a lesson!"

Catherine was dumbfounded.Although he had prepared himself and knew that Professor Snape's characteristic was that the poisonous snake was gloomy, but the feeling of being directly poked into a sore foot was not very good.

Catherine and Mycroft had a relatively formal conversation.Some mysteries were solved, but many more were exposed.Under such circumstances, Mycroft still decided to drag their relationship into a deeper abyss, which is very unwise.

They should all know that being ambiguous doesn't solve any problems.But if Catherine fell into entanglement and suspicion because of this, it was only in the hands of McCulloft.

Facing the aggressive late Potions Professor, Catherine sighed deeply.Communication with a Slytherin is bound to be full of roundabouts, and when a Slytherin is unwilling to ink with you, but chooses to express his attitude directly, it must be that he thinks you are an empty-headed person.

"That's not what I meant. We shouldn't believe a politician's jokes, should we? It's not a wise thing to do." Catherine tapped the frame, a gesture that made Snape even more angry.

But Catherine continued to say indifferently: "I checked some information. The portraits in the headmaster's office at Hogwarts can freely pass through all the picture frames in the school. But those late headmasters cannot announce the secrets of their families to the public. The current headmaster of Hogwarts...that is to say, you are bound by the contract with regard to the transmission of information in and out of school by these picture frames."

Snape stared darkly at Catherine for a moment.The living girl in front of her was not as ignorant of the wizarding world as she appeared to be.Even if her life pattern in the past month is like a schedule, even if she hasn't done anything to disturb the portrait before, Pote and his partners are not enough to see this girl compared to her.

——What Nolan is talking about is the contract of the portrait... It actually implies mutual trust.

"When Pote handed over the portrait to you, the contract has already come into effect. All the conversations between us, whether related to teaching or not, will not be known to the third person." The internal and external contracts made by those ancient families , at a certain time, it actually became an obstacle for Snape to pass on Catherine's information to the outside world!

"It's pretty much what I expected. So, you can be trusted, can't you?"

"..."

The person in the portrait didn't speak, Snape just watched Catherine draw out her wand, and cast some first-year spells on her own.

"I need to master more spells, and I need your help." Catherine put away her wand, and the cups and plates floating in the air returned to their original places, and the discolored and deformed food also returned to their original appearance.

Looking at her actions, Snape had to admit that this girl was very talented in magic.

"But that's not the reason why I want to teach you. Asking me to teach you is just the wishful thinking of the great golden boy himself. I have no reason to pay for the broken promise."

"But you are responsible for the wizarding world." Catherine interrupted Snape.

"The leader of the Muggle world you just met. One of his decisions can change the fate of many people. This time, Mycroft supported the peace talks between the Muggle and wizarding world, so the peace talks went on smoothly. .But if next time his decision is to suppress wizards...frankly, you have no one to contend with."

Catherine looked at the frowning Potions Master.

"In this era, it is not supernatural power that determines everything, but the wisdom that suppresses everything. I think I can prove it..."

The conversation in the room was still going on, and Catherine had a lot to say about the portrait, since Snape was probably the only magic teacher she'd ever had in her wizarding career.

On the other side, Mycroft returned to his office contentedly with the cake.

Just like Catherine said, he has been involved in many things recently.These troublesome things add up, even if Sherlock Holmes has basic deductive methods, it is enough to make people feel tired.

Mycroft is a little concerned about Catherine's source of information. After all, if this talent can't be used for himself, it really makes people feel unsafe, as if... how could he not care about this Irene Adler before?If this person had been discovered earlier, she would have been placed within mi6's surveillance range long ago, instead of allowing her to grasp too much information and become a dreaded figure like now.

Mycroft dialed inside and called in his secretary, Cynthia.

The female secretary was also under fatigue during this time, but Cynthia remained on standby 24 hours a day and never messed up any tasks.

There was a fire in Cynthia's heart, which was the promise that Mycroft had made to her.Once the recent troubles are over, some promises should be kept.Mycroft knocked on the table in front of him, thinking about where it would be better to push his female secretary.

but now--

When Cynthia came in and saw the familiar paper bag from William's Bakery on the table, she subconsciously had the urge to make an appointment with a dentist and a health consultant.

Cake from William's Bakery + Mycroft = A dentist needs to be hired + the boss wants to lose weight!

But at this time, it is not easy to give more comfort to the boss.Perhaps with the comfort of William's cake, the boss will not be too angry when he hears the news later.

The female secretary's eyes only paused for a second on the cake bag, and then quickly looked away.

"Ahem... Mr. Sherlock contacted Ms. Cynthia this afternoon. He deciphered an email for Ms. Cynthia, and the specific content is still being followed up... But those who tracked Cynthia are temporarily lost gone."

Hearing this report, Mycroft immediately became serious.Although no movement could be seen from his expression, Cynthia, who had worked for him for several years, still saw a cloud in the boss's light gray eyes.

"Is there anything that needs to be arranged?"

"no need."

The female secretary quietly left the office.

Mycroft sat with his hands folded in a steeple gesture.

At this moment, only one desk lamp was still on in the office, and Mycroft, who was sitting by the desk, closed his eyes, and the room was as quiet as if he was in the Diogenes Club.

The main entrance of the memory palace was fully opened, and the magnificent palace was as bright as new.Mycroft pushed away from one of the rooms, where his previous conversation with Catherine was stored in a small corner.

——Originally, this was just a small pastime for him.Katherine Nolan wasn't important enough to compare with what Mycroft was doing right now, just a little interest, irrelevant, insignificant.

Holmes pulled out a memory that mimicked the state of a magazine from the bookshelf—it looked like a wide-open, brightly colored entertainment magazine.All the details of the conversation were fully restored, and the first thing that was left aside was the warm lighting in the cake shop and the happy smell of the cake.

Catherine Nolan's words were rearranged and combined, and dialogues appeared in front of Holmes one by one.

——"The top secret plan was leaked from the Department of Defense, at least I already knew..."

Catherine's words are quite interesting. This girl seems to have foreseen a top-secret plan in Irene's hands.

Of course... left naturally has its own way, and can find the key to the problem.

···As if Moriarty is known as the Napoleon of crime, Catherine's nickname in France is 'Fingertip Miracle'.It is said that she is good at solving some things that hover at her fingertips and are close to the edge of crisis.

——What Catherine really wants to say is——Irene Adler teamed up with Moriarty, and Sherlock's decryption completely unlocked the secrets of the aircraft plan!

oh!Mycroft groaned inwardly.Because of his own loopholes in decision-making, Sherlock got him in big trouble!