mystery lover

"Dear Tom,

I miss you very much.

Signed: Charles McAvoy"

Voldemort looked at the reply letter lying on the desk, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled up.

Standing up and walking to one side of the window, under the refraction of the sunlight, the original ancient and magnificent manor lost its usual solemnity and desolation, and Voldemort, who took the scenery outside the window into his eyes, could not help but reveal the The emotion of nostalgia.

Voldemort could imagine Charles' nervousness and uneasiness, the boy's short and smooth reply to the letter, and what was suppressed under that was the fear of going to the Ministry of Magic to face his own fear.

With a noncommittal smile, the man withdrew his long-lost gaze.

But since it's the one who will stand by his side in the end, his boy will grow up.

*****

In Defense Against the Dark Arts class on Thursday morning, the fourth graders learned how to fight boggarts.

After Professor Crouch explained that Boggart is just a deformed creature, it will see through everyone's heart and become what you are most afraid of, and the spell to deal with Boggart is a simple Boggart expulsion spell" Funny Funny", the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students, one by one, began to confront the Boggart that Professor Crouch had placed at the front of the room.

"Funny!"

"Funny!"

……

"Funny!"

Charles and Lucas were at the back of the line, and almost all the other students in the classroom looked at all kinds of weird things that their classmates were afraid of, and then spread the word when the expulsion spell took effect. There was a burst of laughter.

Of course, there are also many students who are too frightened by the Boggart to cast spells. Usually, at such times, Professor Crouch on the side will wave the wand in his hand with a cold face.

"If you're scared to cry... then you really can't meet people..." Lucas whispered beside Charles, looking at another Hufflepuff who made a fool of himself in front of him, and then turned his head to look at the same Hufflepuff next to him. Some nervous teenagers, "Char... what are you afraid of?"

"I'm not sure."

Charles' throat moved, and he began to think about Lucas's question when Professor Crouch finished talking about the Boggart.

What he fears the most...

He was quite afraid of his father when he was a child...after coming to Hogwarts...a little afraid of their potions master...after meeting Tom...

...the Boggart shouldn't be the same as Tom left him, right?

oh!Merlin!

He didn't want to be dumped by Tom in front of all his classmates!

……

But what he fears the most... is to be separated from that man.

Lucas noticed his friend's flickering face, and couldn't help feeling a little curious. He bumped Charles' arm, and the boy said maliciously, "Charles, I suddenly want to know what you are most afraid of. ... aha."

"..."

"Charle, come on!"

Lucas looked at the classmate in front of Charles who had successfully cast the Boggart Repelling Curse, and very friendly pushed Charles beside him forward.

"..."

Charles bravely stood in the center of the classroom, holding his extremely simple sandalwood wand in his right hand.

Because of his appearance, the classroom suddenly became much quieter than before. Everyone's attention seemed to be focused on this thin young man, leaving only a few vague discussions coming from the corner.

Barty Crouch Jr. on the side looked silently at the young man who came to the front, his expression changed insignificantly.After the boy was ready, he opened the Boggs in the box.

……

Charles looked at the black figure in front of him, a drop of cold sweat slipped from his forehead, the black figure slowly changed its shape, and at a certain moment, it suddenly turned into a human form——

There were gasps one after another around, Charles almost shook his wand to the ground after seeing what Boggs believed to be the most feared thing in his soul.

……

"What it is……"

"Is that a human..."

"Oh my god...is that what McAvoy fears the most?"

"very scary……"

……

Where Boggs should have been, stood a tall, thin man with a body like a skeleton.

His skin was so pale that he couldn't see any blood, his blood-red eyes had two cold and strange vertical pupils, no hair, and a flat nose...

Charles looked at the person not far in front of him in panic. He didn't know that it was because this person's appearance was too terrifying, and the boy's heart was really filled with fear because of his appearance.

"Char! Quickly cast a spell!"

Lucas was also taken aback by the person transformed by Boggs, but because he didn't know what it was, and although the strange snake face looked really scary, Lucas still moved quickly. Realizing that the other party was just Boggs, he immediately reminded Charles in front of him.

Charles stood there at a loss at the moment. He heard Lucas' voice, but his hand holding the wand trembled even more. He had never seen the man opposite him before, but deep in his heart But the feeling of fear became more and more intense, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Wand...Charles didn't dare to look at the pair of red vertical pupils on the opposite side...

He looked at his right hand...

But the wand couldn't be lifted...

The man on the opposite side seemed to have made some movement, and there were more mocking noises around him. As soon as Charles looked up, he saw a big spider-like hand, which was holding a white wand as pale as the owner of that hand. The tip of the tip is facing him straight, and there is a little bit of green light shining there...

"Funny!"

With the sound of a spell, the snake-faced man disappeared.

Charles stared blankly at Professor Crouch who was casting a spell next to him. The professor's face was so ugly that he could almost drip ink, and Professor Crouch's gaze at him shocked Charles even more, so he ignored the The moment Boggs disappeared, there was a weak to almost undetectable vibration in the depths of his soul.

"McAvoy, come to my office. Everyone else, dismiss."

The voice of Barty Crouch Jr. was so cold that it was almost gnashing of teeth, which made the surrounding small animals consciously step back three feet, not daring to question the professor's words.

After Charles left behind the professor, Lucas wondered if Charles had failed the spell. Why is Professor Crouch so angry?

"Hey... Let me tell you, have you noticed that the magic wand that the snake-faced monster was holding just now..."

"—Is it very similar to that one..."

"...the wand of the Minister for Magic?"

"seems like it."

"White……"

The observant eaglets quickly noticed this detail. There are very few white wands in the wizarding world, and the yew wand of the lord was not originally white. It is said that after many magical experiments and transformations Afterwards, such unique colors and shapes are finally formed.

But soon some unbelievable girls opened their eyes and retorted.

"What are you trying to say—?"

"You think that ugly bastard just now is our Minister of Magic?"

"Do not make jokes!"

"..."

"Insulting that adult, do you want to die?"

……

Ravencrow also had children from pure-blood families, and almost all pure-blood wizards in the wizarding world today are loyal supporters of Voldemort.

Lucas looked at the rare civil strife on Ravenclaw's side, and looked at the students on their Hufflepuff side, and they were all whispering something.The young man suddenly felt that this school year was really a bit uneasy. Why did his friend, who was always quiet and ordinary, encounter so many things.

Charles...what the hell are you thinking.

Lucas found himself growing more and more worried about his best friend.

*****

After Little Barty returned to his office, he still hadn't recovered from the shock when he saw his master more than ten years ago, although after the last battle, when the master who disappeared for a while came back It was no longer the darkly twisted and ghastly visage of old, but no Death Eater could fail to remember what their master looked like during the craziest cleansing of the wizarding world.

His eyes fell on the young man who was standing awkwardly in front of his office. No matter whether this man named Charles McAvoy was pretended by some bastard who drank age-reducing drugs, he actually made himself face the master God knows how distorted little Barty's mood was when he uttered the damned Boggart Repelling Curse.

Raise your wand to your master!

Even if it's just a Boggart, it's disrespectful to its master!

Charles was getting more and more disturbed by the professor's colder eyes. He didn't know how he had offended Professor Crouch, and the professor looked like he was greatly offended.

"Who are you?"

After hearing Professor Crouch's question, Charles raised his head in astonishment, and there was still some confusion in his eyes.

"professor?"

After a brief silence, the cold voice sounded again.

"I have no right to ask the master's arrangement, but you listen to me, don't let me see this kind of thing happen again today, I think, Mr. McAvoy doesn't want us both to be embarrassed?"

Charles stared at Professor Crouch on the opposite side blankly. Although he didn't know what Professor Crouch was talking about, the other party obviously misunderstood something, but the 'master' that Professor Crouch said...

His body stiffened instinctively. He had heard that 'Master' many times from his father and brother.

"Okay!" Crouch waved his hand impatiently, the boy's innocent and ignorant appearance made him feel even more irritable, "Go get ready and come to my office at one o'clock in the afternoon."

Looking at the boy who was not moving in front of him, Barty Crouch Jr. raised his voice a few decibels, "Mr. McAvoy! Need I remind you that today is the date for you to go to the Ministry of Magic for an internship?"

"Yes, yes professor!"

Charles nodded fiercely, and escaped from the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office before Professor Crouch lost his temper.