mystery lover

On Monday morning, when the Daily Prophet published the new rules of the Quidditch game, Charles, who was sitting in the auditorium having breakfast, was unfortunately shaken by Lucas, who was holding the newspaper beside him.

"Charle! Your family is so fast!" Lucas said, with a slightly more joking expression in his eyes.

Speaking of who in the wizarding world does not know the allusion behind the new rules, Lucas, a friend who is one of the parties involved, can't help thinking.

Under Lucas' teasing gaze, the little badger on the side felt his ears getting hotter, especially when the boy's gaze inadvertently saw another newspaper placed by his friend on the table, on the cover was his When he was standing on the lawn holding the Golden Snitch!

A moment of surprise flashed in Charles' eyes, "How could it be..."

Instinctively, he reached out and took the newspaper on the table. The boy stared at the photo on the front page in a daze. In the photo, the boy's expression seemed a little nervous, with faint excitement and uneasiness.

Who took this photo!Why does his picture appear in this newspaper and he doesn't know at all ==

At this moment, Lucas leaned his head to look at the newspaper in his friend's hand, and murmured, "Charles, this photo is really beautiful." When reporting for "The Boy Who Caught the Golden Snitch", Lucas found out that the writer was actually the famous reporter Rita Skeeter who was stalking the wind.

Putting the Daily Prophet in his hands on the table, Lucas moved towards Charles, and during this gap, the two also noticed that the vague sights looking towards them seemed to be getting more and more many.

……

"...The root cause of Gryffindor's failure, should power be brought into the school?" Lucas instinctively looked up at the friends beside him when he saw that Charles' attention seemed to be completely attracted by the content of the article The boy had no choice but to continue to look down.

The content of the report vaguely mentioned the close relationship between the friend and the minister, and then hinted at the obvious favoritism of the minister in this game...

When watching the end, even Lucas had to lament the audacity of this Rita Skeeter, the witch almost directly stated at the end whether the current wizarding world has become a world under the palm of one person.

And regardless of the explicit and implicit meanings of those words, just looking at the superficial content, this whole article does not seem to be pleasant to read?

The Hufflepuffs probably felt a little bored. After all, their academy was leading the score at the time, and it was true that Hufflepuff caught the Snitch first, but this report reveals that Their victories were all due to the favoritism of that lord.

As for Gryffindor, most of them will be more dissatisfied because of this report. There has never been such a precedent for them. If the game continues, there is a high possibility that the Golden Snitch will be killed by their academy. The golden boy caught it. After all, Potter has caught the golden snitch for three consecutive years and made Gryffindor the Quidditch champion.

Apparently quite a few people in the auditorium have seen this report on the Quibbler.

Most of the Slytherins sneered at this, and such sensational reports have never caught their attention. Besides, no matter how much Voldemort used his power for personal gain, they would only applaud behind their Lord.

This is a world that speaks with absolute power.

"Char?"

Lucas looked worriedly at his friend who had put down the newspaper beside him, but found that there was no unusual emotion on the boy's face, but this reaction was too quiet, which made Lucas beside him even more frightened.

"What's the matter?" Charles turned his head and probably guessed what his friend was worried about from Lucas's face. New rules, but even without Lord's help, we don't necessarily lose, this report is too unobjective."

And the content here is obviously criticizing that man, thinking about that man's power and temperament, why does Charles feel that the only thing he needs to worry about now is the safety of this reporter ==

"Char..." Hearing the young man's soothing tone, Lucas stared blankly at his friend who was close at hand, someone he would see every day, why did he suddenly realize that the Charles in front of him seemed to be the same shy person from a year ago? Shy boy is not the same anymore...

Obviously the same blue eyes, but the original delicate facial features have grown unconsciously... The silhouette between a boy and an adult made Lucas in front of Charles forget what he wanted to say just now .

Until Charles next to him spoke again, "This reporter exposed Lord so directly...it's too much. He used other people's photos without the owner's permission...and the content of the report is so embarrassing... The photo and the content are not harmonious at all, and it feels like this photo is simply redundant... Luka, let's go to class.

After Charles finished speaking, he tidied up and stood up from his seat, friendly ignoring all the sights around him.

"Char...you've changed."

Lucas, who finally finished what he said in his heart, followed his friend's actions belatedly.

*****

"What's the matter." Draco looked at the lingering man in front of him, His Royal Highness's expression was showing great dissatisfaction at the moment because he was stopped.

But dear little dragon, what's the matter with your thieves' way of looking around?

After making sure that there was no one else around, Draco looked at the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor standing in front of him, especially when the other party was holding a suspiciously large object in his hand.

His eyes fell on the opponent's hand again, and Prince Platinum frowned instinctively. What is Crouch trying to do?

"This is for you, a gift." Little Barty said, and handed the things in his hand to the boy.

"what is this?"

Although the attitude of the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts has been very soft, His Royal Highness still crossed his arms ungratefully, and looked at the man in front of him leisurely, until Little Barty's face on the other side became colder and colder. .

"Take it apart and have a look." Draco raised his chin, pointed his eyes at the man opposite, and added at the end, "The Malfoy family doesn't accept all gifts."

In the corridor, Little Barty's eyes were gloomy, but he couldn't get angry at all when he looked at the boy. After hesitating for a moment, Professor Crouch removed the outer wrapping of the gift with a spell.

So, when Draco looked at the Firebolt that was almost in front of him, the boy's perfect expression finally broke.

"Where did you get it?"

Looking at the Firebolt that somehow got into his hand, Draco couldn't express his mood at the moment, but he looked up at the man in front of him with a complicated expression. Even his father didn't get him a gift. Of course, the existence of God against the sky needs to be excluded.

This should obviously come out at the next Quidditch World Cup, as a special broom for players from various countries in the International Quidditch League...Why would this man...

How did he know he wanted this?

"As long as you like it."

Little Barty's voice was as usual, but the man's eyes gradually softened.

Draco choked.

Why do I have a feeling of being short-handed=. =

Just when His Royal Highness was thinking about how to forcefully reject the other party's uneasy and kind flattery but was reluctant to part with the beautiful touch in his hand, Draco found that the man opposite him suddenly shifted his gaze to behind him, and he actually looked at this guy's face. See the rare daze?

Oh, is that the look on the face of a cold-blooded Death Eater who is also their Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?

When Draco didn't know what kind of mood he was in, he turned around miraculously to see what attracted the attention of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, so His Royal Highness saw the end of the corridor. In the hallway on the other corridor, Charles was passing by with Hufflepuff beside him.

Draco turned his head and looked at Barty Crouch Jr. in front of him. The boy felt a strange emotion rising from the bottom of his heart.

"Do you like Charles?" Draco said that his head might have been stepped on by the giant monster that the godfather said, but thinking of being insulted by this man before, it seemed that every time he was insulted by this man, it was because he made trouble for Charles. , Platinum Prince felt more and more irritable in his chest.

Little Barty, who was shocked by the boy's side face when McAvoy just walked by, also came back to his senses at this time. Although his emotions were obviously disturbed, Crouch still looked at the boy in front of him very strangely, " What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Hmph, I'm just reminding you that with the Lord here, don't think about what you can't get." After finishing speaking, His Royal Highness threw the broomstick in his hand back to the person opposite.

"..."

Little Barty, who hadn't had anything to worry about for a long time, suddenly felt a stomach ache.

Looking at the boy's back, little Barty called out a little stiffly, "...Draco."

There was no response, and it wasn't until Draco's figure that didn't stay for a moment disappeared around the corner of the corridor that little Barty put away the momentary annoyance on his face because of the departure of His Royal Highness.

What a careless brat.

Picking up the broomstick in his hand and walking towards the basement, Crouch thoughtfully recalled the boy who appeared at the end of the corridor just now.

so similar……

Why didn't he find out at all before.

McAvoy actually looks so much like Nicole.

Seeing the boy's side face at that moment, he thought he saw the young Nico.

Is it a coincidence?