[Shen Xia + HP] In the name of a detective

Aurora is currently in the study on the second floor of Hopes Manor, sitting on the top of the ladder placed in front of the bookshelf, dangling her legs while rummaging through the bookshelf for some books about wandless magic.

But Sherlock was sitting quietly beside the desk, flipping through the book in his hand called "Guide to Transfiguration for Beginners" at a speed of one glance and ten lines, posing as if he wanted to read all the books in this study within a few days. The posture of the book, from time to time, looked up at Aurora who was sitting very restlessly on it, as if she was afraid that she would accidentally fall from it.

Ever since Aurora was able to remember things, this study room has always been a place exclusively for Owen Hopes and Aubrey. Sometimes Su Liushuang would personally serve it to Owen Hope who was working in the study after preparing snacks. s.Even a house elf like Xianchen was allowed to clean the study room, but she was forbidden to enter and leave this place, as if a sign was pasted in front of the study door, specifically stating that Aurora was not allowed to enter, but not Restricted to other people or house-elves.

It was such an invisible sign that clearly separated the boundary between Aurora and the Hopps family, and also made her, who was still a child at the time, sensitively aware of her own difference.

But now that Aurora already knew the secret that everyone was trying to hide, and shared it with Aubrey, the study no longer belonged to the forbidden area.These days, Aurora seems to want to make up for the regret that she has not been in the study for so many years. Apart from the usual eating and drinking, and the special training for wandless magic formulated by Aubrey, she insists on it at other times. Soak in the study, search for knowledge about wandless magic, and occasionally flip through books that interest you when you are resting and relaxing.

Aurora finally found a copy of "A Beginner's Guide to Wandless Magic" from the bookshelf, opened the first page, yawned, and tried to read the words on it while she was sleepy with tears in her eyes.

"If you want to learn wandless magic, you must try to get rid of the dependence on the wand. First, close your eyes, feel the free flow of magic power in your body, and then put aside all thoughts or distracting thoughts in your mind, and imagine what you want To achieve the effect, focus the magic on your dominant hand (usually the right hand) at the end."

After accurately memorizing the steps in the book, Aurora planned to try again, so she closed the book and put it on her left hand, and followed the steps in her memory one by one.Close your eyes, feel the magic power, put aside distracting thoughts, anticipate the effect, and finally concentrate the magic power flowing in your body to your right hand.

After finishing all this, she slowly opened her eyes, looking at the "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" that was safe in Sherlock's hands, she felt a little lost in her heart, and couldn't help but sighed.The simplest levitation spell that Aurora tried just now was the first spell she learned when she was learning spells from Aubrey, and it was also a spell that Hogwarts textbooks required first-year students to master.

However, even with such a simple spell, she still failed.

Probably feeling the look in Sherlock's eyes, Aurora immediately restrained the obvious disappointment on her face, put on an expression of indifference, pretended not to mind another failed attempt, and looked back at it with a smile Sherlock changed the subject abruptly: "That's right, what did Aubrey whisper to you when he first came here a few days ago? He didn't even let me listen."

When Aurora had just returned from Apparating Sherlock, she happened to run into Aubrey in the living room who had returned from get off work from the Ministry of Magic and had used Floo powder.Aubrey looked at the figure of Sherlock sitting on the sofa calmly, his face was not very good-looking, and his pale face suddenly sank due to busy work and overwork.

Aurora originally wanted to introduce Sherlock to him, but Aubrey probably guessed how she would respond, and directly pointed out that he knew that this was the legendary Sherlock Holmes, and there was no need to introduce it again.Before Aurora could think of how to relieve the awkward atmosphere, Aubrey proposed to have a good talk with Sherlock, and Sherlock also agreed with this proposal.

Of course Aurora wanted to stay and watch their conversation, which might not be cordial or friendly, but Sherlock and Aubrey, the two people who had just met, were surprisingly consistent on this point, showing that they didn't want to The appearance of letting her listen, and they all said that they should go back to their room to rest.

With one against two, Aurora naturally couldn't hold back these two people, so she could only pretend to agree to their request and go upstairs obediently, but in fact she wanted to eavesdrop on their conversation after going upstairs .However, Brother Zhimei Mo Ruo, how could Aubrey not guess the little calculation in her heart, and waved her magic wand to cast a spell of "close your ears and listen" to prevent someone from eavesdropping on the conversation between him and Sherlock. dialogue.

Aurora had no choice but to go back to her room and fidget.She thought that with Sherlock's speechless character, without her reminding the Circus, he would definitely offend Aubrey.However, the strange thing is that since that chat, Aubrey's attitude towards him has gradually become better.

This left Aurora wondering what the two of them had said that day, or to be more precise, what Sherlock had said to Aubrey that day.

When receiving Aubrey's special training on wandless magic in the past few days, Aurora has been asking this question, but he has been avoiding answering it, and refuses to tell her anything.If asked urgently, Aubrey would drop the sentence "You can ask him" to completely end the topic, and then lead the topic to the discussion of wandless magic.

Finally, Aurora couldn't hold back, and took this opportunity to ask Sherlock.

Sherlock just finished reading another book at this time, closed the "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration", slowly stood up from the soft chair, stuffed the book back to its original position on the shelf, and He casually picked up the "Story Collection of Beedou the Poet" placed in the most conspicuous place on the desk, and replied flatly, "You can ask him."

Aurora was speechless for a moment. She raised her head at a 45-degree angle and looked up at the enchanted ceiling where she could see the sky outside. While shaking her head, she lamented how Aubrey and Sherlock could always reach an agreement when dealing with her. .Unanimously agreed to let her go upstairs first and not participate in their conversation, and when she asked about the situation at that time, she chose the same answer, even the punctuation marks were exactly the same, Aurora began to wonder if the two of them had already colluded How should I answer her question.

She couldn't get the answer she wanted from Sherlock, so Aurora had no choice but to give up again, hoping to get some clues during Aubrey's special training after get off work. Following the steps in this "Beginner's Guide to Wandless Magic", I tried to light the fireplace in the study, but it still didn't work.

Sherlock had already turned half of "The Tales of Beedle the Poet" at this time. During the reading process, his brows were slightly frowned, until finally the eyebrows on both sides twitched into a ball. At the end, he simply read the book of fairy tales again. Throwing it back to the original position, I looked up and saw the undisguised little disappointed expression on Aurora's face, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your brother mentioned that this wandless magic is very difficult, and many wizards You haven't been able to master it in your whole life. You have just learned magic not long ago, and coupled with your innate lack of IQ, it is normal for you to be unable to use it successfully for a while."

When Aurora first heard the first sentence, she thought Sherlock was comforting her, and she was still a little moved in her heart, after all, it was rare for him to comfort anyone.However, after listening to it, she silently rolled her eyes like a sign, and decided to take back the slightest touch she had just had.

What is "congenital IQ deficiency"?Give him some comfort, or is it so difficult for him to say a word of encouragement?

Aurora put on a small resentful expression, thinking of the wandless magic that she had practiced hard for a week without any gains, she put on a bitter face and said sullenly: "The two things I just tried The spells, one is the simplest and most basic, the first spell I learned to levitate, and the other is the most handy 'blazing fire' when I used it, but they all failed."

Aurora couldn't help but change her face when she accidentally mentioned the words "blazing fire".After a week, she originally thought that she had gradually gotten used to it and forgot about it, but at this moment, the two memorable scenes that flashed alternately in her mind told her that was not the case.

Two scenes with almost the same difference, one is the darkness and fire, screams and cries that have been rooted in the nightmare since childhood, and the other is the warehouse fire that just happened a few days ago, flashing in Aurora's mind alternately, Lingering.These two scenes look so similar, but feel so different, and finally overlap, merge into one, and combine into one picture.

Aurora hadn't had this nightmare for a long time, ever since Aubrey had unraveled the knots in her heart by admitting that she wasn't part of the Hopps family.It's been so long that she thought she had forgotten the fire that filled the sky in the nightmare, as well as the few bright green beams of light amidst the intense fiery red.

But now, such a scene was presented in front of her in another way, replaced by a new nightmare and integrated with it.

Aurora suddenly had a strong intuition for no reason, that the thrilling nightmare that had plagued her for a long time might also be an experience she had personally experienced.

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This nightmare is really a very important existence, have the cuties guessed the truth?