Chapter 1077 Copper Key Library

? "Tick tock...tick tock..."

In a dark and deep place, the hollow sound of dripping water echoed day after day. The dull and humid air flows slowly here, mixed with an indescribable foul smell.

Occasionally, there will be a series of rustling sounds, resounding in the darkness where you can't see your fingers. They approached from a distance, and then hurried away by kicking and stamping on the standing water.

Those little passers-by are probably just mice.

Basically, no one will come here, and some are just snakes, rats, rats and ants living with humans in the city, adding a bit of unknown vitality to this deep and empty underground world.

Yes, logically speaking, this place should be like this - it is dirty but peaceful, gloomy but not dangerous, it is a man-made "pure land" under the bustling city.

But recently...

"hiss--"

Accompanied by a chilling low hiss, a moderate friction sound came from a distance, and it was getting louder and louder.

And as the friction sound approached, even the ground began to vibrate slightly, as if some giant was approaching quickly in the endless darkness.

Not long after, the movement slowly turned into rumbling vibrations, and the hissing sound became more and more infiltrating.

Finally, when a group of rats squeaked and were scattered and fled in all directions, the sounds that had already come to the front suddenly stopped. Then, a pair of huge eyes that shone with a miserable green light suddenly appeared in the darkness.

"Don't stop, you're not there yet."

Suddenly, a voice sounded near those eyes, it was the voice of a person. I could hear that voice was a little old, but it was extraordinarily calm.

As soon as the words settled down, those eyes suddenly disappeared again. Immediately afterwards, the rumbling sound resounded, engulfed by a gust of wind, and it was only heard after a while as it swaggered away.

After a long time, the original sound of dripping water reappeared—it was still invariant and echoing endlessly in this wide passage according to the original rhythm.

...

After three o'clock in the afternoon,

Madame Puddife's Tea House.

Maca and Hermione, who were drinking black tea and sipping desserts while chatting, finally did not pick up the teapot that had been refilled once and pour it into the empty teacup.

Although the two chatted happily after that, it seemed that there were countless things to talk about.

From the men and women in the teahouse to the classmates and professors at Hogwarts, to the strange people and strange things in the entire wizarding world, Maca and Hermione, who are both well-informed and knowledgeable, will never lack topics.

But no matter how happy we are, we won't spend a whole afternoon here.

"What time is it? After drinking a full stomach of tea, they should be about to 'get down to business', right?"

Outside a certain window of the teahouse, a furtive voice sounded from under the window sill, familiar people would be able to recognize it at once-it was Ron's voice.

Immediately afterwards, another voice came out, seemingly a little weak:

"Ron, why don't you forget it! Maca and Hermione are dating, it's not good for us to peek like this... Besides, my legs are numb."

"Neville, can't you persevere!" Ron said helplessly, "Your legs are numb...do you think I'm not numb? Look at your girlfriend Hannah, she hasn't called out tired until now! "

"Because she's already sitting on the ground!" Neville said with a bitter face, "I wanted to sit too, but seeing you squatting like this, I have no choice but to stick with you..."

"Oh!" Ron couldn't help but patted Neville on the shoulder when he heard that, "Hey, that's fine! You are indeed my good buddy!"

But who would have thought that such a slap made Neville unable to squat anymore, and he fell to the base of the wall with an "ouch" when he tilted his body.

The passers-by saw the three of them squatting, sitting down and lying down, and they all looked at them with subtle eyes, so that Hannah, who was silently sitting next to Neville, couldn't help covering her face.

Although she was satisfied just being with her boyfriend, she still couldn't stand such a shameful behavior.

"Neville, shall we go?"

"No, wait a little longer!"

Hearing that Neville could still refuse Hannah's proposal to leave even though he complained, Ron couldn't help saying happily:

"I knew that our friendship is the strongest!"

However, Neville, who collapsed on the ground, immediately shook his head decisively.

"What friendship?" Seeing him rubbing his leg in pain, he sighed and said, "My leg is just so numb that I can't feel it, I can't even walk!"

"Pfft—"

A chuckle suddenly sounded from beside the three of them, causing Neville to turn his head with difficulty, and Hannah, who was covering her face, quickly separated her fingers and looked over.

"Hermione? Ma... oops!"

Ron, who was still struggling to squat under the window sill, turned his head, and his sore legs finally couldn't keep his balance anymore, causing him to collapse on the ground all at once.

"You don't feel tired after squatting for so long, thanks to your hard work!" Maca, who was standing next to Hermione, said with a smile, "Hermione and I just talked about a new library in Diagon Alley, we are going to Strolling there—how about it, are you still interested in going with us?"

"Of course I'm going!" Ron wasn't too dirty, so he simply turned over on the spot and lay on his back, "But... Maca, is there any potion that can relieve leg numbness?"

The numbness in both his and Neville's legs was nothing more than the poor blood flow caused by squatting for a long time. Even if they were left alone, they would recover by themselves after a while. Maca just took out a small bottle and gave them a sip, and soon the two of them jumped up and stood up.

Immediately, Ron raised his hand and said:

"Let's go!"

...

A few minutes later, in the backyard of the Leaky Cauldron, five figures appeared together in a burst of space distortion.

After Maka knocked down the courtyard wall and entered the crowded Diagon Alley, Ron suddenly stretched out his hand and stopped Neville and Hannah behind him.

"What's wrong?" Hermione looked at him suspiciously.

In fact, it wasn't just Hermione, even Neville and Hannah looked at him puzzled.

"Huh?" Ron said with a hey smile, "Let's take a look here and go later...You and Maca go first! Don't wait for us."

Speaking of this, his meaning is already very clear, this is to carry the "voyeurism" to the end!

"You followed me, does it make any sense?" Maca waved his hand and said, "Stop poking around like a fool, let's go shopping together!"

After that, he and Hermione took Neville and Hannah and walked forward together. Ron hesitated for a while behind, and then had to rush after him.

"...This is still a 'date'!"

Although Ron knew something about Maca, Hermione and Luna, the complicated relationship between the three of them was beyond Ron's comprehension.

In fact, it's hard for them to tell, let alone a friend like Ron.

And the significance of this date, in fact, does not lie in what specific things were done, it is mainly a mutual statement between Hermione and Luna.

Since this "seeker duel", the two girls have officially changed from "stalemate" to "competition". Although they are still good friends, they probably won't compromise with each other like before.

Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, the real competition may not be fully implemented until the Haierbo incident is completely over.

It was precisely because Maca finally understood what the two of them were thinking after Luna said the word "date", that's why he took Hermione out for a stroll today without any scruples.

"Huh? Is this the library you're talking about? It doesn't look like much?"

Not long after, Maca led the four of them to the front of a store next to Ollivander's wand shop. He glanced inside the store first, and then looked up at the signboard above the gate.

The reason why Ron said "not so good" is because this signboard looks so ordinary.

"This is opened by Batty Old," Maca said casually. "After resigning, he thought a lot at home alone, and finally tidied up the private library at home—Batty Jr. loved reading when he was alive. It is said that here He has read many of Tou’s books.”

It can be seen that there is a big brass key on the signboard, the style is quite familiar, it is the one hanging around the neck of the little Barty Crouch who died under his hands that year.

It was because little Barty pulled out the key before he died that old Barty, who was locked up and almost died of thirst, was almost saved.

After Maca used the Pensieve to let him see his son's last performance, the tough old man, who had always been tough all his life, finally bent his back that was always tall and straight.

"'Brass Key Library'...is really a simple and rude store name!" Ron shrugged, but then he said in surprise, "You just said 'Old Barty'? He was the former head of the Department of International Magic Exchange and Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic." Director, Barty Crouch?"

"Yes!"

Maca nodded.

Back then, old Batty was known as the most promising person to become the Minister of Magic, and because of his open attitude against Voldemort, he once won a lot of prestige.

However, in the end he resigned sadly because of his son, and instantly became a commoner from a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Magic.

"Come on! Go in and have a look... I heard that old Barty has adopted two children, a boy and a girl, both of whom are ordinary Muggle orphans. It seems that he has completely figured it out..."

Although there is no third person in the world who can understand the meaning of the name of the shop "Copper Key", but at least old Batty has taken the first step after the loss of his son.

Things in the past are no longer so important to others.

"Mr. Crouch? I came to see you...Mr. Crouch?"

"Sir, are you an acquaintance of Grandpa?"

A teenage girl stood by the door and asked timidly.

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