Chapter 1077: Bronze Key Bookstore

"Tick ... Tick ..."
In a dark and deep place, the sound of empty drips echoed day after day. The dull, moist air flows slowly here, mixed with indescribable odor.
Occasionally, there will be a series of sounds, sounding in the darkness with no fingers. They approached from a distance, and then hurriedly walked away on the standing water.
Those little passers-by are probably just mice.
There are basically no people here, some are snake worms and ants living in the city with humans, adding a little unknown life to this deep and empty underground world.
Yes, logically speaking, it should be like this-it is dirty but calm, but the eerie is not dangerous, it is a "pure land" built artificially in the bustling city.
But recently ...
"hiss--"
Accompanied by a chirping, low-pitched hissing noise, a small friction sound came from afar, and there was a tendency to grow louder.
And as the sound of friction approached, even the ground began to shake slightly, as if something huge was approaching quickly in the endless darkness.
Before long, the movement slowly turned into a rumble, and the hissing sound became more and more infiltrating.
Finally, when a group of mice squeaked and hurried to be scattered, the sound came to an abrupt end. Then, a pair of huge eyes twinkling with the dark green gloom suddenly appeared in the darkness.
"Don't stop, not yet."
Suddenly, a voice sounded near those eyes, and that was the voice of a person. I could hear the voice being a little old, but very calm.
As soon as the voice was settled, those eyes suddenly disappeared again. Immediately after that was the sound of rumbling again, wrapped in a gust of wind and passing by, and only a moment later I heard it swing away.
For a long time, the original dripping sound reappeared-it still kept the same and echoed in this wide passage at the original rhythm.
...
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Pettifer Tea House.
Here, while drinking black tea and dessert, talking about the world of Maca and Hermione, finally did not pick up the teapot that had been refilled once and poured it into the empty tea cup.
Although the two talked 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 affairs of the entire magic world, the well-known Maca and Hermione will never lack topics.
But no matter how happy they were, they wouldn't spend a good afternoon here.
"What time is it? After drinking a lot of tea, they should almost 'do business', right?"
Outside a window of the tea house, a sneaky voice sounded from under the window sill, and familiar people would hear it at once-it was Ron's voice.
Immediately after, another voice came out, seemingly weak:
"Ron, let's just forget it! Maca and Hermione are on a date. It's not good for us to peek so much ... Also, my legs are squatting."
"Neville, can't you insist on it!" Ron reluctantly said, "Your legs are numb ... Do you think I'm not numb? Look at your girlfriend Hannah, the girl hasn't shouted a tired word till now! "
"Because she's been sitting on the ground for a long time!" Neville said bitterly. "I was going to sit too, but if you keep squatting like this, I have to stay with you ..."
"Oh!" Ron heard and patted Neville's shoulder. "Hey, okay! It's my good buddy!"
But who knows that he took such a shot, but Neville couldn't squat anymore, and as soon as he crooked, he fell down at the root of the wall.
Pedestrians passing by watched the three of them squatting, sitting one on their back, looking at them with a subtle look, so that Hannah, who was sitting silently next to Neville, could not help covering her face.
Although it was enough to just be with her boyfriend, she was a little introverted and could not stand it.
"Neville, shall we go?"
"No, wait a little longer!"
Ron couldn't help hearing that Neville was able to reject Hannah's offer despite complaining.
"I knew that our friendship is the strongest!"
However, Neville, who collapsed on the ground, immediately shook his head decisively.
"What friendship?" I saw him rubbing his legs in pain, and sighed in a sigh, "I just lost my consciousness in my legs and couldn't walk anymore!"
"Uh-"
A chuckle suddenly sounded beside the three, causing Neville to turn back hard, Hannah covering her face and quickly separated her fingers and looked over.
"Hermione? Ma ... oops!"
Ron, who was still squatting under the window sill, turned his head, and his sore legs were finally unable to maintain balance, and he fell to the ground all at once.
"I didn't feel tired after squatting for so long, it's also hard for you!" Maca, standing next to Hermione, smiled. "Hermione and I just talked about a new library in Diagon Alley. Walk around there-how about it, and if you're interested in coming with us? "
"Of course I'm going!" Ron wasn't too dirty, he just rolled over on his back, and lay on his back. "But ... Maca, is there a potion that can relieve the numbness of the legs?"
He and Neville's numb legs were caused by poor blood flow after squatting for a long time. Even if they were left alone, they would recover after a while. Maca just drew a small bottle out of her hand and gave them a sip, and soon they both stood up alive.
Immediately, Ron waved his hand:
"Let's go!"
...
A few minutes later, in the backyard of the Broken Cauldron, five figures appeared in a twist of space.
After Demarca knocked on the courtyard wall and entered the diagonal alley, Ron suddenly reached out and stopped Neville and Hannah behind him.
"What's wrong?" Hermione looked at him in doubt.
In fact, it was not only Hermione, but even Neville and Hannah looked at him with a dull look.
"Huh?" Ron smiled hey. "Let's see here, and then go ... you and Maca go first! Don't wait for us."
Speaking of this, his meaning is very clear, this is to carry out the "voyeur" to the end!
"You're here with you, does it still make sense?" Maca waved his hand. "Don't try to probe your brain like a fool, just go shopping!"
After all, he and Hermione walked forward with Neville and Hannah. Ron hesitated for a while before he had to hurry to catch up.
"... It's still a 'dating'!"
Although Ron knows something about Maca, Hermione, and Luna, the complex relationship between them is not understood by Ron.
In fact, it's hard for them to make it clear, let alone a friend like Ron.
The significance of this date, in fact, does not lie in what they did. The main thing is Hermione and Luna's mutual attitude.
Since the start of the "finger matchup", the two girls have officially changed from "stalemate" to "competition." Although they are still good friends, they probably no longer compromise with each other as before.
Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, I am afraid that the real competition will not be fully realized until the event of Haierbo is completely over.
It's because Maca finally understood the two's thoughts after Luna said the word "dating", so she will take Hermione out without any worries today.
"Huh? Is this what you mean by the library? It doesn't look good?"
Not long after, Maca led the four of them to the door of a store next to the Oliver Wand store. He first glanced at the store before looking up at the sign above the gate.
The reason Ron says "not so good" is because this signboard looks too ordinary.
"This is the old Batty," Maca said casually. "After resigning, he considered a lot at home alone, and finally organized his private library at home.-Little Batty liked to read before his life. It is said that here He has read a lot of the top books. "
It can be seen that there is a large brass key on the signboard, which looks quite familiar. It was the little Batty Crouch who died under his hand that year.
At that time, it was because Barty had pulled out the key before he was dying. This made Old Barty, who was locked up and almost thirsty, almost saved.
After Maca used the meditation basin to show him his son's last performance, this tough old man, after all, still lifted his always straight back.
"'The Bronze Key Bookstore' ... It's really a simple and rude shop name!" Ron shrugged, but then surprised, "Did you just say 'Old Barty'? It was the former Department of International Magical Exchange and Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic Chief, Batty Crouch? "
"Yes!"
Maca nodded.
At that time, Barty was the man who claimed to be the most promising Minister of Magic, and because of his open attitude against Voldemort, he had won a lot of prestige.
However, ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Finally he resigned sadly because of his son, and instantly became a civilian from a senior official of the Ministry of Magic.
"Come on! Let's go in and see ... I heard that Old Barty also adopted two children, a man and a woman, who are ordinary Muggle orphans. It seems that he has thoroughly figured out ..."
Although the name of the "Bronze Key" shop is afraid that no third person in the world can understand its meaning, at least the old Barty has taken the first step after his bereavement.
The past is less important to others.
"Mr. Crouch? I'm here to see you ... Mr. Crouch?"
"Sir, are you an acquaintance of Grandpa?"
A little girl in her teens stood beside the door and asked timidly.
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