It's all fake, he knows.And this illusion is so beautiful, and the impunity of the traitors who destroyed it all makes him feel even more ashamed and angry.Boom – the sky has changed.Dark clouds instantly covered the sky.Huge raindrops fell immediately afterward.The sound of rain filled the heavens and the earth.The rain fell, causing an arc of ripples on the surface of the lake, splashing in the puddles at your feet.In the distance, the students screamed and dragged the boxes forward, and a few scrambled to pull out their wands and try to chant a rain spell that they were not very proficient at.It's all far from them.The whole world was only Sirius, and the two companions who smiled casually in front of him."
Hi.Really, do you feel so bad when you think of us, Siris?
”Jaime didn't change his movements, the rain falling from between the leaves, slamming down on his face, his eyes stubbornly wide as he watched the dark inky clouds roll over the castle spire.The rain soaked Jaime's upturned hair, and his trademark messy hair slung smoothly to his head, except for a handful that remained firmly cocked.The rain wet his glasses, and Jaime simply took them off.The unique pleasure of vitality on his face radiated freely, and there was no one in the world who was more vigorous than him.Lily, the rain had made her look clearer, and her smile was bright and firm, as flexible as a clear river that would never be stopped."
Sirith," Lily's smile was so beautiful, "we never want you to think of us with pain and resentment, and if you always do, we'll feel even more sorry." ”"When you think of our story, your heart should be full of joy."
Lily said."
It's stupid for you to mess with someone like Peter."
James made an understatement.These two men took their own death too lightly, and their nonchalant attitude made Sirius feel as if he had been obsessed with it for more than ten years.He became angry: "Do you think this is my fault?
I did what I myself knew, and I had the right to be upset and angry. ”He jumped up and stomped his foot in anger, and the rain splashed on Jaime, "You-you, died, and took away the happiness that belonged to the four of us, and I can't even be gloomy now?"
It's none of your business!
”"We didn't find it easy," Lily said softly, "Siris, but what happened has happened."
It shouldn't be allowed to go on and catch up with you and bring more losses. ”Lily's face saddened."
We're also having a hard time......
I know, it's really frustrating......
But you also have to accept it.You are the strongest, Siris.We know that you are the strongest and bravest. ”Sirius gripped the corners of his mouth and laughed dryly."
Really," Jaime said with a smile, seriously, "you should have bypassed yourself."
You see, you know how it is, and I don't blame you, Lily doesn't blame you, why should you blame yourself. ”Sirius said softly, "I'm going to keep it a secret......
I've trusted the wrong people, and I'm the one to blame—" "Hah, what's that," James interrupted, "So I'm the one who trusted your plan in the first place, so I'm the one to blame for my own death?"
Well, that's not a big mistake. ”Jaime grimaced in pain.Lily nodded solemnly, "He's right, Siris.If you think about it later, just curse Potter viciously, he's the sinner who caused it all. ”"Hey," Jaime protested half-truthfully, "don't shirk your responsibility, you agreed to it at the beginning." ”"It's not funny."
Faced with the antics of two friends, Sirius didn't give any face."
I don't know how death feels to the dead, but for the living......" he paused, the experience of more than ten years was too heavy for him to speak.However, compared to the two people who were killed by them, these tortures seem too light......
Jaime looked up at Sirius, his eyes seeming to read the years of his suffering.Thirteen years in prison in Azkaban: gloomy, screaming, moaning, damp, cursed; What is even more terrible is the misunderstanding of everyone, everyone is cursing him, casting angry eyes of disappointment at him, and the only person who can give him unconditional trust is the person whom the world misunderstands and kills."
Oh, Siris."
Lily sighed, "Come to me." ”Sirius was overwhelmed and reacted half a beat slower, and Lily caught up with him and gave him a hug.A long, long-awaited, comforting hug from a friend."
It's not your fault, Siris.It's not your fault. ”Sirius shuddered slightly, and Lily deepened the embrace, comforting him."
Our best, best friend."
Lily's voice was light, like an ethereal song.The rain was even heavier.The whoop almost drowned out Lily's words in his ear."
We love you.Thank you for 20 years.It's been so long, enough is enough.Now, you should have another group, another group of people who can keep you from letting go. ”Lily let go of him, looked closely at the old friend, and left another kiss on the side of his face.There seemed to be emotion and sadness in Jaime's eyes, but they were quickly overshadowed by banter.He also hugged Sirius hard and punched him."
Man, don't disgrace our people.We were the most beautiful at Hogwarts, and you and Remus are living like this, are you going to make me angry again?
”Then he couldn't say anything, so he punched again."
As for Peter and Voldemort.If you can't find these two guys in the gutter, don't bother; But if you really have the chance, you'll let it go, then—" Jaime smiled menacingly.Then he regained his sincere expression and said, "It doesn't matter, we are still your most loyal friends." ”Friend.The seven years that I spent together day and night when I was young forged the firmest and most unbreakable friendship.Take risks, walk under the beating willows, occupy the best position in the break room, open hundreds of books just to find more information about werewolves, and sit in the back row and laugh at Jaime who is in a daze at Lily.Or adventure, adventure, adventure.Day and night, I walked around every corner of Hogwarts, looked at the strange portraits in every painting and inquired about its origins, gossiped with the sculptures, and heard the whispers of every piece of armor.Sirius smiled.Yes, how can so many things that can be recalled be marked with cold and gray because of Peter?
When you think of the happiest old days, you should smile.You don't have to think about revenge all the time, because you can't forget it.Without saying goodbye, not saying more, or even taking one last look around Hogwarts from his childhood—for it had all been engraved in his heart for a long time—Sirius took one last look at James and Lily, blinked naturally, and opened his eyes again, with wallpaper of his own choice above his head, decorated with the warm colors of Hogwarts, and the wind outside the window on the plains rattling the leaves.He was in his own home.Eighteen years after graduating from Hogwarts, and fifteen years after the murder of his lifelong best friend.Helen's words in the morning seemed to be in her ears.I'm kind of here, let's put it down.Sirius thought so, and I don't know if the feeling in my heart was relieved.Chapter 107 Vincent is very satisfied with the current situation, although life is challenging, but it is not very urgent, give him a certain amount of time, he is sure to save the day.In hindsight, he was too optimistic.How could the days of smooth sailing always be with him, he should cherish it before.The housewarming celebration held that day under the three trees of the South River was characterized not by grandeur, but by joy.The members of the Order of the Phoenix, as well as the four students of Ravenclaw, including Vincent, all knew that Voldemort's rise was imminent and that turmoil was coming, but in the moment of peace, they all enjoyed the party with a faint sense of unease.At the end of the holidays, I returned to Hogwarts, a strong fortress that would normally insulate the effects of the outside situation, and now there are some bad signs.Slytherin students are swaggering and deliberately smirkling, and when they get into a conflict with students from other houses, they will shout sentences like "you won't live for more than a few days anyway".The professors said they didn't like it, and the children inside spread the shadow of the situation.But Umbridge was in the middle of it, and for a time no one could give an absolute order to deter the Slytherins from shutting down.While trying to stop them from disturbing people's minds, Vincent also wants to find out what their parents are up to.Yves said that Malfoy must know something, and Malfoy protested, saying that his father was still locked up in Azkaban, which was basically Voldemort's backyard, and that he wanted to find out all about the Order of the Phoenix, and that he would at least ensure the absolute safety of his family.This was already arranged, so within a few days, the Ministry of Magic raided Malfoy's manor, and found a large number of serious prohibited items inside, Narcissa Malfoy was taken away for investigation, and Lucius was transferred from Azkaban.Because the prohibited items were said to be related to the Department of Occult Affairs, they were kept in the secretive department's own cell.Now the noble old brand of Malfoy in the wizarding world is completely smashed, but if the Order of the Phoenix finally defeats Voldemort, the Malfoy family will return to the upper wizarding world in a more glorious manner.Until then, Malfoy had to endure the overwhelming taunts and increasingly undisguised ridicule of the Slytherins, led by Elenin.At a D.A. rally, everyone talked about this.Given that Malfoy often led Slytherin to do the same to Harry in the first few years, he didn't get much sympathy from everyone."
Dog-eat-dog."
One Hufflepuff student said cheerfully, and the other students grinned in agreement.Yves knows more than anyone else.Because Malfoy defected to the Order of the Phoenix, he completely gave up fighting for his place in Slytherin, and the Malfoys were specially detained as a way to protect them, so they became their own people, but they got even worse at Hogwarts.Of course, Yves himself was the number one person who forced him to betray Voldemort in the first place, but the Malfoys were very proactive in their actions, but as far as Draco was concerned, the spy showed much more sincerity than Professor Snape.For four years, the students have been resentful of the Slytherin bullies led by Malfoy, and the critical words of the small symposium make Yves, who knows the inside story, unbearable.He turned back to Vincent, who and Bellini were leaning against the soft wall at the other end of the house, heads next to each other, carefully studying the words on a large thick book.Yves stood up, stretched, and returned to his small Ravenclaw group."
Hey, what are you doing?"
Yves sat down lazily and squeezed his head over to read the words in the book.Then he gave up."
What are you looking at?""
Muggle History, Politics/Governance/Strife."
Bellini said without looking up, and quickly turned another page."
Bellini wanted to study intrigues and struggles," Vincent said, "and what could be more useful than reading a history book?"
”"You can read the history of the wizarding world.""
We've finished it," Bellini flipped another page, "I have to say that since the wizarding world has become large, it has been a mess, or it is fighting with Muggles, not at all organized and planned intrigue like Muggles."
I learned a lot here. ”Vincent whispered a few words of background to a point, and then they flipped another page."
Oh, really?"
Yves was also interested, and he squeezed Vincent into the middle, and watched it together.So, at an envious pace, the three Ravenclaws read a specialized book that had little to do with their field of knowledge, and it was easy for them, turning the pages and discussing it at their leisure.The D.A. members had finished their brief afternoon meeting and had left one after another, and Yves was the first to realize that they had been left last, rubbing his eyes, and waiting for Bellini to put away the large book, and the three of them got up and prepared to go back to Ravenclaw Tower.Before leaving the Room of Requirement, he said to Vincent, "If I were you, I would go and see how our little spy was doing."
His situation sounds worrying. ”"I don't know."
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Vincent grabbed his hair and carefully left the Room of Requirement after Bellini and Yves, the three of them watching the door fade away.Vincent said, "I thought I should have avoided him a little—you had the whim to attack old Goyle, and I think he must have hated me, for I had forced him to go to the Barry Forest." ”"Then you should apologize."
Vincent choked on Yves' rightful thoughts, and then rolled his eyes: "Is it a terrible idea that you came up with?"
If he had to be forced to defect from the Death Eaters, what could a fifth-grader do?
”"Not necessarily," Yves snorted, "The Death Eaters are very vigilant, and it's normal that the members of the Order of the Phoenix can't speak."
But these students are full of loopholes, and even if we can't find direct information, the small details revealed by their family members will be very useful......""
Slow.You asked me to apologize to him, and in the end you still wanted me to ask him to get information. ”Vincent suddenly turned back, blocking Yves' path.There was no one in the corridor now, and any sound was particularly obvious, Vincent lowered his voice and frowned, "Is this a plan you have thought of a long time ago?"
You were going to use him to get Slytherin intel beforehand?
”"How could I think so far?"
Yves spread his hands and said, "Can I still find the time to ask Danki to send you a message, so that Malfoy can hear, and then calculate that you will bring him?"
Take it easy, but I just happen to be really looking for a Slytherin guilt, boom, and he's bumped into him again, and the family conditions that have been driven to the point of disgrace are also suitable, so-" Vincent stared at him, and after a few seconds, he said, "I don't know what you guys really think.This kind of thing should never be mixed in by students in the first place.Your frustration at Barry Forest illustrates this very clearly—"So what?
”Yves folded his arms, and his tone was no longer kind: "You won't be unclear about what kind of people Slytherin are.Perhaps, our young classmate did well after accepting the olive branch of the Order of the Phoenix, which made me feel a little different about him, but that didn't change the fact that he was a Slytherin - they were all not educated like us when they were young, and after all, we would not be the same kind of people, and there was no need to consider him as a real companion. ”"My dad was educated in Slytherin, how's that?""
But he's a Gryffindor."
So that also supports your point?
Malfoy hasn't done anything heinous yet, you've used him as cannon fodder. ”Yves had no choice but to make a downward pressure gesture to calm the atmosphere."
I have to warn you - this is all your assumption, and nothing has happened yet.And even if the process is done properly, maybe no one will be harmed. ”"Can you exonerate yourself for the fact that your plot has not yet materialized?"
Vincent snorted, and he turned his head and patted Bellini as he went back down the hallway with him.Bellini witnessed a sudden argument between the two friends, looked at this and that, but without saying anything to persuade him, he followed Vincent and went on."
OK," Yves was annoyed by the aggressive Vincent, and his tone softened a little, he caught up with Vincent, looking at him as he walked, "What the hell are you struggling with?"
A group of people in Slytherin is really hopeless, and you don't pretend not to know.I also know that you are not a saint with a good heart, well, for example, Bruce, you see that you did not remember that you had so many righteous and awe-inspiring principles when you faced him-" "Well, let's pick it apart," said Vincent, "did you never think that he was the one I brought with me—the one I brought over, my people, and you did it so rashly, and only scribbled explanations afterwards, did you not think how bad it would be for my relationships?"
”Yves was dumbfounded: "I didn't know you and him were really friends." ”He blinked, "Your relationship is always stiff.If you want me to say, the person who is the most hostile to him on the surface, except for Harry, and the other three is you......"
"So I didn't let you see it, it's really my fault." ”Vincent said sarcastically.Yves tried to explain something, but Vincent waved his hand: "Forget it, at first I thought about it inconsiderately.I really didn't stop you when you made that request. ”"Yes."
Yves followed Vincent's words and immediately tried to absolve himself of responsibility."
-I just wanted him to get out of the circle of Death Eaters as soon as possible, I didn't expect you to have other plans in private."
Vincent said, "I'm suggesting you do some soul-searching. ”Bellini said, "Where are you going?"
”"I'll go around the sixth floor and see if I can touch him."
Vincent finished speaking and went in the direction of the stairs.Yves was dumbfounded by what he said, and waited for him to leave before half-jokingly venting his anger and saying: "'I suggest you reflect on it'—do you hear how he is now speaking more and more arrogantly and commandingly?
”Bellini was not deceived by Yves's momentum, and asked directly: "So, how are you going to reflect?"
”Yves hung his head and pondered how to apologize to Vincent: "Otherwise, let's get him some books out of the way, this guy will love this." ”Vincent said that looking for Malfoy on the sixth floor was originally just for Bellini to casually prevaricate, and he didn't have the basis to say that the probability of finding Malfoy on the sixth floor would be a little more.He just had a quarrel with Yve, hoping to be alone so as not to put himself in an awkward and stiff atmosphere.He wandered around the empty classroom on the sixth floor for a while, pretending to find someone, and then calculated that it was bedtime, and he was ready to go back to the tower—now he was not as alienated from the world as he had been when he first came to first grade, and now, he felt that he really lived in this world, and he had to think that he could not let Ravenclaw get too many points.Unexpectedly, he actually met Malfoy.How clever is the world?
Vincent thought that ten minutes ago he had been arguing with his classmates about him, and now this fuggling guy was sitting on his toes on the desk in the empty classroom.Without anyone else with him - it was natural that he was now on the opposite path of Slytherin, and while such a correct history would have helped him a lot in officialdom after the war, it had undoubtedly exacerbated his isolation now.Vincent hesitated for a few seconds, not knowing whether to go in or not.Although he had been told by Yves that he and Malfoy were friends, he was not sure if he was treated like this in Malfoy's heart.After all, he had never brought Master Malfoy any kind of party or fun that a normal friend could give, and there were a lot of fights, killings, and all kinds of troubles.After standing for a while, Vincent thought it would be better to leave.But then, as if he had heard something, Malfoy suddenly turned his head.Vincent had no choice but to say hello and step forward.Before he could say a few words, the lights out bell rang.The sound of ancient bells echoed in the empty classrooms, shaking the air and ups and downs, and the moonlight was dim tonight, which together with the bells formed a particularly solemn atmosphere."
I wonder if it's going to snow this Christmas."
Malfoy suddenly said something that surprised Vincent, and from his observations over the past five years, Malfoy was almost certain to be the one who would scoff at the mention of a holiday like Christmas, which is full of warmth and purity.Vincent leaned over the window and saw that the moon was reddish, and clear marks were visible on the surface, overcast like clay sealed on a curtain of deep blue sky.He remembered Christmas a year ago.Crouch and Crouch made the school a mess, and Sirius, who was hiding in Tibet, was fortunately cleared in advance, but Vincent himself reversed his previous lifestyle of being at the forefront of trouble, fainted, and lay in the school hospital until the night of the 24th.It really feels like a long time ago.But speaking of which, he still hasn't figured out why he fainted suddenly, and then the punishment of the world order has silently ended, and now for a year, he has made the world trajecto too much, but the terrible soul vertigo like the first year at Hogwarts has never appeared.Malfoy thought of something else: "I remember you and Bruce clashing before Christmas?"
It's a pity you didn't kill him sooner......"
"What do you mean?"
”Why did it go to Bruce again?
Malfoy shook his legs."
Didn't Bruce tell you?
He contacted Voldemort before Christmas, made a deal with him, and then helped the Dark Lord - I mean, Voldemort to come back to life, providing him with a place to hide, money, medicine and most importantly, Potter's blood on Easter Day. ”Vincent felt like he was thinking of something.The thought was so fast, so terrible, that even he didn't really realize what it meant.Malfoy's words came through as if they were a layer of glass, and Vincent seemed to be listening."
Now it seems that the benefit he gave him was the emerald ring for the summer vacation - you said that ring could resurrect souls."
Vincent Ho stood up.He walked quickly back and forth from aisle to aisle: "Bruce and Voldemort came into contact at that time, and made a deal.Voldemort gave him the Resurrection Stone - I said how did Bruce get the Resurrection Stone; And he helped Voldemort get Harry's blood and bring Voldemort back to life—" Malfoy looked at Vincent, who was a little out of control, for some reason.The moon burrowed into the mist, and the classroom was plunged into ominous darkness."
Little Crouch was caught before Christmas, and then he helped Voldemort to do something else, but I didn't expect it to be Bruce!"
Vincent couldn't believe he had let such a big fork fall under his nose.He suddenly stood still in the darkness.He recalled all sorts of suspicious details.At that time, when the Warriors were training, Bruce and Elaine suddenly disappeared.When he returned, he was in a good mood and generously returned to him all the things Helen had left behind.Thanks to Vincent's superior memory, he now remembers every detail clearly.Why is Bruce suddenly triumphant?
Why is he no longer attached to Helen's relics?
He should have been jealous, because it was Helen who had left it to Vincent instead of him, but he had simply returned it to Vincent - because he knew then how to bring Helen's soul back.Voldemort's Resurrection Stone.Voldemort didn't care about the power of the stone, but Bruce did.Even if it was a Horcrux, if Bruce could help Voldemort gain flesh with a remnant, it would be a good deal to promise him a Horcrux.So—Vincent recalculates the complicated, cumbersome, useless formulas he has abandoned for so long.He modified a few parameters, added a few more, and took into account the newly obtained information today, and he found that it was completely correct, so it was easy to ......
"Who died at the end of March?"
”Vincent asked suddenly.Malfoy didn't react."
It's Alan Baker.The Daily Prophet let go of the obituary. ”Vincent himself replied.His head hadn't been as good as it was today in a long time, and it was spinning fast.Alan Jefferson Baker was a wizard in the Ministry, with messy, sloppy hair, and no raunchy hair.When Vincent was hiding in a Muggle inn, he came to him and pointed him to Hogwarts."
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That's fair......," Vincent murmured."
What?"
Malfoy asked immediately."
Wait, I'm going to do the math."
Vincent raised his hands like a conductor in a symphony.Then at Easter, Elaine, Bruce's henchman, dies, and Lydia from Beauxbatons, one after the other.Last month, Bellini's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hornby.Vincent realized what that meant.He stumbled a few steps back, and touched a chair, thick and dusty, which he ignored and sat down heavily, dust stirring up and filling his nose, and a thick bitter taste in his mouth at the same time.Malfoy heard that there was no movement, and walked over in search of an impression, but Vincent had easily avoided him thanks to his training as a child, who could see clearly in the dark.Vincent looked sadly at everything around him.It's all fair.At the beginning of his arrival in this world, this axiom was clear and clear, and he would be severely punished for daring to do even a small action, even if it was a subjective idea.But after all, he exists, abruptly here, even if he doesn't have any subjective ideas, he is changing the course and direction of events little by little, not to mention that he later came up with all kinds of means to bypass the order and punish him too painfully.So the attack on the soul stopped.The last vertigo, when Voldemort lost Crouch Jr. as a necessary part of his resurrection operation.That time Vincent fainted - Voldemort's rebirth was too important to be prevented so easily that Vincent should never have woken up as punishment for interfering with it all.Bruce saved him by mistake.He wanted to resurrect Helen so much, he followed the old story of the British resurrection stone, and used his family power to touch Voldemort, in order to get the resurrection stone, he offered to help Voldemort resurrect - so he took over the little Crouch, who was captured again, as Voldemort's hand and ears in Hogwarts, planning a conspiracy against Harry, and the world was barely back on track.Vincent woke up.That was an opportunity.An outsider acts so easily and again and again that order changes its means.Equivalent exchange.As much as you have changed, I will take from you.Barty Crouch was released from the Imperius Curse early on, and he avoided death.That evening, Alan Baker had a broom accident.Harry was drawn into the resurrection ritual early on, when Cedric Diggory was not in the woods, untouched, and averted death.And that day Lydia died.Barty Crouch Jr. was imprisoned by the Ministry of Magic in advance, and he avoided death.So a little later after Voldemort's resurrection, Elaine died.Does that sound like a good deal?
Anyway, life and death will not affect Vincent's safety, and compared to being punished for his soul, the life and death of others can stand by and watch - so Vincent didn't notice the three substitutions between the dead and the undeserving.But that's just the prologue.Barty Cedric and the like were not Vincent's concerns, but then, Sirius, which Vincent really cared about, avoided his terrible fate.For the same price, the Hornby couple, who had been hospitably entertaining Vincent for three years of summer vacation and Christmas holidays, died.Vincent couldn't tell which was more terrifying, the destined death of a father he had finally begun to care about in his life, or the retribution for his actions that caused his best friend's parents to die in a Death Eater raid.Both are equally scary.So he avoided the former, leading to the latter.Vincent combed it all over and over again, and he shuddered.He didn't know what to do with Bellini.That's a heavy charge.He caused the death of Bellini's loved ones for his own loved ones - unintentionally, but what does that mean?
He still remembered Bellini's pain for the past month, how could he be at ease with it?
Vincent thought about Dumbledore's fate next.Dumbledore wouldn't die.He knew, because the ring that was destined to curse him had already been burned by himself.Who would be the one who would die in his place?
Vincent mentally weighed Professor Dumbledore's weight and found out if it would be Flitwick or McGonagall?
Later, then Lupin, Tonks, Fred, will lose their lives, should he care?
But if they are saved, there will be others who will suffer a fate that does not belong to them.It's all about it, it's all because I care too much......
Vincent's head seemed to explode with a bang.If he didn't care about everyone in this world from the beginning, then no one who died now would not make him sad and make him sad......
So......
Vincent's remorse made him sore—I should have stayed out of it from the beginning.The author has something to say: the stalk that has been buried for several years has finally been used up.I'm tired.As I said, there was no digging holes, and there was no digression, and the ending was set very early.Today is the chapter of the point question~!.
Looking back on the previous episodes, do you have the feeling of sudden enlightenment.Proud~ Chapter 108 The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was suddenly invited out of the office this day, and he didn't have time to call the police or anything, because, it's funny, the moving portrait on the wall informed him.The Prime Minister has the opportunity to enter the wizarding world.This is the treatment that many British prime ministers have never received.However, the prime minister did not expect much there, he was past the age of a child, and in a position of responsibility, the last thing he should do was to put himself in a situation where he had no self-preservation, especially when the other party was a group of people who could not be inquired into by common sense.But the man who dragged him away didn't care about that, and he politely and firmly told the prime minister to go to the fireplace, not the door.Then the Prime Minister was asked to stand in the fireplace, and his shiny leather shoes were dusted, and the man was engrossed in teaching him: "12 Grimmauld Place, Prime Minister, please remember, 12th Grimmauld Place, don't make a mistake." ”A handful of powder was sprinkled outside, and the fire turned green, and the prime minister was prepared, but he was still so frightened that he slammed his head on the stone bricks in the fireplace, and he must have bled out.The people outside politely urged him, and he settled down, and finally read the right place correctly.So he fell dizzily on a thick carpet.The Prime Minister struggled to his feet and found himself in a very old-fashioned living room, which looked clean except for the furniture, which looked like a serious haunted house with its antique furnishings and dim lighting.Hearing the movement, a voice came from the side of the stairs, and a black-robed woman leaned in: "Minister?
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