Chapter 121: Letter Delivery Mission

It rained last night.

It rained continuously for two or three hours.

When the sun rose, the ground in Diagon Alley was still very damp, and green moss was crawling between the corners of the walls and between the bricks.

Vidra pulled off his hood and walked on the street. His worn boots stepped on the moss, leaving a group of green footprints on the gray-black bricks.

At this time, he looked like a middle-aged man, with thin cheeks and black eyes. There were patches on the wizard's robe, and he looked very lonely.

There weren't many guests in Diagon Alley at this time, and they couldn't compare to Lockhart's book launch party yesterday.

The owners of some shops were directing brooms and rags to clean. When they saw Wade walking by, they just glanced at him lazily and showed no interest in greeting him.

Several children were running and playing on the street, and some people were lying outside the broomstick shop early, looking obsessively at the latest Nimbus 2001 inside through the window.

There is a small White Deer Drinks store next to the Broomstick store. A teenager is sorting the shelves and shouting to the children:

"Be careful, don't hit anyone."

"Know it!"

The child shouted in response.

But it's one thing to say yes, and another thing to do it.

There were not many people on the street, so the children were a little careless when playing.

A child turned back and called his friends while running forward. He accidentally bumped into a wizard in black robes on the side of the road.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!"

He quickly lowered his head to apologize, but before he could raise his head, he felt the back of his neck being grasped by a hand like an eagle's claw.

"I bumped into someone, do you want to just apologize and forget about it?"

The skinny fingers pinched his neck from behind, and the sinister voice sounded malicious.

When the boy in the beverage shop saw this, he hurriedly ran out:

"I'm sorry, this is my brother. I apologize to you on his behalf... uh, can I buy you a drink?"

He looked up at the wizard and suddenly felt shuddering.

The pale wizard's eyes seemed to glow with green light, his cheekbones were prominent, there was a hideous scar at the corner of his mouth, and he exuded a strange smell.

He stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, a chilling smile forming on his lips.

"I don't need a free drink."

He said in a hoarse voice: "If you want to apologize, be sincere... How about doing me a small favor?"

The young man's scalp was numb, but he did not dare to retreat hastily. He swallowed and asked, "...What are you busy with?"

"How about delivering a letter for me?" the wizard took out a thick letter and asked.

The young man glanced at it and saw that the address on the envelope was nearby, and it wasn't a place like Knockturn Alley that people would be jealous of.

He hesitated for a moment, looked at his brother who was being held down by the wizard and was trying not to cry, and took the envelope with both hands.

"Okay, do you have any other instructions?"

The wizard's cold eyes swept over the two of them, and said with a sneer:

"The person receiving the letter has a bad temper. If you bring your brother with you, maybe you can make him be more tolerant to you."

When the young man heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

If this is the case, it is understandable that the wizard does not want to deliver the message himself.

"Also," the wizard let go of the boy's brother and added, "when you accepted this letter, you were cursed by me."

When the boy changed his color, he chuckled: "If you don't deliver the letter in time, I can't guarantee what will happen to you."

The boy took a deep breath: "I will deliver the letter in time."

"Well, I hope everything goes well for you." The wizard smiled and turned away.

The boy's mouth tightened. He patted his brother's head with the hand that was not holding the letter and said, "I'll deliver the letter. You come home quickly."

"No, I'll go with you!" the younger brother cried.

"It's just a letter delivery, there's no danger. I'll be back soon."

"No, I'll go with you!"

The little boy didn't know what happened just now. He only knew that he had brought trouble to his brother, and he was so scared that he cried.

And he still firmly remembered the words of the person just now - with him, the recipient of the letter would not be angry with his brother.

After persuading the boy for a while, he had no choice. He had no choice but to leave a note on the counter, close the shop door, and lead his brother towards the address on the letter.

——If everything goes well, we should be back in a few minutes.

he thought optimistically.

And his father went to Gringotts to withdraw money and should be back soon. When you see the note on the counter, you will definitely come out to find them.

The boy who walked away didn't see it. The wizard quickly turned back, opened the store door and went in. After a while, he came out again and walked in the direction where the boy left.

The middle-aged man resting on a bench by the roadside sighed, stood up slowly, and looked at the direction in which the people left.

…

The young man took the envelope and compared it with the house number of the roadside shop, and gradually walked into a secluded alley.

He walked back and forth but never found the address on the letter.

"Brother..." The little boy held his hand tightly.

"What's wrong?" the boy asked.

"I'm a little scared..." the little boy said with a cry.

The young man looked at the long and narrow alleyway and the closed doors on both sides, and turned around decisively: "Let's go back first and let dad take us to deliver the letter."

But as soon as they took two steps, their bodies froze.

The wizard who asked them to deliver the message was standing at the entrance of the alley.

"Bad boy, you didn't keep your promise."

He said in a voice that sounded like his throat was scratched: "You want to go home before the letter is delivered."

The boy quickly pulled out his wand, blocked his brother behind him, and tried to explain: "I didn't break my promise, I just couldn't find the place."

The wizard walked towards them and said: "I know the place, let me take you there."

"You can go there yourself!"

The little boy suddenly shouted: "We are going home! Dad is waiting for us!"

"No, he won't wait for you. He doesn't know where you are either."

The wizard threw a ball of paper at their feet. The boy looked down and saw his own handwriting on the ball of paper.

It was the note he left for his father.

He took two steps back as if he was afraid, and then his wand suddenly shook: "Fainted!"

The red beam of light shot at the wizard. He didn't expect that this seemingly young child could cast a coma spell, and he fell to the ground in a hurry!

The spell brushed his hair and hit the wall.

"Run!"

The boy didn't realize that his spell didn't hit him at all, so he pulled his brother and ran. Suddenly, he heard a voice: "All petrified!"

The two of them fell down stiffly.

An elderly witch appeared in front of them, slowly putting away her wand.

The witch laughed an unpleasant laugh like scratching glass, saying: "Little guys have sharp claws, right?"

The wizard came from behind, cursing and wiping his nose. He kicked the petrified boy and made him roll around. He pointed his wand at his heart and said coldly: "Heart-piercing!"

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, blood suddenly burst out of the wizard's chest and he flew backwards.