A person's dungeon is undoubtedly full of loneliness.
After Pansy left in a hurry with Ilulie, Muriel was the only one left in the dungeon of the Ministry of Magic.
Although after that, there were two more fixed-duty officers and two patrol officers in the corridor outside the cell, Muriel could not chat with them after all.
Fortunately, she has not been a girl who was afraid of loneliness since she was a child.
Muriel has been without her mother since the day she was born. I once heard from my father that it was a difficult childbirth that was quite rare in the magical world. Although a therapist from St. Mungo's was invited to the house in time, it still didn't help.
Of course, since her mother passed away too early, Muriel didn't feel much about it. If I have to say it, when I was a child, I was envious of other children who could spend Christmas together as a family, right
The first time Muriel was saddened to tears was probably when her father died unexpectedly when she was still in her third grade at Hogwarts.
It was a work accident. As a potion master, my father was exhausted from long hours of work and ended up stirring the cauldron in the wrong direction. Due to the sudden decomposition of certain components of the potion, a violent explosion spread across most of the potion preparation room.
The unquenchable demonic flames directly devoured him, three other colleagues, and two house elves, leaving only a few piles of surprisingly crispy bones.
I heard that burial of ashes has become popular at Muggle funerals, right? Now, my father, who had never kept up with the trend, finally caught up with the fashion.
Thinking of this, Muriel's nose felt a little sore.
And probably from the day her father passed away, Muriel began to study hard at potions. She returned to Hogwarts soon after her father's funeral and plunged into the school's rich library.
Serious study, good talent, and self-study as diligently as if she worked her whole life, enabled Muriel to graduate with an actual level that exceeded the upper limit of the NEWTs Potions exam score.
However, after leaving Hogwarts, Muriel still did not stop her study of potions.
After returning to her home in Knockturn Alley, she immersed herself in research and study until all the inheritance left to her by her parents was exhausted.
It must be said that the research of potions is indeed very expensive. Even though Muriel's family has been potions masters for several generations, and her grandfather has made a lot of gold galleons for the development of several new potions, he still cannot withstand Muriel's continuous consumption over the years.
But, of course, it is not difficult for Muriel, who has already achieved something, to get money. She just ran an inconspicuous potion material store in Knockturn Alley and sold some high-quality potions that were difficult to prepare, which gave her enough gold Galleons to continue her research.
But until now, no one seems to know why she is working so desperately.
Until one day, when a male wizard named Martin came here due to the introduction of a regular customer and bought some not-so-special potions. This man immediately broke into Muriel's personal world built with high walls.
That was the first time Muriel discovered that it was actually quite good to have a man by her side from time to time, whose presence or absence made no difference!
And one day after meeting Martin, when the two of them were sitting in the corner of the potion preparation room eating a simple dinner, Muriel told someone other than herself her long-cherished wish for the first time. .
"I want to develop a potion that can bring people back to life - the kind of potion that can still resurrect a person even if he has been reduced to ashes!"
Since ancient times, many people have longed for eternal life, and there are actually many people who longed to resurrect someone.
But is this possible
To be honest, instead of believing in being able to resurrect others, Martin personally actually believes in the existence of eternal life in this world. At the very least, everyone still has Nico Flamel in front of them, right
But even if he didn't believe it, he didn't say a word of persuasion to Muriel.
Perhaps it was Martin's silent support that made Muriel, who had always been alone, acquiesce in his existence and even gradually began to trust him.
Muriel remembered that whenever she had any difficulties, Martin was always the first and only one who would come to help her in time.
She also remembered that Martin was also the only one who did not frown secretly because of the stench in the house after entering her house.
That's right, Muriel was actually aware of the unpleasant stench in her home. But due to some research needs, she couldn't clean up the terrible odor and could only let it go.
Fortunately, there is at least one Martin who doesn't dislike it and is even willing to go there often.
Muriel is not afraid of loneliness, but probably not many people like loneliness... If she could choose, she would prefer to have someone to accompany her occasionally when she is not busy, even if it is just to chat from time to time.
But now, there is no Martin in this dungeon, and she is the only one left.
"Crack-"
It's that strange sound again, which seems to ring and stop everywhere, and can only be heard after it calms down.
Muriel sat in the corner by the door, reached out and grabbed a piece of dry straw from the ground beneath her body, twisted it a few times with some boredom, tied it into a knot, and then threw it in the direction where she heard the sound.
Except for the cell door, the other three directions of the cell were closed, and there were no windows. Therefore, the straw knots she threw could only be thrown against the wall, but the sound clearly came from the multi-person cell next door.
Muriel snorted meaninglessly and planned to continue taking a nap against the wall... I hope she won't dream about her father this time! After all, the potion with the resurrection effect was far from being developed yet, so she could not shamelessly accept her father's care.
But unfortunately, she may not even have the chance to fall asleep next.
"Well!"
The moment Muriel closed her eyes, a shadow suddenly jumped out from the corner opposite the cell, covering her head and face.
"what sound?"
An Auror who was on guard outside suddenly turned around and saw Muriel with her head slightly lowered. Her greasy and messy long hair covered her face, making it difficult to see clearly who she was. Dreaming is waking up.
"Maybe he's talking in his sleep!"
The colleague standing on the other side also glanced back and then shook his head.
"I saw her once just now, she was napping."
"Yeah?"
The Auror who spoke first nodded, but still felt uneasy - this was a special period, and the minister had issued a death order, so there must be no more accidents.
Although Aurors like them always feel that the current minister is a bit unreliable, if you must say it, it is not a bad thing to be careful.
"Dangdang—"
While he was thinking, he reached out and knocked on the iron bars of the cell door, letting the sound of tapping metal gradually echo in the dungeon.
"Are you awake?"
Before he finished speaking, he saw Muriel in the cell raise her head suddenly, and a pair of eyes as dark as ink emerged from the gap in her long hair.
"Aren't you awake?"
"You will wake up if someone taps your ear like this!" When the colleague next to him heard this, he couldn't help but complain.
He rolled his eyes at the other party helplessly, and then looked at Muriel in the prison again.
"What were you doing when you were making a fuss just now!"
It can be seen that Muriel's eyes seem to be abnormally dull at this time. But her long, braided hair covered most of her face, making it difficult to see her expression clearly.
After hearing the Auror's stern question, Muriel shook her head slightly. Although she shook her head slightly, from such a close distance, both Aurors could see her.
Although Muriel did not answer directly, the Auror at the other end saw that there was nothing unusual about her and immediately stopped asking any more questions.
Maybe it's just like what my colleague said just now, he was just talking in his sleep!
However, when the two Aurors on duty outside the cell both turned around and stood on both sides of the cell door and continued to fight against sleep, they did not see Muriel's eyeballs gradually being occupied by black. By the end, even the whites of his eyes had completely turned into a deep and hollow black.
After a moment, Muriel, who had remained silent, finally slowly closed her eyes again, leaving only a hint of coldness at the corner of her mouth.
…
No one knows what happened in the dungeons of the Ministry of Magic, let alone where the shadow that pounced on Muriel came from.
At about the same time, Pansy from Hogwarts had already hurried to Draco's home after asking for leave.
This time, after hearing Maka's approval, Snape approved the two people's leave readily. He didn't even care that Draco was also asking for leave.
From Snape's point of view, this kind of nonsense has nothing to do with him anyway.
As long as Maka didn't run to ask him for anything with a shy face, he wouldn't care, and he didn't want to care, because now he just hopes that he can live a peaceful life as a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
He had already had enough of those annoying plots and plots.
But to be honest, Pansy now actually has similar thoughts to Snape. It's a pity that she is not out of the situation like Snape, and she is far from qualified to turn a blind eye to everything.
"Draco, is your home... different from before?"
Before enrolling in Hogwarts, the young Pansy had visited the Malfoy family with her parents - she still vaguely remembered that there was a beautiful and noble-looking white peacock in the courtyard of this mansion. .
But now, it seems that many places have changed... It has become more vibrant than before, full of flowers and green shade.