Chapter 174 Amy's Mother

Amy was very happy today.

She held a windmill and a lollipop in each hand, and walked forward on the path of the zoo.

After riding the Ferris wheel, they went to play the roller coaster and the rotating flying chair. When they arrived in front of the carousel, Amy watched for a while and felt that this thing was boring, so they didn't play it. They went straight through the amusement park and went to the zoo behind.

"Why doesn't the lollipop turn?"

She shook the candy in her hand and looked up at Sherlock and asked.

"Because this is food, its best destination is in the human stomach."

Sherlock helped her unpack the transparent packaging outside the lollipop, and then handed it back to Amy.

Amy stretched out her tongue and gently licked the surface of the candy, then frowned and wrapped the packaging back.

"Amy doesn't like its taste, but it looks good!"

She decided to treat this candy as a toy like the windmill and not eat it.

Snape held the crown in his hand and walked side by side with Sherlock.

His face was still gloomy, but it was obvious that he had improved a lot compared to before. At least the emptiness and coldness in his eyes had been reduced a lot.

Snape, who had seen a lot of magical animals in the magic world, didn't care about the animals in the zoo.

Just now, Sherlock was embarrassed on the Ferris wheel, which was the most enjoyable thing he had experienced this time.

Amy was the most excited among the three people, but she was not curious or happy to see these animals. She was just happy that someone was accompanying her to play.

"So many pigeons!"

She pointed to a large group of pigeons gathering on the cobblestone road in the rest area in the center of the zoo and exclaimed.

Sherlock felt that the scenery here was very good, so he took Amy to buy some bread crumbs and fed the pigeons with her.

"Want to take a photo? Gentlemen? Our park is having an event, and there are discounts for family photos!"

A photographer with a camera hanging around his neck took the opportunity to come over.

"Not a bad idea." Sherlock smiled and nodded.

He pulled Snape, who looked reluctant, over, grabbed Amy's shoulders, who was trying to put bread crumbs on the pigeons' heads so that they couldn't eat them, and pressed her in front of him. The background behind them was the pigeons looking for food everywhere in the square.

The photographer observed this strange combination of "a family of three" through the camera for a while, and said with difficulty.

"The gentleman on the left, and the little friend, can you smile? Aren't you happy to play out?"

He spoke, and Sherlock realized that he was the only one with a smile on his face. Snape still had a gloomy face, and Amy tried to flatten her mouth. She was obviously trying her best to smile.

"Smile, smile when taking pictures, Tobias, believe me, smiling more will definitely bring you good luck." Sherlock raised his eyebrows and persuaded Snape.

However, Snape seemed unmoved by his words.

He had given Sherlock enough face to stand here and take pictures, and he still wanted him to smile.

No way.

Sherlock ignored Snape after advising him. Instead, he held Amy's mouth with his hands and helped her smile, just like he did on London Bridge last time.

The photographer was a little confused by the situation.

But he had to continue his work. He raised the camera to his eyes again and pointed it at Sherlock and the other three.

"Okay, wait for me to count three, two, one, and everyone try to relax a little. Three, two, one."

When he pressed the shutter, Snape's mouth twitched slightly, and unconsciously flattened, revealing a completely different and imperceptible smile from his usual sneer and ridicule.

At the same time, a well-fed pigeon happened to fly over his head, and its physiological instinct made it drop a bunch of indescribable things from mid-air uncontrollably.

"Click!"

Holding lollipops and windmills in her hands, Amy was helped to smile with happiness in her eyes.

Half-bent over, holding Amy's face, looking at the camera, Sherlock was the only one with a natural smile on his face.

Snape forced out a smile that was invisible unless you looked closely, and was completely unaware of the indescribable thing falling on his hair.

Three different smiling faces, frozen at this moment.

......

The Ministry of Magic sent someone to find Sherlock on the third day after they returned from the amusement park.

During these three days, Sherlock paid attention to the Daily Prophet every day.

The battle between the Aurors and the Death Eaters in Sheffield ended on the day they went to the amusement park.

After paying a heavy price, the Aurors finally expelled the Death Eaters from the city of Sheffield before the situation spread beyond redemption.

The battle continued in the suburbs for a while, and ended with the death of 7 Aurors and the injury of 12 Aurors.

Of course, the number of casualties on the Death Eaters' side was even more severe than that of the Aurors, and their actions in the Ministry of Magic eventually failed.

Such an outcome certainly symbolizes a great victory for the Ministry of Magic.

The current Minister of Magic, Harold Minchan (a hardliner against Voldemort, who resigned in 1980), publicized this incident in a high-profile manner.

In particular, the focus was on describing the battle in the Department of Mysteries and the great achievements of "two brave Ministry employees" in breaking the Death Eater conspiracy.

Sherlock has not yet joined the company, but he has already been described as an employee of the Ministry of Magic, but he has long anticipated this political need.

However, the follow-up of the Sheffield incident is still fermenting.

Because the impact was too great, even if the Ministry of Magic sent out all the memory erasure teams and worked for two consecutive days, they could only barely suppress the incident that night.

There are still rumors similar to urban legends in Sheffield that spread in the city.

Even the International Confederation of Wizards has sent a question to the British Ministry of Magic, asking them not to spread the internal problems to the outside world. If the International Statute of Secrecy is violated, the Ministry of Magic of other countries will intervene in the internal disputes of the United Kingdom.

The Daily Prophet naturally reported this matter extensively, and Minister Minkan also gave a tough response.

He said that the internal affairs of the British magic world will be resolved by itself, and external forces do not need to and should not intervene.

Whether it is in the UK or in the international magic world, it has not been peaceful recently.

Sherlock only understands the current situation. What he really cares about is the issue of his entry into the Ministry of Magic.

The person who came to find him was none other than Eddie Butler, who had been cleared of the charge of traitor and returned safely from the Isle of Man.

"Dad!"

Amy did not seem very excited when she saw Eddie. She seemed to have known that he would come back to find her.

"I'm sorry, I left you alone for a long time this time." Eddie and Amy hugged and said apologetically.

"No, John took Amy to many places to play, and he also bought windmills and lollipops for Amy."

Amy hasn't eaten the lollipop yet. It seems that she doesn't plan to eat it and wants to keep it as a toy.

After the father and daughter chatted for a while, Eddie turned to Sherlock and talked about business.

"Thank you very much, John, not only for taking care of Amy, but also for doing me such a big favor."

He thanked her seriously, and Sherlock waved his hand.

"Amy is very obedient, and she also helped me, so you don't need to thank me for anything."

Eddie didn't say much to thank him, he knew that it was more practical to keep these things in mind than to talk about them all the time.

"The Ministry of Magic has agreed to your request to join the department, and it was specially approved by the Minister, Mr. Minkan. Mrs. Selwyn also agreed to your joining the Department of Mysteries. There are not many employees in this department, and you saved her life. She has no reason to refuse. Here is your letter of appointment."

Sherlock was relieved after receiving the letter of appointment from him.

Being able to enter the Department of Mysteries is equivalent to completing most of his goals. If he can't find relevant clues here, Sherlock really can't think of where to find a way back.

Eddie was puzzled by this.

"I don't understand why you want to join the Department of Mysteries? I learned about your strength from Sophie. If you want to have a better development in the Ministry of Magic, joining the Auror Command is undoubtedly the best choice. Now is a special period. As long as you have the ability, promotion is not a problem at all."

Sherlock shook his head and said.

"I am very interested in magic research, especially those unconventional and mysterious magic. The Auror's lifestyle is not suitable for me."

Everyone has their own aspirations. Eddie is not an angry young man. He thinks that since Sherlock has the ability, he must devote himself to the cause of fighting against the Dark Lord.

After talking to Sherlock about the Ministry of Magic, Eddie specially invited him to a nearby restaurant for dinner in the evening to thank him.

Before coming, he heard that Sherlock also had an uncle who lived in the bar, and he was going to invite him to join.

But Sherlock declined.

"He is not in a good mood recently. Let's not disturb him and let him stay alone."

Amy blinked.

"Tobias is still thinking about what happened in the zoo that day."

Sherlock held back his laughter and pushed Amy to the front of the corridor.

He could clearly sense that in Room 12, Snape, who heard Amy's words, was as black as the bottom of a crucible and crushed a frog eyeball in his hand.

"Okay, stop exposing my scars, Amy, let's go eat."

Eddie chose a Muggle restaurant, which was on the street where Diagon Alley was located.

"In some aspects, the magic world is indeed behind Muggles, but even those who do not discriminate against Muggles will have a proud mentality. Even if it is good and useful to wizards, as long as it is related to Muggles, they will be very resistant."

They chatted about some things in the magic world.

Eddie has a good personality, is upright and responsible, and his performance in Sheffield can be seen.

Sherlock chatted with him for a while and asked a question that he had been puzzled about for a long time.

"How old are you this year?"

There is naturally nothing to hide about a man's age.

"I will be 24 after October."

Sherlock's eyes widened immediately. He always thought that Eddie only looked young on the outside, but he didn't expect that his real age was almost the same as his own!

"Amy said she is 7 years old this year!"

Eddie shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Yes, when I was less than 17 years old and had not graduated from Hogwarts, I already had a daughter like her."

Sherlock's face was complicated.

He knew that the magic world has always been about early marriage and early childbearing. Basically, most wizards get married at the age of 18 as soon as they graduate from Hogwarts, and have children before the age of 20.

Like Harry's parents, the Weasleys, they are all like this.

But it is still extremely rare for Eddie to have a child while studying at Hogwarts.

Holding a wine glass, Eddie looked at the pedestrians outside the window, drank a big sip, and then sent Amy away, asking her to ask the restaurant for another bottle of wine.

"My story is a bit complicated, but there is nothing I can't say. It's just that I have been busy with work in the Ministry of Magic, and I rarely mention this to others. It is also to protect Amy. Basically no one knows that I have a daughter like her."

"If you pay attention to the Daily Prophet, you should know that a month ago, they reported that the wife of the Director of the Ministry of Magic's Transportation Department divorced and married to Germany."

Sherlock's memory is pretty good, and he still has some impression of such gossip.

"Are you talking about Mrs. Evans who got married and divorced six times in five years?"

Eddie nodded gently.

"She is Amy's biological mother."

Sherlock was stunned.

According to the deeds of that lady, she was a completely fickle woman. He felt that with Eddie's vision and personality, it was unlikely that he would have any relationship with such a woman.

Eddie also saw Sherlock's doubts, he spit out a breath of alcohol and continued.

"Just saying this, you may think that I was young and ignorant at the time, but... well, it is true that I was young and ignorant and could not withstand the temptation. But from the report on that woman, you should also know that she is not an ordinary person, otherwise she would not be involved with so many senior officials of the Ministry of Magic."

Sherlock seemed to have thought of something, he asked hesitantly.

"She...isn't she a normal wizard?"

"She is a veela." Eddie said lightly, "A fickle veela who seeks excitement."

"I met her by coincidence during the summer vacation when I was 17. She seduced me with her unique charm and had sex with me."

"At first, I didn't know her identity and really thought I fell in love with her. And then she got pregnant and had a child, so I thought I would get married after graduation. Unexpectedly, after she gave birth to the child, she said that she had played enough with me and wanted to break up. She didn't want the child and left it to me to raise."

"I was very angry and felt that my feelings were betrayed, so I had a big fight with her."

"She was also very emotional at the time. You should know what changes will happen to a purebred veela once she gets excited."

"It was at that time that I knew her identity and knew that I had never liked her. The so-called feelings were just the unique charm magic that veelas have."