Chapter 254 A Responsible Man

Faced with Silk's question, Sherlock just smiled bitterly and shook his head.

He sat up from the sofa, not looking at the girl standing in front of him with her eyes covered with a black ribbon, but looking out the window of the office.

"There are many things that I can't tell you." He said softly, "This is not because I don't trust you enough, nor is it because I am worried about anything, but this is destined to be a secret that will be hidden in my heart for a lifetime. ”

"I'm not a very righteous person. I'm not as good as your father in this regard. He has done a lot selflessly for the magic world and doesn't even care about his family. Although I often call him stupid, I actually admire him because he What I can do, I can’t do.”

"But I can't be that selfless, but I also have my own standards and bottom lines. When I encounter something, if I can help, I will try my best to help, but if I help, it may put me or the people around me in danger. If so, I will never do it.”

"But if something happened entirely because of me, but I slapped my butt and walked away as if it had nothing to do with me, I can't do that."

Sherlock turned his gaze to Hilke and looked into her eyes covered by black ribbons.

"What I'm trying to do now is actually wiping my own butt for the changes I've made. I want to make sure that even with my intervention, everyone who should be alive should be alive, not because of something that shouldn't have happened. They died in a situation where even they themselves didn’t know why this happened.”

Hilke seemed to grit her teeth, pursed her lips, and then asked.

"Then if someone still dies in this castle even if you risk your own life, what will you do?"

Sherlock blinked and smiled.

"I will blame myself and be ashamed, but that's just it. I will continue to live my own life. After all, people like me don't even care about the safety of my life. If I do this, even if someone dies because of it, I have a clear conscience.”

"At least, I'm not afraid to face the mess I've caused, just like an ostrich that just buries its head in the sand. I'm a responsible man, right?"

Outside the window, the autumn sun has risen to its highest altitude. The bright sunlight reflects colorful light through the glass and shines into this small office.

Silk stood under this cluster of sunlight, staring at Sherlock as if angry or indignant.

Sherlock's face, which still retained some melancholy, showed a warm smile.

Seeing this smile, all the expressions on Hilke's face slowly faded away, and then under Sherlock's astonished gaze, she leaned down and hugged him tightly.

"The fact that you can do well is more important than any other responsibility."

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There is still a week left before Halloween, or the start of the Triwizard Tournament.

The last weekend before the holiday has quietly arrived.

Three days have passed since the last time the entire Hogwarts students had a collective nightmare. Every night during these three days, no student continued to repeat that dream.

This made the students in the castle quickly forget about it.

After all, the Triwizard Tournament is getting closer and closer, and the little wizards who have been looking forward to it for two months are becoming even more impatient.

But it was also on the first night of this weekend.

The four deans of Hogwarts plus Sherlock and Silk, a total of six people, gathered in front of the tapestry of "Troll Beats Barnabas" on the eighth floor of the castle at midnight.

The small silver raven, which had been guarding the tapestry for three days, flew lightly onto Sherlock's arm. It had been guarding the entrance to the Room of Requirement dutifully, ensuring that Fiddlesticks did not leave from inside during this period. .

On the way here, Professor McGonagall and the others had discovered the strangeness in the relationship between Silk and Sherlock.

Silk seemed to be angry about something, and he didn't have any communication with Sherlock along the way.

Sherlock just laughed a few times and didn't explain much.

In fact, he originally wanted to explain a few words so that Professor McGonagall and the others didn't need to pay attention. Silk was just acting like a child now.

But he is also very self-aware, and saying such words will undoubtedly make Silk's mood worse.

The reason for Silke's anger is also very simple.

It's just that after she gave Sherlock a tight hug without preparation that day, Sherlock nagged her for two hours, "You are a big kid" "You said it yourself, let me Think of you as Vera instead of Amy." "How can girls have close contact with boys so easily?" something like this.

This made Silk, who was already in a relaxed mood, so angry that he didn't even eat lunch and gave Sherlock a slap in the face. He still hasn't calmed down yet.

Sherlock is not a straight man. After such a long time, he can naturally see Silke's unusual feelings for him.

But again, he couldn't overcome that hurdle in his heart, and he couldn't do the kind of thing that even a former villain like Snape would despise him.

Getting back to the topic, the purpose of their operation tonight is also very clear, which is to completely eliminate Fiddlesticks hiding in the Room of Requirement.

Before coming, Sherlock had already told Professor McGonagall and the others the complete plan, and the whole process was actually not complicated.

In fact, before getting angry with Sherlock, Silk also suggested that since they already knew the location of Fedtik, they should just notify the German Ministry of Magic and ask them to send someone to find a way to capture the scarecrow hidden here.

But after Sherlock thought about it again and again, he decided to hide the news.

In addition to worrying that the German Ministry of Magic would come to Hogwarts to carry out a capture operation, which might affect the students, Sherlock did not trust those German wizards.

It was because of the problems among them that Fedtik ran away. Who can guarantee that the people who came to Hogwarts this time will not have problems?

So after confirming from Silk that as long as the scarecrow is completely subdued, she will have the ability to control it personally, Sherlock decided to let Hogwarts solve this matter internally.

There is nothing to worry about the four deans, and the strength of each of them is no worse than the top Aurors of the Ministry of Magic.

It is enough to deal with a dark magic creature like Fedtik who usually only does things behind the scenes.