The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 289 Six Days and Seven Nights at the Magic Institute (Part 5)

On the third day, everyone got up very early, came out of their rooms, and stood together.

Moriarty looked surprised. Lilith was wearing a large mask exactly like the Slit-Mouthed Woman's, and her blonde hair was tied in a ponytail.

The Slit-Mouthed Woman was dressed the same way. The two stood together, looking at everyone with smiles in their eyes.

"Young lady, were you... were you cut open by the Slit-Mouthed Woman...?"

Jericho's eyelids twitched, and he could barely speak.

"Are you asking for a beating?" Lilith's smile faded.

The Slit-Mouthed Woman stood to the side, her eyes lowered, recalling how Lilith had tormented her the previous night.

However, Lilith did indeed suggest that she cut open the corner of Lilith's mouth!

Jericho glanced at their expressions and grinned mischievously. "Slit-Mouthed Sister, did the young lady bully you? Tell Moriarty that the young lady is most afraid of Moriarty."

Lilith glared at Jericho, her mouth behind her mask forming an unnatural curve, as if she wanted to bite Jericho's head off.

Moriarty seemed to sense something, his gaze lingering on Lilith's mask for more than ten seconds before turning his head to stop Jericho.

"Today we're going to investigate the temple that enshrines the fire crow. Jericho is going to talk to Tsuchimikado and ask him to prepare the giant sea swallow. We'll set off after breakfast."

"Yes, sir, I'll be right there." Jericho said as he walked, "Tsuchimikado is probably awake already; the people of this family are always hardworking."

The group sat down in a nearby public classroom, and Lilith nervously glanced at Moriarty frequently.

Lilith suspected that Moriarty had seen through her transformation technique, turning her mouth into a snake's mouth!

It happened so many times that Simon's daughter, Elaine, found out.

"Does the older sister like the uncle? She keeps secretly looking at him."

The shapeshifting spells on Moriarty and Lilith had not been lifted; they were dressed as Mr. Wick and Ms. Trinity.

Lilith smiled and patted Ilan's hair, while Moriarty looked at Simon.

Your daughter is so eloquent! At the same age, Lilith is the older sister, but I'm the uncle.

Simon gave him an apologetic look, but the smile on his lips betrayed a hint of smugness.

Moriarty ignored him, his eyes fixed on Ilan and Simon's wife Natalie, staring at them without moving.

Lilith nudged Moriarty's arm with her elbow and whispered, "That's going too far. Can you tone it down a bit?"

"Tsk, what are you thinking about?" Moriarty glared at Lilith with annoyance.

"Natalie and Ilan are back to normal, aren't they?"

Upon hearing Moriarty's words, Simon was first shocked, then overjoyed, and embraced his wife and daughter.

"Okay, I misunderstood you, I'm sorry," Lilith said weakly.

Moriarty noted down the time it took for the mother and daughter to return to normal, calculating that the Joyful Magic lasted exactly two days.

He breathed a sigh of relief. If the Joyful Magic had no weaknesses, he wouldn't know how he would have defeated the Japanese BOSS hiding in the shadows.

When Lilith saw that Moriarty did not accept her apology, she assumed that Moriarty was angry with her.

"Moriarty~ I've already apologized," Lilith pouted, grabbed Moriarty's arm, and whispered, "Please don't be angry anymore."

Moriarty withdrew his arm and looked at Lilith with a stern gaze.

"Am I angry? Your mind can't even figure that out! Give up, body-changing magic has affected your intelligence."

Lilith was startled; her biggest secret had been exposed. She frowned as she looked at Moriarty, her eyes filled with disbelief.

At this moment, the man in white robes ordered breakfast to be brought up. Moriarty didn't say anything and started eating. Lilith ate a little bit absentmindedly.

Soon, under the arrangement of the white-robed man, the group flew out of the magic institute aboard a giant seagull.

On the back of the petrel, a spacious structure resembling a bedroom, stood a man in a white robe at the front, asking Moriarty, "Where do you want to go?"

He'd noticed it these past few days; the young master of the Blanche family listened to Mr. Wick in front of him.

The man in the white robe simply asked Moriarty, but as for the relationship between Mr. Wick and young Master Blanche, he neither asked nor cared.

Moriarty told the white-robed man the address of the Fire Raven Temple, but the white-robed man's expression changed drastically.

"Are you sure you want to go to the Temple of the Flying Crows and the Divine Fire?"

"The Divine Fire Crow, quite a reputation." Moriarty smiled faintly, looking directly into the solemnity in the white-robed man's eyes, and said with certainty, "We must go to the Divine Fire Crow Temple; a murder once occurred there."

The white-robed man's brows furrowed with disdain: "Murder cases? Murders happen there every day."

Everyone was shocked. Moriarty glanced quickly at the man in white, his displeasure hidden in his eyes.

He disregarded life and was indifferent to death, but he never looked down on any living being.

The murder meant death, and the white-robed man's casual remark about the death displeased Moriarty.

It's unclear what Jericho and the white-robed man discussed, but the white-robed man addressed the crowd, saying, "The Divine Fire Raven Temple enshrines a beast-type shikigami—the Divine Fire Raven. It's a top-tier shikigami with an extraordinary origin. Most importantly, this shikigami can grow stronger by consuming humans."

"So the Tsukamura family built a temple, ostensibly for worship, but actually as a sacrifice to the divine fire crow."

Moriarty sneered incessantly; he saw through the evil hidden behind the Temple of the Fire Ravens.

"Ah, Mr. Wick is right, what a remarkable mind," the white-robed man smiled, his eyes gleaming. "I'm becoming increasingly curious about Mr. Wick's identity; he must be more than just an antique dealer."

"Your family is ignoring something this big?" Jericho looked at the white-robed man in disbelief.

"Why should we interfere?" The man in white robes still smiled. "Just because we're Tsuchimikado? The Tokugawa family didn't interfere either."

"Why?" Jericho's expression changed slightly. "Aren't you afraid that the Fire Crow shikigami will become stronger, and the Tsukamura family will surpass your two families?"

"It's unlikely that the Fire Crow Shikigami can grow stronger indefinitely," Moriarty said with considerable confidence.

"If the Fire Crow Shikigami was born in the Warring States period, over the years it has devoured countless humans, and its strength has accumulated to a point where it can no longer be improved."

After hearing Moriarty's words, everyone's expressions improved somewhat.

"However, the fire crows are still devouring humans, and that hasn't improved," Lilith suddenly spoke, pointing to the sky below. "For details, please look over there."

It turned out that they had flown over the Temple of the Flying Crows and the Divine Fire. There were many people on the ground, forming a long line at the temple entrance.

Jericho was utterly astonished and said to Lilith, "You can see what's below? Merlin above, what kind of eyesight do you have! Are you an eagle?"

"Don't speak so rudely," Lilith replied casually, then gave Moriarty a proud look.

It's as if to say, "Look, this is the power of human transformation."

Moriarty ignored Lilith and patted the petrel's neck, causing it to land.

The man in white robes then said, "I won't go down after landing. Since you know the Tsukamura family, you must also know the Pang Ya Association. Tsuchimikado won't make things difficult for the Pang Ya Association."

"How could you do this? You're unworthy of being two pillars of the Japanese magical world!"

Behind Moriarty came Simon's indignant and disappointed voice.

Simon witnessed the Tokugawa patriarch's disregard for human life on the luxury cruise ship.

Having spent the last few days interacting with the man in white robes, Simon felt that the Tsuchimikado family was quite decent. However, he was greatly disappointed and became angry when the man in white robes said those words.

The Slit-Mouthed Woman shared Simon's feelings, and was even more heartbroken.

She was Japanese, and she thought more than Simon.

If the two major families don't care about Pang Ya's cruel and murderous behavior, then who will care about such things?

The Ministry of Magic?

Ha ha.

Instead of relying on the Ministry of Magic, we should hope that the next person to be eaten by a fire raven isn't her!

Genya's act of overthrowing the Ministry of Magic was not so difficult for the Slit-Mouthed Woman to understand.

The petrel landed, and Moriarty walked off with a calm expression, followed by Jericho and Lilith.

Seeing Moriarty's calm demeanor, the man in the white robe knew that Moriarty had figured out the reason. He

This further solidified my suspicion that Mr. Wick was definitely not an antique dealer.

In fact, Moriarty's calm demeanor stemmed from his genuine knowledge of the inside story of Tsuchimikado and Tokugawa's indifference to the Pangya Association.

If gangs of all sizes, including Pang Ya, were to offer tribute to the two major families, it would be perfectly normal for the two families to turn a blind eye.

Jericho and Moriarty had the same idea: the Blanche family had extensive contact with the Muggle world.

These methods are very popular in the Muggle world, and the Blanche family also does this kind of business.

Although the Piliwick family did not have contact with Muggles, Lilith was always sensitive to clandestine transactions and saw through the scheme.

The three of them walked together toward the Temple of the Fire God and the Flying Crow.

(End of this chapter)