"Okay. Andrew leaned against the long kitchen table. "You know her, don't you? You're related to her. “

Her expression didn't change. "Our eyes are all like our mothers. She confessed to Andrew. "My little sister has been very rebellious since she was a child, she ran away from home to become an actress, but in the end she ran away to sell sex. The work met her needs and her own wishes. I kept asking her to stop, but I didn't think she would listen to me. I'm not sure she knows the way to get out of this business. “

"Did the police contact you and tell you about her death?"

"Not yet. They informed my parents, who live in Paris, but they didn't know that I also lived in the city. I'm sure someone will tell them soon, though. “

Andrew frowned. "Why didn't you go to the police and run to me instead?"

She glanced at Andrew. "Mr. Li, the police can't help me. Do you think they'll believe me? If I run and tell them a bunch of things about spells and rituals, they'll treat me like a madman. Her face twisted. "Maybe they're right, and sometimes I wonder if I'm crazy. “

"So you came to me. Andrew said. "Why don't you tell me the truth?"

"What am I going to say?" she asked. "How am I going to walk into a stranger's office and tell him--" She stopped talking, more tears falling from her eyes.

"Tell me what?Monica?" Andrew asked as gently as he could. "Who killed your sister?"

Wind chimes clanged outside the house. The gracious cow clock ticks, ticks, ticks.

Monica shuddered and took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Little by little, she regained her courage and tied it as tightly as she could. In fact, Andrew already knew the answer, but Andrew wanted to hear her say it himself.

Andrew wants to make sure of this. Andrew managed to convince Andrew himself that it was better for her to face reality and say it out loud. Andrew wasn't sure if he believed it or not – as Andrew said, Andrew wasn't much of a liar.

Monica clenched her fists and said, "God help, God help." My husband did it, Mr. Lee. He did it. Andrew thought she was going to break down, but instead she curled up tighter, as if someone was trying to flatten her.

"That's why you asked me to find him. Andrew heard himself. "That's why you want me to go to the seaside mansion, you want me to find him. You know he's there, you know he'll see me if you send me to him. Andrew's voice was calm, not very angry, but every word hit Monica like a sledgehammer hitting the concrete floor. She gradually retreated.

"I had no choice but to do it. She whimpered. "Oh my God, Mr. Li, you can't imagine it, he's getting worse and worse. He wasn't a bad guy at first, really, but I'm scared he'll just go all the way down. “

"You are for your children. Andrew said.

She nodded, her forehead pressed against her knee. Then the words began to come out of her mouth, word by word, slowly at first, then more and more rapidly, as if she could no longer bear the overwhelming pressure. Andrew listened all the way, this is what Andrew owes her, Andrew trampled on her feelings, forced her to talk to Andrew.

"Mr. Li, he is definitely not a bad person, you must understand. He works hard, he works hard for us, and he wants to make our lives a little better. I think it's because he knows that my family is quite rich, and he wants us to live as well as we used to, but he can't. He was frustrated, he was angry. Sometimes he loses his temper, but not all the time. Sometimes he gets good too. I think it could be the kid who stabilized him. “

"Around the time Billy was four years old, Philip discovered magic. I don't know where he found it, but he became fascinated by those. He bought one book after another and came back to read it, and they all wrote strange things. He put a lock on the door to the attic and shut himself in as soon as he finished dinner. He stayed up all night several times, several times. I often hear something up there, strange noises, and maybe it's not a sound, it's something else. She shuddered.

"Then he started to go bad. It becomes easy to get angry, strange things happen one by one, some small things. For example, the curtains in your home will suddenly catch fire on their own, or something will suddenly fly up and crash into the wall and break. She looked at her lovely cows with a sad face, as if to make sure they were still there.

"Sometimes he yells at us for no reason or laughs for no reason. He...... He could see certain things, things that I couldn't see. I think he's going crazy. “

"But you never dared to resist him. Andrew said calmly.

She shook her head. "Don't dare, beg God to forgive me, I really can't help it, Mr. Li, I'm used to obeying my words. I don't want to make a big fuss. She took a deep breath and continued, "Then one night, he came to me and woke me up. He told me to drink something that he said would make me see things and make me understand him. If I drank it, I could see what he saw. He wanted me to get to know him because I was his wife. This time she stopped crying, tears rolling silently down her cheeks and down the corners of her mouth.

There's something coming out, just as Andrew expected. "Three-eye medicine. Andrew said.

She nodded. And I ...... That's what I saw, Mr. Lee. I saw him. Her expression was extremely painful, and she was about to throw up.

Andrew was sympathetic to her situation. The third eye suddenly opened suddenly, she had no idea what it was, she didn't know what it was or what was going to happen, and she looked at the man she had married and had children with, and peeked into him for what he really was, and saw him bewitched by magic and devoured by greed—it was no different from going to hell.

That vision will remain in her heart forever. She could never erase her memories, and she could never use her long-standing comfortable life as a soothing cushion to make her ignore her husband's monstrous true face.

She continued, "I still want to eat." Although the effect of the medicine has passed, and although I know that the medicine is terrifying, I still want to continue taking it. I managed not to show it, but he knew. He saw it in my eyes, and he knew, Mr. Lee. Just like you look at me right now. He began to laugh maniacally, as if he had won the lottery. He kissed me and looked quite smug and I felt very disgusted. “

"He started making more of that medicine, but never enough. He was mad about it and very angry. That's when he realized that when he was angry, he could make more medicine. He found reasons everywhere to lose his temper and make himself thunderous all day long, but even that wasn't enough. She swallowed. And then he ...... And then he ......"

Andrew remembered the frightened pizza boy and the "human movement" that the goblin had mentioned. Then he learned that he could also manipulate other people's emotions. Andrew said. "Use them to make his magic stronger. “

She nodded, curled up tighter. "It was just me at first, he scared me out, and I was always exhausted afterwards. Then he found that when he used this trick, the effect of carnal desire was better, so he began to spread around. Looking for sponsors, he always calls them investors. She looked up at Andrew with pleading eyes. "Please, Mr. Li, please understand that things don't always get this bad. Sometimes I can almost see him again, and then I think he's about to come back. “

Andrew tried to look at her with sympathy, but it seemed that Andrew didn't feel anything but anger, and that someone could do this to his family - no one should be.

Andrew's feeling must have been written on his face, as Monica quickly looked away her gaze and shrunk into a ball of fear. She spoke in a hurry, as if she wanted to calm Andrew's anger, and it felt that this woman had used a desperate tone more than once to calm the anger of others.

He connected with Mr. and Mrs. Beckot. They have money. He told them that if they promised to help him sponsor him, he would help them avenge Byrne. For the sake of their dead daughter, they believed him and financed all the expenses he needed. “

Andrew thought of the Becketts and their withered, hungry expressions, and Andrew thought of Mrs. Beckett's dead fish eyes.

And then he started the ceremony, the ceremony. He said he needed our carnal desires. Her eyes looked left and right, and the disgusting expression on her face intensified. "It's not too bad. He'll turn the magic circle on, and it's not a big deal other than carnal desires. I'll lose myself for a while, but it's about the same as running away. “

She rubbed her hands over her jeans, as if she wanted to wipe something dirty. "But that's not enough. So he went to her again, and he knew what she did, and what kind of people she knew. Like herself, like Bella, who introduced him to Byrne's men. I don't know the man's name, but Philip promised him so much that he was willing to attend the ceremony.

"After that, I don't have to go every time. Sometimes Jane or I would stay with the kids, Philip was in charge of making the medicine, we started making money, things went well for a while, and I didn't think too much about it. Monica took a deep breath.

"At this time he is getting darker, he will summon demons, I have seen those things. Then he said he needed more mana, and he craved it. It's really scary, like watching a hungry animal forever pacing. Then I found out that he started to ...... Start staring at your child. Mr. Lee, I'm really scared, the way he looks at the children, sometimes it makes me think he wants to ......" At this point she bent down and crouched on the ground and whimpered. She was constantly shaking and crying, completely out of control. "Oh, my God, my child, my child. “

Andrew wanted to walk over and let her hold Andrew's hand, or pat her on the shoulder to soothe her. But Andrew now understands her---- the demon helps Andrew turn her heart upside down---- if Andrew does this, it will only make it easy for the demon to get what they want.

Oh my God, Harry. Andrew thought to himself. Haven't you made this woman miserable enough?

Andrew rummaged through the cabinets to find a glass, turned the tap water from the sink, poured the water into the cup, and held it next to her. She straightened up in her chair and held the glass with trembling hands. She took a sip, then lifted her chin and drank some more.

"I'm sorry. Andrew said. That's the only thing Andrew can say.

Andrew didn't know if she heard it, but she drank it one sip after another, as if she was in a hurry to finish it, and then quickly finished speaking. "I want to leave him. I knew he was going to be angry, but I didn't feel comfortable keeping the kid with him. I talked to a friend and she decided to take matters into her own hands. My little sister wanted to protect me, she ran to Philip and told him that if he wouldn't let me go, she was going to the police and Byrne and tell them all about him. As a result, he ...... And he ......"

And he killed her. Andrew said. Damn, Philip didn't need half a hair of the woman to kill her, any sample of bodily fluids could be used to cast spells.

Through the disgusting rituals he performed, he had the opportunity to collect samples from poor students, and even from Byrne's men by the way. It's also possible that because they're so close, when they're having sex, one of them gets a spell and kills both of them at the same time.

"He killed her. Monica admits to Andrew that her shoulders suddenly droop weakly. "Then I'll go look for you. Because I think you should be able to see and think of something to do before he hurts my child or anyone else. Now even Bella is dead, Mr. Lee, and it will be your turn soon. There's no way you can stop him, there's no one else you can do. “

"Monica. Andrew said.

She shook her head and curled herself up into tiny, tiny balls. "Let's go. She said. "Oh my God, please go, Mr. Li, I don't want to see him kill you. “

Monica's heart seemed to turn into a dried lump of wax in her chest. Despite how the world has hurt her, she still retains the most expensive attribute of kindness.

Someone should wipe away her tears and tell her that there is still joy, light, and joy in this world. She has been plunged into an endless and desperate dark space, filled with fear, pain, and frustration.

Andrew silently made a decision, although the world is not so good, but it is not so bad. Andrew needs to do some preparation now, though. It's not that difficult to kill a potential dark wizard, the difficulty lies in how to make others, especially the Ministry of Magic, not know that they did it themselves.

Andrew didn't say a word, let Monica sobbing in the corner of the kitchen, he turned and walked out, a strange light coming from the window, Andrew noticed a little movement on the left-hand side.

Monica's eldest daughter, Jenny, stood in the hallway with a pale face. Her glittering green eyes stared at Andrew, the same green eyes as her mother and dead aunt. Andrew stopped to face her, unsure why he was the way he was.

"You're the wizard. She said calmly. "You're Andrew Lee, Kirin Wizard, I've seen your picture, I've seen it once with Elder Dora. “

Andrew was slightly stunned--- he hadn't been back to Hogwarts for a long time, and he hadn't seen Elder Dora for a long time, before Hermione really grew up, Andrew didn't have the ability to completely liberate the elves for the time being--- Andrew noticed that Jenny looked exactly over ten years old, and she might be a student of Hogwarts.

"You're a new student at Hogwarts?" Andrew asked.

"Hmm," Jenny nodded, and she looked at Andrew's face for a long time. "Are you going to help my mom?"