Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Dark Mark of Diagon Alley

"London has been very lively recently." On the phone, McCroft said in a flat tone.

"Indeed." Daniel replied to him in the same tone.

"Can you still hold on?"

"No big problem."

"That's good." Mycroft said calmly, "I'll do my best to deal with it on my side." By the way, how is your little boyfriend doing? ”

"He's fine." Daniel replied simply.

Despite such an understatement of conversation between the two people, in fact, the situation is still deteriorating.

Wizards and Muggles began to clash frequently, and it was as if the two worlds had torn each other's fig leaf apart, revealing their ugliest side.

Certain pure-blood nobles who used the banner of 'eliminating Muggles', and some inexplicable Muggles who said 'Destroy evil wizards'...... Messed things up.

This directly leads to the question of 'whether the wizarding world is integrated into Muggles', and there is no way to reach a conclusion.

But in fact, for most wizards, these things are a bit too far away.

Wizards attack Muggles, they can sympathize and stand on the side of justice to denounce the offender;

Muggles attacked wizards, and they were skeptical at first, but when they later found out that it was true, they panicked for a while.

But when they found out that the wizards who had been attacked were wizards who had appeared in Muggle society, they felt that they didn't care again.

When things don't happen to you or around you, no one can really understand the feelings of the person involved.

Most wizards think: we don't plan to go to any Muggle society anyway, and as for the wizarding world, there is a 'Muggle Ignore Charm', and Muggles can't get in.

So, as usual, they are more concerned about 'what' than the occasional 'national event'. Is Little Black's store on sale again? That's great! Go over and buy it! This kind of livelihood problem.

Presumably Fudge didn't expect this either.

By the time he was indignant and hoarsely chanting 'Muggle threat theory', everyone had grown tired of watching the day-to-day quarrels and began to look elsewhere.

Mr. Little Black did a very good job of this.

Diagon Alley now has a variety of promotions, shows, movie screenings, games and a series of lively activities every day.

In such a lively background, the wizarding world is not all harmonious.

The head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Sevic, a wizard who has not been in the position of director for a year, has not been able to keep his position as director despite repeated efforts.

That's right, everyone is really busy eating, drinking, and having fun.

However, this does not prevent them from continuously and uninterruptedly issuing all kinds of strong opposition and fierce protests against a completely incompetent director.

Eventually, Sevic became the first casualty in the fight between Fudge and Daniel.

In the unanimous cry of the people, he stepped down.

So, in the next day, when he met Daniel in Diagon Alley, and passed by.

He cursed with a graceless, almost vicious face: "Filthy liar! Muggle lackeys! A lowly male prostitute! ”

In this regard, Daniel only raised his eyelids slightly, and said lightly with an unchanged expression: "Thank you for the compliment, mourning dog." ”

Then, completely leave this loser behind.

He was going to continue walking, but as soon as he took a step, he found that his current boyfriend, Moriarty, who had proposed to go out shopping, date, and ease the tension with him, was not far behind, chatting with a somewhat familiar wizard.

"Jim?" He turned around and took a few steps back, grabbed his boyfriend's hand, looked over with some doubts, and after seeing who the familiar wizard on the opposite side was, he couldn't help but sigh to himself: 'Merlin, what kind of day is this, how did you meet an acquaintance'.

However, before thinking about this, he had already shouted in surprise: "Mr. Crouch? ”

Old Barty Crouch had a straight face, like a stone statue, as strict as ever to the point of being unkind.

He bowed slightly towards Daniel, like some kind of template of the old-fashioned aristocracy of the Middle Ages.

But purely from a polite point of view, as the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, who was also ousted because of Daniel, this gentleman is much more personable than Sevic.

In fact, after the Sirius incident, Barty Crouch Sr. lost his position as head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, unlike Sevic, who was expelled for dereliction of duty and constant popular protests.

Although his resume is flawed, he is admirable most of the time, always stands on the side of justice during the war, has a tough style, and has some connections and supporters in the Ministry of Magic, even Fudge can't completely drive him out of the Ministry of Magic, so he can only be transferred to an idle yamen, the Department of International Magical Exchange, and still holds the position of director.

"Is this your Muggle boyfriend?" Barty Crouch Sr. asked dryly.

"Uh...... Yes. Daniel was surprised that Barty Sr. cared about his own personal affairs, but he answered the question quite calmly.

"Don't let him wander around Diagon Alley." Barty Crouch Sr. said in a tone that was not very acceptable, bordering on condemnation.

Perhaps, he also knew that his way of speaking was easy to be misunderstood, and after a pause, he reminded awkwardly: "Don't you know how chaotic the world has been recently?" ”

Daniel was amazed to receive such a kind admonition from old Barty's mouth.

He couldn't help but let go of that formulaic politeness, and smiled sincerely, "Thank you for your advice, Mr. Crouch, I will protect him." ”

Old Barty did not speak again.

The stubborn old man didn't care much whether Daniel really thanked him or not, and with that grim expression, he slowly moved away and walked towards the potion shop not far away.

From beginning to end, Moriarty stood by like a normal Muggle and giggled happily.

He also winked at Daniel and asked, "Protect me?" ”

"yes, yes, as long as you don't get into trouble everywhere." Daniel replied angrily.

He still had doubts about the cases that caused conflicts between Muggles and wizards, but in the absence of evidence, he didn't want to maliciously speculate on the lovers around him based on speculation.

"What were you guys talking about?" He asked curiously.

"Talk about you." Moriarty tilted his head and smiled broadly at him.

"What are you talking about me?"

"He's complimenting you to me." Moriarty smiled and said, "Kudos to you for giving a lot to the wizarding world." ”

Daniel was slightly stunned, didn't control himself, and scratched his head stupidly.

Shicai's image as the patriarch of the free-spirited, shrewd and capable ancient wizard family was immediately lost by himself.

He was a little smug and a little embarrassed and said, "Uh...... I really didn't expect him to praise me...... I always thought he hated me...... Actually, there is no ...... I was just...... Work hard, yes, work...... Just get a ......."

"You're great, baby." Moriarty said with such a sudden and unhesitant compliment.

The pair of beautiful black grape-like eyes stared at Daniel shiningly, and he suddenly said seriously, "Honey, what should I do?" I want to kiss you. ”

"Here?" Daniel blinked his blue eyes in horror and looked left and right as Diagon Alley was now crowded because of another recent sale at the Black Tower.

"That's right."

"Uh...... If you insist......" Under Moriarty's almost obsessive gaze, Daniel quickly relented.

He smiled a little embarrassed, and in the depths of his blue eyes, there was an almost warm color, "Then you can kiss it." ”

They kissed in the streets of Diagon Alley, bustling wizards gently passing by them.

Occasionally, the lively ones whistled, and some of the older ones chuckled good-naturedly, but no one bothered them.

Daniel was in a trance thinking of the day of the Battle of London, the air was filled with the smell of gunsmoke and blood, and when he fell from the sky, he was actually very scared.

Then, the man pounced on him and grabbed him, and he grabbed him tightly, and his palms were hot, and he leaned out in spite of the danger of most of his body, and beads of sweat slipped down his forehead and hit his face, and those black eyes laughed at him fearlessly and unscrupulously...... Clearly...... Obviously, it was only a little bit close, and they fell down together.

But he said happily, "I've got you!"

At this point, Moriarty ended the kiss.

He grinned again, laughing at Daniel, who was a little dazed: "Why hasn't I grown at all?" ”

"Probably because you didn't teach well." Daniel came back to his senses and said counter not quite admitting defeat.

"Do you want me to teach you one more time?" Moriarty's smiling eyes were crooked, and his dark eyes were like the water of a lake at night, sparkling.

"No, no, no." Daniel lowered his voice and pleaded, "Let's go back and talk." ”

He didn't seem to be as thick-skinned as the other party in this kind of thing, and he blushed again after being stubborn and angry.

Moriarty had never seen such a shy man, so many times when he saw the other party show such an expression, he had a kind of evil thought in his heart that belonged to a man......

"Then go back now."

"But you didn't mean you wanted to go shopping or go on a date?"

"Changed my mind."

As soon as the words landed, there was a sudden sound in the air like the explosion of fireworks.

The two of them reflexively looked up in unison.

I saw a huge skeleton composed of countless miserable green stars suddenly appear in the air of Diagon Alley, and a large python emerged from the skeleton's mouth, as if it had a tongue...... The skeleton rose higher and higher, and layers of green smoke lingered around it, making it look particularly eerie......

Under the bright daylight, most wizards could not restrain their fears, and they actually felt a chill on their bodies.

A witch who had just come out of the mall, when she looked up and saw the mark, panicked, and threw all the glasses she had just bought on the ground.

A crisp crackling sound, like a switch, broke the silence of Diagon Alley at this moment.

In an instant, the screams pierced the sky.