"Good morning, Sirius...... It's great to see that you can still open your eyes and look at me on your own. ”

On the second floor of Hudson's Riverside Cottage, when Abigail walked into the room, Sirius was pleasantly surprised to see Maka.

"Oh—I think so, too." Sirius leaned back on the bed and said with a wry smile.

Marka smiled and walked to the bedside and happily hugged Sirius—in fact, Maca had never been used to this kind of overly warm meeting etiquette, but this time it was different.

If he had done so, he might not have been able to see Sirius alive.

"Let's not talk about it for now, I'll check your health......" Maca let go of her arms and let Sirius lean back on the pillow before she said immediately, "To be honest, you don't look good. ”

However, his movements were stopped by Sirius.

"No, don't worry, I have more important information to tell you—" Sirius said solemnly, "If you didn't come to New York, I'd do it myself." But since you're here, it's probably more appropriate to leave this matter to you to investigate. ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Maca paused, "What information?" ”

Sirius was about to speak, but before he opened his mouth, he subconsciously glanced at Abigail and Olivia who were standing on the side.

"I'm sorry," he thought for a moment, "and our next topic isn't interesting, if you don't want to know some dangerous information, huh...... It's best to shy away. ”

Just hearing Sirius say this, the two sisters were naturally confused. Olivia, in particular, was looking at Sirius blankly, as if she didn't realize what he meant by "dangerous information".

Of course, she wasn't curious at first, because after a moment of confusion, she naturally began to look at Maca, and seemed to be very interested in the new young wizard.

Abigail on the side thought a little cautiously, and then his eyes fell on Maca's body as well.

"Mr. McLean......" Abigail suddenly called out to Maca, the expression on his face looking rather solemn.

"Well, what's wrong?" Maca gave her a polite smile.

"Can I learn magic from you?" She said seriously, "Even if it's just a letter to ask you some questions on a regular basis!" ”

"Uh......"

Maca and Sirius, who were lying on the bed, looked at each other, and the latter smiled and shrugged.

"If it's just a letter exchange," he said, looking at Abigail, "because I'm still a professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry—as you may know, the wizarding world in England isn't very stable these days. ”

"Ahh Abigail's eyes widened when he heard this, "The professor at Hogwarts? I—I thought—"

“…… Think I'm a dark wizard? Maca laughed.

"No, that's not what I meant." Abigail hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Although I thought so before, this misunderstanding has been resolved, hasn't it?" I mean, I thought you must be younger than me......"

Maka nodded calmly, "You guessed it right - if it weren't for the accident, I would still be attending Hogwarts right now!" ”

"Huh?" Abigail was stunned for a moment.

"Can you still be considered an 'accident'?" Sirius leaned on the pillow and glanced at Maca.

"Ahem, anyway—" Maca said, spreading her hands, "If you have any questions about your magical research, feel free to write to me, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can." Well, but you'd better not expect too much about the speed of replying, after all, I haven't really had a good life in this time......"

"Yes, you can ask him any question, no need to be polite to him." Sirius pouted, "I've never seen him stumped by anything. ”

"No, at least that's a tricky one for you." Maca frowned, "I still think it's better to let me give you a closer look before I talk about anything else." ”

"Is it really that serious?" Sirius hesitated slightly, but quickly shook his head, "No, I'd better put my physical condition aside. I must tell you everything I know as soon as possible, the safety of Hogwarts is at stake! ”

"Livi, let's go out first!" Abigail said suddenly.

"Huh?" Olivia reluctantly said, "Why? I'd like to hear about it too? ”

Abigail pursed her lips, then grabbed the arm of her sister, who had not yet figured out the situation, and dragged her out of the bedroom.

"Then you can say it quickly!" Maca looked at the door that had been gently shut, and said to Sirius.

"First of all, I have to start with the moment I left the old mansion......"

Sirius quickly gathered his thoughts, picking out some of the most important things he had been going through during this time, and the focus was, of course, on what had happened recently.

In the original "Mad Wizard Incident", Sirius also tracked down the black market for a time in order to find the culprit for Kingsley.

Although his investigation efficiency is also very high, after all, he does not have the level of potions like Maca, and in the end, it was Maca who solved the incident first.

Sirius, who secretly learned about the situation, simply did not go back.

Because he knows very well that the current Order of the Phoenix has insufficient control over the British wizarding world, in fact, it is very necessary for someone to find out for a long time in order to prepare for a rainy day.

The importance of intelligence, both in the Muggle world and in the wizarding world, is extraordinary. Sirius was already very good at doing this kind of work, and even if he still had a wanted warrant on his back, there would be no wizard who was better at acting alone than him.

Sirius, of course, was confident, because he was still the same fearless "big foot" he was back then.

Clearly, his abilities were worthy of his self-confidence.

After a long period of lurking around the wizarding world, when he learned of Dumbledore's sudden death, a rather secretive piece of information caused him to immediately turn his fears about Hogwarts into wariness.

The information from the goblins revealed that several suspicious-looking dark wizards frequently frequented the Dark Spirit Pavilion in the black market, and it seemed that they were raising a large amount of money.

Sirius, in order not to miss important information, had been ambushed near the Dark Spirit Pavilion for more than ten days at that time, and was extremely cautiously watched.

As it turned out, his hard work was not in vain, because he still waited for those dark wizards after all. What's more, among those guys, he found a figure he was all too familiar with.

“…… It's my crazy cousin, and even though she covers her face, how could I be mistaken for her? Sirius narrowed his eyes, a hint of coldness in his tone.

"Bellatrix?" Maca nodded and said, "That woman is indeed not easy to recognize. ”

After that, Sirius suppressed his unhappiness and secretly followed the Death Eaters. Of course, he was ready to watch them apparition away.

However, he never thought that after the other party finished his work in the Dark Spirit Pavilion, he did not immediately withdraw from the black market, but walked into a noisy and noisy bar.

There, he met a wizard who smelled of "blood" all over his body.

When it comes to madness, Sirius's cousin is an extremely extreme madman.

After Voldemort's rather abrupt defeat in front of Harry, Bellatrix was one of the most conspicuous of the faithful Black Dead Apostles, who spontaneously began to search for their masters.

The woman, who had only shown loyalty to Voldemort, ended up imprisoned in Azkaban. But even in the Azkaban Wizard Prison, guarded by a large number of Dementors, she never gave in.

On the contrary, her madness is even more vaguely better than it was back then.

However, the wizard Sirius saw in that bar was even crazier and stranger than his mad cousin.

"I'm familiar with that look," Sirius frowned, "I've seen several guys like him in my years in Azkaban. But I think that those people are still lacking to a certain extent, and that guy is probably even more crazy, and he also has a very strong belief in evil! ”

"So, do you know who he is? What did the Death Eaters do with him? Maca then asked.

"It was so noisy in the bar that I could vaguely hear a few words—" Sirius said, emphasizing in an accentuated tone, "It's 'Newmengard'!" I hear the word 'Nyumengard'! ”

“…… Is it really the Greenwald remnant that is lurking? Maca nodded knowingly.

"You know that, too?" Sirius was surprised, "This is not known to everyone, the information about the wizarding war back then was not comprehensive, and few people know the final fate of Gellert Greenwald - it took me a lot of effort to guess it!" ”

"Hmm......" Marca smiled, "Actually, I've been to Newmengard once, but it's just a bit of a shame - Greenwald escaped before I arrived. ”

"You—" Sirius stared at Maca for a long time before sighing, "how could such a thing be without you...... I should have guessed it a long time ago. ”

He paused, then asked, "So, you also know about the United States, right?" ”

"No," Maka shook her head, "I really don't know, and if it weren't for your note, I wouldn't have thought of coming to New York!" But who would have thought that the remnants of Greenwald were still studying the Silent One? And they've really made some name for themselves......"

"You mean, the black fog that hit me...... Is it really the 'Silent One'? Sirius didn't seem to have confirmed this, "I didn't think they were the 'Silent One', I thought they would only exist in the history of magic!" ”