Chapter 2849 "Wooden Man" (9)

You can see a variety of amusement facilities in Muggle amusement parks, including carousels, Ferris wheels, ocean ball pools, etc.

But these are all for "children". Older children will go to places like mirror houses and haunted houses, where the mirrors are equipped with a variety of fun mirrors. Because their surfaces are uneven, the images they reflect will be distorted.

It is different from the real situation and makes people laugh.

Sometimes the mirror room is arranged like a maze, using the principles of reflection and refraction to create various creative and confusing passages, making it difficult for people to distinguish where is the real passage and where is the mirror.

The haunted house is deliberately decorated to look thrilling and terrifying, coupled with the eerie music and lights, as well as the staff who suddenly run out from time to time, making people feel creepy.

However, a haunted house may not always be a place like an abandoned hospital, or there may have been a vicious murder in that place. At least Ben Cooper's family has not heard of it. The grandparents who lived here before were also very ordinary old people.

They died peacefully in hospital.

Their house became haunted because his father received a music box, which was brought to him by someone else to repair. Ben still remembers that it was a rainy evening when a fashionably dressed woman brought the music box to his father's shop.

, and she has not appeared since then.

The sound of a music box is very ethereal and beautiful, but after all, the music played by this machine is not as emotional as that played by humans, and you will feel uncomfortable after listening to it for a long time.

But the ghost didn't do anything. She just liked to open the music box in the middle of the night. Then the neighbor next door knocked on their door because of neurasthenia and asked Ben not to continue playing with toys in the middle of the night.

London's old terraced houses may look good from the outside, but they have various problems when living inside. Poor sound insulation is only one aspect.

Ben's father warned him several times not to play with the music box again, and Ben swore that it wasn't him who did it, but the ghost.

At that time, the whole world was in an uproar about the family in North London. The neighbors did not want their lives to be disturbed by the media like that family, so they asked Ben's mother to let him calm down, but Ben kept saying, "It's not me."

Do it”.

So the situation got worse. The lights in the house often turned on and off by themselves, and the furniture moved on its own. The sound they made was disturbing the neighbors, but no one called the police to deal with it.

According to reports at the time, the family in North London also called the police, but the police came to no avail. They said, "This is no longer within the jurisdiction of our police" and left.

The neighbors asked Ben if he had any gifts he wanted. As long as he stopped making trouble, all the conditions he proposed could be met.

Ben said, "It wasn't me, it was the ghost." Then no one paid any attention to him.

At that time, news about that family was often reported on TV. Some people who claimed to be scholars and experts were skeptical about the authenticity of the photos, thinking that they had carefully planned and forged them.

Ben's mother then warned Ben not to do bad things again or say he could see ghosts.

Ben couldn't understand it. His parents had always taught him to be an honest person. Why would he pretend not to see ghosts when he could clearly see them?

He didn't want to lie, but everyone around him thought he was lying. Only the ghost in the room believed him.

When he received the Hogwarts admission notice, Ben's parents thought he was playing tricks again and locked him up. Ben felt extremely painful. At this time, the ghost told him that Ben's parents were discussing sending him to

He went to a "special hospital" and his magic power rioted.

Because this magical riot attracted nearby Aurors, the Aurors knew that there was such a little wizard. They took him to Diagon Alley to buy things for the new semester. However, when he arrived at the new school, Ben's luck

Still no change.

Mary and Lily are both girls. They will not be harmed in any real way. Ben is often teased by the "little Death Eaters". Emily chooses to fight, while Ben chooses to run away and hide. Nick is almost headless.

He was taken to the secret room, and later Nick introduced Barnaby to him.

Both of them are unlucky. If according to "people with similar life and upbringing background can become close friends," then it is destined for Barnaby and Ben to become friends.

Paul had a father who was similar to Barnaby's father. In his eyes, Paul was never good enough. He tinkered with dolls all day long and could not take over his studio. He taught his apprentices all his craftsmanship.

At the same time, because of their refugee status, his father's sudden wealth, and various scandals, Paul has always been lonely.

He felt sad when he was a child, but it didn't matter to him when he grew up. He felt that he and Barnaby had a "bad rapport". They were different from the people he had met before. They didn't want to be "ordinary" or follow the rules around them.

The lesson of people is to become people like them. That’s why Barnaby and Ben ran to the Forbidden Forest to stop “playing” with him, and that’s why Paul was so angry.

Later, Ben came back and told him that he needed a "little help" from him. Paul happily agreed. He possessed a small doll made by Ben and controlled the "big doll" to teach Carter a lesson.

, he was almost beaten to pulp by the troll's mace.

Peeves can "directly" grab things like chalk and water balloons with his hands, but Paul can't. He has to be attached to something. At the same time, he can also control some wooden boxes and barrels to turn them into another object.

Plant a "doll" and control it "remotely", just like throwing it out by an invisible string.

This is the power that Paul first awakened. When he was a child, because he didn't want to take piano lessons, he wanted his music tutor to get out of here. There happened to be a plaster statue on the shelf, so Paul wanted to throw it at his tutor.

.

However, he was still some distance away from being on the shelf at that time. It was just that he was so angry that he didn't think too much about it. Only when he calmed down did he feel something was wrong.

When he grew older, he heard about a meddling witch in the 16th century who wasted her talents on unimportant people.

In Paul's view, the way to resist pain is not to divert it away, but to create "happiness". The more "happiness" there is, the less pain there is, so he created a "playground" and wanted to find people to join him.

"Play".

However, he waited and waited, but no one came to the door. Just like a deserted amusement park trying to attract business, "Poor Paul" decided to take the initiative. However, the boring goblin filled some crazy people in tight clothes.

He didn't like it when he came to his "playground", so he created a dungeon for the goblins to imprison them. The "playground" was for playmates.

After listening to Ben's description, Pomona couldn't help but think of a sentence written in the recreational book.

Insane people always have their own rules.

"Where did he absorb the 'power' that killed Paul?" Severus asked Ben curiously.

"He didn't mention it much." Ben scratched the back of his head. "He thought mentioning 'death' would be disappointing."

"What about the people who died because of him?" Pomona asked.

"They have a choice, they don't have to listen to him." Barnaby said tremblingly, "Just like I didn't use the Unforgivable Curse to open the door with the relief, he didn't say that he needed to use the Unforgivable Curse to open the cave. It was Carter.

That’s what I thought.”

"I thought he was killed," Severus said. "I didn't expect that he was actually 'died' by swelling."

"Oh, Merlin's beard." Pomona lamented, "How am I going to report to Dumbledore later?"

"Tell it like it is," Severus said. "Even the truth is hard to believe."

"Or you can go ahead," Pomona said.

Severus shook his head.

"You want me to go alone?" Pomona asked in disbelief.

"I need to think about how to start." Severus cursed under his breath. "Damn it Carter."

If Severus doesn't go out today, will Carter act?

Pomona thought he would have scruples, but who knew that this was Albus and his plan to deliberately expose a flaw for Carter to act?

Things are often not what they seem, so don't be fooled by appearances.

However, even if you are not dazzled by the colorful guise, there are other traps waiting.

If you fight with the dragon for too long, you will become a dragon yourself; if you stare into the abyss for too long, the abyss will stare back with the same gaze.

How could a staff member of the Centaur Office of the Ministry of Magic control the scene just now?

However, she was the only member of the Ministry of Magic present at the time. The others were either in London or guarding the fortress. What treasures were there? Is it worthy of such a massive effort?
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