Counterclockwise · Rewrite the Stars

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Darkness

This night is bound to be long.

The stars outside the tower hang down, and there is a pale white night Shishi falling to the ground.The night was cold and dew heavy, and only a few flickering lights were always on in the dark night, but they still couldn't cut through the hazy mist.In such a deep night, two owls flew across the low sky silently carrying gunpowder smoke, and galloped to the far south.

The door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office opened and closed. A dark green figure with a long cloak walked into the office in a daze after being woken up in the middle of the night. After half an hour, he became extremely sober and walked away with a solemn expression. Coming out, he took a deep look at Kaito Kuroba who sent her to the door, and nodded slightly to him.

This person is the current Head of Gryffindor, Professor Minerva McGonagall.

"Be careful." She put her hat back on to hide her face, and hurried off again—this time convinced that she would not be able to sleep again.

The letter left by Dumbledore told them that Professor McGonagall was a trustworthy person, and she also had some understanding of Dumbledore's activities in recent years, so she was able to take over the position of acting principal in the shortest possible time. Help Kuroba make arrangements.

Kudo Shinichi is still hiding behind the scenes-this is the result of unanimous agreement between the two after discussion.

The less people know that he is at Hogwarts now, the better. If Belmode really didn't tell the mysterious organization about it, he might be able to catch the opponent by surprise at some point.When Kuroba was communicating with Professor McGonagall in the office, he wrote letters to Hattori Heiji in the cubicle the whole time, calmly arranging everything he could think of.

After all, he has been the chief Auror for several years, and Kudo Shin-pair is extremely handy in arranging and deploying. Although he still needs to consider innocent students and professors in this battlefield, the variables have become more complicated. But this can only be said to have brought him a certain amount of pressure, but it didn't make him feel timid in the slightest.Every stroke of his letters carried the killing decision of the superior, and the long letters flew to the Hattori house, and the snowflake-like instructions began to be sent to all trustworthy pride in a large scale hidden in the darkness. Luo scattered.

He stayed incognito at Hogwarts for half a year, and also secretly arranged with Hattori Heiji for half a year.

Finally came the final moment.

He didn't even dare to take a breath this night, for fear that the war would burn the soil tomorrow, so he returned to the desk without stopping as soon as he sent a letter, and pulled out another parchment from the table.

It's a pity that he hadn't refilled the quill with ink yet, one hand held his left wrist lightly but irresistibly, and the other hand smoothly put the quill in his right hand on the table, and then put the quill on the table. A ceramic cup that was still emitting thin white smoke was placed in his hand that was still giving instructions just now, and he rubbed the delicate skin on the boy's wrist with his fingertips intentionally or unintentionally.

The chair turned around, so that Kudo had to face Kuroba Kaito who was looking down at him with a smile.

Kudo looked up.

"Hot milk, fresh from the oven." The man blinked.

He couldn't laugh or cry, and planned to put the cup on the table: "I'm not really 15 years old, Professor Kuroba. Besides, I prefer coffee."

"Milk helps you sleep." Hei Yu stopped his hand righteously and said, "You are already busy enough today, it's time to sleep."

Kudo glanced at the time.

Three twenty in the morning.

"Also—" Before the word "Morning" could be said, Hei Yu leaned over and kissed the lips of the young man who was sitting on the chair and looked up at him, as soon as the dragonfly dipped in the water, he parted, successfully making the other party forget the words.

The surroundings were very quiet, only the candlelight danced in their eyes, casting an ambiguous orange halo in their drowsiness.The young man sank into a soft chair, and the dark leather set off his whiteness. Only his blue eyes were quenched brightly, as if starlight was kissing his eyelashes.One of his hands was caught, and he was still holding a cup in the other, so he could only let Kuroba trap him in the chair and do whatever he wanted.Hei Yu was very close to the young man, so close that he could clearly see the fine fluff on the other's face, as well as the faint gray that blurred under his eyes.

Black Feather's heart softened.

Kudo Shinichi has always been this kind of person.He witnessed that the other party became a prefect in Ravenclaw smoothly, and took over the huge Auror Division when his peers were still working hard. The bosses that Kuroba hated dealt with each other with ease, and even got away to arrange actions.Sometimes he is also very surprised, why someone can treat everything and everyone so recklessly like a match is burning his life.When he was young, he felt that the other party was hypocritical, and he always speculated about this ever-changing world with the most innocent kindness.As a young man, he felt that the other party was too dazzling and would one day fall like a star in the sky, so that young love was still full of unspeakable timidity and panic.

It wasn't until later that he realized that Kudo Shinichi was neither a fleeting meteor nor a match with a short life.

He is light itself.

At this moment, Kudo unexpectedly pursed his lips and smiled.

Hei Yu tilted his head for some unknown reason, and then he heard the boy say with a smile, "I'm very lucky."

Kuroba Kaito is passionate yet calm, flamboyant yet restrained, contradictory yet self-consistent.They are obviously far away like people from two worlds, but only when their fingers are really intertwined and their hearts are connected, he feels that it should be like this, it should be like this.

Long, long ago, this willful young man had entered into his dream, bringing the sky full of stars to light up the entire dark night.

So, I'm really lucky to have you here at this moment.

Their eyes intertwined, in the quiet night, only distant birdsong and involuntary kisses.

Gryffindor's voice was deep and gentle.He said, "Then let me accompany you."

Whenever, wherever.

So Kuroba, who originally planned to persuade his sweetheart to sleep, accompanied Kudo to fight hard for another night, and came up with a few rough plans with amazing efficiency, and re-understood the defense system of Hogwarts in detail, until the sky appeared The two Yudubai finally couldn't bear the sleepiness and were ready to sleep.

"You can sleep here with me." Kuroba yawned big, stretched his waist across from Kudo, the wide desk was covered with all kinds of papers, "I'm resting on the sofa I'm going to get up soon. I should go to class after that woman is gone."

Kudo propped his chin, and knocked on the table with the other hand intermittently. He looked up at Heiyu and thought for a moment, his voice was a little soft: "Don't sleep on the sofa."

Black Feather:"?"

Kudo impatiently knocked on the table, turned his face away, his ears felt a little hot: "Didn't you hear clearly?"

Black Feather:"……"

I heard it clearly.

Is... is that what he thought?

Kudo ignored him, and entered the bedroom without looking back, looking very calm and elegant, but Kuroba clearly tasted a little nervousness from his tight jawline.

Heiyu suddenly felt that he was not sleepy anymore, and even had some energy!

Ah, this damned love!

……

Of course they fell asleep as soon as they hit the pillow.

Even when Hei Yu was woken up by the alarm clock, he was still in a trance, not knowing what night it was. It wasn't until he saw the black-haired boy lying peacefully sleeping next to him that he realized what had happened.

"Cough, it's almost 08:30, don't you have class?" He poked the boy's arm, thinking that the boy was a Ravenclaw and a former prefect, so he must love learning and would not skip class.

Kudo opened his eyes ignorantly, staring fixedly at Kuroba who was at a loss, seemingly thinking about something.

A few seconds later, he calmly closed his eyes again, his voice still had the hoarseness of just waking up: "No, I'm sick. That professor won't say anything."

...Then Kuroba went to class even more in a trance.

Back then, the professors who taught him wanted to deduct all his marks because he skipped classes, so he naturally felt that Kudo Shinichi, who was loved by professors, never skipped classes and studied hard.

Unexpectedly, they could have a double standard.

Painful realization!

Knowing this person made Kuroba a little frustrated, and walked into the classroom while thinking about why he was not handsome enough.

"Good morning."

After the usual greeting, he glanced at the students below, and suddenly realized——the first class was Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff's fourth-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Black Feather:?

He stood on the podium and looked at the well-behaved students in silence for two seconds, with a blank expression, thinking of the boy who was openly sleeping and skipping class in his office.

...Indeed, that professor really wouldn't say anything to Edogawa Conan who skipped class.

The life at Hogwarts is comfortable for most students, there may be occasional friction and conflicts, but generally speaking it is peaceful and simple.

Professors don't think so.

Dumbledore disappeared for no reason, Professor McGonagall became an agent, and they all clearly felt the instability of the Hogwarts defensive barrier-the number of black magic creatures that appeared near the Hogwarts barrier during this period It became more and more frequent, so they had to step up their patrols, and gave repeated orders to the students to make them abide by the school rules.

As for the faculty meeting that Professor McGonagall held later - with Kuroba Kaito present, he wasn't very worried.

He believed in Kuroba Kaito.

As a student, Kudo naturally did not slack off, but took advantage of his status as a Quidditch player to familiarize himself with the structure of the entire castle and the possible direction of the enemy's invasion in the shortest possible time.

According to Kudo's speculation, most of the enemies would choose to attack at night.At that time, it was more advantageous to use black magic, and the night also brought them a natural barrier, which could also surprise them.

...or morning?dusk?

Kudo was thinking absently while training on the court with the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor players.The afternoon sunshine in early spring was just right, and the young people were smiling happily on the green grass and under the clear sky, with sweat glistening on their foreheads.Kudo was also affected by this mood, and his tense mood loosened a little.

At this moment, he heard an exclamation from Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko: "Look, there is the Forbidden Forest - what is that?"

Kudo subconsciously followed suit.

On the edge of the Forbidden Forest not far from the Quidditch pitch, a layer of gray and dull black appeared.

Kudo's pupils shrank suddenly, remembering the letter sent by Hattori Heiji two days ago——

Azkaban changes.

At that time, he thought that the mysterious organization would rescue the heinous prisoners held in Azkaban, and he also carefully explained to Hattori to pay attention.It now appears that he was completely wrong.

What the mysterious organization wants to use and liberate is not the group of murderous villains, but a dark existence that is more frightening than death itself.

— Dementors.