Amycus leaned on the bridge railing, tilting his chin in the direction of King Street.
"Then we have to talk about Hargreaves's father, Dyson·Hargreaves."
When he said this, there was a strange warmth in his voice, as if he was talking about an old friend who had passed away.
"During the war, London was riddled with holes. The pipe where I was hiding happened to be connected to the foundation near the St James's Palace. One night, Dyson followed the underground passage and entered my hiding place."
"I still remember that he was holding a kerosene lamp in his hand and an old-fashioned revolver in his other hand. He probably thought I was a refugee or something."
Amycus A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"I didn't kill him because I was a little tired of being a vampire at that time, and he didn't shoot me. We stared at each other in that pipe for a long time, and he gave me a piece of bread and a bottle of water before leaving."
"He came again the next night, bringing a blanket and a notebook."
Amycus faces the lake and rests his hands on the bridge railing.
"Later, as time went by, we gradually became familiar with each other, until one day, I told him my identity. I think he was more curious about me than fearful at that time. He learned from my mouth what the world was like and the existence of the wizarding world."
"I also told him about the vampires, Gaunt family...Dyson happened to be working in Home Office at that time, and the Muggle government paid considerable attention to 'special events'."
Amycus's fingers tapped lightly on the bridge railing twice.
"Dyson asked me if I wanted to cooperate with him after hearing my story."
"Cooperation?"
"Yes, the Muggle government needs a department with access to special affairs, but no one knows where to start."
"And he happened to meet me."
Amycus took out a coin from his pocket and turned it over between his fingers.
"So Dyson provided me with an identity and a place to shelter from wind and rain."
"19 King Street, it was originally an abandoned private library. Dyson bought it in his name and turned it into a library. On the surface it is an ancient book library, but in fact it is a place used by the Muggle government to investigate and solve various supernatural creatures."
"Supernatural creature?" Lin Ze was a little surprised.
He has read in many novels that there are similar official organizations, and the more famous one is Bureau 749 from Dongda University.
"Yes, there are all kinds of supernatural creatures. To be honest, before joining, I didn't know that besides wizards and vampires, there were so many supernatural creatures and supernatural intelligent creatures in this world." Amycus said.
Amycus flicked the coin into the air and caught it again.
"So, 19 King Street has always been the official organization of Muggle?"
"Yes."
"When Dyson was here, the organization was not large. Counting him and me, there were only four or five people."
"The things we dealt with at that time were very complicated, and most of them were abnormal events that would not have much impact on the world of Muggle."
"For example, there is a ghost in an old house somewhere, a creature that shouldn't appear in a certain forest, or a certain Muggle accidentally photographed something that he shouldn't have photographed."
"Sounds like Ministry of Magic's job." Lin Ze said.
"Some are indeed." Amycus nodded.
"But Ministry of Magic only focuses on events involving wizards. The supernatural phenomena in the world of Muggle are far more than just wizards. Werewolf, ghosts, forgotten ancient relics, and some things that even I have never seen."
"Slowly, I fell in love with this kind of life."
"After Dyson died, did you ever think about leaving?" Lin Ze asked.
"I've thought about it." Amycus put the coins back into his pocket.
"The day Dyson left, I packed my things and was about to leave. Edgar stopped me. He asked me to stay and continue to help him."
"Actually, I didn't know what to do at that time. What's more, after Gaunt family came out, I haven't sucked human blood for more than a hundred years, although I miss it sometimes." Amycus smiled.
"So I agreed to Edgar. Edgar is more cautious than his father. He has never been directly involved in my work, and is only responsible for providing me with identity protection and financial support. Over the past thirty years, a tacit understanding has been formed between us. I help him solve all kinds of troubles, and he rarely interferes with my personal time."
"In the 1950s, a lot of strange things happened here in Britain. The Muggle government was in a state of distress, but Edgar dealt with them in an orderly manner."
Amycus When he said this, a gust of wind blew up on the lake, and a few dead leaves from the shore were rolled onto the bridge.
He stretched out his hand to catch a piece and threw it back into the water.
"Dyson is a very interesting person." Amycus's eyes followed the fallen leaf.
"He has never been afraid of me, but he is afraid that the world will become unreasonable. He is an old-school Britain person who believes in order, rules, and everything has a reasonable explanation. When he finds that there are too many things in the world that cannot be explained by his set of rules, he chooses to understand rather than escape."
"Those things in the Muggle world that cannot be explained by science, old houses haunted by ghosts, Ghoul in the sewers, cursed objects leaked from an antique dealer, Dyson is responsible for running errands and covering up outside, and I am responsible for doing things in the dark."
"Sounds pretty busy."
"Busy, but interesting." Amycus's tone contained something that Lin Ze rarely heard from others.
"One winter, a dark substance that could eat living people appeared in the basement of an abandoned church in the East District. Muggle The police went in and a group of people came out with no memory of anything. It took me a lot of effort to help them solve the matter."
"Until your Dark Lord launched the wizard war, many creatures that should not appear in the world of Muggle ran away from the wizard's territory."
"The Muggle world has suffered many unnecessary disasters. In London alone, dozens of Muggle were directly or indirectly killed by those creatures."
"At that time Edgar came to me and asked me to help him deal with those things."
"I refused."
"Why?" Lin Ze asked.
"Because I know that Death Eaters is behind those things. I don't want to wipe Wizarding World's butt, and I don't want Edgar to be involved in the wizard war."
"Then why did you do all this before? I don't believe that a vampire would suddenly become loving towards Muggle." Lin Ze asked.
"Because Megan, I still can't forget what that silly girl said when she let me out. She said that if possible, she didn't want to be a wizard. She wanted to be a Muggle who knew nothing about it and have a life that was completely her own."
"I... want to try... the kind of life she talked about..."