Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 108 Ryan's Enlightenment

In the quiet room, the only sound was Ryan's even breathing... He slept soundly and soundly.

In his sleep, his demeanor, which had always been filled with fatigue and depression, finally unfolded, and under the stubble, he could vaguely see a somewhat handsome young face.

The sun had already risen high, casting sunlight through the drawn curtains and hitting the room, adding a bit of warmth to the originally dark tones.

Quietly but with a bit of beauty, it seems that the timeline is infinitely stretched at this stage, turning everything before waking up into eternity.

"Bang Bang Bang!!!"

However, a sudden knock on the door broke the tranquility, and also shattered the original picture moment into fragments.

The knocking on the door continued, and even if no one was seen, one could still hear a bit of urgency from the rapid knocking of the other party.

Ryan frowned slightly, his eyelashes trembled, and slowly opened his sleepy eyes.

"Here we come..." He subconsciously replied vaguely, raising his head in front of some difficulty.

"Quick! Ryan, let me in! Something big happened!!"

Outside the door, Russell's voice came in, as if with great anxiety.

Immediately, Ryan, who was still a little confused, woke up, his eyes were clear again, and without saying anything, he turned over and sat up from the bed.

After putting on his clothes neatly, he strode straight to the door, pulled out the latch, and pulled the door open.

The door was open, Ryan looked out, and saw that outside the door at this moment, there were still beads of sweat on Russell's forehead, and the expression on his face was full of panic, and he was about to huddle together.

And beside him stood a panting black man—Ryan had some impression of him, this was the guy who left with Charlie not long ago...it seemed to be called Andre.

But he came back like this?
Just when Ryan was stunned and subconsciously followed the question, Russell, who was anxious outside the door, refused to waste any time at all.

He pushed forward involuntarily, relying on his small body, forcefully pushed Ryan back to his room.

Immediately afterwards, he and Andre also walked in quickly.

With a "bang", the door of the room was heavily shut, and the corridor was restored to silence.

"What's the matter, Charlie?"

In the room, Ryan frowned fiercely. He is a smart person, otherwise he would not have been entrusted by Charlie with the important task of being the distributor of the entire Muggle world.

Relying on Russell's reaction this time, and Andre who suddenly popped up again, he vaguely guessed something in the shortest possible time - what kind of trouble did Charlie encounter in the American magic circle.

Sure enough, in the next second, Russell confirmed his conjecture.

"Charlie...Master Charlie was captured by the Aurors of the American magic community!"

His voice trembled a little, and he had obviously lost his sense of proportion because of Charlie's affairs, and he was no longer as calm and calm as when he was dealing with the internal affairs of the factory.

Ryan's eyes immediately left Russell and turned to Andre.

Andre had just caught his breath until now, and when he saw Ryan looking over, he nodded hurriedly.

It can be seen that after receiving Mueller's order this time, Andre did waste a lot of energy.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to cross nearly half the world from New York, USA, to the candy factory in Greater Manchester in just a few hours.

There is no nonsense, and Andre knew that Russell had no other choice at the moment, and the person in front of him was the real backbone, so he hurriedly told the other party about the matter from beginning to end.

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"... Immediately afterwards, those Aurors came and captured Mr. Charlie, and they didn't let him out until I left."

After Andre's voice fell, the room fell silent.

He and Russell looked at Ryan together, hoping to get a solution from the other side.

Ryan didn't speak, but fell into deep thought.

He suddenly thought of what Charlie had said to him not long ago when he went to find him at his home.

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"If something goes wrong while I'm gone...it's up to you."

When Charlie said these words, he was sitting on his expensive sofa, facing him.There was still a relaxed smile on the corner of his mouth, but there seemed to be some deep meaning in his eyes.

At that time, Ryan didn't think so much, he just thought that Charlie was talking about the factory, and shook his head to refuse.

"Don't you have Russell? He is a good boy. Even if you go there for a year, it is impossible for his ability to cause any major incidents in the factory."

However, after hearing Ryan's words, Charlie shook his head and said quietly
"Russell is very reliable...but there are some things he can't do. For example, when he went to deliver the fifty thousand Galleons to Fudge, if I wasn't there and he was alone, he wouldn't even have the hall of the Ministry of Magic Way to get in..."

Between the words, there is still a bit of melancholy.

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Back to the present, Ryan looked at everything in front of him, but he seemed to suddenly understand the meaning of Charlie's words, and the little detail that the other party seemed to tell him inadvertently...

Ryan's frown became relaxed, his eyes shone with enlightenment, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously brought a faint smile.

Russell was stunned. He looked at the faint smile on Ryan's face, and the faint sense of familiarity surged into his heart again.Only this time, he already understood where that sense of familiarity came from.

"Master...Master?" He seemed to see Charlie... For a moment, a sense of reliability rose up again, which made his originally flustered spirit settle down again, and inexplicably regained his calm.

"Let's go! Let's go together."

Finally, Ryan spoke, and his words were no longer as lazy as yesterday.As he spoke, he pulled the folds of his clothes to make himself look more energetic.

"Go, where?"

"To the Ministry of Magic!"

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In the lobby of the Ministry of Magic, as the elevator fell, the elevator door opened, and a group of three people headed by Ryan strode straight down from above, heading directly for the elevator leading to Fudge's office.

Due to the urgency of the situation, they didn't delay at all, they just wanted to help Charlie solve this trouble as quickly as possible.

After all, no one knows whether those foreign Aurors will give Charlie any trouble after leaving England...

Although Ryan is very clear about Charlie's strength, after all, the strong dragon can't overwhelm the local snake.If something really went wrong because of their slowness, Ryan would probably feel guilty for this for the rest of his life...

However, just as they were racing against time, they were eagerly racing against time.Charlie, who was far away in a foreign country, was still sleeping soundly on that torture chair.

I have to say, from the perspective of rest, this interrogation room is also an excellent place.

The light is dim, the surroundings are quiet, and the chair space is quite large, and there is a special place for you to lie on your stomach. In a sense, it is very humane.

While Charlie was resting, suddenly, the door to the torture room was opened again.

And as the door was twisted and made a "squeaky" sound, Charlie also woke up from his sleep.

He straightened his waist, stretched his arms lazily, and yawned a long way.

"Why, it's time for an interrogation again?"

He said casually, and after he finished yawning, he looked towards the door unhurriedly.

In the end, to his surprise, the person who came in was not the interrogating Auror just now.It was Sierra Stewart who had only interacted with him not long ago.

She walked in, still holding a plastic bag with a capital "M" emblazoned on it in gold.

"No."

Hearing Charlie's question, she shook her head calmly, glanced at him, and replied

"Stuff went to the director to apply for help. Your interrogation will probably wait until the afternoon. I'm here to bring you lunch."

While talking, she raised the plastic bag with food in her hand, shook it, and motioned.

"How? Are you Brits used to American fast food?"

She seems to be in a good mood, maybe because it is not her working time, so the expression on her face is no longer as serious and stubborn as when Charlie saw her, but with a bit of a girl her age Vitality and brilliance, and a bit of chatter between the words with Charlie.

"I also can……"

Charlie spread his hands, "Usually all I eat in England are biscuits, slices of bread and so on. It doesn't matter..."

Serra raised an eyebrow, looking a little surprised.She walked slowly, came to Charlie's side, handed the plastic bag in her hand to him, and said
"Really? I thought that rich people like you would eat up a week's salary for one meal a day."

"I don't actually have a lot of cravings in the food I eat."

Charlie lowered his head, looked at the food in the plastic bag, and responded
"If I go out, I would naturally like to eat something good, but in my own factory, I'm still used to being plain."

"Why?" Sera's eyes flashed with curiosity, and she continued to ask

"Because it distracts me."

He took out a glass of Coke and carefully placed it beside him, then took out the burger and peeled off the wrapping paper.

After finishing speaking, he bit down hard.

It can be seen that Charlie is really hungry at the moment... After such a long period of high-intensity interrogation, and a whole morning of detention.

Although Charlie's demeanor is still the same on the surface, in fact, his energy consumption can be said to be only a lot more than that of the black man interrogating the Auror.

Probably because of his habit since he was a child, plus he never showed his embarrassed side in front of others, although Charlie ate very fast, he didn't seem to be whole at all.

Sera didn't say anything more, just found a random place, leaned against the wall, folded his hands in front of his chest, and quietly watched the other party clean up all the hamburgers and Coke in his hand.

When Charlie was full and took out a tissue and began to wipe his mouth, Sela finally sighed and couldn't help asking the question he had always wanted to ask.

"Honestly... I don't understand," Sera began.

"You are obviously so successful... In fact, according to the information we have found, even in the American magic world, there are not many wizards who are richer than you."

"Why did you come all the way here to kill black wizards who are generally not as good as ants in your eyes?"

Sera paused, lowered her voice, and continued cautiously
"Even if you hire a group of Sanwu wizards... With your money, even if you want to buy all of them, it should be considered a trivial matter, right? Then why did you come here in person?"

Charlie listened to her question quietly, while wiping some residue and oil stains on his mouth.

After the other party finally put away all the doubts in his heart, Charlie put down the tissue, glanced at her, and whispered mysteriously

"Do you really want to know why?"

Sera's eyes lit up, she nodded hastily, and the whole person leaned over seriously.

"Because I didn't do it at all—I don't know anything."

In Sela's ear, Charlie whispered like a devil's whisper.

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Serra went out, didn't even help take away the packing bags after he finished eating, just ran out angrily.

"Peng!"

The door of the interrogation room was closed again.When it is opened again, it is probably time for the black Auror named Steve to bring his helper back to the line...

Charlie doesn't care about Steve and the helper he is about to bring... Even if the other party is really a master of Legilimency, it's not a big problem for him.

After all, he had also practiced Occlumency before, although he didn't pay much attention to this skill, and became an Occlumency master like Snape.

However, it must not be difficult to deal with American wizards whose average level is almost one degree lower than that of the British wizarding world.

Besides, using Legilimency on a suspect is not an ordinary interrogation method...

You know, for wizards, exposing the contents of their brains to others is undoubtedly a taboo.

Considering his identity, Charlie thinks that there is a high probability that the Director of the Serious Case Investigation Division will not allow this plan to pass...

"Forget it... let's sleep again, I seem to be a little sleepy."

Charlie said to himself, his eyes narrowed again.

He glanced at the door leading to the outside world, and as before, he lay back on the chair and continued to sleep while waiting for the actions of Ryan and the others who were far away in the UK.

(End of this chapter)