Counterclockwise · Rewrite the Stars

"I'm going out on business, and I'll be back soon—about noon. Lunch?"

In the early morning of the weekend, after the two enjoyed a pleasant breakfast, Hei Yu suddenly received an urgent owl letter, stood up in a hurry with a dignified expression, waved his magic wand, summoned his windbreaker coat, and walked towards the entrance go.

"Okay." Kudo responded with a nod.

"...Remember not to open the door to strangers." Hei Yu thought over and over again, and finally explained something worried before going out.

Kudo silently pushed Kuroba out of the door and closed it with a bang.

Hei Yu flattened her mouth, but couldn't suppress her smile: "Tsundere."

Not long after Kuroba went out, Kudo felt that the house was quite empty.He didn't know what was wrong with him, so after thinking about it, he decided that it was Kuroba's fault, sitting on the high chair, swinging his feet, propping his chin with one hand, flipping through the detective books in boredom.

"Ding-dong-"

The doorbell rang at this moment.

Kudo raised his eyes and looked suspiciously at the door.No one else has visited Heiyu's house for so many days, why did someone come to the house at this time? ... Forget it, I guess he came to find that guy Kuroba, so he just pretended he wasn't there.

So he lowered his head, and then turned to the book.

The doorbell rang again for a while, accompanied by a gentle female voice calling "Is anyone there?"He sighed, and scratched his hair irritably, thinking that it didn't matter, he just said a few words and let it go.He closed the book, jumped out of the chair, and walked slowly to the door, loosely holding his fir wand in his right hand hanging by his side, and opened the door while casually answering "here it is."

"The Black Feather Sect—"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the corner of the woman's mouth slightly raised, and a dazzling white light poured from a magic wand aimed at his forehead.

"Passed out."

Oops.

In the next second, his consciousness was forced to sink into the boundless darkness.

……

When he regained consciousness, it took Kudo a long time to realize where he was.

It was snowing outside the car window, and there was a soothing light music in the car.Kudo struggled for a while, and found that he was tightly bound by the confinement curse, and he couldn't even move. It was futile at all.He gritted his teeth and looked at the woman driving the car with a calm face. The woman had neatly cut short hair and was wearing a suit. She looked very ordinary.

"Are you awake?" The woman chuckled, put one hand on the steering wheel, and cast a sideways glance at the boy who had just woken up.

Kudo's hands were cut behind his back, and the fir wand had long since disappeared, and he began to think of a countermeasure rapidly in his mind.His eyes were tinged with panic, and he shrank in the opposite direction of the woman. He looked at the calm woman in fear, and after a while he said in a trembling voice, "You, who are you? Why did you arrest me?"

Just happened to run into a traffic light, the woman stepped on the brakes, turned her face to look carefully at the young boy with a pair of blue eyes curled up in a ball, finally couldn't help laughing out loud, and said happily: "To be honest, if I didn't know that you were Kudo Shinichi, I would almost have been fooled by you."

Kudo's blood froze in an instant.

His pupils shrank suddenly, staring at the woman without saying a word.

"Curious how I know?" As if seeing through his doubts, the woman kindly explained, "How much do you remember about the Forbidden Forest that day? Ha, as the chief Auror, you shouldn't be so naive, right? You really thought that your shrinking was a magical accident rather than—" The woman paused, seeing the boy's increasingly pale face with satisfaction, she opened her lips and said softly, "—it was intentional."

"you--"

A wand suddenly touched his forehead, and Kudo froze and remained motionless.The woman tilted her head and said with a smile: "Don't try to act rashly, Mr. Kudo. Last time I passed out, I won't be sure what the spell will be next time."

The red light cut to green, and the woman laughed and stepped on the gas.

Kudo twitched the corners of his mouth, restrained the expression he had just pretended, turned his head and sat on the co-pilot without saying a word, and began to think.

——It seems that what this woman said is not a lie.If she understands so clearly, it means that she is either at the scene or she knows the inside story.So, is she a member of that unknown organization lurking in the dark?Then why didn't she get rid of herself immediately?Want to learn about this rejuvenation method or... torture yourself to get the inside information.

No matter what, he had to find a way to escape first.His cedar wand should still be on him. As long as he can escape him, he can use Apparition. There is no trace of the wand many years ago, and there is no need to worry that the Ministry of Magic will alert him to a "minor". Magic is used in Muggle lands.He needs to use silent magic to undo this damn curse first...

"Mr. Kudo, I heard that your wandless silent magic has been very good—"

Kudo was startled, marveling at the woman's sharpness, but at the same time not to be outdone, he pulled out his hidden cedar wood wand from his cuff, and shouted angrily: "Ammunition!"

The emergency brake and the sharp rotation of the steering wheel caused Kudo to be thrown against the door. The force made him groan, feeling as if his internal organs had been displaced, and his throat rolled up. There was a fishy sweetness of rust.The screeching of rubber tires across the road, the sound of horns and cursing followed one after another, and the scene was chaotic.But Kudo couldn't care less, before the woman could react, he hurriedly opened the car door with his backhand and jumped down. With a flick of his wrist, his wand drew a beautiful arc in the heavy snow.In the next second, a whirlwind rose from the ground, and the sky was covered with swirling white, covering the boy's figure.After the snow gradually settled, the black-haired boy had long since disappeared.

The woman cursed fiercely, sat back in the car, and stepped on the accelerator hard.

the other side.

Kudo Shinichi appeared in an alley out of nowhere, suddenly supported the wall, bowed his waist and coughed, his eyes darkened.When he came back to his senses, flecks of coquettish red had already fallen on the snow-white ground.He frowned and thought, what's wrong with him, is it the sequelae of becoming smaller?

But now he doesn't have much energy to think carefully about this issue. The pursuit of the mysterious organization put his nerves in a highly tense state. For a while, he only thought of the only person who knew about him—Hattori Heiji— home.He leaned against the wall for a while, feeling that his strength had almost recovered, and then walked towards Hattori's house facing the wind with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Tsk, the Anti-Apparition Charm is really a love-hate thing.

He couldn't help thinking as he walked through the growing snowstorm.

As soon as he turned the corner, Hattori House appeared in front of him.

Kudo breathed a sigh of relief and quickened his pace.There was no one around, only the sound of the wind whistling in his ears.

He stood at the door of Hattori House, reached out and rang the doorbell, while looking around vigilantly.

Hurry up, hurry up, Hattori——

"Hello, who is that?"

Kudo's eyes lit up: "Admit it—"

A handkerchief tightly covered his mouth and nose, and a strong hand clasped the frail boy tightly.Kudo struggled subconsciously, but he didn't expect to inhale more chemicals from the handkerchief, and the whole world began to spin.Only then did he realize that the other party used Muggle things, but when he wanted to hold his breath, it was already too late, his eyelids became extremely heavy, his limbs gradually lost the strength to struggle in vain, and they drooped feebly, his head tilted and he completely lost consciousness .

"……Hello?"

"Sorry to bother you. I just wanted to ask, how to get to 34 King Street?" A man with a deep voice asked calmly.He looked down at Conan Edogawa who was frowning in his arms, and slowly raised the corners of his mouth.

Hattori quickly showed him the way, and the man thanked him politely, then turned and left with the unconscious boy in his arms.The black robe concealed the figure of the man, and within a short while he lost his figure in the heavy snow.

……

Kuroba hummed a little tune, carrying a box of packed pizza in his hand, walking happily on the way home.

The weather was very cold, but fortunately, he knew how to live and cast a warming spell on himself.It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon, and he did not forget the lunch he had agreed with Kudo. After dealing with the urgent matters in the Auror office, he hurriedly slipped away, regardless of his colleagues' persuasion.Passing by a pizzeria with a strong aroma on the way, Kuroba thought about it, and simply packed three different flavors of pizza to take home for Mr. Chief Auror to taste. I don’t know which one he likes more, but it can be regarded as understanding The other person's dietary preferences.

While choosing flavors, he thought of the image of the Ravenclaw teenager biting into a pizza and showing a contented expression, and couldn't help laughing, as if he was soaked in honey.

Will the guy get impatient and let the elf cook for him first?

Well, probably not, Kudo Shinichi is famous for keeping his promise, if he promises to eat with him, he will definitely eat with him.This kind of rigid advantage is actually so cute in the eyes of Hei Yu at the moment, which makes him wish to go home and see his sweetheart immediately.

Is this what home feels like?

Kuroba couldn't help but think happily.

There is a person waiting for his return at home, and there is a harbor for the wandering and helpless ships.The birds have a home, and the wind also stops for it.

He turned the corner and saw his residence in the distance.

Hei Yu was taken aback.

"Snapped."

The box containing the pizza crashed to the ground, suddenly driving Kuroba into an abyss of panic.In the next second, he had disappeared in place and appeared at the door of his house.

The door was wide open, and Kuroba stumbled into his home, shouting: "Conan!"

A silence answered him.

"Kudou Shinichi!" There was a pleading in his voice that he didn't realize.

However, what responded to him was still boundless silence.

Heiyu checked every room, even under the bed and in the closet.Edogawa Conan just disappeared out of thin air, without taking anything with him, and disappeared abruptly.

He finally turned back to the porch, took a deep breath, moved his wand with trembling fingertips, and said softly: "Backtrack."

Black smoke billowed from the tip of his wand, and a shadowy woman appeared at the door, rang the bell, and asked tirelessly if anyone was home.Immediately afterwards, Conan Edogawa appeared at the door.

He watched helplessly as the woman raised her wand and pointed it at the boy.The knuckles of his grip on the wand turned white.Then the woman quickly chanted the mantra: "Drowsy."

The boy fell forward uncontrollably and was easily caught by the woman.A hateful smile appeared on the woman's blurred face, which made Kuroba's heart twitch fiercely.Then, she took the cursed Edogawa Conan and disappeared at the door, dissipating in a wisp of smoke.

He lowered his hands, slumped down on the steps, and covered his face.

Snow gradually fell on his shoulders.

--how so?