harry potter book of crimes

The Wagado Magic School in Africa was invaded by a basilisk. Although a basilisk might not destroy a long-established magic school, it would probably be a big disaster.

After all, not every basilisk is like the one in Hogwarts, with the remnant soul of Voldemort restraining it from behind.

And once the basilisk is allowed to unleash its power without restraint, the sight of death becomes an extremely terrifying large-scale lethal weapon, which can truly "stare you to death with just one glance."

"Thinking about it this way, why do you think Voldemort was not so vicious when he was young?"

After sending the children away, Maka stood at the door of Blake's old house, and a slightly strange thought suddenly flashed through her mind.

After a second thought, he shook his head again and said secretly:

"No, it should be said that Voldemort in his youth had not become as paranoid as he later became - at that time, he was probably just forming gangs and seeking power!"

In fact, Voldemort had some special affection for Hogwarts from beginning to end, and he also quite understood the value of this magic school where he grew up.

Just like previous principals including Dumbledore, they all know that talent is the important factor that lays the foundation of the magical world and affects the development of the magical world.

And for the same reason, even though Voldemort's soul was divided and his sanity was repeatedly affected by the Bewitched Monument, he never thought of completely destroying Hogwarts.

What he wants is control, not destruction.

But now, as a dark wizard who is also unwilling to die and has forcibly broken away from the cycle of life and death, Haierbo does not care about this.

From his wreaking havoc and plundering lives, it can be seen that he has only one purpose - to become stronger through the study of magic, strong enough to truly get rid of the shackles of the rules of death.

To be honest, Maka actually really wants to go to Africa to help. Let’s not say anything about earning favors. At least, it might allow him to dig out more clues about Haierbo’s operation.

It's a pity that he obviously can't leave the British wizarding world at this time.

In order to go to Blois Castle, he had made a lot of preparations in advance, but even so, it can only be said that it was fortunate that everyone had grown up enough.

Now if he wants to do it again, the result can be imagined.

"...Maka, is the 'new news' the old housekeeper just said true?"

After all, Wagadu is a magic school that ranks high in the global magic world. When he heard that the school was attacked by a basilisk, it seemed that the situation was not good. Lupine on the side felt a little incredible.

Besides, why did Haierbo attack Wagadu? Does that mean anything to him?

"Information about the Blois family is rarely wrong," Maka said, "and such a big thing... it will probably spread throughout the magic circles of various countries soon!"

The recent Great Disaster in London was relatively well concealed by the Muggles, but it was widely spread in the wizarding world in the blink of an eye.

Comparatively speaking, Wagadu's situation this time is obviously more shocking in the magic world, let alone the African magic world who still has the energy to be secretive.

After Maka finished speaking and Lupine gradually fell into deep thought again, Leni, who was deeply saddened by the farewell of her friends, seemed to have thought of something, and asked in hindsight:

"Bastard Maka, you...you don't want to leave too!"

Probably because she cried a little hard just now, her heart was feeling sensitive at the moment. Maka turned around and found that her eyes had started to turn red again.

"Hey," Maka grinned and smiled at her, "I want to leave, but I have to be able to leave! That guy Haierbo is very good, who knows if it is just a cover?

Once I leave, I'm afraid the British wizarding world will suffer!"

Having said that, he could only shrug and said:

"Of course, if Haierbo himself shows up in Africa, that would be a different matter. As for now..., if the situation is really bad, I think the Federation will definitely not sit idly by."

...

The next morning, Hogwarts Great Hall.

Just as Maka said, it was only the next day that the international column of the "Daily Prophet" was specially moved to the front page. And such a simple and crude headline as "Basilisk! Basilisk!" occupied the front page.

A large amount of page space.

However, Maka sometimes guessed wrong - yesterday he also said that it was impossible to hide such a shocking event from the vast number of wizards, but today's report only contained some rather rough descriptions.

So much so that even the magical photo of the incident scene, which is usually the most convincing and attractive, was only accompanied by an ordinary illustration of a basilisk in this headline.

It seemed that Maka had misjudged the weight of what the old housekeeper said at the time, "The people who were sent have not yet returned with any news."

"...basilisk."

On the Gryffindor table, Hermione read this article carefully from beginning to end, and then handed it to Ron who was asking for it.

And the word "basilisk" she whispered softly undoubtedly had a very special meaning to the people around her.

After a moment of silence, she added:

"According to ancient documents, Herbo was the first wizard in history to cultivate a basilisk."

Hermione didn't need to say anything more, everyone could almost understand what she meant. At the same time, the problem that troubled Maka and Lupine yesterday also made everyone deeply involved today.

In confusion.

To be honest, the basilisk would not shock Hermione and the others who had gone through many hardships. Moreover, everyone who had faced the basilisk before knew that the basilisk was not invincible.

But why on earth is that guy Haierbo doing so much trouble all over the world?

"Hermione," Ron, who was reading the newspaper, suddenly put down the newspaper in his hand and said coldly, "Maka shouldn't be going to Africa this time, right?"

Hearing this, Hermione immediately nodded and said:

"Well, he can't go..."

Although the answer was very straightforward, everyone agreed with it in their hearts. But even though everyone knew in their hearts, there was a little silence in everyone's expressions.

Even though Maka's figure was not often seen in the past, after all, he could still be seen from time to time. No matter how bad it was, you could still take a good look at him during meal time or class.

It seems that every time after confirming the existence of Maka, everyone will feel a little more at ease in their hearts.

But now, knowing that Maka is definitely by his side and will not really leave, it may take a long time before he can see him again.

Not long after, Harry suddenly patted the table and reminded:

"Don't think about it, no matter how much you think about it, Maka will never appear in front of us. And isn't the reason why he left us temporarily just to protect the entire British magical world? Listen to me, let's do whatever we need to do.

!"

"What to do?" Ron thought for a moment and said, "It's almost the Quidditch match again, this time it's against Slytherin... Are you going to play?"

"why not?"

For a wizard who cannot fly by stepping on a book like Maka, practicing flying on a broomstick is naturally indispensable.

And even if it is no longer a practice specifically for the Quidditch game, there is nothing wrong with participating in the Academy Cup when the time comes.

After spreading his hands very calmly, Harry said again:

"Then there's Hermione's formation practice - although it's difficult to summon seniors who have graduated to practice, there are also many R.A. members in school. Since we have already received Maka's approval before, why not continue?

Going down?"

After hearing this, Hermione couldn't help but nodded and said:

"This is what we should do, and... we should probably choose some more classmates to be our partners. Of course, we need to be as careful as possible when choosing."

As she said this, she secretly looked at Harry opposite.

I don't know what kind of psychological changes happened to Harry, but I always felt that he seemed to have become more determined than before.

Speaking of which, since the beginning of this semester, Harry and Neville have been discussing the use of various spells together as frequently as they were in the last few days at St. Mungo's.

As the number of conversations between the two continued to increase, Harry gradually experienced tremendous changes.

But other than that, he seemed to have completely forgotten about the Gryffindor Sword training that had been going on before Christmas. So far, he has never been to the Room of Requirement even once!

Hermione didn't know if Harry's change was useful in picking up the sword. She could only guess based on her feelings. Maybe the next time she saw Harry holding the hilt of the sword, he would really start chasing Maka's back.

That day.

Thinking of this, Hermione, who was Harry's best friend, was happy but also couldn't help but wonder about the direction she wanted to take in the future.

"...Hermione?"

She turned her head slightly when she was called by Ginny who was sitting next to her.

"Everyone has finished eating, let's go! I want to go to the library before the first class starts. Do you want to come with me?"

"Oh, of course!" Hermione responded happily, "I was looking for information in the ancient books section last night, and I haven't found some of them yet! I just have time to go and take a look now -"

While she and Ginny were talking, Harry and Ron also stood up.

However, when everyone hurried to the side door, Hermione subconsciously turned back on the way. It could be seen that Luna at the Ravenclaw table was still eating, and at her table

Next to the plate was an open magic book.

Today, many people are working hard, even those with a free and undisciplined temperament like Luna.

"...'The purity of the soul adds to the purity of the spirit, and the root of the curse comes from it';?"

Luna muttered to herself. (To be continued)