harry potter book of crimes

"Hermione, you didn't sleep well last night? You look like you're not energetic?"

Seeing Luna holding a piece of fruit pie in her right hand and holding a magic book under her left arm, dangling in front of her, Hermione couldn't help but pause for a moment before heading to the Gryffindor table.

"Well... if you don't mind, please sit with us!" She seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then whispered, "I have some news about Maka."

"Oh, of course! Let's sit together!" Luna nodded immediately after hearing this, "By the way, today's assorted fruit pie tastes very good, I recommend you to try it!"

"Okay, I understand, come here first..."

Although there are many questions about Maka's situation, it is not complicated to explain.

Luna followed Hermione and sat down next to her. While listening to her simple and clear story, she occasionally took a bite of the fruit pie in her hand.

And soon, when Hermione finished explaining everything she had learned one by one, Luna stopped chewing and seemed to have entered her unique "trance mode".

As for whether she was thinking or something else every time she did this, no one could know.

"Luna?"

Seeing Luna starting to be in a daze, Hermione waited for a while, and after realizing that the other person didn't seem to have come back to her senses, she couldn't help but call her.

"Huh?" Luna blinked suddenly when she heard the voice, "Oh, I was thinking... Hermione, tell me, can I come with you tonight?"

When Hermione heard this, she immediately shook her head and said:

"No, I don't think so - first of all, Professor McGonagall will definitely not agree. And in fact, there is nothing we can do if we go there, so I just told Neville not to ask for leave in advance..."

Under Hermione's explanation, Luna nodded as if suddenly.

There wasn't much to say about this whole day's course.

Thanks to the high-quality potions provided by Snape, Flitwick, Snape and Hagrid, the three professors who stayed up all night last night, did not show any abnormality in class. In other classes, they were even more peaceful.

It's no different than usual.

When the day passed, at nightfall, Snape and the other three took Hermione to the Black Mansion and continued to engage in various responses to the incident of Maka's disappearance.

But no one noticed that Luna, who had only heard the general situation from Hermione, quietly got out of the warm bed after everyone fell asleep.

"...Well, Hermione said that Professor McGonagall wouldn't agree, so she couldn't let her know."

On the ground floor of the Ravenclaw Tower, a calm-looking Luna took advantage of the cover of darkness to open the secret passage where she and Maka first went to Hogsmeade.

No one knows why she ran out this time.

…

Like London in the outside world, the black and white city where Maca is located also spent a bright day, and now it fell into a deep night again.

During the previous day, he wandered around for a long time with Big Ben as the center. Sometimes he thought about it, sometimes he searched for it, but until now he still found nothing.

Maka knew that if it really didn't work, she had to let go of her obsession with this space.

After all, although so far, no matter whether it is Hogwarts or the Black Mansion, the early warning means he set up in advance have not given him any warning signs. But if he stays here for too long, many things will happen.

It may change without him knowing it.

As for how to leave here, he already had some ideas.

"Hey!"

It was still the same square as before, and it was still the same bench. Maka, who was chewing on a piece of dried meat, shouted to the windbreaker wizard who was passing by in the distance again, and patted the food basket beside him.

.

"You haven't eaten for two days in a row, right? Come and sit for a while. Let's talk about it when you're full!"

The other party was stunned when he heard the sound. After looking at him from a distance for a while, he gently walked to the side of the bench.

"You...did you already know that we would come in here?"

It could be heard that there was a hint of surprise in that hoarse voice.

"How is that possible!" Maka chuckled, "I'm just used to bringing some food with me - who calls me a Hufflepuff? Let's sit down and eat something together!"

"Um."

After hesitating for a moment, the other party slowly sat down on the other side of the food basket, opened the lid of the basket and took out two biscuits from inside.

"Thanks."

Although the two of them seemed to have barely exchanged a few words in the past two days, perhaps due to their own reasons, neither of them knew what to say.

Therefore, after the windbreaker wizard belatedly thanked him, deathly silence became the main theme of the square again.

However, for a few people, silence may not be an unbearable thing - for example, Willie, who is still far away in France, or Maka, who is chewing dried meat.

But for the windbreaker wizard, it seemed a bit awkward that the two of them were sitting on the same bench in silence.

To be honest, it would be better not to come here just now...although in that case, I would have to continue to be hungry.

"Your jerky seems to be very hard?"

"Ah...well, for the convenience of storage, it actually tastes quite good."

There was obviously no wind at all in this space, but at this moment, there seemed to be a chilly air blowing in front of the two of them.

"Ahem, it's very embarrassing to chat like this." Maka said helplessly, "So let me see, let's stop talking - because I don't know what to say, and it seems you don't know much either."

Hearing what Maka said, the windbreaker wizard silently took a small bite of the biscuit and savored it for a long time.

"Mr. MacLean, you seem to...know where I come from?"

This sentence came really suddenly, not only referring to the timing, but also referring to the content of what the other party said.

In response to this, Maka couldn't help but said after being stunned for a moment:

"You ask me this kind of question? Is it okay?"

"Maybe it has something to do with it..." The windbreaker wizard put the hand holding the biscuit on his knee, looked down at the biscuit and said, "But I think you also understand that from the moment I appear in front of you,

Since then, some things have changed."

"Change..." Maka said immediately, "Only you know this."

But before he finished speaking, the other party immediately shook his head.

"No," the windbreaker wizard said, "In fact, I don't know... at least, except for a certain part, I don't know many things in detail. It's like..."

"It's like, after digging up the ground of that park, we will be dragged into this space... you don't know this at all?"

"Yes."

Maka thought it was true, but she could only sigh.

In fact, at first he thought this person had a good understanding of the current situation, especially after gradually realizing where the other person might come from. Therefore, after meeting the other person by chance this time, he decisively agreed to join him in his action.

However, when both of them entered this space and realized that the other seemed to have just learned that such a place existed, he was a little dumbfounded.

Could it be that he had guessed wrong? In fact, the origin of this person was not what he thought at all?

After hearing what the other party said just now, Maka was obviously completely confused by this repeated situation.

Trying not to let the words "What on earth are you here for?" escape his lips, he opened his mouth and tore off a piece of dried meat, waving his cheeks and chewing it.

"Eat! Eat more, there's nothing else to say..." Maka said vaguely, "It's the same thing, as long as you understand what you are doing, it will be fine."

…

While Maka was chewing dry meat, Luna, who was walking through the secret passage, appeared in Hogsmeade without anyone noticing.

No matter what the weather is like elsewhere, this wizarding village located above the snow line can always see snow everywhere. Luna didn't seem to be in a hurry, walking slowly on the snow, walking step by step towards the path that had been cleared of snow.

go.

The exit of the secret passage is near the Pig Head Bar, and her destination seems to be right there.

At this point in time, the bar business was booming. And in this pitch-black night, even the Pig's Head Bar, with its windows covered with a layer of dust, still had warm firelight coming from inside.

It can be seen that the orange light not only illuminates the road in front of the house, but also points out the direction for Luna.

"Squeak——"

As the old door opened, it was not just a high-pitched noise that grew from small to loud, but what washed over him along with the human voices was a complex smell of alcohol.

"oh!"

Luna had never been in a bar at such a late hour. When she smelled this smell, she couldn't help but raise her hands and pinch her nose.

But for this girl who is very curious about everything, this will not disgust her, but will stimulate her strong desire to explore.

Immediately, she opened her legs and walked in lightly.

To be honest, the Pig's Head Bar is not a place that a girl who is still in school should go, because it is full of strange wizards who don't look like good people. If someone says that this is actually a gathering place for dark wizards, there are probably many

People will believe it to be true.

But fortunately, Luna already knew who the owner of this bar was.

"Hello!"

"Um?"

Looking at the girl who walked around the tables of drinkers and walked briskly to the bar, even Aberforth, who had always been calm and calm, felt a little surprised.

"Little girl, you are quite brave to sneak out of Hogwarts so late at night. Go back quickly! If you want to come over for a drink, wait until Hogsmeade Day and come over with your friends -"

"Huh?" Luna said, seemingly surprised, "Do you know me?" (To be continued)