harry potter book of crimes

Keep going, keep going, it will become more and more obvious!"

Underground nearly a thousand feet away from the neighborhood park, Luna was happily pointing out the direction of travel. But not far in front of her, the little Flitwick was waving his wand again and again, constantly using

The vanishing spell in the transfiguration technique digs forward.

For a wizard, digging in the soil is not really a difficult task, but whether it takes effort or not depends on how far you need to dig.

At this moment, Professor Flitwick felt that he had become a free laborer.

Of course, if the clues discovered by Luna can really lead to Maka, let alone being a hard worker digging in the ground, she would be willing to turn him into a groundhog!

"More ahead?" He nodded and said, "Okay, okay... let's go!"

After taking a breath, Flitwick raised his wand again and pointed forward, and immediately another large section of soil disappeared without a trace, making the circular tunnel a little longer.

As the two of them advanced underground again and again, when Flitwick waved his wand again to try to eliminate the soil in front of him, his hand suddenly paused.

"Oh, is there something made of sand and gravel, and it seems..." After a pause, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "We may have found something!"

But just when Flitwick wanted to clear away some more soil in front of him, Luna behind him suddenly let out a light sigh, as if she suddenly noticed something again.

"Wait a minute, Professor Flitwick," Luna said doubtfully, "It seems... something appears in front of you?"

At that moment, she clearly felt a wave of magic power. Within her perception, the surrounding free magic power trembled violently, and then seemed to be pushed away by a strong force.

And then, with a soft "chi" sound, the two of them suddenly saw a hand protruding from the earth wall in front of them.

"Back off!"

Flitwick's eyes narrowed at that moment, and he firmly held the wand in his hand and decisively stood in front of Luna.

Although he is a bit short due to his fairy bloodline, his superb use of magic spells and his former duel champion title can still make people feel at ease and reliable.

However, in the next second, the hand retracted on its own, leaving only a black hole.

"Oh, you should step back a little, lest I accidentally splash mud on you when I come out..."

"Maka!"

The voice coming from the hole felt strangely familiar to Luna, and she almost shouted out as if it was a conditioned reflex.

"Yes, it's me, it's me! Well, I'm sorry, maybe I've made you worry these past few days..."

Before he finished speaking, the earthen wall in front of the two people suddenly cracked a few gaps, and then collapsed. Not long after, Maka and the windbreaker wizard who followed him disappeared into the light.

Walked out of the dirt.

"Ah, when we came out just now, there was something strange between us, so it was difficult to control our strength... Were you not hit by any clods of earth?"

As soon as Maka appeared, she looked Luna up and down, and after finding that everything was fine with her, she nodded with relief.

As for his so-called "something strange", he naturally refers to the barrier between two different spaces.

"Maka, where did you... come from?"

Flitwick glanced behind him twice, but there seemed to be nothing but dirt.

"Were you trapped here by that Haierbo plot?"

"Well, you can say that's the case!" Maka thought for a while and said, "But of course it's not buried in the soil... If I have to say it, it should be considered an overlapping space, right?"

As he was speaking, he suddenly turned around and asked curiously:

"By the way, how did you find this place? If I hadn't noticed that you were moving almost straight in this direction, I might have spent a lot of time finding this location!"

"Oh, you have to ask Miss Lovegood about that. She was the one who figured out that we should dig this way..."

Flitwick first looked at Luna, and then towards the windbreaker wizard standing next to Maka. There were still a lot of questions in his mind that he wanted to ask Maka. But after thinking about it, he put them all back to the bottom of his heart for the time being.

"Anyway, let's not talk about this for now! Maka, maybe you don't know yet, the Ministry of Magic——"

"Oh, I know!"

When Maka heard this, she immediately waved her hands and said:

"That's why I came back. Otherwise, I would have to find out the secret of that overlapping space first."

After saying this, he also knew that it was best to go and take a look at the Ministry of Magic first, so he could only take another good look at Luna, and then took out a door key.

"Luna, remember to tell me how you found this place later. Now, I'm afraid I have to go to the Ministry of Magic first."

"Um...ok?"

For some reason, Luna gave her response in a questioning tone.

"Then," Maka turned around slightly and said, "If you want to, you should follow me to the Ministry of Magic first... Well, is there anything you want to remind me?"

Although he didn't think that the other party would do anything bad, he still felt that it was a little inappropriate to leave him with Luna. So, he might as well just take it with him - it was just an extra large piece of luggage!

Seeing the windbreaker wizard shaking his head silently, as if there was still some hesitation in the action. He paused for a moment, without saying anything else, then grabbed the windbreaker wizard's arm, and wanted to activate the door key and leave.

"Luna, Professor Flitwick, you just go back to Hogwarts!"

But just as the surrounding space suddenly began to distort, Luna on the opposite side suddenly spoke:

"Maka, do what you want to do! I will support every decision you make!"

...

"Do what I want?"

Maka, who appeared in the magic department hall in an instant, blinked in confusion.

"It's nice to have a girl's support, but... what does that mean?"

However, before he could figure out the reason, several figures quickly ran towards him from the courtyard. Looking at those fast movements and wonderful expressions, not to mention how surprising they were.

"Mr. Maclean! I've been waiting for you... Come on, come on! Minister Scrimgeour is waiting for you in the conference room. Professors Snape and Professor Slughorn from your school are also there for an emergency meeting.

."

"Snee—"

Maka was stunned when she heard this, but quickly shook her head.

Obviously, when there was a problem in the dungeons of the Ministry of Magic, Scrimgeour couldn't find him, so he had no choice but to directly ask Hogwarts for support. This was a reasonable move.

Following the two Ministry of Magic personnel who stayed in the atrium foyer, they took the elevator all the way to the conference room on the highest floor. As soon as the door opened, Maka saw a lot of frowning faces.

"Maka!"

The most exaggerated expression is that of Slughorn, the old bald man.

He had only learned the news of Maka's disappearance relatively late, and then the Muggles in the dungeons of the Ministry of Magic had mutated. Such a series of messy things suddenly piled up in front of him, even if it was previously

He is well-informed and it is inevitable that he will feel a little unprepared.

And now, Maka, who had been missing for several days, appeared at the door of the conference room without warning like a normal person. Could this not surprise him?

"Professor Slughorn, is this the first time we have met since Christmas?" Maka nodded slightly at him and said, "Oh, and Professor Snape, good afternoon!"

On the other side, Snape, who was sitting at the conference table, also nodded his head in this direction, which was regarded as a polite greeting.

Compared to Slughorn's surprise and Snape's calmness, Scrimgeour, who had a bitter look on his face just now, suddenly stood up from his seat, and his face immediately changed into a look of sadness.

An enthusiastic look.

"Mr. Maclean, you have finally appeared - come on, come on, please sit down and have a sip of tea. This is high-quality Darjeeling summer tea, a good gift given to me by the Indian Minister of Magic!"

"I think there's no need to drink tea," Maka shook her head and said, "I know there's something wrong with the dungeon, right? In fact, I hurried back just for this."

"Oh, you know?" Scrimgeour said in surprise, "I thought..."

Before he finished speaking, Snape suddenly interrupted:

"You haven't been to 'home' yet, have you? Since you're back, I'll inform them first and then look for them - as for here, I'll leave it to you and Professor Slughorn."

"Ah, okay!" Maka nodded again immediately, "Sorry to trouble you, Professor Snape."

"Um."

Snape responded nonchalantly and quickly left from the door of the conference room.

After watching him go out, Maka turned around and said:

"Mr. Scrimgeour, what did you mean to say just now?"

"Oh, no! It's okay," the other party immediately said, "As long as you're back, there's no need to talk about anything else, just over there in the dungeon... you know!"

"Of course, I asked them to send those Muggles in. Now if something happens, I will naturally be the one to solve it." Maka thought for a moment and quickly said, "In short, let me first describe what happened at the scene.

What the hell! Which three groups were left behind at that time..."

Soon, as if he had directly replaced Scrimgeour as the "minister", he began to ask several Auror team leaders who were left in the conference room.

And Hankins and others also told him everything they knew. Just like the previous explanations to Snape, they carefully stated what they saw and heard at that time.

After understanding the entire incident, Maka nodded and prepared to go down to the tenth floor in person.

But just outside the door of the conference room, the windbreaker wizard who followed seemed to be more and more eager to speak but then stopped. (To be continued)