harry potter book of crimes

"Don't worry, it's just a snake."

In fact, Maka's words were far from dispelling Luna's doubts.

But since she came here mainly for the two Muggle children, Candice and Kevin, she only temporarily took her attention away from Maka's arm after a slight hesitation.

"Oh, a very special snake!"

Luna nodded, then turned around and pushed the two children in front of her.

"Look! This is Candace, Charles' cousin...and this is Candace's good friend Kevin." She happily introduced Maka, "Before lunch today, I went to the school hospital to find Pomfrey.

When Madam was taking the muscle relaxants - oh, you know, the teammates on the team have been practicing very hard these days, and they need to use potions to relieve muscle soreness..."

"Yes, I know! Although Slytherin House has a considerable advantage this year due to the low score last time, your Ravenclaw team is not completely without hope of competing for the Silver Cup."

Seeing that Luna was tending to go off track without even saying a few words, Maka could only shake her head, expressing her frustration at her old habit of forgetting the topic while talking.

And after some echoing and interrupting Luna's words, he took the initiative to bring back what he was talking about just now.

Then Maka gestured to Candice and Kevin and said:

"You met them before lunch?"

While asking this question, Maka also showed a gentle smile to the two children - he could see that the two of them seemed a little nervous.

As for Luna, Maka returned to the original topic, but she immediately picked it up without any sense of disobedience.

"Well, to be precise, I met Candice before lunch," she said. "She and I got along very well, and we were both very interested in each other's lives... Candice, I said

That’s right, right?”

Being asked unexpectedly by Luna, Candice subconsciously glanced at Maka again, then nodded and said:

"Ah! Yes... I really want to know what a wizard's daily life is like, and this eldest sister told me her lifestyle very carefully. To be honest, after listening to it, I did feel very

Wonderful! And..."

Maka didn't expect that this little girl seemed to be quite quiet on the surface, but in fact she was a talkative person. As she continued to talk, the initial anxiety quickly disappeared without a trace, even her voice

are getting louder and louder.

But obviously, that's not what Maka wants to hear.

When he realized that the topic had unknowingly deviated from the topic again, he had to wave his hand slightly to ask Candice, who was getting excited, to stop for a moment.

"I have to say that Miss Lovegood's life is not representative of other wizards at all. And fundamentally speaking, the difference between wizards and Muggles - that is, you, in their daily lives is actually far less than yours.

It's as big as you can imagine. We also take trains, read newspapers... and even occasionally go to the beach for a holiday and eat fish and chips?"

Having said this, he changed his subject again:

"Okay, if there is any topic of interest, we can talk about it later. But now, I think we should talk about the business-"

Just as she was talking, Maka simply turned to look at the kid Kevin, who looked relatively calm. To be honest, compared to Luna, who was out of place, and Candice, who was quite similar to her, Kevin was

He is obviously much more mature.

"Is your name 'Kevin'?" Maka said, "Tell me! Why did you come to my room to find me this time?"

Maybe Kevin couldn't bear the topic and ran away, so as soon as Maka finished asking, he immediately answered:

"It's for a magic called the 'Forgetting Curse'... Well, it should be magic, right? Sir, we heard another gentleman say before that Candice and I will most likely have our memories erased after recovery... But

We don’t want to lose anything in our heads.”

"Oh, thank you for the concise and clear explanation!" Maka smiled and shrugged, then thought for a while and said, "How should I put it... It's not impossible if you want to retain the memory. In fact, it's just happened recently.

Some people are doing this. But then, there really aren’t many choices left for you.”

In the middle of speaking, Maka paused briefly, and then said:

"First, you can stay in our wizard's world and learn magic knowledge through correspondence education, but you cannot return to the original world without the wizard's company..."

"Of course, it will be more difficult for ordinary people to learn this knowledge than wizards, and it will also be difficult to obtain proportional gains - to be honest, this is a very demotivating thing for learning itself."

"Can we also learn magic?" Candice said excitedly when she heard this.

However, Maka could only give her a regretful expression.

"No, it's not 'learning magic', it's 'learning magic knowledge'. At least for now, you definitely can't use magic spells, and you can't even see what magic looks like." He said, "So, just

It’s just learning ‘knowledge’… quite boring.”

"This...isn't there knowledge that we can also use?" Kevin asked, "Just one or two things are good!"

But Maka still spread her hands helplessly.

"No, at least you need the cooperation of a real wizard before you have a chance to participate. Moreover, you are still very likely to feel nothing, and you may not even know whether the power of magic exists."

But when he said this, Maka suddenly showed a smile and listened to him:

"However, this does not mean that you will have no achievements - you know, the famous magic school Ilvermorny in the United States has four founders like our school, and one of them is a pure Muggle!

"

Candice and Kevin couldn't help but their eyes lit up after hearing this.

"Muggles? Created a school of magic?"

"With three other wizards."

Maka's words were like deliberately pouring a bucket of ice water on top of the flaming passion, causing the corners of the two children's mouths to droop in an instant.

After a moment of silence, Kevin was the calmest, and he was the first to speak:

"Sir, just now you said this is the 'first', does that mean there are 'second' and 'third' options later?"

"Well, you have a good memory!" Maka nodded, "The second option is that you have to swear an oath containing magical power under my witness. And this oath will prohibit you from telling other people

People reveal all the people and things you see, hear, and understand here."

"Oh, be sure to note that an oath like this must never be broken. Because if you break the oath, you will immediately suffer very serious punishment..."

After giving a kind reminder, he finally said:

"And once you have taken the oath, you can keep this memory and continue to return to your original life - it will still be the same as before, and there will be no changes."

"Uh..." After hearing this, Kevin couldn't help but asked cautiously, "Is there a 'third'?"

Upon hearing this, Maka immediately chuckled and said:

"Yes! I can send you to our wizard's prison, where you can feel the charm of magic up close - on that isolated island, there lives a large group of magical creatures, and their power is

Even people like you who have no magical talent can clearly feel it!"

Luna who was standing aside and heard what he said now couldn't help but pursed her lips and said:

"Maka!"

It seemed that even Luna, who had never been able to tell the difference between a joke and the truth, heard that Maka was teasing the two children this time.

"Okay, okay!" He laughed and said, "Azkaban Wizard Prison is not a pleasant place. There, almost everyone will only feel despair - although this is indeed a choice.

, but I believe that you will never want to live there."

By now, Candice and Kevin naturally understood that the last third option was just a joke by the young gentleman in front of them.

Although they were somewhat confused by the wizard's joke, so that's all.

After thinking for a moment, there was another moment of silence, but this time it was Candice who spoke hurriedly:

"In this case, I choose——"

Before she finished speaking, Maka waved her hand at her, signaling her to stop temporarily.

"You don't have to choose now, think about it carefully!" He smiled and said, "I hope you understand that this choice will affect you for the rest of your life! Because, depending on your final answer, I may have more arrangements here.

Your cooperation is needed."

In fact, regarding Candice and Kevin, Maka just made a temporary decision.

Some of his ideas came from the last time he went to Diagon Alley to visit Old Barty. Today, with Luna's unintentional "assistance", he happened to find two good candidates.

"So, let's wait until you get Madam Pomfrey's consent and fully recover! Don't worry, with my words, you won't be forcibly erased from your memory - so you can think with peace of mind."

Although there seems to be no choice between the two options given by Maka, it is actually a difficult choice between "magic or family".

Not to mention whether Candice can think of this, at least in Maka's view, as long as he is given ample time to think, Kevin, who is more accustomed to thoughtful thinking, will definitely understand the significance of the two options.

At this moment, Luna, who had finally waited for the matter to come to an end, said quickly:

"Is it solved? Oh, I think we can talk about another thing now - Maka, the snake on your arm seems to be very unhappy. It said that you just drew its blood from three tubes.

!”

"What?" (To be continued)