harry potter book of crimes

"...McLean."

At the corner of the stairs, Maka, Malfoy, and Parkinson met by chance. Judging from Malfoy's immediate reaction, he was actually quite resistant to meeting Maka.

Of course, this does not mean that he is still hostile to Maka.

In fact, since Maka has helped their family several times, and the last time she even helped him get rid of the crisis of almost losing himself, so now he is a little grateful to Maka.

However, considering Malfoy's extremely proud character, this gratitude is undoubtedly a burden.

As for Parkinson, she obviously doesn't want to see Maka anymore - she just saw the particularly harsh side of him not long ago, and to be honest, now she is even a little afraid of seeing Maka's face again.

Therefore, when Malfoy said hello dryly to Maka on the steps, our Miss Parkinson simply closed her mouth and carefully leaned closer behind Malfoy.

You know, she had just had a quarrel with Malfoy, and now she was very disappointed with his distrust! This shows how strong the deterrent effect Maka has on her.

"Good afternoon...Sorry, I have to get ready for the next class."

Seeing Malfoy drop such a sentence perfunctorily, without stopping, and walking past her very quietly in the blink of an eye, Maka couldn't help but smile lightly.

He did not interfere in the relationship between the two people, but when he passed Parkinson, he glanced back and forth between her and Malfoy's back with interest.

On the way afterwards, Kevin who was following him curiously asked:

"The two gentlemen and ladies just now, are they also wizards?"

In response, Maka couldn't help but chuckle and said:

"Of course! Apart from you two, almost all the people in this castle are wizards. Even if there are some people who are not wizards, then..."

He was chatting casually with two children, but after turning a corner in the corridor on the second floor, he immediately heard an unmistakable accusation coming from the other side.

"Oh! How dare you leave the ward without permission! How can you be so irresponsible to your own body? You know, your injuries have not yet recovered! What if something goes wrong?"

Needless to say, this must be Madam Pomfrey's voice. And it has to be said that she is particularly terrifying when she is angry.

"I'm sorry! Madam, I took them both away for a while. No, I'm sending them back now... You need to calm down first. Being so excited is not good for your health!"

Even Maka could only apologize in front of this kind and responsible head nurse, but he still took Luna's recklessness into his own hands.

"By the way, Madam Pomfrey!"

After apologizing first, Maka continued:

"As for using the Forgetting Curse on these two children, please wait until they are confirmed to have recovered. If necessary, I will personally cast the spell on them."

Since Maka opened her mouth, Madam Pomfrey would not refuse to agree.

Not to mention, as a therapist, she is actually somewhat averse to this type of curse that can cause certain harm to others. But because the law clearly stipulates it, she can only follow the rules.

"Okay, I understand." Madam Pomfrey nodded, and then said, "Then, I will take these two patients who left the school hospital privately... next time if you need to find them,

, please remember to tell me first!”

It could be heard that in addition to the usual rudeness in her tone, there was still some dissatisfaction and blame left in her tone.

Looking at the expressions of Candice and Kevin who were afraid to say anything, Maka could only give them a "ask for it" expression - according to past practice, their dinner today will definitely be nutritious.

While rich, it will also have a particularly "beautiful" taste.

"Remember to carefully consider the choices I give you. We will see you in a few days!"

After waving to the two children, Maka didn't stay any longer, turned around and left neatly. After all, he still had a lot of things to do. For example, he had to find a way to prepare a particularly powerful spit.

Real potion or something?

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Since that day, life in the past few days has not been disrupted by any accidents. And Maka's busy work is proceeding step by step according to his predetermined plan.

If anything had happened, it might have been an anonymous letter that Miss Parkinson received at breakfast one day.

It was the evening of that day, and during the period after school until before dinner, she stayed in her dormitory without going anywhere.

After her roommates all went to the common room to do their homework, she took the letter out of her arms again and leaned against the window to read it over and over again.

Of course, the content of the letter itself is not interesting, because it only contains one sentence:

"Remember to visit the grave, the old time will be waiting for you."

If it was mistakenly received by someone who didn't know it, they probably wouldn't be able to tell why, because this is a letter that only those who know it can understand.

Pansy knew that her first "spy mission" was probably coming.

I remember that after today's breakfast, she hurriedly took this letter to Maka's room, and she was still secretive along the way for fear of being seen.

But after Maka read the letter, she didn't give her much advice at all.

"Well, if they invite you to visit the graves, go ahead! Here, the Auror Office purchased a new batch of standard invisibility cloaks at the beginning of this year. This is one of the few old ones that were replaced and is still in good condition. This time

Let me lend it to you!"

Having said that, he asked Pansy to leave his room directly, and then went to work on his powerful veritaserum - there was no way, the preparation of veritaserum was not easy, even he needed to work hard.

Just cheer up.

As a result, Pansy, who was kicked out of the room, had to barely get through the whole day with a feeling of being distracted. She couldn't even remember what she had heard in class, and all she could think about was going to "sweep the grave" at night.

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But in fact, Maka didn't really just ignore her.

He just understood that today was the first time that Martin called her over, and he would definitely not embarrass her too much. Not only that, after so many days of careful consideration, Martin might give her a little more sweetness to make it easier for her.

She can be more motivated to do things for herself.

If he only knew how to intimidate but not induce, even if Pansy would have to do things for him out of fear, the efficiency would obviously not be very high.

Not to mention, she might be too frightened and end up messing up the matter!

From Maka's point of view, that Martin is not the kind of guy who doesn't know what's good and bad, otherwise, he wouldn't have maintained a low-key style from beginning to end.

Unfortunately, his eagerness to show off his merits to Haierbo was an obvious weakness.

Pansy was huddled by the window sill alone, watching the sunset reflected by magic disappearing little by little, and the faint starry sky gradually shed a faint silver light.

It's night, and it's time for dinner.

She stood up slowly while holding on to the window sill, but perhaps because she had been sitting for too long, her legs became weak, causing her to fall down on the carpet again.

And at the moment she fell, her elbow accidentally hit the edge of the window sill, causing her whole arm to feel numb.

Suddenly, a wave of grievance emerged from her heart taking advantage of the momentum, so much so that she almost couldn't hold it back and let tears burst out of her eyes.

She took a deep breath, trying not to cry, and then she stood up again with her arms folded while secretly cursing herself that she "deserved it".

Yes, this was obviously something she brought upon herself. Even with her past unreasonable behavior, she couldn't blame others for this.

Especially for McClain, if he hadn't appeared that day, his end would have been even more miserable than it is now.

"...This is an opportunity, a chance to make a new choice. Between McClain and Haierbo, which side will be more beneficial to me and our Parkinson family...Isn't the answer already obvious?"

While comforting herself with this typical Slytherin thought, she sniffed and walked silently to the door of the dormitory.

Yes, the answer is already obvious.

The nearly declining family behind her probably doesn't have much value in Haierbo's eyes. And for a weak force like them, no matter how you think about it, it's best not to side with Haierbo.

Although the better choice for them is to try their best not to take sides casually. But now she has stepped into this bottomless quagmire, and it is probably impossible to get out.

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After a while, Pansy lowered her eyes and walked slowly into the common room. Just as she was walking towards the door with her head slightly lowered without looking at anything, a voice suddenly sounded from a corner of the common room.

"Parkinson, come and sit down."

Pansy was stunned when she heard the sound, and turned around subconsciously.

In fact, she knew without looking that the owner of this voice was undoubtedly Draco Malfoy - she was too familiar with that voice.

But since the last quarrel, the other party never paid attention to her again, and she had always buried her love deep in her heart because of the other party's distrust.

Now, why did Malfoy suddenly take the initiative to speak?

"……What's up?"

Pansy still pursed her lips, and her eyes only briefly glanced at Malfoy, and then moved elsewhere inadvertently.

"Come here, sit down!" Malfoy said calmly, "Tell me everything you know, otherwise, I won't be able to study with peace of mind."

After a moment of hesitation, Pansy finally took steps in that direction. (To be continued)