harry potter book of crimes

On the way back to the room after dinner, Maka easily noticed two people following her secretly.

In fact, he didn't even have to distinguish the magic fluctuations too carefully, because just during the meal, the two pairs of eyes that would wander in his direction from time to time were enough for him to guess who the two people following him were.

.

"Mr. McLean...those two students, don't you need to worry about them?"

Beside Maka, the windbreaker wizard followed closely as always, as if he could only feel at ease by his side.

Yes, even during this period of time, she would often run to hang out with Luna, Hermione and the others when Maka was not going out. Looking at the relationship between them, it can be said that they are quite harmonious.

But if there was anyone she wanted to be with for the longest time, it would undoubtedly be Maka.

As time went by, even Maka could sense some of the little awkwardness in Hermione's heart - for example, when he went to the auditorium to dine with the windbreaker wizard every day, he would occasionally feel Hermione's hidden subtleties.

glance.

However, he had never thought about the windbreaker wizard in that regard. Because no matter who the other party was, he was only more concerned about other aspects.

When the windbreaker wizard asked about the two "little tails" behind him, Maka immediately shook her head.

"No need..." he said, "Although they are indeed here to see me, it does not prevent me from going back to the room to wait for them - there is no need to stop here in a hurry."

After saying this, Maka didn't look back and saw him walking back to the door of his guest room in the deputy castle as usual.

"Mr. MacLean, do you want me to stay too?"

"Oh, no need!" Maka turned her head and said as she reached out to open the door, "You should go back and rest early! Tomorrow my pot of potion will have to go to the last preparation step. In order to increase the success rate, by then

I might need you to do me a little favor."

"Of course," the windbreaker wizard nodded slightly upon hearing this, "I will be happy to help you."

"Well, thank you!"

After saying that, Maka took a step toward the door, but then looked back slightly as if she remembered something.

"By the way, if you have something to do yourself, there is no need to stay with me all the time - you know, I basically have nothing important to do here these days."

"Ah," the windbreaker wizard was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded silently, "I don't have anything to do for the moment... So if you don't think I'm annoying, please let me stay with you for a while longer!

"

After leaving such words, she turned around and left, leaving only Maka's back that looked inexplicably lonely.

"……Yeah?"

Although Maka was not clear about the other party's thoughts, he couldn't help but be slightly startled after hearing her words. Then, he turned towards the door diagonally across the corridor and muttered to himself:

"As long as you're happy with it! If nothing else, at least I'm pretty patient, so I won't find it annoying."

Before he finished speaking, he turned back and entered his room, closing the door behind him.

And just a moment later, two more figures appeared in this deserted corridor. However, after the two people appeared at the corner, the boy walking behind suddenly stopped.

"Go ahead, I'll wait here."

After the psychological adjustment during dinner time, Malfoy has regained his inner peace and will no longer be confused by Pansy's tears.

But because of this, the softness he showed before was gone, and the expression on his face returned to the indifference it had at the beginning.

In this regard, Miss Parkinson, who was still feeling secretly happy, didn't pay too much attention to it, because her mind had long been filled with Malfoy's seemingly caring words.

"Well, Draco, just wait a moment, I'll be out soon."

While talking, Pansy walked along the corridor towards the door of Maka's room, and turned back after a few steps, her eyes full of reluctance to leave Malfoy for a while.

There is no doubt that while Malfoy was still standing on the shore and watching with cold eyes, she was already swimming in the river of love on her own.

Not long after, Pansy's knock on the door sounded, and Maca's faint voice immediately came from inside.

"Please come in!"

After hearing Maka's response, Pansy suddenly realized who she was going to see - she saw her hurriedly cleaning up her unusually high emotions, then she pursed her lips, carefully opened the door and left.

Got in.

"Professor Maclean."

At this moment, Maka had already sat at the desk in the room. Of course, this was just a guest room, so the desk was just against the wall and against the window.

In addition, it has been filled with various potions tools recently, which makes it look somewhat messy.

Maka, on the other hand, turned around after Pansy came in, leaning against the table and looking in the direction of the door.

"What's wrong? Didn't you receive an invitation today? If you don't make some preparations, why are you coming to my place?"

Although his words were definitely not knowingly asking questions, they were also deliberately pretending to be confused. Fortunately, Pansy obviously knew nothing about this, so there was nothing surprising about it.

Hearing Maka's question, Pansy couldn't help but become a little nervous.

To be honest, her coming here this time was actually a bit of a violation of the agreement she made with Maka. Because although she did not tell Malfoy the truth directly, since Malfoy was watching from the outside now, she actually did not

It was equivalent to giving Malfoy an "explicit message".

After all, if she really had some connection with Haierbo, meeting Maka at such a close distance would be tantamount to actively exposing her.

Thinking about everything Maka has done in the past, how many people dare to say that they can hide evil intentions in front of him? Maybe! But that will definitely not be her Pansy Parkinson.

Therefore, as long as Malfoy saw Pansy walk out of that door unharmed, his not-foolish wisdom would be enough to guess a lot of things.

Before Pansy could say anything, Maka deliberately glanced at the door and said calmly:

"Also, since you have brought Malfoy to the door, why don't you just let him in together?"

Seeing that Maka pointed out Malfoy in the corridor so straight to the point, Pansy was obviously even more nervous. She didn't expect that Maka could actually detect the presence of others through the wall.

"Yes, I'm sorry...I," she hurriedly explained, "I didn't tell him the specific situation, but...I believe you also know that Draco is very smart, just looking at my usual performance

I guessed everything..."

Because her heart was full of panic, Pansy's words immediately became hurried. Under her slightly confused explanation, Maka, who had not been there to watch in advance, also got a rough idea of ​​the whole process.

I have to say that the back and forth between Pansy and Malfoy was quite different from Maka's initial imagination.

He originally thought that given Malfoy's past temper, he might be colder than he is now. But after listening to Pansy's story, he found that Malfoy seemed to have changed a lot.

Not to mention Malfoy's extreme profit-oriented approach, his way of dealing with others is much smoother than in the past.

Otherwise, that guy probably wouldn't have made Miss Parkinson so happy intentionally or unintentionally.

Unfortunately, no one can guess whether Malfoy will pay a greater "price" for his tact in the future.

After Pansy finished talking about her several conversations with Malfoy, Maka saw that she was still trying to find some nice words to say in order to avoid being punished, so she immediately waved her hand to interrupt her.

"Okay, if it doesn't make sense, there's no need to say it."

Maka stared at Pansy for a while, making her feel a little frightened, and then continued:

"Remember, this is not only the first time, it will also be the only time. If you deliberately disclosed the matter to others, I don't think you need this opportunity to atone for your sins and reduce your sentence, and go directly to Azka

Ban, stay here!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Pansy's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, causing her to let out a deep breath on the spot regardless of her appearance.

But after that, she quickly realized that Maka was in front of her, so she quickly put back the relief on her face.

Then, Pansy saw Maka wave her hand again and motioned towards her.

"You can go and prepare yourself. Especially the Auror invisibility cloak. Get familiar with how to use it, because it will probably save your life."

Maka said a few words casually, but finally added:

"By the way, call Malfoy in before you leave... go ahead!"

When Pansy heard this, she immediately hesitated.

Because she knew very well that Malfoy obviously didn't want to see Maka.

"Let Draco come in? This-"

Maka didn't have much reaction to Pansy's hesitation, and just urged again:

"Just do what I say. Just say it's me. You don't need to think about anything else... Don't worry, he will come in."

The words gradually settled down, and Maka didn't explain any more, but quietly watched Pansy slowly turn and leave. It can be seen that although she wholeheartedly wanted to think about her little lover, she still didn't.

Fa'er went against Maka's words.

When Pansy walked out of Maka's room and slowly came to Malfoy's side, she could feel that the other party was thoughtful about her leaving the room safely, but now she had no intention of solving the misunderstanding.

Happy.

"Draco, Mr. Maclean... wants you to come in right away," she said. "He... seems to have known from the beginning that you were waiting for me outside." (To be continued)