harry potter book of crimes

"Save who?"

"A half-blood witch named Iluli. She did it for...well, Professor MacLean, please ask the Ministry of Magic to let her go!"

When she heard this sentence in the corridor outside the auditorium, Maka's expression was somewhat subtle.

In fact, from the moment Pansy appeared at the side entrance of the auditorium, Maka had already noticed the anxiety that was about to come out in her heart.

Just look at her hurried behavior when she walked into the auditorium, and her confusion after sitting down on the Slytherin table. Even if she did not forget the need to stay calm on the surface, in fact, she had been exposed in many details.

Something was wrong with her.

It could be seen that during the nearly half-an-hour meal break, Snape, who was sitting on the other side of the staff table, was glancing in Pansy's direction from time to time.

It was obvious that he, being experienced, had also noticed Pansy's anomaly.

Of course, since Pansy followed Maka straight out of the auditorium after breakfast, Snape, who had originally planned to guide him at Maka's request, felt relieved this time.

And just when Maka separated from the crowd leaving the auditorium and turned to walk towards the corridor leading to the auxiliary castle, he was stopped by Pansy in this long corridor where no one walked.

"Captured by an Auror?" Maka nodded slightly, "What exactly happened? Follow me and tell me as you walk..."

I remember that when Draco went to his room last night, he mentioned that Pansy did not choose to contact Martin directly, but instead helped an "insignificant person".

Now it seems that that is probably the "Iluli" that Pansy is talking about right now.

However, when Maka asked him to elaborate, Pansy glanced at him hesitantly. There, the windbreaker wizard followed him quietly as usual, and no one knew that she had been there all day.

What are they thinking about.

For Pansy, the less people knew about what she had done, the better. So although Maka didn't seem to care, she was still not sure whether she could state her experience in front of the windbreaker wizard.

Maka naturally understood what she was hesitating about, and immediately turned around and smiled casually:

"Don't worry! Just say it, she will keep this secret for you."

Since it concerns the entire family behind her, Pansy only told Maka what happened after she went to the underground church last night as briefly as possible after Maka personally assured her that some of it had already been heard from Draco.

, but I still know more about it for the first time.

After Pansy finished explaining the whole process, the three of them walked outside the door of Maka's room unknowingly.

"come in!"

He opened the door casually and took Pansy back to the room.

The windbreaker wizard on the side saw that they had something to talk about, but he didn't follow them in. He thought about it at the door and decided to follow Hermione and the others to class like yesterday.

Because it could be seen from the look on Maka's face when she walked back just now that although he was very interested in what Pansy said, he had no intention of personally helping.

At least, he probably won't leave Hogwarts today.

But it is a pity that the only people who can interpret Maka's general thoughts from his expression are probably Hermione, Luna and the windbreaker wizard, etc., a few people who are paying attention to him all the time.

At this time, Miss Parkinson, who was following Maka to the door, was obviously not among them.

"Miss Parkinson, I think I understand what you mean... Oh, sit down first! Don't stand there like this. This thing is not as bad as you think."

Seeing what Maka said, Pansy had to carefully sit down on a chair next to her, but it was obvious that she couldn't calm down just yet.

When Maka saw this, she couldn't help but chuckle to herself.

"Listen... first of all, your friend named 'Iluli' will be fine for the time being..."

"No, that's not-"

Before he could finish speaking, Pansy interrupted him almost reflexively.

In response, Maka just shook her head and then asked:

"Not what? Not a 'friend'?"

Pansy was speechless by his question. After all, her outlook on life and values ​​were the standard pure-blood ideals cultivated by her parents since she was a child. Even though her personal thoughts were mixed in, some

The concept is already deeply ingrained.

Befriending a goblin hybrid?

In the past, this would have been a fantasy to her.

But this time, Miss Parkinson, who had been poisoned by pure-blood education, experienced for the first time from Iluli the feeling that only true friends can have.

At that moment, when the other party actually wanted her not to be exposed before being captured and taken away by the Aurors, she felt that something in her heart was touched.

To be honest, she, Pansy Parkinson, has had many so-called "friends". Whether they were the ones she met since childhood under the guidance of her parents, or the Slytherin classmates she met after arriving at Hogwarts, or even those she met with

None of the roommates living in the same room had ever made her feel this way.

So, when Maka asked Pansy in return, she found that she couldn't deny it at all... Even according to the concepts taught to her by her family, it was undoubtedly an extremely shameful act to associate with a wizard like Iluli.

And just when Pansy was speechless, Macca continued:

"I just said that Iluli will be fine for the time being, so you don't have to worry about her. On the contrary, it was another thing you mentioned on the way here that made me very curious."

Just as she said that, Maka tilted her head and thought about it again.

"The witch who was taken away with Iluli...is called 'Muriel', right?" He asked, "You said before that Martin was very tolerant of her behavior? What is the specific tolerance method?

Please tell me more in detail!"

Listening to Maka only saying that Iluli would be fine, and then changing the subject and asking about other things, Pansy couldn't help but feel a little helpless. Because she came to Maka this time just to deal with Iluli.

Coming from the arrest.

But since Maka asked, she obviously couldn't help but answer.

Therefore, Pansy could only suppress her impatience and patiently recounted everything she saw in that smelly shop.

Especially regarding the scene where Muriel casually left Martin and left, she directly expressed her own point of view.

"I think Martin may like Muriel, but whether Muriel also likes him... I don't know."

"Well, regardless of whether Martin 'likes' Muriel or not, at least this person should be very important to him..."

Naturally, Maka would not draw arbitrary conclusions like Pansy, but the details she observed did have a certain value.

After a short pause, Maka immediately decided:

"About your friend named Iluli, I can't come forward——"

"Professor MacLean!"

Pansy was immediately disappointed when Maka said that she would not take action, and did not even seem to have the intention to speak to the Ministry of Magic.

However, she couldn't blame Maka, so she could only call him out with a feeling of weakness.

Maka was not annoyed by his interruption, and saw him shrugging his shoulders and saying:

"It's really not convenient for me to interfere in this matter - you should also understand that if I ask the Ministry of Magic to release her, then Martin will probably soon suspect that there is any relationship between you and me."

As Maka said, Martin had already seen the close relationship between Pansy and Ilulie, and after the latter was arrested with Muriel, Pansy returned directly to Hogwarts.

In this way, if Martin knew that Maka had helped Pansy, he would be a fool if he did not suspect that there was something wrong with it.

He would definitely not take such a risk, which was very likely to ruin the entire plan, no matter how small the possibility was.

"But don't worry," suddenly, Maka turned around and said, "Although I can't come out to save your friend, you can go by yourself!"

"What?" Pansy was stunned when she heard this, then shook her head and said, "No, not to mention that our Parkinson family has almost nothing to do with the current Ministry of Magic. Even if I ask my father to find a way, he will never allow it.

I became friends with a fairy hybrid!"

"Um?"

When Maka heard this, she couldn't help but chuckled:

"I didn't ask you to think of ways to get involved... I asked you to go directly to the Ministry of Magic and secretly bring your friend out of there!"

At this point, when Pansy was deeply shocked by his words, Maka suddenly raised the corner of her mouth.

"As long as I give you advice, it won't be a big problem to bring her out. But the key is that not only do you need to choose the right time to do it, but you also need to save more than just your friend... You understand what I mean.

Do you mean it?"

As Maka said these words meaningfully, Pansy's eyes grew wider and wider.

"You mean-"

Yes, she has realized Maka's intention - obviously, Maka intends to ask her to rescue Muriel together, and perhaps send her back to Martin herself!

As expected, the next moment, Maka said calmly:

"Bring out that Muriel, and this will be a key for you to truly gain Martin's trust. If everything goes well, your hope of completing the mission will no longer be far away."

After that, he waved his hands towards Pansy and said:

"How about it, this is a great opportunity, do you want to give it a try?"

"I……"

Pansy finally stopped being anxious now, because Maka's idea gave her no time to worry about other things.

After a moment of hesitation, she couldn't help but said hesitantly:

"Breaking into the Ministry of Magic? Can...can I do it?"

In response, Maka looked at her with the same expression as before, with a calm smile hanging on the corner of her mouth. (To be continued)