harry potter book of crimes

After Pansy and Iluli left the Ministry of Magic without any danger, they were temporarily separated - Pansy had to return to Hogwarts before lunch time, and Iluli seemed to be still

I have to go back "home" first.

Yes, even though she would probably be punished after going back, she still had to go back after all.

After all, any contract in the magical world has magical effect. If she, a servant, never returns because she is worried about punishment, she will sooner or later face some more serious consequences.

However, compared to Iluli who was worried deep down and pretended to be fine on the surface, Pansy's resistance to returning to school seemed to be much more obvious.

When she recalled what Maka had threatened her, she didn't want to go back now that she had failed to complete the task. But in order to prevent others from discovering the abnormality, she obviously had to go back.

At noon that day, Maca met Miss Parkinson in the auditorium.

To be honest, her condition looked a little bad - she was seen sitting at the long Slytherin table with her eyes slightly lowered, scooping out the peas on the plate with the spoon in her hand, and adding them to the plate one by one.

Deliver it by mouth.

If this place wasn't filled with wizards and wizards, Maka would have thought she saw a robot made by Muggles!

"Oh, Miss Parkinson seems a little lethargic?"

Slughorn on the side was also looking over there, and said casually to Maka beside him:

"In my class this morning, I felt that she was a little distracted. When preparing the potion ingredients, she almost chopped the tumbling bulb into pieces, splashing everyone with corrosive juice... But now,

She seems to be looking even worse than she did in the morning."

Maka didn't listen carefully to the fat old man's chatter, but he also knew that he was right - Pansy might have been just nervous in the morning, but her current distraction was obviously more than just nervous.

Thinking of "that thing" that Pansy did after the third period just ended, Maka couldn't help but secretly shake her head.

"Yeah," he said to Slughorn, "I think she needs someone to provide some psychological counseling for her... You know, girls of Miss Parkinson's age always have a lot to worry about.

Isn't it?"

"Ah ha, you're right," Slughorn was saying, suddenly turning his head and looking at Maka, "Speaking of which, aren't you also 'this age'?"

"Well," Maka curled her lips and said perfunctorily, "Just think that I'm a bit precocious! Anyway, many people do say that about me now."

Although it was just for fun, he was not talking nonsense - he felt that someone really needed to calm Pansy's heart to avoid unnecessary mistakes when doing things for him.

You know, this is not only to allow Pansy to complete the task better, but also to consider her safety.

At this point, just by looking at the other party's helpless look, Maka knew that this plan of "rescuing Muriel and giving Martin a favor" had probably failed.

After lunch, he didn't wait for Pansy, who was still dazed at the dining table, to get up, and left the auditorium first. However, before walking out of the side door, he very quietly let a small note appear in front of him, and then

Then he walked towards the auxiliary fort.

Maka walked very slowly in the corridor leading to the auxiliary castle, but even so, it took Pansy a long time to barely catch up with him when he reached the door of the room.

He did not reach out to open the door, but when he noticed Pansy standing at the corner of the corridor, he stopped moving forward.

"Why don't you come over here again? I won't hit you -"

Maka turned around and made a casual joke to Pansy, who was far away from her. But after the other party heard it, she still shook her head in silence, not even daring to look at her seriously.

Look at him.

After a while, Panxi was heard saying:

"Professor MacLean...you know everything?"

But after Maka heard it, she could only sigh helplessly.

"I didn't follow you, what do you want me to know? Just looking at your lost look, I felt that you probably failed to handle the matter... So, are you going to explain to me what happened?

?"

Now that they are all in front of Maka, Pansy naturally has no reason to hide it anymore. What's more, even if she doesn't tell her now, the news about the robbery in the Ministry of Magic dungeon will reach her ears sooner or later.

Therefore, Pansy did not hesitate this time and quickly explained the entire operation from beginning to end. Especially on the matter of "should I let Iluli use fairy magic to open Muriel's cell door?"

On the page, she also tried her best to explain her choice.

I have to say that when she heard Pansy's words, "Thinking about your friends is also a way to fight for your own interests," Maka couldn't help but secretly nodded.

However, it’s just that she missed the opportunity to meet Kingsley. Even if she failed, Pansy herself would not be able to open the magic door in the dungeon. In that case, whether it was Iluli or Muriel, she would

Can't take any of them away.

Obviously, Maka was also prepared for the possibility of failure of the plan.

But even he could not have expected that not only could the mixed-race witch named Iluli be able to use goblin magic, but Pansy would also change her mood at the most inappropriate time.

Whether this was inevitable or accidental, a series of unexpected events led to Iluli being rescued, but Muriel still remained in the dungeons of the Ministry of Magic.

This result is undoubtedly the worst.

After Pansy finished explaining the whole process, Maka immediately fell into thinking. For a moment, the corridor became surprisingly quiet, and even the slight noise in the main castle became particularly clear.

Pansy, who had been looking down at the ground slightly from the beginning, seemed to feel the pressure in the silence. Not long after, she heard her cautiously say:

"McLean...Professor, are you angry?"

"Um?"

Maka was wondering whether she should make amends next, or simply give up the plan of letting Pansy become a spy, when she suddenly heard the other party's rather flinching sound of probing, and she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

"Do you think I should be angry?"

"It should, it should... Because of my personal reasons, not only did the mission fail to be completed, but it was also very likely that Martin would no longer trust me... Of course you should be angry..."

To be honest, Pansy is really afraid of Maka now.

And this may not only be because of Maka's strength, nor just because of the family's future... In fact, ever since Maka gave her a chance to redeem herself, something had already happened in her heart.

A change that she didn't even notice.

As for the friendship between her and Iluli, it was gradually established starting from that slight change.

Of course, Maka has not yet realized that the initiator of the failure of the plan was actually herself.

"Yes, because you made inappropriate decisions in private, which caused loopholes in the whole plan... In that case, maybe I should be angry," Maka shrugged, "But, considering that you are doing it for your friends,

For the sake of it, I think we can just let this matter go!"

"What?"

To be honest, when Pansy heard Maka say let it go, her heart was filled with astonishment.

You know, if something like this happened to the Parkinson family, even her parents would not let her off easily. Needless to say, a severe punishment would definitely be inevitable, and depending on the severity of the consequences, she might even

His surname will be removed and he will be expelled from the family.

After all, she almost ruined her entire plan just for the sake of the feelings of an insignificant fairy hybrid!

However, this is Hogwarts, and the person standing in front of her is Maka. Maka has always been tolerant of failure, because he knows very well that with success there must be failure, which is not surprising.

It would be an incredible thing if everything could be successful.

"I won't say much else," Maka waved her hand, "I just hope you can understand that sometimes for the sake of the overall situation, we have to make some sacrifices... Of course, you didn't do anything wrong this time.

After all, you can't decide for others whether to sacrifice."

After saying that, he waved his hand.

"Go back! Get yourself together and prepare for the afternoon class - I heard it from Professor Slughorn, remember not to lose focus during class!"

Finally, he added:

"...As for what happens in the future, I will think about it before telling you, so next time I look for you, don't walk so slowly!"

Looking at Pansy's back as she turned away, Maka raised her voice again and shouted towards the corner of the corridor:

"Stop hiding there, since you've heard everything, come over here!"

Before she finished speaking, accompanied by a burst of murmurs, Hermione and others walked out from the other side of the corner. After a few glances at Pansy, who was walking towards him, they finally pushed away.

He pushed and shoved his way to Maka.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Maka..." Ron, who was pushed to the front, said with a grimace, "Because Luna said you sent a note to Parkinson, so we all wanted to come and see what happened.

What’s going on... But who would have thought that we would actually hear about her going to the Ministry of Magic to rob a prison."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance behind him, looked at Hermione and whispered:

"I said don't come here! Even if you invent a gadget that can hide your aura, Maka will definitely be able to find us hiding nearby... Look!"

"This at least shows that my little invention still has room for improvement!" Hermione glared at him.

But Maka was not distracted by their quarrel. He spread his hands and looked at them helplessly and said:

"Then why do you think I'm looking for Miss Parkinson?" (To be continued)