harry potter book of crimes

Although the affairs of the Flint family are far from over, there is no need for Maka to intervene in the future. After the Ministry of Magic and the Wizengamot took over, Mrs. Flint and her "unfilial son"

For some time in the future, everyone will have an indissoluble bond with the courtroom.

However, the impact of Miss Parkinson's failed spy mission is still continuing and spreading quietly. Among them, although there are some developments that Maka can guess, there are also some that he still has no way of knowing.

accident.

Of course, when it comes to the developments that he knows well, he has to mention Mr. Martin, who has always been quite unlucky so far.

On the day when Maca went to the Ministry of Magic to be interviewed by the Daily Prophet, Martin met a dwarf who was following Helbo like him at the Sleeping Dragon Bar in the black market.

The conversation between the two of them that day was not long, and it was definitely not a pleasant meeting. However, Martin, who had not been in contact with Haierbo for some time, learned from the other party this time that "

Teacher's latest order.

"Teacher, is he... finally going to speed up his development?"

In the deepest part of the smelly house in Knockturn Alley, Martin was staying in the potion preparation room where he and Muriel used to sit together. He saw him staring blankly at the specially-made extra-large pot in the middle.

Crucible, but just leaning against the wall, muttering to himself.

“It’s really exciting!”

To be honest, if it had been in the past, Martin would have been extremely excited about Haierbo's latest instruction - now that the teacher has a more positive intention to take action, doesn't it mean that the time to do something big is about to come?

Yet?

But now, Martin doesn't even want to take the initiative to contact Haierbo.

Because he knew that if he contacted the teacher, he might not have time to care about anything else for a long time. But right now, he still had to rescue Muriel from the dungeon of the Ministry of Magic.

To be honest, the only thing Martin is glad about now is that Haierbo probably never cared too much about the apprentices he accepted. As long as he doesn't do anything stupid that disrupts the teacher's plan, Martin will never contact him again.

Most likely you won't receive any punishment.

No, I'm afraid Haierbo may not even take the initiative to think of this inconspicuous guy, right?

Martin put aside some speculations about the teacher in his mind, and his thoughts quickly fell on Muriel who was still in the dungeons of the Ministry of Magic.

After a while, I saw him rubbing his forehead in an extremely depressed manner - he hadn't slept much for several days in a row, and he was so tired that his scalp felt numb. He closed his eyes slightly, but he still didn't feel sleepy at all.

The Ministry of Magic's total martial law has made him almost desperate to sneak in to save people.

Today's Ministry of Magic can no longer break through with only the Disillusionment Curse and Polyjuice Potion. The alchemy tools used for detection and the Aurors on patrol will pick out all the visitors with evil intentions and tie them up.

All the shackles with magic attached to them were sent to the cell.

And all these conditions are caused by Parkinson’s disease!

Up to this point, what Martin was thinking was actually within Maka's expectation. Right now, Martin was particularly annoyed with Pansy's behavior of saving one person and leaving the other alone, and because of this, he also had doubts about the relationship between Pansy and Maka.

Suspicion.

But in the final analysis, suspicion is just suspicion, and Martin is not sure that McClain was behind this series of changes.

In other words, his suspicion stemmed more from the pain of not being able to save Muriel.

When he was at a loss, Martin thought about asking his teacher Haierbo for help, but obviously, this was definitely a stupid enough idea.

Knowing that the teacher would never come to help him, Martin finally picked up his pen and wrote a letter containing his last glimmer of hope.

"I hope... those are just random thoughts out of anger."

…

The recipient of Martin's last letter was none other than the Slytherin girl who had once lost Martin's trust, Miss Pansy Parkinson.

Does this mean he believes Pansy again?

No, that's obviously not the case - it's more of a "gamble" than "trust". Unable to convince himself to let go of Muriel, he can only rely on his suspicion of Pansy.

It was just a misjudgment based on anger.

Yes, what if Miss Parkinson only had time to rescue one person due to some unexpected factors? Or, what if the little congregant and Muriel were detained separately, and Parkinson actually didn't meet her at all.

What about the latter?

When a gambler is in trouble, he will often take a chance, even though he knows that the winner of the gamble will usually be the banker.

On the other hand, when Pansy received this unsigned letter that was obviously from Martin the next day, the girl who thought she had escaped from the gambling game was immediately shocked.

"What, what do you mean?"

Pansy squeezed the letter tightly, her eyes widening.

"After what happened, can he still trust me... No, this must be a trap! He is planning to lure me out and then find a way to retaliate against me!"

Pansy couldn't help but become nervous at the thought of her life still being held in the opponent's hands.

If you stay in Hogwarts, the other party must be so far away that you won't be able to trigger the hidden dangers in the magic ritual. But once you go out and get close to the other party, you can only let the other party manipulate you.

Not long after, there was a knock on Maka's door, and the rapid knocking immediately revealed the visitor's inner anxiety.

But with a soft "squeak" sound, the door opened was not the door in front of Pansy, but another room diagonally across the corridor.

"Mr. MacLean...is there something urgent?"

That hoarse voice sent a chill down Pansy's back. She knew that this must be the windbreaker wizard who was always following McClane, but she still felt a little shuddered by such an embarrassing voice.

But right now, it's obviously not the time to worry about the goosebumps on my body.

"Um...yes, is Professor MacLean out today?"

"That's right," she heard the windbreaker wizard standing at the door of her room, lowering his head slightly and whispering, "Mr. McClain will leave alone for at least half a day every few days without anyone..."

Just as she was speaking, she suddenly raised her finger and pointed upward, and then continued:

"By the way, if you have to find him in an emergency, I would suggest you go look for his owl Marfa. Mr. MacLean said that it usually does not leave the vicinity of the castle. You may be able to see it by going up to the astronomy tower.

Already."

"Oh, thank you! Thank you!"

Pansy nodded her thanks repeatedly, and then hurriedly left the auxiliary castle and ran towards the astronomy tower located on the side of the main castle.

The next class was about to start, but she had no time to take care of it!

…

As the windbreaker wizard said, Maka would leave Hogwarts Castle alone every few days. But he didn't go far, in fact, he was only in the cave deep in the Forbidden Forest.

Since several sinful props are stored here, he has to check them every once in a while to ensure that the seal is still in good condition.

In addition to this, his research on the Monument of Bewitchment is also deepening little by little.

In order to truly solve Haierbo's troubles, the exploration of regular runes is obviously indispensable. And the second-level regular runes he currently masters are the soul runes obtained from the Bewitching Monument.

One piece of paper.

Just as Maka was in the cave, immersed in her new version of "The Book of Sin", a high-speed figure suddenly came from the direction of the observatory of Hogwarts Castle, passed straight over the Forbidden Forest, and landed in the cave.

Near the location of the cave, it suddenly swooped down between the tree crowns on the ground.

Many of the elves who had settled at the entrance of the cave were startled when they saw it. If the elf elder Lao Lak hadn't stopped him quickly, a messy elf bird fight would have been inevitable.

"Go to work! Get out of the way...that's McClain's carrier pigeon! Ouch——"

As he was shouting, he suddenly realized that the figure in the sky had rushed in front of him, causing him to quickly lie down on the ground to avoid being hit.

"Gah——"

The owl Mafa stood on the stone platform in front of Lao Lak, and its shrill neighing sound seemed to say - it is not a damn pigeon, except for "coo coo coo", it can scare children to cry when it really calls!

"Oh," Old Luck was made to have tinnitus by the piercing cry, and after picking his ears, he said, "Oh my god! This pigeon raised by McLean has such a bad temper... Come on, your master is inside

!”

As he spoke, he got up and walked towards the big stone door at the back, greeting Mafa by the way.

Even though the wizard couldn't understand the language of these elves, the owl could guess what they were talking about just by intuition. Seeing that Old Luck still seemed to stubbornly think that he was a dove, Mafa flapped his wings and flew up.

Aiming at his ear, he pecked it.

"Ouch! Stay away from me... Oh! Look, I will have to report to your master soon!"

The other elves watched their elder and the big bird walking and fighting each other, all the way to the depths of the territory, but they could only stare and watch him go away.

There's no way around it, it's a forbidden area, and except for Lao Lark who can enter if he has something to do, no other elves are allowed to get even close to it.

"So, is it a pigeon?"

"How do I know! There were no pigeons on our island back then!"

Pansy on the top of the astronomy tower knew nothing about the situation that Maka's majestic owl encountered. She only knew based on the direction in which Maka flew away that Maka was probably doing something in the Forbidden Forest.

something.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with her. What she is most concerned about at the moment is what should she do with Martin's letter?

She stood in the strong wind of the high tower, eagerly looking forward to Maka's early return. (To be continued)