harry potter book of crimes

"...I'll go with you. This time, Muriel must be rescued! If we continue like this...I'm afraid we will run out of time."

Although she was a little concerned about the second half of what Martin said, Maka, who stood aside and watched what happened, nodded secretly - this time, Pansy's persistence and adaptability did not disappoint him.

He was thinking about it when he heard Martin's final words:

"Parkinson, I have read in the Daily Prophet that Hogwarts will restart study tours, and it seems that the Federation will soon approve it. According to my speculation... During the activities, magic

The Ministry will definitely assign Aurors to accompany us as escorts, and that time is the best time for us to take action!"

After expressing his judgment, Martin seriously warned:

"So, remember not to participate in study tours, and try to find a reason that won't be suspected to free up time! Do you understand?"

After saying this, he no longer had any interest in talking to Pansy, and immediately urged her out of the house.

It is worth mentioning that before following Pansy out of Knockturn Alley, Maka paid a little attention to the situation in the house. He discovered that Martin did not stay much afterward, but quickly chose to go out through the back door.

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It is conceivable that there is probably only one reason why the other party is late in arriving for the appointment and then leaves in a hurry:

The guy was obviously very careful and never gave up his guard against Pansy from the beginning to the end, so much so that he even gave up on this stronghold that he had put a lot of effort into setting up.

Not long after, in Maka's room in the Second Castle of Hogwarts.

"Ms. Parkinson, although I'm sorry, it seems that your study tour has to be canceled in advance!"

Since Pansy's meeting with Martin went smoothly this time, Maka did not look for an opportunity to show up on the way back. Instead, she followed him into the school and then returned to her room.

Therefore, when Pansy hurried to knock on the door, she found that Maka was already waiting for her inside - if she had not known that Maka had no reason to lie to her, she would have even thought that Maka had never been to Knockover at all.

lane.

After all, when she entered the room, what she saw was Maka leisurely making tea by the fireplace.

After being stunned for a moment, Pansy followed Maka's topic and said:

"Missing the study tour... I don't think it's okay. It's just that I don't know how to tell my family about asking for leave. I think you can understand that because of the Flint family incident, every family is now more inclined to

I support your decision...Father will not agree to my request for leave!"

In front of the fireplace, Maka was wagging her fingers to adjust the flame while listening to Pansy's words. After hearing her difficulties, she quickly turned around and smiled.

"Since it's about me, isn't it easy?"

He spread his hands and said casually:

"Anyway, you have told Martin before that I am doubting you, so naturally I need to show some doubts about you - you can directly write to your family and tell them that I asked you to take the initiative.

I gave up your qualification to participate in the study tour and asked you to go to the Ministry of Magic to cooperate with the Auror interrogation and investigation of Iluli..."

Having said this, Maka lightly shrugged and then concluded:

"In this way, not only will you have a legitimate reason not to go on the study tour, but it will also provide a natural convenience for you and Martin to 'sneak into' the Ministry of Magic, right?"

Pansy clasped her hands and listened carefully. Suddenly she felt a warmth on her hands. When she lowered her head, she found that Maka had handed a cup filled with tea to her.

"After drinking this cup of tea, go back to the lounge! After a while, it will be dinner time..." Maka herself was also holding a teacup, and after hearing him take a sip, she said slowly, "

Martin will probably not come to see you again in the next few days, so you can relax and take a good rest."

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Of course, Martin would not come to Pansy again, because in the next few days, the British pure-blood families seemed to have made an agreement, and suddenly made a big move.

Although the possibility is very small, no one can guarantee that after overthrowing the Flint family, Maka will not take advantage of the excitement to destroy the next family.

For this reason, all the families invariably took the name of assisting the Ministry of Magic to clean up the security of the British wizarding world, and began to wander around the entire United Kingdom.

However, the deterrent power of Haierbo in their hearts is still not small, otherwise they would have directly and openly supported Maka. Therefore, this so-called "purge operation" is actually just an attempt to make peace with Xini.

I saw those guys running around in a big way, but in the end nothing was accomplished.

Maka naturally knew the thoughts of those families, but to be honest, he didn't expect those people to do anything practical. Expressing their intentions like this was enough.

In the past few days, Maka's main focus has been on preparing for the meteorite fall. Even the study tour plan he personally proposed has been handed over to Professor McGonagall and several deans to handle it.

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To be honest, for those of them who knew about the meteorite, the pressure was quite high - even Hermione and Luna, who were responsible for arranging the rune array, seemed quite elusive these days.

But of course, compared to their seriousness and busyness, the other little wizards at Hogwarts were in a completely different mood. When they thought about being able to travel around the world with their classmates soon, even the fifth graders and wizards who were about to face exams...

The seventh graders were very excited.

It's a pity that they never dreamed that Professor McGonagall had already planned for them to take their textbooks and homework with them!

After dinner one day, in Hagrid's "Magical Animal Park".

It has to be said that since Harry took over the Room of Requirement, the magical animal breeding space that Maka left for Hagrid has really come in handy.

During this period, it not only became Hagrid's special classroom, but also gave Hermione and others a relatively private gathering place.

In recent days, Hermione and Luna have been together, coming here from time to time to carve the runic tablets.

Oh, okay! The two of them are usually accompanied by the two "coolies" Ron and Neville. In order to make a suitable slate, the two of them undoubtedly put a lot of thought into it.

After all, in order to prevent the residual magic power from interfering with the magic text, the stone slab used for carving cannot be directly made through transformation.

so……

"Neville, Ron, these trial slates are indeed pretty good. They are flat and easy to carve...but I am worried that they may not be able to withstand severe vibrations..."

Among several guardian trees transplanted by Hagrid, Hermione was inspecting some stone slabs while talking to the two boys standing next to them.

On the other side, Hagrid would come in from the door from time to time holding a large pile of stone slabs and move them to the open space.

After hearing Hermione's comment, Ron quickly asked:

"Then...can't these be used?"

"Oh, no! I think it's okay!" Hermione immediately shook her head, "Stones that are too solid are difficult to carve, and... I'm just a little worried that they are not durable. It will definitely not be a problem if you only use them once or twice.

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"That's great!" Ron breathed a sigh of relief. "You know, Neville and I are not very good at dealing with Muggles. It took us a lot of effort to order these slates.

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Yes, as Ron said, they went to the Muggle world to order these slates.

In order to grind out suitable slates, they had to rely on their own hands. They were almost too tired to stand up every day. And if it weren't for the help of Hagrid, a giant hybrid with amazing strength, they might not even be able to catch up with Hermione and Hermione.

Luna's daily consumption.

Therefore, in order to prevent themselves from being unable to hold the quill steady, they finally came up with this method that was not only more labor-saving but also more efficient when doing Muggle Studies homework.

When Ron was telling a few jokes he made while communicating with Muggles, Hagrid, who walked up to them with a pile of slates in his arms, suddenly said:

"Okay, these are the last! I don't understand magic literature, but... is it really necessary to use such a large stone slab?"

Because Ron and the others were grinding slates of this size during this period, they ordered the same size. But obviously, they didn't understand the difference in the size of the slates.

Seeing Hagrid asking, the two of them turned to look in the direction of Hermione and Luna.

"Oh, actually it doesn't have to be so big," Hermione shook her head, but then added, "But if it is bigger, it will be easier to grasp the details of the magic text. The slower it is, the success rate will be higher.

Much higher."

“And it’s more stable to use.”

Luna, who was squatting aside and looking at the slate, heard the sound and also added.

"Yeah?"

Hagrid tilted his head and looked at the finished magic tablet not far away, and nodded thoughtfully:

"Well, I'm actually quite curious about magical literature... I'm not bragging, I've always been good at carving things, I think this might be quite suitable for me!"

"Are you also interested?" Hermione said happily immediately, "I will bring you my textbook tomorrow, and you can try to learn it - the textbook written by Maka is very interesting, you will definitely like it!"

"...That's not necessarily the case," Ron couldn't help but murmured in a low voice, "Anyway, I couldn't tell which magic text was which, so that's why I didn't take this course...it's easy to fall asleep after reading it for a long time.

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"Don't affect Hagrid's enthusiasm!"

Hermione glared at her out of habit, causing Ron to look away quickly. Neville could not help but snicker when he saw this.

"Okay! You both go back, Luna and I are going to start doing things... Time is running out, we have to finish it before the event starts."

After saying that, Hermione immediately kicked them both out. (To be continued)