harry potter book of crimes

As mentioned before, Haierbo never looked at the identity of the apprentice when he accepted them.

Not to mention the era he lived in, at least in today's modern magical world, other people's family backgrounds must be as irrelevant to Haierbo as floating clouds on the horizon.

Therefore, among the apprentices he accepted, there were ordinary family wizards like Martin, as well as dwarf wizards with bad tempers who lived in beach houses.

Therefore, of course - among those people, there were a few talented pure-blood wizards who had encountered Haierbo by chance, so it was not surprising.

However, compared to ordinary wizards in the past, most people from pure-blood families have a rather strange pride. They may also succumb to the strong under coercion and inducement, but in their hearts they

You may not be able to completely let go of the dignity that comes from pure blood.

Now, among Haierbo's apprentices, there are two pure-blood wizards who are a little restless. They did not completely follow Haierbo's instructions, but tried to muddle through while passively treating the task.

There is no doubt that these two people actually do not want to do anything for Haierbo at all. When they met Haierbo, they only chose to follow him because they were frightened by the other party's powerful power and hoped to gain benefits from him.

But, who is Haierbo?

Although he didn't care much about whether these apprentices were loyal or not, and rarely even took the initiative to contact them, he couldn't really let these people fish in troubled waters under his hands.

Until today, the two pure-blood wizard apprentices who had always been perfunctory about Haierbo's mission finally understood their stupidity.

Unfortunately, it was too late for them to regret it.

"...At this juncture, someone is dead?"

In Kingsley's office, Sirius frowned and looked over the information Lupine handed him.

"I remember that this is the last day of the 'British Magical Society' purge operation' of those pure-blood families, right? They have been dead for a long time, but they died at this time... Could it be the hand of Halbo?"

Over at the desk, Lupine shook his head casually.

"Who knows?" He tilted his head towards Sirius and gestured, "Isn't this just for you to investigate? To be honest, the deaths of these two people are big or small - the deaths of the McNeil family

That's okay, there are only a few left in their family, so they basically can't make a fuss. But the other ones, the Luo Er family..."

Neither of them has a good impression of pure bloods. It would be nice if they didn't gloat over the news of their deaths. But it would be fine if these two people died. It's hard to say whether there would be any unrest that would be detrimental to Maka and the Ministry of Magic afterwards.

Got it!

Sirius obviously knew more about pure-blood families than Lupine. Hearing the other party point out the key points, he nodded accordingly.

"The Rohr family?" Sirius thought for a while and said, "It depends on which way they will guess - whether they will regard this incident as a warning from Haierbo to them, or whether they think this will be the result of the destruction of the family just now."

Maka from the Linte family is behind this."

"Of course, no matter what they think, I'm afraid it won't do us any good." Lu Ping waved his hand, "Anyway, let's go and find out more first! No one knows what these two families will do at the moment."

Sirius nodded immediately, turned around and wanted to walk out, but stopped again before taking two steps.

"Do you need me to tell Maka directly? Or should you inform him via a secret message?"

"Just wait for him!" Lu Ping said, "We don't know anything yet, and it doesn't make much sense just to tell him about the death of those two people. It's better to wait until you find out the specific reactions of the two families.

, I will write another secret message and ask for his advice."

"OK!"

Having said that, Sirius didn't stay any longer, turned around and left in a hurry.

…

There is nothing wrong with Lupine's judgment - taking two lives at this time must be somewhat detrimental to Maka's side.

Since the matter of the Flint family has not even been completely settled, and even Mrs. Flint is still undergoing trial in the Wizengamot for several days, it is suddenly revealed that two people in the pure-blood family have died, and it is indeed easy to let people go.

People are imaginative.

However, let alone Maka not knowing about this matter yet, even if he knew it now, he wouldn't actually take it seriously.

There are too many things for him to worry about recently. Whether the pure-blood family is making trouble or stopping, at least until the stone falls from the sky, he will not distract his attention anymore.

Today, Maka dived into the cave deep in the Forbidden Forest again, staring at the huge stone tablet and immersed in the understanding of the rules of the soul.

Although the "arrogance" branch represented by this soul rune is not very compatible with him, it does not mean that he cannot master it.

After such a long period of contact, from the initial analysis to the preliminary grasp, and now, Maka feels that she has gradually grasped the "temper" of this second-level rune.

Yes, he suddenly felt that the secondary rules might treat them as a kind of living creature - not only did they have unique and complete "thoughts", but they even had a certain will.

Because of this, Voldemort was almost controlled by the rules several times and became a walking corpse with no powerful power.

However, this "will" is certainly completely different from that of humans.

"So that means...the 'realization' I have been doing is essentially to get closer to their specific 'ideas' in order to gain their approval?"

While Maka was thinking about it, he felt the rune in the Bewitching Monument again. The fluctuations in his mind caused the vibration of magic power, which spread in circles around him.

Only now did he understand how much value the rune list given by the "future self" that appeared in front of him contained.

With its "interpretation" of the Scroll of Truth, Maka can master this soul rune called "Pride" at a speed almost as fast as that of a person with high compatibility even when he is not suitable for it.

And it was only now that he realized how closely Voldemort fit this branch of the Soul Rules.

"Is this the soul flame that Voldemort and Herbo used?"

Maka suddenly raised her hand, looked at the black flames lingering between her fingers, and couldn't help but shook her head secretly.

"Sure enough...I'm still not quite suitable for this thing."

With this thought, he was instantly freed from the state of forcibly conforming to "arrogance", and the black flames swirling in his palms also dissipated.

Obviously, if he had to use it, it wouldn't be impossible, but as he said just now, it's really not suitable.

Of course, the soul flames used by Voldemort and Herbo seem to be the same, but in fact they are quite different, and even the effects they will have on the soul are completely different.

What Maka had just condensed was exactly what Voldemort used in the past.

"……Pity."

Waving his hand casually, Maka couldn't help but sigh slightly.

In fact, his current mastery of this soul rune has already surpassed Voldemort's back then. The reason why he is obviously slower than the latter in summoning the soul flame is naturally because he realized it completely on his own.

, while the latter is always on the verge of being eroded and assimilated by rules.

But what makes him feel regretful is that even though he has mastered it to this extent, he still cannot use it to compete with Haierbo.

This is something he just realized after truly understanding "arrogance".

"Mirror of Devouring..." Maka suddenly turned around and thought to herself towards the heavily sealed ancient mirror in the distance, "It looks like it should be 'Gluttony', right?"

The true meaning of "arrogance" is arrogance, excessive self-obsession, and a kind of dignity without foundation. So, what is the true meaning of "gluttony"?

"Perhaps... Haierbo actually has a good appetite that no one can match?"

Muttering to himself as if joking, Maka shrugged, then turned and walked towards the entrance of the cave.

Today, he had a fairly good harvest - although it was not of great benefit to his confrontation with Haierbo, it could not be said to be useless.

Even if he can't use "arrogance" that doesn't suit him to gain an advantage, at the very least, he will no longer have to worry about Shanghai Erbo's soul rules in the future.

It can be said that the two seem to have once again formed a relatively balanced situation.

"Oh! McClain, you are finally out!"

As soon as he walked out of the cave, Maka saw the thin figure of the elf elder Lao Lak. Immediately after, he saw the other party running in front of him.

"What's wrong?"

"It's the 'headmistress' in the castle! She came here to see you just now - I asked her to go back and wait, but I don't know if she understood what I meant."

"Headwoman?"

Maka was also slightly stunned when he heard this. After the word turned around in his head, he finally understood who Lao Lak was talking about.

"Professor McGonagall? Well, that should be something related to the event... Has the federation approved it?"

Thinking of this, he immediately nodded towards Lao Lak.

"I understand, go ahead and do your own thing! I'll go back and ask... By the way, you should hurry up and inform the clansmen about what I said. You won't have time to move things by then!"

After saying that, Maka went to the elf's residence under the watch of Lao Lak, and soon disappeared into the surrounding forest.

"Isn't it just a big rock falling from the sky?" Lao Lak muttered, "Forget it, it's just a temporary move, and I should be able to come back soon..."

While scratching his creaking nest, he walked towards the area where the clan members gathered.

"Is the gathering finished? Are they all here? Then listen to me——"

It must be admitted that in terms of their ability to seek good fortune and avoid disaster, the centaurs who moved away from this place early seem to be better. (To be continued)