harry potter book of crimes

"Sirius, I have made it clear to those elves that you can take them to London for temporary resettlement now. If there is any further accident there, they will become a very reliable fighting force...

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"In addition, the spiders I raise that you have seen are the alienated Acromantulas. A large part of them were left by me in London last time... You can bring Xiaoba there, and he will help you in the process.

Mobilize some of them to fight when necessary."

At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Maka, who had just returned from the elf territory, was talking to Sirius about his general plan.

To be honest, from the moment he realized that the meteorite would fall towards Hogwarts, he had already guessed that Halpo would not miss such a good opportunity.

In order to prevent Halpo from launching another major London raid while he was dealing with the meteorite, Maka thought it would be a good idea to let the elves in the Forbidden Forest defend him.

With the magical talents of these "wild" elves who have not been enslaved, and the cooperation of his more and more spider friends, the power they can exert cannot be underestimated.

"Well, unless Haierbo himself takes action, this should be more than enough!"

Sirius nodded, and then said slightly curiously:

"Can the spider only mobilize part of it?"

"Yes... at least until I remove the threat of the meteorite and go to London, I can only give you a small part for free use. And for the remaining ones, I have other uses."

"All right!"

Sirius shrugged, and then watched as Maka gently pulled out a spider the size of a thumbnail from her sleeve, and handed it to him naturally.

"What does it like to eat?"

"Hmm? Are you also interested in raising a few?" Maka said with a smile, "The Acromantula's favorite food must be humans! Although their bloodlines have changed, they are still still Acromantulas at their core.

Spider...well, if you get into a fight with the dark wizard under Hai Erbo, remember to keep a close eye, you might be a little impatient after smelling the blood."

"I will take care of the children."

Hearing what Maka said, before Sirius could answer, he was overtaken by Xiaoba, who was standing on the back of Maka's hand.

"That's good"

Maka nodded with satisfaction, and then let Xiaoba climb on top of Sirius. Seeing that Sirius seemed a little uncomfortable, Maka immediately waved her hand and said:

"Don't worry about its existence. Just act normally. I think it won't be stupid enough to be slapped to death by you!"

"hope so!"

Sirius thought for a moment and found that there seemed to be nothing else to say, so he finally said:

"Then I will go to London first to find a place that can hide such a large group of elves. When I prepare the hiding place, I will pick them up."

"Oh, no, no need," Maka immediately shook her head, "Did I forget to mention it just now? You can just take them directly to St. Mungo's. There is a lot of space in the underground storage room!"

"Have you already made an agreement with the dean?"

Sirius's question made Maka a little stunned, but he quickly said without caring:

"Well, that's not true...but I believe he will agree! He is a warm-hearted and good man!"

As he was speaking, he suddenly seemed to feel something, and suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the castle. And at the next moment, a soft burst of energy suddenly erupted from the top of the astronomy tower located at the highest point of the castle.

brilliance.

"Oh! Have Hermione and Luna started trial activation?"

Before he finished speaking, the light suddenly rushed upward like a bunch of unexploded fireworks, and then hung steadily above the castle.

After that, after waiting for only a few seconds, a translucent magic shield began to form from the light group to the surrounding areas. Judging from the speed at which the shield was formed, it should be possible to cover the entire castle very quickly.

In it.

But at the moment when about 70% of the magic shield was formed, for some reason, both Maka and Sirius found that the entire shield suddenly vibrated slightly.

Immediately afterwards, the two people saw that the protective layer seemed to be unable to maintain itself, and it began to shatter and disappear from the edge.

Calculating the time, from the appearance of the light group to the complete collapse of the magic shield, the whole process only lasted about a minute.

"good!"

Maka nodded, as if he was not disappointed with the obviously failed result, and even gave a not too bad evaluation.

"Is the error tolerance rate of the combination of ancient magic texts so low?" Sirius asked doubtfully.

"Yes! After all, the more complicated something is, the more likely it is to make mistakes..." Maka spread her hands, "It can run on the first trial start. This is already very good! Hermione and Luna are very attentive."

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"Oh! What's wrong with failure?"

On the top of the astronomy tower, Ron raised his neck and looked at the position of the dissipated light group, obviously very regretful. And at his feet, the core rune board of the array carved by Maka himself, the brilliance on it was also the same.

Fading away little by little.

Hermione and Luna didn't answer Ron's question because they were squatting over the drawings discussing the pros and cons of this trial start.

On the other hand, Ginny, who was standing on the edge of the observatory and looking at the scenery, suddenly said:

"Isn't it normal to fail? If you can succeed once, it would be too easy."

"But... this is not easy at all?" Ron said with a grimace upon hearing this, "In order to order the slate, all our pocket money was spent in Muggle pounds!"

After Ginny heard this, she just curled her lips and glared at him.

"miser!"

"Stop chatting there, come here quickly, we have to move some slates in the back..." Suddenly, Hermione suddenly turned around and greeted, "There are five slates in total, they all need to be readjusted.

Check the angle. Moreover, we also need to check all the stone slabs to see if there is any damage."

"All of them?" Ron blinked his eyes and sighed blankly, "Merlin's name...then don't we have to travel all over the school?"

Hermione said matter-of-factly:

"This is only the first time. Every time after this, we need to check the slate again, you know? Remember what I said, don't let me remind you next time... The fog in London is very suspicious, we

This formation must be completed as soon as possible without further delay."

"Oh! Of course, I will remember it!"

Ron nodded honestly, and then immediately ran towards the stairs in the middle of the observatory.

"Where are you going!" Upon seeing this, Hermione shouted loudly, "Didn't you hear what I just said? Adjust the slate first, and then check! I haven't even said which slates they are!"

Just when Ron stopped with an embarrassed look on his face, Luna next to Hermione suddenly said:

"Hermione, take Ron to the east! Ginny and I have decided on the numbers for the west anyway, so it will be faster if we do it separately!"

"Well, so be it!"

After saying that, Hermione rolled up the drawings on the ground and headed towards Ron in a hurry.

"Hermione looks a little anxious," Ginny looked at Hermione's back and her brother Ron, who seemed to be being scolded again, couldn't help but whispered, "Could it be...she plans to do it immediately after the completion of this diagram?"

Are you going to London?"

Luna saw a look of worry on Ginny's face, and then she showed a clean smile.

"Yes! That must be the case."

"But... didn't Maka tell us not to let us go?"

Although I can understand Hermione's mood, after all, her home is in the suburbs of London. But even though Maka said so, she still insists on going. Will it affect Maka's preparations?

And to be honest, a person as careful as Maka would not forget about Hermione's family, and he would definitely ensure the safety of the Grangers.

However, Luna seemed to understand Hermione's thoughts very well. As she led Ginny towards the stairs, she said softly in her usual clear voice:

"Because...that's Hermione!"

Perhaps only Luna, who is good at seeing people's hearts inadvertently, will understand that Hermione wants to go to London because she is worried about her family, but more importantly, she wants to do something for people.

Whether it was innocent Muggle citizens, panicked ordinary wizards, or even Aurors and strikers who were busy dealing with anomalies, Hermione probably wanted to give whatever help she could.

In fact, maybe birds of a feather flock together! Most of their friends also have similar ideas, but more or less, they are not as sensitive and eager about such issues as Hermione.

"Then you'd better persuade her!"

Just when Luna and Ginny had just come down from the astronomy tower and were running around the castle to the west, Maka's voice suddenly sounded from behind them.

"Huh?" Luna suddenly stopped and looked back, surprised, "Maka, why did you come behind us? I didn't seem to feel it at all?"

"Because I came here secretly, just to listen to what you are talking about..." Maka smiled slightly, "And since I came here secretly, how could you find out?"

After that, he specifically repeated:

"Remember to advise her not to think about going to London anymore... Maybe after you finish all the things here, you can go to the Humber to live for a while! I will ask Hermione's father and mother to go to your house together.

Excuse me!"

He obviously said this last sentence to Ginny.

Obviously, the Weasley home is a good place. The Weasleys are more hospitable than the other, and they both particularly like children.

To be honest, even Maka herself wanted to stay at their house for a while again.

But soon, after thinking about it for a while, he shook his head.

"...Forget it, I'll go tell her myself!"

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