harry potter book of crimes

For everyone except Maka and Delphi, the relationship between the two has always been a mystery.

From the moment she brought Delphi to Hogwarts, the friends and professors around her could see that she always had a vague feeling of closeness to Maka. Although they had never seen her before,

Although I passed her, I could feel that she seemed to have known Maka for a long time.

And it is precisely because of this "illusion that is not an illusion" that Hermione thinks that Delphi and Maka may have that kind of childhood friendship.

Perhaps it was also due to some preconceived notions! Unknowingly, even Delphi's magical strength comparable to Maka has indirectly become one of the evidences that she and Maka have an old relationship in the eyes of others.

.

But it was obvious that even Hermione, who had made a few wild guesses, knew nothing about the inside story of Delphi's sudden appearance next to Maka. Not to mention understanding the actual situation, even trying to guess was completely impossible.

So now, when Maka was about to take Luna away, Delphi grabbed his arm for an inexplicable interaction, and everyone looked confused.

Not to mention, the latter was still begging Maka to "don't leave" with that slightly trembling voice.

What on earth is this? What is going on between them?

However, even though everyone was extremely confused about this, no one, including Hermione, asked. Some of them did not dare to ask, such as Hermione; and more,

I don’t even know where to start from asking.

As for Maka at this moment... Facing Delphi's pitiful eyes, his hands couldn't help but stop.

what to do?

Needless to say, Delphi's worries were not groundless and without reason. It was precisely because she had experienced it, felt it, suffered pain, and maybe even cried secretly that her feelings became so unbearable.

And it was obvious that Maka knew in her heart that using a time turner to play hide-and-seek with the rules, no one dared to guarantee that there would be absolutely no risk.

Because of this, every time Delphi raised questions or even tried to prevent him from saving Luna, Maka never said a word that completely denied her.

Unfortunately, it is simply impossible for Maka to give up Luna.

After a moment of hesitation, Maka still pressed her left hand on Delphi's hand that was holding his arm, and then gently held her hand in her palm.

"Delphi," he looked at those wavering eyes and said slowly but unquestionably, "I will be careful, okay?"

Delphi knew only too well that his father was gentle, gentle to himself and gentle to others.

I remember that during the war, no matter how dangerous the battle situation was, no matter how manpower became increasingly scarce, he never canceled the deployment of the rescue team.

And his reason was always like a joke:

"Saving a man means that we will have an extra part of the present; saving a woman means that we will have an extra part of the future. So in order to take into account both the present and the future, we'd better save them in pairs!"

Not to mention the joking tone, even if he treats strangers like this, how could he give up on Miss Lovegood, who is said to be his beloved?

Of course, due to Delphi's respect and admiration for her father, what she is thinking at the moment is actually somewhat beautifying. The reason why Maka insists on rescuing is mainly to replenish manpower and cultivate successors, otherwise

, the resistance army may have completely collapsed due to battle losses!

But in Delphi's view, this is kindness and gentleness.

Therefore, before Delphi returned to this era, her purpose was to hide her identity. It was best not to let Maka see through her identity.

The reason why she took the initiative to expose herself earlier was basically because she had no choice but to do so.

According to the original plan she had considered, she should have perished with the "core" of the demon summoning ritual long ago...

Feeling the warmth from Maka's palm to the back of her hand, Delphi's hand that was still holding his arm tightly at first relaxed a little voluntarily.

After Maka noticed it, she simply picked up her hand, held it in her palm and shook it gently.

"Let's do this!" he said, "come with me later... I have a few words to say to you."

After saying this, Maka slowly let go of his hand holding Delphi's right hand, turned around and hugged Luna horizontally.

Just like when he reported her to the ward, he did not use any magic, but picked her up himself.

Just such a detail was enough to make Delphi purse her lips and be unable to say anything else.

And when Maka just hugged Luna and walked towards the door step by step under the silent gaze of everyone, Hermione, who had been standing near the door since just now, hesitated for a moment, and then stood silently.

aside.

She didn't dare to look at Luna in Maka's arms, because she knew that she would definitely be jealous. And if she was really jealous of Luna... I'm afraid, even she would look down on herself.

On the other side, Delphi, who stayed there after Maka left the hospital bed, was startled for a moment, and then followed her out silently.

Just like that, three people suddenly disappeared from the ward, but no one felt that it was much empty. After all, except for Hermione, Delphi had been sitting in the corner and didn't take up any space, and Maka was even more so.

Just came back not long ago.

Not only that, because of the inexplicable atmosphere just now, the friends felt that the ward seemed a little more stuffy.

"Hermione," Ron asked cautiously from the side, "do you know anything about Maka and that Miss Fisher?"

"have no idea."

Hermione replied to him almost without thinking, and her tone was quite cold, which made Ron feel as if a cold wind was blowing through him, and he subconsciously shrank his neck.

And then, after Hermione adjusted her mood slightly, she said feebly:

"Miss Fisher may be Maka's friend when she was a child, and she should have a very good relationship with her. Last night when you were sleeping, I went to talk to her alone for a short while and learned about her and Maka's relationship.

Something in the past.”

"What happened before entering Hogwarts?" Harry asked curiously, "Um...can you tell us about it too?"

Harry is obviously not the only one who wants to know about Maka's past. It's just that because of Hermione's rather bad mood, no one dared to ask casually, and only Harry, a thick-headed man, couldn't help but ask.

The exit is coming.

Fortunately, Hermione didn't seem to refuse to talk. When Harry asked, she immediately sat down on the floor and casually told a few short stories he heard from Delphi.

From her point of view, there is nothing that cannot be said. Maka will definitely not mind even if she knows it. What's more, most of Naxi's stories have no beginning or end, and the order is even more chaotic. They can only be said casually.

This sentence is just for people to hear a rough idea.

There is no doubt that Hermione just wanted to distract herself, so that she could stop thinking about the things that made her so upset for the time being.

However, even if it is just a rough idea, everyone can't help but understand that the story of a child under ten years old struggling to survive alone at the bottom of society is really fascinating, not to mention that the child in the story is...

Someone close to them.

For a moment, everyone was stunned, and gradually only Hermione's lazy voice echoed in the ward.

…

Of course Maka didn't know that after he left, the friends in the ward held a "story meeting", and they all talked about old things from his first years.

To be honest, the experience of those few years was really chaotic. It sounded thrilling to others, but he knew that there were many stupid things that even Delphi had never heard of.

That kind of nonsense is obviously not suitable for a bedtime story for a little girl, and most likely my future self will not tell it to her.

Of course, even if he knew that a storytelling conference was taking place in the ward, he would have no time to pay attention to it.

"Let's go upstairs."

After speaking to Delphi who was following behind, Maka took her all the way through the corridor, up the stairs, and to the rest area on the top floor of St. Mungo's.

As soon as you get here, you can see that although there are not many people here, there are still a few. So when he first appeared, several eyes moved over and landed on Luna holding Luna.

The Maca side.

"Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, I need to use this floor next...so, could you please leave for a moment?"

Since it was Maka who asked for the favor in person, no one in St. Manggoli would refuse. As expected, the few male and female witches and wizards who were sitting here to take a rest and relax quickly nodded and smiled at him and left one after another.

He could see the doubts and curiosity in the eyes of these wizards, but Maka did not explain, and no one asked anything specifically. After everyone left, Maka gently placed Luna on the sofa, and then

Then he turned his head and looked at Delphi's face seriously.

He found that although Delphi was no longer awkward at this moment, nor was she staring at him with a shaken face like before. But the emotion contained in those eyes still made Maka have to sigh softly.

"Delphi..."

He looked at the other party's delicate face and slightly frowned eyebrows, as if he didn't know what to say for a moment.

In the end, he gave up some explanations or words of persuasion for the time being, and instead walked forward and hugged the other person without hesitation.

"I'm sorry." Maka said solemnly.