harry potter book of crimes

"Luna...stop playing and come out! I have something to tell you."

When Maka suddenly spoke and said this to the statue, everyone saw that the statue that everyone could only stare at at first slowly lowered its head.

As the movements of the statue's hands slightly deformed, the silver double helix that originally shot straight into the sky finally disintegrated inch by inch in front of everyone's eyes, turning into liquid silver that poured down and merged into the body of the mercury statue.

Then, the radiance that filled the sky also weakened, until the entire town once again returned to a large area of ​​drowsiness illuminated only by street lights.

The next moment, a foot suddenly stretched out from inside the statue, dangling around as if looking for a foothold.

When Maka saw it, she could only smile helplessly, then reached out and grabbed the opponent's ankle, guiding Luna to step on the edge of the statue's base.

"Come out!"

When Maka called out softly again, Luna inside seemed to realize that Maka was guarding in front, and immediately lost all scruples, and jumped out directly by stepping on the base very neatly.

At that moment, Luna's golden, slightly curled long hair was thrown into the air by the mercury of the statue. With the inertia, it turned over her head and was thrown towards Maka's face with claws and teeth.

"Eh!"

Seeing this, Maka hurriedly opened her arms to catch her, and was knocked back half a step by her. And the long blond hair even covered his head.

"What are you dancing for? Can't you walk well?"

Having said that, he first gently placed Luna on the ground, and casually pushed away the hair that was all over her head and face, and then he poked her smooth forehead with his index finger angrily.

"I know!" Luna stroked her hair randomly and said without sincerity, "I will definitely leave next time."

"And next time?"

Maka rolled his eyes helplessly, but soon, he couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Well, it seems there really is a 'next time'."

After muttering something like this, he turned around, spread his arms towards the refugees gathered in the square and said loudly:

"Everyone, ladies and gentlemen, please go back and rest! Regarding this statue, I will make some 'small' attempts next. It may be a bit dangerous for you to continue to stay here."

Due to the use of the amplifying spell, not only the people in front of him could hear these words, but even those standing on the periphery could hear them very clearly. Needless to say, Maka's words were obviously very effective. After he mentioned this,

, the crowd soon gradually dispersed.

Of course, in fact, if you have to stay, there won't be any "danger".

Not long after, only Maka, Luna and Ron, who had just gotten up from the ground, were left in the square.

"You are... it's already this hour, and you're still wandering around." Maka looked at Ron and Luna and couldn't help but remind her, "Starting tomorrow, when everyone is almost settled, there are still a lot of things to do.

…You will definitely not be able to run away by then, so it’s best to have a good sleep tonight to recuperate.”

"Oh, I know, but"

Ron looked at Luna's innocent face in distress, thought for a while, and quietly swallowed what he wanted to say the most.

"Well, anyway," he scratched his head and said, "I just can't sleep a little bit... Besides, Hermione and the others went to help take care of the injured from St. Mungo's, and she didn't let me... uh, I mean,

We weren’t allowed to go.”

"Really?" Maka couldn't help but pause after hearing this, "Hermione...well, they should take a rest first."

After sighing like this, he put this aside in advance and turned to look at Luna who was still peeking at the mercury statue.

"Don't look, you have to go in anyway, turn your head first and listen to me." Maka patted her shoulder, and then said, "Tell me! What does it feel like in there, is there any discomfort?

?”

Although to be honest, he actually has a very high opinion of this statue. After all, it is definitely a relatively outstanding work in the history of alchemy.

However, the use of wrapping a large living person in mercury always makes people feel a little uneasy.

After all, through another inspection when the statue was running, he found that there were not many people who could make the thing work. Meeting Luna this time was really a coincidence.

In fact, the craftsman and alchemist Babur who made this statue was mainly tailor-made for Miss Miranda. So now if you want to activate this statue, you must find

A woman who has a high degree of compatibility with Miranda's spirit will do.

For example, Luna is a simple-minded and kind-hearted person.

"Uncomfortable?" When Maka asked her how she felt inside the statue, Luna immediately shook her head and said, "No? After entering, I only felt that my eyes went dark, and then I could see things again soon.

...Well, it’s like I turned into that statue! It’s amazing!”

"Well," Maka nodded, as if she knew there would be a follow-up, and then asked, "What next?"

"Well," Luna thought about it for a moment before replying, "Then...I suddenly felt that I could do many, many things. For example, just now, I lit a big moon that was brighter than the moon for the whole town.

Light bulb'!"

"Of course, I saw it!" Maka shrugged, "Not just me, I think everyone in the town saw it! But...is there anything else interesting? It's like...if this town suffers

When a 'bad guy' attacks, what can you do?"

"Ah!" When Luna heard this, she suddenly said, "Yes...if I were in that statue, I should be able to put up a big protective shield for the whole town! You know, it's the one with the Peace Guarding Curse."

kind."

"Is this so..."

Maka thought about it for a while, and then said:

"Can you feel where that protective shield 'comes out' from?"

"'Where to come out'?"

His question seemed to stump Luna all of a sudden. After Luna lowered her head and thought hard for a while, she slowly raised her head and pointed to her feet uncertainly.

"Maybe...maybe...under the statue's feet?"

"You mean in the base of the stone sculpture?"

"No, no, we have to go down." Luna shook her head and said, "It should be deeper."

After hearing this, Maka finally nodded with satisfaction, then opened her arms and patted Luna and Ron gently on the back.

"Okay, you can go back and have a good rest, do you hear me?"

"Eh?"

When Luna heard this, she twisted her mouth reluctantly and said:

"Didn't you say you can still go in and play?"

"Oh," Maka smiled as if she just remembered it, "I thought it was like this, but it's no longer needed now."

"You big liar!"

Luna immediately stared at him and wrinkled her nose, then pursed her lips and turned away angrily.