harry potter book of crimes

"Maka! Neville is missing! Come out quickly"

While Maka was discussing some future arrangements with Sirius and Lupine at the sand table in the hall of the new Ministry of Magic, Hannah's voice was heard after a small commotion outside.

To be honest, except for Willy, who once had a very low sense of existence due to special reasons, Hannah is probably the one who attracts the least attention on weekdays.

Although it cannot be said that she is taciturn, even when she speaks, her voice is always very soft. If you put aside her naturally confused temperament, she is indeed a quiet and down-to-earth good girl.

Therefore, Hannah Abbott shouting loudly through the thick door like this is indeed very rare, so much so that even just listening to the voice may not immediately remind you that it is her.

"'Neville' refers to the Longbottom child, right? He's missing?"

Hearing the shouts coming from outside, Lu Ping couldn't help but frown a little, and seemed to be starting to worry.

But Maka didn't seem to be in a hurry at this time. He didn't even go out to ask about the situation immediately, but waved his hand gently to Lupine first.

"How should I put it?" He said a little helplessly, "This matter is my fault. If I hadn't said more nonsense in front of him, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened again."

When Lu Ping heard this, he suddenly became more confused.

"what happened?"

On the other side, Sirius seemed to have become curious and looked towards Maka, wanting to hear what happened.

After all, it can be seen from Maka's very calm appearance that this matter is not as urgent as Hannah's shouts revealed.

"Actually, it's nothing," Maka said with a smile, "Didn't Harry and the three of them want to go to London before, but you happened to bump into them? In fact, before that, I wanted Neville to join the three of them.

plan, so I deliberately told him that I hoped he could stop Harry and the others from leaving the town secretly."

As he was speaking, he suddenly spread his right hand and said:

"You should also know that Neville's character is really a bit introverted. Even though he has grown a lot during this period, he will immediately return to the shy feeling before in daily life.

Because of this, there is always a sense of distance between him and Harry and the other three."

"Well," Lupine, who had been a professor at Hogwarts, couldn't help but nodded when he heard what he said, "I remember, that child is obviously very talented, but when he is with others, he is a bit awkward.

Being timid...it would not be good if you are still like this."

"But he has actually made great progress," Maka continued immediately, "and in fact, his relationship with Harry is also very deep. In addition, he and Harry have actually made progress.

On your own magical path..."

Speaking of this, Maka paused for a moment, and then said emphatically:

"So I have been thinking that if he and Harry can cooperate more closely, they will definitely become stronger. When the time comes, maybe he can go with me to truly face Halbo himself."

At this point, Maka had to admit that if there was no more progress, it would be almost impossible for him to fight Haierbo by himself.

Therefore, even if he himself was not willing to drag Harry and the others into this abyss of facing powerful enemies and even death, he still felt somewhat involuntarily.

After listening to Maka's explanation, Sirius suddenly raised his eyebrows.

"So..." He pointed to the door, "Your counterattack method seems to have failed, and things did not develop as you imagined?"

"Yes!" Maka sighed, "Neville's thoughts seem to be deeper than I expected. I gave the two concepts of 'joining my friend's impulsive behavior' and 'stopping my friend's reckless behavior'

It seems that he didn’t choose any of the options he provided, but instead figured out the third...well, the 'most irrational, but most humane' option?"

From the beginning to the end, Maka didn't know how Tinawi was doing now, but just based on his words, Lupine and Sirius already roughly understood.

In fact, his words did not keep Hannah outside waiting for too long. When he turned towards the door and slowly opened it with a wave of his hand, he saw a figure "blowing" like a gust of wind from outside.

Come in.

"Don't worry, he's fine, I know where he is."

Before Hannah could speak, Maka said what she wanted to hear most. Immediately, Hannah, who was already very convinced of Maka, and then Ron, Ginny and others also immediately

He closed the mouth he just opened.

"Why, looking at you guys like this, you must have walked around the town a lot, right? In that case, why don't you go to the exit passage of the town and have a look?" Maka looked at them and said, "Especially Ron

, I thought you finally had your brain figured out last time! Is it because you have the ability to heal yourself that you have blocked the 'hole' that you finally dug out?"

"Well……"

After Maka's teasing, Ron seemed to have half awakened, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Ah, that's it! Maka, it turns out you really just asked Neville to keep an eye on us... hmm? No, did you do it on purpose?"

"You can figure it out for yourself!"

Maka didn't say anything more, because he knew that as long as Ron talked to Hermione later, the latter would definitely be able to guess the whole story.

So after waving his hand, he immediately turned around and said:

"What are you doing here? Let's go... I think after being alone over there for so long, Neville should have realized that he was wrong. Let's go and pick him up!"

Obviously, Neville's own conclusion, although full of humane touch, was undoubtedly the worst choice.

At the very least, Maka would definitely not automatically approve of his unauthorized behavior this time.

As for what Harry and the others would think, he couldn't control that!

"Well," he thought secretly in his heart as he passed Ron and walked out of the door first, "Although the process is not exactly what he imagined, the result should be considered unexpected and successful.

?”

Not long after, about ten minutes after Maka took the lead and walked quickly, the group of them quickly arrived near the location where Ron and the others were caught by Sirius.

After arriving at the place, Maka took the lead to go to the slightly dim entrance of the passage and took a look inside. She immediately saw the "poor" Mr. Longbottom hanging upside down at the top of the passage, unable to move.

"Neville, how do you feel about the magic trap I made?" He chuckled towards the passage, "Speaking of which, you are still the first one to experience it! Remember to write an article about your 'trial experience' later.

Me, no less than five feet."