harry potter book of crimes

"I'm sorry, Hannah"

"ah?"

Hannah was unable to react immediately to Neville's apology, because the moment she accidentally grabbed Maka's arm, her thoughts were completely absorbed in the strange soft touch between her fingers.

Yes, she knew this feeling. She regarded a therapist as her future goal, and she knew what this strange feeling probably meant.

"ah!"

Out of shock, Hannah grabbed Maka's arm and froze for a few seconds, then hurriedly let go and took two steps back like a frightened little animal.

"Maka, you..."

"Neville, you haven't even finished writing about your five-foot experience. Are you planning to get yourself another five-foot review to write? Why didn't I know that you actually like writing papers so much?"

"No, no, no, Maka... ah no, Hannah, I apologize! It was my fault just now, I was confused for a moment... are you okay? Forgive me, okay..."

"Hannah, you can't forgive him right away. You have to let him reflect on it!"

Ron on the side came up and grabbed Neville's neck, looked at the latter curiously and said:

"You've always been like this before. You're usually quiet, and you just keep it in your mind and ponder everything. But once you lose control of your mind, you'll get hot-headed and yell... you can't

Just say it when you can't bear it anymore! You're not Hermione, you can hide many things in your heart..."

Just when everyone was attracted by Neville's clumsy apology and Ron's rare seriousness, Hannah couldn't help but look back again and glanced in Maka's direction.

Then, she saw Maka chuckle as usual and shook her head slightly.

"Ron, what qualifications do you have to talk about Neville! Even though you are so careless all day long, you really have some troubles. Aren't you just like Neville and only know how to hide things in your heart? Last time"

"Maka! You are talking about Neville right now, why are you talking about me again!"

Ron's complaint made Ginny laugh and say:

"You didn't do it yourself, you deserve it!"

The playfulness of the Weasley brothers and sisters has long become a spice in everyone's daily life. Even if they are used to seeing it, it can make everyone smile every time.

It's just that in recent days, such lively conversations have become so rare without even realizing it, and the dull atmosphere makes the friends almost breathless.

So at this moment, when everyone saw this familiar scene for a long time, everyone including Maka couldn't help but feel relieved. For a moment, even the slightly cold air in the underground corridor seemed to become fresher

Got up.

And when a burst of laughter that was not enthusiastic, but quite warm, gently echoed in the corridor, Maka smiled again at Hannah, whose expression was also slightly relaxed, and then she smiled again.

Turn around and walk towards the stairs.

"Maka."

Hannah was startled, then looked back at her friends who had become lively again, and then finally nodded silently with her lips pursed.

But the moment she raised her head and forced out a smile, her eyes suddenly collided with Luna's eyes on the other side silently.

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The hall of the new Ministry of Magic became noisy as expected.

Information from the front line is sent back here one after another. There is happy news like "another teammate has been found", and there is also sad news like "another teammate is confirmed to have died."

Of course, more information would be required to report on the routes and specific locations of the zombie army, as well as the general process of evacuation of the Muggle civilians.

Just as the extermination teams at the front were directly commanded by Kingsley, the teams evacuating Muggles at the rear of the battlefield were led by Lupine.

To be honest, although frontline operations are dangerous, the more important thing is actually the evacuation of the rear.

Just like Maka said in the underground corridor of St. Mungo's before, the highest order of this clearing is not actually to complete the mission. If it is really unstoppable, retreating or even completely evacuating is a predetermined part.

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Therefore, how long the frontline suppression team can last will ultimately depend on how efficient the rear evacuation troops can be.

At the moment, Lu Ping, who has been caught up in the evacuation progress by the enemy, must be feeling extremely stressed.

"Lupin!"

Maka, who had just arrived at the door of the hall, nodded to the guards who slightly saluted her, then stood at the door and shouted.

Seeing Lupine, who was immersed in the map, suddenly looking up, Maka immediately crossed the crowd in the hall and showed a smile to him.

"Hey, where are those zombies?"

It had to be said that since returning to Spiral Town, he had hardly seen any relaxed expressions on people's faces. No matter where he was, no matter who he met, their faces were basically full of heaviness.

Although this is a reality that we have to face, compared to the extremely depressing atmosphere, having more smiles may bring more hope to everyone.

So even Maka herself can't laugh, but even if it's just a fake smile, there's always a squeeze.

"Maka...well, the zombie army has arrived on the road."

Lupine also forced out a smile, but he was obviously not as able as Maka to make the fake smile look as relaxed and natural as real, and it looked somewhat stiff.

When Maka saw this, she immediately passed through the crowd from the Ministry of Magic who kept greeting her, and then lowered her head and glanced at the map in Lupin's hand.

It can be seen that Lupine has drawn too many marks and lines on it during this time, making the map itself a bit messy.

"Oh, here?"

Maka stared at the latest mark on the road and nodded, then looked southeast along the road.

"Well...even though part of the area has been abandoned and the evacuation team has retreated a bit, it still looks like the distance is very close!"

"There is no way," Lu Ping seemed to know that the smile on his face was fake, so he finally gave up his smile and sighed, "There are many Muggle residents' houses along the highway. It is impossible to abandon them all.

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As he was speaking, he suddenly pointed to the map and added:

"However, I have also divided a team in Rochester City after the highway section in advance. They will cooperate with the Muggle army and start evacuation work in advance from there."

"Oh, that's good!" Maka nodded immediately after hearing this, "Just proceed according to your plan! By the way, I have cleared away those 'flying' ones on the way here.

There is no need to worry about the safety of the border for the time being... Of course, defensive preparations will continue as usual! Once the Muggle migration operations on the way are completed, the time... will come soon."