harry potter book of crimes

The room was very quiet, except for a few slight breathing sounds. No one spoke, and no one made any noise. It was as if the lively scene when Maka was greeted at the door had never happened.

Because the current situation cannot be calculated well, and because Luna is still lying on the bed in front of her, sleeping dreamlessly.

The rising sun let the bright sunlight shine through the window and fall diagonally on the corner of the bed, making the patterns on the quilt seem a little brighter.

I don't know how long it took, but Hermione, who had been standing nearby, seemed to be unable to hold it in any longer, so she couldn't help but spoke first to break the tranquility in the room.

"Maka, how are you?"

She originally thought that as long as Maka took action, Luna would be safe and sound. Previously, she could only rely on the Dreamless Sleeping Potion in Calais City until now, just because Maka still had important things to do, so

All I can do is drag it on first.

That's right, as long as Maka can personally treat Luna, the "magic imbalance" won't be a problem at all!

Of course, Hermione's confidence in Maka is indeed justified, and Maka has indeed already had a solution. However, behind the incident of "Luna's sudden illness", there are still more doubts surrounding it.

Looking at Maka's thoughts, he rarely looked forward and backward.

"To be honest, I don't know...I still need more time to think about it."

After hearing Maka's answer, Ron who was not far away seemed to want to say something, but was stopped by Hermione and Willy raising their hands at the same time.

Hermione looked at the silver-haired "old classmate", then waved to Ron and others, and then retreated from the door with a few friends.

Willy pursed her lips and watched them leave, then glanced at the back of Maka who was sitting by the bed, and then silently greeted Helen and others on her side to leave the room.

"Thanks."

Maka didn't look back, but just said thank you gently. Because now he really needs to be alone for a while, to integrate many things in front of him, including Luna's problem, and sort them out one by one.

For example, is the root cause of Luna's magic power imbalance as simple as the fog created by Haierbo?

Perhaps because of repeatedly traveling through the long river of time, Maka gradually developed the habit of considering the rules of time as one of the premises when considering many issues.

Even though he is far from understanding the rules of time, if he ignores them and doesn't think about them, Maka will always feel very uneasy.

Therefore, even if it is not clear whether this habit is good or bad, he can only do this for now.

"No, that's not right... we can't just consider Luna's problem!" Suddenly, Maka, who was silently looking at Luna's sleeping face, frowned, "During the previous flashbacks, an accident also happened.

There’s also Delphi! Isn’t it?”

Yes, in addition to Luna, there was also Delphi who suffered repeated hardships and losses in this battle where the living zombies attacked. Moreover, the endings of the two may be very similar.

, that is to lose magical activity and become a Muggle.

As for the others... maybe Hermione can be counted as one of them. If she had not been saved by the relics left by Dumbledore, Maka would have also tried to use the power of the time turner to save her.

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"But what exactly is the problem?"

After Maka brought Delphi in to think together, she soon saw him shaking his head.

"No, if we start thinking about Delphi, no matter what, we will think of forging memories for her."

And that incident obviously had nothing to do with Luna.

"Um"

Maka sighed slightly, and finally put aside the question that made him hesitate. Unfortunately, the next thing that required him to think deeply was not any simpler than Luna's question.

clear.

He leaned back in his chair and touched the stone box stored in the pocket on his waist. It had been blocking his mind since last night, making him feel deeply irritated.

"This thing cannot be opened casually for the time being. The danger has been clearly engraved on it."

Today's Maka is no longer the magic school student who only had a partial understanding of the magic world.

The misfortunes he suffered one after another made him much more calm and practical than before... Of course, it might also be said that he was much more "cautious", whichever way you put it.

In short, when someone puts the possibility of "danger" in front of him, even if there is a huge benefit at hand, he must first consider whether he has the ability to take it.

"After all, 'greed'... is also a major sin!"

Although it is very possible that the stone box contains the help that Rowena left for the candidates, if you only look at the problem with such greedy thoughts, you will probably be in bad luck in the end.

What's more, Maka still hasn't figured out what Rowena's specific plans are!

"However, this seems to be the only clue that may lead to the elimination of Haierbo, right?"

Doubts and contradictions were layered and intertwined, making Maka rack her brains and couldn't figure out a train of thought that could run through the many possibilities. In the end, Maka had no choice but to put this mess aside just like before.

Come down.

I saw him raising his hand and patting the pocket on his waist, muttering to himself:

"At least... this stone box cannot be moved until it is completely cornered."

The interruption of Rowena's series of trials left him lacking a lot of key information, which even made him regret his initial suspicion.

If he had followed the path laid out by Rowena step by step while remaining vigilant, maybe many things would be different today.

"Hey."

Thinking of this, Maka couldn't help but smile bitterly. It's impossible, he is who he is, and even if he did it all over again, he wouldn't be able to make a different choice from the past.

Putting aside this meaningless regret, Maka rubbed her forehead, and then thought about more trivial matters. For example, Sirius and Harry were staying in the warehouse at the Calais port at the moment, and like Herbo at the

What may happen after this.

It wasn't until the sound of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door behind him that his thoughts, which had been immersed in various imaginations, were brought back to reality.

"Tuk-tuk."

There were two knocks on the door, and the old housekeeper's voice came through the door.

"Mr. MacLean, lunch is ready. The master of the house invites you to go down and have dinner with everyone."

"I know, I'm coming."

As Maka spoke, he turned his head and looked out the window, only to realize that the sun had already moved above his head where he could not see it.

The midday sun was so bright that it pierced his eyes, causing him to quickly look away.