harry potter book of crimes

Magic has been the exclusive preserve of gifted people since ancient times.

Even now, the threshold for using magic has been lowered again and again. Among humans, those who can cast magic spells are only those wizards who have awakened their innate abilities.

There is no doubt that whether a person's magic source is awakened and whether the magic power in his body is activated determines whether "he"...or "she" can be associated with magic.

However, is it true that ordinary people cannot get involved in the world of magic?

The answer is of course no.

If you delve into the history of magic, you will inevitably find that even in the not-so-distant past, ordinary people still lived together with wizards. They shared cities and towns, worked and lived together, even though the secrets and dangers of magic were always there.

It would make ordinary people feel afraid, but people also respected wizards because of it.

What's more important is that once upon a time, wizards not only hired apprentices to teach them knowledge, but also often hired ordinary people as assistants to assist them in their magic research.

Just like now, Delphi has replaced Hermione and assisted Maka in completing some potion preparation steps that do not require the use of magic.

It wasn't until Hermione, who had left earlier, called Kingsley over, and Maka told him about visiting the Muggle Queen again after dinner, that the three of them left the potion preparation room together.

"When you concentrate on doing one thing, time often passes very quickly," Maka shrugged. "Of course, although time does not actually become faster, we just ignore its loss."

Just as he was speaking, the three of them had already walked out of the long corridor illuminated by magic and saw the sunlight coming in from the window again.

Yes, time did pass by unknowingly, and the bright light turned to dusk. At a glance, it was no longer as dazzling as at noon, which was a sign that night was coming again.

It was precisely because she sensed the arrival of dinner time that Maka did not continue with Delphi, but put down the work at hand after talking to Kingsley. To be honest, he originally wanted to continue

Fiddle with it for a while.

"Oh, Maka! We were just about to call you...ah, Delphi is here too?"

The one who spoke was Ron. When Maka and the other three passed by the foyer connecting the atrium, they happened to see him walking in from the door.

However, none of the three people's eyes, including Kingsley's, stayed on Ron for too long, and soon looked behind him.

Because there were Willy, Helen and others who came back from the garden with him.

"Maka!"

As soon as Willie saw the three of them, he immediately walked over quickly, holding a thick notebook in his hand. Of course, Maka remembered that it was the Christmas gift he gave to Willie that year.

"You can take a look at dinner later. It contains a lot of plant information!"

After saying this, she put the note into Maka's hand, and then subconsciously moved her gaze to Delphi's face.

"Ah you are……"

Willie asked, but Delphi's eyes obviously did not fall on her side, but looked at Helen and Cathy at the door with a little trance.

And the child being held in Helen's arms.

"Remember? The friend I mentioned not long ago is my friend with the same name as our little Delphi!"

After opening her mouth to explain, Maca reached out and touched Delphi's arm lightly, and then gestured to little Delphi in Helen's arms.

"Look, as I said, this child does look a lot like you when you were a child!"

After Maka touched him, Delphi finally came back to his senses and immediately nodded slightly.

"Uh...well, yes." She said a little dullly, "It does look so similar to the photo of me when I was a child. It shocked me!"

While the two were talking, Helen and little Cathy also came closer.

Then, Helen looked at the child in her arms, and then at Delphi next to Maka. She didn’t know if it was because she saw Delphi staring at the child. She thought about it and couldn’t help but carefully handed it over.

A little bit said:

"...Want to hug her?"

"oh!"

Seeing this, Maka couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Let’s not mention the time rules for now, because as long as Delphi doesn’t go too far, it’s unlikely that anything will go wrong if he just hugs himself who hasn’t remembered anything yet.

But... to be honest, the moment he heard Helen's words, he had already foreseen what would happen.

Sure enough, Delphi almost subconsciously took her still young self into her arms, and then she froze there, her mind going blank.

Yes, perhaps in the entire history of mankind, there are few people who have hugged their childhood self like she did.

At that moment, an extremely subtle feeling suddenly passed through her body like an electric current, and then, she actually felt an inexplicable discomfort deep in her heart.

Fortunately, Maka didn't let little Delphi stay in her arms for too long, and quickly stretched out her hands to take it over.

"Okay, if you want to chat, don't stand here and chat! Dinner must have been prepared. If you have anything to say, let's go over and talk while eating!"

After that, he hugged the cute and quiet little Delphi, turned around and walked towards the restaurant first.

"Don't be in a daze... Well, to be honest, I would rather you not come over."

Maka's words passed by Delphi's ears, and no one else heard them except her. After hearing these words, Delphi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but after Helen

With little Cathy's slightly confused look in her eyes, she smiled somewhat reluctantly.

Looking at Delphi's back following Maka, little Cathy, who was a few steps behind, tilted her head and pulled Helen's sleeve beside her.

"It seems a little strange?"

"There is nothing surprising." As an Obscurial who was saved by Maka, Helen has obviously decided not to have any doubts about this benefactor, including everyone recognized by him, "You have also seen

, Mr. McClain is defending her, at least for me, that’s enough.”

"Oh! Blind trust is very dangerous. Since there is nothing we can do to help Maka, we must at least pay more attention to him within our capabilities, right?" Little Cathy wrinkled her nose and said, "But...

Well! She doesn’t look like a bad guy anyway.”

Although these words were said a little reluctantly, in fact, Cathy's first impression of Delphi was very good, even she couldn't figure out where this good impression came from.

Maybe it was because of this that she couldn't help but want to doubt it!

"Hmm...it does look a bit like little Delphi..."