harry potter book of crimes

"Hermione, pass me the armadillo bile, and then you can start grinding the scarabs directly into powder. Remember to use an agate mortar. Take your time, don't rush."

In a small room in the wizard's tower, Maka was gently stirring the warm liquid in the crucible. At another table not far away from him, Hermione, who had helped him, was putting an animal in a pot.

The vial of bile was handed over.

After waiting for a while, when Hermione also brought the dried scarab powder to Maka's hand, he suddenly raised his head and glanced at the pocket watch he placed on the corner of the table.

As you can see, the hour hand on the dial has pointed to the "1" position.

"Okay, there is no more material that needs to be processed next, so go to bed quickly! Just leave the remaining steps to me. There will definitely be a lot of things to do in the next period of time, so you have to have a good rest.

"

After saying that, he continued to stir the liquid in the crucible at a steady speed with one hand, and slowly added the powder that Hermione brought over little by little with the other hand.

But Hermione didn't leave immediately by his side.

"Maka, can I... talk to you?"

"Hmm?" Maka quickly answered her, "Yes, yes...but, what do you want to talk about?"

"It's about the next plan," Hermione said hesitantly as she watched him patiently stir the potion. "Just like you just said, 'There are a lot of things to do next.' What are the specific plans?

Woolen cloth?"

Thinking that Maka had taken a huge risk and survived the difficulty of losing all her strength today, Hermione knew that he would definitely start thinking about counterattacking Haierbo again. After all, blind defense and retreat are by no means a solution.

method of the problem, not to mention that now they have actually reached a point of no return.

However, Haierbo's growing strength is also based on his increasingly powerful magic power. If Maka, who has regained strength this time, faces the opponent head-on, she doesn't know how sure she will be.

Regarding this, in fact, not only Hermione, but everyone also wanted to know something.

"Plan?" Seeing Hermione asking about her plan, Maka couldn't help but pause for a moment, "I want to say that I haven't thought about it yet, do you believe it?"

"Believe it!" Hermione said decisively, "As long as you say it, I will believe it. But...if this is the case, wouldn't we be very passive if Halbo takes any unpredictable actions?"

I have to say that Hermione's words are still very correct. She does hit the point. However, in terms of the current situation, Maka wants to think about a set of interlocking response plans in advance as before.

That would be almost impossible.

At present, Maka has been forced into a "corner" by Haierbo's series of fierce pursuits.

Under the premise that it was already difficult to capture Haierbo's movements, not to mention that now it has completely lost the ability to monitor, and even the degree of certainty about the status of various external forces has been reduced a lot.

With the current situation of extreme lack of information acquisition, if you still want to make plans or something, it will definitely be a very ridiculous thing.

It's a pity that at this moment when "one more step back will mean death", even if you have to bite the bullet, you still have to face the difficulties.

"Well, to be honest, I'm always grateful that you all trust me so much." Maka said, "As for 'passive' or 'active'...if I have to say it, this question is actually not that

It’s difficult to solve.”

At this point, Hermione seemed to be about to ask, but Maka immediately shook her head. Then, she saw that he stopped what he was doing, pulled out the stirring rod from the liquid, and put it aside.

In the tray.

Then, he turned to Hermione and said:

"How to solve it specifically involves another question. It may be a difficult choice for me, but I have to rely on myself to make the decision. Therefore, I will tell you when I get the answer.

Bar!"

Maka has said this, obviously not wanting to continue discussing this point.

Although Hermione knew this, she was still very curious... No, in fact, after hearing Maka's words, she wanted to know even more. But considering Maka's mood and wishes, she still nodded slightly and expressed

No more questions.

So, Hermione thought about it again, and then turned to:

"So, in addition to the plan to directly target Haierbo that needs to be considered, you should also have other ideas to deal with it indirectly? Otherwise, you wouldn't have said that you have something to do next."

Just when Hermione asked this question again, Maka raised the temperature of the flame under the crucible by another stage. As the liquid inside gradually began to boil, he finally picked up the lid and covered it.

"Yes!" After closing the lid tightly, Maka said, "Of course, I also know why you want to ask this. You want to know what I plan to ask you to do, right?"

When Maka revealed her thoughts in one word, Hermione couldn't help but pursed her lips, as if she was a little embarrassed. Because she also knew that this was somewhat of an "old problem" of hers, that is, she always had this problem.

I can't tolerate the situation where I can only sit there and wait silently.

"Um."

Finally, Hermione nodded her head again and responded softly.

And soon, Maka smiled at her and then said seriously:

"Although Hogwarts is not able to restart normal teaching for the time being, my 'private lessons' will be restarted here! I have some ideas and need you...especially you, Luna, Delphi,

There are five Harry and Neville, plus Enns and Alexander...well, maybe we can also add Mr. Blois. I need you to learn more, and then you can really help me do something!"

"Oh! Really?" When Hermione heard this, she couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

"Of course it's true," Maka said with certainty, "I have now clearly realized that in the disasters that Haierbo can cause, my personal ability is always limited. Previously, because of the pressure of the other party,

None of us have that buffer, but now we seem to have no choice..."

As he was speaking, he suddenly heard a slight "crackling" sound coming from the crucible in front of him. He immediately stopped what he was saying and reached out to lift the lid of the crucible.

Then, he stretched out his finger and flicked it inside, and the boiling liquid immediately lost its heat and completely calmed down.

It was only at this moment that Maka nodded and said:

"Okay, it's time to go to Alexander and give him medicine... The sooner he recovers, the sooner I can have an outstanding student, right?"