harry potter book of crimes

It was Haierbo's anger that caused the zombies to riot. Some people may be able to guess this based on the connection between the two; but for what exactly Haierbo is angry about, they can figure out the reason.

There are very few of them.

No, now maybe only Maka... will know what Haierbo is thinking.

"Um?"

At the moment when the madness of the living corpse suddenly broke out, Maka, who was busy doing something in the grotto deep in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, suddenly paused what she was doing, straightened up slightly and turned towards

He glanced briefly to the south.

"You can't wait any longer?" He curled his lips, and soon leaned over again to continue working. He just muttered softly, "For this period of time, I have been squatting in Buckingham Palace and can't even come out.

Even after a trip to the Ministry of Magic, you were still unmoved... so much so that I still wonder how much you can endure it!"

It can be heard that Maka's tone seems to be very calm in these words, and there is even obvious disdain for Haierbo in her words.

However, at this moment, the expression on his face was not as relaxed as shown in these words - there was an indescribable solemnity etched between his slightly frowned eyebrows.

After waiting for a while, after checking all the regular patterns that had been laid out on the cave floor these days, Maka finally clapped her hands again, straightened up and looked at her results while muttering to herself:

"Damn Haierbo, are you angry? I'm not even angry yet... Tsk, the power that should be given, the power that can be given, has been given out now... I hope they will all be fine!"

Having said this, Maka seemed to have thoroughly checked the formation diagram. Then, he nodded as if confirming something, and then put aside the worries in his heart for the time being.

, he took out a very familiar item from the bag on his waist and gently placed it in the center of the formation.

Yes, even though this former dragon's lair was always dark, and Maka had no intention of summoning a magic light source to illuminate it. But the light was just a little bit emitted by the special ink used to draw runes on the ground.

The dim light was enough for people to distinguish - this was the mysterious stone box that Maka had obtained from Hufflepuff's secret room and had been shown to the maker Rowena once.

Just because they don’t know what is hidden inside makes people curious; just because there are warnings engraved on the box, it makes people uneasy; and even because the owner who made this stone box personally said that there is a huge secret hidden in it.

Disaster makes it even more mysterious.

But judging from Maka's time-spanning meeting with Rowena Ravenclaw in the stone chamber at the bottom of the lake, it seemed that he had no intention of listening to the other party's advice.

Does Maka not believe Rowena?

No, that's obviously not the case - in fact, Maka deeply agreed with Rowena's words.

Maka guessed that there was an extremely terrible danger hidden in this stone box. The degree was so high that it could even be said that it directly caused powerful witches such as Rowena to choose to commit suicide.

Therefore, when Rowena's phantom wanted to mobilize its power to kill him...or at least wanted to seal him permanently in that stone room, although Maka resisted, she was not angry at all.

Just like Maka always believed that although Haierbo was hateful, he might not have actually done anything wrong. Rowena wanted to kill him because she just made a choice that she thought was the right choice.

Now, Maka also has his own choice - maybe his idea may not work, at least it is definitely not a foolproof solution, but he wants to give it a try.

"boom."

After putting down the stone box, Maka's movements did not stop. He turned around, then took out another thing, and let it fall in front of him with a wave of his hand.

It can be seen that this is still something that looks very familiar - it is the Devouring Mirror, Haierbo's Horcrux.

"Dong——"

Maka stared at the chaotic mirror for a few more seconds, then suddenly stretched out her hand, raised her index finger and flicked it casually on the mirror. Suddenly, a rather dull knocking sound was heard in this extremely empty cave.

It reverberated inside, buzzing for a while.

"Tired of waiting, aren't you?" Maka looked into the mirror and said quickly, "Don't worry, the show you have been waiting for so long is about to begin."

As soon as he finished speaking, Maka suddenly took a step back and stepped directly over the stone box that had been put down just now. This time, the stone box was immediately exposed to the mirror.

The next moment, Maka suddenly raised her hand, and with a ball of magical light, it immediately fell onto the stone box!

However, there was no sound like the stone box breaking - this was not because of how strong it was, but because... Maka's hand stopped.

Seeing the magical light emerging from Maka's palm hanging dangerously less than an inch above the surface of the stone box, Maka still hesitated at the moment when she decided to open the stone box.

"...You have obviously guessed that it is a trap, but you still want to jump into it. I think I have never done anything stupider than this in my life."

He muttered like this, and the next moment, the hand that was still in mid-air pressed down hard.

"Click——"

When a burst of shattering sound spread along with obvious counter-shock force, a series of thoughts passed through Maka's mind like lightning:

Yes, this was undoubtedly a trap laid by Haierbo for him. The threads seemed to have no connection with each other, but in the end they all came together.

The meteorite was brought to Hogwarts by Haierbo; the stone box was obtained by him in front of Haierbo; even a Horcrux like the Devouring Mirror, Haierbo dared to let him hold it in his hand.

Is this Haierbo's self-confidence? Or is it because Haierbo is unable to take away what he wants from Maka?

No, these can only be conspiracies that seem to be unrelated, but are actually closely connected together.

After going through these speculations from beginning to end, Maka dared to confirm that she might have been in the game set by Hai Erbo from beginning to end, and had never jumped out. Every time, it seemed that she was one step ahead of the opponent, or maybe

Even if you lose half a step to the opponent, it is not worthy of joy or disappointment, because every advance and retreat is an illusion.

The so-called "despicable Haierbo" is actually more "despicable" than everyone imagined.

Until now, Haierbo's plan has finally reached the final step with Maka's "cooperation", and this step... no matter whether it is forward or backward, everything seems to be a foregone conclusion.

Haierbo is just waiting, and he only needs to wait... because Maka will open the stone box, just like the ending he planned when he was sealed underground for thousands of years.