harry potter book of crimes

Regardless of whether the Lord of the Living Corpses is Maka or not, the preparations that need to be made cannot be neglected. And with a total of three days and three nights of preparation time, Hermione and the others will certainly not waste a single minute.

So while Hermione and Delphi were detailing the series of possibilities in the Muggle bar on the island, on the seaside wasteland on the east side, another group of wizards came to start the final part of the preparations.

Raising tall buildings from flat ground would naturally not be a difficult task for this group of wizards who had just returned from the Burrow stronghold. Since they were able to build those tall towers quickly and even after their stronghold was destroyed,

Even after the brutal attack and sweep by the zombie army, it was still standing. Now it would be faster to just build one.

After spending the last day and night on construction, they finally erected the tallest building on St. Martins Island before dawn.

But in the final analysis, this time was too hasty after all. In addition to the magic spell used to strengthen the tower, there was only time to mix the rune bricks Hermione requested in advance into the normal stone brick construction according to the predetermined positions.

Finished, then... this tower based on the underground formation is considered completed.

Obviously, this magic tower is not as strong as the ones in the stronghold at that time, but Hermione knows very well that what she needs is not defense ability. Now that she can meet her minimum requirements in such a short period of time, she has actually already achieved it.

Very good.

…

The early morning of the fourth day arrived amid the hurried footsteps of a group of wizards.

There was no surprise. Of course, when the sky gradually brightened from the sea level in the east, everyone found that the sky wall was still white.

I don't know if it's because of the morning dew or the water vapor that has been silently entrenched in recent days. There is still a damp and sticky feeling in the air, and even breathing has become a little slow and heavy.

This rain will definitely continue to fall - even ignorant children can feel this.

No one would be happy negotiating with the leader of a large group of enemies in such weather.

Right now, around the tower, many figures have begun to gather and line up in silence. And on the high platform at the top of the tower, Harry, Safina, Luna, Delphi... It can be said that

, almost all of the most outstanding and capable young people on the human wizard side have gathered on this high tower.

In fact, even Mr. Blois, the head of the House of Blois, who is currently the only major force in the front line that cannot be called a "young man", is riding on the back of the fire dragon Norbeta together with Charlie.

Patrol flights over the nearby Celtic Sea.

Now that we have come to this point, many things have yet to be verified, but at least the strength of the other party's master of the zombies is definitely beyond doubt. Since the other party is coming, no one dares to relax, even if the zombie party has agreed to just

Come three people.

Not long after, Hermione also climbed up the tower along the stairs that had just been built at night, and came to the platform of the tower where many people had gathered. The wind here was very strong, causing her hair to sway randomly in the air. However,

She thought for a while, but did not tie up her long, messy, curly hair, but stubbornly let it swing stubbornly in the wind.

She hasn't tied her hair for a long time.

After going up to the tower, Hermione didn't say anything more to the others - everything that needed to be said had been said in the past few days, with repeated planning, exhortations, discussions, and discussions, and it seemed that there was nothing more to say.

That’s it.

Soon, after walking around the stone piles on the edge of the platform, Hermione returned to the center of the platform under the gaze of her friends.

Because today's agreement was after all a negotiation, a set of tables and chairs conjured by a transformation spell were placed on the platform. Hermione sat down at the end of the table, thought about it, and suddenly took out her wand and tapped the table.

The next moment, the long table suddenly began to shrink, and the chairs around it also disappeared one after another. After a few seconds, the original long table turned into a simple small round table, with the chair sitting under her,

There are two armchairs in total.

"Hermione?"

Harry opened his mouth to say something, but Hermione shook her head slightly, interrupting him.

"I decided not to overcomplicate things - as long as the other party does not break the rules in this negotiation, a real negotiation only requires two people who can make decisions, and that is enough."

"But the closer we are to you, the more precautions we can take!" Harry couldn't help but say.

However, after hearing this, Hermione stared at the table in front of her in silence for a moment, then shook her head again.

"not me."

As she said this, she suddenly propped herself up on the table, pursed her lips and stood up from the chair. Then, everyone around saw her suddenly turning around, raising her hand and saying very seriously:

"The person responsible for negotiating with the other party today is not me...it's Luna!"

"Huh?" "What?" "Hermione, what's going on?"

Before he finished speaking, all the friends suddenly widened their eyes and looked at Hermione's slender, tall and tall figure with a look of firmness and inexplicable desolation in confusion. Even if she was with her yesterday.

Delphi, who had had an in-depth conversation with Hermione, was also surprised for a while before vaguely guessing some of the other party's thoughts.

Only the two parties involved, Hermione and Luna, didn't have much expression on their faces - one of them stretched out his hand and looked at each other deeply; while the other didn't even raise his head, just lowered his head.

Standing there with her eyes open, no one knew what she was thinking.

"Luna? Luna?"

Hannah on the side reached out and pulled her good friend. After pulling several times, Luna, who had her head slightly lowered, slowly turned her head and glanced at Hannah blankly.

"What's wrong?"

"Front, front," Hannah hurriedly pouted towards Hermione and gestured, "Hermione seems to be planning to let you be in charge of the negotiations."

In fact, since seeing the ice coffin three days ago, Luna's spirit has been a little not right. She used to be in a trance, but in the days that followed, the environment and experience also made her feel...

There have been many changes, especially the changes in the past two years.

However, in just these three days, her original trance has returned - and it has even become much worse than when she first entered school! It's just because everyone has been busy with this negotiation during these three days.

Be prepared, probably the only ones who really noticed her abnormality were Hannah and Silly Bo who lived in her shadow.

"Negotiation?" Luna blinked and whispered in confusion, "What is it?"