harry potter book of crimes

Of course he still remembered that first night under the starry sky and the night wind fluttering his clothes.

That night, he and this ignorant girl with a hint of intelligence stood side by side on the open grass in front of the house, chatting paradoxically about him, his yearning for the magic school she was about to enroll in a year later, and also talked about

The vision and imagination of the magical magic that the two of them would learn arose.

Two children who also lost their mothers just looked at the starry sky. One said that he wanted to delve into the mystery of magic so that both of them could see their mother again. Then the other showed a quiet smile and said that although it was dangerous,

But it is indeed a path.

Today, the girl has gradually grown up, and all kinds of experiences and tribulations have also made her original simple mind grow. But after so many years, the girl who has grown much taller has a clear spirit like a cloud shading the moon.

The temperament seems to be still the same as before.

"Maka, have you found that way?"

At this moment, the girl suddenly continued to talk about the original topic again. Even though it seemed that it had no beginning and no end after several years, it fell on the ears of the former young man as if he could smell the cool night breeze of that night again.

Why can't he remember it?

But now, the girl is still the girl, and the boy is still the boy.

However, some people or things seem to have undergone subtle changes without knowing it, making everything no longer as simple and beautiful as yesterday.

A moment of silence passed, and Maka's face, which had always maintained a faint smile, lost its smile for the first time tonight. He no longer paid attention to the expressions of other people, but just looked at the still-smiling person from a distance.

The girl with long pale golden hair who was waiting patiently said in a rare and serious tone:

"Do you hope I find it, or do you hope I don't find it?"

He neither affirmed nor denied, but asked rhetorically, throwing the question back to the girl.

The conversation between the two left everyone in the hall confused. However, it was clear that no one had thought of what to say yet, so no one tried to interrupt, but just watched the subsequent developments silently.

The girl, Luna, did not answer the question after hearing the rhetorical question from Maka on the high stairs. She thought about it, and then nodded calmly and calmly as usual,

He met the other person’s gaze and replied:

"It doesn't matter to me, as long as this is what you want, that's fine."

"Really?" Maka paused, and suddenly her tone became a little low, "Even if the 'path' I find, it might tear everything apart?"

After hearing this, Luna's expression still did not change at all, she was still as calm as before.

"Yes!" She nodded again, looked at him and said, "Although we all love each other deeply and everything we know, I and everyone know that your love for this world is no more than ours.

Anyone has less, or even more. So, just know that this is indeed what you want, and we will support it... right, Hermione? Neville? Harry?"

At the end of her sentence, she used her calm gaze with a sense of matter-of-factness to sweep over the other friends one by one. Each time she recalled a name, she would stay on the other person for a few seconds.

However, her intuition, which had always been inexplicably accurate, seemed to suddenly fail at this moment. On the faces of Hermione and others, there was no expected affirmation, but more of a struggle with a strong hesitation.

.

After a few seconds of silence, a few people such as Neville and Hannah nodded hesitantly, but sporadic responses made the atmosphere even more subtle and stiff.

Luna blinked her eyes, and after circling around her friends, her gaze finally returned to Hermione standing on the steps.

The next moment, she was seen walking slowly out of the crowd in the center of the hall, passing Snape in front of her, and went straight to the stairs.

She stopped just a few feet away from the steps, and she would have stepped onto them if she took one more step forward. She raised her neck and stared at Hermione who had already turned around, and said with some confusion:

"Hermione?"

The fair "competition" with Hermione not only allowed Hermione to gradually understand the various behaviors and thoughts of Luna, who had a unique mind, but also made Luna become closer to each other, allowing her to get a girl as she wished.

The true friend she always wanted.

It is precisely because the "friendship" between the two parties can be said to be directly based on their emotions with Maka, so after excluding certain factors for the time being, this friendship - whether for Hermione or Luna -

It seems more pure and special.

However, these two girls, who have finally established a friendship, are two people with completely different personalities after all. When they encounter some major choices that touch the values ​​of life, the conflicts that have been temporarily suppressed in the past will disappear.

It is destined to resurface irresistibly.

And there is no doubt that the choice that everyone here must face tonight is really too important, so important that even if the other person is his former student, junior, best friend, teacher... or even his loved one,

No one can give up thinking and just believe and follow blindly based on "trust" alone.

not to mention……

"Maka!"

On the stairs, after Hermione and Luna looked at each other for a few seconds, it seemed that she couldn't resist the other's particularly pure eyes, and she suddenly let go of the latter and suddenly turned her head to look back.

"Are you serious? Haven't you ever thought about-"

Looking at that tall figure, many words came to her lips, but she couldn't say them out. Because as one of the people who had been closest to him, she was deeply aware of his wisdom and knowledge, so even if she

At the moment, I have a lot of words to ask, and I can refute the other person's words just now, but I know what I can think of, how could Maka not think of it?

So, why?

"Why!"

Finally, Hermione couldn't help shouting.

Of course she was willing to believe Maka, and she believed that friends such as Harry and Ginny who could not agree with Luna for the time being were the same as her, but who could interpret trust to an unparalleled degree like Luna?

It seems that even principles can be ignored?

Yes, to a certain extent, maybe she could do it, or... rather, she hoped that she could do it. But at this moment, when she tried to fight for it, she found it extremely difficult, even painful.

"Maka," so she had no choice but to confide in her heart, "Don't bear it alone... No matter what the difficulty is, let us face it together! You see, we have all grown up, and we can even

Hunting powerful and terrifying demons. We...are no longer the fragile classmates who can only be protected under your wings."

"Maka, let's fight side by side, okay?"