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Raising her head from the Pensieve, Maka immediately turned around and looked towards Dumbledore.

"Professor Dumbledore, don't you have any other clues?"

Maka still has a good impression of Mad Eye Moody. Putting aside the crazy old man's straight temper, at least he is a "good guy" who always upholds his own principles.

During the last Wizarding War, in order to round up Death Eaters, the Ministry of Magic granted Aurors the power to use the Unforgivable Curse. However, Moody would not choose to kill anyone as long as it could be avoided.

Maka asked himself that he could not be a "good person", but it did not prevent him from admiring this kind of people. This time Moody disappeared, Maka really wanted to contribute to this.

It's just that he really didn't have a clue about Moody's disappearance this time.

But in the face of Maka's question, Dumbledore still shook his head.

"I only know that I put up a magic barrier to protect the castle, but Alastor didn't seem to notice..." He sighed regretfully, "I'm afraid he didn't know that if he retreated through the back door, it wouldn't have happened.

Now this is the case..."

After that, Maka chatted with Dumbledore for a few more words. After finding that nothing was gained, she had to leave first and look for clues.

It's just that the incident of Moody's disappearance is important, but Maka can't focus all her energy on it.

The summer vacation is coming soon, and this holiday will inevitably be a turbulent period. Regarding Voldemort's magnificent return, the British Ministry of Magic will definitely take action.

After all, Minister of Magic Fudge had had contact with Voldemort earlier, and speaking of it, it was the result of Maka's connection.

"It's just Fudge..."

When Maka thought that she had used Dumbledore and his own strength to coax and deceive the timid Minister of Magic, he had to shake his head.

This time it was Dumbledore who scared off Voldemort, so Fudge's side should be at peace. But if Voldemort directly went to Fudge to threaten him, it's hard to say which side the Ministry of Magic would take.

"Anyway, before the weather warms up completely, before Voldemort can act rashly... let's play with Luna for a few days!"

Maka was walking in the corridor, thinking about the next series of arrangements at first, but in the end, she inexplicably switched to eating, drinking and having fun.

As he and Luna got closer recently, he realized that he should choose a good day to make his relationship with this pale golden girl clear?

"……hey-hey!"

After thinking about it for a while, Maka couldn't help but grin, but that wicked smile just appeared, but it immediately fell down.

"Oops! What...how should I tell her?"

It's a pity that he always behaves calmly, but when he meets the girl who makes his heart beat, he suddenly doesn't know how to speak.

"stop!"

Maka was thinking about it with a troubled face at the moment, but suddenly he heard a shout from behind and stopped him.

"Hermione?"

He turned around, only to find Hermione standing in the middle of the corridor with a stubborn face, her hands hanging on both sides of the wizard's robe, clenching her fists tightly.

"Maka McClain!" She raised her chin slightly and shouted out Maka's full name syllable by syllable.

Maka looked at Hermione confused, not knowing what she wanted to do. But her proud gesture made Maka feel a little confused.

Probably because she also started to have a girl's consciousness, starting from this semester, Hermione would often quietly take care of her naturally curly brown hair, so that they no longer looked as messy as before.

But today, she suddenly loosened that bondage again and let her hair hang loosely on her shoulders, just like when Maka first saw her.

"The first time I saw her... was it at the sorting ceremony...?"

Maka suddenly felt that her memory was slightly confused.

Yes! The first time he saw Hermione Granger was during the sorting ceremony. But the look of Hermione now reminded him of the girl standing in Hogwarts.

She at the door of a certain compartment on the express train.

The same long unkempt hair, the same slightly raised chin, and a proud temperament exuding from all parts of his body.

The vague figure in his distant memory quietly overlapped.

"Maka McClain!" Hermione suddenly put her left hand on her waist, pointed the index finger of her right hand at Maka, and said loudly, "I don't want to get involved in your past, that's your business; but I want to be involved in your future.

,This is my right!”

"Listen to me! I—Hermione Jane Granger—have a great crush on you! I will use my charm to capture your heart!"

"Varied--"

Maka was still worried about how to express her love to Luna just now, but when she turned around, she was chased by the arrogant Miss Granger. This... what is this situation?

"You don't have to say anything now! Just wait for me! Huh--" Hermione said, decisively tossing up her messy curly hair, and happily turned around and left without saying anything to Maka.

Opportunity.

"You...I...ahem...what?"

Maka stretched out his hand, his mind was in confusion, his face was full of shock and he was speechless.

"...When did our know-it-all lady become so powerful?" After holding it in for a long time, Maka could only squeeze out this sentence from her dry throat.

To be honest, Maka was really attentive to Luna, but when Hermione made such a fuss, he didn't know how to speak to Luna.

Look at what Miss Granger said! If I were a girl, I would have been captured on the spot by her overbearing confession!

Maka, who was in painful contemplation, suddenly turned around because he noticed someone approaching again. This time the person was closer, allowing him to feel the fluctuation of magic power.

"Uh...Professor Snape?"

"...Maclean," Snape raised his eyebrows slightly and smacked his tongue repeatedly, "Tsk, tsk, tsk... Which son are you planning to choose as my godson?"

"Ahem, cough..." Maka had no idea that since he made a few jokes last time, Snape seemed to be a bit... well, at least not as serious as before.

"...Don't make fun of me, Professor." He waved his hand weakly and said, "Sorry, I have something else to do. I'll treat you to a drink another day..."

"...Is it a wedding banquet?"

Maka was about to run away quickly when she was choked by Snape's abrupt words and stumbled, almost falling over.

Seeing Maka fleeing in embarrassment, Snape returned to his usual paralyzed state. He stood there stunned for a while, and then strode forward again.

It can be found that the direction he went to seemed to be the entrance to the principal's office that Maka had just left.

Snape has been coming in and out of Dumbledore's place quite frequently recently. Although no one has discovered it, there must be some unspeakable secret hidden in it.

It's just that Maka was a little confused by Hermione's strong confession just now, so she didn't notice Snape's whereabouts.

…

"... this classmate, do you know Miss Luna Lovegood? Can you call her for me... I'll wait for her here!"

In the foyer where little wizards were coming and going, Maka stopped a Ravenclaw girl and asked with a smile.

"Mr. McLean?" the girl said with wide eyes, "Oh... Lovegood? Of course, she should still be in the common room at the moment... I'll call her..."

After saying that, the girl couldn't help but look at Maka back and forth several times as she walked back, as if she was looking at some cute rare magical creature.

That shining gaze made Maka feel a little uncomfortable.

No way, he can't go to Ravenclaw Tower yet, because the bronze eagle is guarding the door!

Since he got the "Book of Sin", he has never wandered there again. In this situation, he had to ask other girls to help him pass the message.

Fortunately, Luna doesn't resist the feeling of being with him at all - or in other words, she has long been accustomed to Maka's existence. To her, Maka is her best friend!

It's just because Luna has no concept of love at all, but she still feels more like "I feel safe when I am with him".

For such a pure and natural girl, Maka really fell in love with her more and more. In Maka's memory, the touch of the pale golden color under the sunset was worthy of his lifelong care.

But no matter how much he likes it in his heart, when it comes to his mouth, he can't express it simply.

"...Well, I mean..."

Seeing Luna jumping out of the tower, Maka scratched her head hard.

"Would you like to go out and play together for a few days during the summer vacation?"

Luna's big silver-gray eyes flickered, staring at Maka's face with curiosity, as if she found the embarrassment in Maka's expression interesting.

"That sounds good..." Her soft and light voice contained the usual erraticness, "Miss Delacour happened to invite me to France! I said, 'I want to ask Maka,' and she

accepted."

"Miss Delacour?"

This Miss Delacour obviously does not refer to little Gabrielle. Needless to say, it is obviously Fleur.

But……

"...Go to France?" Maka said with a subtle expression, "That sounds...really good..."

He just felt that a lot of unnecessary troubles would arise - he swallowed the second half of the sentence decisively, and then shrugged.

"Do you want to go?" He smiled and asked Luna, "Besides, Mr. Xenophilius's place..."

"I haven't been to France yet! I heard that there are many 'forest fairies' there. Miss Delacour also said that we can go to Beauxbatons Castle to visit. There are many there..."

Although Luna was counting all kinds of magical creatures on her hands, it could be seen that she was indeed very interested in France.

If that's the case, is there any reason not to go?