harry potter book of crimes

Is it really a long time since we had such a joyful gathering together as today...?

To be honest, Maka is no longer sure about this kind of thing.

Because he found that since he woke up from the ice coffin, his concept of time scale in his memory seemed to be becoming more and more dull and hazy.

Is this just because the blankness caused by that period of unknown sleep is affecting my perception?

No, it's not.

Maka, who has been studying soul science, knows in his heart that even if it is partly because of this, it is obvious that something must have happened to him... or to be more precise, in his soul.

Even he didn't have a clue yet, but it was a real change.

The evidence has actually already appeared - this not only refers to the abnormal pain that Sarah had hit him before, but also because he has discovered several times recently that his memory seems to have deteriorated.

For example, when he was talking to Hermione in the courtyard of the Prague mansion later, he almost failed to remember which of the three major families used wizards as secondary reinforcements in the branch that Neville went to;

Another example is the previous conversation with Hermione on the battlefield. He even failed to fully explain the name of the "European Wizards Resistance Alliance" founded by the other party, and even had Hermione correct him with some unpleasant words.

——He obviously just heard it from Sarah not long ago!

In fact, before these two details noticed by Maka, similar situations seemed to have happened several times. However, this kind of detail is too subtle, and even Maka, who is as sharp as herself, has encountered many

It’s just that I realized it, and gradually started to pay attention to it consciously.

But fortunately, those important memories before falling asleep seem to be relatively reliable. This prevents the impact from being so great that it will cause trouble, and at the same time, it will not be easily discovered by others.

"But it seems that at least this long-lost warmth does exist." Maka looked at everyone with a more or less relaxed look on their faces, and couldn't help but smile more, "I'm not the only one.

That’s how people feel.”

Yes, even for other people present, a big gathering like today has not happened for a long time. Looking at the faces of familiar relatives or friends, everyone can feel a sense of joy.

A kind of joy and relaxation that comes from the heart.

Especially when Professors Flitwick and Sprout unexpectedly appeared at the door, even with Hermione's current maturity and poise, she couldn't help but run away like a little girl who had just entered school.

She passed by. When the old Hufflepuff headmaster, who was as kind as the grandmother of all the students, hugged her with a distressed look on her face, she couldn't even hold back her tears.

Seeing this scene, Maka was very happy. She was happy that she finally set the meeting place at the Granger camp, and hurriedly ended Hermione and others' mission in the Czech Republic, leaving all her friends behind.

Brought back here on time.

That's right, a whole night has passed since they rested in the courtyard of Prague Mansion. And the place they were at was the first battlefield support point, Camp Granger, which had been re-taken over by Bill.

At this moment, when almost everyone's attention was focused on the two professors who had just appeared here, Maka was heading towards the two professors who came with them, but only followed in a low-key manner.

The slim figure who walked in from outside nodded and gave a big smile.

It's Charlotte. She has become an assistant teacher at Hogwarts earlier, and she is here this time!

"We haven't seen each other for a while."

The other party obviously found Maka's location among the crowd as soon as she came in. However, after seeing the latter's smile, she paused for a moment before taking steps towards this direction again.

When they came closer and the two faced each other, Charlotte nodded.

"Well, it's been a long time indeed." She hesitated slightly and said, "Are you... okay?"

"Fortunately," Maka nodded again, "or at least there are definitely more good things than bad things."

"That's good."

When Charlotte said this, she couldn't help but start to look Maka up and down, as if she wanted to find any clues from him that would prove that he was indeed "okay".

After all, even she knew that Maka unexpectedly woke up from an ice coffin after losing her trace for a while. Before that, it had even been publicly circulated here.

There is definite news that Maca is dead and his funeral will be held.

"I thought... I thought... I thought I would never be able to talk to you face to face like now..."

When she said this, there was a slight choking in Charlotte's throat. Because although the time was short, when she heard the news, she really thought that Maka was dead.

"you--"

"Oh! It would be terrible if that were the case!" After hearing what she said, Maka suddenly spread her hands and smiled slightly exaggeratedly, "I want to see my senior sister a few more times! You know,

To look at a beauty like a certain senior sister is a life-level loss!"

Having said this, Maka turned her head, looked at Willie behind her and said:

"Am I right?"

In fact, when she heard Maka say "Senior Sister", a special title that only he could call before, Charlotte couldn't help but have all kinds of memories from the past flooded into her heart. And the words that followed became even more so.

It made her remember the first conversation the two had at the branch dinner of Maca's class.

Maybe Maka had forgotten it, but she still clearly remembered that when Maka, who was teased by her, also teased her, she used this same trick.

At this moment, seeing Maka turning to ask Willy, naturally turning her back towards her, she finally couldn't help but raise her hand -

"Snapped!"

Feeling pain in her back, Charlotte slapped her with extra force. Even though she was well prepared, Maka couldn't help but grin.

Seeing that Willy in front of him showed a rare smile, as if he was interested in this scene, he could only smile helplessly, and then turned around again and said:

"My senior sister, can't you be gentler? It hurts!"

"If I don't give you something heavy, how can I make your memory long?" Charlotte seemed to have finally gotten rid of the previous haze. At this time, she stared at Maka and pointed at his nose with her slender finger.

, "Don't you know that there are so many people who care about you? If you don't do things carefully, what will you do if you make those people worry about you? Tell yourself, is my slap wrong?"

"That's right! Of course that's right! Senior sister, you are always right, I was the one who was wrong." Maka said with a wry smile, "I'm sorry, I was wrong... I will be more careful in the future."