harry potter book of crimes

So far, no one knows what Hogwarts has become today.

But Hermione believes that as long as everything goes well, this mystery that concerns everyone will soon be solved...

"Ariana, did you successfully reach that room?"

Aberforth looked at the girl on the canvas who had just walked back from the woods in the background, and asked softly in what was probably the gentlest voice he could ever produce in his life.

Just as the girl in the painting nodded slightly in response to her brother, in the crowd a little further away, Maka was just looking at Aberforth's back, her thoughts a little wandering.

The friendship between him and Aberforth was not shallow, and sometimes he would wonder how many people in Aberforth's life, which was longer than many others, could keep such a temper.

How could the grumpy old man at the bar be treated with such a gentle gesture?

He and Professor Dumbledore's shared sister Ariana are naturally one of them, but then? Who else?

Even his brother Albus seemed to have not seen his good face for many years when he was alive. As for Maka, who had never had a bad relationship with him, it was just a way of getting along between the bar owner and regular customers.

That's all, at most it only counts the indirect relationship with Professor Dumbledore.

Until now, although Aberforth has been actively cooperating in this disaster, and sometimes even takes the initiative to do something for Hermione, Harry, or many old friends of the Order of the Phoenix. But even Mal

Ka, sometimes when I think of Aberforth, I am a little unsure of what kind of thoughts he has in mind.

"Is it for Professor Dumbledore?" Maka guessed in her mind, "Maybe the professor asked Aberforth for something before he 'left' at some unknown time?"

What he was thinking, he suddenly shook his head slightly and put aside this question that was probably impossible to answer from the mouth of Aberforth, the only one who had the answer.

"Speaking of which, when I was walking in the front yard of the school with the professor, I seemed to have heard the professor mention that his younger brother Aberforth once had a child that made both brothers feel guilty... Well, let's put it that way

, the number of people who have made Aberforth feel happy can be counted as one more... Oh no, two more? Wait, did Professor Dumbledore say this? Hiss... I remember it.

Not sure..."

Just as Maka was thinking about these and scratching his head for some memories that were gradually becoming distant, he suddenly felt that there were many eyes around him focusing on him, which made him finally fly to the unknown place.

My thoughts somewhere came back to my eyes again.

"What's wrong?"

He looked left and right, and then followed the gap where the crowd in front of him separated tacitly, and looked straight at Aberforth and Hermione, who were also standing there.

"Oh," he then nodded, "is the secret passage open?"

"Aren't you the one who told us that this secret passage is the only one that can still be used?" Hermione was looking directly at him at this moment, as if she was sizing it up, but also seemed to be thinking about something at the same time.

Although Maka was standing in a crowd just now, with almost half of her body covered by the crowd, she still noticed Maka's slightly distracted look just from the corner of her eye.

That's why she simply turned her head and stared directly at Maka in the crowd, so that everyone who had just silently waited for the secret passage to open, after noticing her movements, subconsciously moved a little further to both sides, exposing the middle

Maca's figure.

But although Hermione was a little concerned about what Maka was thinking just now, she didn't ask any more questions at this moment.

After all, there are clearly more important things to do right now.

"Maka," Hermione, who was in front of me, after asking Maka in return, paused slightly and then said, "Now that the secret passage has been successfully opened, you can tell us more specifically.

, why do you think that only Luna and I should go down this secret passage to conduct infiltration exploration? Although this is actually what I want, in order to win the final victory, I still need a more convincing person.

reasons."

"Well," Maka groaned, then tilted her head, "Because I believe you?"

"It's better for me to do it!" Harry grabbed the Sorting Hat on his back with his backhand and shook it in front of him. Suddenly a black thing fell out of the hat, "I have an invisibility cloak -

Although it may not necessarily work, it will always be helpful for infiltration and investigation. And if I encounter a situation where I have to fight, it will be easier for me to leave alive."

However, after Harry finished speaking, Hermione, who thought about it for a while, took another look at Maka not far away and shook her head slightly.

"Even if you only rely on the previous reasons, Maka's assignment is not wrong," she said. "It is still up to me and Luna to infiltrate the secret passage. You and everyone still follow the plan and rush towards the castle from the front.

That’s fine.”

"At least let us go together, Hermione!" Hannah and others standing at the front of the crowd couldn't help but say.

But Hermione still shook her head and rejected them. After all, everyone knows that the reason why infiltration is called infiltration is to invade without alerting the enemy as much as possible. Harry, Maka, Neville and others acted as a breakthrough

It's just that the necessary combat power for the thick defense line formed by living corpses is difficult to mobilize. Under them, Hermione and Luna are already the minimum candidates who can take on the infiltration mission.

Besides the two of them, any number of people going would be nothing more than a burden.

"I'll let my children go with you!" Sarah, who had been standing silently next to Maka since just now, said now, "They can fight, they can also hide and hide... even

When necessary, it can also serve as a bait to cover your evacuation."

"Bait? No..."

Hermione was startled when she heard this. She was about to say something, but saw Sarah suddenly wave her hand.

"Don't worry." Sarah said calmly, "They don't have life and self yet, they are just alchemy dolls. Objects should be used as objects. This is their destiny."

Before he finished speaking, two figures, one tall and one well-proportioned, ran in quickly from outside the command post and went straight to stand in front of Hermione.

These are the two high-level alchemy dolls of Sarah that have come here with their respective teams in the past few days. There should be one more high-level alchemy doll in the future, who will join the third team before Hermione and Luna start their action.

Arrive at Hogsmeade.

"Harry, please prepare! The danger of frontal combat is definitely higher than that of Luna and I! After all, our side must wait until you arrive at Hogwarts and successfully attract the enemy's attention.

, will start the exploration mission.”