harry potter book of crimes

Since they had an appointment to meet Hermione and others, Maka and Hagrid didn't stay long at Grawp's place. They soon said goodbye to Grawp and headed to the hunting lodge.

Of course, it is unclear whether Graup could understand the meaning of goodbye.

On the way back, Maka noticed that Hagrid spoke less.

Perhaps Dumbledore's death was a big blow to him. Only when he was with his troubled brother could he temporarily put aside the sadness in his heart and devote himself wholeheartedly to taking care of Grawp, right?

"Hagrid," Maka comforted him, "we shouldn't be sad about Dumbledore's death. In fact, he just took a step further on the path of magic."

"Yes, I understand..." Hagrid said dullly, "Just like Dumbledore has been saying, he must be going on 'another great adventure'..."

"Yes, that's it." Maka patted his strong arm hard, "I've met him before, and he's doing well...but he's still the same, speaking unclearly, and always likes to play charades!"

"Have you seen him?" Hagrid suddenly turned his head and said with wide eyes.

"Well," Maka nodded, "If I have to say... it's like a dream!"

The two chatted casually and returned to the cabin as if they were taking a walk. On the way, Hagrid called back Fang who was patrolling the edge of the Forbidden Forest and brought them back to the hunting cabin.

Since he had been delayed at Grawp's place for a while, Hagrid had just filled some water with a copper kettle and put it on the iron shelf of the fireplace lit by Maca to boil, when there was a burst of chaotic footsteps outside the door.

It looked like Hermione and the others had already arrived.

"Hagrid, have you told them about Grawp?" As soon as Maka asked casually, there were three knocks on the door.

Ya Ya, who was lying behind the door, immediately started barking.

"Oh! No, of course not! You shouldn't tell them this, you know-" Hagrid waved his hand quickly, then turned his head and shouted, "Here he is! Open the door for you right away!"

"Ya Ya, get out of the way - go under the table!"

"Maka, are you here first?"

As soon as Hagrid opened the door, Hermione's head popped in. As soon as she saw Maka, she waved happily in this direction.

"It's not too early. Look - the kettle has just been put on!" Maka smiled and said, "Come in! The weather has been getting colder and colder recently... Oh, Luna?"

Hermione had just entered the hut when Luna followed her in, followed by Harry and Ron who had been with Hermione.

"Maka!"

After Luna saw him, she immediately walked to him and stretched out her white hands to pat him.

"What's wrong?" Maka asked slightly curiously as she allowed her to pat him gently.

"Maka didn't look very energetic in the magic text class today." Luna said in a daze, "Aren't you injured? Did something bad happen to you?"

"Oh..." Maka blinked and then shook her head, "It's okay, I'm fine."

Luna seemed to feel relieved. She nodded slightly, and her long pale golden hair fell in front of her body with her movements, and she smoothly pushed it behind her ears.

"Maka," she said, pointing to Hermione solemnly, "my friend."

Maka looked at Hermione, who was a little confused, and then at Luna, who looked serious, and then showed a gentle smile. But just when he was about to say something, Hermione spoke.

"...Friend?" she said in confusion.

Luna was stunned for a moment, then looked at Hermione blankly, and asked softly: "Isn't it?"

"Ah, oh - of course, of course!" Hermione nodded immediately and smiled, "Of course we are friends already! We have always been!"

"Well," Luna's eyes flashed with hazy satisfaction, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, "Always have been."

As she spoke, she pointed at Harry, Ron, and even Hagrid and Fang one by one, as if she wanted to introduce all her friends to Maka.

The joy in her heart was so obvious that she could almost express it.

"Okay, don't stand - everyone sit down!"

Hagrid asked everyone to find a place to sit, while he added some more firewood to the fireplace, then pulled an animal skin blanket and spread it on the ground, and sat down against the fireplace.

"Hagrid, is it time for your hut to be expanded? When there are more people, it feels very crowded here..." Maka looked around and said, "Anyway, there are a lot of open spaces around, and the materials are readily available.

"

"Let's forget it..." Hagrid thought for a while and said, "I rarely see anyone here on weekdays. It seems there is no need."

"Aren't you planning to get married or something?" Maka shrugged.

"Marry?" Hagrid seemed to be frightened, and immediately raised his voice, "No, no, no, how could it be... Look at me like this, what woman can like me?"

"Hagrid, I think Maka is right, you should find a wife too!" Ron coaxed enthusiastically, "The house needs to be bigger and more beautiful, so that it will be easier to find a wife.

——”

"Nonsense!" Hermione immediately retorted, "Girls pay more attention to character, and problems cannot be solved by just one house!"

"Oh, I'm serious..."

"What do you know, a boy! Of course, I know better about this kind of thing!" When Hermione's temper got angry, she immediately put her hands on her hips and almost poked Ron's nose with her finger.

Ron hurriedly stretched out his hands above his head in a gesture of surrender, but he didn't stop talking.

"That's not what I said, it was what my mother said -" he babbled. "She often told Ginny that she needs a big house to live a good life, and it's best to marry a good, diligent and motivated man.

"

"...She always used this matter to lecture her father, saying that he always neglected his job and made money, which is why the family has always been so poor."

Harry on the side watched their daily quarrel and scratched his scalp helplessly; while Luna, who was sitting next to Maka, looked very interested and listened to their quarrel with relish.

"That's because your family has too many children!" Maka said with a smile, "Besides, despite what your mother says, she actually loves your father very much..."

At this point, they seemed to feel that the topic would not be brought back if this went on, so they stopped them from continuing to argue.

"Okay, I'm wrong, I'm going too far..." He paused and said, "Hermione, tell me! What did you want to tell me when you called me here today?"

"Oh, right! I almost forgot..." Hermione suddenly said, "Maka, we discussed it and decided that it won't work just like this..."

"What's not working?" Maka asked.

"Defence Against the Dark Arts," Hermione said seriously, "we didn't learn anything at all from that woman's class, but the situation is not good now... you know what I'm referring to."

"We have been studying hard during this period, but this is definitely not enough! And not only us, but other students in Hogwarts are also facing danger. We don't want to have to wait for you when we encounter danger.

Come to the rescue with the professors."

"so……"

"So?" Maka probably understood what Hermione wanted to say.

"So we want to gather some classmates who are willing to come together with us to learn the real 'Defense Against the Dark Arts' together!" Harry suddenly stood up, with a trace of determination in his eyes, "We want to invite you to come

Be this teacher!”

As far as the current Harry is concerned, it is actually very valuable that he can take the initiative to say this.

Ever since he became afraid of the Sword of Gryffindor, he has always lacked confidence in himself. His courage had been firmly suppressed in his heart during that accident.

When Voldemort was no longer obsessed with the prophecy and no longer obsessed with Harry, Harry, who had learned Occlumency, did not encounter any trouble again for a long time.

During this school year, apart from being attacked by a Dementor before the start of school, a lot of major events seemed to have happened afterwards. But Harry discovered that almost none of them had anything to do with him.

But in this relatively peaceful situation, he still decided to stand up and do his best for Hogwarts and everyone.

It can be imagined that he must have gone through a lot of painful struggles in his heart.

"……Yeah?"

Maka subconsciously glanced at Luna beside her, and then stared into Harry's eyes, silent for a while.

"Maka?" Hermione called him.

It is of course impossible to say that Maka has not thought about this matter. He had thought about it many times before.

Whether it was Luna, Harry, Hermione or Ron, it was definitely unwise to involve them in a dispute.

Not to mention Luna, Harry alone no longer had to let him get involved. And as Harry's close friends, Hermione and Ron naturally had no reason to plunge into the darkness.

It would obviously be a good thing for them to become stronger and have more sufficient self-protection capabilities. But this does not mean that they really need to join the queue to deal with Voldemort.

But, does Makka McClain really have the right to make decisions for others?

At this moment, Maka thought of that kind old wizard—Dumbledore.

When Maka showed amazing aptitude in his eyes, needless to say, in everyone's eyes, he was the perfect choice to deal with Voldemort.

But Dumbledore has never made any restrictions on Maka. He has not used Maka's relationship with other people to guide him to make any decisions - this is what he is best at.

Even in the end, in that space on the verge of death, the old man only told him some things related to magic.

"...Speaking of which, in the end it was because he broke free from the constraints given to him by others that he embarked on his own path again, right?"