harry potter book of crimes

"...Harry, Hermione, we can't stay down like this...remember? We have a lot of things that we have to do, and we can't waste time in this kind of place."

Ron, who had misunderstood Maka, understood the feeling of being deceived now. But the more he understood, the more he understood that this kind of inner struggle was actually not helpful to him.

If it weren't for Maka, he would probably be the most annoyed one right now.

But now he vaguely knows that instead of filling his heart with regrets or even having doubts about friendship, it is better to put this energy on other more important places.

If they have enough strength to prevent the crisis from happening, they will surely have more margin when facing this situation.

With Maka's help, he saw clearly his mediocre talent. In order not to be further left behind by Harry and Hermione, he had to work harder.

It was this kind of vigilance that made him cheer up at this moment.

Under Ron's rare reminder, Hermione and Harry couldn't help but look at each other. Only then did they realize that from whence on, their vision had been blocked by the gloom in their hearts, and they became only immersed in themselves.

in the world.

"Oh -" Hermione said with some annoyance, "I think you're right, Ron."

After Harry came to his senses, he suddenly leaned over and flipped through his schoolbag.

"Thank you, Ron." He said gratefully as he turned the page, "If you didn't tell me, I almost couldn't remember it - we have to continue learning the magic information that Maka sent us last time as soon as possible.

"

Although their extra Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson had only been taken once, the content contained in it was enough for them to practice for a long time. As Ron said, they really didn't have that much time to think about other things now.

Yes.

Especially after witnessing the arrival of another danger, their desire to increase their strength became even stronger.

Soon, they completely put aside their worries and focused their attention on the heavy work of rebuilding the spell.

…

To be honest, Maka should have a lot to do.

He has to convey the death news of the girl named "Zoe", and also try to sort out a clue about the previous events. Of course, he also has to make some preparations for going to Rowena's secret island again. He should even

Find a more suitable place for the children he sent to Hogwarts.

There were obviously too many things going on, but he didn't dare to leave easily right now.

To do this, he had to write a letter first and send it to Dorset, located on the coast of the English Channel. The Scamanders live there now, and Zoe's grandmother should still be there.

Provincial relatives.

This letter is undoubtedly very heavy. In fact, the best way to convey it is for him to go there in person and tell the matter face to face.

But the current situation really did not allow Maka to go out casually. In desperation, he could only hope that Zoe's relatives could be a little considerate.

As for the children who were rescued from the dungeon, people from the Order of the Phoenix could help with their placement. Even if those children might be a little anxious without him around, I believe they will be fine once they settle down.

So, now Maka is staying with Luna while thinking about how to write the letter to make it less abrupt.

After all, this letter will definitely be delivered to Mr. Newt Scamander. He is a highly respected wizard in the field of magical creatures. He should be more careful in wording his words, both emotionally and logically.

While he was shaking his quill and hesitating, Luna, who was leaning on the hospital bed in a daze as usual, suddenly came back to her senses, and her eyes fell on the bed in the corner of the ward unknowingly.

Lying there was Joshua. At this moment, he was curled up in the bed silently, not moving at all.

He didn't dare to speak, but after the previous fainting, he became even more silent. Not only did he not speak, but he never responded even when others asked him, as if he had completely destroyed his heart.

All covered with a hard shell.

Maka also said a few words to him, trying to get some information about the situation that night from him. After all, that night, apart from Helen Schon and Acromantula, he was the only one left in the ward.

But apart from the most basic activities of eating, drinking and defecating, this guy can only lie on the hospital bed and pretend to be a corpse. There are many students in the school hospital now, and even Maka cannot use Legilimency to obtain information in this situation.

.

Of course, Legilimency cannot be used, and Maka naturally has Veritaserum that can be used. Maka was planning to, after writing this letter and settling the matter of reporting for Zoe, drink the water he drank

There is "some stuff" inside.

But before that, Luna seemed to have some interest in Joshua.

"...Maka?"

After looking at Joshua's bulging bed for a while, she spoke softly.

"What's wrong?" Maka heard the sound and immediately pulled her attention away from the letter paper she had just written the beginning of, and looked at Luna on the hospital bed, "Do you want to have some afternoon tea?"

Luna shook her head slightly and gestured in that direction with her slender green-white fingers.

"He looks in pain..." she said softly, "If you just immerse yourself in pain, you will usually ignore more good things, right?"

"Really?" Maka followed her gaze and looked over, "I think you are right, he must be in pain inside."

After all, he is an Obscurus, and pain and depression are the source of their strange power. If there was no such indescribable pain, then they would not be the Obscurus.

"Maka, do you know about Thestrals?" Luna's topic suddenly started to jump again, and she asked in a daze, "That's an interesting creature."

"Well," Maka nodded and said, "Only those who have witnessed and understood death can see their figures... They fly very fast, and their sense of direction is amazing."

"However, some people think that seeing them is an ominous symbol, saying that they will bring disaster." Luna blinked and said disapprovingly, "So many people don't like to see them, and even if they see them, they don't dare to approach.

Instead, he hid in a hurry."

"Yes……"

Maka didn't know why Luna suddenly mentioned Thestrals. He only knew that this girl was often like this when she was a child. She always spoke in a wild and unconstrained way.

But when Maka was about to continue following the topic of Yeqi, he seemed to realize something and returned his gaze to Joshua again.

To be honest, isn't the existence of the Obscurus similar to that of the Thestral?

Everyone hates and fears them, thinking that they will cause trouble and cause unnecessary losses to themselves. But all of this has nothing to do with them.

Thestrals are just a special kind of magical creature, and the Obscurus is just a special kind of wizard.

The special thing about Thestrals is reflected in their characteristics. Once they are linked to death, people will always feel uneasy and instinctively avoid them.

As for the silent ones, they are even more unfortunate.

Originally, they were all children with magical potential. If their talents were not suppressed, they would all become real wizards and embark on their own magical journey.

A few centuries ago, when wizards were still mixed among the Muggle world, the huge Muggle base was afraid of the power of wizards and did everything possible to persecute them. Several large-scale witch trials have brought this kind of

The hatred of wizards spread widely.

That period of darkness, when wizards were targeted everywhere, became the period when the number of Obscurials was greatest.

But at least now, as wizards and Muggles live separately, the probability of the emergence of the Obscurial has been greatly reduced. As time goes by, even this term has been forgotten by most wizards.

There is no doubt that every one of the Obscurials who were forcibly "created" in this era is the most unfortunate.

Thinking of this, Maka also understood what Luna wanted to express.

The silent ones who are in pain and are not understood by others need everyone to convey goodwill. There is nothing wrong with them themselves, only those who have turned them into this are wrong.

The same is true for Joshua who is now in the ward, and the same is probably true for Helen Schon, who was hiding in Hogwarts and then violently injured others.

Similar to Joshua, who hides a tragic past in his heart, the reason why Helen Schon would cause such attacks will probably make people sigh.

Of course, it's hard to know exactly why she did this.

"No," Maka thought for a moment, but then secretly said, "Maybe Joshua knows about it."

Although Helen is dead, and one of the culprits, the old wizard, was exploded into a shower of blood, most of the other Obscurials are still alive!

Even if I knew it, it would probably be useless, but maybe I could get some clues about Grindelwald from it?

Maka nodded silently in her mind and kept this question in mind.

At this time, he saw Luna opening the latest issue of "The Quibbler" and turning her attention to the magazine, so he gripped the quill again and stared at the still blank letter paper in a daze.

While he was sometimes frowning and thinking, sometimes writing, the faint sunlight was obscured by the clouds floating in the distance. Not long after, snowflakes filled the world outside the window again.

Most of the students in the ward looked outside, quietly admiring the whiteness flying in the sky.

"...It's almost Christmas, right?" Someone suddenly mentioned it.

Suddenly, in the soft discussions among the little eagles, the gradually enriching festive atmosphere diluted the coldness in the ward, and a sense of warmth spontaneously emerged in everyone's hearts.