harry potter book of crimes

"I'm sorry, Harry. I didn't know that night—"

In the school hospital, Maka stood in front of Harry's bed, looking apologetic.

"No, it's okay." Harry said immediately, "What you did later is the biggest gain from this operation. I should thank you!"

"Yes! If not...oh! It's scary to think about it." Ron echoed closely following Harry's words.

Apart from Dumbledore, the person present who had the deepest impression of this was probably Ron. For a young wizard born into a pure-blood family, nothing could be more alarming and frightening than the resurrection of Voldemort.

"It's true," Dumbledore also spoke. "Thanks to Mr. Maclean this time, I came a step too late. If he hadn't used his intelligence to trick Voldemort, and even made a decisive move at the last moment, the result would have been disastrous.

It’s completely different.”

"Professor Dumbledore, what happened to the Sorcerer's Stone in the end?" Harry took this opportunity to ask quickly.

"Well," Dumbledore smiled, "The Philosopher's Stone has been destroyed."

"Really? This seems to have not changed." Maka couldn't help but think to herself.

"Destroyed?" Harry asked puzzledly, "But your friend, Nicolas Flamel—"

"Oh, you actually know about Nico?" Dumbledore asked, his tone seemed very happy, "You have made this matter very clear, right? That's right, Nico and I talked about it, and we agreed that

This is the best way.”

"But if that happens, he and his wife will die, won't they?"

"They've got some elixirs saved up, just enough to get things sorted out. And then, yeah! They're going to die."

Seeing the shocked expressions on Harry's and others' faces, Dumbledore couldn't help but smile.

"I know, to someone as young as you, this may seem incredible," he said, "but for Nico and Perenal, death is actually like the end of a long day.

Go to bed. And, for the sane man, death is just another great adventure."

"You know, the Philosopher's Stone is actually not such a wonderful thing. With it, no matter how much wealth you want or how long you want to live, you can get it! These two things are what human beings want most, but the problem is, human beings just don't

They just like to choose things that are least beneficial to them.”

Maka listened beside her, but couldn't understand the deeper meaning.

For him, the most lacking thing is probably time. He has a lot of things to do, and a lot of things to study... In his lifetime, I am afraid he will not be able to -

"No, maybe, death is really the beginning of another adventure."

Maka compared his tortuous life and suddenly had a vague understanding. Unfortunately, this concept was also out of reach for him. Even though he had experienced it once, he still knew nothing about it.

.

He glanced at Dumbledore and felt more and more that this white wizard was really as unfathomable as the rumors said.

"By the way, Maka, what is that war chess level-" Ron suddenly patted Maka's arm and asked.

"Huh? War chess level?" Maka looked confused, but Dumbledore laughed.

"Isn't that a good level?" He smiled and said, "At my suggestion, Professor McGonagall replaced the original ordinary wizard chess with the wizard war chess invented by Maka. That one is very interesting, I personally like it very much."

"Eh?" Maka said in shock, "Professor, although I am very happy that you like my gift, but..."

He wanted to say, is it really okay to change such an important level casually?

Dumbledore continued: "Not only that, inspired by you and Harry, I also personally designed the last level. Yes, that's right, it's the legendary story of King Arthur..."

"Oh - I'm sorry about that, it was me who let Voldemort discover the secret." Hermione couldn't help showing a guilty expression after hearing this.

"But you have shown bravery, Miss Granger. I think this is not something ordinary students can do."

"Oh, thank you, but-"

Maka patted Hermione on the shoulder and smiled at her, "It's okay, you've done a good job."

"Yes! If it were me, I would probably be trembling with fear!" Ron said, "Besides, if Quirrell hadn't thought of taking you as a hostage in the end, you might have drowned in the water!

"

But Hermione took half a step back when Maka patted her shoulder. In Maka's surprised eyes, she whispered: "Oh, thank you..."

Maka didn't know what happened to her. In fact, he didn't notice Hermione's existence at all at that time. Although he couldn't blame him, it had to be said that the little girl's heart was still very sensitive.

Dumbledore watched their every move, and the warm smile on his wrinkled face never changed.

Later, Harry mentioned Snape again. Although he already knew the cause and effect, he was still worried about it. However, Dumbledore told him that Snape once owed Harry's father his life.

.

For Snape, there is nothing more difficult to accept than the fact that his love rival saved him. Therefore, he hated Harry's father, but he also hated Harry.

"The human mind is indeed very wonderful, isn't it? Professor Snape can't bear to continue to be in debt to your father. I believe that the reason why he has tried every means to protect you this year is because he feels that this way he can

He is even with your father, no one owes anything to the other."

"Then he can relive his hatred for your father with peace of mind."

Harry tried hard to think about these words, but it made his head hurt violently again, and he had no choice but to stop thinking about it.

"Okay, enough questions. I suggest you start enjoying these candies, kid! Oh! Bibi's All-Flavour Beans! I was so unlucky when I was young that I accidentally ate a bean that tasted really bad. I'm afraid.

I haven’t really been a fan of beans since then – but I guess you’re always foolproof with a toffee flavor, don’t you think?”

"I think it's best not to compete with character." Maka looked at the beans in Dumbledore's hand and couldn't help but shook her head, "I've never had anything delicious."

"Character? That's an interesting word to use." Dumbledore said, putting the golden brown multi-flavor bean in his hand into his mouth, and then he choked and coughed, "Bah! Unlucky, it's earwax...

…It seems that my character is indeed not very good.”

Seeing Dumbledore wiping his mouth and walking out, Maka immediately followed.

"I have something else to do, you guys can talk first."

In the corridor, Maca chatted with Dumbledore for a few words, and then they went to the principal's office together. But when he came out of the principal's office, there was a look of surprise on his face.

He stood at the door of the principal's office and looked back.

"I didn't expect that Dumbledore was so easy to talk to."

…

In the evening, in the main hall of Hogwarts, the end-of-term dinner seemed particularly lively.

Maka sat on Hufflepuff's long table, listening to Darren, the Quidditch captain and prefect, complaining about his absence from the last game, and accepting the harassment and nagging of the beautiful Charlotte, and couldn't help but feel

The warmth is better than that of family.

What made him even more surprised was that because of his outstanding performance this time, many students knew about his skillful fight with Professor Quirrell and the protection of the Sorcerer's Stone. Although no one knew that Voldemort was involved in it.

, but this does not prevent everyone from showing respect and enthusiasm for him.

This moved him, but it also really dispelled a lot of the haze in his heart.

Even a small group of Slytherins looked at him with awe. After all, not everyone could face off against a working professor, even if everyone was a little disapproving of Professor Quirrell.

Speaking of those little snakes, we have to mention the appearance in the hall at this moment.

The walls on the left and right sides of the hall are being decorated with the silver and green banners representing Slytherin; on the wall behind the guest seat, there is also a huge banner with a Slytherin snake hanging on it - this should be Slytherin.

Letling College has won the College Cup for the seventh consecutive year.

Although Maka has gained a lot of points for Hufflepuff due to her excellent results, one person's power is limited after all. Hufflepuff House is still ranked second, only higher than Ravenclaw.

Just a little bit.

After a while, Harry, who was belatedly arriving, stepped into the side door of the hall, and in everyone's expectant eyes, Dumbledore also appeared.

"Another year has passed!" Dumbledore said happily, "Before you enjoy these delicacies, I must trouble you to listen to an old man's cliché..."

As soon as Maka heard this, she immediately blocked out the next few sentences. When Dumbledore finished talking nonsense and started talking about the Academy Cup, he continued to listen.

"...Now, as far as I know, we must first conduct the Academy Cup award ceremony. The specific scores of each academy are as follows: fourth place, Gryffindor, 365 points; third place, Ravenclaw

Law, 426 points; second place, Hufflepuff, 442 points, and Slytherin, 485 points."

A thunderous cheer and stamping of feet erupted from the Slytherin table.

Maca deliberately glanced at the edge of the Slytherin table. Willy Blois still had the same calm expression, not reacting at all to the noise around her.

I still remember that there was a period of time before the exam, when Maka would often meet her in the school greenhouse. But the other person would either ignore him or just leave. Even if she tried to communicate with her, she would just remain silent.

Standing there, he would answer one or two words to Willie's question, and then turn around and leave. It was really impossible to communicate.

If Weili hadn't come to him from time to time to ask a few questions, he would have really felt that he had done something wrong and made the little girl angry!

Just as he was thinking about it, he noticed that the little badgers around him suddenly started to boil.

"What's wrong?" Ma Ma pulled Charlotte's sleeve.