harry potter book of crimes

"...bang...bang...bang..."

Maka and a group of elves walked together in an area made up of countless vines, always paying attention to the surrounding situation. Most of the spiked vines were ready to move, but under the deterrence of the flame in front of Maka,

They had to choose to avoid it.

While continuing to move towards the target in the induction, Maka vaguely heard an almost inaudible sound. It was as if a heart was beating, beating like a regular drum.

After listening carefully several times, Maka realized that the heartbeat did not seem to be a real sound. He could not find the source of the sound, as if the sound came from all the vines around him, or from his own mind.

Not long after walking, Maka's footsteps suddenly stopped, and then sped up a bit again. Just now, he felt that the flow of magic power in the air suddenly slowed down, and it was about to stop.

There is only one reason why this happens - the body of the thing can no longer absorb the magic power floating in the air.

Maka immediately hurried a few steps, and when he found a hole suddenly opened in the middle of the vines in front of him, he knew he was already at the right place.

In the center of this area crowded with vines, there is a hemispherical space.

This place is not big, about ten steps in diameter. It is as if there is a large transparent bowl buckled here, and the vines have not continued to spread inside.

And in the middle of this small open space, a flower bud half as tall as a man broke out of the ground and took root there so quietly, motionless.

In this green bud, Maka could clearly feel the abundant magic power it contained. And the heartbeat he had "heard" before seemed extremely clear here.

Maka was very sure that he had never heard of this plant. There was no record of it either in modern magic books or in some related ancient documents.

Of course, there are still similarities to it. For example, in ancient times, there seemed to be a magical plant called the "Flower of the World", which usually used vine whipping and spike shooting to clear out enemies. But that's why it's called

It is called the "Flower of the World" because of its incredible size, which is obviously beyond the reach of this little bud in front of you.

"So young?" Maka frowned slightly.

In his mind, the continuous beating of heartbeats continued, which would make people feel a little irritated after listening to it for a long time. Maka put aside this slight feeling of irritation and stared at the flower buds to examine them carefully.

"It should be enough to destroy it..."

As Lao Lak said this, he wanted to reach out and release the magic, but was stopped by Maka on the side.

"Wait a minute." Maka stretched out her arm to block Lao Lak's body, but her eyes were looking at the buds for a moment, "There's something moving...did you hear it?"

"……What?"

Hearing the words, Lao Lak listened for a moment, but found nothing.

Seeing that he didn't seem to hear it, Maka looked at the other elves and realized that only she could hear it. Yes, from the moment when Lao Lak raised his hand to destroy the bud, he

Then an unusually weak voice was heard.

The sound seemed very vague, mixed with the non-stop heartbeat, making it even more faint.

But Maka believed that she heard correctly.

After he thought for a moment, he relaxed the use of Occlumency a little, and then the voice became much clearer. Although it was still a little intermittent, at least the obstacle that hindered the transmission of the idea was temporarily eliminated.

"...No...don't hurt me...I didn't...please..."

A child-like voice seemed to ring in his ears, clear and sweet.

Maka was very sure that he had never heard of that language, let alone understood it. That language was very different from any other language he knew, and some of the syllables were not even utterable by humans.

But somehow, he could understand the general meaning.

When that voice sounded in his mind, a faint sense of pleading was also conveyed to Maka's consciousness.

There is no doubt that this is a more advanced spiritual magic than Legilimency.

Legilimency can only read the appearance of thoughts and memories. If the person a wizard is reading is a foreigner who does not understand the language, then the wizard will definitely be in the dilemma of being unable to understand the other party's language while reviewing the other person's memory.

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The owner of the voice that Maka heard was not only able to achieve an effect similar to the reverse application of Legilimency, but could even reach the level of thoughts while conveying his will.

Maka vaguely remembered that Newt Scamander's rare talent of communicating with magical creatures could barely reach this level.

To be honest, he was very curious about this kind of magic, because it was undoubtedly very practical.

"Can you hear me?"

Maka thought about this sentence repeatedly in her mind, but the other party did not respond. If the other party didn't want to pay attention, then he probably couldn't hear his voice.

At this moment, the flower bud suddenly swelled. After the heartbeat suddenly "bang bang bang" accelerated in frequency, the green outer skin of the flower bud silently turned outwards.

Layer after layer, several petals of the calyx soon became a base holding the flower bones, and the slightly curled pink petals stretched out one after another, as if they were about to open at this moment without any hesitation.

Lao Lak and the other elves suddenly became nervous, but under Maka's restraint, they finally managed to hold back and did not take action.

When the last layer of petals lightly opened and rolled to one side, Maka's expression became a little strange.

"……WTF?"

Very lucky...no, maybe it should be very unfortunate.

Because, the first thing Maka saw was a smooth back - on that pink and tender back like a newborn, four thin translucent wings with some moisture were slowly relaxing as they came into contact with the air.

Open up.

Immediately afterwards, the owner of the back gently stood up among the blooming flowers, wrapped in a pink skirt that was very similar to the surrounding petals.

Regardless of whether the size matches or not, it looks exactly like a forest fairy - yes, it's the kind of magical animal that Maka used to make the Immortal Hidden Potion with a lot of wings.

But as far as Maka knows, fairies are a kind of magical creature that lays eggs. If you have to compare them, they are actually closer to insects in the Muggle world than to some kind of plant.

This kind of "extra-large" fairy born from a flower bud is obviously unheard of.

"Firi!" Lao Lak took a step back with a surprised look on his face, and then quickly crawled to the ground, "Firi! Ferry who loves to dance! A friend of Ancestor Lal!"

At Lao Lak's reminder, the other elves also crawled down together, not even daring to raise their heads.

However, Maka just glanced at them and continued to look at the enlarged version of the strange fairy.

Looking at it this way, it was indeed very similar to the statue in the shrine. He had heard the story narrated by Old Luck at that time, but no matter how he thought about it now, this could not be the ancestor of the fairies.

From the time he came into contact with magic and became a wizard, until now, he has never found anything that cannot be explained. Magic has magical principles, magical creatures also have their own way of reproduction, and everything follows certain rules.

and behave in order.

To say that this "big fairy" has a blood relationship with the "little fairies" he has come into contact with is something that he would not believe even to death.

"Human, thank you for stopping them and saving me from harm..."

He saw that voice sounding in his head again, slender and tender, as pure and innocent as a human little girl. However, the wisdom contained in it was completely different from the one that had just been conceived.

"It's okay..." Maka looked at her and said, "Can you understand what I'm saying?"

"Human, your words don't seem to convey what I know...but I can feel that you have no ill intentions."

"Um...oh."

Maka had experienced what those elves felt when they faced him for the first time. After all, he could understand what the other party meant, but the other party obviously couldn't understand his own language.

But the other party did not allow him to come up with a way to solve this rather embarrassing matter.

"Humans, the blood of my ancestors tells me that I am probably the last flower seed in the world." The delicate voice lingered in Maka's head, making him feel itchy all over, "Although I can't

I understand your words, but please try to tell me whether the sin of jealousy has fallen into silence again?"

"sin?"

Maka was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know whether the "sin" conveyed to him was the kind of sin he understood. But he had heard this concept several times, which made him

Becoming a little sensitive.

The enlarged version of the fairy couldn't understand Maka's words, but she seemed to feel Maka's doubts. But this matter may be so important to her that she flew out of the flower heart.

Her white slender feet stepped on the ground and were stained with some dust, but she didn't care. When she stood in front of Maka, Maka discovered that this humanoid creature that resembled a large fairy had a small body shape.

She is slim and well-proportioned, but her height is only about half of her own.

Not to mention that Maka was looking at her and thinking about what she just said. But she saw her gently wave her arm, and one of the walls formed by rattan suddenly stretched out, and a certain pattern was outlined on the ground in front of her.

kind of pattern.

Soon, Maka's attention was attracted by the mark outlined on the ground. As the pattern gradually became complete, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Not only did he know what this pattern represented, but it had also caused him a lot of trouble!