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I saw that the creature was ferocious in nature, twisting its body and trying to break through Maka's obstacle spell.

Maka narrowed her eyes and directly used the Christmas gift Snape gave him.

"The Divine Edge is Shadowless!"

The sword turned into a magic spell was invisible but extremely sharp. With just one blow, it tore apart the attacking creature and fell into the bushes with a "plop".

"Peruvian poisonous horned lizard?" Maka looked hesitantly, "Does Ravenclaw have a hobby of collecting magical creatures?"

But before he could continue to think about it, there was another movement ahead.

There are indeed many magical creatures on this island. Although most of them are not very dangerous, they still cost him a lot of time.

But what made him a little curious was that he found many large pits in the woods, and most of the trees around the large pits were swaying. The turned-up soil in some of the pits still looked very new, with a faint smell of wetness.

gas……

After he killed the attacking creature again, he habitually pushed aside the bushes, and suddenly his vision became clearer.

It was a strange building built in the middle of the forest. It looked like a single tower, but there were many large and small pointed huts extending from the outer wall. Although the individual houses did not look very big, the whole looked quite bloated.

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At the top of the tower, a huge eagle-shaped coat of arms is inlaid. The golden eagle on a black background is extremely eye-catching, seeming to announce the identity of the owner of this place.

A long time has passed, and the building has long been covered with green vines, showing a vibrant appearance.

Maka walked to the gate and slowly pushed open the already somewhat blocked door, only to find that the inside was as clean and natural as if it had just been built, as if the owner had just left in the morning.

Willie still followed him obediently, but her eyes stayed on some wild flowers at the door.

As soon as you enter the door, you are greeted by a fairly spacious rotunda hall, with all decorative items such as tapestries on the walls. The floor is paved with large stone tiles, but there is not much wear and tear.

In the middle is a spiral staircase that leads all the way to the top of the tower. Looking up, there is still light coming in. It's just because the lamps on the wall have not been lit yet, which makes the hall look a bit dull.

Maka and Willy stepped inside, and after a few more glances, they discovered that the canvases on the wall were only the background, and the cupboards were already empty. There seemed to be nothing of value here.

There was a large room on the second floor. He went in and took a cursory look and found that it seemed to be a study room, but the bookshelves inside had long been emptied.

"Maybe they've all moved to Hogwarts!" Maka couldn't help but think.

Further up, there are two smaller bedrooms.

Although many things have been taken away, there are still some things left in the room on the right. Maka went in and took a look, and immediately found that on the table of a desk, there were still

Several old books.

"Notes on magical creatures experiments?"

He flipped through it casually, only to find that it not only recorded a lot of experimental data, but also interspersed a lot of random notes of his thoughts on the day in the later experimental content.

Some of the content is related to experiments, but the further you go, the more essays about daily life will appear.

"The name 'Yoon' appears a lot!" Maka couldn't help but start talking to herself as she looked at it, "From a stranger to a person who gradually developed a crush... Why does it feel like I'm peeping on others?"

Emotional Diary.”

He thought about what the Bronze Eagle said, "This is also the place where Rowena and Ravenclaw met," and couldn't help but quickly turn the note to the title page.

The signature above made him feel a little puzzled - Roy Namira.

"What is Rowena Ravenclaw's real name? Where is Rowena from?"

Although I couldn't figure it out for the moment, this was not the main purpose of coming here this time. Maka closed the note and stuffed it into her suitcase.

"Anyway, Rowena will definitely not need it anymore, so I will keep it for her..."

But at this moment, Willie, who had been silent all this time, took the initiative to speak rarely.

"Mom said that stealing is not good."

Maka looked at her expressionless and delicate face and felt that she really didn't even have the energy to complain.

"Okay, okay, I'll put it back."

As he was talking, he saw a loud "pop" noise all around, and a large group of elves immediately surrounded them, looking at him and Willy with big, round eyes.

"who are you?"

"Oh! This is human!"

"Wow, it's really human!"

"Oh oh oh! It's really like what mom said, so high!"

Maka looked at the chaotic voices around him and was stunned for a moment - he found that he couldn't understand it at all!

Fortunately, the house elves didn't seem to have any ill intentions, they just looked around him and Willy. It was as if they hadn't seen anyone for a long time.

Maka roughly counted, and there were more than thirty of them. But when he turned around inadvertently, he found that even the doorway and corridor behind were crowded with house elves of different appearances. The number was huge.

There are so many that you can’t see them all at a glance.

These elves have a completely different feel from other house elves outside.

Look at them, they may be tall or short, fat or thin - although the tallest one is only less than half a person tall, they all have distinctive looks and unique behaviors.

Even though they have the same big ears and long, flat nose, they have their own characteristics.

Of course, the biggest difference is their clothes!

As we all know, house elves do not wear formal clothes. They are intelligent magical creatures that were conquered by wizards in ancient times. Starting from the first generation's extensive servile training, each generation will be raised by their enslaved parents.

The elf teaches by words and deeds, and is passed down from generation to generation, so that the identity of slaves has even become their nature.

Slaves, on the other hand, cannot wear serious clothes - that is proof that they have been abandoned by their masters. This concept has even been engraved in their souls.

If you give a house elf a piece of clothing, or even just a sock or a pair of gloves, they will scream and run away. That is a cruel reality that they absolutely cannot accept.

This has not changed at all, even in the kitchen at Hogwarts.

But these elves in front of Maka gave him a feeling of freedom. He didn't see the servility deep in his bones in any of them.

"You are... um, Rowena's..." Maka searched hard for the right words and took them apart, saying one word at a time, "Are you Rowena's... friends?

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Suddenly, this large group of elves started talking in all directions, and the chaotic scene made Maka's head start to feel dizzy.

"Oh! Humans are talking!"

"Yes! Yes! He asked us if we were friends of the witch Roy Namira!"

"Of course we are not friends of the witch Roy Namira!"

"Oh, yes! We haven't even seen her!"

"But my grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's... how many grandpas did they come from before?"

"Who knows! I can't remember!"

The group of elves were chirping when they heard a cough coming from outside the door.

"Ahem, be quiet! Don't you remember the rules? What should you do when guests come?"

An older elf suddenly walked in from outside the door. Maka immediately noticed that the surrounding area became quiet. After a while, several elves next to the table stepped aside, and there was a "pop" sound.

, an elf held a tray and placed two cups of black tea on the table.

Maka opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say - she didn't seem to understand?

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a similar noise coming from outside.

"Oh! Those stupid dragons are here again——"

"Drive away, drive away!"

"Oh my god! Those big guys are out of their minds!"

"Yes, yes! My memory is really bad. I was just kicked back a few days ago!"

Maka was stunned for a moment, and saw the elves in the room disapparating one after another. He hurriedly ran to the window, but saw a sight that the wizards outside the island rarely saw in their lives.

I saw a group of fire dragons rushing straight into the invisible barrier outside the island. With their black-green scales and long golden horns, it was easy to distinguish their species - they were a group of Romanian long-horned dragons!

Maka roughly counted them, and there were about twenty of them together, large and small!

An adult Romanian longhorned dragon usually grows to 40 feet long. Although it is not the largest among the fire dragons, it is quite ferocious and brutal.

Just when Maka was hesitating to do something, he saw the red halo from before reappearing on the outer wall of the tower beneath him.

The halo grew bigger and bigger, enveloping the tower entirely. From a distance, it looked like there was an extra red halo outside the tower.

The group of fire dragons flapped their dragon wings and rushed here quickly. But the moment they gradually approached a certain range around the tower, the red halo around the tower suddenly shook, and then spread out silently.

There was obviously a trace of confusion among the dragons. They tried to escape by flying, but they still couldn't avoid it - the speed of the halo was too fast!

As soon as the fire dragons were touched by the halo, they let out a mournful cry, and were pushed back to the edge of the island by the rapidly spreading halo without any resistance. Several dragons could not even maintain their flying posture and fell into the shallow water on the seashore.

There was a lot of water splashing on the beach.

But the remaining dozen fire dragons were not discouraged, and seemed to have become accustomed to this situation. After they readjusted their postures, they rushed towards the tower again, and their speed was obviously much faster than the first time.

few.

Maka looked down and saw that red light seemed to be still gathering around the tower, but for a while it couldn't form a halo again.