harry potter book of crimes

After coming out of Snape's home, Maka walked gently in the dark spider-tail alley, walking leisurely all the way. The snow in the sky was gradually getting bigger again, and the wind was getting stronger.

The snowstorm will come again.

In the midst of the flying snow, he patiently thought as he walked, arranging and connecting the information and clues he had just received from Snape one by one. There were thousands of thoughts in his mind.

But while he was concentrating on thinking, he did not forget to maintain the magic. As soon as the dense snowflakes reached the top of his head, they suddenly slid to both sides and silently merged into the snow on the ground.

Not long after, he suddenly stopped and found that he had reached a small river without knowing it.

The ticking sound in the ears is still ringing. If you don't pay attention to it, you will inadvertently ignore it over time. But if you pay too much attention to it, it will make people feel irritable.

Maka thought for a while, took out the time turner from her arms, and looked at it over and over.

This thing was invented by modern wizards, but its core component, the small hourglass embedded in the middle of the golden ring, was not made by modern wizards. To be precise, it was the golden gravel inside the hourglass.

He could sense from those gravels that some kind of strange magic power was constantly flowing, which seemed very mysterious.

If you want to ask, why did Maka suddenly take out the time turner to look at it at this time, but it is because he is really hesitant now.

As for that mysterious ancient magic mirror, he is still at a loss as to what to do, but the crux of the problem happens to lie on that weird and terrifying mirror.

From the information revealed by Snape, it can be seen that Grindelwald's methods are indeed powerful. But now, the solution can be said to be clearly laid out in front of him, Maka.

But no matter how he solved it, the mirror always stood on his path, and there was no way around it.

Therefore, there is only one thing he has to do now - find a way to deal with that mirror first. If he is always controlled by that mirror, then no matter what he wants to do, he will eventually be unable to make progress.

"...Five hours and twenty-three minutes." Maka looked at the time converter in her hand and muttered softly.

A person as smart as Grindelwald would not miss the factor of the time turner, but why is he so unprepared for it? Obviously, he knows more about the time turner than Ma

More cards are needed.

Not to mention that more than five hours will not affect his plan at all, but the time limit will cause those who use it to run into obstacles at every turn, and even one careless move may put their lives in danger.

After using it several times, Maca has deeply felt the difficulty of walking.

Now, he must not only avoid the restrictions and risks of time rules, but also find ways to deal with the key to the ancient magic mirror. What he is facing is the terrible situation of not having enough time.

After a lot of hesitation, Maka's brows gradually relaxed from a frown, as if she had made a decision in her heart.

I saw him put away the time turner again, cheered up again, and then left this dark and gloomy town amid a burst of space distortion.

What to do next? Isn't this obvious? He will use these five hours and twenty-three minutes that are repeated to build a real time and space journey!

…

Maka has always been dedicated to the study of magical knowledge. But in recent times, continuous emergencies have occupied almost every day of his life, making it impossible for him to calm down and do what he wants to do.

things.

Originally, he had thought about using a time turner to exchange for more time for research. However, the risks and hidden dangers involved prevented him from implementing this idea.

Because no one knows whether repeatedly looking back in time will also bring some unpredictable burden to the body.

But now, Greenwald's behavior forced him to do this.

So, during these five unknown hours, a strange and inexplicable scene occurred on the secret island in the Mediterranean:

Every few seconds, a figure will suddenly appear in front of the gate of the magic tower, and without hesitation rush to a specific location in the jungle of the secret island, putting down a small tent,

Then eagerly dived into it.

They each occupy a corner of the island, with a certain distance between them, as if they don't know anything about what is happening around them, and are doing seemingly identical but completely different things on their own.

If there was no cover from the jungle, they could even catch a glimpse of each other's existence even if they turned their heads, but these figures seemed to be unaware of the wonders happening on this island, or they didn't want to pay attention at all.

And until the end of these five hours, the tents on the island disappeared one after another, as if everything that happened in these five hours was a mysterious dream.

In the end, there was only one tent left on this uninhabited island, and the person who got in before quietly appeared again. He silently put away the tent, and then looked around.

"This place isn't big enough..."

There was a strange look on his face. Although he looked energetic, his eyes were full of exhaustion. He also didn't stay for too long... Soon, he took out a golden ball from his arms.

The little gadget disappeared as soon as I reached out to touch it.

But it was the last words he said to himself that caused several uninhabited places in the world to stage this surprisingly horrifying scene at the same time as this secret island.

…

Maka felt very tired, really tired, and even magic medicine could not completely eliminate this fatigue.

It's not that he hasn't had any rest, but even if he falls asleep, he can only sleep for five hours each time. The remaining physical fatigue and mental fatigue are constantly accumulating and washing away during the review.

His nerves were getting tense.

How many times is this? Thinking of this, Maka lowered her head and looked at the notebook placed on the table... Oh, it's already thousands, and when converted into days, it's already more than 200 days.

After glancing at the hourglass timer on the table, he leaned his whole body on the back of the chair and let out a long breath.

Time can change many things, and it can also change people. During these two hundred days, he kept immersed in research, using his own recollections as research materials, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to it.

He can't give himself too much time to think, otherwise, he won't be sure whether he will change his mind.

But now, he suddenly discovered that even though the incident was still deeply imprinted in his mind, every detail was not omitted, but...

"...Luna."

Maka suddenly opened the drawer next to her and took out a small picture frame. Behind the glass of the picture frame, a girl who looked a little confused was looking here curiously, looking at him outside the picture frame.

The magic photos were all in black and white, but he seemed to see that faint golden glow, which was a dazzling color that only belonged to this girl.

However, this golden touch spread in his memory, almost drowning everything. No, Luna had more than just this golden touch... There were more things about her that fascinated him, and

More……

"More...what?"

Since when did his memories become blurry?

Maka opened her eyes wide and looked hard at the girl in the photo frame. There was an inexplicable wavering in his eyes.

Suddenly, he closed his eyes suddenly and took a deep breath.

After placing the photo frame casually on the corner of the desk, he turned his attention to the paper in front of him again. The pictures on it were densely packed, but they were not as neat and orderly as before, but looked increasingly scrawled.

Obviously, the non-stop homework has caused some changes in him. In the past, it would have been impossible for him, who had always been rigorous, to write the research materials like this.

Maka picked up a large pile of manuscript paper next to her, flipped through it hurriedly, and then gently threw it aside.

In terms of research results, more than two hundred days were not in vain. He has come to many speculations and conclusions about time backtracking. For example, even though he has experienced thousands of backtrackings, his appearance is still different.

Nothing has changed, not even an inch of hair has grown.

For another example, going back for too long can indeed cause damage to the body. After a few attempts to stop it, he personally felt some kind of unspeakable discomfort. Although on the surface, it seemed to just make people feel nauseated, but

He knew it had to be more than that.

There are still some research behaviors similar to using himself as a test subject, but in fact there are not many. After all, he does not dare to make fun of his own life. He is not the kind of lunatic who can even risk his life for research.

But the most important thing is that he has never made much progress on the main research object-time rule runes. Even with the rune table after "The Book of Sin" as a reference, this level of

The rules are still too mysterious to him.

Maka rubbed her forehead, suppressing the indelible tiredness in her heart, and stood up with support on the table. The hourglass timer on the table was about to turn over automatically, and the rest time was over again.

And now, he has to turn on the time converter again and go back to five hours ago to start the next step of research again.

"...When this incident is over, I have to take a good rest." He muttered with some sadness, waiting for the last grain of sand in the hourglass to quietly settle, and then waved his hand to put away the tent.

At the same time, his tired body also disappeared on the spot.