harry potter book of crimes

The staircases in Hogwarts Castle are quite exquisitely designed. Each staircase will move at a specific time point, either joining or separating, leading people going upstairs to different floors and locations.

Although sometimes this does cause some trouble, if you are not familiar with it, you may actually get lost because of these constantly moving steps. But if you have enough knowledge about these stone steps that strictly abide by the rules of movement,

If you understand it, it will actually allow everyone to get to the floor and direction they want to reach in a very short time.

However, it was such an interesting set of stone stairs that caused Maka some trouble.

Because the stairs are designed to move, in order to give them enough space to change direction and position, this set of stairs that can go directly to the top of the main castle is basically suspended in the air. Because of this, if you stand below and look up, in fact,

It's easy to see people on the stairs.

At this moment, Maka was standing on a stone step about the third floor, and the staff in his hand was glowing with a faint light. And on the top of his staff, there was a vaguely looking one.

The runes were rising and falling, constantly emitting a kind of magic wave that was invisible to the naked eye.

This kind of magic fluctuation is different from ordinary magic spells, as if there is a spirit integrated into it, with a soft "coolness".

Yes, it was the cool feeling like spring water pouring over the ceiling that many people in the castle felt just now. Although the effect of that kind of fluctuation is still unknown, it can calm the tension and uneasiness of everyone in the area, but it

It is already a fact.

He still knew about Draco's discovery of him, because he had seen Draco from the beginning, and even Slughorn, who ran over later, had also seen it.

To be honest, this is not a good sign, especially when everyone knows that there is "another" him outside.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, he can't make a better response.

Just a few days ago, he went through a lot of research and experience, and finally figured out the preliminary meaning of the rule rune with the help of those ancient texts. And his ultimate goal of going back in time to come here this time,

But it is the new rules rune.

Just as the magic theory of spirit and will is the path that Dumbledore wants to take, for Maca, matter and rules may be the path of magic that belongs to him.

But any rule rune is not easy to study thoroughly. Therefore, so far, he has only specialized in one cooling rule, but has always dabbled in other rule runes.

Only this time, in order to solve the deadlock, he finally reached out to the second rule.

In the past, he once conducted research in front of the Monument of Bewitchment, and at that time he had discovered traces of the rules of the soul from the evolution of the Black Death.

And just a few days ago, he finally revealed part of the secrets of the Bewitching Monument. Although there are still many hidden secrets that are difficult to explain, no matter what, the rules interpretation content that appeared in the center of the monument gave

He was of great help.

That's right, Tamaka holds the Scroll of Truth, and the soul rule runes are naturally also listed in it. He has owned things that are difficult for others to obtain from the beginning. So what he wants is not the runes, but the runes.

It is an empirical method of analyzing and understanding rules.

The soul rule is mostly a second-level rule, which is far more difficult to analyze than the cooling rule that Maka has mastered. He didn't expect to figure it out in such a short time. In fact, since this time back,

Before, he had planned to use another method to deal with the mysterious ancient magic mirror.

But he never thought that the Bewitching Monument, which had always only brought him trouble, would give him a big gift in this way, giving him the opportunity to implement this backup plan that was safer and more rewarding.

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However, no matter how solid the plan is, accidents will inevitably happen.

In the final analysis, even if he was well prepared mentally in advance, knowing that the difficulty of understanding the rules of the soul was definitely a huge obstacle. But after he actually started researching, he realized that this thing was simply beyond his imagination. Even if he

There are many soul magic theories as the basis, and the inscriptions on the Bewitching Monument are also helpful, but the result is still a little bit meaningless.

To put it simply, he can barely use it now, but because his understanding is still insufficient, not only does it require other magic texts as assistance, but it is not enough to cover the entire Hogwarts Castle.

In order to prevent the effect of stabilizing the soul from being too weak, and to take care of everyone in the basement, he must stay in his current position and cannot move even one or two steps elsewhere.

If the position were higher, his casting range would be insufficient; but if the position was lower...you know, the other self is standing outside!

But in this case, others will inevitably see him - for example, Draco who has been standing at the top of the stairs, or the bald old man Slughorn who followed Draco's gaze and looked up.

kindness.

When he found that the old man was also looking towards him, Maka subconsciously stretched out his hand and tugged on the hood of his cloak to better cover up his figure and appearance. But he also knew that just

The long-handled staff in his hand is enough to make him recognizable.

"If I had known better, I would have brought Helen Schon here...at least it could help me attract some attention." He frowned secretly.

Now he has to maintain the power of the unfamiliar rules of the soul, and this alone makes him feel very strenuous. Originally, his magic power has always been felt to be insufficient, and this time he has gone back in time for a long time, and there is some extra magic power.

Unable to use it. Let alone the Disillusionment Curse, even using the most basic magic spell would bring a huge burden to him.

But now, being seen by those two guys from a distance was a bit fatal.

Is it dangerous? No, this cannot be said to be dangerous yet. After all, being discovered by an acquaintance during time travel does not necessarily violate the rules of time. What he is worried about is actually that his existence is known to himself at this point in time.

If his past self discovers his future self, there will be a great chance of causing a paradox. What will happen if a paradox occurs? He doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know at all.

Therefore, it is definitely not dangerous yet, but if he doesn't do something, the danger will probably come soon.

After thinking for a moment, Maka stopped reaching for the Immortal Hidden Potion, then simply pulled off her hood and waved to the two guys below.

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"McLean...you know? Albus once told me that he admires you very much. He even thinks that you are a real wizard."

Outside Hogwarts Castle, on the frozen lakeside, Grindelwald was facing away from Maka at that time, staring blankly at the ice coffin in front of him. And in the crystal clear ice coffin, that

The old man who was still gone was gently covered by a thin purple velvet blanket, but his old face was still lifelike.

Greenwald was looking at him, looking at his former best friend, and he was filled with emotions for a moment.

Dumbledore and him have always been friends and rivals. They both have magical talents that are world-class, and they also had ambitions that ordinary people dare not touch.

It's just that everyone's wisdom is different, and no matter how like-minded they are, they will still have differences over time. The dispute that year led to the death of Dumbledore's sister and the breakup of the two close friends.

But now, when Greenwald looked at Dumbledore in the ice coffin and recalled the time when the two of them talked about ancient and modern magic and the entire world together, his old heart felt a rare excitement.

It was the excitement that he was about to see his old friend, and the excitement that he was sure that he could join hands with Dumbledore again to touch the truth of the world.

While Greenwald was thinking, he had a few casual conversations with Maka behind him. He could feel that there was some hostility in Maka's words, and it was obvious that he did not welcome his arrival.

"Ha... I know, you must be troubled by some of my behaviors." Greenwald was very relaxed at this moment, smiled slightly, and said softly, "Don't worry, I can tell you directly - I will tell you from beginning to end.

, I just want to meet Albus again."

His old friend and rival has always been very optimistic about this young man named Maca McLean, but he doesn't know exactly what is so good about him. Now that he has left the Nurmengard Tower, he has personally experienced this young man.

His talent was outstanding, but he finally understood that Dumbledore's praise was never excessive.

And this further confirmed Greenwald's current views.

Greenwald never felt that his past views were completely wrong. He just understood a truth through Dumbledore's victory - it was okay for him to value powerful wizards in the past, but he set the standard too low.

That's all.

Except for geniuses like himself and Dumbledore, there is no need to care about other wizards, let alone Muggles and magical animals. In the past, it was because his vision was not high enough that he was hindered by those stupid idiots.

Trying to use power to change the world.

Thinking about it now, it was just as ridiculous as an immature child fooling around.

"Gellert Greenwald! Didn't we agree? Why haven't we started taking action yet?"

Voldemort's questioning voice came from the opposite side of the ice coffin, cold and harsh, but how could Grindelwald not hear the anxiety mixed in it?

It's like the person he was back then, but not even as good as he was back then. A wizard's ability is not limited to combat and life and death. Wisdom is the foundation for a wizard's achievements.

Greenwald moved slightly, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his twilight face.