harry potter book of crimes

“…the origin of Easter?”

Maka didn't care much about this little girl's behavior of constantly wearing high hats on herself. He is now a regular visitor to the Three Broomsticks Bar, where most of the local wizards know him... What's more, one person can only

How many of the teenage girls would be serious about what they say?

But to be honest, the question Sarah asked is really not something that ordinary wizards can answer.

In the European magical world, Easter has existed since ancient times, and the history of this festival is even longer than Christmas.

If you ask a random wizard who has studied the history of ancient magic a little, you may still hear the answer "Christmas originally originated from the Druidism in the ancient European magic world"; but if you ask him about the specific meaning of Easter,

If you know the origin, the other party will basically be stunned on the spot.

In fact, the origin of Easter celebrated by wizards is quite inconspicuous. However, the story is full of love and hope, and it is a very positive past, so it has been unknowingly passed down from generation to generation.

The land continued.

"Yes! The origin of Easter -" Sarah held up the chocolate eggshell in front of her, looked at the juice dangling inside, and said softly, "Mr. MacLean, can you tell Sarah about it?"

"Well, yes, yes, I happen to know a little bit about this... However, if the story is told in detail, it would be a bit long, right?"

Maka smiled indifferently - when he was still studying in school, he liked the history of magic class very much. This was entirely because he was really interested in the history of the development of wizards. No matter what he was studying, he could hardly do without it.

The wisdom of the predecessors, because a person's power is always limited.

"This story begins with an ancient wizard named 'Baal'. It is said that he had a sister named Astra..."

…

Although Maka intended to build a good relationship with Sarah, he was really interested in telling stories. It was true that he said the story was a bit long at first, but he had no intention of telling it in detail.

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However, even though he had long been preparing to write a simplified version of the Easter origin story, he did not expect that he would not be able to finish it.

Because, just when he was talking about the heroine of the story, Asta Lu, making an important decision, he suddenly felt an inexplicable power vibrating silently in Sarah's body. Then, it seemed as if something was happening in front of him.

Suddenly, I was covered in a dense layer of white mist, and then everything around me changed.

"Soul rules? No, it seems a little different..."

Maka glanced left and right, looking at this vast white area, and suddenly a strange sense of familiarity surged in her heart - wasn't this the mysterious space that Dumbledore took him to see?

But in the next moment, the white mist he saw quickly condensed. As the mist quickly gathered, trees with leafy branches and clumps of emerald bushes were full of vitality.

The grassland gradually turned from blurry to clear.

When a winding dirt road appeared under his feet, and when the sky above his head became clearer and clearer, a forest path scene that was completely different from the scene in the Three Broomsticks bar was laid out around him.

become.

If I have to say it, this is actually quite similar to the preparation process of using the pensieve to view memories, but there are some differences in it.

"Is this...alchemy?"

Maka lowered her head and looked at her palms, and clenched her fists subconsciously, feeling the clear sense of power. Yes, this feeling is more detailed than the pensieve, and even the touch can be reproduced simultaneously.

come out.

"I remember that some ancient books on alchemy mentioned the 'spiritual refinement' that corresponds to the 'material refinement'. This should be it, right?" He said thoughtfully, "It's really incredible. What is that little girl?

What's the origin?"

When someone finds that he is suddenly in a different place, no matter how determined he is, he will still feel a little panicked. This is the instinct of biological self-warning, and generally speaking, it is unavoidable.

Needless to say, Maca is of course the same.

However, the reason why he remained unmoved at this moment was because he found that he could still clearly feel his body and everything in the Three Broomsticks bar.

For Maka, anything - including all his senses - can be deceived under the influence of certain special methods. But only the fluctuations of magic power are the embodiment of real material rules and the spirit.

An existence that cannot be interfered with.

"It's really interesting, but... on what principle is this possible?"

Sarah's sudden sneak attack made Maka think of many things in an instant.

Including Dumbledore's brief meeting, including the previous research on the substance in front of the entrance of Nico Flamel's alchemy laboratory, and even the past research on matter and spirit under the guidance of Ravenclaw.

Guess, this moment created some vague connections in his mind.

It's a pity that there seems to be a key missing here, so those connections are looming behind the door and cannot be seen clearly.

"Sarah Hohenheim, let me see what you want to do!"

Maka nodded secretly, no longer immersed in his own thoughts alone, but looked forward. Just in front of the path under his feet, two figures were slowly walking towards him. At the moment

It's getting closer.

…

Maka may sound a bit mysterious, but in fact it is equivalent to being cast by a magic spell that can affect the mind. Right now, he can still clearly sense all the magic fluctuations around his body, and he can actually do it at any time as long as he wants.

Get rid of it with the help of the power of soul rules.

But on Sarah's side, her face looked a little bad.

"How is this going……"

She was still holding the chocolate eggshell in her hand, and her eyes passed over Maka again and again. It could be seen that Maka's expression was a little dazed, and she had obviously been pulled into a state of spiritual resonance.

However, the only thing she could feel from Maka's soul was one word - "heavy".

"Can someone's soul really be so 'heavy'?" Sarah frowned slightly, her thoughts that were inconsistent with her appearance were constantly running, "If I had known better, I should have stuck to my original idea, no.

Wouldn’t it be better to just mess with this guy?”

As Maka speculated in the past, the spiritual refinement in alchemy is intertwined with the rules of the soul to a certain extent. The so-called soul is a way of manifestation of 'spirit' in this world, so the research on the two

, actually have a lot in common.

For example, both studies share the same view: spirit is everywhere in this world, and the consciousness of all living things is generated in the movement of spirit.

The spiritual refining in alchemy is to use specific refining formations to influence the movement of the spirit in order to achieve the alchemist's own purpose.

However, if you want to use spiritual refinement to influence the consciousness of others, this is often a great test for the alchemist's own willpower. If the spirit of the object being interfered with is too strong, it is easy for alchemy to occur.

The magician himself is in a difficult situation.

Spiritual resonance cannot be stopped just by saying stop!

Sarah pursed her lips and simply closed her eyes suddenly, focusing all her attention on the spiritual resonance with Maka.

She has only one intention now - to immerse her consciousness into the "world" she created to ensure that the worst ending will not happen.

…

Not to mention that Sarah's side was probably so regretful that her intestines were blue, at least Maka's side seemed to be quite relaxed.

Not long after following the two figures, he had already realized what scene he had been transported into. In fact, these two figures were named "Baal" and "Ashta" from the story he told before.

The brother and sister from "The Road".

In that near-legendary story, Baal was an ordinary ancient wizard. His magical talent was not strong, and he could even be said to be a somewhat "weak" being.

But compared to his older brother, his sister Astra, who is two years younger than him, is different.

Astalu has a natural talent for Animagus. While other children who tried to embark on the path of magic still followed the real wizards as an apprentice who worked early and worked late, she was already able to complete the transformation independently.

Yes, just like the chocolate bunnies that people in later generations will definitely make for Easter, her Animagus form is a white hare without a trace of hair. And her character is exactly the same as her Anima.

Gus has a general shape, a pure heart, and is full of vitality and vitality.

Ever since she was a child, she has been the kind of child that everyone likes—well-behaved, sensible, and smart. Not only are her peers willing to be her friends, but even adults love her.

Against the backdrop of the brilliance she exuded, Baal, as the elder brother, seemed quite inconspicuous.

Fortunately, Baal was not born to be a jealous person. For his outstanding and eye-catching sister, all he had in his heart was joy, and other than that, he had no other feelings.

Because of this, the childhood of the brother and sister went very smoothly, and they got along extremely well. They almost thought that the relationship between brother and sister would go on so peacefully for the rest of their lives.

However, when his brother Baal was 20 years old and his sister Astalu was 18 years old, a terrible disaster struck without warning.