harry potter book of crimes

Anyone who has been pressed underground for a thousand years will feel unparalleled depression, so from the moment Maka saw Haierboqi, he found that the desire in the other person's words was obviously extremely strong.

This is natural. Rather, it is a miracle that this old guy has not gone crazy after spending thousands of years in darkness.

Therefore, although Maka was a little upset, she did not stop the other party's speech. After all, it is very impolite to interrupt someone else's speech suddenly...

Okay! In fact, he just felt that it would be more likely to immediately anger the old guy in front of him.

When there is no dispute between the two parties, Maka never likes to take the initiative to provoke - especially when there is absolutely no benefit on his side.

Therefore, after Haierbo mentioned some of Merlin's past events, he casually talked about a lot of random topics. The content of these topics was naturally inseparable from the era he lived in, and most of them were related to magic.

Regardless of the old man's reputation as "the most influential dark wizard in history", it can be seen from what he said that at least as a wizard, he is indeed worthy of his status.

"But to be honest, this guy seems a bit like Grindelwald..." Maka listened to the other party's nonsense casually and thought to herself, "Oh no, based on age, he should be Grindelwald."

Is it right to be like him?"

Maybe talking alone is a bit boring after all. If no one responds, there seems to be no difference between having one or two people in front of you and being buried underground.

Therefore, as he spoke, Haierbo slowly stopped on his own.

"...Young people today are exactly the same as in the past," Haierbo suddenly changed his subject, and the smile on his face faded slightly, "Don't they always lose patience quickly when listening to their elders?"

In response, Maka could only shrug lightly.

"I think I am patient enough among my peers," he said calmly, "If you are willing to keep talking, I don't mind listening for a while."

"Hmph..." Haierbo chuckled twice, then shook his head, "You are listening, and you don't show any impatience on the surface. But your soul tells me... Young man, you seem to

A little absent-minded?"

When Maka heard this, her heart skipped a beat.

"Really?" he said, "Of course, maybe a little bit... No matter how you say it, those topics of yours are not that far away to me! If you always listen to things that have nothing to do with you,

I'm afraid not only the 'young people', but also the elderly may not be able to listen to everything, right?"

"Oh, there is some truth in this..." Haierbo nodded and said, "Although I have never liked that little girl Rowena, there is one thing she said right - in the face of the vast truth of the world

,Age is never the only criterion to distinguish wisdom and talent.”

As he spoke, he looked at Maka again, and then continued: "Just like you, young man, your soul is very interesting, huge and stable, and it has almost exceeded the limits set by the rules of the soul for humans.

Conventional definition...I have to say that you are being favored by this world..."

There is something abnormal about her soul, a fact that Maka has gradually begun to know recently.

That's why he can easily use all materials, all production techniques... and even the wands that everyone has; that's why he has super-standard magic flame reactions when using floo powder; that's why he always

Unable to cast the Apparition spell normally, he can only rely on his modified Portkey to wander around the world.

But this was a conclusion he gradually came to through a series of detailed studies. What he didn't expect was that Haierbo in front of him could see something was wrong at a glance.

I don’t know anything else yet, but in terms of understanding the rules of the soul, this old guy is definitely far above Maka!

"Okay, enough talking. There's nothing you can do if you don't like hearing the old man's nagging..." At this moment, Haierbo casually dusted off his robe and said leisurely, "Then, look at that kid helping me.

For the sake of seeing the light of day again, I will give you a chance to choose——"

Having said this, he waved suddenly, and Maka's brows suddenly frowned. Because he discovered a very important fact that he had never thought of.

That is……

Just as Haierbo's hand that looked like a dead branch fell seemingly casually, an extremely familiar thing immediately appeared next to him. Of course Maka knew that thing, because it was sealed in the center of the underground palace by his own hands earlier.

The ancient magic mirror!

"It turns out... that the floor-standing round mirror that Greenwald found was actually Haierbo's thing?"

Presumably, there is a mural of this ancient mirror in the crypt of Haierbo's tomb. So, he should at least imagine the possibility that this mirror might be owned by Haierbo.

Maybe it doesn't mean it's certain, but it always has value as a hypothesis, right?

When Maka frowned and thought deeply for a moment, Haierbo's finger had already lightly touched the center of the magic mirror.

And just for him, the last soul rule rune used by Maka to seal the ancient mirror was immediately dispelled and disappeared, which made him suddenly shocked.

However, the picture of soul-sucking that Maka expected did not appear.

"Choose one! I only want the soul of one of you two, and any one of you is fine -" Haierbo still had a smile on his face, which even made people feel a little kind, but what he said was...

It's extremely cruel.

"In terms of the delicacy of your soul, I still like you better...Young man who is favored..." He smiled, "However, I can still give you a chance to choose, because this is what you deserve.

award."

Haierbo was still laughing, and his smile was surprisingly peaceful, but this made people clearly feel the full malice behind his smile.

He was like...like a cruel beast that was trying to tease its prey for fun before eating.

Behind Maka, Enns suddenly felt a numbness in his scalp. Because he found that he could not understand the conversation between the two, but he could hear the words just now clearly, as if the other party directly conveyed the meaning.

It reached his mind so clearly.

"Professor MacLean——"

However, at this moment, Maka suddenly relaxed his frowned eyebrows.

He still did not look at Enns behind him, but spread out his hands, moved his gaze from the ancient mirror, and looked at Haierbo's old face calmly and naturally.

"Well, is that why you are called 'despicable' Haierbo?" He nodded to himself, "By inducing negative emotions in food, you can make them more delicious.

'...That's right, right?"

"oh?"

After hearing this, the smile on Haierbo's face faded slightly, but soon became stronger.

"You want to say-"

"It doesn't matter what I think, because isn't that your original intention?" Maka said with a smile on her face, "The two options you gave simply don't exist.

, what you want is just a process in which we are forced to make a choice."

"Interesting, really interesting..." Haierbo raised his hands and patted them twice, as a sign of appreciation for Maka's words, "So, in the end... do you choose or not?"

After talking so much with this old guy, Maka finally got to know him a little bit. If he had to say it, the only thing he understood most now was that today's encounter was obviously not going to go well.

"Actually!" Maka still maintained the smile on her face and said in an indifferent tone, "I never like to choose the options that others arrange for me, because... I also like to give questions to others.

People!"

Before he finished speaking, the staff he had held in his right hand from the beginning suddenly burst out with a burst of ice-blue light, and the cooling rune took shape in an instant.

In just the blink of an eye, the absolutely terrifying low temperature enveloped a few hundred meters around him in the blink of an eye, turning all the mud and rocks outside the tomb passage into pale frozen soil.

But in the next second, Maka's hand holding the staff suddenly shook, and the cooling rule rune collapsed silently.

"Astonishing, young man, your performance is truly astonishing!"

Haierbo clapped again, and it was obviously more serious than before. The applause echoed in the tomb passage that had completely turned white.

"Unexpectedly, the initial cooling beam condensed by the power of the rules was not your highest understanding of the rules. However, what surprised me the most was——"

As the old guy spoke, he looked over Maka's shoulder and looked at the position behind him.

That's right, just before Maka constructed the cooling rule rune, he activated the door key that had already been handed to Enns.

And now, the little guy has probably returned to the gate of Hogwarts safely, right?

"Speaking of accidents, I'm actually pretty much the same here!" Maka glanced at her right hand, which had stopped shaking at this time, and said thoughtfully, "The rules of the soul are indeed hard to guard against. It's just that it surprised me even more.

The thing is - Mr. Haierbo, you clearly know that my soul is very 'abnormal', and you also clearly know that I have understood some of the rules of the soul..."

As he spoke, he suddenly paused the ground with his staff, and raised his gaze from his right hand again, gently falling to Halbo's sleeves and the hem of his robe.

"...Is it really enough to use only this little strength?"