harry potter book of crimes

On weekdays, Luna usually doesn't like to join in the fun, because she prefers to wander aimlessly alone rather than gathering with many unfamiliar people.

However, many people know that she is indispensable in every Quidditch Academy Cup match, and in almost every match she wears an exaggerated and strange hat and cheers for the players on the field—

- Gryffindor wears a lion hat, Ravenclaw wears an eagle hat, and Hufflepuff changes it to a badger hat.

Well, actually she also wears a hat when the Slytherin House team plays, but it’s just the kind of decoration that represents the opponent...

This kind of thing about her will always make some people who notice her mistakenly think that she likes to hang out in crowded places, but in fact, she only does it for those "friends" who are enjoying their youth on the playing field.

Just like the International Alchemy Competition being held in the front yard in recent days, it can be said to be the grandest event in Hogwarts so far. But she only went there once on the first day, and she didn't go there after that.

Reading quietly in the library, or just walking around the castle to relax.

Today, she had basically been in the library since the morning, sitting face to face with Hermione and reading many books on the principles of spell casting. Until now, she was going to Professor Flitwick's room on the seventh floor.

After asking a few questions in the office, I was going to go back to the dormitory and take a nap.

Just as Luna slowly climbed up to the eighth floor in the most leisurely daily trance state and walked along the corridor to the wooden door of the Ravenclaw common room, a strange boy who looked a little anxious came out of the door.

Walk up the spiral staircase on the side.

Of course that boy was Ens Tavon who was rushing to the principal's office, but Luna didn't recognize him at all.

At first, she actually didn't care at all, because the sunshine in Professor Flitwick's office was warm, which unconsciously aroused her sleepiness.

But the moment the two of them passed each other, a faint green light caught Luna's attention.

"Well?"

She suddenly turned around and found that the green light seemed to come from the young man's lower back, but it was not obvious because it was covered by the outer robe.

"He must have hidden the Irish ghost in his back pocket..."

Luna muttered leisurely, looked back several times, and then reached out and knocked on the door of the common room.

There is only one entrance to Ravenclaw Tower, and if the little wizards want to enter, they must knock on this bare old wooden door and answer the questions on the bronze eagle knocker. Only by answering the questions correctly will this seemingly strange door open.

It is very reliable, in fact, the extremely strong door will open accordingly.

Luna loved answering the questions of the bronze eagle on the door knocker, because many of the questions were very interesting.

But at this moment, when she knocked on the door again as usual and made a "click" sound, the eagle's beak on the door knocker suddenly started to quack.

"Boy, you finally came to see Master Ying. It seems that you have caused trouble to..." Halfway through the sentence, the Bronze Little Eagle finally realized something was wrong, "Gah? You - little girl, who are you?"

Normally, the bronze eagle on the door knocker would always speak out the question in a rhythmic tone after someone knocked on the door. This was the first time Luna had spoken such emotional words like today.

Heard it once.

"Oh!" She stared at those silver-gray eyes and said a little curiously, "How are you, little one?"

"Hey! You little girl, tell me clearly! Who is the 'little guy'!"

Upon hearing this, the bronze eagle suddenly flew up from the door knocker, circled in mid-air, and then landed directly on Luna's head, pulling up her hair with its small beak.

"oh--"

Luna staggered back two steps, and suddenly clasped her hands above her head, holding the bronze eagle in her palms like swatting mosquitoes.

After that, she put her folded hands in front of her face and opened them gently, blinking at the bronze eagle that collapsed in her hands.

"I'm Luna Lovegood...and you?"

"Master Ying, I don't need a name!" The bronze eagle muttered feebly, and just lay in Luna's hand unable to get up. "...Ying Master, I can come and go freely within the scope of this school.

Even that old guy Salazar couldn't catch me once. But I never expected that today, just because I wasn't paying attention, I would be caught by a little girl like you..."

"Oh, so you are very good at hide-and-seek?" Luna said in a daze.

"snort!"

The bronze eagle snorted lightly and suddenly disappeared from Luna's hand. When it reappeared, it was already standing on Luna's shoulder.

"Forget it, Master Eagle, I admit defeat today! Oh, what a bad day..." It complained a few more times, and then continued, "Uh-huh... then, little girl, it seems you are the new one

Are there any candidates?"

At this point, it didn't wait for Luna to answer, and continued talking on its own.

"Quack... In that case..." it said, "Although there was something wrong at the beginning, the process that needs to be followed cannot be omitted. Little girl, are you ready to answer Master Ying's question?"

The last time it asked the question "Are you ready?", it was Maka who was standing here. But since it didn't give Maka time to prepare, the same is naturally true for Luna now.

Still before Luna could speak, the question of the bronze eagle came.

"Answer, little girl -" it chuckled, "where did the dead things go?"

Maka had also answered this question back then. That night, Maka's answer was "disintegrate into nothingness", but Luna obviously would not answer in such a rigid form.

"Dead things?" She said with misty eyes, "No more."

"Then what will they become?" Kitty Eagle asked again, and the question also changed to a certain extent with Luna's previous answer.

After hearing this, the girl tilted her head slightly.

"Become everything."

The bronze eagle nodded.

"Of all the things in the world, what is the truth?"

Obviously, even if the form changes, according to the set of questions asked by the Bronze Eagle, the essence will not be much different.

Therefore, the question circled back to the "truth" that Maka was asked about in the first place.

"Absolute existence and relative existence." Luna thought for a while and replied.

Compared to Maka's "material spiritual theory", Luna's idea is actually more emotional. But in fact, there is no difference between the two people's answers regarding the absolute truth corresponding to "matter" and the relative truth corresponding to "spirit"

.

And then, the fourth question asked by the Bronze Eagle proved this point.

"Quack, quack, very good, very good -" it said with a smile, "Then in the end...'absolute' or 'relative', which one will be destroyed first?"

This is a discussion of "from nothing to something and then back to nothing". This is the so-called "cycle", and this is what Maka answered back then.

But Luna just looked at the bronze eagle and shook her head quietly.

"I have no idea."

Just like the question "Which came first, the egg or the chicken?" that often puzzles Muggle philosophers, sometimes it can be a good answer without forcibly unraveling a closed circle.

"Well..." The bronze eagle shook its little head and considered it, "If this question is placed first, then this is an honest answer; but if it is placed at the last, it becomes a smart answer.

Man’s answer…neither bad nor bad, neither is considered bad!”

After saying this, Xiaoying ruffled his feathers casually and smacked his lips.

"Little girl, congratulations on passing the first test and being qualified to enter Rowena's secret room. Now, are you ready?"

"Rowner?" Luna asked curiously, "Rowner Ravenclaw?"

"Quack—that's right!"

The bronze eagle jumped happily on her shoulder and jumped directly on top of her head. Then the two figures, one large and one small, shook at the same time and disappeared in the same place in the blink of an eye.

…

When Luna, by some coincidence, embarked on a journey to Rowena's secret chamber just like Maka did, Maka had already staged a thrilling and superb magic showdown with Haierbo.

Maka, who has a certain ability to resist the soul rules, still relies on the power of the cooling rules to deal with Haierbo. The peak use of the power of the first-level rules almost turned the deep mountains and forests of Albania into a terrifying winter.

There is frost and snow everywhere.

Although Haierbo's soul magic is indeed powerful, as long as he still has a physical body, he will always be threatened by the rules of the material plane. If the consumption of both parties is not considered, Maka can still fight with him.

But it was obvious that after a series of offensive and defensive transitions, Maka's decline began to show.

However, at this moment, even Haierbo could not help but admit that if he wanted to capture Maca just like that, it could only be said to be a dream.

In the forest, strands of cold current floated and danced from everywhere, swirling towards Haierbo's location like ribbons mixed with crystal sequins.

Maka's speed makes up for his inability to apparate. It is difficult for a single soul magic to pinpoint his position. Only a range of effects will force him to endure and resist in secret.

Haierbo, on the other hand, made full use of some ancient magic similar to the Apparition Curse to flicker and appear in various places in the forest. Occasionally dodging the cold air attacks, occasionally simply interrupting Maka's spellcasting, and sometimes even

Will use other magic to sneak attack on Maka.

Just like this moment, Maka used extremely fast steps to get rid of the series of rock thorns that kept popping up from the ground behind him. Even he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat——

"This old guy's prediction is really accurate!"

If he hadn't always retained some speed, the last three stone cones just now might have penetrated his body directly.