harry potter book of crimes

"Why is Luna sleeping again?"

When this idea flashed through Hermione's mind, Maka, who was sitting on the staff table stuffing French fries into her mouth, was also curious about it.

Luna's daily schedule is still very regular. Although she always looks like she is in a trance, she unexpectedly pays attention to life planning.

Just like when Maka stayed at Lovegood's house, it was Luna who called him in the morning.

"When I recall that time, my nose feels a little itchy..." Maka put down her fork with a wry smile and reached out to rub her nose.

At this moment, he gently knocked on his forehead again, secretly reminding himself:

"Well, be careful not to be overprotective...don't be overprotective..."

After that night in the library, Maka had a slight change in many people and many things... When Dumbledore treated him, he tried to maintain a certain distance as much as possible, which would do a lot to promote people's growth.

Big help.

But now, it is Maka herself who should do this.

Putting the last piece of French fries on the plate directly into her mouth, Maka immediately stood up, said hello to the other professors, and then walked straight towards the door of the auditorium.

When returning to the office, he usually takes the entrance to the side corridor. Looking at him like this, he either wants to take a walk in the front yard or is planning to leave Hogwarts again.

"Maka?"

As he passed the Gryffindor table, Hermione suddenly called out to him.

"Oh, what's wrong?" Maka paused and turned her head to look over, "Today's fish and chips are very Muggle-style, and the amount of salt is just right - but don't eat too much.

This stuff can easily make people gain weight, so I don’t think Madam Pomfrey will help you lose weight!"

"It's nothing..." Hermione pursed her lips and said, "I just wanted to say... Maka, when are you free? I want to show you something."

"Well..." Maka thought for a while and said, "Maybe it won't work today, but tomorrow...can it?"

"Of course," Hermione suddenly said, "Of course, then tomorrow at noon, we will be at -"

As she spoke, she stretched out her finger and pointed upward.

"Waiting for you at the 'old place'."

Maka knew immediately when she heard that she was talking about the Room of Requirement, because Maka herself told her this in the first place.

"Ok, no problem."

After nodding at Hermione, Maka chatted casually with Harry and the others, and finally glanced at Luna, who was still dozing, and then turned and left.

"Hermione, are you going to perform the experiment for Maka this morning?" Harry asked subconsciously as he looked at the slowly closing door of the auditorium.

"I don't think this is a good idea," Ron couldn't help but whisper softly, "Hermione, don't you think you should wait until your research is more mature..."

"Of course I didn't plan to just show Maka the morning one! Didn't I say that? That's not even the first step..." Hermione said with a slumped face.

"Oh, is there anything cooler?" Harry nodded immediately, "That's no problem!"

"Yes, of course there are 'cooler' ones..." Hermione said, then suddenly lowered her head and sighed, "But that also requires repeated experiments and adjustments before it can be successful.

.”

At this point, she finally waved her hand and said, "Okay! Ron is right, this is not a good idea... I was too impulsive."

Hermione wanted Maka's approval, and Harry and Ron already knew this. But because of this, the two of them...

"Don't worry! What you did this morning was amazing. Maka will be happy for you after seeing it!"

They couldn't say such comforting words at all, because they all knew that even if it turned out to be like that, Hermione herself would not be happy.

"Hermione, Harry," after the three of them were silent for a moment, Ron suddenly said, "In the afternoon... let's skip class..."

…

While Hermione and the other three little lions were discussing some not-so-good things, Maka had already walked directly from the school gate to the door of the Black Mansion.

Because he knew that at this time, someone was already waiting for him here.

"Oh, are you eating here too?"

Entering the old house, passing through the foyer, and walking straight to the door of the living room, Maka found that there was no one inside. Generally speaking, at least Lupine rarely left here, so he immediately guessed that everyone must have gone to the kitchen.

.

Sure enough, as soon as he opened the door at the end of the corridor, Maka saw a lively lunch inside. The children he and Sarah had rescued earlier were also here, and it seemed that they were even living better than before.

Much more comfortable and relaxed.

"Maka, are you here?"

As soon as Lupine saw his face, he immediately greeted him, and Sirius, who was sitting near the door, also reached out and touched Maka's arm in a friendly manner.

It is worth mentioning that when the children turned their heads after hearing the sound, a bunch of random names were "splashed" at Maka. Maka, McLean, brother, sir... they were all called, which made Maka happy.

Maka could only stand there and smile happily.

To be honest, he is not very good at dealing with children - of course, those like Leni, the little wolf girl, must be excluded.

But these children have finally become cheerful, which is a good thing no matter how you think about it.

"Mr. McClain, would you like to sit down and have something to eat?" Only Lena remained unchanged. After discovering Maka, she immediately stood up from her seat, "I'll prepare some more for you."

"No, no need -" Maka said hurriedly, "I've already eaten it at school."

"Then I'll make a cup of Gordig root tea..."

Lena nodded calmly, and just as she was about to turn around and go to the teapot, Maka had to speak again to stop her.

"Wait until I come back before you drink! Sit down first and eat well..." he said, and quickly waved to the seat against the wall inside, "Mundungs, don't eat and drink there.

,Come out!"

After saying that, Maka waved to everyone and told them to continue eating. But he himself quickly turned around and walked towards the reception room.

Mundungus didn't dare to neglect, and after leaving the kitchen, he hurriedly followed behind.

"You know what I want to ask?" After arriving at the reception room, Maka didn't sit down. She stood at the door and asked, "Is there anything going on?"

Mundungus just stood still in front of Maka. After listening to Maka's words, he quickly nodded.

"What you said last time was that we were not allowed to follow by ourselves -" he whispered, "so, all the information after that was obtained from others... You know, it may not be very accurate."

"Of course," Maka said immediately, "Just say it, I will verify it myself whether it is accurate or not."

"Okay," Mundungus continued with a nod, "I heard from an old guy that after leaving the black market in London, the group seemed to have returned to the southeast - just yesterday."

"Canterbury's 'Schoolport Street'? The wizarding gathering place there..." Maka continued, but then thought about it, "What did they go back there to do? If nothing happened, this news should still be there."

It won’t be in your hands so soon.”

"Oh, I think so..." Mundungus spread his hands and said, "But things are a bit strange - they kidnapped a man in front of a wizard's house, a male wizard named Smith, who works at the Xuegang Post Office.

Deputy Director."

"Really?" Maka raised her eyebrows and whispered to herself, "We took away an owl manager? Is it related to some kind of letter?"

After thinking for a while, Maka looked at Mundungus again.

"Is there any updated information after this?"

"Probably there is," Mundungus said, but he admitted frankly, "But the information is probably still on the way... maybe we will know more by night."

"Then we won't wait," Maka looked up at the wall clock in the conference room, "Is your 'old buddy' following you over there? Or did he also get the information from someone else?"

"Hehe," Mundungus laughed obscenely when he heard this, "My old buddy is the same as me, not very courageous - of course, if you want to get to the source of the information, you can quickly do it.

turn up."

"Then you come with me!" Maka waved and took the lead to go to the hall. "When you find that group of people, you can come back first, and I will do the rest."

"Oh, it's great to be able to work with you!" Mundungus followed him with a smile, and said casually, "At least there won't be any danger."

…

A moment later, Xuegang Street, Canterbury City.

"This is my old buddy. If you have any questions, just ask him!"

Deep in a stall erected haphazardly with linen and bamboo poles, Maka saw an old man even more sloppy than Mundungus.

When Maka noticed him, he was still chattering with others, and it seemed that he couldn't stop for a while.

So Maka simply flicked a gold galleung over and told him to shut up and walk over.

"Hey, Dunge!" the old man said nonchalantly while playing with the gold galleons in his hand, "Although we have known each other for a long time, since you have brought people, this is a business! I want to ask a question, a gold

Galleons are not enough!"

"Come on!" Mundungus immediately gave the old man a push, "You can say whatever you want, just for the recent incident, I brought our leader to 'pick up the goods' in person."

"Boss?" After the old man heard this, he couldn't help but look at Maka again. "Every time I hear you blow it to the sky, this time I finally see a real person... Okay, okay! Come with me..."

A guy like him who has been in the intelligence business all his life is obviously very curious about Maka's identity. Unfortunately, Maka had already disguised himself before coming, so he couldn't tell anything after all.