harry potter book of crimes

"Hagrid!"

"Oh, Maka? I was looking for you just now... Come and take a look, I found a moon-chicken beast breeding farm that is willing to cooperate with us... Ah, and Hermione is here too?"

As Hagrid spoke, he scattered a handful of feed balls farther away. Those little meat balls were controlled by the innate abilities of the little guys as they flew through the air, and not even a single one fell to the ground.

"A breeding farm?" Maka nodded, "That sounds good."

He agreed casually and walked towards the group of moon-crazed beasts.

Or maybe they all grew up under the care of wizards! When someone approaches, they not only won’t run away, but will jump towards you.

"Hermione, come together! These little guys are not afraid of people."

After Maka called out, Hermione walked over there cautiously.

But at this moment, Maka suddenly looked up at the bright moon in the sky, with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"It seems that we are very lucky today."

"What's wrong?"

Hermione also glanced at the moon subconsciously, but other than that it was indeed very bright, she didn't see anything unusual.

When Maka heard this, she didn't even explain, but pointed directly at the Moon-Crazy Beasts around her.

It turned out that, I don’t know when, the silver-gray skin of these moon-crazed beasts began to be filled with a thin layer of light mist. The vapor-like radiance turned from light to thick, and soon the moon-crazed beasts were covered with light.

They were all slightly enveloped.

At first glance, they seem to be standing in a glowing cloud, adding a lot of illusion and reality to this small backyard.

"oh!"

Hermione stood on the edge of the Moon Crazy Beasts, watching in amazement as the scene gradually changed, and she immediately felt an unprecedented sense of dreaminess.

"This is……"

"They have just eaten and drank enough, and the moonlight tonight is bright enough... so they are ready to dance."

As soon as Maka finished speaking, she saw the little guys tilting their necks and raising their big heads, looking at the silver moon in the sky from afar.

Not long after, more than a dozen Moon-Crazy Beasts formed a circle in a tacit understanding, and then they all raised their front feet to stand on the soles of their hind feet.

To be honest, this is also difficult for them.

Because the bodies of these little guys seem to be unbalanced as a whole, and their thin legs are not in proportion to their round bodies. If they were not magical creatures, animals like them would definitely not exist in nature.

Although they rely on the magic of their thoughts to hunt flying insects, they are able to use their natural magic to support their bodies upright, and they can even continue to perform a complex and unique dance.

The light mist around them flows gently under the moonlight...

Suddenly, with the sound of stampeding, the Moon-Child Beasts who stood upright were already trotting in a circle in formation.

In the faint light mist, they sometimes move forward and sometimes retreat. Even if their flat hind legs cannot be seen because of the silver mist covering the ground, you can understand just by listening to the sound - the dance steps of these little guys are very complicated.

"Maka was right just now. It's not easy to see the dance of the moon-crazy beasts - they are very picky about the moonlight." Hagrid nodded his head and said, "We brought this first small group into the night today.

When we came back, we didn’t expect to see such a rare thing that night, we were really lucky!”

In about tens of seconds, their dance steps gradually changed.

At first, the moon-crazy beasts just formed a circle, circling end to end. But as time went on, some of them began to stand alone, jumping back and forth alternately in the middle of the circle.

While admiring the charm brought by this primitive dance, Hermione's habit of pursuing the root causes her to increasingly want to figure out some questions - what is the meaning of the dance they are dancing?

At this moment, Maka, who was standing aside, seemed to know what she was thinking, and suddenly said:

"I still remember that when I was in the third grade, I took a test on the dance of the Moon Chime Beast. It was just because the textbook "Monsters and Their Origins" didn't describe much in detail, so the test was very easy... But in fact, according to me

As far as I know, Mr. Scamander has raised a small group of moon-crazed beasts himself."

"Then why didn't he-"

Hermione immediately asked in a low voice, but before she could finish speaking, Maka continued:

"I think it's because he couldn't figure it out - although many magical biologists have speculated that the dance behavior of the Moon Chimera is probably related to mating and reproduction, no one has any concrete evidence to support this view."

"Oh, that means... they don't look for a mate immediately after dancing?"

After hearing this, Maka nodded slightly.

"Yes, for them, dancing in the moonlight may just be a form of entertainment, right?"

Since these are things that are not in the books, the studious Hermione listened very carefully. But at the end, she tasted Maka's last sentence and always felt that the latter had some meaning.

You know, I just rejected Slughorn at his ball!

Hermione hesitated for a moment, thinking about whether to tell the real reason for her refusal, but before she could make a decision, Maka seemed to think of something again.

"By the way, do you know about the 'Crop Circle' in the Muggle world? That's actually the trace left by the dance of the Moonstruck Beast - this was what Mr. Scamander told me personally when he came last time.

Yes, I was quite surprised when I heard that!”

"Oh! Really?" Upon hearing this, Hermione temporarily forgot her thoughts and said in surprise, "I saw news reports on TV when I was at home during the holidays. At that time, I also wondered if this was a wizard.

What a prank!”

However, if you have to say that it was done by wizards, it is not a bad idea. Because there are almost no wild moon-crazy beasts at present, and most of those strange circles are accidents caused by poor management of breeding farms.

While the two were chatting casually, the dance of the Moon-Crazy Beasts gradually came to an end. Maka and Hermione, who noticed this, also stopped their words in tacit agreement and watched the little guys' movements gradually

Slow down until it comes to a complete stop.

Immediately, the light mist intertwined with the moonlight slowly began to fade away, revealing the shallow tread marks on the ground in the backyard.

Seeing the Moon-Crazy Beasts scattering in all directions, Hermione suddenly felt a little empty in her heart, as if something was missing.

"Oh - it's over."

The one who looked at it most seriously just now must be Hagrid. He barely spoke and was staring at the dozens of little guys jumping around dizzyingly from beginning to end.

His love for these magical animals is truly unparalleled by few.

"Hagrid, you can discuss it with Professor Flitwick then and ask him to try to help you use Transfiguration to make a small moon that shines."

The event must be held during the day, but let alone daytime, even at night, you may not encounter such clear weather.

But Hagrid seemed a little confused.

"Why don't you go find Professor McGonagall?" he asked subconsciously.

"It's better not to trouble Professor McGonagall," Maka spread her hands and said, "She still has a lot of things to be busy with... To be honest, I plan to find a suitable Transfiguration professor for the school before the next school year.

, this can at least alleviate a good part of her burden!"

"Oh, you're right!" Hagrid nodded repeatedly, "You still know how to consider others."

"Okay, let's go first..." Maka looked around, then said to Hermione, "Don't you want to go back to the dormitory? Come on, I'll see you off!"

He said that, but in his heart he was thinking that Hermione would probably refuse it again - no matter how lovable Moon-Crazy Beast is, it can't make people change their minds all of a sudden, right?

Unexpectedly, Hermione didn't say anything this time, just nodded silently.

The two said goodbye to Hagrid and walked wordlessly on the moist grass towards the castle. Maka was in front, while Hermione was a step or two behind him.

"Maka."

In fact, Maka hadn't even thought of a reason to guide Hermione to speak, but Hermione actually took the initiative to tug at the back of his robe.

He couldn't help but stop and slowly turned around.

"What's wrong?" Maka asked softly, "Is there something you want to say to me?"

This was almost obviously pushing the topic, but since Hermione finally had the intention to say something, how could he not seize this opportunity?

Even if it was a bit stiff, he had to follow the atmosphere and ask.

"Um."

As expected, Hermione finally responded quietly.

"I know, I behaved very strangely at the dance...but you don't have to worry, I wasn't affected by anything dangerous."

Maka heard what she said and quickly expressed her understanding.

"At first I did wonder if it was Herbo," he explained, "but halfway through I roughly understood that the problem was definitely not as serious as I first thought. Since you don't want to say it, I won't ask anymore...

"

As he spoke, he waved his hand and said:

"Come, let me take you back!"

"No, wait-"

When he still didn't understand the reason at first, Maka naturally wanted to find out. But after slowly confirming that he was probably a little worried, he didn't expect that Hermione wanted to explain again.

"Actually, I thought about it carefully just now, and then I realized that you were right." She said softly, "We can't hide anything because of some personal issues at the moment... Doing so can easily cause misunderstandings."

"So, I think it would be better to explain what happened at the dance just now."

Her words were somewhat hesitant. Maka thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"Well...actually, I just have a stomachache."

Maka listened and suddenly blinked and froze. (To be continued)