harry potter book of crimes

"...Maka, wait! Don't hit her."

"'she'?"

"Yes, she is already a mother, and she had a fight with another dragon just now. If she is accidentally hurt now, the baby in her belly will be in danger..."

Luna's statement was somewhat unbelievable. Even Maka was quite puzzled - this horned dragon was pregnant? How did she know?

It is difficult to tell that a fire dragon is pregnant. Because their body bones are particularly strong, even if a female fire dragon has dragon eggs in her belly, she can still live her daily life as she wants.

And perhaps because of this, fire dragon eggs are very precious, and the rate of premature death of young dragons is always high.

But according to their mother's character of flying around all day long, the hatching rate of the eggs is actually so high... This alone is a symbol of strong vitality.

But although Maka had doubts, she quickly put all her thoughts aside. Since Luna would say this, she who never lies naturally has her reasons.

Maka planned to listen to her this time.

"Don't even do anything. This dragon may be pregnant with dragon eggs. I think this may be one of the reasons why she is so irritable."

Probably because Luna just used "she" to refer to the horned dragon, Maka subconsciously said the same thing. But regardless of the name, Maka somewhat agreed with this reason as to the cause of the rage and trouble.

Think about it, wasn't even Mosag, the wife of the Acromantula Aragog, also grumpy when she was pregnant? If the Acromantula clan didn't have a body as solid as a fire dragon, who would Mosag be?

Let’s take a few mouthfuls of spider poison first and then talk about anything else.

Just a reminder, Maka didn't even look back - he didn't have the time to look at Charlie's colleagues now, even because of the obstacle spell he cast just now, the wizards and witches were all frightened for a while.

Jump.

At this time, in front of his eyes, the horned dragon was no longer surprised by the "little bug" that suddenly rushed in front of him, and quickly rushed towards him.

Wanting to control an angry fire dragon without hurting its body, the first thing Maka thought of was naturally the magic related to the rules of the soul.

When Maka saw this, she first pulled Luna behind her, then suddenly took out her staff and waved it suddenly.

Suddenly, a transparent outline of runes flashed in front of him, and a mysterious and obscure aura suddenly spread around him.

This was his first attempt since he had completely analyzed this rune under the Bewitching Monument. Even though his understanding was still superficial, it could be regarded as a real step into the threshold of the second-level rule rune.

At this moment, it was difficult for Maka to describe the feeling - did it represent true excellence? Or did it represent an affirmation of herself?

Or does this rune simply represent the arrogance of self-satisfaction?

Now he knows that the soul rules are divided into several branches, and the same is true for the runes. What Haierbo has understood is one of them; and what he, Maca McLean, has initially mastered is also one of them.

If he were to sum up the true meaning of this one, he could use one of the "Seven Sins" to roughly describe it, that is - "arrogance".

But at the same time, if I want other people present to describe his aura...

"What does that feel like? Why can't I look at him?"

"Strange, me too...what did he do?"

Behind Maka, Charlie's colleagues were all whispering, but their heads were all lowered in disbelief, as if they couldn't look directly at Maka's back.

However, they are not the only ones who dare not look directly at Maka at this moment?

Let’s look at the female Longhorns directly in front of Maka.

Not to mention that it didn't dare to look directly at Maka, even its body seemed to be uncontrollable, and it unconsciously prostrated while a spiritual struggle was still breaking out in its heart.

However, Maka, who caused all this, felt a little strange - he just used magic to outline the runes, and he didn't do anything!

When she saw that the effect of the secondary rule was more powerful than she imagined, Maka was surprised and quickly stopped the supply of magic power.

Until then, everyone present, including a long-horned dragon, immediately felt that the invisible pressure just now suddenly disappeared.

But even without that kind of suppression that was almost beyond instinct, the horned dragon, which was more sensitive to such changes in rules, no longer acted recklessly, but squatted down and secretly glanced at Maka.

Luna, on the other hand, although she is the one closest to Maka, has not changed much from the beginning to the end. It's just that she has always been standing behind her, and Maka has not noticed this.

In fact, apart from the female horned dragon that was the target, the person who felt the deepest emotion at this time was Maka herself.

This first attempt with a fire dragon really made him understand the mystery and power of the secondary rules. And he would never use this kind of thing unless necessary.

To be honest, he didn't feel it when he used it just now, but now that the effect was lifted, he felt a huge psychological gap.

"I always feel... I don't seem to be suitable for this rune?" Maka said to herself in her heart, "Is the secret passage the legendary 'incompatibility'?"

Speaking of which, this was actually not a good time to think about the problem. He just thought about it for a moment, and then turned his attention to the long-horned dragon on the opposite side again.

But just this look from him actually made this originally ferocious fire dragon shrink back.

Maka then thought about it and pointed at the cave not far away.

"Let's go back!"

It is said that fire dragons are actually very intelligent, but it is the ferocity and cruelty of their nature that makes it difficult for them to communicate.

Maka didn't know whether this statement was correct or not. He only found out that - he didn't know whether the long-horned dragon understood his gestures or really understood the human words. He suddenly turned around and went to his own without looking back.

The nest is gone.

Seeing that the big guy showed no signs of coming out to fight back, Maka turned around again and looked up and down at Luna who was being protected behind him.

"Are you okay? Also, how did you know that the dragon was pregnant with a baby?"

After Luna, who was staring at Maka and observing curiously, heard this, she gave Maka an answer that was both unexpected and reasonable.

"I can understand what she is thinking..." She blinked her eyes and seemed a little happy, "Some magic books in the library taught me a lot of things, which is really interesting."

After being reminded by Luna's words, Maka immediately remembered the several times she saw her in the Hogwarts library. And without exception, she was reading some magical theories about the mind.

But... can those documents that are limited to the analysis of Legilimency really enable an ordinary underage witch to understand the heart of a fire dragon?

"Tell me about it when you get back, I want to hear it too."

"Oh well!"

Luna answered Maka's request very readily, as if she had been looking forward to discussing these new gains with Maka from the beginning...

While the two were talking to each other, a dozen of Charlie's colleagues also came over. It can be seen that everyone, including Charlie, who was far away from here before, had a lot of expressions on their faces.

Confuse.

Putting aside the strange experience that seemed like an illusion just now, the image of a fire dragon obediently returning to the cave was enough to make them hesitant until now.

In this regard, Maka could only secretly admit that this was a mistake, but on the surface, he had no intention of explaining to these people.

"Everyone, everything is fine here now. It's just that there is a long-horned dragon that was injured and left here just now. I think you'd better catch up as soon as possible-"

"Uh, no... no need," a tall and thin wizard who seemed to be the leader explained hesitantly, "Natalia mentioned that there is another group over there that is responsible for handling... Well, I don't know who you are?

"

When he asked, Charlie took the initiative to introduce him: "This is the current professor of Ancient Magic Texts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I think you must have heard of the head of the room. He is Maka McClain!"

"Oh! It's Mr. MacLean—"

The wizard whom Charlie called the head of the room seemed to be relieved immediately.

"I didn't expect you to come to our dragon farm... for a visit? Just now... thanks to you! Mr. McClain, Rapa, she-ah, I mean, the horned dragon just now was really pregnant.

?"

Seeing that this guy suddenly became extremely enthusiastic, Macadang realized that the room chief knew a lot about his deeds.

"I think that's true," he continued, "but it is indeed difficult to tell whether a female fire dragon is pregnant. I believe that sir will understand this better than me..."

When they are not familiar with each other, it is always right to have a business exchange first. And taking this opportunity, Maka can also borrow the donkey from the slope as soon as possible to dilute some of the abnormalities just now.

The room chief was also unexpectedly cooperative and did not mention the previous things at all.

"It's just a trivial understanding," he nodded repeatedly. "To be honest, we have been studying the many manifestations of female fire dragons during pregnancy, but we can't find any effective rules... Oh, Mr. McLean must have

Do you want to continue visiting? We have to try to observe the situation in the cave first, so we won’t disturb your interest for the time being..."

Maka was eager to turn around and leave right now! After hearing what he said, she quickly left and took Charlie, Natalia and Luna to meet Hermione and the others.

After they all left, the other researchers and trainers who had been holding back finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked the room director why he suddenly didn't mention anything about the situation just now.

But the room chief immediately waved his hand.

"You think I really don't know who will come to visit today? Don't stand so far away, come closer and listen to me..." (To be continued)