harry potter book of crimes

"Sarah, come out!"

At the same time as he shouted these words, a silver-white mist of light suddenly lit up from Maka's hand, fluttering towards the Dementor in front of him.

As soon as the Dementor felt the power derived from the Patronus Charm, he immediately turned around and ran away. However, the Christmas hat on its head was still hanging firmly on it, following it along.

Submerged in the shadows deep in the corridor.

At this moment, a sweet-looking little girl suddenly opened a door next to the corridor and came to Maka's side.

"I still need you to help me adjust the alchemy doll at the beginning. It paused for a long time in an invisible place."

"OK."

Sarah nodded immediately and followed Maka's path without saying a word.

But behind her, Maka looked at her leaving figure, and after a while she slowly shook her head.

"There is still no emotional feeling...are you looking in the wrong direction?"

This Sarah is the alchemy android who asked Maca to find emotions not long ago, but the fundamental flaw in her soul means that she has never been considered a real life.

Recently, Maka's research on the soul rule runes has made a breakthrough, and she wants to try to use her newly figured out things to make some remedies for Sarah.

It's a pity that although Sarah, a product of one of the pinnacles of alchemy, has flaws, how can it be easy to repair them?

Now Maka asked her to make some alchemy dolls for his own activities, and Sarah actually did a good job in doing this; but on Maka's side, his help to Sarah was very limited.

Fortunately, Sarah didn't seem to be anxious at all - she had been waiting for so long, and probably wouldn't mind waiting a few more years.

Putting Sarah's shortcomings aside for the moment, Maka suddenly looked around the corridor, summarizing her previous experience again in her mind.

"Well, no problem." He nodded slightly.

After waiting for Sarah to adjust the alchemy doll and come back, Maka and her left the gloomy "L"-shaped corridor through the doorway next to them.

And when the two of them walked through the doorway and walked outside, we discovered that the scene in the corridor just now was actually created with the help of the Room of Requirement.

"When the time comes, just move the decoration inside to the corridor outside the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom."

As Maka was talking, she suddenly stretched and yawned loudly.

"Okay, you go back to sleep..." He suddenly stopped mid-sentence, "Oh, I forgot, you don't need to sleep, right?"

"Yes," Sarah nodded, "but I usually go to bed and lie down at night."

Even if she couldn't sleep, she had to at least pretend to be sleeping - this might have been a bit troublesome for Sarah at first, but now, she is more yearning for and looking forward to it.

"Looking forward to being able to integrate into this world sooner or later when I am out of place" - this is something Maka can understand to some extent.

"Well," Maka waved her hand at the other party when they separated, "Good night."

"Professor MacLean too, wish you a sweet dream!"

Sarah knowingly showed a sweet smile, even though she knew it was just a fake smile, it was still exceptionally bright.

…

After returning to the office, he did not go to sleep.

Maka still has a lot to do these days, so he doesn't want to spend too much time sleeping. He won't catch up on his sleep until about three o'clock in the morning. The rest of the time, he basically wakes up with a pick-me-up.

The brain potion is gone.

And this, in fact, is the problem.

If he was so busy, why did he bother with any Christmas activities? Even after Snape refused, he took over all the Defense Against the Dark Arts activities that he was supposed to be responsible for.

But as long as Maka doesn't say anything, others will never understand until the answer is revealed automatically.

At this moment, just like the previous days, he spread out the parchment roll on the slightly crowded table and began to write and draw.

After an unknown amount of time, Maka suddenly stopped holding the quill in her hand, looking at his expression as if she had thought of something.

"Oh, that seems like a good idea."

Almost at the moment Maka said these words, the deepest part of the Auror Office of the British Ministry of Magic...

"Lupine, Sirius, and Scrimgeour are going to let me choose someone from the office to go to the Israeli magic world. What do you think about this person... how should I choose?"

The person who spoke was Kingsley, who is now the head of the Auror Office. Now that both Lupine and Sirius were sent to the Ministry of Magic by Maka, they naturally became Kingsley's subordinates.

But this "subordinate" is only in name, because Kingsley himself also knows that in terms of ability and experience, none of the two seniors and colleagues in the Order of the Phoenix are worse than him.

So when he encountered this problem, he took advantage of the night shift to find these two people to come to his office to discuss things overnight.

"Do we have to get one over?" Lu Ping couldn't help but frowned when he heard this, "This is not a good idea!"

On the Hogwarts side, Maka and McGonagall, the two pillars of the Order of the Phoenix, had unanimously decided not to care about things there. Naturally, Lupine also understood the dangers involved.

On the other hand, Sirius, who has always been very courageous, seemed very casual.

However, he did not express his opinion, because he also knew that Lu Ping was obviously better at using his brain.

"Well, I also know that this is not a good idea," Kingsley spread his hands and said, "At least for the people sent there, the situation will probably be very bad..."

Information from Hogwarts and his side has always been secretly and continuously exchanged. Judging from Maka's decision, Kingsley also knew that there must be something wrong there.

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"...But if we change our position to that of the Ministry of Magic, then it might not be a bad idea to send someone over to follow him and find out more." Kingsley finally said.

His words are actually viewed from Scrimgeour's perspective - as the Minister of the British Ministry of Magic, it is undoubtedly the responsibility and obligation of a person in power to keep an eye on the current situation. This indeed cannot be said to be a wrong decision.

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"I can understand."

Lu Ping nodded and suddenly fell silent for a while, seeming to be thinking about some other issue. After a while, he smiled bitterly for some reason.

"I suddenly discovered that since the leader of the Order of the Phoenix was replaced by McClane, many things have become much easier." He recalled, "Thinking about the past, when we first faced Voldemort, almost every time

Everyone is doing things at the risk of their lives. But now..."

"Is that what you think?" Sirius couldn't help complaining, "To be honest, I really have had enough rest...Kingsley, why don't you just let me go! I'm good at lurking and investigating— —”

"Okay," Lu Ping waved his hand, "Don't interrupt! I'm just wondering whether some sacrifices are worth it... Although sacrifices are always unpredictable, the corresponding risks can be estimated to a certain extent."

There is certainly nothing wrong with valuing life, but when something requires one's life to be sacrificed, the balance between the two becomes a huge problem.

At the end, Lu Ping couldn't help but sigh:

"I don't even remember what Dumbledore was thinking at the time..."

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know that Maka's personal charm is obviously not as great as Dumbledore's, and her leadership skills are not that strong.

At least half of his status in the Order of the Phoenix is ​​supported by his amazing magical abilities and wisdom in handling matters.

Maka's outstanding ability made the other members of the Order of the Phoenix feel more relaxed. Until Voldemort and Grindelwald both fell, everyone finally became a piece of salted fish in the Order of the Phoenix.

But at this time, Sirius said:

"Dumbledore is gone, what else is there to say? What's more, I think Maka has discovered this himself, otherwise why would he suggest that we all go to the Ministry of Magic to serve?"

"He wants us to take over the Ministry of Magic!" Kingsley lowered his voice and joked, "When I become the Minister, the Auror office will be handed over to you Sirius, and then you, Lupin Just go to the Wizengamot and get a seat! Then the Ministry of Magic can be renamed the Ministry of the Phoenix!"

After Kingsley interrupted, the three of them all laughed.

But to be honest, if Lupine and Sirius are allowed to stay at the Ministry of Magic, the possibility of his joke coming true is really high.

After relaxing for a while, Lu Ping continued the topic just now and said:

"Sending someone there is a big or small matter. To be on the safe side, let's send a letter to Hogwarts to ask! Of course, we can also add our own thoughts to the letter... "

At the end of his words, he glanced at Sirius beside him.

"...If Hogwarts doesn't agree, for the sake of the overall situation, I believe Maka or Ms. McGonagall will tell Scrimgeour. But if they really agree, I think the three of us have to go together. .”

It is not impossible to let other Aurors go. Even if a different person were to be the head of the Auror office, they might just pick a new person and throw them over to fend for themselves.

But the three people present were obviously not that kind of people.

"I think so too," Kingsley immediately echoed, "At least one person is definitely not enough... I will start writing a letter right now, you should go back to your seats first!"

Although there were Aurors on duty in the Auror office every night, almost nothing happened at night. Sirius planned to sleep first and replace Lupin in the middle of the night.

But shortly after leaving Kingsley's office, before he could lie down on the sofa, a figure suddenly rushed in from the door. (To be continued)