harry potter book of crimes

It's still snowing outside, swirling and dancing in the wind.

Looking from near to far, it seems that the snowflakes in each area follow their own melody, but when mixed together, they appear so chaotic.

And if it were further away, it would be so white that nothing could be seen clearly.

But Maka quite likes the weather like this.

"...Are you worried about something?"

Suddenly, the back figure in front of him turned around, and a pair of dark brown eyes looked straight towards this side. And in those pupils, there was as sharp as ever.

"Don't deny it, I can feel it. You've always...always been in a trance inadvertently lately. It just seems like..."

Just like Luna.

Hermione was thinking so in her heart, but she couldn't say it out loud. Because she understood that everyone could be distracted, and she couldn't force Luna to get involved because of the inexplicable relationship between the three of them.

This was obviously unfair to that innocent and pure Ravenclaw girl.

"Anyway, you have to tell me what happened? This is what we agreed on."

However, Maka shook her head decisively just after hearing her question.

"Sorry, Hermione...I can't say it yet."

"But--"

"Yes, I said it's best not to hide anything, so I paid special attention to my usual actions." Maka interrupted, "But even so, you seem to have discovered something..."

As he spoke, he recalled it in his mind.

"Oh, is it because I stayed in the classroom too long after class?"

"It's not important, I just want to-"

Hermione had just started to say these words when her face suddenly changed slightly and she subconsciously took a step back.

"Maka, are you... aren't you Maka?"

"No, no," Maka said with a smile, "I'm still me, and I won't let Haierpo take over my body so easily... What's more, if Haierpo got my body, he would have killed Huo Erbo long ago.

Gvoz was turned upside down."

The wizard's magic power is linked to the soul. Although the amount of magic power is limited, its activity will increase with the growth of magic principles, natural rules, and even spiritual will.

At the same time, the soul is equivalent to constantly getting stronger.

It is impossible to suppress Maka's soul in the first place.

"Then...what happened to you? Why-"

Hermione's words always seemed to be interrupted today. This time, before Maka could speak, the door of the auditorium behind him was suddenly opened from the inside.

"Hey! What are you talking about? Is it related to what Professor Bubaji is studying?"

"What?"

The head that popped out from the door was Luna. Apparently, she followed Maka and Hermione after seeing them walking this way.

Hermione was stunned at Luna's unrelated question. However, Maka couldn't help but raise her eyebrows after hearing it.

"Oh?" He said in surprise, "Did you see it? I clearly asked her to keep it confidential..."

Maka's words immediately caught Hermione's attention, and she keenly felt that there might be a reason why Maka had been distracted recently.

"What?" she immediately asked Luna.

"Eh? Don't you know?"

Luna also showed a very cooperative smile and told everything she knew without thinking.

"That's what I happened to see when I went to Professor Bubbaji to ask about Muggle bathing!" She whispered, "Shhh - remember not to tell others. In fact, I saw one in Professor Bubbaji's office.

big guy!"

"Really? Tell me! What did you see?"

Hermione also put on an anxious expression. Although it was somewhat of an act, her desire to know the specific situation was also genuine.

Maka looked at Hermione's hurried look and knew that the girl wanted to seize the time to ask for more useful things before he stopped her.

But that wasn't actually a secret that had to be kept, so he didn't stop Hermione from asking.

As for Luna, she didn't have the consciousness of "don't tell others". Seeing that Hermione was very interested, she became even more interested.

"That's... Oh, Hermione, you are a Muggle-born wizard, I think you must know that thing!" She said happily, "Professor Bubbaji said that the big guy seems to be called 'In the Muggle world'

Steam Princess'!"

"That's a 'steam engine'." Maka couldn't help but correct her.

As for Hermione, her expression was much more exciting.

"Steam engine?"

Due to some unknown characteristics of magic, most technological products invented by Muggles cannot work within the scope of Hogwarts. Therefore, many modern products that are popular in the Muggle world will basically not appear in Hogwarts.

in school.

Coupled with the fact that some guys who always hold contempt for Muggles are always jumping around, it becomes even more difficult for wizards to understand the beauty of technological products.

Therefore, when Luna said that she saw a steam engine in Professor Bubbaji's office, the Muggle-born Hermione was not to mention surprised.

"Yes, steam engine!" Luna nodded happily, "Oh, Professor Bubaji asked me not to say it, but...well, as far as you and Maka are concerned, it should be fine, right?"

Seeing that Hermione was surprised and seemed to be a little bit confused, Maka couldn't help but waved her hand.

"Remember the Hogwarts Express?" he reminded, "There is a steam engine in the front of the car, but no matter how it runs, it is only responsible for spitting out steam!"

"This means..." Hermione said immediately, "At least, magic will not interfere with the steam engine?"

"Yes, you are right!" Maka nodded and said, "Based on the current speculation and verification by Muggle Studies scholars, the thing that the magic in magic interferes with is probably electricity - if you are interested, in the future

You can also try to study it like Professor Bubbaji!"

After Maka said this, Hermione, who already liked to think, couldn't help but start thinking about it. But after more than ten seconds, she found that the surroundings had become quiet, and she suddenly raised her head and put aside this indeed very interesting question for the time being.

To the back of the head.

"Maka," she said, "So, is it because you are helping Professor Bubaji research steam engines that you are in a daze in the classroom after class from time to time?"

"Hey, I'm not in a daze, okay?" Maka said with a helpless smile, "Please call my state 'thinking'."

He didn't deny Hermione's assumption, and of course, he didn't admit it either.

But on Hermione's side, she felt that the truth should be like this - Maka likes to do research. This was her judgment after watching Maka enter Hogwarts until now, and this is undoubtedly

correct.

"Okay!" Hermione pursed her lips and said, "But then, what can't be said?"

After hearing this, Maka shrugged.

"You'll find out soon," he smiled. "Trust me, it won't be long."

When she heard "It won't be long" in Maka's words, Hermione tilted her head, and suddenly her eyes lit up again.

"It's Christmas! It's Christmas, right?"

This time Maka didn't answer anything. He just made a noncommittal expression towards Hermione, but the curve of the corner of his mouth made a certain answer become self-evident.

"Oh! I understand, I won't ask this question again!" Hermione finally nodded, and a smile appeared on her face, "Then... yes, I will look forward to it! I like surprises!"

"Well, that's great if you think so!"

Luna looked at Hermione and Maka playing charades with each other, looking very confused. But she didn't care. After hearing Hermione's last sentence "I like surprises", she also showed her expression.

Come with a big smile.

"I also like surprises! Like Dad's Gordig root tea, it makes me look forward to it every morning - because you never know what Dad will add to it!"

The example she gave made Maka shake her head in confusion.

"Luna, you need to distinguish the difference between the words 'surprise' and 'fright'."

…

The situation on Maka's side did not produce the "change" that Ron was worried about, but on Ron's side, the changes in his heart and expression became more intense.

"Harry, you must understand that I have invited her more than once! Because we had a good dance at Slughorn's ball last time..."

"Yes, you saw it too! But after that night, no matter how I looked for her, she escaped from my sight again and again. Sometimes it was really unavoidable, and she would simply lower her head and pretend not to be there.

I have seen that even if I keep calling her, she just pretends not to hear!"

"To be honest, I don't know what to do anymore... I can feel that I like her very much, and I like the tacit understanding with her! But... she seems to be too shy and introverted..."

Lunch time is almost over now, and many students are getting up and leaving one after another, so the long table has become quite empty.

But even though Harry was equally satisfied, he could only sit in his seat, staring blankly at Ron gesticulating beside him and expressing his inner tears.

In fact, although Harry has Ginny as his girlfriend, when it comes to his experience in love, he is probably not much better than Ron.

Now that he was listening to Ron's non-stop complaints, there was only one sentence left in his mind - what nonsense are you talking about?

When Ron finally became thirsty and picked up the half-cup of juice left to drink, Harry stood up in a hurry.

"Ron, it's time to go back to the lounge. We have to prepare the textbooks for the afternoon."

After hearing Harry's words, Ron, who had just put the cup to his mouth, glanced around in surprise, and then realized that he seemed to have been complaining for too long.

But at this moment, he suddenly said "ah" - it turned out that the juice in his hand was taken away by the house elf in the kitchen. (To be continued)