harry potter book of crimes

...We have tried many times, but no matter what method we use, we have not been able to break the defensive spell on this lounge. But there are still gains--"

"We found that the magic spells attached to the surrounding walls seemed to be somewhat similar to the ancient magic of a pyramid in Egypt!"

While Maka listened to Ajinbad explaining the situation, she looked around at the door in front of her.

Of course, except for this door, the walls on both sides of the dean's room that were not protected by the spell had been broken through, and they used this method to try to destroy the outer wall on the other side of Xu Shanggu.

Unfortunately, they obviously did not succeed.

"Well, anyway, let me try it first!"

No longer waiting for Ajinbad to continue speaking, Maka suddenly took out his staff and went straight to the door in front of him. But just when he was about to use some rough but effective method to break it, he suddenly

He quickly stopped what he was doing.

"Oh, it might not be appropriate to mess around here..."

When he thought that there might be living things trapped inside, he didn't want to inadvertently injure anyone before he could finally distinguish between ourselves and the enemy - if that happened, it would have a bad impact on his reputation.

However, due to the strong fluctuations of the defensive magic left by Haierbo, there is really no way to know if there is anyone inside without touching it first.

"...I'll take a look again."

Seeing that Maka suddenly took back the long staff in her hand, all the curse breakers in the dean's room actually let out a disappointed "Oh".

Yes, modern wizards have indeed stopped using long staffs, but spell breakers like them, who specialize in dealing with antiquities, have some understanding of it.

And knowing that the long staff was very difficult to use, and some of them had even tried it themselves and failed, they especially wanted to see how Maka used this thing.

Because this is very likely to allow these guys who love magic research to have a glimpse of the mysteries of ancient wizards.

"This is a long staff... isn't it the kind in the mural that is curved? The one with a hook on the top..."

"That one with the hook is the ceremonial staff!"

"Who said that? According to my research..."

Hearing a buzzing discussion behind her, Maka just glanced at it casually and quickly returned her attention to the door.

Speaking of the door itself, it doesn't look like there's anything weird about it. It's just a very ordinary wooden door. But the faint magic fluctuations spreading inside it show that it's not simple.

Thanks to Rowena, Maka read some classics about thousands of years ago in her secret room. However, most of them were about in-depth magic theories. As for the documents that really introduced ancient magic, they were almost

Not a single one.

Think about it, take Maka's office as an example. Although there is a lot of information there, most of it is research materials and notes. It is not surprising to judge others by oneself.

But because of this, his understanding of ancient magic actually has many loopholes. His vision is sufficient, but it is almost unsystematic.

But at this moment, he could not quickly understand what Maka had analyzed from the magic power fluctuations.

After a moment, Maka shook her head.

"Forget it, I'll just go in from the roof! As long as I'm careful, there should be no problem up there..."

He was about to analyze ancient magic, which would take too much time. He didn't want to stay here all day.

He waved his staff towards the ceiling, and a large hole that could directly see the sky was formed in an instant. This time, he didn't even have a magic book, so he just grabbed the staff and flew up, passing through the hole in the ceiling and arriving here.

The top of a mansion-style building.

After taking a rough look at the location, Maka took a few steps forward, and then began to tear down the roof on the spot.

When he found that he could no longer destroy the roof tiles with the cutting spell, he immediately understood that he had reached the end.

"Crack, click... click!"

Maka pressed the staff against the brick roof below, and the cooling runes quickly cooled it, and the magic in the roof also took effect. Because he made the cooling rules suddenly stop in just an instant, Bai Bai

The area where the frost spread was not large, but there was still a crackling sound soon.

Immediately, he brought down the staff in his hand, and his whole body fell into the rest room that he could not enter along with the broken masonry fragments.

But before his body hit the ground, he controlled the gravel to float up, and supported his falling body to fall steadily to the floor.

Similar to what you see outside, this is a room with nothing special about it.

There is a plush carpet on the floor, two beautiful landscape paintings are hung on the wall, the inner bookshelf is filled with books of all kinds, and there is a large floor-to-ceiling vase in the corner.

To be honest, except that there was no mattress or quilt on the copper bed, everything seemed normal.

Oh, by the way! It is worth mentioning that although Maka was not sure if there was anyone here before, but now, looking at it, there is no sign of life at all.

"After working on it for a long time, is it just an empty room?"

He muttered secretly and waved his staff again, as if he wanted to move all the things in the room to see if there was anything hidden. After all, this is the magical world, although people have already checked everything outside.

, but common sense on physical structure may not be effective in the face of magic.

But just when Maka was about to take action, an inconspicuous mark somewhere made him pause.

"what is that?"

While he was thinking, he walked towards the empty copper tube bed and leaned down to take a closer look at a complex dent on the foot of the bed.

It can be seen that it must be a mark made by someone deliberately knocking it, and it was hit many times. There are even some blood stains that have turned black in the dent.

"Is it Asaph or Miriam?"

Maka stretched out her hand and rubbed her fingers at the indentation, smeared some dried blood-stained powder on it, put it to the tip of her nose and smelled it gently.

Because the smell of blood will become much lighter after it dries, he thought he wouldn't be able to smell any obvious smell. But who knew that as soon as he put it in front of his nose, a strange smell similar to musk suddenly rushed in.

his nasal cavity.

The smell is also very weak, but you can still smell it from such a close distance - I have to say, it's a bit unpleasant!

Maka immediately took away his finger, and then quickly frowned, as if he was thinking about what the smell was just now. But after a moment, he suddenly froze, and after a long while he looked at it with a strange expression.

He smacked his lips.

"So...it's Miriam!"

Somehow, he already knew who was trapped here.

He stood up, clapped his hands, and then quickly returned to the dean's room outside, waving to Ajinbad.

"Mr. Ajinbad, I went in and took a look - although I didn't look carefully, there should be nothing there. If you are worried, you can go inside and search the whole thing again."

The defensive magic on the door and wall is still there, but the magic on the roof has been forcibly broken by Maka, so it is no longer difficult to get in.

As for the magic on the remaining walls, they will become precious research materials in the future.

When Ajinbad thanked him for a while, and then led the curse breakers in a hurry up the roof and went inside, Maka stretched out her hand to stop Bill Weasley who wanted to follow him to see what was new.

"I have something to do and will be leaving soon..." he said, "You should have heard that Hogwarts will hold an event at Christmas, and you must come then! And...

.Seriously, as Ron's eldest brother, you have to think of a solution for him... He has encountered some 'small problems' recently;."

"Ron?" Bill asked, "When has he ever lacked a 'little problem' in his life? It's okay. I believe he can get through it on his own..."

Seeing Bill smiling nonchalantly, Maka could only shrug.

"Okay! I may have said it too casually... In fact, it is a 'not so small' problem. I'm worried that he can't solve it this time. By then, you family members will have to follow suit."

My son has a headache!"

"Uh..." Bill tilted his head and asked doubtfully, "What kind of problem is it? Let's make it clear first, if he gets into trouble again, I won't help him - we Weasley men are

You should be brave enough to take action."

"Oh, actually... to be precise, it's an 'emotional' issue." Maka thought for a moment and said subtly, "When you were in school at Hogwarts, wasn't it said that you rejected several girls?

Pursue it? I think you need to teach Ron this skill."

To be honest, Bill was really shocked when Maka said this.

"That boy Ron, when did he become so popular?" He immediately approached Maka and said in astonishment, "Real or fake? What changed? Did he use some love potion? Contraband?"

"

"Well...ahem," Maka said seriously, "It's not convenient for me to say this for him. You can ask him himself and you will understand!"

"Um..."

After hearing this, Bill pondered to himself for a moment, and then sighed.

"If Mom finds out, she will be so happy! Ron is actually being chased by a girl... What's there to say no to? Even if he is so ugly that he goes out in the middle of the night and scares people to death, our Weasley family will not dislike it.

.Is it because the girl has a bad character?"

Seeing Bill muttering to himself, Maka didn't want to waste any more time. Anyway, he had finished what he needed to say, and Ron, the eldest brother, would definitely go to Hogwarts later.

, there is no need for him to worry about it.

He said goodbye to Bill casually, and regardless of whether the other party heard it or not, he walked up the stairs and rummaged in the pocket on his waist. (To be continued)