harry potter book of crimes

Those stains left in the dents at the foot of the bed were not blood stains at all, but a special kind of secretion.

Remember, what Miriam gained through bloodline transformation was the Poison Horned Beast's ability to transform.

This magical creature looks a lot like a rhinoceros that has grown several times larger, especially their horns, which are not only extremely thick and hard, but also have venom sacs that store explosive liquid at the roots of their horns, which looks very scary.

And it is this kind of creature that secretes a body fluid that attracts the opposite sex every time it comes to mating season.

Among them, the smell of male secretions is quite strong, but it is easy to evaporate and dissipate; the smell of female secretions is mild, but it can stay in the air for a long time, allowing the male who smells it to track and find her.

Of course, because of this, male poisonous horned beasts will always fight during tracking, and it usually ends with one party being injured or even killing the other party.

Therefore, the number of poison horned beasts will never increase - after all, they only give birth to one cub per litter.

As for now... Maka suddenly realized that Miriam seemed to have smeared this secretion on the foot of the copper pipe bed out of desperation, hoping that someone would discover her extremely obscure signal for help.

"Although that kind of secretion is also red, but...how did she get it? Is it possible that she could still transform in that lounge?"

It is actually not difficult for Maka to follow the scent like the male Poison Horned Beast. What he is hesitating about now is whether he should go or not.

It was he who let Miriam and Asa leave last time. Although Miriam did not ask him to protect her, he also reserved his opinion even though he knew that the two of them were very likely to be caught by Haierbo.

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So, this time...

To be honest, he still doesn't want to go. Because a certain plan is now in front of him, and he doesn't want to add extraneous details at this time and add uncertainties to the plan out of thin air.

But is it really a good idea to think this way?

Maka had already found several bottles of materials he needed from his pocket. As long as he mixed them together, he could temporarily make a semi-finished potion that could see the smell.

But he just held several large and small bottles between his fingers, concentrating on a series of pros and cons and people's hearts.

After a while, he secretly said:

"The reason why she was allowed to leave England with Asaph in the first place was because Helbo would definitely not let her die before he got what he wanted. But now, it's hard to say whether she will die or not..."

Once life is involved, the nature of many things will change subtly, right?

"It seems that your 'Grandpa Raven' is much more cruel than me!"

Maka took out the crucible on the spot, poured a few ingredients into it, and then directly used magic to heat and mix. In just over ten minutes, he scraped the powder out of the pot, and then took back the bottles and jars.

In the pocket at the waist.

The amount is not much, but it is enough for him to use it.

Under the control of the floating spell, the powder flew up easily, and some traces were soon found at the entrance to the space of Xibohe Magic Academy.

The smell of secretions was catalyzed by the powder, showing a hazy pink color, and extended all the way to the door that served as the entrance.

Leaving this entrance, the traces of the smell gradually went away in a certain direction, and then turned into a small alley that seemed a little dark.

And when Maka continued to follow the trace around a few turns, the smell finally disappeared.

To be honest, he thought this was already very good, because at first he thought he might soon find the breaking point of the smell. But the fact was that it took him such a long distance to discover the opponent's spatial movement position.

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From this point of view, Haierbo may not have gone far... In fact, during this period when the International Federation of Wizards came to investigate and maintain stability, he stayed nearby and observed secretly.

If he really found another place to build his foundation, he might have moved to another country immediately after taking Miriam with him.

Putting such thoughts aside for the time being, Maka calmed down and sensed the remaining magic power fluctuations here.

It's a pity that since Haierbo took Miriam away, the space movement magic he used must be quite reliable. Even after Maka's soul rules have progressed, her ability to sense magic has also increased, but

It's impossible to find anything here.

What's more, a lot of time should have passed since the other party moved from here.

Fortunately, when Haierbo took Miriam away, there were quite a few people traveling with him. Just in this remote alley, Maka discovered several residual fluctuations of magic power reactions. These magic power fluctuations were comparable to

Haierbo's own is much more obvious!

Obviously, some of Halbo's remaining "men" at that time also followed him.

"...As expected, he's still in Haifa."

After confirming the information contained in the vague magic power fluctuation, Maka no longer hesitated and went straight to the location he had just analyzed.

"At least if you do this, although it will involve uncertainties, it is not completely without benefits."

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"Dang rang... dang rang... dang rang..."

After changing from one room to another, there is no other difference except that the furnishings become simpler. It is the same that I cannot leave, it is the same dull and silent, and it is the same that there are no windows.

Miriam was leaning against the wall, hitting the water pipe next to the wall with her shackles, making a hollow echo.

It is not that she has never experienced this kind of confinement training before, and she has even tried it in a completely dark and cold dungeon. But she feels that she has never felt as tired and painful as she is today.

Because, although the training in the past was extremely difficult, she still had many things worth remembering at that time. But now, she doesn't want to recall those "good times" at all.

And this was entirely because "Grandpa Raven" abandoned her.

Could it be said that all the joy and laughter in the past years were actually false? Could it be said that Grandpa Raven adopted them just to use them?

If you had not chosen to transform your bloodline and become a dead soldier, would your current situation be different?

Miriam has given up thinking about these questions, just like she gave up those memories. Because she knows that every time she thinks about it, she is poking a hole in her heart, and it hurts so much that she can't help it.

However, just because she had nothing to remember, this isolation and loneliness seemed so unbearable. She was no longer a dead soldier, and now she was just an ordinary woman.

"Crack——"

Hearing the sound of the lock bolt being tightened at the door, Miriam temporarily stopped tapping the water pipe with her shackles, and slowly turned her head to look over there.

Is it time to eat again?

The wizard who had delivered the meal in Sibohe earlier had become one of the many stone sculptures, and it was difficult for her to see it even if she wanted to.

And now, this one was actually a female student from Shibohe.

It's a pity that the little girl who may have been living a relaxed campus life not long ago has now become a butcher knife held in someone's hand that may rob other people's lives at any time.

Miriam couldn't help but pursed her lips as she watched the short girl put the tray on the table numbly and walked out as silently as last time.

She had already tried to communicate with the other party yesterday, but just like the wizard before, communication could not be formed at all.

But even so, she still didn't want to let this opportunity slip away.

"Wait! You-"

Miriam had tried many times since that time with the wizard, but she had never gained anything. So she didn't expect that when the person who came to bring her food actually responded normally, instead

It will give her a chilling feeling.

"Um?"

The girl who was about to walk out of the room suddenly turned back and looked indifferently at Miriam with a cold and sinister gaze. Her slightly white lips looked like a dead body.

Miriam shrank back subconsciously - she was obviously the one who took the initiative to stop the other party, but at this moment, she didn't know what she should say.

"...W-can you let me out of here?"

Unexpectedly, Miriam's words did not receive a response from the other party. Perhaps the question was too straightforward. This made Miriam complain about her communication skills for the first time in her life. She could not even communicate with the most basic communication skills.

All forgotten.

He looked at the little girl as if he didn't hear her words. He just looked at her quietly for a short while, then turned around and walked out of the room again.

After the door was closed, Miriam sat on the ground for a long time, then got up and went to the table to fill her empty belly.

But she didn't know that after closing the door, the girl who had just delivered the meal immediately turned a corner and walked along the outer aisle to the other end.

When she reached the end of the basement, she stopped moving forward. And in the shadow in the corner at the end, there was another looming figure.

"I just gave her food, and she stopped me and asked me if I could let her go."

"Did you answer anything?"

"No, I thought about it and still didn't say anything."

"Well, you did a good job...go back first!"

After the two of them finished talking, they saw a shadow flash in front of the girl's forehead, and the expression on her face returned to the original numbness, and she no longer had the agility she had when speaking.

On the other side, the figure that almost melted into the shadow watched the girl turn and leave, and only looked away after saying she was out of sight.

In the next moment, his unreal figure completely disappeared and was no longer traceable.

This is an underground corridor with rooms, and above it is an ordinary Muggle building. Halbo and his men were hiding in it, silently observing the events in Haifa city.

All changes. (To be continued)