harry potter book of crimes

Wait—you just said you were Maka McClain?"

Compared to the shadow man who knew nothing about Maka, this girl seemed to have suddenly found this name from her vague memory.

And then, her eyes suddenly widened, as if they were about to glow.

"I have heard your name... yes, I should have heard your name!" She suddenly said excitedly, "Lord... oh, I mean, 'him'. He has mentioned it before

You said you must have released those spiders... Please tell me, what happened to my classmates? Are they... dead?"

This girl's "excitement" is certainly not the excitement of hearing that she is about to be saved...well, at least not entirely. At the moment, she seems to be more concerned about her friends than her own safety, because her two roommates are both here

That night he never came to her again.

After hearing this, Maka quickly shook her head.

"If you are referring to your companions who fought with people from the International Confederation of Wizards——"

"They were all just controlled by 'him', really! They didn't want to do that! Some juniors and juniors even just turned thirteen this year!"

The girl interrupted Maka and defended her classmates. But of course Maka already knew the true identity of those "short dark wizards", so he just smiled at the girl's words.

"Don't worry, you don't have to worry. I have roughly understood some of the situation." He comforted, "I just want to tell you that some of your classmates have only been petrified, and the petrification effect can be lifted.

."

However, this also includes a small number of Sibohe students who may actually die.

Because they were not just petrified, a small number of students were accidentally petrified and broken into pieces accidentally.

And the petrified person is not a real stone sculpture, so it is impossible to "spell it back".

At the moment, Maka obviously can't tell her this fact.

"Oh! That's great..." The girl immediately became happy after hearing the result she wanted to hear most, "I'll open the door for you, now--"

"Can't open!"

The shadow man, who was shocked by Maka's word "boss" just now, saw that the two of them started talking to each other, and subconsciously ignored him, and gradually became a little annoyed.

"How do you know he's not... not..."

"Not from Haierbo?"

Maka asked the girl to open the door and spread her hands.

"Oh, it seems you have figured it out yourself?"

Of course he is not from Haierbo. Even if the shadow man had doubted it at first, he would no longer doubt it now.

After all, even if the girl didn't mention what happened that night, it would have been impossible for Haierbo's subordinates to accompany them here to talk about it.

The real Herbo is up there! Shout louder and they will all be dead.

Just as the shadow man stared at Maka speechlessly, with a "click" sound, the door where Miriam was imprisoned was finally opened again.

After hearing this, Maka stopped paying attention to the other party, turned around and walked towards the door over there. Seeing this, the shadow man naturally had no time to worry about the doubts in his heart and hurriedly followed him.

...

In the closed room, Miriam was still tapping on the water pipe, looking at the spotted mold in the corner with a slightly absent-minded look.

When she heard the door lock behind her suddenly making another noise, her distracted eyes regained focus and turned to look in the direction of the door.

"Is it time to eat again?"

"...No, I think I have already eaten today."

"Is it Haierbo?"

In just a second or two when the door was opened, these three thoughts flashed through Miriam's mind, and her heart suddenly lifted.

However, the person who suddenly entered her field of vision from outside the door was not Haierbo, nor the little girl who brought her food... but actually an "enemy" she didn't know, or something else.

acquaintance.

"I haven't seen you for a while, right? And -" Maka was about to say hello, but she smiled apologetically and said, "Sorry, it looks really bad, so I won't say anything like 'are you okay' or something like that?"

What a stupid thing to say."

Miriam looked at Maka blankly, and after a while she pursed her lips and said softly:

"McLean...Mr."

Speaking of which, during the period of being imprisoned by Haierbo, what she regretted most was why she didn't put aside everything and plead with Maka. Yes! Even for Asaph, right?

And now, when she saw Maka walking in from that door, her mood was really complicated.

"Well," Maka responded, then thought for a moment and said, "Miss Miriam...I never like to regret, but I still have to say that I should probably have left you in the UK at that time.

."

He said, then waved his hand.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this..." Maka changed the subject, "By the way, I think I have to praise you - how did you come up with the idea of ​​using the poisonous horned beast incense as a clue? Seriously, this

It is indeed very effective, although it is difficult for ordinary wizards to turn it into an effective tracking basis in a short time..."

Seeing Maka talking about the poisonous horned beast secretions, Miriam's bloodless face turned slightly red.

"...Because that's the only one I can use."

Maka didn't know how she made the poisonous horned beast incense in human form, but now it seems that the method is not suitable for all ages.

"Ahem... Anyway, I think I still have to ask you a question."

He coughed dryly and simply gave up on the topic, his expression immediately becoming slightly serious again.

"This time, do you need me to save you from here?"

This sounds like nonsense, but for Maca, it has a deeper meaning. That is what he thinks about "whether he should choose the same path as Dumbledore" when facing "sacrifice".

the answer given.

And what he asked means that he decided not to make a choice and left the right of choice to the parties themselves.

When Miriam heard Maka ask this, she seemed to feel the weight of the question from her perspective. She paused for a moment, and then nodded seriously.

"Yes, Mr. MacLean...I really need your help."

"Oh, thank you."

When she said this endless thank you, Maka had already turned around, and even Miriam was not sure whether this thank you was meant for her.

And in the next second, he saw Maka suddenly wave his hand in the direction of the door. While he quickly took out his staff, a thin but extremely solid ice-blue light passed silently in an instant, penetrating the door.

side wall.

"Herbo, when are you going to see me there?"

"Of course...it's time to see that you really want to take her away."

Before Maka could finish her words, another voice that was quite familiar to everyone rang out, and then an old figure slowly appeared from beside the point where Maka attacked.

"Humph, you did discover my existence..." Haierbo continued, "But why don't you just pretend not to notice it? Tell me now, and you won't be afraid that I will use the two people outside like I did at Werther's house last time.

Force you again?"

"Not afraid." Maka immediately replied, "Because the main purpose of my coming this time is actually not to save people - I came here specifically to see you!"

As he spoke, he suddenly stretched out his staff again, and a faint rune immediately appeared from the top of the staff.

"arrogant!"

Haierbo's pupils suddenly shrank, and he didn't care about any coercive means. He ducked and flew away from the ground. Even when he passed by the girl and the shadow man outside, he didn't pay attention to it at all. He just wanted to stay away from Ma.

The location of the card.

In other words, it is where the rune is.

Halbo was very familiar with that rune. In his heyday, Salazar Slytherin used this rune to chase him around.

And now, this rune has appeared on Maka's side again!

Haierbo, whose current strength is close to one in ten, has no other idea except to stay away immediately. Because he is worried that if Maka has reached the level of being able to control the Bewitching Monument, he may be crushed again.

Gone underground.

Before he understood this, he would not have made such a big bet based on his caution.

Unfortunately, this time Maka didn't seem to want him to slip away again. Therefore, when he saw Haierbo turning around and running away, he immediately chased her out like the wind.

"Whether Christmas can go smoothly in a few days depends on today..."

Hearing Maka's last words gradually drifted away as he walked away, Miriam and the two people outside seemed stunned for a long time, and finally realized that it was time to leave.

!

"Ahaz?"

When the shadowy man who had been standing outside the door suddenly rushed into the room, Miriam recognized him immediately. He was also a member of their organization, and he was younger than her.

"Miriam, I don't know how that guy did it, but now he just scared away Haierbo. Run away now! The boss wants me to save you..."

"boss?"

This word suddenly entered Miriam's ears. Although the sound was not loud, it reverberated in her mind so violently that she forgot the current situation for a while.

Why?

Why had Ahaz been sent to rescue her now after he had clearly abandoned her and Asaph?

Grandpa Raven, who was once amiable and would never force the children to do anything, had completely collapsed in her heart not long ago. Why did it happen again now...

"...Why?"

While her thoughts were in turmoil, the word that kept swirling in Miriam's head slipped out of her mouth. (To be continued)