harry potter book of crimes

There aren't many gorgeous and colorful sights, nor are there any shocking sounds.

Ever since this rune formation was activated, its performance has always been very low-key. Apart from the consistent blue brilliance of power and the silently floating symbols, no other abnormalities have appeared.

Before I knew it, half an hour had passed.

Maka was still staring at the fully lit part in the middle, and after continuing to do so for dozens of seconds, she secretly confirmed that the first phase of the array was activated.

Then, he suddenly raised the staff in his hand and waved it steadily, causing the existing magic power to circulate in the several rune circles in the middle.

This first stage takes a lot of time, and he can't continuously supply magic power to the array. So in order to maintain the array's self-operation for a long time, he thought of using cycles to greatly reduce losses, and he put this method into practice

In the array diagram.

"Next... we have to wait for it to resonate with the comet's magic power."

As Maka said this, she sat down on the ground nonchalantly, not caring at all how dirty the top of the black stone fortress was.

On the other side, Old Eun, who was sitting in a wheelchair, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"...Then just wait a little longer!"

Some people often say that billionaires will definitely not care about a minute or two, and those who have lived long enough will naturally not care about waiting an extra hour and a half.

But the facts are sometimes quite different from some taken-for-granted conjectures.

Old Youn has been waiting for nearly a thousand years, but now when he discovered that his long wait was finally about to bear fruit, the urgency in his heart was even greater than he imagined.

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He really wanted to ask Maka a few more questions to find out how confident he was. However, he knew the process from beginning to end, so asking now seemed like adding to the confusion.

Therefore, he could only choose to remain silent most of the time, allowing Maka to carry out the plan quietly.

Suddenly, the old man's eyes narrowed, and his eyes quickly fell on the center of the array. Because he saw two faint light spots suddenly appeared there, and they surrounded each other closely.

"Well, this is the most direct proof of the dual-core comet..." Upon seeing this, Maka nodded immediately and said, "To be honest, from this moment on, I finally have more confidence in this plan.

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This fantasy-like "Reaching for the Stars Plan" is always unbelievable. If Old Yoon hadn't come up with those calculation data, Maka probably wouldn't have really come to accompany the old man crazy.

But even with the data, the plan is still full of uncertainties.

Not to mention anything else, the shape of the comet itself is the biggest basic element in this plan.

If it is not a comet with two nuclei as Old Eun said, Maca would not be able to "peel off" some fragments from a comet that is flying at high speed in the universe and smash it with the earth.

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Looking at the two light spots that were getting bigger and bigger in the array, Maka continued to wait silently. Because those two spots were the phenomenon that occurred when the magic power in the array resonated with the comet's dual core, but the light

That's it, it's obviously not enough.

But at this moment, Maka, who was watching them, seemed to remember something, and suddenly said without looking back:

"By the way, Miriam and Ahaz are at my place now..."

His words, which had no beginning or end, seemed a bit abrupt when he said them, but he seemed to have no intention of continuing to explain more.

Because he can be sure that Old Yoon will definitely understand what he wants to say.

As expected, the old man quickly said:

"Really? That child Miriam...it's best that she's still alive."

Maka could tell that Old Yoon was probably really happy for Miriam's survival. But this joy was hard to make people laugh.

Maka paused and asked calmly:

"Since you finally asked Ahaz to save her, why did you have to abandon her before?"

Maka actually knew the answer to this question a long time ago, but he still wanted to let Old Yoon, the person who made the decision, say it himself.

Perhaps hearing some dissatisfaction from his tone, Old Yoon immediately said: "I asked Ahaz to pick her back because her mission has been completed..."

"...I know it's really inhumane to ask people who have nothing to do with it to make sacrifices. But I have to make sure that 'his' attention is always where I want him to focus... so that we

Only then can the plan be carried out more safely.”

"You know, many things need people to do it, so...in order to alleviate the guilt in my heart, I can only choose to save each child from the beginning and slowly raise them into adults.

Then...I will try my best to let them decide for themselves whether they want to repay me with their lives."

Old Eun's words were very serious, and the various reasons behind them were not unreasonable.

Not only did he save many children like Miriam and Asaph who were destined to die, he also raised them one by one and even gave them the right to choose.

Even that choice would feel a bit like repaying a favor.

However, even if these are regarded as hidden troubles, does he really have the right to let those children sacrifice their lives for his "thousand-year plan"?

Seeing Lao Youn stop talking, Maka was about to say something, but unexpectedly the other party added:

"...But to be honest, there is one thing I didn't expect at the beginning. Although my actions made me feel less guilty, the pain in my heart became more... It can be said that every child is me

Look at how grown up you are!”

During the period of dealing with Halbo, Old Eun's men had indeed sacrificed many people. And these things started from the time when they deliberately sent people into the British magical world to lure Maka to meet in Azkaban.

It started on that day.

Therefore, this created the impression on Maka that "Ewan Ravenclaw did not hesitate to send dead soldiers regardless of the lives of his men."

But think about it on the other hand, how did Old Eun treat the children he saved in the nearly a thousand years before that?

You know, this organization with "Raven" as its symbol seems to have been around for a long time, right?

"Anyway, I hope this plan goes smoothly!"

Maca actually couldn't make any comment on Old Eun's actions. He was not a moral benchmark, and he had no interest in judging others from some commanding heights.

The question just now was not so much his dissatisfaction with Old Eun's approach as it was a process of trying to find the answer.

After touching the rules of the soul, Maka felt that the answers to such questions seemed to become more and more important.

It's a pity that he didn't get a very satisfactory answer this time...

Gradually, another half hour passed in a hurry, but in Lao Youn's heart it seemed to be longer than his whole life.

Fortunately, nothing unusual happened in the array during this silent waiting period, and the two light spots had slowly expanded to the size of a human head.

During this period of time, they have been circling at a constant speed, sprinkling patches of faint blue light particles in the array. If you just ignore other irrelevant things and just appreciate it, it really has a special sense of beauty.

When Old Youn waited until his breathing became a little rapid, Maka finally stood up again with her staff.

He didn't say anything more to the old man, but concentrated on pointing the staff into the groove of another stone slab at the edge.

This is the place where magic power is injected into the outermost layer of the formation. As long as part of his magic power is circulated in the outer ring, it can be activated independently.

To be honest, this is actually the simplest step. But during the production of this array, the most time-consuming part was this single outer ring.

When the faint blue light soaked the entire circle of stone slabs, and with the sudden burst of light particles, a hemispherical shadow was condensed directly on top of the formation.

Just like Professor Sinistra's Starry Sky Cafe, Maka used all the previous data here and laid out a star map of the solar system.

And compared to the star map in the Starry Sky Cafe, his accuracy requirements here are much higher.

"There are still twenty-five minutes before we can start creating magic resonance... However, I think it's better to wait a little longer. A better position and angle will make the last step easier and more accurate."

Maka said and glanced at Old Youn, indicating that he could express his thoughts.

This is a plan with no room for experimentation. Everything needs to be completed at once. If an unexpected mistake occurs due to some omissions, there may not be a chance to remedy it.

Therefore, Maka did not hesitate to communicate with Old Yuen.

"Well... although I really want to say it as soon as possible, but let's wait a little longer! We have to ensure that it succeeds, don't we?"

It's a pity that Old Youn doesn't seem to have any ideas anymore.

After hearing this, Maka lightly shrugged and continued to pay attention to the star map operation in the formation. Then he only had to wait for the comet to reach the most favorable position, and then he could continue to start the third step.

However, at about this time, Hermione was sitting silently in the Gryffindor common room. The reason for her silence was just a word from Professor McGonagall:

"McLean has resigned."

She didn't even know when that figure had quietly left. To be honest, if she could have noticed it at that time, she would have forcibly stopped him from leaving - no matter how hard she used any means.

But now that she thinks about it, she just feels that she should just sit here and wait silently for his return. (To be continued)