harry potter book of crimes

For the creatures living on the earth, the fall of meteorites is undoubtedly extremely terrifying.

Depending on the composition, sometimes an extraterrestrial rock with a size of more than a hundred feet can leave a huge crater with a diameter of more than a kilometer on the ground, not to mention the terrible disaster that the terrible shock wave will cause.

But what Maka and Old Eun chose was a "big guy" with an actual size of nearly 100 feet (100 meters)!

Of course, judging from the magical properties of Comet Hale-Bopp, its main components are by no means those high-specific heavy metals in alchemy.

Although, it seems to also contain a high proportion of certain metal components in it.

Based on the magic scattering phenomenon when the two comet nuclei collided with each other at that time, Maka could more or less guess what happened when the big stone less than 300 feet hit the ground, so he chose to go to Azkaban to set up the spell.

Literary array diagram.

Since those dementors were all created by Haierbo, it would be better to let them turn into dust directly along with Haierbo's Horcrux - this was Maka's idea when deciding where to crash.

However, no matter what thoughts he had once had, they have now become empty talk due to unpredictable changes.

"Wow--"

In the ancient magic text class office, Maka crumpled up another piece of parchment and threw it at her feet.

Of course he won't compromise... The more he realizes that it's too late, the more he has to hurry up and find a way. If all the teachers and students of Hogwarts are forced to abandon the school, then what shame does he have to continue to fight with him?

Haier Bo fight?

Unfortunately, everything else is easy to say, except that there is no room for sloppiness in the data. Even if he could go without eating, drinking or sleeping for three months, without basic data, there is no possibility of even starting calculations.

"Wow--"

In just a few minutes, he once again constructed a sketch of a rune formation, but still crumpled it into a ball and threw it aside.

It is also unrealistic to use the power of the rune pattern to forcibly slow down the falling speed of the meteorite.

"Since it's impossible to bear it directly, then... what if we find a way to intercept it as early as possible?"

After thinking about it, Maka dipped the quill on hand and started writing again. However, not long after, he rubbed away another meaningless piece of paper and couldn't help but raise his hand.

He rubbed his eyebrows.

From the time he came back until now, he has been frowning for too long, and he has felt waves of soreness between his eyebrows.

However, there is no time to give him a rest right now!

After a while, he leaned over again and continued to write and draw, and this lasted the whole night.

I don't know how long it took, but when the first ray of morning sun suddenly filtered through the gap in the curtains, Maka raised her head with a tired look on her face.

"Is it sunny today?"

He twisted his slightly stiff neck, and inadvertently glanced out of the corner of his eye, where he caught a glimpse of a familiar star map of the solar system where the ray of sunlight hit.

"oh?"

Suddenly, he was startled, and then his eyes suddenly lit up.

…

This night, Maka was obviously very tired.

But his fatigue is not mainly due to lack of sleep - after all, staying up all night has long been a habit of his. His fatigue actually comes from stress.

But on the same night, there was another person who was having a very uncomfortable time.

Almost yesterday, when Maka returned to the office, Hermione was lying on her soft bed, huddled in the quilt and staring at the night sky outside the window.

At that time, it was actually still snowing outside, and it was still snowing very hard. She looked out of the bedroom window and could hardly see anything.

But it actually doesn't matter to her.

Because she was not looking at the scenery outside, but using this "looking into the distance" action to constantly speculate on Maka's whereabouts outside.

"Why did he resign? Why did he leave without saying goodbye? What on earth was he going to do?"

To be honest, since Maka spent a whole day with these little friends before leaving, she couldn't help but feel suspicious.

It's as if Maka might never come back once she leaves.

So, while thinking about it, Hermione's heart became more and more uneasy.

She turned back and forth on the bed several times, but her mind was filled with the thought of never seeing Maka again. In the end, she couldn't even close her eyes and fall asleep, let alone try to fall asleep.

About an hour later, Hermione suddenly opened the warm quilt and put on her clothes in the dark uneasily.

And when she opened the door of the dormitory and went to the common room, the uninhabited silence made her not want to stay here at all, so she simply walked quietly to the corridor outside the door.

The fat lady in the portrait was still dozing, and Hermione's absence did not wake her up.

Hermione, who always felt restless, actually wanted to leave Hogwarts secretly and go to the outside world to look for traces of Maka.

But her reason told her that this kind of behavior was nothing more than nonsense.

Therefore, Hermione, who no longer had any good ideas, took a walk silently in the dark corridor.

Maybe her behavior can't be described as "walking", because walking usually has at least some purpose. And she is immersed in a place with little light and keeps moving forward. In fact, it is not the same as walking.

A scurrying mouse doesn't make much difference.

But just when she passed by a window opening purely by chance, a vague figure suddenly appeared on the top of the astronomy tower on the other side of the castle, attracting her attention.

"……Who is that?"

Hermione subconsciously held the window sill lightly and looked over there through the misty snow curtain. The moonless night made everything seem to be soaked in ink, and even the outlines were not clear at all.

Just because she was familiar with Hogwarts for many years, she was still sure that someone should be there.

Hermione, who was wondering where she should go this night, no longer hesitated, turned around and walked towards the Astronomy Tower.

But she didn't know that just now she only had to turn a corner and she could see a brightly lit window from the window on the other side...

Not long after, Hermione hurriedly turned along the corridor to the outer corridor of the main castle leading to the astronomy tower.

If you want to reach the Astronomy Tower from the castle, you must pass through such an open-air tower bridge connecting the tower and the main castle. As soon as she came outside, the strong wind mixed with flying snow immediately blew her whole body.

cold.

The snowflakes scratched Hermione's warm and delicate cheeks, like small knives cutting her face, causing her to lift her sleeves to cover the side of her face.

This is Christmas night after all, the whole year is about to change, and it is the coldest winter.

Fortunately, the bridge was not long. She hurriedly ran a few steps despite the strong wind unique to high altitudes, and soon pushed open the door of the opposite tower and plunged into the windless room.

After hurriedly closing the door, she leaned against the door that was still slightly trembling in the wind and breathed a few breaths - now she was already thinking about whether she should go for a walk on the platform at the top of the astronomy tower.

!

But when she came back to her senses and glanced into the room, she was suddenly stunned for a moment by the starry sky.

"ah!"

A few seconds later, Hermione couldn't help but suddenly realized - wasn't this the Starry Sky Cafe where Maka had brought them to during the day?

The Gryffindor common room is located on the highest floor of the main castle, and the top of the Astronomy Tower is the highest place in the entire Hogwarts. Comparing the two, it is natural that the astronomy classroom is where she came from.

Generally speaking, when there is an astronomy class, no one would go to the top of the main castle to go to the astronomy tower, because almost every floor will have an outer corridor tower bridge like the one just now.

That's why Hermione didn't react at all this time.

But after being surprised by the little starlight, her eyes gradually dimmed a little - well, Maka seemed to be sitting at the round table with them in the morning, right?

She walked over and stroked the table gently, but even if there were any traces left at that time, they had already been cleaned up by Professor Sinistra's magic spell.

After standing at the table in a daze for a while, Hermione finally shook her head and slowly moved her gaze towards the spiral wooden staircase leading to the top of the tower.

After a short rest, she decided to go up again. Even if it wasn't to see who the figure she just discovered was, at this moment she actually wanted to use the biting cold wind to calm herself down.

"Squeak——"

The trap door at the top of the stairs was a little sluggish due to the cold snow. Not only did it require a lot of effort to open it, but it also made a harsh friction sound.

Knowing that there must be someone up there, the sound caused Hermione to pause briefly in pushing the door panel, and then continued to push it open.

And the moment she poked her head out of the doorway, her eyes were blinded by the wind and snow. She tried her best to squint through the crack and looked out. Then she saw that there was indeed a dark figure looking towards her.

.

It's a pity that even if you get here, you can't see clearly - it's really dark outside, and the wind and snow are scary, so being able to tell the front or the back is the limit of this distance.

I don't know what Hermione was thinking, but it was only at this moment that she seemed to start to feel a little weak.

No, if I had to say it, she had actually realized that it must be very suspicious for someone to be hanging around the astronomical tower so late at night. And maybe it was because she thought of this that she tried to come up here to take a look.

At first glance, it turned out that he was acting alone.

But if you want to ask why she did this... I'm afraid this has a lot to do with Maka's "leaving without saying goodbye".

"...who is there?"

While shouting these words, Hermione used very small movements to find the wand in her sleeve - she had been hiding the wand in her sleeve since Maka taught her.

It seems that this has become a habit of hers.

However, her question was not answered. (To be continued)