harry potter book of crimes

Chapter 903 Companion or Compensation

More than twenty minutes later, Maka finally had his breakfast for the day.

"Well, this jam tastes good today." He spread it on the slices of bread and smiled at Hermione, "Excuse me for making this trip."

I don’t know if it’s because of the light beam of the power of rules that Maka had at night. To be honest, the weather today was surprisingly good.

He opened the curtains in the office, and the sunlight poured in from the outside, soaking the entire room in a clean and warm light golden color.

Compared with the dry heat in the fireplace, the warmth of the sun always brings a strange beauty to people.

Suddenly, Maka puffed up her cheeks and asked:

"By the way, what question did you say you wanted to ask me about just now? Is it related to Muggle science?"

"Oh, that's it..."

These two girls didn't really come to him to ask questions, they were probably just excuses - at least that's what Hermione felt.

So when Maka mentioned it, she suddenly recalled this incident.

"Professor Bubbaji encountered a difficulty," Hermione explained. "She originally wanted to use 'Steam Engine' as the Muggle Studies theme for this Christmas event, but it was more difficult to understand than she imagined.

There were so many, so it wasn’t finished until the last day..."

"So you went to help her?" Maka glanced at Luna a few times and said with a subtle expression, "You didn't cause trouble to the professor, did you?"

Upon hearing this, the latter immediately raised her hands above her head, and her two arms twisted strangely above her head like soaked spaghetti.

"The professor said it can emit heat!" Luna imitated, "Look, I guess that's it - but I remember that those Muggle 'machines' can't be used within the school, and I think the professor has always

None of them succeeded, could this be the reason?"

"Oh, I understand...put your hands down first!"

Maka shook her head dumbfounded, and then said to Hermione: "What do you think?"

Hermione couldn't help but shrugged after hearing this.

"I don't know..." she said, thought again, and then changed her words, "Well, I mean - I neither understand the reason why Muggle products cannot be used in school, nor the structure of the steam engine.

It’s not very clear, so I can’t express my views and opinions casually.”

"Oh," Maka couldn't help but smile, "your answer is very scientific."

After that, he threw the remaining bread into his mouth, patted the crumbs on his hands and stood up.

"Come on, let's go take a look together."

If he continues to stay here, sooner or later, what happened last night will affect the direction of the topic. In order to avoid everyone getting into the dilemma of whether to say something or not, Maka simply let it go and relax, so he said vaguely

As he spoke, he walked towards the door.

When he walked to the door, he just glanced back at the desk - there were still a lot of information on the desk! But he quickly looked back and stopped looking at it.

.

"bring it on!"

After greeting Hermione and Luna to leave together, the three of them chatted casually and soon arrived at the Muggle Studies professor's office where Caredi Bubbaji was.

In fact, Maka naturally knew what the two girls said. After all, when Professor Bubaji took out the design drawings, he was the first person to see them.

However, when Maka saw the brass-colored metal monster in the other party's office, he only felt that he had remembered something wrong.

"This is...'steam engine'?"

To be honest, it was a real "monster".

The huge barrel was crookedly placed in the middle, surrounded by twists and turns of copper pipes. A dozen pull ropes with unknown functions extended from the many copper pillars, each one hanging weakly.

And behind these messy things, a wheel that is bigger than the barrel in the middle is placed there. The overall feeling is like a big fat beetle carrying a wheel that is bigger than itself.

"Yes, this is a steam engine!"

Professor Bubaji put down the tools at hand. She first rubbed her forehead with the back of her hand, and then came forward with a happy face, regardless of the fact that her face was already covered with various oils.

"Look at it, isn't it great?" she said happily, and then said with a little regret, "Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get it running yet."

Maka looked at this big machine with a "steampunk style" and felt a little strange inexplicably - maybe even Merlin didn't know how the professor made something with a specific design look like this!

"Yes, it's really great."

"Thank you, thank you..." Bubaji nodded repeatedly, and then turned around and said, "Oh, you are... um, is it Little Luna who invited you to help?"

"Yes! I found Hermione, and then Hermione and I found Maka... I really want to see what it looks like when it steams up before the holidays!"

While Luna was answering like this, she started to raise her hands and shake her arms again. But only then did Maka know that this somewhat silly and cute action was not Luna's original creation!

Because, Ms. Bubaji imitated the scene of rising steam even more cheerfully than Luna.

"I think I can't stand it anymore..." Hermione stood next to Maka and lowered her voice and said softly, "Maka, can you think of a way to stop them from doing this action?"

But Maka instead spread her hands and said:

"You know what? If everyone hadn't gone back to enjoy the Christmas vacation tonight, I would actually be more worried that this would become popular in Hogwarts!"

When Hermione heard what he said, she suddenly felt shuddering.

I can't help it, this action is really too magical.

"Ahem... Anyway, let's see what's going on first!"

Ignoring Luna and Bubbaji's "steam imitation show", Maka quickly passed by the pair of live treasures and came to the big thing that Bubbaji called a "steam engine."

Speaking of which, Maka is indeed not tall, but she is not short either. But standing next to this machine now, it is like a Gringotts goblin walking next to an adult.

"Boom--"

He tapped the big drum in the middle with his finger - fortunately, at least it was indeed empty inside.

Then Maca walked around the big guy again, confirming that at least both ends of the copper pipe were firmly connected.

Judging from the original design drawings spread out on the side, except for the very strange arrangement of the pipelines, there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

But when he turned around again, he discovered a key problem.

"Professor Bubbaji, where's its boiler?" Maka pointed to the thing and turned around and asked, "Where did you heat it up?"

When Bubaji saw him asking, he immediately became interested again.

She no longer shook her arms with Luna, and hurriedly came to Maka's side, pointing to the design drawing and saying:

"The function of that boiler is just to heat the barrel, but you also know that Muggles used to burn coal so much that the whole of London turned black - so I thought, since we are wizards, why not just use more

How about environmentally friendly magic flames instead?”

At this point, she seemed to feel that the explanation alone was not enough, so she suddenly reached out and pulled a rope.

And with her tug, a lid immediately unscrewed automatically, revealing a small copper pipe connected to the giant barrel.

"Look, according to what the design drawing says, the first step is to put some water here first -" Bubaji pointed for Maka, then took out his wand and pointed at the mouth of the pipe, "The water is as clear as a spring.

"

After pouring some water into it, Bubbaji pulled the drawstring again and screwed the lid back on.

"Then there's the fire..."

Maka saw that she wanted to demonstrate it to her on the spot, so she quickly stopped her to prevent her from continuing.

Although he didn't know the specific design requirements of this thing, he still remembered that it could explode, and the explosion was quite powerful.

"Professor Boubaji, this 'steam engine' will explode. I think we should take it step by step..."

Before Maka could finish speaking, he quickly stopped because he inadvertently discovered that at the moment Bubbaji was about to light a fire, Luna quickly hid behind the desk.

He was stunned for a moment, and then said hesitantly: "Does it mean... you have already exploded once?"

Bubaji looked at Maka and showed a particularly bright smile. But before she could speak, Luna, who was hiding behind the table, stuck out her head and whispered:

"It's been blown up five times——"

"Professor Bubbaji," Maka immediately turned around and said seriously, "I sincerely suggest that the manufacturing of steam engines should be stopped for a while! I'm worried that before your things are finished, your people will have been taken to Pomfret.

Mrs. Lei’s place…”

Luna then said:

"The professor has been there three times -"

"Luna, come here!" Maka immediately shouted to her side, "You are not allowed to come here again unless Professor Bubaji can create something exactly like the drawing."

After she returned here, Maka said to Hermione again:

"There is nothing I can do about this 'steam engine'. I think we should go back!"

Before he finished speaking, he pulled the two girls and ran out in a hurry, but Bubaji's slightly excited voice came from behind -

"Hey! Don't go! I think it won't explode this time. You believe me! Don't go..."

Maka still remembered that Ms. Bubaji was originally a very gentle witch, but she didn't expect that she would become so excited and fanatical when she was doing her favorite research.

It seems that when Muggles talk about the word "wizard", they always think of the image of "an old witch who stirs poison and has a sinister face", and it's not unreasonable.

After leaving Bubaji's office, Maka and her two daughters went shopping for activities they had never been to, and time flew by quickly. (To be continued)

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