harry potter book of crimes

"Where's Maka?"

Hermione didn't even expect that the guy had just said he wouldn't leave. But she just went downstairs to listen to the father-daughter conversation between Sinistra and old Victor, and when she came up she found that he had disappeared again.

"He...I should have thought of it earlier! Does he think he hides it well? These days, I have seen enough of that kind of exhaustion from the heart!"

Sinistra, who came up with him, saw this and couldn't help but put his arms around the slightly excited Hermione, and then he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

"Sarah, where is McClane again? Do you know?"

Opposite, Sarah was still sitting next to the formation formation. When Sinistra asked, she subconsciously glanced at the formation diagram at her feet.

"On the 'other side', I went to check on Haierbo's condition." She said, "Actually, I also persuaded him... Yes, he needs to rest. But, you know, I am not very good at persuading people..."

In fact, Sarah, who has worked hard to learn how to be human, cannot be said to be bad at doing these things. I think when she sneaked into Hogwarts, her "performance" deceived many professors, including

A large number of people.

But it's a pity that her skills are almost impossible to use on Maka, because Maka already knows her true appearance.

And if she wants to rely on her own heart to try to persuade her, to be honest, she doesn’t even know what her true heart is!

But because of this, as the only person who was by Maka's side before he left, Sarah felt a little wrong because she failed to stop Maka's actions.

Especially after seeing Hermione's expression at this time.

"I know, and I believe Hermione can understand it too," Sinister smiled at Sarah, "She won't take her anger out on you just because of this."

Hermione, who was biting her lower lip with a depressed look on her face, immediately forced out a smile when she heard this, and nodded lightly towards Sarah.

"Don't worry, this has nothing to do with you, it's all"

She wanted to say that this was all Maka's fault, but if she thought about it carefully, what was Maka's fault...should she blame him for always taking things to herself?

"Well... this is all our fault. We have never been able to keep up with his pace and share these difficulties with him."

Hermione lowered her eyes and was silent for a few seconds, then raised her head again.

"Then do you think he will be in danger if he goes there this time?"

To be honest, only a very small number of wizards in today's magic world can explain clearly the confrontation between Maka and Helbo.

Others don't know, at least Sarah asked herself that she was definitely not among the few.

"I don't know either," she had to say truthfully, "I can only say that he drank a bottle of magic potion before leaving, and then all the fatigue in his body was instantly gone."

"He can't always rely on potions to survive..."

Muttering to herself, Hermione nodded to Sarah again to express her gratitude, then turned and ran towards the stairs behind her. In just a blink of an eye, she left in a hurry.

After a moment, Sarah suddenly asked Sinistra hesitantly:

"Do you think...she really didn't blame me for not stopping Maka?"

After Sinista heard this, he finally couldn't help but take a good look at Sarah, as if he had just met her at this moment and was full of curiosity.

"You don't want to be disliked by Miss Granger?"

Sarah immediately nodded calmly and said:

"She is very sincere and kind...and she always thinks of others. I have always wanted to have a friend like her."

"What about MacLean?"

Sinistra suddenly changed the topic again, and even his tone was a little more inexplicably teasing.

"It seems to me that you admire him very much, right?"

However, the face that Sarah faced her was still so pale that it could squeeze out water. Because no matter how much Sinista thought wrongly, it was the same to Sarah. She didn't understand the meaning of Sinista's words at all.

the profound meaning contained in it.

"Maka is a very powerful person and I respect him very much."

…

Not to mention that Sinister became in a better mood due to the conversation with old Victor, and even at this moment, he actually made a joke about Sarah.

As for Hermione, the knot in her heart has not been resolved yet!

She ran all the way down from the sixth floor, looking around as she ran, as if she was looking for something.

Because it is late at night and early in the morning, everyone is basically still immersed in deep dreams. Although St. Mungo's at night is still as bright as during the day, it still has the unique quietness in the middle of the night.

Even though Hermione had walked as lightly as possible, the sound of running back and forth still inevitably echoed in the corridor, attracting the attention of some patients who could not sleep peacefully, or members of the R.A. on patrol.

"Hermione, what are you looking for? I see you found your way from over there to here."

Ron, who happened to be in charge near the stairs on the third floor during his shift, saw her wandering around and looking a little in a hurry, so he approached her and asked suspiciously.

When Hermione saw it was him, she immediately asked:

"Do you see where Luna is?"

"Luna?" Ron repeated and thought for a while, "It seems that she is on the second floor. She has been basically on the second floor and the lobby these days, taking care of patients whose injuries have worsened. She should also be sleeping at this time.

Bar?"

"Thanks."

With a casual thank you, Hermione quickly ran up the stairs, leaving Ron alone in the corridor, feeling increasingly confused.

But Ron was right. As soon as he walked down to the second floor and turned the corner of the corridor, Hermione suddenly caught sight of the familiar long pale blond hair.

It can be seen that not far away, Luna is holding a quilt, sitting crookedly outside the bathroom door. She is sitting sideways on the chair, with her shoulders leaning against the wall, hugging the clean quilt to avoid

He was sleeping soundly in an awkward position.

Seeing her look like this, Hermione was puzzled as to why she didn't make a bunk on the floor like everyone else? Wouldn't she be exhausted from sleeping like this?

With a puzzled look on her face, Hermione quietly walked forward and stretched out her hand, wanting to pat her shoulder to wake her up.

But it must have been because she was sleeping so soundly that when Hermione was about to pat her, she shrank her hand as if she couldn't bear to be disturbed. But because of some thoughts in her mind, she still pursed her lips and patted Luna on the shoulder.

"Wake up...Luna? Wake up..."

It was not difficult to wake up Luna. After just two pats, she opened her eyes in a daze.

"Hermione?"

Subconsciously wiping the drool from the corner of her mouth, she called out Hermione's name with a slightly unclear enunciation, seemingly questioning her purpose of coming.

Seeing that she was awake, Hermione paused for a moment, then spoke again:

"Luna, I want to discuss something with you."

"What?"

Luna nodded, showing a willingness to listen, as if she didn't mind at all that she came to wake him up so late.

But before she could react, Hermione, who looked around, pulled her up from the chair, then grabbed her hand and took her to the bathroom next to her.

After closing the door smoothly, Hermione turned around and said seriously:

"Actually, it's not so much a 'discussion' as I want to 'ask' you for something... Luna, when Maka comes back, go and persuade Maka!"

Probably because she was pulled too hastily by Hermione just now, Luna was still hugging her quilt at this moment, which made her look a little stupid.

But I don't know if it was affected by Hermione's serious expression, but her face also became a little more serious.

To be honest, Luna's normal look is not suitable for such a serious look. Just like this, her face matches the quilt in her arms. It really makes people feel a little funny no matter how they look at it.

.

However, the conversation between the two that followed was hard to make people laugh.

"Maka?" Luna said quietly, "What should you advise him?"

Hermione saw that she was becoming serious in a rare way, and then said sincerely:

"You should know that Maka left St. Mungo's yesterday, right? He has just come back, and he looks very tired, so tired that even he can't hide it completely."

"But I walked away for a short while, and he left again... I don't know if he will come back intact this time. To be honest, I am very worried now..."

Luna listened to Hermione's sincere narration, and then nodded, a touch of softness quietly appeared in her eyes.

"You're worried too, aren't you?"

Hermione was keenly aware of her changes and immediately took her hand and asked.

"Yes."

Luna nodded again and did not deny it.

"Maka is working hard, for us, for everyone."

"Then can you persuade him to stop 'trying' so hard?" Hermione quickly asked, "You can also understand that one day he will not be able to support it... I believe you can understand it too.

However, I know that I can’t persuade him. I think about it, and only you can do it.”

"No."

Before Hermione could finish speaking, Luna suddenly took a step back and took her hand out of Hermione's palm.

"I can't," her expression became more and more serious, as serious as ever before, "although I don't know if he will be willing to listen to my persuasion, but no matter what, I will not do what you said.

Do it that way!”

"You..." Hermione looked at her in surprise, and after a long time she couldn't help shouting, "Luna Lovegood! It turns out you don't understand at all. Yes, you didn't even see Maka's look.

How can you possibly understand how exhausted he is!"

"I thought you might be smarter than anyone else and see things clearly than anyone else, so I thought..."

However, at this moment, Luna's eyes seemed to be as dull and dazed as before, as if she had never changed.

"Hermione," she said gently, "the one who doesn't understand is actually you." (To be continued)