harry potter book of crimes

Macca McClain, he keeps moving forward.

From the moment he entered the magical world... no, maybe even before that, he had always been slightly out of tune with the environment he was in. And in his subconscious, he actually knew that he might never really belong to this world.

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Therefore, no matter what minute or second he was, he was probably at a loss in his heart.

On the night when she first met Maka, Luna had already vaguely felt the difference between this boy - yes, he was different from herself, his father...or anyone else.

Same.

Of course, Luna was much more ignorant at that time than she is now, and she didn't understand what kind of person Maka was.

But gradually, as she spent more and more time with Maka, unknowingly, Luna seemed to vaguely feel a certain loneliness emanating from Maka's unconscious mind.

Luna could understand that feeling to some extent, because she had experienced it a little bit during the days when her mother passed away and her father was in a state of despair - even if it was only a few short days.

That's right, it's as if the whole world is moving away from you, and you can't reach it even if you stretch out your hand, that kind of indescribable confusion and helplessness.

Because of that brief experience of loneliness, Luna became a little dazed and gradually immersed herself in the world of only herself.

However, Maka, who has been exposed to this feeling of loneliness for a long time, has never escaped because of confusion.

Ever since she met this strange and intelligent boy, Luna felt as if he was always running forward. He had been observing everything he could see, and he had been looking for a target that he had never found.

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Even though he was confused in every possible way, he never stopped moving forward.

then……

When Luna vaguely discovered that Maka would occasionally come back to her to seek some temporary peace when she was tired from running, she immediately understood what she should do for him.

"Hermione, did you know?"

She looked directly into the eyes opposite and said softly:

"Maka keeps walking forward. He may be working hard, he may be tired, he may be in pain, and he may be a little sad... But all of that is actually not for others..."

"Including you, me, and the rest of us, probably not all of his reasons for moving forward."

If there is only one reason that has never changed that drives Maka to struggle forward, it must be that he wants to find the reason for his existence in this world.

What brought him to this familiar yet strange place?

Luna naturally didn't know the question hidden deep in Maka's heart, but she could feel that Maka had never gotten rid of this lingering confusion.

"So, Hermione." She said extremely seriously, "I will not persuade him to stop. Even if there are many bumps in the road ahead, I will not stop him from moving forward. I know that I can't catch up with him.

pace, so I would rather wait for him on the roadside..."

"Because he doesn't necessarily need a companion, but he definitely needs a place where he can go back and take a rest when he's tired."

Hermione fell into silence because of Luna's rare narration. Her thoughts began to spin rapidly when Luna spoke, but they have not stopped until now.

After a while, she said in a daze:

"But... maybe there is more than just 'bumps' ahead? What if there are more dangers ahead? What if he... really has an accident?"

"I will still be here waiting for him." Luna replied calmly.

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There seemed to be no one on the other side of the coin.

This place is like a replica of St. Mungo's. There are no therapists, no injuries, and there are no many members of the R.A. who spontaneously came to defend St. Mungo's.

There are no living things here, just a copied and extended space.

The corridor was dead silent, and the overhead lights illuminated everything in sight. The smooth floor, the bench in front of the ward, the closed door, and even the few old stains on the white walls were exactly the same as the real St. Mungo's.

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As I walked there, the sound of footsteps echoed gently, making the space even quieter.

"Ta...ta...ta..."

Maka held the staff and walked forward step by step in this corridor, silently sensing where Haierbo might be hiding.

Suddenly, the light above the head flickered several times and made a "click-click" sound.

"Oh, it's time for some repairs here."

He suddenly raised his head and glanced at the magic lamp above - everything here was in sync with the real St. Mungo's, and the scene where the light jumped just now must have happened at the same position on the other side.

Of course, it may also be possible that Haierbo is up to something and we don’t know.

Therefore, Maka stopped briefly and conducted a detailed inspection of the magic lamp. Although he did not find anything abnormal in the end, this could be regarded as ruling out a possible dangerous place.

Withdrawing her sight from the light, Maka continued to move forward, her cautious search still not stopping.

Starting from the sixth floor and going down step by step, he carefully felt every corridor and every room, but he could not find Haierbo until the lobby on the first floor.

Well, there are traces of that guy's existence - on the stairs between the second and third floors, he saw quite serious damage, and when he got to the first floor, he saw a piece of fire that is still burning.

sea ​​of ​​flames.

It was an extremely high-temperature flame. Until now, most of the things on this floor have been burned into black wreckage, and even the ceiling and walls have been blackened.

"Crack-"

After arriving at the hall, cold air escaped with every step Maka took. The flames were extinguished wherever he passed, leaving only a winding trail of ice.

From the side door of the hall to the warehouse area at the back, he first glanced into the temporary ward. The room was the same as other places, except for some original displays, there was still nothing.

Without stopping for much, he continued walking forward and soon came to the potion preparation room he had borrowed.

There are a lot of signs of being tampered with here. Most of the potions he put on the table when he left were used up. Maybe Hermione and the others had used them on the injured according to the list, right?

The medicine display cabinet has also been opened, and some semi-finished products have been rearranged... and a bottle of mandrake resurrection potion is missing.

Has anyone been accidentally injured by Xiao Wu’s petrified sight?

Maka looked around in this room with many subtle traces. Not to mention the changes, at least the magic power fluctuations here seemed to have been stable.

Haierbo has never been here.

He was about to leave, when suddenly the corner of his eye glanced across the table - something seemed to be missing?

"A quill?"

Who is so forgetful that he borrows a pen and forgets to return it?

Of course, this was undoubtedly an insignificant matter to Maka at the moment, so he just complained a little in his heart.

After walking back and forth in this corridor, except for some traces of fighting inside and outside the temporary ward, there seemed to be no sign of Halbo hiding on this floor.

So that means...that guy is most likely hiding underground now?

Returning to the hall, he turned another corner and walked to the stairs leading to the underground corridor. However, he paused on the ground with his staff, and a cold wave instantly followed the ground and rushed towards the stairs.

Along with the crunching sound of ice crystals condensing, the stairs that were full of flames just now were immediately occupied by white frost marks. Looking down, it was like seeing an ice cellar.

Slightly tightening the staff in her hand, Maka raised her legs and walked down, and soon came to the slightly dark underground corridor below.

After a while, he raised his head and looked at a certain location on the ceiling of the corridor, examining it carefully.

This is the closest point to the outside world, and it is also the weakest place in this space. Before Sarah completely blocked this space, Haierbo came to the "back of the coin" through this place.

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Therefore, it is conceivable that Haierbo is very likely to find a way to get out from here.

But after another careful inspection, Maka discovered that he didn't seem to choose the position he came in from the beginning again.

"Not here, and the most likely place to escape has not been damaged...then where else would he be hiding?"

Not long after, after reaching the end of the underground corridor, Maka couldn't help but feel a little confused.

The entire back space is closed, and no damage or destruction has occurred - of course, if Haierbo really wants to destroy the space barrier, Sarah will discover it as soon as possible.

So, where is that guy?

"If I were trapped here..."

Space movement cannot be completed in two spaces that are isolated from each other. Even the door key can only be transferred within this limited space.

And if you want to get out, it seems that you can only forcefully open the space on both sides.

After thinking about it, Maka raised her head and looked up again, but then she still frowned slightly and shook her head.

From the current point of view, he can only think that Haierbo has not left here yet, but because of some special hiding method, he searched from top to bottom but still found nothing.

Just as Maka settled down to think, he suddenly felt a magic reaction somewhere upstairs, which made him feel a little moved.

At this moment, the possibility of tempting him to go there is obviously not small. But without any clues, going to see it with your own eyes is the only change that may help him solve his confusion.

After just thinking about it for a moment, Maka stopped hesitating and ran towards the stairs quickly.

"What's the trick again this time?" (To be continued)