After Pansy and Iluli left the Ministry of Magic without any danger, they were temporarily separated. Pansy had to return to Hogwarts before lunch time, and Iluli seemed to still have to return to Hogwarts before lunch time. Let’s go back “home” first.
Yes, even though she would probably be punished after going back, she still had to go back after all.
After all, any contract in the magic world has magical effect. If she, a servant, never returns because she is worried about punishment, she will sooner or later face some more serious consequences.
However, Pansy's resistance to returning to school seems to be much more obvious than that of Iluli, who is worried deep down and pretends to be calm on the surface.
When she recalled what Maka had threatened her, now that she had failed to complete the task, she didn't want to go back. But in order to prevent others from discovering the abnormality, she obviously had to reply.
At noon that day, Maca met Miss Parkinson in the auditorium.
To be honest, her condition looked a little bad - she was sitting at the Slytherin table with her eyes slightly lowered, scooping out the peas on the plate with the spoon in her hand, and putting them into her mouth. Send it here.
If this place wasn't filled with wizards and wizards, Maka would have thought she saw a Muggle-made robot!
"Oh, Miss Parkinson seems a little lethargic?"
Slughorn on the side was also looking over there, and said casually to Maka beside him:
"In my class this morning, I felt that she was a little distracted. When preparing the potion ingredients, she almost chopped the tumbling bulb into pieces, splashing everyone with corrosive juice... But now, she It looks even worse than it did in the morning."
Maka didn't listen carefully to the fat old man's chatter, but he also knew that he was right - Pansy might have been just nervous in the morning, but her current distraction was obviously more than just nervous.
Thinking of "that thing" that Pansy did after the third period ended, Maka couldn't help but secretly shake her head.
"Yeah," he said to Slughorn, "I think she needs someone to do some psychological counseling for her... You know, girls of Miss Parkinson's age always have a lot to worry about, right? ?"
"Ah ha, you're right," Slughorn was saying, suddenly turning his head and looking at Maka, "Speaking of which, aren't you also 'the same age'?"
"Well," Maka curled her lips and said perfunctorily, "Just think that I'm a bit precocious! Anyway, many people do say that about me now."
Although it was just for fun, he was not talking nonsense - he felt that someone really needed to calm Pansy's heart to avoid unnecessary mistakes when doing things for him.
You know, this is not only to allow Pansy to complete the task better, but also to consider her safety.
At this point, just by looking at the other party's helpless look, Maka knew that this plan of "rescuing Muriel and giving Martin a favor" had probably failed.
After lunch, he took the lead and left the auditorium without waiting for Pansy, who was still dazed at the table, to get up. But before walking out of the side door, he still let a small note appear in front of the other party in a very subtle way, and then walked towards the deputy fort.
Maka walked very slowly in the corridor leading to the auxiliary castle, but even so, it took Pansy a long time to barely catch up with him when he reached the door of the room.
He did not reach out to open the door, but when he noticed Pansy standing at the corner of the corridor, he stopped moving forward.
"Why don't you come over again? I won't hit you—"
Then Maka turned around and made a casual joke to Pansy, who was far away from her. But after the other party heard it, he still shook his head silently, not even daring to look at him.
After a while, Pansy was heard saying:
"Professor Maclean... do you know everything?"
But after Maka heard it, she could only sigh helplessly.
"I didn't follow you, what do you want me to know? Just looking at your lost look, I felt that you probably failed to handle the matter... So, are you going to explain to me what happened? ?”
Now that they are all in front of Maka, Pansy naturally has no reason to hide anymore. What's more, even if she doesn't say it now, the news of the robbery in the Ministry of Magic dungeon will reach the other party's ears sooner or later.
Therefore, Pansy did not hesitate any more this time and quickly explained the entire action from beginning to end. Especially on the matter of "whether to let Iluli use fairy magic to open Muriel's cell door?", she tried her best to explain her choice.
I have to say that when she heard Pansy's words, "Thinking about your friends is also a way to fight for your own interests," Maka couldn't help but secretly nodded.
However, just missing the opportunity to meet Kingsley, even if it failed, Pansy himself could not open the magic door in the dungeon. In that case, she would not be able to take away either Iluli or Muriel.
Obviously, Maka was also prepared for the possibility of failure of the plan.
But even he didn't expect that not only could the mixed-race witch named Iluli be able to use goblin magic, but Pansy would also change her mood at the most inappropriate time.
Whether this was inevitable or accidental, a series of unexpected events led to Iluli being rescued, but Muriel still remained in the dungeons of the Ministry of Magic.
This result is undoubtedly the worst.
After Pansy finished explaining the whole process, Maka immediately fell into thinking. For a moment, the corridor became surprisingly quiet, and even the slight noise in the main castle became particularly clear.
Pansy, who had been looking down at the ground slightly from the beginning, seemed to feel pressure in the silence. Not long after, I heard her say cautiously:
"McLean... Professor, are you angry?"
"Um?"
Maka was wondering whether she should make amends next or simply give up on Pansy's plan to become a spy, when she suddenly heard the other party's rather flinching sound of probing, and she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
"Do you think I should be angry?"
"It should, it should... Because of my personal reasons, not only did the mission fail to be completed, but it was also very likely that Martin would no longer trust me... Of course you should be angry..."
To be honest, Pansy is really afraid of Maka now.
And this may not only be because of Maka's strength, nor just because of the future of the family... In fact, since Maka gave her a chance to redeem her sins, something has happened in her heart that even she Changes that I didn't even notice.
As for the friendship between her and Iluli, it was gradually established starting from that insignificant change.
Of course, Maka has not yet realized that the initiator of the failure of the plan was actually herself.
"Yes, because you made inappropriate decisions in private, which caused loopholes in the whole plan... In that case, maybe I should be angry," Maka shrugged, "But, for the sake of your friends, you Come on, I think let’s just forget about it!”
"What?"
To be honest, when Pansy heard Maka say just forget it, her heart was filled with astonishment.
You know, if something like this happened to the Parkinson family, even her parents would not let her off easily. Needless to say, a severe punishment is inevitable, and depending on the severity of the consequences, she may even be stripped of her surname and expelled from the family.
After all, she almost ruined her entire plan just for the feelings of an insignificant fairy hybrid!
However, this was Hogwarts, and the person standing in front of her was Maka. Maka has always been tolerant of failure, because he knows very well that with success there must be failure, which is not surprising.
It would be an incredible thing if everything could be successful.
"I won't say much else," Maka waved her hand, "I just hope you can understand that sometimes for the sake of the overall situation, we have to make some sacrifices... Of course, you didn't do anything wrong this time, after all. You cannot decide for others whether to sacrifice."
After saying that, he waved his hand.
"Go back! Get yourself together and prepare for the afternoon class—I heard it from Professor Slughorn. Remember not to lose focus during class!"
Finally, he added:
"... As for what happens in the future, I will think about it before telling you, so next time I look for you, don't walk so slowly!"
Looking at Pansy's back as she turned away, Maka raised her voice again and shouted towards the corner of the corridor:
"Stop hiding there, since you've heard everything, come over here!"
Before he finished speaking, accompanied by a burst of whispers, Hermione and others walked out from the other side of the corner. After a few glances at Pansy who was walking towards her, they finally walked up to Maka, pushing and shoving.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Maka..." Ron, who was pushed to the front, said with a grimace, "Because Luna said you sent a note to Parkinson, so we all wanted to come and see what happened. The thing... But who would have thought that we would actually hear about her going to the Ministry of Magic to rob a prison."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance behind him, looked at Hermione and whispered:
"I said don't come here! Even if you invent a gadget that can hide your aura, Maka will definitely be able to find us hiding nearby... Look!"
"This at least shows that my little invention still has room for improvement!" Hermione glared at him.
But Maka was not distracted by their quarrel. He spread his hands and looked at them helplessly and said:
"Then why do you think I'm looking for Miss Parkinson?"