"...What, what's going on?"
As soon as he arrived at Hogwarts Great Hall, Pansy was confused by the scene here - all the Flint children had come to Hogwarts for help, but why didn't they seem to take it seriously? Do you still have time to read and play chess here
At this moment, Maka, who was looking down at a magic book, finally moved her gaze from the pages to the direction Pansy was walking from.
"Huh? Oh, you're back?"
After saying hello casually, Maka turned around and said to the little boy who was whispering to Charlotte:
"Hey kid, she's the Pansy Parkinson you're looking for!"
"I don't believe it!" When the Flint child heard this, he immediately waited for him to shout loudly, "I'm not a fool! You have already deceived me once, do you think I will be deceived again?"
"It makes sense," Maka said, and suddenly shrugged, "It's a pity that the reason why you found out that you were cheated just now was because I reminded you?"
After the child heard this, he immediately felt depressed and quickly looked away.
"You are a liar anyway, and liars must have bad intentions!"
"But is what he said true?" Charlotte next to her saw the boy looking at her again and couldn't help but whisper, "Don't you want to find Miss Pansy Parkinson? The one who came now is indeed It’s her—don’t you believe what I say?”
Before he finished speaking, the boy, who had shared the same hatred with Charlotte just now, hesitated, and finally turned his head again and simply turned his back.
"You and him are in the same group!"
"Look!" Maka stretched out her hand to Pansy at this time, "Parkinson, I can probably guess why you ran back alone, and I also know that you are a little confused about the scene here. But now you can see it too , that’s why we all seem to be idle—because this guy doesn’t think we are very reliable, so he refuses all help.”
Pansy on the other side looked at the situation in front of her and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. But because she didn't know the child and had no friendship with him, she quickly put the matter aside.
"Anyway, Professor MacLean! I... I want to ask you to help my friend!" She begged, "Look, don't you have a reason to come forward now? Just go with me to save Iluli." Come out!"
"No!"
Before Maka could speak, the Flint child suddenly spoke first:
"Iluli doesn't need you to save her! Who knows if you will harm her instead... What's more, as long as I don't go back now, the only person left who knows about our Flint family's heirloom fairy armor is Iluli is the only one left! Mother can’t do anything to her!”
Maka, who was sitting across the table, immediately raised her eyebrows when she heard this.
"Oh?" He immediately asked curiously, "Did you come up with this idea?"
"Of course!" The child raised his chin and snorted, "I secretly hid all the fairy armor in a place no one knows. I only told Eluli the location! As long as If she doesn’t tell anyone, she’ll be safe!”
"Well, I still have some sense," Maka nodded, "However-"
"madness!"
Before Maka could finish her words, Pansy suddenly became excited and shouted out all her catchphrases from back then.
"Do you think Iluli will be fine like this? Don't you know that this will only make her suffer more torture? If your mother dares to use the Cruciatus Curse... Oh! That is simply unimaginable!"
"What?" When the child heard this, he finally trembled as if he was frightened, "The Cruciatus Curse?"
As the youngest son of the Flint family, he certainly has not experienced the horror of this unforgivable curse personally. But even if he has never experienced it personally, he has still seen it.
He couldn't help but tremble with fear when he recalled the painful and ferocious look on his face when one of his servants made a big mistake and was punished by a curse cast by Thunder's furious mother.
Perhaps it was from then on that he first had the idea that his mother was a "devil".
And just as his breathing gradually became faster and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, Pansy just paused for a moment and asked again:
"Speaking of which, when you left home, why didn't you go with Iluli? If you wanted to escape, wouldn't it be better for two people to go together? Why-"
"Because she doesn't want to leave!"
Perhaps it was because Pansy's every word and every word was pressed too hard. The boy was still a child after all, and it was obvious that he couldn't hold on in the regret and guilt.
Immediately, I heard him almost yelling:
"I tried to persuade her several times, and before I left, I even went to see her secretly - but she just didn't want to leave! She also said something like, 'Since my mother chose to work for the Flint family all her life, then I will too. Just like her, these inexplicable words come from me!"
At this point, he said with annoyance:
"Why does a person have to live for his mother's words? Even if his mother is buried in the soil, she still insists on it... I can't understand this kind of thing!"
The boy's words made everyone in the auditorium turn their heads.
Perhaps at that moment, many people were confused and confused, and only a few people could somewhat imagine that this child was actually much more confused than everyone else.
When the auditorium was silent for a few more seconds, Maka, who was sitting opposite him, said noncommittally:
"I remember you said before that Iluli has always taken care of you since you were a child, right? Then let me ask you, if Iluli were to be your mother... would you still think that your mother's words are not the same? Isn’t it worth following?”
After all, it's just that the kid hasn't turned around in his head. After Maka's seemingly understated reminder, he froze on the spot, his mouth slightly open and speechless for a long time.
After Maka said those words, she stopped disturbing his reflection and stood up immediately.
"Parkinson, I still remember that you once praised your friend's wisdom in front of me. I think... As long as her brain is not broken, she will definitely not even mention the fairy armor! Unless... It's time As a last resort, when you need to save your life, you will use it as a threat."
After a little comforting Pansy, who had become quite impatient, Maka waved her hand and said:
"Okay, now that I've heard so much about your friend, I'm a little curious! Let's go, I'll go for a run with you and have a good chat with the Flint family... To be honest, These pure-blood wizarding families in the British wizarding world should have tidied up a long time ago, so let’s pave the way for Kingsley this time!”
Once Scrimgeour's term expires in the future, Kingsley will most likely be the next Minister of Magic - even if not, Maka plans to push him to the post.
And by then, if the Helbo matter has been resolved, it will be time to purge the British wizarding world.
Obviously, this will be Kingsley's responsibility and his political achievement.
As for this right-hand man left to him by Dumbledore, it seems that he has already helped Maka a lot, and now Maka doesn't mind paving the way for him.
So it was obvious that taking action on Flint, a family that even other purebloods didn't like, was a good choice no matter what.
"Hey! Boy, if you have figured it out, then come up and be a witness. Anyway, your surname is Flint, and today's incident can also be said to be caused by you... Then you have The obligation is to see it through.”
Seeing that the young wizard known as "Professor Maclean" greeted him and then turned around and walked towards the door of the auditorium, the boy finally stood up and chased after him.
…
As Maka said, as long as Iluli's brain is not broken, it is impossible to tell the other party that she knows about the fairy armor unnecessarily.
In fact, since the Flint family is currently in chaos over the young master's escape to Hogwarts, no one is looking for trouble for Iluli anymore.
But... of course, just because the boy was following Iluli's instructions, it took him a whole morning to find the correct way to Hogwarts. So much so that from the time after he was found missing to the time before his family heard about his appearance in Hogwarts, Iluli actually suffered a lot.
"call-"
In the underground detention room, she breathed out softly, and the whip marks on her back and arms were still burning and stinging.
The long whip transformed by the magic spell does little damage to the body, but it increases the pain of the whipping. This is a punishment commonly used by wizards in the past when they tortured prisoners.
Even in the former Hogwarts, such harsh punishments were implemented for students who committed theft, intentional injury and other serious crimes. Filch was not an alarmist at that time. This kind of punishment was Strongly supported by Salazar Slytherin.
Now, Iluli has also tasted this "outdated lynching" that Mrs. Flint particularly loved.
"Judging from Madam's expression after hearing the servant's whisper, the young master should have arrived at Hogwarts? Well, he doesn't run very slowly, otherwise the news from Hogwarts would not have been released at noon. It has spread to the family."
Of course she would not have thought that Charlotte had deliberately spread the news about Hogwarts. She thought it was because the young master had a particularly smooth journey!
But after lightly laughing, Iluli shook her head slightly.
"Looking at the way he acted before leaving, he must not be willing to leave me here like this. Sigh... I just hope Pansy can be wiser and not come here alone! As for the rest... just let nature take its course! "
Finally, she leaned against the cold wall with her uninjured shoulder and whispered to herself:
"Mom... who is dad? Why can't I find any trace of him?"