Although the Flint family's affairs are far from over, there is no need for Maka to intervene in the future. After the Ministry of Magic and the Wizengamot take over, Mrs. Flint and her "unfilial son" will have an indissoluble bond with the trial room for some time to come.
However, the impact of Miss Parkinson's failed spy mission is still continuing and spreading quietly. Among them, although there are certain developments that Maka can guess, there are also surprises that he still has no way of knowing about.
Of course, when it comes to the developments that he knows well, he has to mention Mr. Martin, who has always been quite unlucky so far.
On the day when Maca went to the Ministry of Magic to be interviewed by the Daily Prophet, Martin met a dwarf who was following Halbo like him at the Sleeping Dragon Bar in the black market.
The conversation between the two of them that day was not long, and it was definitely not a pleasant meeting. However, Martin, who had not been in contact with Haierbo for some time, learned the latest order from "teacher" from the other party.
"Teacher, is he... finally going to speed up his development?"
In the deepest part of the stinking house in Knockturn Alley, Martin was staying in the potions preparation room where he and Muriel used to sit together. He was seen staring blankly at the specially customized extra-large crucible in the middle, but he was just leaning against the wall and mumbling to himself.
“It’s really exciting!”
To be honest, if it had been in the past, Martin would have been extremely excited about Haierbo's latest instruction. Now that the teacher has a more positive intention to take action, doesn't it mean that the time to do something big is about to come?
But now, Martin doesn't even want to take the initiative to contact Haierbo.
Because he knew that if he contacted the teacher, he might not have time to care about anything else for a long time. But now, he still had to rescue Muriel from the dungeon of the Ministry of Magic.
To be honest, the only thing Martin was glad about now was that Haierbo probably never cared too much about the apprentices he accepted. As long as he doesn't do anything stupid that disrupts the teacher's plan, Martin will probably not be punished even if he never contacts the other party again.
No, I'm afraid Haierbo may not even take the initiative to think of this inconspicuous guy, right
Martin put aside some speculations about the teacher in his mind, and his thoughts quickly fell on Muriel who was still in the dungeons of the Ministry of Magic.
After a while, I saw him rubbing his forehead in an extremely depressed manner - he hadn't slept much for several days in a row. He was so tired that his scalp felt numb. He closed his eyes slightly, but he still didn't feel sleepy at all.
The Ministry of Magic's total martial law made him almost desperate to sneak in to save people.
Today's Ministry of Magic can no longer break through with just the Disillusionment Curse and Polyjuice Potion. The alchemy tools used for detection and the Aurors on patrol will pick out all the visitors with evil intentions, tie them all with magic shackles, and send them to the cell.
And all these conditions are caused by Parkinson’s disease!
At this point, what Martin was thinking was actually within Maka's expectation. At the moment, Martin is particularly annoyed with Pansy's behavior of saving one and saving the other, and because of this, he has become suspicious of the relationship between Pansy and Maka.
But in the final analysis, suspicion is just suspicion. Martin is not sure that McClain is behind this series of changes.
In other words, his suspicion came more from the pain of not being able to save Muriel.
When he was at a loss, Martin thought about asking his teacher Haierbo for help, but obviously, this was definitely a stupid enough idea.
Knowing that the teacher would never come to help him, Martin finally picked up his pen and wrote a letter containing his last glimmer of hope.
"I hope... those are just random thoughts out of anger."
…
The recipient of Martin's last letter was none other than the Slytherin girl who had once lost Martin's trust, Miss Pansy Parkinson.
Does this mean he believes Pansy again
No, that's obviously not the case - it's more of a "gamble" than "trust." Unable to convince himself to let go of Muriel, he could only hope that his suspicion of Pansy was just a misjudgment based on anger.
Yes, what if Miss Parkinson only had time to save one person due to some unexpected factors? Or what if the little congregant and Muriel were held separately and Parkinson never actually encountered the latter
When a gambler is in trouble, he often takes a chance, even though he knows that the winner of the gamble will usually be the banker.
On the other hand, the next day Pansy received this unsigned letter that was obviously from Martin. The girl who thought she had jumped out of the gambling game was immediately shocked.
"W-what do you mean?"
Pansy squeezed the letter tightly, her eyes widening.
"After what happened, can he still trust me... No, this must be a trap! He is planning to lure me out and then seek revenge on me!"
Pansy couldn't help but become nervous at the thought of her life still being held in the opponent's hands.
If you stay in Hogwarts, the other party must be so far away that you can't trigger the hidden dangers in the magic ritual. But once you get near the other party, you can only let the other party manipulate you.
Not long after, there was a knock on Maka's door, and the rapid knocking instantly revealed the visitor's inner anxiety.
But with a soft "squeak", the door opened was not the door in front of Pansy, but another room diagonally across the corridor.
"Mr. MacLean... is there something urgent?"
That hoarse voice sent a chill down Pansy's back. She knew that this must be the windbreaker wizard who always followed McClain, but she still felt a little shuddered by such an embarrassing voice.
But right now, it's obviously not the time to care about the goosebumps on my body.
"Um... yes, is Professor MacLean out today?"
"That's right," she heard the windbreaker wizard standing at the door of her room, lowering his head slightly and saying softly, "Mr. McClain will leave alone for at least half a day every few days without anyone..."
Just as she was speaking, she suddenly raised her finger and pointed upward, and then continued:
"By the way, if you have to find him in an emergency, I would suggest that you look for his owl Mafa. Mr. MacLean said that it usually does not leave the vicinity of the castle. You may be able to see it by going up to the astronomy tower. ”
"Oh, thank you! Thank you!"
Pansy nodded her thanks repeatedly, and then hurriedly left the auxiliary castle and ran towards the astronomy tower located on the side of the main castle.
The next class was about to start, but she had no time to take care of that!
…
Just as the windbreaker wizard said, Maka would leave Hogwarts Castle alone every few days. But he didn't run very far. In fact, he was only in the cave deep in the Forbidden Forest.
Since several sinful props were stored here, he had to check them every once in a while to ensure that the seal was still in good condition.
In addition to this, his research on the Monument of Bewitchment is also deepening little by little.
In order to truly solve Haierbo's troubles, the exploration of regular runes is obviously indispensable. The total number of second-level rule runes he currently has is the soul rune obtained from the Bewitchment Monument.
While Maka was in the cave, immersed in her new version of the "Book of Sin". A high-speed figure suddenly came from the direction of the observatory of Hogwarts Castle, passed straight over the Forbidden Forest, and suddenly swooped down between the tree crowns near the cave.
Many of the elves who had settled at the entrance of the cave were startled when they saw it. If the elf elder Lao Lak hadn't stopped him quickly, a messy elf bird-fighting fight would have been inevitable.
"Go to work! Get out of the way... That's MacLean's carrier pigeon! Ouch—"
As he was shouting, he suddenly realized that the figure in the sky had rushed in front of him, causing him to quickly lie down on the ground to avoid being hit.
"Gah—"
The owl Mafa stood on the stone platform in front of Lao Lak, and its shrill neighing sound seemed to say - it is not a damn pigeon, except for "coo coo coo", it can scare children to cry when it really calls!
"Oh," Old Luck was made to have tinnitus by the piercing cry, and after picking his ears, he said, "Oh my god! This pigeon raised by McLean has such a bad temper... Come on, your master is inside!" "
As he spoke, he got up and walked towards the big stone door at the back, greeting Mafa by the way.
Although the wizard cannot understand the language of these elves, the owl can guess what they are talking about just by intuition. Seeing that Lao Lak still seemed to stubbornly think that he was a pigeon, Mafa flapped her wings and flew up, aiming at his ear and pecked it.
"Ouch! Stay away from me... Oh! Look, I will have to report to your master soon!"
The other elves watched their elder and the big bird walking and fighting each other as they walked deeper into the territory, but they could only stare and watch him go away.
There's no way, it's a forbidden area there. Except for Lao Lak, who can enter if he has something to do, no other elves are allowed to get even close to it.
"So, is that a pigeon?"
"How do I know! There were no pigeons on our island back then!"
Pansy at the top of the astronomy tower knew nothing about the situation that Macca's majestic owl encountered. She just knew from the direction of Mafa's flight that Maka was probably doing something in the Forbidden Forest.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with her. What she is most concerned about at the moment is what should she do with Martin's letter
She stood in the strong wind of the tower, eagerly looking forward to Maka's early return.