No, I can't find it... I can't find it anywhere!
Maka was shocked to find that the time turner that had been kept by her side since the last time it was used suddenly seemed to disappear out of thin air and could not be found.
"Maka? What are you looking for?"
Seeing him rummaging through the leather bag on his waist, Hermione couldn't help but ask.
"If... if it doesn't have any impact, you can tell me and I will help you find it together!"
Since Maka had mentioned before that she couldn't talk to her anymore, Hermione hesitated for a while before asking this question.
"Oh, um..." Maka hurriedly raised her head and said, "No, don't worry! Even if you can't find it, I still have a few spare ones stored elsewhere. Not to mention, if it doesn't work, I can still go to the Ministry of Magic. Get it over there…”
Having said this, he immediately shook his head, then gently held the girl in his arms and stood up.
It must be said that even if he had thought about the possibility of saving Luna, there was obviously more than one time turner. But while holding Luna's body that was gradually getting colder, his heart was still heavy.
After lowering his head slightly, Maka used a cleaning spell to clean up all the blood on Luna's body, then looked back at the glass display window of the department store and said:
"Anyway, let's go back to St. Mungo's first and let Luna lie down... By the way, I don't want you to go out anymore and stay in St. Mungo's! Just treat it as... just treat it as my request - seriously, Hermione ! If something happens to you, I really won’t be able to bear it."
"Of course, I know," Hermione pursed her lips, touched the tears that had not yet dried on her face, and said quietly, "I have deeply realized that this was indeed my mistake... a very wrong thing. "
"No, don't say that. You did nothing wrong, it was the despicable Herbo who was wrong."
As Maka was talking, she suddenly looked towards the street again.
It can be seen that the wizards brought by Ajinbad are still standing there. In fact, after seeing the confrontation between Maka and Haierbo just now, the members of these volunteer teams were obviously a little shaken.
But after seeing them, Maka also thought about it - the disaster in this city is still going on, and there are more than just one or two people like Luna who have been tricked by fate
"Sorry, because of the accident just now, I may have to wait a little longer before leading everyone to Diagon Alley. But please don't worry, I have not forgotten my responsibility!"
"So, I also ask everyone to cheer up. After all, although the ancient wizard Haierbo is powerful, he is only a dark wizard after all."
Having said this, Maka paused for a moment.
"And," he continued, "London still needs your help - and I will do my best to relieve this crisis, and I will ask you to help other places that I cannot take care of alone. busy."
"...I am here, to all of you who have lived in this city for generations, thank you for your outpouring of support."
"Mr. McLean, it's okay!" the captain of a certain team responded quickly, "We have all seen what happened just now. To be honest, your strength enough to drive away Haierbo really made us feel a little worried. end."
Maka nodded. Although he couldn't laugh at all now, he still forced a grateful smile.
And at this moment, the windbreaker wizard next to him, who had just stood up, suddenly thought for a while and said:
"Mr. McClain, over there in Diagon Alley, let me take them there!"
"Oh," Maka nodded quickly after hearing this, "That's fine... Then I'll trouble you."
Before he finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something and asked with a little hesitation:
"Well, that's right! Do you... have anything you want to say?"
"oh-"
After hearing this, the other party was obviously hesitant as well.
Obviously, because of some self-evident secrets, she should be able to guess what Maka wanted to do. And it was precisely for this reason that Maka couldn't help but ask.
But not long after, the windbreaker wizard shook his head slightly.
"No, I think I have nothing more to say." After giving this answer, she subconsciously touched her palms, and finally couldn't help but add, "It's just... I'm sorry for that moment just now."
"Ah, it's okay."
Watching the other party turn around and walk towards the support team, after whispering a few words to several captains in the crowd, he led them towards Diagon Alley. Maka watched for a moment, then turned around to carefully feel the magic fluctuations at the entrance of St. Mungo's.
"Has the lockdown been lifted?"
Not feeling anything unusual, Hermione reached out and knocked on the glass, and saw the dummy in the window waving stiffly with its joined hands.
"Hello evacuees, the entrance passage has been opened, please pass as soon as possible. If you are seriously injured and have difficulty moving, please shout for help immediately, and our hospital's evacuation site will send personnel to assist."
"It should be that when Halbo left, the magic on it lost effect!" Hermione thought, "Just like the control magic on me."
"Maybe!"
…
"It's open! Someone is coming in! The entrance is open again!"
As soon as she stepped onto the ground of St. Mungo's waiting hall, Maka saw a large group of people quickly surrounding her. Not only Ron and Harry, but also Mr. Akinbad and a group of wizards who followed him to guard the entrance.
"Maka, it's okay-"
Ron squeezed out of the crowd quickly, but before the word "ba" came out of his mouth, he was stunned when he saw Luna being held in Maka's arms.
"What...what happened to Luna? Is she...injured?"
Because Maka had already done some cleaning for Luna before coming in. Coupled with his previous useless treatment, Luna really seemed to be asleep now, which made Ron have no intention of going in the direction of death.
But for him, just being injured and comatose is serious enough, isn't it
"Well," Macca said somewhat vaguely, "Anyway, it's okay... Everyone, please give way. I have to send her up first... Well, she needs to lie down for a while."
In the hospital, naturally the number of injured patients is the largest. Hearing him say it was okay, no one had any doubts, so they all moved aside in a hurry.
Maka didn't say much nonsense here, nodded her thanks, and trotted towards the stairs quickly.
"Hermione, are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Seeing Harry and Ginny approaching to question her, Hermione, who was following Maka, paused her pursuit and replied a little hastily.
"We encountered an attack outside... Stop talking here and go up first."
After Hermione raised her voice in a low voice, she called on her friends and continued to chase Maka, who had already run up the stairs.
After a while, several people returned to the ward they had left not long ago.
But this time, it was Luna who was lying on the hospital bed.
"Maka, what...what happened?"
Harry seemed a little worried, because although he didn't see anything wrong with Maka and Hermione, he always felt that every word they said showed a subtle lowness.
His instinct told him that something bad must have happened.
In fact, perhaps it was because they had all experienced a lot of heavy things. Now, except for Harry, everyone else had similar feelings.
"Hermione said just now that you were attacked?" Harry watched Maka put Luna on the hospital bed and covered her with a quilt, and couldn't help but ask, "Is it Halpo? What did he do to Luna?"
"It's indeed Halpo," Maka stood beside the bed and leaned over to gently tuck Luna into the quilt. "He came to trouble me, and I... failed to protect Luna. Now she has met Luna. Some troubles, I have to do something immediately - in order for her to 'wake up' safe and sound."
"Then..." Ron looked at Luna with her eyes slightly closed on the bed and said, "Is there anything we can do to help her? You know, I think-"
"No!"
At this moment, Hermione suddenly shook her head slowly but firmly.
"We just stay here and wait, don't go anywhere... We may become Maka's weakness at any time now, and I have completely realized this."
"Weaker?"
It's not that Ron didn't understand what Hermione said. In fact, he understood it just as well, and he even understood it much better than many people here.
But to be honest, it was just like Percy who walked to London earlier. If you know that others are in crisis, but you can only hide in a safe place and wait silently, this will undoubtedly be a very terrible torture.
"So, what about us going to Diagon Alley to help Sirius and the others?"
"Cancel too."
Hermione's answer was still very decisive, but compared to the positive and motivated person she had always been, this decisiveness at this moment clearly concealed a lot of negativity.
"this-"
Harry rubbed the hilt of Gryffindor's sword, not knowing what to say for a moment.
He believed in Hermione's mind. Hermione, who had always been smart, had always been the one with the best ideas among them. Generally speaking, he, Ron and other friends were willing to listen to her opinions and act.
However, after preparing for so long, going through so much suffering and hardship, and even going through several twists and turns in order to fight for this opportunity, will everything become meaningless and in vain in the end
Of course, Harry knew that Hermione was not talking nonsense, and he could vaguely understand some of the reasons.
However, this is really a bit unwilling!
On the other side, Maka looked at Hermione with a somewhat complicated look - in fact, he didn't know what the most correct choice was.
"Luna, what do you think?" He lowered his head and asked silently.