When Vanessa, who was waiting at Nott's house, heard Maka's voice coming from behind, her expression was undoubtedly wonderful. Because not only did she not expect Maka to come back so soon, but she also didn't expect Maka to find her location directly.
Why? He obviously wasn't careless at all, and he didn't reveal even the slightest bit about his specific whereabouts to his daughter. But this MacLean actually...
In this world, can the gap between two people really be so big
The weather is gradually entering late spring, and the temperature is no longer as cold as it was in the past few months. But at this moment, Vanessa felt that even the air she breathed into her lungs was filled with chills.
For a moment, she even didn't dare to look back.
"McLean... sir? You—"
"Mrs. Parkinson."
While interrupting the other party's words, Maka did not look at Vanessa's back blankly. He just tilted his head slightly and looked over the other person's head towards the old streets outside the window.
The ivy on the red brick wall opposite grew very luxuriantly. Under the afternoon sun, it looked like a pair of tender green palms holding the light. Just looking at it like this can make people feel relaxed.
Of course, by the way, it can also slightly relieve the boredom and anger in his chest.
"... Madam," he said calmly, "I must say that actually I am not absolutely disgusted with things that 'deceive' others. However, that is based on the premise that I can successfully deceive everyone. … Understand?"
"As the saying goes, when no one knows what the truth is, what is false becomes true."
Speaking of this, Maca paused for a moment, then shrugged and said:
"But this time, your deception on me obviously failed."
When Vanessa heard this, her expression immediately changed slightly, and she couldn't help but whisper:
"I did not lie to you."
"Look," Maka shook her head, "Actually, you are not good at lying at all... Well, tell me! Who holds the clues to the time turner... Is it the owner of this family?"
On the other side, Vanessa, who was sitting at the table with her back to Maka, couldn't help but be silent for a while. After a moment, she nodded.
Maka McClain's magical power has exceeded her imagination. And in front of such a powerful wizard, no matter how hard you persist in resisting, it's probably pointless, right
"Yes," she said softly after all, "This is Auston Nott's home... According to what I heard from the black market before, he is very likely to know about the time turner... or even directly own it. Holding one."
"Nott?"
Maka suddenly felt that this last name seemed familiar. After thinking about it carefully, she suddenly raised her eyebrows.
"Oh, is it the Nott family, one of the twenty-eight families?"
"Well," Vanessa responded, and then added, "I have asked before. Although he does not have a time turner himself, he does know who has it. About twenty minutes ago, he went to find it .”
It's always good to have clues.
From the beginning, Maka's purpose was to find a time turner. As for who got it from, it didn't seem that important.
"Are these the Galleons you promised to Nott?"
Under the silent gaze of the little girl Joy, Maka walked to the coffee table by the window, and then saw the piles of gold coins stacked on it.
And perhaps because she found that Maka didn't pursue her fault too much, Vanessa finally breathed a sigh of relief. In response to Maka's casual question, she immediately replied:
"No, it's only half... Nott asked for double."
"Then you agreed?" Maka casually glanced at the gold galleons on the coffee table and said with some meaning, "I didn't expect that you are quite 'generous'?"
It was only a few dozen gold galleons. Even if it were doubled, it would still be less than a hundred galleons. At this point, no matter how much or how little, you can only buy five unicorn shells on the black market.
However, if it is just regarded as the "agency fee" for finding a time converter, it is actually barely enough - well, of course this is when it is doubled.
Regarding Maka's teasing, Vanessa now didn't dare to argue at all, so she could only keep her mouth shut and acquiesce. To be honest, she was beginning to regret it now. If she had known earlier, she would have told Nott directly.
There is no doubt that this favor from McClain is not so easy to come by!
On the other side, Maka, who was standing not far from Vanessa, suddenly felt a little bored when she saw that she had stopped talking. In addition, the matter between Luna and Delphi was still lingering in Maka's heart, which made him couldn't help but sigh softly and turn his eyes to the world outside the window again.
But at this moment, Joey, who had been staring at him with his lips pursed since just now, seemed to finally couldn't help but say:
"Sir... you... you can't just break into other people's homes."
The look that seemed to want to blame Maka, but did not dare to speak loudly because of fear of life, looked quite cute in the eyes of Maka who looked back.
If I have to say it... yes, that look actually looks a lot like Ginny's when she was a child, she would always show shyness when meeting outsiders.
"Oh," Maka smiled, "Indeed, I think you are right, I was a little rude."
Seeing that Maka admitted her mistake very decisively, Joey seemed a little shy. But while her cheeks were slightly red, she said very seriously:
"The most important thing is that if you do this, you will be criticized by the head of the family... and the young master as well."
"Do you blame me?" Maka continued to smile, "Oh, I didn't expect that you are still worried about me? It's okay. I don't think they will blame me. You can rest assured about this."
But before he finished speaking, Joey immediately shook his head and muttered:
"No, they will blame me. I accidentally let you in... It's terrible for the head of the family to be angry. Then, I have to do a lot of extra work to make him calm down."
"Um?"
After hearing this, Vanessa sitting aside finally gave Joey a strange look.
"Aren't you Nott's daughter? Why do you sound... more like a servant?"
And Vanessa's words made Maka frown.
"daughter?"
If Fei Nasha had told her, Maka would never have thought that this little girl was actually the child of the owner of the family - raising his daughter as a servant. Is there such a family
But after thinking about it, Maka suddenly froze, and then said to Joey:
"Wait a minute - the 'Master' you just mentioned is called 'Theodore'?"
"Yes, yes," Joey nodded immediately when he heard the name, "The young master's name is Theodore, Theodore Nott... Sir, do you know our young master?"
"Is it really him?"
Maka did not answer Joey's question immediately, because at this moment, he was still thinking about "Theodore".
In fact, this Theodore was once his classmate, and he entered Hogwarts in the same class as him. However, after the other party was assigned to Slytherin, the two had almost no interactions.
He only heard occasionally that the relationship between that guy and Malfoy seemed to be pretty good.
And just because Maca and Theodore were not familiar with each other, when he mentioned the Nott family before, he couldn't even remember this "peer". It wasn't until Joey mentioned it again that he suddenly remembered that such a person existed.
But it must be said that Theodore's mind is obviously quite good. He can prevent Maka from noticing him, which is enough to prove that that guy is a so-called "smart person".
However, judging from what Joey said now, this "smart man"... doesn't seem to be a good thing. You know, this is his sister!
"I remember that old Nott seemed to have been a Death Eater in the past?"
Maka turned to look at Vanessa and asked this question. After all, Joey might not know about this kind of thing. After Vanessa heard this, she quickly gave an affirmative answer.
"Yes," she said, "He was a Death Eater and did a lot for Voldemort."
"So it turned out to be a fish that slipped through the net?" Maka said thoughtfully, "But then... he should have been in prison in Azkaban for more than ten years, right?"
After thinking about it like this, he couldn't help but look at Joey again, and then said:
"You grew up living with Theodore?"
"And Amanda," Joey nodded slightly, and then added, "But then, before the head of the family came back, Amanda left suddenly."
Old Nott's maid and lover or something? Actually Joey's biological mother
Just guessing, although the truth is very likely to be like this, Maka can't conclude on this. But not to mention anything else, at least after the immediate troubles are resolved, the old Nott will definitely be sent back to Azkaban.
Maka didn't ask any more questions. He just recorded the matter in his mind for the time being and then told Sirius or Kingsley later.
However, the main reason that stopped him from pursuing the question for the time being was the magic wave that suddenly appeared outside the door of the house.
"Crack."
With a light click of the lock, the door opened, and then a person walked in from the outside. When the other party saw that there was another person in the house, he was immediately stunned.
"Mc...McLean!"
"Well," Maka looked at the figure at the door and said calmly, "Mr. Nott, welcome home - of course, if you can tell me that you have brought the time turner, we may welcome you even more. Be more enthusiastic!"
"Uh..." After hearing this, Nott in front of the door came back to his senses and heard him say hurriedly, "Oh! I didn't expect that this time converter turned out to be the one you wanted, Mr. McClain!"