The relationship between the two has always been a mystery to everyone except Maka and Delphi.
Ever since she first brought Delphi to Hogwarts, the friends and professors around her could tell that she always had a vague feeling of closeness to Maka. Although everyone has never seen her before, they can feel that she has known Maka for a long time.
And it is precisely because of this "illusion that is not an illusion" that Hermione thinks that Delphi and Maka may have that kind of childhood friendship.
Perhaps it is also due to some preconceived notions! Unknowingly, even Delphi's magical power, which is comparable to Maka, has indirectly become one of the evidences that she and Maka have an old relationship in the eyes of others.
But it was obvious that even Hermione, who had made some wild guesses, knew nothing about Delphi's sudden appearance next to Maka. Let alone understanding the actual situation, even trying to guess is completely impossible.
So now, when Maka was about to leave with Luna, but Delphi grabbed his arm, everyone looked confused.
Not to mention, the latter was still begging Maka to "don't leave" with that slightly trembling voice.
What on earth is this? What's going on with them
However, even though everyone was extremely confused about this, no one, including Hermione, asked. Some of them didn't dare to ask, such as Hermione; and more, they didn't even know where to start.
As for Maka at this moment... Facing Delphi's pitiful eyes, his hands couldn't help but stop.
what to do
Needless to say, Delphi's worries were not unfounded or without reason. It was precisely because it had happened, felt, suffered, and maybe even cried secretly that her feelings became so unbearable.
And it was obvious that Maka knew in her heart that using a time turner to play hide-and-seek with the rules, no one dared to guarantee that there would be absolutely no risk.
Because of this, every time Delphi raised questions or even tried to prevent him from saving Luna, Maka never said a word that completely denied her.
Unfortunately, it is simply impossible for Maka to give up Luna.
After a moment of hesitation, Maka still pressed her left hand on Delphi's hand that was holding his arm, and then gently held her hand in her palm.
"Delphi," he looked into those wavering eyes and said slowly but unquestionably, "I will be careful, okay?"
His father is gentle, gentle to himself and to others - this is something Delphi knows only too well.
I remember that during the war, no matter how dangerous the battle situation was and no matter how short of manpower it was, he never canceled the deployment of the rescue team.
And his reason was always just a joke:
"Saving a man means that we will have an extra part of the present; saving a woman means that we will have an extra part of the future - so in order to take into account both the present and the future, we'd better save them in pairs!"
Not to mention the joking tone, even if he treats strangers like this, how could he give up Miss Lovegood, who is said to be his beloved
Of course, due to Delphi's respect and admiration for her father, what she was thinking at the moment was actually somewhat beautifying. The reason why Maka insists on rescuing is mainly to replenish manpower and train successors. Otherwise, the resistance army would have completely collapsed due to battle losses!
But in Delphi's view, this is kindness and gentleness.
Therefore, before Delphi returned to this era, she had made up her mind to hide her identity - her purpose was best not to let Maka see through her identity.
The reason why she took the initiative to expose herself earlier was basically because she was forced to do so.
According to the original plan she had considered, she should have perished with the "core" of the demon summoning ritual long ago...
Feeling the warmth from Maka's palm to the back of her hand, Delphi's hand that was still holding his arm tightly at first relaxed a little voluntarily.
After Maka noticed it, she simply picked up her hand, held it in her palm and shook it gently.
"Let's do this!" he said, "come with me later... I have a few words to say to you."
After saying this, Maka slowly let go of his hand holding Delphi's right hand, turned around and hugged Luna.
Just like when he reported her to the ward, he did not use any magic, but picked her up himself.
Just such a detail was enough to make Delphi purse her lips and be unable to say anything else.
And when Maka just hugged Luna and walked towards the door step by step under the silent gaze of everyone, Hermione, who had been standing near the door since just now, hesitated for a moment, and then stood silently. aside.
She didn't dare to look at Luna in Maka's arms because she knew she would definitely be jealous. And if she was really jealous of Luna... I'm afraid, even she would look down on herself.
On the other side, Delphi, who stayed there after Maka left the hospital bed, was startled for a moment, and then followed her out silently.
Just like that, three people were suddenly missing from the ward, but no one felt that it was much empty. After all, apart from Hermione, Delphi has always been sitting in the corner, taking up no space, and Maka has just returned.
Not only that, because of the inexplicable atmosphere just now, the friends felt that the ward seemed to be more stuffy.
"Hermione," Ron asked cautiously from the side, "about Maka and Miss Fisher... do you know anything?"
"have no idea."
Hermione replied to him almost without thinking, and her tone was quite cold, which made Ron feel as if there was a cold wind blowing through him and he subconsciously shrank his neck.
And then, after Hermione adjusted her mood slightly, she weakly said:
"Miss Fisher may be Maka's friend when she was a child, and she should have a very good relationship with her. Last night when you were sleeping, I went to talk to her alone for a short while and learned about her and Maka's relationship. Something from the past.”
"What happened before entering Hogwarts?" Harry asked curiously, "Um... can you tell us about it too?"
Harry is obviously not the only one who wants to know about Maka's past. Just because Hermione was in a rather bad mood, no one dared to ask questions casually, and only Harry, a thick-headed man, couldn't help but ask.
Fortunately, Hermione didn't seem to refuse to speak. After hearing Harry's question, she immediately sat down on the floor and casually told a few short stories he had heard from Delphi.
From her point of view, there was nothing she could not say about those things, and Maka would definitely not mind even if she knew about them. What's more, most of Naxi's stories have no beginning or end, and the order is even more chaotic. They can only be said casually to give people a general idea.
There is no doubt that Hermione just wanted to distract herself so that she could stop thinking about the things that made her so upset for the time being.
However, even if it is just a summary, everyone can't help but be fascinated by it - such a story of a child under ten years old struggling to survive alone at the bottom of society is really fascinating, let alone the child in the story. It's someone close to them.
For a moment, everyone was stunned, and gradually only Hermione's lazy voice echoed in the ward.
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Of course Maka didn't know that after he left, the friends in the ward held a "story meeting", and they all talked about old things from his first years.
To be honest, the experience of those few years was really chaotic. To others, it sounded thrilling, but he knew that there were many stupid things that even Delphi had never heard of.
That kind of nonsense is obviously not suitable for a bedtime story for a little girl, and most likely my future self will not tell it to her.
Of course, even if he knew that there was a storytelling conference in the ward, he had no time to pay attention to it.
"Let's go upstairs."
After speaking to Delphi who was following behind, Maka led her through the corridor and up the stairs to the rest area on the top floor of St. Mungo's.
As soon as you get here, you can see that although there are not many people here, there are still a few. So when he first appeared, several eyes moved over and fell on Maka, who was holding Luna.
"Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, I need to use this floor next... So, could you please leave for a moment?"
Since it was Maka who asked for the favor in person, probably no one in this St. Mungory would refuse. Sure enough, the few male and female witches and wizards who were sitting here to take a rest and relax quickly nodded and smiled at him and left one after another.
He could see the doubts and curiosity in the eyes of these wizards, but Maka did not explain, and no one asked anything specifically. After everyone left, Maka gently placed Luna on the sofa, then turned her head and looked at Delphi's face seriously.
He found that although Delphi was no longer awkward at this moment, she was no longer staring at him with a shaken face like before. But the emotion contained in those eyes still made Maka sigh softly.
"Delphi..."
He looked at the other party's delicate face and slightly frowned eyebrows, as if he didn't know what to say for a moment.
In the end, he gave up some explanations or words of persuasion for the time being, but walked forward and hugged the other person without hesitation.
"I'm sorry." Maka said solemnly.