"sorry."
At that moment, Delphi felt Maca's sudden tenderness, and what she touched was Maca's warm and solid embrace. But at the same time, what she heard was Maka's apology.
She didn't know why Maka wanted to apologize, let alone what the "I'm sorry" meant. At that moment, she suddenly had a bad premonition.
Yes, Delphi always believed that Maka would not be malicious towards her.
After all, Maka never pursued the matter of her dirty tricks on Luna, but only tried to redeem it - this obviously showed that Maka really regarded her as a relative... well, at least as a relative. Treat her like a true friend.
However, she naturally had no idea what Maka was thinking and what the deep meaning of this hug and apology contained.
However, no matter what, Delphi, who was greedy for her father's hug, did not push Maka away, let alone be wary.
There is no doubt that this embrace is something she has missed for a long time and is something she is looking forward to every day. She is really unwilling to let her slip away from her in a hurry again.
However, at the next moment, Delphi suddenly felt some invisible dizziness coming quietly. She really didn't expect that Maka's answer to that "I'm sorry" would come so quickly.
Immediately afterwards, Delphi could no longer stand up, and her feet became weak and she was about to slide to the floor. Fortunately, Maka always paid attention to this and hugged her tighter again just in time.
"… dad."
"Well, my good daughter... if you are sleepy, just take a nap first! Dad is always here."
When Delphi called Maka for the last time and heard Maka admit herself for the first time, she finally fell into a coma in a hazy sense of happiness, and her eyesight went dark and she didn't know anything.
Seeing this, Maka hugged her and stood there for a moment, until it was confirmed that she had indeed fallen asleep under the influence of the soul rules, and then she gently carried her to another sofa next to Luna.
Then, the naturally warm smile on Maka's face slowly faded away and returned to its usual calm.
"I'm sorry," Maka looked at Delphi's sweet sleeping face, repeated the apology again, and then said, "Delphi, I've worked hard for you for so long... Have a good sleep! I'll wait for you. ... After both Luna and I wake up from this sleep, we will go together to deal with the despicable and evil Helbo."
Having said that, Maka didn't do anything to the unconscious Delphi, but she didn't leave at the same time. He just sat directly on the floor with his back against the sofa and took out his time turner from his arms.
Then, he was seen holding the glittering thin chain, not touching the small hourglass in the middle of the ring pendant, but just letting it swing back and forth in front of his eyes.
"...cough, cough, cough."
It must be said that this converter is of great significance to him, as it carries the hope of saving Luna.
Without it, Delphi's plan may have succeeded - because there may be more time turners in the world, but Maca may not necessarily be able to find them.
And even if he finally finds another one, who knows when that will be
Was it after the meteorite fell from the sky? Or after Haierbo completed the demon summoning technique? Or even, could it be that they still haven't been found until London completely fell
Thinking of this, Maka couldn't help but shook her head slowly, and then took the gold chain and took the converter's hourglass pendant into her palm.
Then, he actually took out a small dagger from his waist and carefully scratched the outside of the gold ring used to fix the hourglass.
"Delphini McKellen."
That's right, Maka engraved Delphi's name on the outer arc of the golden ring, and it was still his surname. Regardless of what he was going to do, at least this behavior seemed to mean that he finally confirmed the significance of Delphi to his Maca McClain.
After finishing all this, Maka put the converter back into her breast pocket, stood up, and looked back at the faces of the two girls who were in the same grade.
"Have a good rest and have a good dream... wait until I come back."
I don't know who he said this to... Oh, maybe both of them are involved
After saying this softly, without any further hesitation, he picked up the staff that was lying aside, turned around and walked towards the stairs.
Before leaving here, he also conveniently set up strict protective magic at the entrance to this floor to prevent anyone from breaking into it intentionally or unintentionally.
"Okay, now it's time to face the rules of time again."
…
Although Maka had guessed the support team of Ilvermorny in the United States, he had not paid too much attention to it because he had always prioritized everything very clearly.
Compared to this world, all it takes to turn the time turner is a moment. No matter how many turns he made and how many times he backtracked, it definitely wouldn't take much time.
After rescuing Luna, he would deal with the fog disaster in London. He knew this first and last.
However, the principal of Ilvermorny, Barlow Stewart, who led the team, obviously had no way of knowing what Maka was thinking.
"Professor Stewart, you are here!"
At the edge of the chaotic battlefield, the deputy leader of the American volunteers who had just come into contact with Sirius said hello to Barlow.
"How's it going? Have you seen Mr. MacLean?"
"No," Barlow shook his head after hearing this, "Mr. Lupin doesn't know where he is either. I only got the news that he is in London - as for the specific where, I don't know yet."
"Oh! I still wanted to meet that unparalleled young genius! But in the end, you didn't even see him."
Seeing the other party shaking his head and sighing with deep regret, Barlow had no choice but to wave his hand, indicating that he should pay attention to the battlefield. Then he took out his wand and said:
"Anyway, we will see you sooner or later. Don't be distracted now... Have you found out the situation on the battlefield here? Have the people we sent to the other side come back?"
"Yes!" When the deputy heard this, his expression immediately dropped and he replied seriously, "According to the previous decision, I divided into six teams in pairs and went out. Now two teams have returned. As of now, Look, the situation in this largest battlefield has stabilized... It seems that our trip this time may have been in vain."
"You don't need support anymore?" Barlow couldn't help but nodded when he heard what he said, "Well... isn't it better to 'run in vain'? We have no risk of losing manpower, and we have shown the minimum In terms of humanitarian spirit, the Magic Congress is able to do business... Of course, what's more important is that the situation in London has finally been successfully stabilized."
It can actually be heard from Barlow's words that they were under a lot of pressure during this trip.
Although the President of Congress unanimously approved their application to support London, it is clear that opposition still exists. If the losses are too large, or any trouble is caused that is not conducive to the American magical community, then he, the principal, and the MACUSA who advocate support will The chairman will be criticized.
Now, if they can successfully complete this support and do not give any excuse in the eyes of the opposition parties in Congress, then their trip will be considered the right one.
After all, the "Obscurial Riot" incident that Maka solved in the United States can be regarded as a debt owed by the American magic world to the British magic world. If this can be repaid, it will naturally be good for their American magic world.
Not to mention, Barlow actually brought some "selfishness" with volunteers to help the British wizards this time.
You know, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the United States has a close relationship with Hogwarts - the original founder of Ilvermorny, Isolt Thayer, whose mother was from the Gaunt family, that is, Thayer Descendant of Ratcha Slytherin.
Her husband, who co-founded Ilvermorny with the witch whose surname was "Thayer", was also named "James Stewart".
Yes, the current headmaster, Barlow Stewart, is the descendant of the founders of Ilvermorny.
To be honest, it was obviously impossible for him to have any feelings for Barlow at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But his father had a good relationship with Dumbledore back then... Well, in fact, the relationship between Hogwarts and Ilvermorny has always been good.
It was for this reason that Barlow came to London for support, rather than the superficial excuse of "to thank Maka McClain for her help" that even the manpower he brought thought.
"When I go back now, the old man won't nag in front of me, right?"
After curling his lips secretly, Barlow quickly returned to his usual serious state, lifted his legs and left the alley, walking towards the battlefield ahead - you can see that Sirius is commanding over there. Combat.
At the moment, Barlow plans to go over and ask if there is anything that his supporters can help with.
"Bang!"
As soon as he stepped into the battlefield, magic spells quickly leaked from the front line to this side. From here on, you can feel that even if the situation has calmed down a little, the battle is still quite fierce.
With a slight wave of his staff, he easily deflected the crushing curse, seemingly effortlessly.
As one of the principals of Ilvermorny, there is no doubt about Barlow's strength. He was seen rushing forward, blocking and deflecting sporadic spells from time to time, and even blocking a few attacks for others along the way.
It wasn't until he came near the main team led by Sirius that he stopped in his tracks.
"Mr. Black?"