"Luna, I'm sorry... just feel aggrieved here first! Well... although it's a bit cold here, it's better than losing your life all of a sudden."
In the cubicle, Maka gently touched the forehead of Luna, who had been stunned by the potion - those warm body temperatures were the greatest encouragement for his time journey.
To be honest, Maka never wanted to touch her skin that was still fair but only cold.
After a moment of silence, Maka couldn't help but sigh slightly, then reached out and pulled out a piece of Luna's silky blond hair, and stuffed it into the potion bottle in her other hand.
In order to prevent his past self from detecting this operation, he could not use any magic, so he almost had to rely on the effects of various potions.
Therefore, accurately controlling the duration of the drug's effect is one of the important basic conditions for his success.
This bottle of polyjuice is a special version of Maca that has been concentrated with a large amount of medicinal liquid according to actual needs. On the premise of extending the duration, it also causes a certain degree of damage to the body, so there are very strict control standards for the dosage.
However, in order to save the people who must be saved, he is willing to take the risk that his existence may be erased by the rules of time at any time. It's just that the possibility of potion poisoning doesn't seem to be a big deal anymore.
After stuffing Luna's hair into the bottle and shaking it slightly, Maka put it to her mouth and tilted her head. The liquid that became extremely viscous due to concentration slowly slid through his mouth. The strong bitter taste was mixed with spicy and burning sensations, and even he couldn't help but frown.
Feeling the medicinal liquid gradually falling into the abdomen along the throat and esophagus, there was a burning pain from the mouth to the stomach.
"cough."
After an extremely suppressed cough, Maka took a deep breath, and her face finally returned to calm. Then, as the skin everywhere on his body squirmed violently, he first shrunk in height, and then began to deform.
The original black hair gradually lengthened and turned into light blonde; the contours of the cheeks became softer than before, and the skin gradually became fairer; even the eyelashes seemed to be a bit longer.
In just over ten seconds, Maka completely transformed into Luna.
"Fortunately, I prepared Luna's clothes in advance, otherwise-"
As soon as he thought of this, he quickly shook his head, and his golden hair was tossed left and right. When he put all those things he shouldn't have thought behind, he took out an invisibility cloak from his waist and covered Luna's body, which was leaning on the toilet.
"Wait here for a day - at most one day, and I will be back!"
Having said that, without any further hesitation, Maka climbed directly onto the door panel of the compartment and climbed out from the gap above... As long as the lock of the compartment was not opened, there should be no risk that someone would climb in and check out the situation.
Not to mention, the following day will be the busiest day at St. Mungo's in recent days.
…
"Maka, I'm back from the bathroom!"
In the corridor, Maka tried her best to adjust the magic activity in her body, trying to imitate Luna's unique magic fluctuations as much as possible, while not forgetting to say hello to her other self who was wandering in the corridor at the moment.
Let’s be honest, it’s by no means an easy task.
Now he finally knew why Luna hardly spoke that day, because just being distracted and adjusting her magic power had already taken a lot of effort from him.
But at least for now, he still has to imitate Luna's demeanor and say one or two more words.
"Oh...it's a bit cold in there! I think there should be a fireplace in the bathroom...it's so warm and comfortable!"
"Fireplace? Well, it's okay to install a fireplace, but the floo network must not be connected. Otherwise, how scary would it be if one or two people suddenly burst in at a convenient time?"
Hearing that she was still in the mood to make such a joke at that time, Maka couldn't help but roll her eyes inwardly - did she sometimes tell such cold jokes that she thought were funny
"Hmm... It's quite scary, so don't pretend."
As he said this, he kept walking, and after waving his hands randomly at himself in the corridor, he gently opened the door and successfully entered the ward.
very good!
It seemed that as long as he always paid attention to his own magic power fluctuations, he could still deceive himself - it was him after all, and Maka still knew very well how capable he was.
But to be honest, this was the first time he had been in such close contact with his past self. Even if it was just for a few seconds, that strange feeling could not be compared with other situations.
After the door closed again, Maka roughly judged the direction in the darkness of the ward through the starlight between the curtains, and then walked step by step towards the bunk where Luna was sleeping.
"Ouch!"
It was really inconvenient that he couldn't use his perception ability at will. He accidentally stepped on Ron's hand that was lying in the way. After being stunned for a moment, he immediately whispered:
"Eh? Ron, I'm sorry."
"Well..." Ron on the ground squinted his eyes in confusion, and then said helplessly, "Is it... Luna? Oh, it's okay... just be careful when you walk, don't step on others."
"oh."
In the darkness, Maka, who had transformed into Luna, couldn't help but raise her eyebrows - Ron is actually quite gentle with others, so why do so few girls like him
Thinking about the people who had confessed to him, one was Lavender, who was not very lovable, and the other was actually a boy. Well, he is really... not very popular with women, isn't he
Without saying anything else, Maka quickly returned to Luna's bed, then leaned down and dove in.
"What's that weird smell?" He smelled the inexplicable smell on the quilt, and then thought about it for a moment before shaking his head suddenly, "Dragon manure... What is she doing in her bed?"
Although he has been in contact with Luna for a long time, it is not a problem to learn her usual behaviors, but sometimes Maka may not be able to understand some of this girl's strange thoughts.
"It should be half the night before the next morning... Anyway, let's rest for a while."
…
"Is it almost dawn?"
Maka couldn't fall asleep because he had to pay attention to controlling his magic power at all times, so there was no possibility of falling asleep. Therefore, the "take a rest" that I thought of before only meant lying quietly in bed for a while.
And after he waited silently for about four hours in this quiet night, a voice suddenly sounded from somewhere in the bed, breaking the tranquility of the night again.
The reason why I say "again" is because this sound has not appeared for the first time in the past four hours.
"I don't know..." Another voice that had answered before sounded again, "Maybe there are still one or two hours?"
"Oh! That's what you said just now... But I really can't sleep."
"Keep it up! I want Ginny and the others to rest more! You know, they all fell asleep with great difficulty, didn't they?"
In fact, the first person to speak was Ron, who had been woken up by Maka earlier; and the other person who showed his concern for Ginny in his words was naturally Harry.
"Yeah, that's right. Let them sleep a little longer... I'll go to the bathroom."
Ron whispered in a low voice before getting up from the bed and moving his body, which was a little stiff from lying awake for too long.
But at this moment, Hermione on the other side suddenly said:
"Okay... do you really think we are all asleep? Don't be stupid... Ginny, I know you also want to put these two fools at ease, but there is obviously no point in doing so."
"Um… "
Ginny, who had to occupy one of the two beds in the ward because of the care of others, sat up at this moment and pretended to rub her face, which was not sleepy.
Immediately afterwards, all the friends in the room opened their eyes one after another, and a pair of eyes could barely see some reflections under the starlight at the window.
"Fluorescence."
Hermione shook her wand, and suddenly, a soft light dispersed the surrounding darkness, finally making the dark ward brighter.
At this moment, Ron happened to catch a glimpse of the quilt that belonged to Luna and it seemed that there was no movement. He couldn't help but whispered:
"Hermione... uh, maybe you should keep your voice down?"
"No, I don't think that's necessary," Hermione pursed her lips, and then said, "Luna, I think I need to remind you - if a person really falls asleep, his breathing will become heavier. !”
"Oh...really?"
Upon hearing this, Maka, who was huddled in the quilt, pulled down the quilt, revealing her blond hair, which was quite messy from sleeping, and a pair of bright eyes.
"Hermione, you are so amazing... you can even know what you look like when you are sleeping!" He secretly teased, "Like me... I can't."
However, Hermione obviously didn't want to chat with him, so she quickly continued:
"Anyway, since we can't sleep, why not just stop sleeping..."
"Then should we go talk to Maka again," Ron heard her say and immediately asked, "You understand—we have to have a plan to discuss what to do next, right?"
"Well, what you said is generally correct. We do need to talk to him again."
Maka, who had transformed into Luna, was lying on the bed like this, tilting her head and watching these friends discussing with each other about the fog-locked city outside. He did not participate casually. After all, Luna usually did not take the initiative to express many opinions at such times.
As a bystander, the blond girl has always been like this, silently taking in everything around her and remembering it in her heart.
It's hard to guess what she was thinking.