No one would have thought that Luna, who was following everyone and walking downstairs as before, was actually a fake. And no one would have thought that this person pretending to be Luna would actually be Maka in the future.
But to be honest, Maka didn't think of the idea of replacing Luna with herself at the beginning. Not to mention how difficult it is to imagine, the difficulty of pretending is really quite high.
Because in this tragic incident of Luna's death, as one of the protagonists, she was too close to Hermione, Delphi, and even Maka herself.
Among the three, Hermione is mentally sharp and Delphi is prophetic. As for his own perception, it is not a small problem.
Unfortunately, it is not that easy to save Luna. The coercion of history and the constricting effect of time rules restrict his various choices.
He had already thought of many ways before, but after much calculation, none of them were safe.
You know, judging from what Delphi said, this time-rewind operation to save Luna will most likely only have one chance. If something goes wrong, the best outcome is probably for him to return home seriously injured.
For this reason, he could only choose the most likely plan to save Luna - as long as Luna was replaced in advance, wouldn't it be 100% successful
So no matter how difficult this method was, Maka was still determined.
"Luna, didn't you eat a lot just now? Why are you chewing on apples again now?"
Hermione, who was walking in front, turned around and asked. Maka, who was thinking secretly, naturally raised the apple in her hand and shook it.
Then, I heard him imitating Luna's tone in a girl's voice, saying erratically but out of the blue:
"Hermione, do you want to eat too? I have one left here. I'll give it to you if you want it!"
"No, no need, you can keep it for yourself!" Upon hearing this, Hermione waved her hand, "Be careful where you step, don't stagger on the steps."
After Wuzi shook her head, she turned back and continued walking down the stairs without saying anything more.
Because she knew that once Luna's first sentence started to go off the rails, it would often go further and further off. Instead of continuing to argue with her, it's better to just let her be!
As soon as Maka, who was pretending to be Luna, saw him, she knew that his move had the desired effect - besides herself and Delphi at this time, Hermione was the most likely to discover his identity.
Therefore, Maka had to take the initiative to induce her to chat with her again and again, so that she could unconsciously confirm the identity of "Luna" repeatedly. In this way, even if someone inadvertently does something that is not like Luna later, she will not easily become suspicious.
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When "Luna" followed Hermione and others down to the lobby on the first floor, everyone saw Maka talking to Akinbad near the front door.
At the same time, Maka, who had already noticed that her friends had come down, immediately turned around and smiled at them and nodded.
At this moment, it happened that Ajinbad was leading the federation's support team to arrive at St. Mungo's. He was telling Maka what he had heard and seen along the way.
Including the battle they encountered on the way, there were also some wounded in the team, and they were all sent to be examined and treated by therapists by their teammates.
When Hermione and the others saw this, they just walked nearby and stood there one after another, listening carefully.
In fact, there were many situations outside at this time that even Maka herself hadn't fully understood yet, let alone Hermione and the others.
After Ajinbad finished speaking, while everyone was still digesting it secretly, Maka suddenly said:
"Okay, I understand. Thank you for coming to help. I will leave this place to you first... I will take the remaining half of the people to Diagon Alley."
"Hey! Maka, wait..."
The one who shouted at this time was naturally Hermione.
In fact, she had already made a lot of psychological preparations for leaving St. Mungo's before Luna had an accident because of her. Not to mention, she came to London this time not only to look for the Weasley brothers, but also to help.
Therefore, even Harry was a beat slower than her.
"We'll go with you too!" Hermione took a step forward, "I know you have your own things to do, and you may not be able to let us follow you all the time... So you just need to take us to Diagon Alley. In When you face bigger problems, we will assist Sirius and the others ourselves."
"you-"
Maka at the door looked at Harry holding the Sword of Gryffindor, and saw that everyone, including "Luna", was holding a palm-sized magic tablet in their hands, obviously helpless.
Behind everyone, the other Maka who was pretending to be Luna remained silent, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible.
Yes, Hermione could use a little drizzle to moisten things, but when facing herself, the best way to deal with it is not to show off. Otherwise, the likelihood of problems being detected increases.
"Okay... But Hermione, when you get to Diagon Alley, remember to take out your slates and let the supporters of the Federation try them out too!"
In Maka's opinion, if she hadn't met Herbo, the strength of Hermione, Harry and others would actually be quite sufficient. Especially Harry, after he became truly familiar with the new fighting method, even he couldn't despise it.
So after agreeing to Hermione's request, he didn't say much more at that time. In order to prevent Haierbo from running away and threatening Hermione and others, he was prepared to confront the opponent in person - just like so many entanglements and confrontations in the past.
Seeing Maka turn around and go out after finishing speaking, Hermione and the others were stunned for a moment - no one expected that they would convince him so easily this time.
However, after being stunned for a moment, Hermione, who was the first to react, immediately ran after him. Next, Maca and Delphi, who had transformed into Luna, followed suit and rushed out of the gate of St. Mungo's one after the other.
When they all reached the street outside, they saw that Maka had run to talk to the group of supporters staying on the street.
"... Then, thank you for your help time and time again... Okay, that's it! Time is running out, let's set off now!"
"Wait, Maka!"
As for why Luna was so strange at that time, it seemed that even the magic power fluctuations when Haierbo appeared around her were detected almost at the same time as Maka.
It turns out that Luna at this moment is not Luna at all.
And at this moment, Maka, who was pretending to be Luna, raised her eyes and glanced at the building opposite. In an instant, the curtains in a window automatically moved without wind, and a pair of eyes collided with each other in a coincidence. On.
When he first went back in time, Maka was particularly surprised by this "coincidence", but through subsequent research and calculations, he finally turned this most confusing point into one of his plans.
No matter if it was really Luna, would she ever look at him again? As long as he turned the Luna at that time into himself, wouldn't everything fall into place
Even later, Luna unexpectedly predicted Halbo's actions again and again, as if all the doubts could be explained.
"Hermione, take people back quickly! Immediately..."
"Go back quickly!"
When "Luna" was successfully implementing the second step of the secret plan, Maka had already whispered to Hermione who ran to her side... Although Haierbo had not yet appeared directly, the magic power was also fluctuating. It seemed like nothing, but the aura that made him feel extremely familiar was unmistakable.
"Luna, hurry up, go back first—"
At the department store window at the entrance of St. Mungo's, "Luna" was still confirming the next step in her mind, but she didn't expect that Harry seemed to want her to go in first.
Was it because he was almost entirely focused on finding Herbo's location at that time, and even asked Hermione to take people back to St. Mungo's but barely took the time to say it, so he missed Harry's words
I don't know if this is the reason. Maka only knows that she really doesn't seem to remember this.
However, what if he, the next "protagonist", goes back first? If "Luna" were not present, not to mention that all his preparations would be in vain, and it would most likely trigger the time rules to interfere.
Even if he had already judged that Luna's incident might not lead to closure, that was just a possibility. Before he could fully test the upper limit, he would not dare to take any risks in this regard.
"No, you go first!"
Immediately, Maka, pretending to be Luna, grabbed Harry's arm and pushed him into the entrance without even leaving him any room to speak.
After driving all the other friends who were present back to St. Mungo's Hall, a question suddenly came to Maka's mind.
"What should I do with this entrance?"
Of course Maka still remembers that the entrance was suddenly closed at some point in the middle of the journey, and it was either Helbo or Delphi who did it.
And since the latter did not mention that she was responsible for blocking the entrance when she confessed to him, then...
"Did I do it?"
Seeing that the entrance still showed no intention of closing, and Hermione was already coming this way behind her, Maka had no choice but to take the initiative to cast a spell on the window glass as carefully as possible.
"Luna, what's wrong? Why don't you go in?"
"Well... suddenly I can't get in."
Hermione asked as soon as she ran up behind him. After hearing "Luna"'s answer, her expression suddenly changed, and she hurried up and knocked on the glass twice.
"Bang bang—"
Immediately afterwards, she said anxiously with a stunned look on her face:
"What's going on? Why... the entrance can't be opened!"
The next second, Maka, who was still in the middle of the road, immediately looked back - only seeing Hermione and Luna at the door, Pansy not far away, and the windbreaker wizard who seemed to be paying attention to protect them.