"You are not allowed to touch Hermione!"
Under Maka's excellent acting skills, everything seemed to be going according to plan.
This includes the time when Halbo held "Luna" hostage, the time when Halbo used this to induce him to fly into the air, and of course the time when Halbo used space teleportation to move behind Hermione.
It's just... what happens next is completely different.
Now, near the entrance of the department store, Haierbo, who had made a feint, no longer needed "Luna" to be his shield.
Seeing that he was about to throw her away, Maka, who had transformed into Luna, immediately seized the opportunity and grabbed Haierbo's arm with a backhand.
Hale was about to get rid of this "useless" Lovegood and take Hermione as a hostage, but he was once again hindered by the former.
"Broken to pieces—"
Maka held onto Halpo tightly and wouldn't let go. She pressed Luna's wand against the opponent's chest. While chanting a spell, she secretly gritted her teeth.
Next was Herbo's blow that caused Luna to be seriously injured and on the verge of death - even though Delphi had confessed that it was her hand that ultimately made the move, but even if she didn't make a move, Luna would just not die.
And it was Haierbo's heavy blow that implied anger and impatience, but Maka had to endure it firmly!
"Annoying!"
Hearing the other party's angry snort at being repeatedly hindered, Maka only had time to turn slightly to the side, and the next moment she felt a strong force coming from the right side.
At the moment when the huge force was added to his body, he seemed to have heard the overwhelmed groans of the muscles and bones all over his body.
"Luna!"
While flying in the air, the sound he shouted floated into Maka's ears. Unfortunately, he didn't have the ability to take a look.
"Bang—"
Even though he knew that Delphi had stopped him and caught him in his arms, the force of being slapped away by Hai Erbo still pushed him and Delphi to retreat some distance away.
After the inertia ran out and he stopped, he suddenly felt pain everywhere in his body... How many bones were broken? He didn't even have the energy to count.
"Well… "
Blood was constantly flowing from the mouth and nose, there were many puncture wounds on the body due to fractures, and even the skull seemed to have cracks.
It didn't take long before he almost became a bloody man.
Such a serious injury, even if it was just a physical injury, would be enough to frighten people, and this was an injury he suffered deliberately out of preparation.
Consciousness... seems to be a little blurry.
"Click..."
Suddenly there was a strange sound in my ears. It must be the sound of ice crystals condensing... Oh! It should be an ice pick, did Delphi take action
Because he resisted Haierbo's hard blow, even though he temporarily adjusted his posture, he couldn't help but feel dazed for a while. If Delphi couldn't wait to attack this "fake Luna", it would definitely be impossible for him to die, but he would definitely suffer serious damage.
And this is the most critical point of Maca's bet.
Fortunately, Delphi did not take action immediately after catching him, giving him a short respite. As long as there is this opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief, the possibility of being able to rely on the real injury to deceive the current self becomes much greater!
For a moment, "Luna", who had calmed down a little, closed her eyes tightly and leaned in Delphi's arms without moving. There was no need to pretend to be seriously injured, so his extremely weak performance was just that. It becomes very natural.
"Stay away from Hermione... and die!"
"laugh-"
"Wow..."
A series of sounds were heard one after another not far away, which was the sound of him rushing over to fight Haierbo.
After the latter was stabbed by the basilisk horn staff and the cooling rule directly acted on the body, the opponent finally couldn't hold it anymore and turned into black flames and retreated to the center of the street.
All of this passed through "Luna's" ears, and "she" endured the unparalleled pain all over her body and remembered it all in her heart.
"Hermione..."
That was when he hurriedly asked Delphi after protecting Hermione who couldn't move.
"How's she doing Luna?"
Because although Haierbo retreated to the street to avoid the attack and suffered serious frostbite, he still didn't seem to have any plans to evacuate.
Therefore, at this time, Maka did not dare to look away easily. While half-supporting and half-hugging Hermione, his eyes were still firmly locked in the direction where Haierbo was.
And it was at this moment that Delphi, who was not paying attention to the situation here, finally took action.
"sorry."
A voice so soft that it was almost undetectable slipped quietly by "Luna"'s ears, and then, a bone-chilling chill suddenly came from the hand that was being held behind her back.
Soul rules!
That is another branch of soul rules that is different from Maka's "arrogance" and Helbo's "Gluttony", originating from the sin of the blood curse of Verina.
Maka had previously speculated that this might be a power given to Delphi by himself in the future. After all, Willy's curse had already been extracted by him. At this time, the plasma-like extract is still sealed in the pocket on his waist!
However, since Delphi used this hand... it must be fatal to Luna, but it would be much easier to deal with it on Maka.
In just an instant, he used the "arrogance" rune to dissipate the power of rules that invaded his body quietly.
But at the same time, he immediately shrank his soul, and his vital signs, which were getting weaker, took a sharp turn once again.
At this moment, the surrounding sounds seemed to be blocked by something, becoming more and more distant.
"This...what happened?"
After asking a question before, Maka realized that Delphi did not answer. And then, he no longer wanted to keep an eye on Haierbo, and hurriedly turned his head and looked to the side.
"Lou—"
Everything that caught the eye was bright red, and because of "Luna's" fair skin and long pale golden hair, the blood on "her" became more and more dazzling.
"Did you hit your head? Or... stop the bleeding! Yes, we need to stop the bleeding quickly..."
This was the last word Maka, who was pretending to be Luna, heard from her then self. Immediately afterwards, he fell into a state of suspended animation because he actively shrank his soul.
That's right, only genuine serious injuries and loss of soul can deceive oneself. Even if only one of them is missing, it's impossible to get past it.
Of course, even here, the risk still exists - because he obviously has no way of knowing what will happen after the suspended animation passes.
"Get away!"
When Haierbo tried to attack again, Maka, who was already furious because of "Luna"'s state, finally exploded, and the soul rule runes immediately flashed in front of him.
And because it is equivalent to "two Macas" coming together at this moment, the double rule intensity makes the "arrogance" rune distorted.
"Something's wrong...why?"
Apparently no one could give him an answer to Haierbo's question. Because the only insider has already fallen into a state of ignorance.
…
When Maka's soul gradually revived and led him to recover from suspended animation, the chaos and noise around him was no longer there.
There is no fierce turbulence of magic power, and of course there is no messy magic. Even the unbearable pain all over his body was no longer there. It should have been cured by his own obsessive treatment after that.
Everything seemed to have completely returned to calm.
And now Maka wants to know, nothing went wrong afterwards, right
Because he did not dare to use his perception ability to sense the surrounding situation, he could only open one eye slightly and glanced quickly from left to right.
Darkness, only a large area of darkness remains in my mind.
This is foreseeable, because he originally set the time for waking up at night, so even if there is a deviation, it will not be during the day.
Then... he should be lying on the hospital bed, covered with St. Mungo's white quilt, and his right hand is being held tightly by another hand that does not belong to him.
That should be Hermione's hand, right? He just saw a person lying next to the bed - that naturally curly, fluffy long hair. If it wasn't Hermione's, who else could it be
"Well, this is indeed the ward, and there are still the same number of people in the room... It seems that my plan is... very close to success?"
It was impossible to say he was unhappy, but while he was happy, a strange feeling suddenly made him uneasy.
"what happened?"
Macana's other hand placed under the quilt made a slight fist. The slender and soft feeling was indeed Luna's palm.
There is no doubt that the effects of the Potent Polyjuice Potion are still exerting their effect, so the problem should not be that the disguise has failed.
"Could it be that you are worried just because you haven't taken the last step yet?"
Although there has never been such a record of "the closer I get to the end, the more uneasy I feel", but this time, after all, there are dangers everywhere, and if you make a wrong step, everything will be lost.
When you think about it this way, it seems that being uneasy is not so hard to accept.
"Forget it, anyway... let's complete all the plans first!"
Maka, who was lying on the hospital bed, was thinking this, but unexpectedly, an inaudible voice suddenly came from the corner of the ward:
"… dad?"
The next second, Delphi, who was sitting in the corner, suddenly opened his eyes and stood up suddenly as if he noticed something.
This sudden movement also made Maka's heart tighten - was she discovered
How can it be!