The crucible was steaming gurglingly, and occasionally one or two translucent bubbles would float out of it, fly swaying toward the roof of the tent, and then burst silently.
The air was filled with a slightly pungent smell, like disinfectant from a Muggle hospital.
"Because I need to prepare several potions here, Mr. Bernthal let me stay here tonight... Well, the smell is a bit strong, let's ventilate it first!"
Just as he said that, Maka immediately made a move. Suddenly, a fresh night breeze rushed in from the entrance of the tent, "wandered" around here, and then went out again, carrying the smell of the magic potion.
Suddenly, the air in the room suddenly became refreshing.
"That smell just now... was blackroot?" Hermione, who was following Maka, recalled the smell just now, and couldn't help but said, "Who has been hit by a curse that is difficult to break, and you need to prepare the magic potion to break the curse yourself. ?”
"Oh, as expected of Miss Know-It-All, you can tell what kind of potion it is as soon as you smell it." Maka said jokingly, "Yes, someone has been hit by a more troublesome curse. But in fact, it's nothing - you know, everything A curse that you haven’t even had time to brew a potion for treatment is nothing!”
Maka was actually telling the truth, because the curse suffered by Bernser was indeed not hopeless, but his identity and responsibilities did not allow him to make his injury public.
"Sit down! I know that you must have been holding a lot of questions in your stomach these days. If you want to ask anything, you can ask... Of course, there are some things that I really can't tell you. If I say it, there will be problems."
As he spoke, he walked towards the fireplace, then lit the fire as usual and started tea.
"By the way," Maka seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and paused while holding the teapot, "I think you are all confused about Delphi, and you also have a lot of questions to ask... But unfortunately, her The situation is quite special. I can only say that although you may feel a little strange to her, she is indeed a friend who knows everything about her - "
"Ah, this..." Hermione couldn't help but said when she saw Maca mentioning Delphi, "In fact, I have already asked her some questions."
Of course Maka knows this.
When he was going back in time before, he could hear it clearly in the bathroom stall - he knew that Delphi deliberately misled Hermione, making the latter think that he and Delphi were "old friends" who had known each other since childhood. .
But in fact, Hermione is right to think so, because Delphi has indeed known Maka since "childhood", hasn't she
"Well," Maka nodded indifferently as Hermione took the initiative to mention what she had talked with Delphi, "She is also a person who knows how to measure. Since she will tell you, it means that you can know those things. of."
"Yeah?"
Seeing that Maka didn't seem to care, and didn't even ask what he and Delphi had said, Hermione felt even more puzzled. But since Maka said that, it seemed inconvenient for her to inquire further.
"Okay... So, if there are any other questions," she hesitated, "when we evacuated London, we all saw the black pillar of fire rising straight into the sky in the center of the city - that, was it? Why did you propose an emergency evacuation?"
"Did you all see that? I thought that because of the fog, not many people saw it!" Maka stirred the tea in the copper pot with a wooden spoon and said with her back to Hermione, "Are you right? Wrong, it's because of that... As I said before, London is very dangerous now. This is precisely because London has been occupied by a... How should I put it? A 'terrible monster'."
"'Scary monster'..." Hermione chewed on the description that came from Maka's mouth and couldn't help but feel a little incredible, "Is it so scary that even the entire city can only give up?"
After hearing this, Maka nodded slightly and said:
"Yes... and that's not all. In fact, if the guy itself can't come out of the fog that envelopes London, then we even have to hide further - even I can't do anything about it at the moment .”
Maka had a long stalemate with the devil twice, and finally managed to escape intact, but this did not mean that he was on par with the other party.
In fact, if his extreme speed could barely keep up with the devil, the fact that he could not hurt the opponent but the opponent could easily kill him would be enough to explain the gap between the two sides.
On this basis, in terms of endurance in a protracted battle, he is far inferior to his opponent. This is the most problematic part.
However, Maka would definitely not say such a disappointing judgment of friend or foe. What's more, if he himself has lost confidence, how can he make everyone feel at ease
Therefore, just giving the other party a high enough evaluation to remind Hermione and let the friends know clearly that they should focus on vigilance, this is the limit of what he can say.
Maka's goal was achieved.
After learning that such a powerful enemy still existed in urban London at this moment, Hermione, who had relaxed slightly due to tonight's activities, couldn't help but become tense again.
However, the previous relaxation is obviously still necessary. It would be too much for anyone to hear such a heavy reality in an already depressing situation.
"Don't worry too much." Maka turned around and smiled at Hermione when she felt that the atmosphere was gradually becoming a little more solemn. "At least, I had two encounters with that 'monster'. The second striker has all come back well. Although that guy is scary, he is not someone who can only wait to be killed - as long as we are fully prepared, he may not be invincible!"
Hermione looked at Maka's determination and was unconsciously infected.
She is not the kind of person who compromises easily. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been until "that incident" happened to Luna that she finally gave up on competing for Maka.
And now, even though she has learned about the existence of the devil from Maka, she can already foresee that the next days may be more difficult and cruel. But the coming suffering did not knock her down, but might make her stronger.
Miss Hermione Granger is a witch who never admits defeat.
"Maka, in the past two days, I have prepared something in my free time... Although it is not really completed yet, would you like to take a look at it for me first?"
"Oh? What have you prepared?"