One night, the dark sky was lit up twice in a row.
If we put it in the past, this would naturally be a hateful behavior that disturbs people's dreams. But now in this spiral town, how can most of the refugees who have just moved in sleep so easily
Ever since that night when London was shrouded in fog, everyone has been living in unease. Whenever night falls, the first thing the refugees think about is no longer the beauty of sleeping peacefully, but the fear that no one knows when the attack will come again.
When the light shines across the entire town like exceptionally bright moonlight, it will make people feel surprised and relieved that the darkness has been dispelled.
Especially this second time, it was different from Luna's "self-entertainment" after entering the statue. After Maka's fiddling in the darkness underground, he had already skipped the control of the mercury statue and directly activated Spiral Town's most powerful protective magic.
It was a huge, translucent shield with a faint silver light. Just looking up, you can easily see that the shield is like a big bowl turned upside down on the town, completely isolating the inside and outside of the town.
The refugees who had already seen Luna's ball of light poked their heads out of various windows again at this moment. If you observe carefully, you can find that the most common expression on each face is a smile that looks like relief.
But at this moment, Delphi, who had just returned to the ground with Maka, raised his neck and looked for a while, then a trace of worry appeared in his eyes.
"Dad, this protective spell... is probably not strong enough?"
"Yes!" Maka also raised her head and agreed as she looked, "Let's not talk about Haierpo himself - if he comes to attack here in person now, all protective spells will definitely be useless. But. Even if he just sends his men to attack..."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but shake his head, and then subconsciously turned around and said:
"...Speaking of which, the people who built this town and set up this protective spell were not guarding against Herbo at all. Therefore, this barrier may be able to prevent Voldemort and Death Eaters—"
Before she finished speaking, Maka suddenly realized that she shouldn't mention the name "Voldemort" in front of Delphi.
But who would have thought that when Delphi saw him stop, she turned back and gave him a calm smile.
"It's okay, dad... To the me in the past, my real life experience is no longer important, let alone now... isn't it?"
To be honest, at this moment, Maka actually saw a little unnaturalness in her expression. However, he didn't say anything, he just nodded to her with the same smile.
"In short," Maka continued quickly, "Next, I will also find ways to transform the following things, including the half about magic and ancient magical literature, and the half about alchemy."
Even if he is not good at the latter, he can quickly find people who are good at it - this is obviously not a problem for him.
"But before that..."
He paused for a moment, then waved to Delphi, then walked straight to the base at the foot of the statue and sat down.
"We still have to pick up the unfinished topics we discussed below and continue talking."
When Delphi heard this, he couldn't help but think about it for a moment, and then he seemed to suddenly say:
"Is it about the meteorite?"
Just now, because of her panic from memory, she interrupted Maka abruptly, but since Maka specially called her over, she would naturally not forget the most important thing in the blink of an eye. of.
But before Maka could answer, she immediately said first as if she was asking a question to herself:
"Do you need me to stay here to protect this town on your behalf while Dad rushes to Hogwarts to solve the meteorite problem?"
"Well," Maka nodded slowly, "You can say that. It's just... of course, your own safety is also very important, don't force it - if Haierpo appears outside in person, all you have to do is bring him With Hermione, Luna and others secretly evacuating Spiral Town - you should know who they are."
After a short pause, Maka went one step further:
"I will show you some secret passages for evacuation in a moment... Remember, this is a decision I made for you, for you, so don't have any psychological burden."
When he said these words, his expression became very serious. Especially in the tone of the last sentence, Delphi could easily hear the heaviness contained in it.
After all, that is almost equivalent to a declaration of abandoning most of the refugees. It can be said that most people will fall into a dilemma when faced with this choice.
Sometimes, even if it only determines the life or death of one life, this is enough to make many people extremely distressed, let alone the life and death of so many refugees
Maybe it's easy to say with Delphi's character, but if it were Hermione, she probably wouldn't be able to make such a decision in her life.
"I understand," Delphi couldn't help but be silent for a moment after listening to Maka's instructions, and then nodded gently and said, "I will do whatever daddy says - I listen to daddy."
"Thank you," after hearing her firm answer, Maka couldn't help but reach out and pat her shoulder, "Then I'll leave it to you... But by the way, you won't be the only one who has the burden of protecting this town. It’s someone’s responsibility. I’m afraid even if I don’t mention it, Hermione and the others will take action on their own.”
"... But I think there is one person I must talk to you about."
Having said this, Makafu stood up from the base of the statue again, turned back and pointed at the lifelike mercury statue and said:
"After I improve the defensive spells below, the statue will still be able to control their opening and closing. And as far as I know, the only person who can control this statue is Luna... Also That is to say, if necessary, she will become the core of the entire town's comprehensive defense."
"Therefore," Maka said, shrugging, "At least until you have no choice but to abandon the defense, you must protect this statue... and her in the statue."
Seeing Maka say this, Delphi couldn't help but pursed her lips, stared at Maka's face and whispered:
"Dad, I have a question for you - do you want me to focus on protecting Miss Lovegood just because she will be the 'core of a comprehensive defense'? Or..."
Maka looked at her slightly awkward expression and could only helplessly shake her head.
"Well... I know what you want to say, but... it's both!"
He replied calmly.