Magic has been the exclusive preserve of gifted people since ancient times.
Even now, the threshold for using magic has been lowered again and again. Among humans, those who can cast magic spells are only those wizards who have awakened their innate abilities.
There is no doubt that whether a person's magic source is awakened and whether the magic power in his body becomes active determines whether "he"... or "she" can be associated with magic.
However, is it true that ordinary people cannot get involved in the world of magic
The answer is of course no.
If you delve into the history of magic, you will inevitably find that even in the not-so-distant past, ordinary people still lived together with wizards. They share cities and towns, work and live together. Even though the mysteries and dangers of magic always frighten ordinary people, people once respected wizards because of this.
What's more important is that once upon a time, wizards not only hired apprentices to teach them knowledge, but also often hired ordinary people as assistants to assist them in magical research.
Just like now, Delphi replaced Hermione and assisted Maka in completing some potion preparation steps that did not require the use of magic.
It wasn't until Hermione, who had left earlier, called Kingsley over, and Maka told him about visiting the Muggle Queen again after dinner, that the three of them left the potion preparation room together.
"When you concentrate on doing one thing, time often passes very quickly," Maka shrugged. "Of course, although time does not actually become faster, we just ignore its loss."
Just as he was speaking, the three of them had already walked out of the long corridor illuminated by magic and saw the sunlight coming in from the window again.
Yes, time did pass by unknowingly - the bright light turned to dim, and it was no longer as dazzling as at noon, which was a sign that night was coming again.
It was precisely because she sensed the arrival of dinner time that Maka did not continue with Delphi, but put down what she was doing after talking to Kingsley - to be honest, he originally wanted to Then mess around for a while.
"Oh, Maka! We were just about to call you... Ah, Delphi is here too?"
The one who spoke was Ron. When Maka and the other three passed by the foyer connecting the atrium, they happened to see him walking in from the door.
However, none of the three people's eyes, including Kingsley's, stayed on Ron for too long, and soon looked behind him.
Because there were Willy, Helen and others who came back from the garden with him.
"Maka!"
As soon as Willie saw the three of them, she immediately walked over quickly, holding a thick notebook in her hand - of course Maka remembered it, it was the Christmas gift he gave to Willie that year.
"You can take a look at dinner later. It contains a lot of plant information!"
After saying this, she put the note into Maka's hand, and then subconsciously moved her gaze to Delphi's face.
"Ah you are… "
Willie asked, but Delphi's eyes obviously did not fall on her side, but looked at Helen and Cathy at the door in a slightly absentminded manner.
And the child being held in Helen's arms.
"Remember? I just mentioned it not long ago - this is my friend who has the same name as our little Delphi!"
After explaining, Maca reached out and touched Delphi's arm lightly, and then gestured to little Delphi in Helen's arms.
"Look, as I said, this child does look a lot like you when you were a child!"
After Maka's touch, Delphi finally came back to his senses and immediately nodded slightly.
"Uh... Well, yes." She said dully, "It does look so much like the photo of me when I was a child. It scared me!"
While the two were talking, Helen and little Cathy also came closer.
Then, Helen looked at the child in her arms, and then at Delphi next to Maka. She didn’t know if it was because Delphi kept staring at the child. She thought about it and couldn’t help but carefully handed out a little bit and said:
"...Want to hug her?"
"oh!"
Maka couldn't help but sigh secretly when she saw this.
Let’s not mention the time rules for now, because as long as Delphi doesn’t go too far, it is unlikely that anything will go wrong if he just hugs himself who has not yet remembered anything.
But... to be honest, the moment he heard Helen's words, he had already foreseen what would happen.
Sure enough, Delphi almost subconsciously took her still young self into her arms, and then she froze there, her mind going blank.
Yes, perhaps in the entire history of mankind, there are few people who have ever held their childhood self like her.
At that moment, an extremely subtle feeling suddenly passed through her body like an electric current, and then, she felt an inexplicable discomfort in her heart.
Fortunately, Maka didn't let little Delphi stay in her arms for too long, and quickly stretched out her hands to take it.
"Okay, if you want to chat, don't stand here and chat! Dinner must have been prepared. If you have any questions, let's go over and talk while we eat!"
After saying that, he hugged the well-behaved and quiet little Delphi, turned around and walked towards the restaurant first.
"Don't be in a daze... Well, to be honest, I would rather you not come over."
Maka's words passed by Delphi's ears, and no one else heard them except her. After hearing this, Delphi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, in the slightly confused eyes of Helen and little Cathy, she smiled somewhat reluctantly.
Seeing Delphi follow Maka away, little Cathy, who was a few steps behind, tilted her head and pulled Helen's sleeve beside her.
"It seems a little strange?"
"There is nothing surprising." As an Obscurial who was saved by Maka, Helen had obviously decided not to have any doubts about this benefactor, including everyone recognized by him, "You also saw , Mr. MacLean is defending her—at least that’s enough for me.”
"Oh! Blind trust is very dangerous. Since there is nothing we can do to help Maka, we must at least pay more attention to him within our capabilities, right?" Little Cathy wrinkled her nose and said, "But... ok Come on! She doesn’t look like a bad guy anyway.”
Although this was said a bit reluctantly, in fact, Cathy's first impression of Delphi was very good, even she couldn't figure out where this good impression came from.
Maybe it was because of this that she couldn't help but wonder!
"Hmm... It does look a bit like little Delphi..."