"Is this what you see in the mirror...?"
Enns looked especially surprised when Maka took out the stone box found under the Hufflepuff Chamber of Secrets. He didn't expect that Maka actually had such a thing in her bag.
"Yes, that should be it," Enns stared at the box in Maka's hand, looked around and said, "Is there... another line of words engraved on it?"
"Um?"
Maka couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she heard him ask this.
"Yes...what's wrong?"
"The 'Slytherin' in the mirror pointed at that line of words and gestured to me. He seemed to want me to take a look." Enns said, "However, because it was too far away, I didn't See clearly.”
Having said this, while recalling what he saw in the mirror, he said with some confusion:
"Mr. MacLean, you said... does 'he' want me to open this stone box?"
Maka thought about this for a moment, and then shook her head slightly.
"If I just want you to open it, there is no need to let you read this line of writing." As he said this, he finally turned the side with the writing on it to Enns, "I remember when you I said that in order to understand Hufflepuff's letters, you also taught yourself this kind of old English - do you understand?"
When Enns heard this, he immediately waved his hands and said:
"No, I just did a rough study and then translated the letter according to the book. This... hmm? Do the last two words mean 'don't open'?"
"That's right," Maka subconsciously glanced at the line of carvings again, and then explained, "And the meaning of the whole sentence is 'The chosen child, if he is not ready, he will be Do not open this box'."
"That means," Enns frowned and said hesitantly, "that 'Slytherin' in the mirror wants to tell me not to open it?"
"Maybe!"
Maka's thoughts were obviously not clear at this moment, but he still said:
"Or, more likely, I want you to stop me when you see me getting ready to open it?"
Of course, maybe he wanted to use this method to lure Maka to open the stone box.
"Forget it, there are too many possibilities... We can't let it mess up our thoughts. Let's not think too much about this issue." After thinking about it for a moment, Maka carefully put away the stone box and then waved her hand. He said, "Enns, don't think about it anymore... just take some more rest! We have to go back to England early in the morning tomorrow."
When Enns heard this, he immediately said:
"Are you going to find Haierbo?"
Maka didn't hide this matter. When he asked about it, she nodded immediately.
"Yes, but I am the only one who wants to see that guy. As for you... I will leave you in the Blois camp outside London."
"Oh fine!"
After talking to Enns like this, Maka lowered her head again and continued to tinker with the pile of wood.
In this way, as today's sun gradually sinks behind the Western Mountain, and the sunlight that originally filled the tree canopy has turned into silver moonlight, Maka, who later turned the research object from the Soul Wood to the Devouring Mirror again, finally Temporarily stopped what I was doing.
It was only then that Maka reached out and patted Enns, who had dozed off unknowingly, to wake him up.
"Wake up, the sun has set."
"Well?"
Enns looked at Maka sleepily, then looked left and right, and then remembered that he was deep in the underground palace of Haierbo.
The dark scene around them makes people's concept of time become much blurred.
"It's already night?" he asked a little unclearly.
"To be exact, it was just after nightfall," Maka said, taking out a meal basket and placing it between the two of them. Then she gestured to Enns and said, "Eat!"
After saying that, he casually pulled away the napkin covering it, revealing a large basket of food. Then, he took the lead in picking up a piece of ham sandwich and stuffed it into his mouth and started chewing it.
On the other side, Enns looked at the rich variety of delicacies and couldn't help but said in surprise:
"Mr. McClain, is this... necessary? Why not just bring some dry food that is easy to carry?"
"There is dry food too!" Maka shrugged, "Eat quickly! You are also a student of Hufflepuff House after all, so don't make such a fuss! This is more or less a tradition of our house."
…
After filling his stomach, Enns watched Maka do research that he couldn't understand while pondering some things about himself.
During this period of time, there was no abnormality in the Devouring Mirror, even when Maka was doing other research.
Probably because he was too busy, or maybe because he had just had "dinner", Enns, who had been dozing off for a while, suddenly felt sleepy again.
Speaking of which, from the time he came out of Blois Castle until now, Enns has deeply felt that Maca has brought him with him as an "unstable factor".
To be honest, this did make him feel a little uncomfortable.
Unfortunately, lack of strength is a cruel reality for many people.
Fortunately, Enns is also a person with a strong heart. Although he usually has a bad temper and is quite indifferent to others, he still has a basic bottom line. Otherwise, like Malfoy, he might be tempted by some power that does not belong to him and embark on a path of no return that harms others and himself.
When Enns gradually fell asleep in a dazed state, Maka glanced in his direction, then sat in front of the Devouring Mirror and took out the mysterious stone box again.
Why did Enns see that image? Is it made of the fragments of Halbo's soul stored in the mirror? If this is the case, what does the other party plan to do
After a moment of silence, Maka suddenly held up the stone box, looked at the chaotic mirror and said:
"What, you want it? Then why don't you just ask me for it?"
Maka didn't speak too loudly, but because the tomb was surprisingly quiet, his words still sounded particularly clear.
If anyone was really listening, they would definitely hear it.
However, as the words gradually settled down, the surface of the Devouring Mirror still did not show any abnormal changes—it had obviously done so many strange things in Blois Castle, and even just now, but it happened to be right in front of him. "Playing dead".
This annoyed Maka.
However, at present, there is really nothing he can do with this broken mirror.
Shaking his head slightly, Macafu put away the stone box again, and then raised his left hand in front of himself. On the index finger, the ring engraved with the Blois family crest was shining with a faint silver light.
"Mr. Blois?"