What needs to be explained has been explained, and then comes the heartwarming reminiscence between godfather and son. Maka sat next to Buckbeak, looking at Sirius and Harry quietly, but she couldn't help but feel a little emotional in her heart.
It was not until 3:30 in the afternoon that Harry and others left the cave at Sirius's urging.
"Uh... Maka, aren't you leaving?" Harry looked at Maka, who was still sitting still.
"I have something to do later, you go back first!" Maka waved her hand.
Of course he's in trouble. To put it bluntly, it was just a way to come to see Sirius this time. What happened in the evening was the real purpose of his running out today.
"What else will happen later? Do you need my help?" Sirius asked casually.
"No, I'm just going to meet two people." Maka smiled casually, "After all, the plan has been terminated, and some things need to be finalized."
Maka said it in an understatement, but Sirius knew it in his heart - how could anything related to that plan be easy
"Two people?" Sirius then asked, "Who are they?"
"They are all people from 'over there', Lucius Malfoy, and old Avery." Maka, "They are all guys who are violating Voldemort's control. I asked them to help me keep an eye on Voldemort's movements before. ."
"It's the two of them?" Sirius looked at Maka in surprise, "Can they listen to you?"
"As long as there are enough benefits and the deterrence of strength, smart people will know what to do..." Maka chuckled and said, "Voldemort himself is a half-blood. He can make so many pure-blood families do things for him. Damn it. It’s about promoting pure blood faith and pure and powerful dark power, isn’t it?”
"Yes... the argument of pure blood supremacy can bring more benefits to the old wizarding families, including the Black family..." Sirius said boredly, "You also used this method to convince them?"
"Hey... using such tangible and intangible benefits to gain the support of those pure-blood families, it's no wonder that few of Voldemort's Death Eaters are absolutely loyal," Maka chuckled, "Voldemort is indeed very ambitious. He also understands the benefits of winning over people's hearts. But when it comes to his methods... Greenwald back then was obviously much smarter than him."
"Grindelwald?" Sirius thought for a moment and said, "I remember that what he preached was..."
"It was against a series of regulations that protected Muggles," Maca continued. "He took advantage of the fact that several Ministry of Magic-related regulations promulgated at that time were not yet complete, and actually won the hearts of many elites in the wizarding world. And he Those actions were aimed at seeking a psychological balance for all wizards - the protection provisions against Muggles during that time were indeed a bit excessive."
"What about you?" Sirius asked curiously, "How did you convince Lucius and Avery to come to your side?"
"It's not that they are on my side," Maka shook her head, "I don't need them to be on my side either - I don't need to dominate the magic world, I just gave them a chance to choose..."
"What choice?"
"I asked them a question at that time: Do you want the number of wizards in the magic world to decrease, and eventually their family's industry loses money and become an ordinary family in name only? Or do you want the so-called mixed-bloods and mudbloods to increase, In this way, their sacred twenty-eight tribes will once again be glorious and prosperous—"
Speaking of this, Maka said with a smile: "You know, the magic world now is no different than in ancient times... Since wizards and Muggles were completely separated, the power of those pure-blood families has been shrinking. In fact, they all understand , when the so-called 'higher class' has no support from the bottom, it is only a matter of time before it collapses."
"...So, the reason why they sided with Voldemort was just to use Voldemort's power to remind the wizarding world. It was just because Voldemort was too powerful and now he was unable to stop..." Sirius said thoughtfully, "But By doing this, aren't you helping those pure-blood families continue to dominate?"
"Hmph, even if I don't intervene, do you think they really can't do it?" Maka shrugged and said indifferently, "My appearance just gave them a chance to escape from Voldemort! Once Voldemort fails They must have slipped away faster than anyone else—just like they did more than ten years ago."
"However, it is not easy for those families to return to their former glory... No one knows what the magic world will be like in the future."
After saying that, Maka turned her gaze to the sky outside the cave, looking at the clouds rolling in the blue sky, feeling a little dazed for a moment.
yes! What will the magical world be like in the future
In the past, he has also been troubled by how the future deviated from his expectations. But now, he really hopes that every next step will be unknown.
At around eight o'clock in the evening, Maka dressed up in advance and came to the Pig's Head Bar in Hogsmeade Village.
Maka has been here many times, but this small bar with hundreds of years of history is still so narrow and dirty.
The several windows here were thickly covered with dirt, barely letting in any light, and some candles were lit on the rough wooden tables.
Everything here is dirty, from the floor to the roof, even the butterbeer bottles are covered in a thick layer of dust. Even the cloth used to wipe the wine glass in the boss's hand was like this.
"Butterbeer." Maka sat down at the bar and said hoarsely.
To be honest, the customers who are willing to come to the Pig Head Bar usually have private matters that cannot be exposed to the light, so few people go to sit at the bar. Just like now, Maka is sitting there alone, looking a little awkward.
"Um?"
The owner of the Pig Head Bar is tall, with a full head of white hair and a white beard hanging down his back and chest. Although he was just slovenly, because of his strong physique and sharp eyes, others thought he was just rough and unruly.
In Maka's words, he looked more like a Viking berserker who could slash people with a two-handed axe, rather than a wizard who used magic to fool people.
The boss glanced sideways at Maka, then casually took down a bottle of butterbeer from the shelf at the back and placed it in front of Maka along with a wine glass.
"Clean up." Maka took out her wand, tapped it on the wine glass, then opened the butterbeer and poured it in.
The wine bottles here are very dirty, but the taste is very pure. Maca took several sips, and suddenly, a buttery aroma spread in the mouth and nose, making people feel intoxicated.
He liked the pig's head pub's special butterbeer with low sugar content. It was not as sweet as the one in the Three Broomsticks, and he could drink several glasses of it in a row.
"Such a delicious drink only costs two silver coins a bottle," Maka wiped the foam around her mouth and sighed, "It's really a bit too cheap."
"Then I'll give you three sikos and one bottle." The boss said without raising his eyebrows.
"Are you just raising your price, boss?" Maka raised an eyebrow, "I'll give you four Sicos, can you give me a piece of news?"
The boss glanced at him again, and then replied: "One Galleung."
Before he finished speaking, Maka flicked his hand, and a golden galleon drew an arc in the air and landed accurately in the wine glass he was wiping, making a clear and sweet sound.
"Deal." Maka said decisively.
The boss picked up the gold galleons in the cup and threw it into the small drawer under the bar that contained coins.
"Ask! You can only ask one question. If I know, I will tell you. If you don't know, forget it."
Obviously, even if he didn't get the answer, the gold Galleons would definitely not come back.
"Of course, you must know this question... I just want to ask..." Maka said with a smile, "What's so good about goats? Why do you like them so much?"
The boss stared at him for a long time, then snorted: "Because their meat is delicious!"
"Give me back the gold galleons." Maka spread her hands.
"Albus asked you to come here?" The boss put down the wine glass in his hand on the bar and said angrily.
"He did mention you to me, but this time it has nothing to do with him." Maka whispered, "I made an appointment with someone to come here today to talk about something, and I stopped by your place to get acquainted with you."
"Then sit somewhere else," the boss said, waving his hand like a fly, "Go, don't be an eyesore here."
The owner of the Pig's Head Bar is none other than Dumbledore's younger brother, the wizard who especially liked goats and even committed crimes for it, Aberforth Dumbledore.
To be honest, Maka was really curious - what on earth did he do to the goat
Not long after, two wizards wearing large cloaks and hoods opened the door of the Pig Head Bar and appeared in Maka's sight.
At this moment, Maka was already sitting at the round table in the room. When she saw the person waiting for her coming, she knocked on the table casually.
The two sneaky wizards heard the sound immediately. They looked at each other, then walked to the table where Maka was huddled, and sat down silently.
"Would you two like some wine first?" Maka took the lead and said in a hoarse voice.
"No need, just leave after saying that." One of them almost came to the middle of the table, he lowered his voice and said, "What happened that day? Why didn't you show up? The situation over there is not good now... "
"Yes, many people are thinking about how to reverse the failure. Otherwise, it will be difficult to explain when the master comes back." Another wizard also followed.
Maka shook her head and asked calmly: "What? He hasn't come back yet?"
"That's right... and no one knows when he will suddenly appear in front of everyone. This kind of life is not easy!"
It can be heard that when the other party said this sentence, there was a strong bitterness in his tone.
"You don't have to worry about that," Maka said. "You haven't done anything betrayal anyway, so what's there to worry about? You know, he is short of manpower right now!"