In the end, Hermione did not directly express her inner doubts to Maka, but chose to open her heart slightly awkwardly, trying to convince Maka with her long-repressed true feelings. Even her disapproval of what Maka said just now couldn't be more obvious.
There is no doubt that this is because her feelings for Maka - whether it is love or friendship - have almost surpassed the concept of right and wrong that she has always adhered to.
This is really rare for Hermione who always clearly distinguishes between right and wrong.
However, at this moment, after hearing her reveal her feelings, the person who felt the most emotional was Harry standing next to her. Listening to Hermione's slightly hoarse sincere shout that suddenly rang in his ears, Harry felt a wave of heat rushing to his brain, and the palm that was always holding the hilt of Gryffindor's sword even trembled slightly.
yes!
"Let us fight side by side" - isn't this the goal he has been striving to pursue overtly and secretly while looking at Maka's seemingly unreachable back
No matter how difficult it is to get along with the Sword of Gryffindor, no matter how dangerous it is to fight with massive zombies and powerful demons, no matter how slim the hope of catching up with Maka is. In the struggle against all difficulties and obstacles, in the swing between anger and madness, he struggled and suffered. He was close to giving up several times, and forced himself to pick himself up several times. Step by step, he got to where he is today.
So at this moment, before Hermione finished speaking and before Maka in front of her could answer, Harry couldn't help but take a step forward and said equally loudly:
"Maka, Hermione is exactly what I want to say! During these battles with demons, I believe you have seen our current strength - even if we still haven't caught up with you, at least we can , we are no longer just a drag on you, right? So... Well, although I'm not as smart as Hermione, I really don't understand much of what you just said, but I think... ... As long as we work together, there must be a better choice!"
Although Harry said he didn't understand, it could be seen that he actually understood the current situation quite well.
Like Hermione, he also knew...or thought that the reason why Maka said those words before was probably because she had a deep meaning. Just like when she left Hogwarts to confront Dumbledore, this is obviously not the first time Maka has done this.
However, to be honest, I watched Maka play the most dangerous role alone, while I could only be confused and worried all the way, until finally I silently enjoyed with everyone the fruits of victory that Maka had worked so hard to get for everyone. He's had enough!
I believe that every Gryffindor will definitely not be able to accept it.
"Yeah?"
But the next second, he saw the tall figure in front of the throne and just shook his head slightly. The face of the devil made him unable to understand what the other person's expression was at this time.
He only heard Maka say calmly:
"'Fighting side by side'... Aren't we already doing this?"
Maka looked at Harry and Hermione, as if she had expected their emotional outburst. He then stretched out his right arm and said:
"Hermione, Harry... and everyone... In fact, I know that you have been working hard all along. And I have always seen the hard work you have put in for this. In the eyes - especially Ron, in order to open the formation to create an opportunity for everyone to win, he permanently lost his legs. In the end, you defeated powerful demons one after another, yes, all by your own strength! "
"Even I couldn't have done any better," he said, "really."
But when he said this, he paused for a moment, and then suddenly said in a deep voice:
"But what is the ultimate purpose of all we have done? Is it just to end this disaster? No, at this point, just ending all this is no longer enough, far from enough... Because of this disaster, too many people have died, and so many new lives have been born from these innocent dead. You have been able to get along with them closely during this period, then —Hermione, tell me, how should we treat them now? What about in the future?"
At the end of the sentence, Maka seemed to smile, then spread her hands and said:
"Don't think too much, I have no other plans this time... Perhaps, I should let you also meet Ms. Kern, so that you can directly feel what kind of person she is no less than Deng." Professor Bledo’s great wizard!”
Maka is serious
Up to this point, when both Hermione and Harry expressed their feelings one after another and hoped to put everything aside and have a good talk, Maka still brought the topic back. Based on his previous remarks, he further analyzed the pros and cons to everyone, and finally tried to directly dispel everyone's concerns.
This made Hermione and others feel that it would be a bit far-fetched to say that Maka was acting.
"So, should we really consider Maka's proposal...?" Hermione thought with some hesitation.
If the question Maka had asked had been placed in the past, whether it was Harry, Hermione, or anyone else, there would have been only one answer—to clear them out without hesitation. Probably when all the living corpses are eliminated from this world, the world will return to peace and tranquility.
But now, regardless of the living zombies in the second battlefield, at least for now, these living zombies in southern England have been given emotions and controlled by Maka, and can even fight side by side with them on the battlefield with demons. It’s a different matter.
Or at least, putting aside personal emotions and looking at the actual pros and cons, it is obvious that it is not appropriate to have conflicts with these living zombies who have begun to show goodwill to humans in the short term.
On this basis, Maka's previous argument about "new humanity" is indeed a win-win solution to a certain extent.
but... ...
"Maka," Hermione pursed her lips, then looked at Maka, and said slowly in a very elusive tone, "If we become what you call a 'new human', then we... . … Or us?”
"Yes! This is a problem." Maka nodded, but said calmly, "When Ms. Kern told me about her great vision at first, I also told her about my great vision like you. Questioning... No, not only questioning, in fact, I also disagreed with her approach at the beginning.
However, compared to Ms. Kern, our vision is indeed a bit too short-sighted. The 'New Humanity Project' is a great undertaking that will benefit mankind for generations to come!
If it only takes the sacrifice of one generation for the entire human civilization - whether wizards or Muggles - to take a giant step forward in the nature of life, then what does this sacrifice count? "