The sacrifice of a generation, the future of human civilization... At least Hermione had never imagined such a large-scale thing.
To be honest, the most ambitious goal she has set so far is probably how to provide for her classmates, teachers, friends, family... and maybe she can still survive in this apocalyptic disaster. Barely caring about the few innocent people to capture that glimmer of life, that's all.
As for the more distant futures for more people, although she is also eager to grasp them, she also understands in her heart that they are ultimately beyond her power.
So, when Maka finally stood in front of her and spoke about the so-called "New Humanity Plan". Although she felt from the beginning that something was wrong and was not in line with her inner ideals and bottom line, she was still unable to clearly say "no" to the other party.
This is not only because of her affection and trust in the other party, but more importantly, she knows that Hermione Granger may not be qualified to comment on Maka's foresight!
Things like "changing the fate of all mankind from the essence of life" are beyond the reach of ordinary people like her, and they don't even dare to think about it.
So, since she knew that it was a matter that was completely beyond her ability, how could she be qualified to make arrogant remarks
"I... I know-"
"No!"
Hermione gradually fell into hesitation under Maka's declaration of sacrificing the future, and was almost about to temporarily compromise her inner principles and take a step back to agree. As soon as she opened her mouth, Hermione was struck by another more decisive voice. Interrupted.
It was Harry, undoubtedly Harry's voice.
"Maka, are you serious?"
Harry stared straight at the tall figure in front of him. His left hand that was not holding the sword suddenly raised and waved vigorously, struggling to express the doubts in his heart.
"If you are serious, then I must say - no one has the right to make decisions for others! We can't, you can't, and the 'Ms. Kern' you mentioned can't! What's more, this is still a... ... No, there are thousands of decisions involving life and death! Maka... You can't do that!"
He is not a good friend of Hermione. On many things, his considerations and awareness are far less profound and profound than Hermione's. So every time he faces a choice, he usually just obeys his own likes, dislikes and intuition.
This kind of too direct and simple way of dealing with things actually only makes him take long detours most of the time. To be honest, he has suffered a lot from this over the years.
But this is him, Harry Potter. Everything else may change, but on this point, he probably won't change.
Facing Harry's resolute rebuttal, Maka on the opposite side could only raise her hand and pat it twice, and then nodded at him and said:
"Well said, very good! So, what do you think we should do?"
Maka seemed to smile again, then spread her hands and continued casually:
"Except for everyone in the Blois family and Mr. Stewart, I think everyone here today is basically an old friend who knows a lot about me - I, Maca McLean, have actually been They are not the kind of people who can't listen to other people's opinions at all. I believe that there are actually many people who hold similar thoughts to Harry at this moment. After all, it must be very difficult to make a decision that sacrifices many people... . In fact, I have also been struggling with this for a long, long time before."
With that said, he slowly glanced at the crowd at the foot of the stairs, seeming to be observing the expressions of everyone in the hall at this time.
"Therefore," he then said loudly, "actually it doesn't matter if you don't agree. If you have other ideas, you can feel free to speak freely here! If there is a better plan, we can definitely discuss it together - yes, this is the same as It’s the same as before, isn’t it?”
Everyone can express their opinions, and then everyone can discuss it together and brainstorm ideas fairly and openly - Maka said so, and it seems that he is indeed willing to do so.
However, what can be said at this time obviously must be sufficiently feasible and better than what he said. Otherwise, what's the point of saying it
And obviously, if there was really a way to completely solve this disaster, then everyone here would have already tried their best to do it, so how could they gather here and listen to Maka saying so much, but most of them still We can only keep silent and keep silent
In front of the throne, after Maka finished speaking, she waited silently for a moment, looking at everyone's different expressions and not knowing what they were thinking.
During the ten seconds that suddenly fell into silence again, he found that Snape seemed to want to say something again, but in the end he did not speak. And Harry, who was still trying his best to question just now, lost his voice for a moment because of his rhetorical question and became a little depressed.
Luna, on the other hand, probably never thought about objecting to anything from the beginning to the end. She just continued to look here quietly as before, with an inexplicable brilliance flashing in her silver-gray eyes.
"Doesn't anyone have any ideas?" After waiting for a while, Maka spoke again, "In that case, then-"
"Owner."
A rather unexpected voice sounded, and it suddenly attracted a lot of attention.
"Well, what?" Maka turned her head slightly and let her eyes fall on the person who spoke, "Do you have any ideas? It doesn't matter, just tell me, I'm listening!"
"yes."
That was one of the twins, the zombie girl. She was the most loyal follower of Maka who had almost never really expressed her private opinions in front of her master except for pleading for her brother.
"Master, we... are not human beings, so... we cannot and should not be 'new humans'." She lowered her head slightly and spoke in a slightly hesitant but still calm manner. He said softly, "'Living Corpse' is not a nice name, but I think this should not be the reason to replace it with 'Human'... With the help and guidance of our master, we are very We have gained wisdom, self, and emotions with difficulty, and perhaps no one understands their importance better than us—death is not terrible, what is terrible is that you will no longer be yourself.”
During these days of living in London, no matter how busy she was every day, she would still take some time to read human books. Because she began to think about the meaning of these living corpses as a very special kind of life after their birth in this world.
However, the more she read, the more she realized that this might be an unsolvable problem.