Regarding how to deal with Halbo's remnant soul, Hermione made perhaps the safest and most necessary choice so far -
"Sarah, can you please continue to maintain it in this state? I mean, until we find and successfully destroy this guy's Horcrux."
This was the first thing Hermione said after she decided to take over the important task handed over by Maka.
After seeing Sarah who was sitting in the corner nodding slightly, she turned to look at Maka not far away, thought for a while and asked:
"I think tracking the location of his Horcrux based on this remnant soul shouldn't be more difficult for you than eating a piece of cake, right?"
"Don't say that," Maka smiled, "Herbo is not a cake... Even if it is, it is definitely on the same level as the Rock Cake baked by Hagrid! But... of course, I will To the best of my ability.”
At this time, he told a little joke about the memories shared by several of their friends, obviously trying to ease the already rigid relationship between them.
It's a pity that except for Ron who grinned slightly after hearing it, no one could laugh after all.
Hermione raised her eyebrows slightly, then nodded to show that she had heard Maka's answer. Immediately afterwards, she stopped paying attention to Maka, and turned to explain to the other people present about the ancient mirror who were not yet aware of the situation of Haierbo's Horcrux...
There will be no need for Maca to intervene too much in the future. He believes that Hermione must be able to complete many preparations one by one.
So after listening for a while, he quietly exited the camp.
Before Maka walked out, Harry, Ron and others who were standing near the entrance naturally saw him, but they didn't say anything, they just stared at him with different eyes until his figure disappeared from view. Completely out of their sight.
But soon, Maka, who walked out of the camp, saw a very familiar person outside the door.
"Luna?" He stood still for a moment, "How long have you been here? Why don't you go in?"
"'Every greatness begins with taking on a responsibility'."
Luna gently lifted her light blond hair away, which was slightly blocking her vision, and tilted her body to look into the tent behind Maka. From her angle, she could just see Hermione's back, talking and gesticulating freely, expressing confidence and composure.
She looked at it secretly and said softly:
"When I heard you said you were going to hand it over to Hermione, I thought you would come out soon, so I didn't go in."
After listening to Luna finish these words, Maka looked at her probing posture for a while, and then thought about it and said:
"I'm going to take a walk and go to the tent opposite to get to know the new friends Hermione invited over... Do you want to come together?"
"Huh?" Luna turned around and glanced, "Oh! Okay! I'm quite familiar with them, and I can introduce them to you!"
"That's really nice."
Maka smiled and took the lead, walking along the edge of the open space as if she planned to take a few more steps to detour to the opposite side. Apparently, when he said he wanted to take a walk, he didn't just say it casually.
Behind him, Luna, who straightened up again, followed suit.
…
"... Therefore, it is undoubtedly necessary to find Haierbo's Horcrux through his remaining soul and destroy it. So I think that Maka just designed to capture him instead of killing him on the spot must be based on this idea. —After all, it is obviously much more difficult to catch a scheming dark wizard than to kill him directly!"
Over at the central tent where Maka had left, Hermione's sonorous and powerful words were faintly coming from it.
Although there are still some unresolved conflicts between her and Maka, it can still be heard from her words that she highly admires Maka's actions and decisions.
Because no matter how unwelcome they are, to Hermione and others, it is just a conflict with their "old friends" and a philosophical difference between "our own people". When everyone needs to face "outsiders" such as the three major families, many emotions are unnecessary and undesirable to show.
Well, at least now that Hermione has really calmed down, the tit-for-tat willful behavior like before can only be done in front of her own people!
After all, no matter what the truth of the matter is, at least everyone's goals are finally aligned again. Is there anything more reassuring than this
"And now it seems," Hermione continued loudly, "the counterattack plan announced by Maka earlier obviously started from here - gentlemen and ladies, our first plan goal has been set. ! That is... to find and destroy Haierbo's Horcrux."
As the words faded, a buzzing discussion sounded in the camp. The sound was not loud. Apparently, apart from the two heads of the three major families and the big butler, there were only three Hogwarts professors exchanging some questions with each other.
When it comes to the matter of Halbo and Horcruxes, it will naturally remind people of the former Voldemort - to be honest, the Dark Lord's matter has only passed not long ago! So much so that everyone in Hogwarts who has experienced those bad events can easily recall some unpleasant scenes as soon as they close their eyes.
Hearing words like "Voldemort" and "Dark Lord" vaguely coming from over there, Harry, who was leaning against the door, pursed his lips and said nothing.
After a while, the old head of the Rossi family spoke.
"Anyway, that is Herbo's soul after all. Please keep it carefully, Miss Hohenheim. It's not easy to catch him once. If he escapes, it will be even harder to catch him again!" The old man said, "As for Miss Granger's handling method, I have said it before and I agree... Ms. Viseu and Mr. Matusievich, what do you think?"
"certainly."
"Yes, our Matusievich family also agrees with Miss Granger's decision."
When the two saw the old wizard turning his head to look, they immediately responded.
On the other side, Hermione naturally nodded accordingly - she had already asked Sarah just now, and now, she simply used herself as Sarah's guarantee, assuring the other party that Halbo's remnant soul would never escape from me again. Fang’s control.
But just as Hermione was talking to the three major families, Neville and Hannah, who were closer to the corner like Sarah, seemed to be whispering something.
Looking at the expressions of the two of them, they were slightly solemn.