"Is he the shackles you tied to the 'God of Death'?"
When Dumbledore said these words, he was looking at the figure under the giant monument, that... skinny, twisted figure with obvious deformities.
However, no matter how distorted it is, it can still be seen from some of the detailed features of the appearance.
"It" is Halpo, or in other words, it is Halpo's "other half" self that was separated by the evil magic of dividing the soul a long time ago. At least, Maka can still recognize it, and it seems that, Dumbledore seems to be able to, too.
As for why it appears here... Well, it turns out that the so-called "making the Devouring Mirror into your own Horcrux" is just that!
"Indeed, I didn't think about it like this at first. I just thought that maybe this could restrain her, so I tried to do it. Now after hearing what the professor said, I realized, well... haha, use 'shackles' 'It's a perfect description!"
Maka laughed twice, sounding a little happy.
After all, until today, he has been forced to keep many things in his heart for a long time. It is rare to have someone who can let him put aside his worries and talk to him. It is really a happy thing!
Unfortunately, even if the target was Professor Dumbledore, he could only speak about half of it freely.
As for the remaining half...
"Professor, tell me... what is the difference between him and me?"
When Maka said this, she was also looking at the deformed body. The smile from before still remained on the corner of his mouth, but his eyes flickered slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Beside him, Dumbledore also smiled when he heard this, and the wrinkles on his face relaxed slightly.
"You clearly know it in your heart, so why do you need me to say it again?" the old man said, and shrugged slightly, just like the old principal who was sometimes playful but respected. This kind of place is really a bit The child has not changed.
"Sure enough, I can't hide it from the professor." Maka also shrugged, and then turned to say, "I just mentioned that he is a 'shackle', but in the final analysis, it is actually just a temporary shackle - the professor also said it just now , that's the 'God of Death'! Who can put shackles on the 'God'? What's more... To be precise, it's not me who puts the shackles on her, but herself."
"So, it should actually be 'you happened to get the spare key that was secretly hidden under the flower pot by the door before going out'... Is that so?" Dumbledore turned to look at Maka and said with a smile.
After Maka heard this, she couldn't help turning her head and smiling at Dumbledore.
"Couldn't be more accurate," he said, nodding.
After a while, Dumbledore stopped smiling slightly, and his eyes gradually became sharper.
"It seems that you already have an idea, so I won't ask any more specific questions." The old man said calmly, "I just want to say, are you really ready?"
"How is that possible?" Maka smiled bitterly, "Although Professor, you said not to ask specific questions, but no matter what the professor asked, I can only answer you - no, I am really not ready! Even if Give me more time, I think that’s all I can answer.”
Unexpectedly, Dumbledore smiled slightly after hearing what he said. The smile was very warm and seemed to have a ray of relief.
"That's enough," he patted Maka on the shoulder, "That's enough."
Maka felt the power transferred from Dumbledore's hand, smiled and shook her head, and then her face became as calm and firm as before.
"That's all we can do." He said, "Because we don't have much time!"
…
In Maka's most painful moment, it was Dumbledore who dragged him to his side, allowing him to get through this most difficult time with relative ease. At least for the time being, there is no need to endure the dual levels of torture of body and soul.
At the same time, on the other side, even if Hermione and others who returned to the lake did not know the dire situation on Maca's side, everyone at least understood that there was definitely not much time left for them.
Now that Hermione has realized that Maka actually has a plan, and it is obviously related to them. So…
"...So, this is it!"
In front of everyone present, Hermione took out the "Elder Wand" that Maka gave her, held it up and waved it in front of everyone's eyes.
"In addition to it, there is also Harry's invisibility cloak, and..." After saying this, she reached into her beaded bag again, "I wonder if you still remember it?"
"What's wrong with this necklace?" Ron asked at the side, "Wait, what do you mean... You don't want to say that this is the Resurrection Stone, right? One of the three Deathly Hallows? Is it in your hand?"
"Why, don't you remember it?" Hermione glanced at him, then turned to look at Harry, "I thought you should be able to remember it at a glance."
"It's that 'bezoar'!" Harry, who was staring at the scarlet ruby pendant on the silver chain, suddenly said, "Dumbledore's gift to you!"
"Yes, that's it." Hermione nodded slightly, "Then, remember? Maka once speculated, what is it actually?"
"That magic stone that Nico Flamel destroyed?" After the two of them mentioned it, Ron finally recalled the past events, "I really want to, I kind of understand what you mean... Later Once, when your life was in danger, you said that Professor Dumbledore saved you! So, do you think... "
"Yes," Hermione said, holding the fake wand in one hand and the necklace in the other, "It's not a Resurrection Stone, but I think it might also be a Resurrection Stone... Of course, I heard this from Mr. Butler. After learning about the 'God of Death', I realized this possibility only after Maka's 'reminding'."
When she said the words "Maka's reminder", she also raised the "Elder Wand" in her other hand to show what the "reminder" specifically referred to.
"Actually, in the final analysis, when I knew that 'that' witch Kern was most likely the God of Death mentioned in "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", I felt that all the seemingly nonsense things were actually no big deal. Yeah! What’s more, it does make sense, doesn’t it?”
"So you want to tell us," Harry frowned, "Maka wants us to use these three Deathly Hallows to defeat the God of Death himself?"
"Why not?" Hermione looked at the wand in her hand and said, "After all, except for your invisibility cloak, they are not really Deathly Hallows... Let me think about it again, think about it..."