"Kacha—"
The moment the wand was about to touch the pendant, the dim blood-colored gemstone inlaid on it exploded in Harry's hand, turning into a cloud of extremely fine pink crystal dust that fluttered down everywhere. land.
It was at this moment that Kern's voice came from the front.
"First it was a portable staff that sealed a one-time guiding magic, and now I took out a Philosopher's Stone that failed to be refined... McLean, is this the result of your whole-hearted plan under the lie? "
She looked at Maka, who was still blocking Harry but had stopped moving, and shook her head slightly.
Pass!
"Plus 'this'..."
Kern waved his backhand, knocking away the mutilated demon figure that had also stopped behind him.
"I have to say that you are very good at using people's psychology." She said this. "I thought I could use the law of time to restrict you so that you, who had betrayed me once, would not be able to interfere with my plan again, but I didn't expect it to happen. You used it to tie up my hands and feet."
Saying this, Kern suddenly paused, then looked around for a moment, looking at Hermione, Luna, and Harry who were standing behind Maka one by one, and said casually:
"Actually, it's not bad... In fact, if you didn't leave the most critical link to these children, you might have succeeded by now!"
What
What she said...is it true? Was this plan really likely to succeed
Speaking of which, when Kern mentioned the imitation Elder Wand and Resurrection Stone, he didn't seem to notice any of the "Three Hallows of Death"... Could it be that the legendary "Death" was not actually her at all
correct! When Harry tried to approach her quietly while wearing an invisibility cloak, but she saw through it at a glance, she didn't seem to care about the invisibility cloak. Instead, she took away the Gryffindor sword and said "Long time no see". This incident alone seems to be enough to explain the problem.
Unfortunately, Harry's sudden outburst was so sudden that no one could react and his attention was drawn away.
"This...then what have we been worried about until now?"
Almost at the same time, this thought flashed through the minds of Hermione and Harry.
Although until now, the two of them have not figured out what the actual goal of what Maka did is
Witch Kern said that the fake Elder Wand in Harry's hand contained a "guiding" magic, which meant that Hermione's previous guess was indeed correct.
But even so, what can the damaged magic stone be "guided" into
The answer to this question seems to be impossible to reveal. Because the woman had already used some unknown method to detonate it into pieces without any warning through Maka who was in the middle just before Harry was about to succeed.
Now, she is using this extremely cruel fact to tell everyone that all of this is the result of their incompetence.
And they could only be speechless.
But at this time, Maka, whose right arm was already "injured", shrugged, a little helpless, but still smiled calmly and spread his hands.
"Actually, what can you do even if you succeed? Cut off your last connection with 'over there' at the last moment and make your plan fail?" He shook his head as he spoke, "No! Where can you 'fail'? This is the most It will only make your ideal future 'slightly' less perfect..."
"If a plan that has spanned two thousand years cannot be perfectly achieved, then even if it is not a failure, at least it cannot be called a 'success', right?" Kern said calmly, "What's more, the word 'English' The word 'failure' in other languages can refer not only to things, but also to people, right? There are two places where it is used like this in the book I just read."
"Putting what you have learned into practice, you can be said to be a role model for all students, madam." Maka smiled bitterly, but then her face straightened, "But even if you are so humble, madam, I must say - if the result can only be in If I put a small stain on someone else's perfect picture, then what's the point of all my hard work? Is it just to add some trouble to you, madam?"
Speaking of this, Maka suddenly looked up and glanced at the slightly surging clouds on the enchanted ceiling and said:
"Well, it's not too late, the time is just right!"
"you-"
When Kern saw this, his expression suddenly changed slightly, but it seemed that it was already too late. Because she saw that Maka's whole body...especially the defects and cracks on his right elbow, suddenly had a dull light.
Kern's hand, which had transformed into a pitch-black devil's claw, moved slightly, but in the end he did not take action again.
But Maka, at this time, raised her still intact left hand and patted her chest lightly. Immediately, the clothes and body there squirmed, revealing a touch of wood texture.
There, there was a dark gemstone being set in place somewhat casually. It looked more like it had been fixed on it with a casual pat.
Then I heard Maka say:
"Ma'am, speaking of which, don't you think this thing looks familiar?"
"Another failed product of the Philosopher's Stone, but even if it is a failed product, it is rare that you can get two pieces." Kern said, frowned slightly, raised his eyes slightly and said, "Besides that, there are also Does anything look familiar? Do you want to say that it is not the product of a failed attempt to refine the Philosopher's Stone?"
"Ah! That's not what I meant." Maka scratched her head, but the dim light on her body became more intense, "Well, it happened so many years ago. Even a wizard like you, Ms. Kern, It’s hard to remember a small thing from a long time ago! It’s just that it’s a little sad. After all, this is a little thought I specially set up for you, madam... Madam, you really don’t remember. Have you? You once gave three magic items to three destined wizard brothers -"
At the end of her words, Maka took a step aside and pointed at Harry's figure that was revealed again behind her.
"The invisibility cloak, the wand, and..." He finally pointed to his chest again, "the 'resurrection' stone that can bring the dead back to this world from 'that place'."
It turns out that the witch Kern is really the "god of death" in the story of the three brothers, and the reason why she didn't have any special reaction to these objects was simply...forgot
Since Maka said so, it should be the truth. But how to say it? Isn’t this kind of truth a bit too childish
After all, you must know that thousands of years later, such a story has been continuously circulated and never stopped, but it has already become a legend in the magical world!