Three months, whether long or short, was the most relaxing and leisurely period of time that Maka had ever spent in her life.
As the weather gradually warms up, Devon has finally ushered in a period when flowers are truly in bloom. No need to go out, just open the window and you can smell the intoxicating fragrance in the air outside.
Such a peaceful and peaceful life may be what Maka wants to get back at all costs. This is not for anyone, let alone any great cause, it is just for himself.
The only pity is that his body has shown no signs of improvement during the three months of recuperation. This prevented him from going out almost once to accompany Luna on her favorite outdoor adventures.
I heard that Luna had begged her mother several times to agree to take him out to play, but Pandora never agreed.
Luna must be very disappointed! Although she never showed any signs of loss in front of him.
So this morning, he offered to go for a walk outside...
"Mrs. Lovegood, don't worry, you know me, I'm always careful with my body."
At this moment, Maka was sitting in a wheelchair, pushed by Pandora from behind, crunching slowly forward on the stone path behind the hillside.
Luna was the first to walk in front. She was holding a camera in her hand. From time to time, she pointed the lens at any corner of her field of vision, and then pressed the shutter with a "Peng" sound.
She specifically asked her father to lend her the camera while having breakfast this morning, in order to commemorate the special time of going out with him for the first time in the past three months since Maka woke up.
"My dear little Luna, be careful, watch your feet, don't fall!" Pandora looked at her daughter in front of her and shouted with a higher voice.
It can be seen that Luna is in a particularly good mood today, so much so that even her steps are floating. This made Maka suspect that if the camera in her hand was not a magic product and not a Muggle camera, maybe none of the pictures would be visible!
"Madam, in fact, I don't have to sit in this wheelchair. In that case, I can go for a walk in the back mountain with Luna. As you can see, the reverse growth of my body has almost stopped in the past few days. This shows that the remaining power of the 'curse' is finally dissipating."
"But your body is still very fragile, you have to admit it."
Stopping for a moment by a flower bed, Maka in the wheelchair and Pandora with one hand on the wheelchair handle stayed under the wooden sign on the roadside, watching Luna playing with a group of butterflies on the edge of the flower field. Keep smiling and chatting about something casually.
In the past three months, Maka's slightly revealed wealth of knowledge has convinced Luna's mother, who is keen on magic research.
With Luna's mother's knowledge, she had naturally noticed that Maka's condition was unusual - if nothing else, his physical abnormality of constant reverse growth was an unheard of magical disease.
Even if Maka herself said it was because of some kind of curse, Pandora still didn't believe it completely, because many details have shown that this is a genuine "rejuvenation". Where can there be any curse that can make people do such a thing
If it had been in someone else's house, the matter would probably have been reported to the Ministry of Magic! Fortunately, it was Pandora who took him in.
This woman is a "ruthless character" who dares to conduct research on high-risk curses in her own home without reporting it!
Of course, it's probably more because... Like Luna, she always prefers to trust her own intuition.
And her intuition told her that the person in front of her was undoubtedly a good person.
"Yes! I admit it, after all, I look like a child who is even younger than Luna now. If this is not fragile, then the only thing that can be called fragile in this world is probably still Isn’t this a weaned baby?”
Maka raised her hand, looked at her small, white and tender palm, and spoke as if she was a bratty brat who was pretending to be sophisticated.
And at this moment, Luna over there suddenly ran back, holding up the camera and saying enthusiastically:
"Mom, mom, help us take a picture together!"
"Do I want it too?" Pandora asked.
"Of course! Let's go together!"
Luna moved closer to the armrest of the wheelchair, put one hand on Maka's back, made a strange gesture with the other hand straight forward, and then repeatedly asked her mother to put the camera to the opposite side.
Pandora touched her daughter's head in a funny way, took out the wand with her left hand and waved it, and the camera left Luna's chest and flew forward automatically.
"Kacha, Peng!"
Accompanied by a puff of blue smoke rising up, the laughter of the three of them was instantly left on top of the magic photo that slowly exited.
…
"Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Lovegood, thank you for taking care of me for so long. I have to go... But don't worry, we will meet again soon! Even if you don't invite me, I will I’m a regular guest... So finally, please allow me to say thank you again, and then... "
"etc-"
“… forget everything.”
When the figure of Maka in the newly placed photo frame on the mantelpiece gradually faded and disappeared, the small figure leaning towards the door and bowing had completely disappeared from the slightly out-of-focus field of view of the three of them. middle.
It’s June, it’s time to leave, and I have to leave.
Because of this, he never revealed his real name. Instead, he used the name Pandora temporarily gave him for nearly a year after he was rescued by the Lovegood family and was in a state of amnesia. .
Because he knew that he would have to leave sooner or later.
Perhaps it was for this reason that he took the initiative to accompany Luna on an outing today—even if it was just a short walk. He did not want to ignore her wishes easily.
If saving the world and returning peace to mankind is a response to Hermione's wish, and letting Harry cut off his head and end all conflicts is a repayment for his apology...
So what he wants to do when he returns to this point in time is probably to repay Luna's never-ending trust... for the last time, right
"come yet?"
Maka, who was wearing a cloak, stood behind a tree, looking far ahead at the cemetery under the hillside. A figure slightly taller than him gradually walked into the tombs, and then stood in front of one of the tombstones. It was settled.
Under the noon sun, the figure cleaned the tomb alone, scrubbed the tombstone, leaned over and whispered, and finally sat in front of the tomb.
The other party probably had a lot of things to say, and he kept chattering there until the dusk when the sun set in the west.
During this period, no one came to this cemetery.
Maka here is leaning against a tree trunk, holding in his hand the copy of the group photo that Luna gave him after returning home this morning. In the original photo of the Lovegood family, his figure has been erased, so this is the only photo of the three of them in the world.
In the photo, the three people are smiling happily.
Maka thought so, and then suddenly looked up, and happened to see the back of the young man in the cemetery who finally got up and walked towards the exit of the cemetery.
"Go! Now, you can finally love this girl with confidence! Without any burden..."
As he spoke, he also stood up holding on to the tree trunk.
"And I... um..." He lowered his head and glanced at the photo in his hand, his eyes under the hood blinked blankly, "Me? Who is it?"
He subconsciously turned the photo in his hand to the back.
"Given by your friend, Luna Lovegood..."
"June, 1991"
Seeing that a certain name happened to be covered by his thumb, he was startled, and then removed his finger.
…
One day, London, Knockturn Alley.
"Welcome to the Meloche Treasures Museum! We have everything here, you can take your time and choose!"
A kid who was only slightly taller than Melo suddenly barged in from the door. Damn it, looking at his poor appearance, he was not a high-quality customer at first glance.
But customers are customers. When entering Mello's shop, even the Dark Lord would have to vomit a gold galleon before leaving!
"I'm just taking a look."
The dog-like boy said casually and randomly took something out of the big basket next to the shelf.
It was a "half" wand full of scars. There were several deep scratches on the wand, and the dirty core could even be seen leaking from the break.
"Is this a rare treasure?"
"Oh, yes, yes! The wand that Grindelwald used when he was a student, yew, dragon's heart key, fourteen and three-quarter inches... Well, I mean once." The little Mello He said in a high-pitched voice that was close to a child's voice.
Then the boy threw the half of the wand back into the basket.
Tsk! Don’t you know how to handle it with care? Also, this kid actually dared to take random things from the store in Knockturn Alley. He was so desperate!
"What about this?"
That guy took it randomly again. If you don’t want to buy it, don’t take it, okay? No, forget it, businessman! Be kind to your guests!
"The guest has such good taste! That is a skeleton made from the bones of an ancient dragon! A work of art! It is absolutely luxurious and inhumane, a luxurious work of art..."
"what about this?"
"Baby! Guest, you have finally chosen a real baby! This is..."
Not long after, watching the young man carrying the piece of rotten wood that was said to be "Helbo's coffin" out of the store, playing with the broken coin glowing with a faint blue light in his hand, and then drifting away, the little shopkeeper just said The eight shiny gold galleons he got were swept into the drawer.
"boom!"
He pushed up the drawer and patted it, a proud smile appearing on the face under the hood.
"Conceit is the most precious wealth of human beings. It can benefit Merlot... That's right, a drawer full of Merlot's wealth!" Listening to the moving sound of the drawer, the little Merlot burst into laughter. Face said this with intoxication.
In the gap between the drawers that were not completely closed, a picture frame that was buckled at the bottom was vaguely visible. There were a lot of gold coins stacked on top, glowing with a dull golden light in the shadow of the drawer.
"Oh! Are there any guests here again? Hey, hey, hey... Welcome to the Meloqui Collection. We have everything here. You can take your time and choose..."