Regarding the cause of the unexpected situation, Maka asked Kevin a few questions before leaving. Although the other party said that it was temporarily inconvenient to disclose the information to the public, he still revealed a little bit of the situation under Maka's questioning.
They were two dark wizards who had fled to the United Kingdom from the American wizarding world. The British Ministry of Magic has now taken over the relevant search protocols. According to Kevin, it was actually a couple on the run. The husband was a dark wizard, but his wife was just an ordinary wizard.
"No wonder that woman has been nervous. It seems that she was just forced to do nothing." Maka shook her head.
"Even if you are forced to have no choice, you cannot condone it. The harm of a dark wizard is very great." Kevin said seriously, "And no one can guarantee that she will not transform into a new dark wizard in the future."
Maka believes that what Kevin said does make sense. Treating those real groups of dark wizards, appeasing them will only make them more wanton and arrogant.
But so what? Maka didn't want to go against anyone, as long as they didn't mess with him. He didn't want to take the initiative to provoke those guys whose brains were completely broken.
Learning all kinds of esoteric and complex magic knowledge is enough to consume energy, but he doesn't have that much leisure time to mess around.
Moreover, this time he used a curse outside the school and Auror was there to help him erase the record. What about the future? If something goes wrong or there is a misunderstanding, it will definitely be a big trouble.
In the days that followed, Maka took Luna around again.
Hyde Park, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, the River Thames, Buckingham Palace, and every place in London that I could go to. Spending the day watching the traffic on the streets, and going to the theater to listen to operas at night, this kind of life is simply a kind of enjoyment.
"Ah - time is never enough." Maka sighed and took Luna back to the Lovegood house.
"By the way, no one told you about that... abnormal situation when you used Floo powder?" When Maka appeared in the fireplace of Lovegood's house, Xenophilius reluctantly kept asking.
"Oh, yes, Mr. Weasley also asked me, but I don't know." Maka was also puzzled about this. "He also specially asked Floo Network maintenance personnel to re-adjust his fireplace. I even renovated it myself, but it was of no use.”
He had consulted many books in Hogwarts, but the structure of the Floo network and the preparation of Floo powder had always been a mystery, and he had no idea about it. But this is not something that can be known by just asking anyone, so in the end the matter was shelved.
"In short, it may be related to the soul, but this is just a guess at the moment." Maka thought secretly.
To be honest, he doesn't actually understand himself any better than others. Since ancient times, in-depth exploration of the mysteries of the human body has always been a bottleneck for many researchers, both wizards and Muggles.
"The vacation will be over in a few days," Maka suddenly said, "I plan to organize my study notes in the last few days, and I won't go out recently."
"Sorry, Luna."
"Huh? No, it's me who should thank you." Luna smiled slightly, "I had a very happy Christmas vacation."
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Maka went back in the evening the day before school started. He brought a lot of messy things, most of which were the Christmas gifts everyone gave him. Although it is not something extraordinary, and some of it is even a snack, it is what everyone wants.
For example, it included a large bag of rock biscuits given to him by Hagrid. Maka thought that she would never eat them in this life, but at least he could collect them as a special souvenir—their shelf life was extremely long. .
In fact, after Christmas Day passed, Maca also received some late gifts. And among this batch of gifts, there are many useful things.
Dumbledore gave him a Nimbus 2000 broomstick - it was obviously impossible to hide Maka's joining the Quidditch team from him.
Most of the other teachers gave away books, various books, and even notes summarized by themselves. For Maka, these gifts from teachers are indeed what he wants.
What I have to mention is that Snape actually gave him a gift!
Well, although what Snape sent didn't look like a Christmas gift, Maka understood that the elixir he sent had obviously paid off.
What Snape sent the school owl to deliver was a small note.
"'Shen Feng Wu Ying'... and its breaking spell 'Quick Healing'."
Maka looked at the note. There was a spell on the front and back, and a simple and concise analysis of the spell was written in small characters on it.
"...This is a great gift." Maka said with emotion.
This is an offensive spell invented by Snape. It is concealed, fast and powerful. If there were no counter-spell, there would probably be one more element in the Unforgivable Curse.
"Oh! Welcome back, Maka." Hermione waved to him happily as the dinner at Hogwarts began. She had just arrived today.
Many people except Hermione were welcoming Maka. Thinking about it, Maka probably had some credit for his gifts - they had never been so enthusiastic before.
At the guest of honor table, the professors also nodded to him kindly. Maka looked at Dumbledore smiling a little mischievously, and couldn't help but think it would be better not to go there.
He said hello to the professors from afar, and then sat on Hufflepuff's long table.
"It's about to start again!" Charlotte pushed Ermie away from Maka, who was sitting next to her, and slapped Maka on the back as usual.
Maka reluctantly allowed her to pat her, because refusing would only make her pat her harder. .
The "beginning" that Charlotte refers to naturally refers to Quidditch training. Although he received Nimbus 2000 from Dumbledore this time, he felt that it was too late to take it out before the game and there was no need to show it off everywhere.
After all, let alone the effect of confidentiality, it is better to keep a low profile, right
In the following days, although it kept raining, the little badgers of the Quidditch team were still full of energy. Known for their hard work and practicality, they will not stop moving forward just because of a little trouble. Maka, a lazy little badger, was squeezed in the middle and couldn't help but show some energy.
In order to make herself look more serious, Maka also came up with several creative tactics. His ideas were unanimously affirmed by the team members and received full cooperation and support during the training.
Maka regretted this for a while, because as a result, the amount of training increased a lot.
Of course, Maka had a lot to keep busy with besides Quidditch training.
Recently, he has been using various magic potions to nourish himself, refresh himself and enhance his efficiency, and the effect is quite amazing. You can use too much magic potion, after all, it will still produce various side effects of drug precipitation, and it cannot be used for long-term support.
Fortunately, a series of related studies are coming to an end, and if nothing else happens, a new magic potion will be born soon.
The inspiration and cause of this research all started from the sudden accident during the Christmas vacation.
For every wizard, the wand he owns is part of his life. Although wizards can replace their wands after accidental damage, it is common knowledge in the wizarding world that a wizard cannot carry two wands at the same time.
Once a wand becomes attached to its owner, it becomes exclusive to other wands. When two magic wands are held by the same person, there will be no other result except a pair of thick, long, hard, and not neat chopsticks.
But what should I do if my wand is taken away? Maka didn't want to be in that situation again.
After comparing various possibilities, he decided to work on potions, which he was best at.
Generally speaking, most potions are used by swallowing them. Because once most potions are exposed to excessive amounts of unknown substances in the air, their properties will undergo quite complex chain changes, and the consequences are quite unpredictable.
Therefore, Maka gave up the original idea of trying to study volatile hypnotic potions and moved towards those simple and crude research and development directions.
Certain materials with a single property do not undergo cascading changes, and the by-products produced in past experiments are a bunch of good examples. On this basis, Maca tested a highly volatile and flammable liquid potion, and used it to create a bottle of quite dangerous liquid potion - this thing can really explode!
As long as there is a small amount of fire attribute material used as a primer, a very powerful adhering magic flame can burst out in an instant.
According to Maka's judgment, this kind of magic flame is almost as difficult to deal with as a weakened version of the Li Fire Curse; but its burning effect on those objects with magical powers may not be much weaker than Li Fire.
It's just a pity that the safety of carrying this thing cannot be guaranteed, which is a shortcoming that cannot be ignored.
Maka gave this trial work an equally simple and crude name - Li Huo Ping No. 1.
At noon the next day, while Maka was sitting in the library during the break after lunch, writing long strips of potion formulas in her notebook, Hermione walked in quickly and excitedly.
"Maka, I found it!" she said. "I found Nick Flamel!"
"That's not easy. It is said that he is currently back in France." Maka said with a smile.
"Uh, I mean, I found information about Nick Flamel!" Hermione whispered, "I found his name in the "Medieval Guide to Witchcraft"!"
"Oh, yes, that's right." Maka nodded, "So, you already know what's hidden behind Hagrid's three-headed dog?"
"I think so - it's the Philosopher's Stone!" Hermione lowered her voice.
After receiving Maka's affirmation, Hermione left happily. Maka looked at her back, secretly thinking that the main event was coming soon.
In fact, he also considered whether he should join in the fun, but after some thought, he decided to let it go. Judging from the current situation, his arrival will not have much effect, and it is unknown whether it will disrupt Dumbledore's plan.
After all, this is always a matter between Harry and Voldemort, so why should he make more mistakes