As the food suddenly appeared on the small round table, all the children, including Joshua, swallowed subconsciously. It's been a while since they had a good meal, especially the little ones who were locked up in the dungeon.
But none of them moved. Even if they were hungry alone, they had no intention of taking action without permission.
"You guys fill your stomachs first, I have some things to deal with here..."
Maka waved to them, then took Abigail to the side and sat on an empty barrel. Then he waved his wand and broke the spell on Abigail.
"This is our second meeting," Maka looked at her calmly and said, "To be honest, I didn't expect to see you again so easily."
"You-" Abigail suddenly came back to her senses, and the moment she saw Maka, her body tensed up instantly, "Was that the Imperius Curse just now? You... what on earth are you? who?"
"Um?"
Maka saw that she looked panicked as soon as she woke up, and couldn't help but wonder if she had arrested the wrong person.
"You don't know who I am?" He stared into Abigail's eyes and said quietly.
"How do I know!" Abigail said nervously.
"You'd better tell me directly! Where did you take Sirius?" Maka frowned, "As long as you tell the truth, I won't embarrass you."
But Abigail looked wary, her hands moved slightly, and suddenly her eyes widened as she looked behind Maka, as if some incredible scene appeared behind him.
Just looking at her inexplicable behavior, most people would probably be stunned for at least a moment.
And in the next second, the point in space where she was was suddenly distorted, which was a sign of phantom transformation!
However, Maka was completely unaffected by Abigail's little cleverness. The staff in his hand shook slightly, as if he had made some response, but Abigail's disembodiment showed no sign of being hindered.
The space twisted, expanded, and contracted in one go, at an extremely fast speed, and disappeared in front of Maka with Abigail in the blink of an eye.
But just as she was shrinking into a point after being twisted and deformed, a point also appeared on Maka's left hand side, and it quickly expanded and stretched.
The coordinates of Abigail's Apparition are actually next to Maka
"Go back and sit down!" Maka said calmly, "I said, as long as you tell the truth, I won't embarrass you, do you understand?"
"How... is this possible?" Abigail looked around and froze on the spot, "How did you do it?"
"It's just a confusion spell." Maka waved her hand and motioned for her to go back and sit down.
"It's just a confusion spell?" Abigail said blankly, "That's a very complicated spell. No wizard would ever use it to prevent apparation! The length of the spell alone is incomparable!"
"Yes, I didn't think about it before I met you." Maka nodded calmly, and then continued, "Don't you want to sit down? Then speak standing up! Answer my questions."
Abigail was right, this time it was just because of her unnecessary move that Maka had been prepared. Otherwise, even Maka would not choose to use a confusion spell to interfere with the positioning of the Apparition, but would use some more "rough" means to stop it.
Because the "Apparition" spell is one of the spells that Maka cannot use skills to hinder, because it involves the rules of space.
"Don't you want to tell me?" Maka turned her head, looked at her stiff profile and asked, "Is this a secret worth protecting with your own safety?"
Abigail was silent, but she was struggling inside.
She had truly felt how powerful the wizard in front of her was, so powerful that she didn't even dare to move.
She graduated from Ilvermorny with pretty good grades, and the professors all liked her as a smart and talented little witch.
And she has always been very serious, never perfunctory in every assignment or exam, and never fails to live up to the expectations of professors and classmates.
She believes that her efforts are worthy of the magical talent God has given her.
Because of this, she understood the unfathomable power of the wizard in front of her. It was precisely because she had worked hard on the path of magic that she knew how incredible the scene just now was.
Therefore, when she thought that the terrifyingly powerful guy in front of her was most likely a dark wizard, she couldn't help but want to escape. So, once she found that she couldn't even escape, she wanted to compromise.
But the first thing she thought of was her sister Olivia.
She definitely didn't want her unreliable sister to face such a terrifying dark wizard alone. Therefore, she could not speak, not a word!
That "Sirius" might still be a good person, but right now he is facing a powerful dark wizard who can cast the Unforgivable Curse without any emotion!
Abigail pursed her lips, trembling slightly, and said nothing.
Then, Maka stood up with her staff.
"Maybe you have some difficulties, but..." Maka looked at Abigail's face, the expression on her face was a bit stubborn, "I don't have much time, but I have to get it from you. Information. Since you don’t want to tell me, then I can only ‘see’ it myself.”
The staff in Maka's hand suddenly fell to the ground, and in an instant, his eyes became extremely deep.
At that moment, Abigail's mind was in a trance. When she came to her senses again, she saw Maka's face with a hint of astonishment.
"what did you do to me?"
Just now, Abigail felt a feeling of being spied on by the other party. She immediately took two steps back with a look of panic, and suddenly felt a heart palpitation.
"Uh..." Maka blinked and said slightly embarrassed, "Well, I want to say... I'm sorry!"
"What?" Abigail said in surprise.
"I mean, I'm sorry-" Maka leaned towards her slightly, "Yes, I'm sorry! I frightened you just now... I didn't expect you and your sister to help Sirius."
"W-what do you mean?"
Suddenly being apologized by a "dark wizard", Abigail was immediately confused. Probably because the change before and after was so sudden, she couldn't react for a while.
A second ago, I was still wondering whether I would lose my life here!
"I just used Legilimency to read your memory... Ah! Regarding this, I have to apologize to you, but let's wait for a moment! I want to say that it was because we were too hasty when we first met. , so there was some misunderstanding.”
"In fact, I am Sirius's friend. I received his letter earlier and came to save him. But there is actually someone else who wants to attack him."
"No, wait -" Abigail heard Maka say this, but she didn't feel much relief in her heart. Instead, she felt a little more suspicious, "Do you think I will believe what you say?"
But Maka shrugged and said: "I only said this after knowing where Sirius was. What reason do you have to not believe it? Well... He is currently staying with your sister Olivia. In the garden shed by the Durson River, right?"
"But -" Abigail felt that she was still a little confused. She thought about it for a while, then nodded hesitantly, "Well, yes... are you really that guy's friend?"
"Of course, I don't have to lie to you." Maka spread her hands and said.
"But... what you used on me in front of the post office was the Imperius Curse! It was one of the three unforgivable curses!" Abigail frowned and said, "All curses are closely related to the wizard's spirit. That level of black magic can greatly affect people's emotions and minds! Why do you expect me to believe you?"
Hearing this, Maka looked at her in surprise and nodded.
"To be honest, I have rarely heard such a clear and clear description of the theory of the essence of magic from other wizards... Are you a graduate of Ilvermorny? Your school's courses teach this in depth?"
"No, it's not—"
Abigail felt a little unable to keep up with Maka—Is this what this guy cares about
"... This is what I slowly inferred by comparing the information with the actual situation of casting spells."
Maka nodded clearly and said: "You have a good understanding of magic - indeed, as you said, modern magic spells are related to the spirit of the spell caster, and the strength of the magic will also change with the spell caster's spirit. It increases or decreases depending on the mental bias. Black magic is black magic because it is indeed 'evil' under ordinary circumstances."
"Yeah! So-"
"Listen to me first!" Maka interrupted Abigail and continued, "However, magic itself is not divided into good and evil, they only have the tendency of 'rules'. The reason why black magic behaves 'Evil' is chosen simply because it is easier to understand them with a spirit that is biased towards 'evil'."
Seeing that Abigail was a little confused, Maka turned around and said: "For example, take the 'Soul-stealing Curse' I used before. The main point of it is 'control' - use your own spirit to control The spirit of the other party. The reason why it is 'evil' is because of its strong malice and desire for control, which makes it easier to suppress the other party's spirit."
"But ultimately, it's still a 'stronger will than the other party', or 'spirit'." Maca paused, then continued, "So the 'Soul-stealing Curse' is something that can be resisted. I understand. ?"
Listening to Maka's detailed narration, Abigail, who already liked magic theory, couldn't help but be fascinated by it.
"Then..." Abigail said blankly, "'Killing Curse'... what about it?"
"The nature of the Killing Curse is special and not easy to analyze." Maka shook her head and said, "If you are interested, you can try to learn about other black magic, but it is best not to touch the Killing Curse easily."
"Well, the topic is a bit far off topic, let's get back to Sirius's matter first!"
Having been a professor for a short time, has he started to suffer from occupational diseases? Maka couldn't help but secretly laugh at herself.