Facts have proved that when people are constantly suspicious of something unknown, some accidents will always happen unexpectedly. The brisk waltz was still continuing its elegant melody, but Maka suddenly stopped spinning in the air, letting herself and Mrs. Maxim fall back to the ground.
It wasn't that he didn't want to continue spinning around a few more times and enjoy the surprised looks from others, but because something happened again.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Maka constantly patrolling the surrounding crowd, Mrs. Maxim couldn't help but ask. But Maka frowned, and her eyes continued to wander nearby, seeming to be looking for something.
"Someone cast a spell just now," he said with a confused look on his face, "I did sense it, it was in that direction - but I couldn't find it after I stopped."
"What?"
When Mrs. Maxim heard this, she was suddenly startled, and her demeanor and movements became much more alert.
"That gave me a very bad feeling. It must be some kind of shameful curse." Maka said, and then thought about it again, "... maybe it's the Soul Imperius Curse?"
"No, Mr. Edward!"
Maka was still looking for any suspicious characters among the crowd, but while he was still searching, Mrs. Maxim couldn't help but let out a low cry.
"Mr. Edward? What's wrong with him..." Maka quickly looked back, but before she could finish her words, she noticed the situation over there, and her brows frowned even more.
As he saw, the old housekeeper who had been sitting at the table resting his feet was completely missing.
"Everyone, has anyone seen where Mr. Edward went? I believe he will not act alone - everyone must know this. If you see anything unusual, please inform me as soon as possible!"
Mrs. Maxim's reaction was not unpleasant. She just had a second thought and immediately decided to mobilize everyone present to look for traces of old Edward. And her choice this time was obviously the right one.
Even though a group of people had ignored her before, although these people could not buy her fault, they could never ignore the old housekeeper. When the location of that astonishingly valuable inheritance has not yet been announced, Edward is equivalent to a living key with legs and thinking.
If you want to get in touch with what Nico Flamel left behind, you can't get around old Edward.
"Mr. Ajinbad, did you see what happened just now?"
Under Mrs. Maxim's inquiry, the president of the Federation, who had been sitting not far from Old Edward, shook his head in confusion.
"I was enjoying the dance between Madam and Mr. McLean just now," Mr. Akinbad also frowned. "I believe that many people were doing the same thing at that time - although I am ashamed, it was indeed a hands-on move." good time."
Maka seemed to regret it at the moment. She seemed to have been a little careless before. If he hadn't focused so much on controlling the airflow at that time, he might have been able to respond in a more timely manner.
But it was definitely too late to think about this now. All he had to do next was to find a way out.
"Madam, although it may be a little late now, we should seal off the school as soon as possible! I'll go outside to see how the situation is, and maybe I'll have a chance to find Mr. Butler back."
After hurriedly explaining her intentions to Mrs. Maxim, Maca didn't stop any longer and walked quickly towards the still closed door of the auditorium. Fanny, who was sitting at the table watching all this, was just stunned for a moment and immediately chased after her.
When Fanny caught up with Maka, they had already arrived outside the auditorium. If you look back at this time, you can immediately see more wizards walking out of the auditorium door.
Maybe Mrs. Maxim also tried to stop those guys, but how could they listen to Maxim's words? Even though this is likely to cause the culprit to sneak out of the auditorium, they would rather try their best to find the target than stay in the auditorium and wait.
"Sir, why did you choose to come outside so quickly? Did you find anything?" Fanny followed Maka, strode forward, and asked while turning her head.
"No, there are no clues yet. However, it is impossible to find anything if you stay in there now. A guy who can steal a living person under the noses of so many people will definitely not leave any traces. It's easy to find him." Maka shook her head and said, "What's more, there are too many disturbances in Beauxbatons Castle. It would be very difficult to find someone inside who is not sure whether he is still there or not."
In fact, in a space where magic power reactions are extremely complex, Maka's ability to sense magic power will also be interfered with. It felt like he was being asked to taste some kind of compound fruit drink. It was obviously difficult to accurately distinguish what kind of fruits were in it.
After that, Maka quickly circled around Beauxbatons Castle, trying to find some residual magic fluctuations. If the other party chooses to use magic to leave, there will definitely be some signs of the spell being cast. But Maka walked a whole circle, but couldn't find even the slightest useful clue.
It can be seen that the other party must be very cautious.
"It seems that the other party has only cast a magic spell once from beginning to end, and has not done anything extra since then." He and Fanny stopped in front of the castle again, and Maka thought carefully. , "In this case, it is impossible to escape from Beauxbatons without using the magic spell. The person is most likely still hiding nearby."
"Then we should go back and look for it?" Fanny asked again.
"No, leave it to Madame Maxime! We have to guard around the castle until she and the professors seal Beauxbatons."
As Maka said this, he originally wanted to release all his spider babies to patrol, but after thinking about it, he gave up.
After all, this was Beauxbatons, not the Hogwarts he was familiar with. If the alienated Acromantulas were to crawl around here unscrupulously, even if they were reduced in size, it would be somewhat inappropriate. To be on the safe side, he quickly gave up on this plan.
"Sir, how about I guard this direction first? You can go to the other side and search again."
When Fanny said they could split up, Maka waved her hand. After looking around again, he stopped what he was doing.
"... No need." Maka said, "Let's stay here for a while and check out the situation first!"
He found that there were enough people around the castle now, so many that it even seemed a bit messy. It's obvious that all the forces are looking for things on their own, with no cooperation at all.
…
Trouble occurred one after another at Beauxbatons, and the frequent occurrences of abnormal situations made the situation more complicated and confusing. No one knew what the situation would turn into next.
Compared with this, Hogwarts, which is also a magic school, seems very stable and peaceful.
It's already dark now, and it won't be long before I turn off the lights and go to sleep. But before that, the little wizards still have a lot of homework to complete, and not many of them are actually planning to go to bed.
"Harry, have you finished your paper on the History of Magic? Let me take a look—"
"Don't ask me, I don't know anything."
"I mean the paper! On the history of magic!"
"Huh? Oh...here you are! Pass me your divination class homework—"
Ron and Harry were still in the common room, busy as other students, which was pretty much their daily routine these days. Especially recently, Hermione insisted that they complete their homework by themselves, which made them even more miserable.
"Neville, where is your Herbology homework?" Another Gryffindor student suddenly raised his head, rolled up the parchment in front of him and threw it aside, and then shouted to Neville.
"No - I don't know -" Neville shook his head repeatedly, but his eyes were still on his homework and he had no time to look up and answer.
"Come here again! Seamus, do you want it? Just wait..."
Well, although the scene alone is actually not much better than Beauxbatons' auditorium, at least everyone is just busy with the huge workload, right
However, in this chaotic scene, Hermione was the only one who was sitting on the sofa with a book in her arms, reading page by page. She occasionally looked at other people, especially her two good friends Harry and Ron, and nodded with satisfaction when she saw them working hard on writing.
The exam is coming soon and you still want to copy your own homework? Hermione didn't think this was a good idea. What should be remembered should be remembered carefully, and doing homework by yourself was the best way to remember it.
Just when Hermione nodded and was about to continue reading for a while, the door to the common room suddenly opened. She immediately looked around, only to find a figure outside the doorway that shouldn't be there.
"Malfoy?"
Hermione sighed softly, closed the book in her hand and stood up.
As she spoke, many people raised their heads. Everyone first looked in Hermione's direction, and then followed her gaze toward the doorway.
"Potter, Granger, Weasley..." Malfoy stood at the doorway, his handsome face looking rather thin at the moment, "Come out... I have something to tell you."
"Why? What's the matter?" Harry frowned and looked at the other person with a somewhat complicated look.
Although Malfoy's attitude is somewhat better now, and because Maka has helped their family before, the two sides are at least not in tit-for-tat. But the bad impression over the years has made Harry unable to give him a good look.
"You guys come out first." Malfoy said, turned around and left the doorway again.