What kind of scene would it be like when nearly three hundred people were running around in the same area? Maka only felt that it was like a large group of Cornish elves trying to hold a meeting. Looking at it, it was a mess.
The wizards are like groundhogs in the wasteland. As soon as one burrows in here, another one will come out right after. Everyone is working tirelessly to find clues that are still unknown. .
If you look closely, you can find that among the wizards who are searching everywhere, some are using magic spells to detect footprints, while others are predicting directions with a higher probability. The last group of people put their attention on all other people who could be suspected.
Of course, Maka also found a few unreliable ones. For example, he saw a middle-aged witch with disheveled hair holding a crystal ball and mumbling, as if she wanted to find out the whereabouts of the old housekeeper through divination.
"Mr. MacLean, why don't you go look for it?"
Seeing that Maka had already stopped and was just standing there scanning the other wizards around, Fanny couldn't help but ask softly.
"Of course I have to look for it, but it's best to wait a little longer. Understanding the current situation is the priority..." Maka didn't look back, while watching the male and female wizards with different behaviors, she replied, "For example ... Well, who do you think is the most suspicious among the wizards in the auditorium?"
After hearing this, Fanny calmed down and thought for a moment, then hesitantly said: "The head of the Tyful family?"
"Yes!" Maka nodded, "His suspicion is indeed a bit high. After all, it was not long after he suddenly arrived that Mr. Edward disappeared inexplicably. And since the suspicion is so direct, I think it should be Many people have reacted, and I’m afraid there will definitely be disputes by then.”
"... What about us?" Fanny asked.
"We just need to watch from a distance," Maka thought for a moment and added, "At least I don't think he will be the one who took Mr. Edward away."
"It can't be him? Why do you say that?"
"If he had been thinking about how to kidnap the old housekeeper from the beginning, he wouldn't have been so high-profile when he came here. I think he must have some agenda when he came here, but his purpose was not big. Maybe the old housekeeper."
After hearing Maka's explanation, Fanny immediately felt that it made sense. But no matter how sophisticated the speculation was, it was just speculation. The truth behind the matter was something she had no way of knowing at the moment.
Just as the two of them were observing the many figures in the Beauxbatons vestibule, a commotion came faintly from the auditorium. Maka listened attentively and immediately spread her hands towards Fanny.
"Look, what did I just say?"
After saying this, he greeted Fanny and followed the commotion straight to the auditorium. On the way, you can also see that most of the other wizards are rushing back to check the situation and confirm what caused the commotion and whether anyone has found any clues.
As soon as they returned to the auditorium door, Maka and Fanny simultaneously noticed the tension that seemed to permeate the air. Then Maka saw that several people had surrounded the head of the Tyful family, and they were questioning him one by one!
"Don't ask me, I haven't done anything, I've been sitting here since just now, haven't I?" Mr. Tefler frowned, "I think many people have seen it, what else can you do now?" suspicious?"
"Humph, even if you didn't do it yourself, it doesn't mean you can't find help." A wizard said with an unkind expression.
"Yes! You attracted all of our attention by yourself, and then your companions could take action. The possibility is not small!" Another wizard also agreed.
"Me? Helper?" Mr. Taifler said coldly, "I'm warning you, if you slander me with such baseless speculations again, my Taifler family will not agree!"
What he said was true. Most of the wizards present belonged to various forces. There were many forces larger than his Taylor family. How could his threat be effective
Maka and Fanny just paused at the entrance of the auditorium, and then immediately moved towards where the crowd was gathering. But when they were about to reach the outside of the onlookers, two unnamed wizards suddenly withdrew from the crowd, passed them by, and walked quickly towards the side corridor of the auditorium.
Maka glanced at the head of the Tyful family in the center of the crowd, and then glanced at the two wizards walking that way. He quickly decided which side he wanted to focus on.
"Let's go." He whispered to Fanny, "Look at that, I'm afraid there won't be any results from the dispute here for a while. Let's follow the two wizards and take a look."
Fanny didn't say anything. She just nodded to show that she understood.
So, with Maka following them, it didn't take long for the two of them to catch up with the two wizards who left in a hurry. To be on the safe side, he also put a body disillusionment spell on both himself and Fanny, hiding their respective figures.
The two guys were walking very fast and hurriedly. Just by looking at their rapidly interlacing footsteps, Maka knew that they must be moving with some suspicious purpose.
They did not leave Beauxbatons Castle. Instead, they passed through the side corridor of the auditorium and the equally wide foyer, and climbed the stairs leading to the second floor.
Beauxbatons doesn't have the wonderful revolving stone stairs like Hogwarts, which makes it easier for Maka and Fanny to track them at the same time, because at least they don't have to worry about being lost due to taking a wrong step.
It didn't take long for Maka to find that the two people had stepped through the corridor, opened a door and walked in. There is nothing unusual about that door, but the nameplate on the door is quite eye-catching, with the beautiful words "School Clinic" engraved on it.
Because the other party habitually closed the door, in order not to alert the snake, Maka did not open it again. After he and Fanny looked at each other, he cast a spell directly on the door, and the sound inside seemed to be amplified and poured directly into their ears.
"… which one?"
"Here, there is a bed behind the curtain, come here!"
"did you find it?"
"That's it, let's go! Let's go there and take a look..."
Although they could not see the specific scene inside the room, the overlapping footsteps and occasional conversations gradually formed a simple but clear picture in the minds of Maka and Fanny.
The two wizards were apparently examining the beds and trying to find someone among them. Beauxbatons' campus infirmary has a large ward, but most of the beds available for patients to rest are vacant. At first glance, almost all of them are neatly spread with white sheets and bedding.
After they looked at the beds in front of them and lifted the curtain in the middle of the room, they saw an unknown patient lying on the bed.
There is no doubt that that is Master Taylor who is still in a coma.
"Not awake yet?" One of the wizards looked around and said with a frown.
"Hey, it's hard to tell whether he's awake or not." Another wizard shook his head, "What's the saying? You can never wake up a wizard who casts the Imperius Curse on himself!"
"Just say what you want to say!" the wizard from before said a little impatiently.
"You always have no sense of humor..." The other party curled his lips and then said, "Didn't I tell you from the beginning? Who knows whether this kid was really attacked... The guy who died earlier was not Like the type who can protect people!"
"That's because I didn't understand it from the beginning!" The wizard said angrily at first, "Since he wasn't attacked, what happens now? Don't tell me that this guy actually killed him? "
"Don't tell me, I don't think it's possible," the other party said in a skeptical tone, "Think about it, this kid was attacked, even his companions who came with him were killed, but his father only used this I used the incident as an excuse to force myself to re-participate in this incident on behalf of my son... Is this realistic?"
"Do you still want to say that this kid is not unconscious? He is listening to our conversation and secretly laughing at us right now?" The wizard obviously didn't believe it, and even slapped Master Tyfuler on the bed. He slapped his face sideways, "Ha! You're just pretending, aren't you?"
The other wizard was not angry at all at his accomplice's sarcasm. He even laughed a few times.
"Hey! Don't slap him in the face, he looks quite handsome!" He smiled and continued, "Of course the coma is probably real, but the reason why he was comatose is unknown. . Come, help me, let’s give him a good check..."
Before he finished speaking, Maka outside the door vaguely sensed a slight fluctuation of magic power coming from inside. The method of casting it was slow, light and stable, and seemed to be quite capable.
"Oh, is it some kind of magic potion? Well... let me see..."
After a short while, a dull cough suddenly sounded in the ward. Master Taylor, who had not even woken up before the professional therapist, seemed to wake up just like that.
"Look what I'm talking about?" the wizard just now sneered, "A potion that is not common on the market has deceived such a large group of people. This is really... Boy, how do you feel? Do you feel like you are awake? Isn't it the right time?"
"You...who are you?"
Master Tyfuler's voice then sounded, and it sounded a little hoarse. It seemed that he had just woken up and had not really recovered.
"Who are we?" The wizard sneered, "You don't need to care."