"Why is Luna sleeping again?"
While this thought flashed through Hermione's mind, Maka, who was sitting on the staff bench stuffing French fries into her mouth, was also curious about it.
Luna's daily schedule is still very regular. Although she always looks like she is in a trance, she unexpectedly pays attention to life planning.
Just like when Maka stayed at Lovegood's house, it was Luna who called him in the morning.
"When I recall that time, my nose feels a little itchy..." Maka put down her fork with a wry smile and reached out to rub her nose.
At this moment, he gently knocked on his forehead again, secretly reminding himself:
"Well, be careful not to overprotect... don't overprotect..."
After that night in the library, Maka had a slight change in many people and things... When Dumbledore treated him back then, he tried to maintain a certain distance as much as possible, which would greatly promote people's growth. s help.
But now, it is Maka herself who should do this.
Putting the last piece of French fries on the plate directly into her mouth, Maka immediately stood up, said hello to the other professors, and then walked straight towards the door of the auditorium.
When returning to the office, he usually takes the doorway of the side corridor. Looking at him like this, he either wants to take a walk in the front yard or is planning to leave Hogwarts again.
"Maka?"
As he passed the Gryffindor table, Hermione suddenly called out to him.
"Oh, what's wrong?" Maka paused and turned her head to look over, "Today's fish and chips are very Muggle-style, and the amount of salt is just right - but don't eat too much. These things can easily make people gain weight, so I don’t think Madam Pomfrey will help you lose weight!"
"It's nothing..." Hermione pursed her lips and said, "I wanted to say... Maka, when are you free? I want to show you something."
"Hmm..." Maka thought for a while and said, "Maybe it won't work today, but tomorrow...can it?"
"Of course," Hermione suddenly said, "Of course, then tomorrow at noon, we will be -"
As she spoke, she stretched out her finger and pointed upward.
"Waiting for you at the 'old place'."
Maka knew as soon as she heard that she was talking about the Room of Requirement, because Maka herself told her this in the first place.
"Ok, no problem."
After nodding at Hermione, Maka chatted casually with Harry and the others, and finally glanced at Luna, who was still dozing, and then turned and left.
"Hermione, are you going to perform the experiment for Maka this morning?" Harry asked subconsciously as he looked at the slowly closing door of the auditorium.
"I don't think this is a good idea," Ron couldn't help but whisper, "Hermione, don't you think you should wait until your research is more mature..."
"Of course I didn't plan to show Maka just the morning one! Didn't I say that? That's not even the first step..." Hermione said with a slumped face.
"Oh, is there anything cooler?" Harry nodded immediately, "That's no problem!"
"Yes, of course there are 'cooler' ones..." Hermione said, suddenly lowering her head and sighing, "But that also requires repeated experiments and adjustments before it can be successful. "
At this point, she finally waved her hand and said, "Okay! Ron is right, this is not a good idea... I was too impulsive."
Hermione wanted Maka's approval, and both Harry and Ron already knew this. But because of this, the two of them...
"Don't worry! What you did this morning was amazing. Maka will be happy for you after seeing it!"
They couldn't say such comforting words at all, because they all knew that even if it turned out to be like that, Hermione herself would not be happy.
"Hermione, Harry," after the three of them were silent for a moment, Ron suddenly said, "In the afternoon... let's skip class..."
…
While Hermione and the other three little lions were discussing some not-so-good things, Maka had already walked directly from outside the school gate to the door of Black's old house.
Because he knew that at this time, someone was already waiting for him here.
"Oh, are you eating here too?"
After entering the old house, passing through the foyer, and walking straight to the door of the reception room, Maka found that there was no one inside. Generally speaking, at least Lupine rarely leaves here, so he immediately guessed that everyone must have gone to the kitchen.
Sure enough, as soon as she opened the door at the end of the corridor, Maka saw lunch being eaten lively inside. The children he and Sarah saved earlier are also here, and it seems that they are even living much more comfortably than before.
"Maka, are you here?"
As soon as Lupine saw his face, he immediately greeted him, and Sirius, who was sitting near the door, also reached out and touched Maka's arm in a friendly manner.
It is worth mentioning that when the children turned their heads after hearing the sound, a bunch of random names were "splashed" at Maka. Maka, McClain, brother, sir... they all had names, but Maka could only stand there and smile cheerfully.
To be honest, he wasn't very good at dealing with children—except, of course, those like Leni, the little wolf girl.
But these children have finally become cheerful, which is a good thing no matter how you think about it.
"Mr. McClain, would you like to sit down and have something to eat?" Only Lena remained unchanged. After discovering Maka, she immediately stood up from her seat, "I'll prepare some more for you."
"No, no need—" Maka said hurriedly, "I've already eaten it at school."
"Then I'll make a cup of Gordig root tea..."
Lena nodded calmly, and just as she was about to turn around and go to the teapot, Maka had to speak again to stop her.
"Wait until I come back before you drink! Sit down first and eat well..." He said, quickly waving to the seat next to the wall inside, "Mundungs, stop eating and drinking there. Come out!"
After saying that, Maka waved to everyone and told them to continue eating. As for himself, he quickly turned around and walked towards the reception room.
Mundungus didn't dare to neglect, and after leaving the kitchen, he hurriedly followed behind.
"You know what I want to ask?" After arriving at the reception room, Maka didn't sit down. She stood at the door and asked, "Is there anything going on?"
Mundungus just stood still in front of Maka. After listening to Maka's words, he quickly nodded.
"As you said last time, we were not allowed to follow -" he whispered, "so, all the information after that was obtained from others... You know, it may not be very accurate."
"Of course," Maka said immediately, "Just say it, I will verify it myself whether it is accurate or not."
"Okay," Mundungus continued to nod, "I heard from an old guy that after leaving the black market in London, the group seemed to have returned to the southeast - just yesterday."
"Canterbury's 'Xuegang Street'? The gathering place for wizards there..." Maka continued, but then thought about it, "What did they do back there? If nothing happened, this news should not have happened yet." It’ll be in your hands so soon.”
"Oh, I think so..." Mundungus spread his hands and said, "But things are a bit strange - they kidnapped someone at the door of a wizard's family. A male wizard named Smith was the deputy director of the Xuegang Post Office. .”
"Really?" Maka raised her eyebrows and whispered to herself, "We took away an owl manager? Is it related to some kind of letter?"
After thinking for a while, Maka looked at Mundungus in front of her again.
"Is there any updated information after this?"
"Probably," Mundungus said, but he admitted frankly, "But the information is probably still on the way... maybe we will know more by night."
"Then don't wait," Maka looked up at the wall clock in the conference room, "Is your 'old buddy' following you over there? Or did he also get the information from someone else?"
"Hehe," Mundungus laughed obscenely when he heard this, "My old buddy is just like me, not very courageous - of course, if you want to get to the source of the information, you can find it quickly. ."
"Then you come with me!" Maka waved and took the lead to go to the hall. "When you find that group of people, you can come back first, and I will do the rest."
"Oh, it's great to be able to work with you!" Mundungus followed him with a smile, and said casually, "At least there won't be any danger."
…
A moment later, Xuegang Street, Canterbury City.
"This is my old buddy, if you have any questions, just ask him!"
Deep in a stall erected haphazardly with linen and bamboo poles, Maka saw an old man even more sloppy than Mundungus.
When Maka noticed him, he was still mumbling with others, and it seemed like he couldn't stop for a while.
So Maka simply flicked a gold galleung over and told him to shut up and walk over.
"Hey, Dunge!" The old man said casually while playing with the gold galleons in his hand, "Although we have known each other for a long time, since you have brought people, this is a business! I want to ask a question, a gold Galleons are not enough!”
"Come on!" Mundungus immediately gave the old man a push, "You can say whatever you want, just for the recent incident, I brought our leader to 'pick up' the goods in person."
"Boss?" After the old man heard this, he couldn't help but look at Maka again. "Every time I hear you blow it to the sky, this time I finally see a real person... Okay, okay! Come with me... "
A guy like him who has been engaged in intelligence trading all his life is obviously very curious about Maka's identity. It's a pity that Maka had already put on a disguise before coming, so he couldn't see anything after all.