Of course, there is no distinction between day and night in the underground black market. It feels like night has just fallen here all day long, with lights and darkness naturally intertwined into a unique scene.
When Maca arrived at the Witte family's mansion again, he found that the previously destroyed doors and walls had been repaired. At this moment, most of the building was immersed in black, and only a few windows still revealed some light that was not bright.
Everything seemed to have returned to peace with his previous departure.
"Bang bang bang."
Suddenly, there was a rapid knock on the door, but this was obviously not something stupid done by Maka who had just arrived here.
He was now hiding in a front yard opposite the Werthers' house—a family that, although they lived across the street from the Werthers, was not as lucky as the Werthers. Looking at the nightthorn grass in this yard, it is almost taller than a person. It is obvious that this is an old house that no one has taken care of for a long time.
"That is… "
Maka didn't have time to care about who this big house belonged to now. He just pushed aside the grass and silently glanced at the front door of the Werther house across the street.
There, a figure just put down his hand to knock on the door, and then the door was opened from the inside.
"come in!"
The people inside leaned out half of their bodies, looked around outside, and then retracted to greet the visitors to come inside. Judging from their cautious looks, the Werther family's mansion has indeed entered a state of alert.
After a while, the door was opened again, and then a person ran out from inside. When the door was closed again, the man had already run away along the street.
But this time, Maka finally saw it clearly—it should be an ordinary member of the Werther family.
"Are you sending people out to investigate the situation in the black market?"
He was not sure whether this was what Haierbo meant, or whether it was actually just the people from the Witte family who wanted to know the state of the outside world.
Judging from the situation when Maka left, the Witte family itself was not willing to obey Haierbo.
Thousands of years ago, their ancestors may have been Haierbo's loyal subordinates. But now, with countless batches of people having changed, how can there still be firm obedience to serve them, even at the risk of their own lives
Maka thought for a while, and finally sneaked in after drinking a bottle of Immortal Hidden Potion.
It is very likely that Haierbo is still inside, maybe upstairs or in the secret room, but no matter where he is, Maka doesn't want him to find out yet.
Therefore, he did not use the Disillusionment Curse - the invisibility effect was actually not bad, but within the perception range of people like Haierbo and Maka, the strong magic fluctuations of the Disillusionment Curse were almost as obvious as a big light bulb.
Without further delay, in a blink of an eye, he climbed up to a small balcony on the third floor using his hands and feet. Because he discovered that although this balcony was not big, it was filled with various potted plants.
Most of those potted plants are very tall, with dark stems and leaves spread out, and they grow quite lushly in this place without natural light.
But because these plants take up a lot of space, the balcony doesn't even have a door, allowing Maka to easily enter the house without being noticed.
Climb over the balcony railing and take a look among the plants. Soon he saw that there seemed to be a bedroom inside, but no one was there for the time being.
"Well, let's find a way to suppress the activity of magic power... If we can get as close as possible to that guy, maybe we can catch him by surprise..."
After briefly checking the bedroom, Maka suddenly thought about it for a moment.
In fact, the most important thing now is that he has the ability to "kill Halbo again", but he does not have the ability to intercept the opponent's soul like Voldemort did back then.
Otherwise, if Haierbo is allowed to continue to struggle, something big will happen to the whole of Britain sooner or later.
After thinking about this, Maka closed her eyes slightly and concentrated on trying to soothe her magic power as much as possible. Then he took steps and walked straight to the door leading to the corridor outside.
Who knows, before he took a few steps, he sensed someone coming this way.
"Um… "
Maka subconsciously looked around again, even though he was currently invisible. But just in case, he still chose to return to the balcony and hide himself behind some large leaves that were half a man tall.
And when Maka squeezed behind a certain leaf, he even felt the stem of the leaf suddenly move.
"Quiet."
Before the door opened and the person in the corridor had not come in, he immediately rubbed the back of the leaves of the magic plant quickly.
Immediately, the large-leafed plant immediately became more mature.
For a guy like Maka, who has been memorizing the Herbalism Illustrated Book since she took the Hogwarts Express in her first year, there are many ways to quiet a magical plant.
And the next moment he put down his hand, the door to the bedroom inside finally opened.
A witch came in, wearing the attire of the Werther family. As soon as she entered the bedroom, she slammed the door shut and then threw herself on the soft bed.
Maka on the balcony could see the profile of the witch—somewhat similar to Charlotte, but she seemed to be a little older than Charlotte.
"Huh? Remember that Charlotte's mother has passed away a long time ago, right?" Maka secretly pondered in her heart, "Or is it just because the Witte family has basically similar appearances?"
Wu Zi glanced a few times and saw that the other party had no intention of getting up, so he just lay on the bed and pretended to be dead. Therefore, Maka boldly returned to the bedroom, trying to pass by the bed without saying a word to find a way to find the location and existence of Haierbo.
But she didn't know if she had some bad compatibility with Miss Witte on the bed. As soon as Maka took a few steps into the bedroom, the other party suddenly turned over and sat up.
Fortunately, Maka still had the effect of the Immortal Hidden Potion, so she didn't expect to be discovered.
Only this time, the witch who looked a lot like Charlotte clearly walked towards the balcony. Maka was a little startled when she saw this, but she didn't want to alert the enemy, so she simply retreated to the balcony behind her.
Not long after, Maka sat on the railing on the side of the balcony, watching the other party concentrate on taking care of the surrounding flowers and plants. Seeing this scene, Maka couldn't help but recall another figure who also liked plants.
Willie has been at Chateau Blois this semester and basically can't go anywhere.
"It's almost time for this vacation. Unfortunately, looking at the current situation, it's hard to say whether I will have a chance to go then!"
Seeing that the emergence of Haierbo has pushed the British magical world into chaos little by little, during the holidays, Maka may still have to stay to deal with various matters.
Not to mention other places, at least Hogwarts was something he had to protect.
Shaking his head slightly, he brought his thoughts back to his eyes. Probably because he saw that the other party was still cleaning up a potted plant, he stopped waiting and stepped on the railing to go around.
But just when Maka returned to the bedroom and was about to go to the door again, a soft whisper on the balcony stopped him in his tracks.
"Endy... tell me, who is old Bano obsessed with? Grandpa doesn't dare to act rashly at all. This time our Witte family is afraid... "
Apparently, she also gave names to the plants she grew.
"... Well, Lottie (Charlotte's nickname) is so lucky to have such a powerful man standing up for her. Unfortunately, I don't have such luck... Well, why don't I just run away? …”
"Forget it, I heard that even the door of this underground black market has been destroyed and there is no way out... It's too late to escape now..."
After Maka heard this, she couldn't help but pause for a moment, thinking about whether to show up and help her. After all, the feeling of listening to her talking to herself seemed very familiar to Charlotte.
Well, speaking of which, it is still necessary.
If he wants to know the entrance to the underground secret room of the Werther family, he must find someone to find out. Originally, he wanted to catch a random person using Legilimency, but now that he had the opportunity to ask directly, why not
"Tuk-tuk."
After thinking about it for a while, Maka reached out and knocked twice on the table next to her. When she heard some movement in the bedroom behind her, the witch thought it was someone knocking on the door, so she quickly pushed aside some branches and leaves and walked inside.
"ah!"
"Sh-"
Maka immediately raised her index finger in front of her mouth to signal the other party not to scream in surprise.
"Hello, I am Maka McClain... Oh, maybe you have known me for a long time..." He nodded, lowered his voice and said, "Excuse me, are you Charlotte's... um, sister?"
"Oh, no...how, how could it be!"
The witch immediately waved her hands, as if she was quite surprised by Maka's statement.
"I'm just an ordinary person selected by the family from outside members, and I happen to have the surname Werther... If the family hadn't brought up the young lady's engagement again, I wouldn't have been brought here to wait."
She said it very cryptically, but Maka was not a fool. She basically understood the key point when it came to this point.
"Is that so?" Maka nodded, "I heard you call Charlotte by your nickname just now, and I thought... No, let's not mention it now. I just want to ask, do you want to leave this family? "
"What?"
When the other party heard the words, he didn't know if he really didn't hear it clearly or if he was in a daze. After Maka repeated it, she hurriedly nodded her head.
"Of course... After I heard that I was selected, I was somewhat looking forward to it. But who knew that I would encounter so many terrible things..."
Seeing that the other party seemed to want to continue complaining, Maka quickly waved her hand to stop her from talking.
"By the way, I want to ask you, do you know where the entrance to the Witte family's secret room is?"
In fact, after hearing this, he no longer expected the other party to know such family secrets, but it was always right to ask.