"Wait a minute—you just said you were Maka McClain?"
Compared to the shadow man who knew nothing about Maka, this girl seemed to have suddenly found the name from vague memories.
And then, her eyes suddenly widened, as if they were about to glow.
"I've heard your name... yes, I should have heard your name!" She suddenly said excitedly, "Lord... oh, I mean, 'him'. He has mentioned you before and said those spiders You must have released them... Please tell me, what happened to my classmates? Are they... dead?"
This girl's "excitement" is certainly not the joyful excitement of hearing that she is about to be saved... Well, at least not entirely. She seemed to be more concerned about her friends than her own safety at the moment, because neither of her roommates came to her side again that night.
Hearing this, Maka quickly shook her head.
"If you are referring to your companions who fought with people from the International Confederation of Wizards—"
"They were all just controlled by 'him', really! They didn't want to do that! Some juniors and juniors even just turned thirteen this year!"
The girl interrupted Maka and defended her classmates. But of course Maka already knew the true identities of those "short dark wizards", so he just smiled at the girl's words.
"Don't worry, you don't have to worry. I have roughly understood the situation." He comforted, "I just want to tell you that some of your classmates have only been petrified, and the petrification effect can be lifted. .”
However, this also includes a small number of Hibernian students who may actually die.
Because they were not just petrified, a small number of students were accidentally petrified and broken into pieces accidentally.
And the petrified person is not a real stone sculpture, so it is impossible to "spell it back".
At the moment, Maka obviously couldn't tell her this fact.
"Oh! That's great..." The girl immediately became happy after hearing the result she wanted to hear most, "I'll open the door for you, now-"
"Can't open!"
The shadow man, who was shocked by Maka's word "boss" just now, saw that the two of them started talking to each other, and subconsciously ignored him, and gradually became a little annoyed.
"How do you know he's not... not..."
"Not from Haierbo?"
Maka asked the girl to open the door and spread her hands.
"Oh, it seems you have figured it out yourself?"
Of course he is not from Haierbo. Even if the shadow man had doubted it at first, he would no longer doubt it now.
After all, even if the girl didn't mention what happened that night, it would be impossible for Haierbo's subordinates to accompany them to chat here.
The real Herboco is up there! Shout louder and they'll be dead.
Just as the shadow man stared at Maka speechlessly, with a "click", the door where Miriam was imprisoned was finally opened again.
After Maka heard this, she stopped paying attention to the other party, turned around and walked towards the door over there. When the shadow man saw this, he naturally had no time to worry about the doubts in his heart and followed him in a hurry.
…
In the closed room, Miriam was still tapping on the water pipes, looking at the stained mold in the corner with a slightly absent-minded look.
When she heard the door lock behind her suddenly making another noise, her distracted eyes regained focus, and she turned to look in the direction of the door.
"Is it time to eat again?"
"...No, I think I've already eaten today."
"Is it Haierbo?"
In just a second or two when the door was opened, these three thoughts flashed through Miriam's mind, and her heart suddenly lifted.
However, the person who suddenly entered her field of vision from outside the door was not Haierbo, nor the little girl who brought her food... but an acquaintance who she didn't know whether to call an "enemy" or something else.
"We haven't seen you for a while, right? And-" Maka was about to say hello, but she smiled apologetically and said, "Sorry, it looks bad, so I better not say anything stupid like 'are you okay?'" ”
Miriam looked at Maka blankly, and after a while she pursed her lips and said softly:
"McLean...Mr."
Speaking of which, during the period of being imprisoned by Haierbo, what she regretted most was why she didn't put aside everything and plead with Maka. yes! Even if it's for Asaph's sake, isn't it
And now, when she saw Maka walking in from that door, her mood was really complicated.
"Well," Maka responded, then thought for a moment and said, "Miss Miriam... I never like to regret, but I still have to say that I should probably have left you in the UK at that time."
He said, but waved his hand.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this..." Maka changed the subject, "By the way, I think I have to praise you - how did you come up with the idea of using the poisonous horned beast incense as a clue? To be honest, this is indeed very effective. , although it is difficult for ordinary wizards to turn it into an effective tracking basis in a short time... "
Seeing Maka talking about the poisonous horned beast secretions, Miriam's bloodless face turned slightly red.
"... Because that's the only thing I can use."
Maka didn't know how she made the poisonous horned beast incense in human form, but now it seems that the method is not suitable for all ages.
"Ahem... Anyway, I think I still have to ask you a question."
He coughed dryly and dropped the topic altogether, his expression immediately becoming slightly serious again.
"This time, do you need me to save you from here?"
This sounds like nonsense, but for Maka, it has a deeper meaning. That was his answer to "whether he should choose to take the same path as Dumbledore" when faced with "sacrifice".
The words he asked meant that he decided not to make a choice and left the right of choice to the parties themselves.
When Miriam heard Maka ask this, she seemed to feel the weight of the question from her perspective. She paused first, and then nodded seriously.
"Yes, Mr. MacLean... I really need your help."
"Oh, thank you."
When she said this endless thank you, Maka had already turned around, and even Miriam was not sure whether this thank you was meant for her.
And in the next second, Maka suddenly waved in the direction of the door. While he quickly took out the staff, a thin but extremely solid ice blue light passed silently in an instant and penetrated the wall next to the door.
"Helpo, when are you going to see me there?"
"Of course... it's time to see that you really want to take her away."
Before Maka could finish her words, another voice that was quite familiar to everyone rang out, and then an old figure slowly appeared from next to the point where Maka attacked.
"Hmph, you did discover my existence..." Haierbo continued, "But why don't you just pretend not to notice it? Tell me now, and you won't be afraid that I will use the two outside to force you like I did at Werther's house last time. You once?"
"Don't be afraid." Maka immediately replied, "Because the main purpose of my coming this time is actually not to save people - I came here specifically to see you!"
As he spoke, he suddenly stretched out his staff again, and a faint rune immediately appeared from the top of the staff.
"arrogant!"
Haier Bodeng's pupils suddenly shrank, and he didn't care about any coercive means. He ducked and flew away from the ground. Even when passing by the girl and the shadow man outside, they completely ignored them and only wanted to stay away from Maka.
In other words, it is where the rune is.
Halbo was very familiar with that rune. In his heyday, Salazar Slytherin used this rune to chase him around.
And now, this rune has appeared on Maka's side again!
Haierbo, whose current strength is close to one out of ten, has no other idea except to stay away immediately. Because he was worried that if Maka was able to control the Bewitching Monument, he would be pushed underground again.
Before he figured this out, he would not be too cautious to make such a big bet.
Unfortunately, this time Maka didn't seem to want him to slip away again. Therefore, when he saw Haierbo turning around and running away, he immediately chased him like the wind.
"Whether Christmas can go smoothly in a few days depends on today..."
Hearing Maka's last words gradually drifting away as he walked away, Miriam and the two people outside seemed to be stunned for a long time, and finally realized that it was time to go!
"Ahaz?"
When the shadow man who had been standing outside the door suddenly rushed into the room, Miriam recognized him immediately. He was also a member of their organization, and he was younger than her.
"Miriam, I don't know how that guy did it, but now he just scared away Haierbo. Run away now! The boss wants me to save you..."
"boss?"
This word suddenly entered Miriam's ears. Although the sound was not loud, it reverberated in her mind so hard that she forgot the current situation for a while.
Why
Why had Ahaz been sent to rescue her now after he had clearly abandoned her and Asaph
Grandpa Raven, who was once amiable and would never force the children to do anything, had just completely collapsed in her heart not long ago. Why did it happen again now...
"… Why?"
While her thoughts were in turmoil, the word that kept swirling in Miriam's head slipped out of her mouth.