"Click - rattle -"
A bitter voice suddenly sounded in the corridor outside, and then Milian, who hurried back, immediately saw a cold frost spreading in from the door.
Seeing that the white frost mark wrapped the door frame in an instant and covered it gradually along the wall and the ground, she was immediately startled to step back.
The cold air churned around the floor.
And just then——
"Oh, sorry, please excuse me... Don't care about the frost on the ground. It won't cause any harm to you, but it may make you feel a little cold."
Another voice came from the corridor. Although it didn't sound to the people in the room, the familiarity in the voice made millian feel a little relieved.
Sure enough, when Maka suddenly appeared at the door, even AHAs, the shadow man who had always advised Miriam to take the opportunity to escape, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Even if he doesn't want to see Marca again, it's much better than seeing halbo there!
"Mr. McLean!"
Millian subconsciously wanted to meet her, but soon she couldn't get close because of the lingering cold around Marca.
"This... What happened? Why..."
"Oh, this is the side effect of my overuse of some magic just now," Marca shrugged. "Don't worry, it won't be cold in a while."
However, he said so, but the frost marks around him were still aggravating with the passage of time. Especially at his feet, a large number of ice crystals even frozen the sole and floor together, which looked quite amazing.
I don't know what magic he "overused", even the residual power after the event would be so terrible.
At present, Maka has become a walking ice maker!
"Well, if you're ready, I think we can go -" said Marca, suddenly smiling apologetically. "Oh, yes, yes... I think I'd better untie that shackle for you first."
Immediately, he asked Miriam to lift her feet, and then quickly lit a little on the ring of the magic shackles. The moment his finger touched the outside of the ring, the shackles made a crisp sound, and there was a crack with frost marks.
As Marca's hand approached her feet, Miriam could not help feeling a chill.
Especially at the second when Marca froze the shackles directly, even if Marca took the initiative to control the cold, she still felt as if a bone piercing cold had pierced her ankle like the tip of a needle.
"OK, the magic on it has been completely destroyed. Take it down and believe you can handle it yourself." Marca waved her hand and said, "you can go this time. Well, I have to send the young lady's classmates to the Federation later!"
As he spoke, he pointed to the door, and the little girl who had opened the door for him immediately nodded her head. It seems that she is in a hurry.
After that, Maka raised her feet with a "click", and ice crystal debris immediately scattered from the soles of his shoes. But he didn't seem to care. He turned and walked out the door again.
"Come on! Remember to follow me when you go up later..."
He was talking to the little girl outside the door, but before he finished, he stopped and turned back.
"Well... Miss Miriam, I think you're going to go with me? Well, this... Uh, Mr. AHAs, what's your plan?"
Perhaps because the scene of Maka's return is too inexplicable, the shadow man is still a little stunned at this time. But when Maka asked, he seemed to remember something at last and asked:
"Where's Haier Bo? Dead?"
"How is it possible?"
Maka shook her head at once.
"Of course, he just ran away temporarily... Oh, that may not be accurate. Personally, I prefer the saying 'he left temporarily'."
As Maka said, the word "escape" obviously sounds a little awkward, while Haier Bo's departure is obviously much more leisurely.
"Sure enough, didn't you kill him..." when AHAS heard it, he even turned his head and said, "Milian, you'd better go back with me! The boss's side is undoubtedly safer than anywhere."
However, Miriam did not argue with the him any more, and went straight to door in direction of the Marca.
"You --"
AHAS was obviously a little angry, but after hesitating, he finally followed him.
"Then I'll come with you..."
At this point, he suddenly seemed to be aware of something and threw a reluctant look at Maka walking ahead.
"... uh, McLean... Sir? May I?"
"Of course," said Maka, without looking back. "It will be Christmas soon. Then we will hold an event in Hogwarts. Many wizards from all over the world will come - look, you have chosen a good time!"
While walking and chatting, the four people soon came to the stone steps entering the underground corridor. On this way, everyone crunched every step, because the ground between the corridors was covered with frost.
But when they followed Maka to the living room above the trap door, the icy blue world suddenly covered the small scene below.
"Oh, yes, I have to remind you - just follow me and don't touch anything as much as possible."
In fact, it doesn't need Maka to say at all, because they can't get past the dense icicles that occupy almost half of the living room.
But I saw that most of those icicles were covered with a layer of ice crystals, but they still showed hazy light, so that people could see if there was anything in them at a glance.
Of course, most of the crisscross icicles are just pure ice, except for the thickest one, which seems to have something frozen in the middle.
Maka didn't give any explanation for this - in fact, there was no need to explain. After all, although he left the body, halbo's ghost had already disappeared like lightning.
He took the three people behind him out of the ice on one side. A few steps later, when the four walked out of the "ice forest" and came to the other side of the living room, they saw that the remaining students of the Hebrew School of magic seemed to be here.
"Well, now when I send a message to the president of the Federation, we can go when he comes... Oh, or we can go outside the door? It seems very cold here..."
Maka said, waving her hand and opening the door of the living room. When the frost fell one after another, the light in the front hall immediately poured in, and a warm feeling arose spontaneously.
Only then did they realize that it was still afternoon.
……
In the evening, when the sunset reddened Hogwarts castle, Maka, Miriam and the shadow man AHAS finally appeared at the school gate.
Yes, they didn't leave as soon as Maka said after they went to the "ice house" in aginbad.
As Maka waved with Haier again and even left the body, aginbad naturally wanted to ask.
In addition, the teachers and students of Hebrew college were transformed at the soul level by Haier Bo with the magic array, and most of them were petrified by the alienated eight eyed giant spider. These messy things have to be discussed with Maka before they can be solved.
As a result, Maka had to stay in Haifa until late at night.
Fortunately, due to the time difference, Hogwarts has just sunset.
It has been snowing heavily in recent days. It's rare to have a good weather today. Maka finally caught up with a sunny ending.
"Unfortunately, it will continue to snow tomorrow..."
Marca and Miriam are walking on the grass in the front yard. The snow that hasn't melted all day today is creaking.
Behind him, millian walked silently with her head sideways, looking at the red sun in the West. After a while, she suddenly whispered:
"Mr. McLean, do you remember my companion ASA?"
AHAS naturally remembered what millian had said before. When he heard the other party mention it, he looked up at the castle, and then turned his head and looked at millian's side face quietly.
However, at least there was no expression on the half face he could see.
"Well, of course," said Marca.
"Well..." Milian continued, "do you know where he is, sir? Did you find ASA's... Body in the original school?"
"Well?"
After halbo left Hebrew college, the Federation had searched the mansion inside and outside. When it comes to the body, they found a shriveled cat. It seems that there is nothing else.
And to say ASA's body
"As far as I know, it seems not."
"Then Mr. must not know where he might be... Right?"
Maka remembers clearly that the man probably didn't live long under the circumstances at that time. But when and where he will die, he may not be able to estimate accurately.
"Yes, I really don't know."
Miriam was silent for a while after asking these two questions. She stopped a little when the three were about to reach the front door of the castle.
"Mr. McLean, please..." she said with a pursed mouth. "Can I... Please help me find out where ASA is? Whether he is alive or dead, I want to see him again!"
There were so many reasons for her to make such a plea that millian put aside the fact that she had just been rescued by Marca and asked for it again.
Because she knew that if she looked for it herself, she wouldn't find it first. Just Haier Bo, who is hidden in the dark again, is enough for her not to enter.
"Meet him?" Marca seemed embarrassed. "It's not that... You have to wait a few days."