I don't know since when, this girl named "Willy brova" has had too much meaning for Marca.
When I first met her in the Hogwarts library, the short conversation was more mysterious.
After that, the successive meetings and usually very simple and plain exchanges made Maka feel like a less "normal" friend in addition to her curiosity.
At that time, Willie gave the impression that she was just a strange girl with many secrets behind her.
She has no expression and is not good at talking. Even when she was a child, she often stayed silent and looked at everything around her quietly.
To tell the truth, such a period without her would not have a great impact on life. It really lasted for a long time, so long that even Maka almost forgot the secret behind her.
But just when Marca thought that Willie might always be just an ordinary friend, a change made him connect some bad things with the girl.
Willy's lack of emotion, the legend of the origin of Meiwa, the blood curse of the brova family... And the "source of disaster" recorded by Maka in the book of evil one by one.
Compared with the bewitching monument, the pain dagger, the swallowing mirror and so on, which sounds frightening, the state Willie usually shows can only be said to be harmless to humans and animals.
But after seeing that Willie lifted the seal in the underground vault of the dark spirit Pavilion, Maka understood that the harm that strange energy could cause would never be lost to any other thing.
And just when she realized this, Marca knew that Willie meant a lot to him.
At present, looking at the girl who had just been awakened and still had some sleepy eyes, Maka easily greeted her and checked her current physical condition.
Around them, there was nothing in the room except a bed.
A layer of red dense fog like magic is gently diffuse in the room. For such a long time since Maka left last time, they have been wandering slowly every day, as if they never stopped.
"You're tired."
Willie, who was cold and sitting on the bed at will, tilted her head and looked leisurely at Marca.
"Yes! I'm really tired... Busy recently." Marca carefully felt every magic wave in Willie's body and replied after a moment.
Willie nodded slightly when she heard the speech, and then raised her hand to lift the silver hair falling off her cheeks back behind her ears.
"Well... You can come later," she said calmly. "I'm not busy."
This time, Marca didn't answer immediately, but after the inspection was completed, she looked at Willie's still delicate face again.
"Later, the effect will be much worse!" he said. "And... Now I'm not just helping you. I may have other uses for the 'bad things' hidden in your blood."
"Can I help you?" Willie blinked and nodded slightly. "I see."
At this point, they suddenly began to be quiet again. Obviously, I didn't talk much from beginning to end, but it seemed as if I had finished what I should say, leaving only a quiet that didn't annoy people.
Before long, Maka finally stood up on the edge of the bed. After bending over and confirming the rune matrix previously arranged under the bed, she went to the door of the room again.
"I'll be back in a minute."
"Yes."
……
The owner of the brova family and the old housekeeper were waiting in the corridor outside. Especially the former, he looked very worried. Even though he knew that it was only an inspection at present and nothing could be said had yet begun, he couldn't help but gather up immediately to ask about the situation when he saw Maka coming out.
"Don't worry, Mr. brova." Marca comforted him. "Willie's body is in good condition, and the blood seal in her body is also very stable. The array I laid down before I left last time is still working normally... Just wait a little longer, and let the magic field in the room be synchronized with Willie's blood, and we can start."
"Really?" Mr. brova nodded at first, but then he was worried. "Then... Isn't it equivalent to the release of the seal? That influence... Won't spread in the castle?"
"No, of course not! But remember what I said when I came here? If anyone must be prohibited from entering Willie's room - no one except me."
"No problem. I'll watch the door myself."
After another promise, Willie's father continued:
"So... Just now you checked, can you judge the probability of success this time?"
In fact, Maka found it difficult to answer Mr. brova's question.
After a little thought, he couldn't help explaining:
"In fact, it is difficult to separate the 'curse' in Willie's body, but after such a long time of synchronization, it is no longer a problem. The difficulty this time, to be honest, is at the soul level..."
As a family of ancient wizards inherited by summoning, brova's understanding of the soul is not shallow. But because of this, he understood that the study of magic involving the soul was very difficult and complex.
"In other words, the key this time is whether I can successfully peel off the curse imprint 'branded' in Willie's soul..."
Maka said, and finally stopped slowly.
In fact, when he first considered the so-called "curse imprint", he thought it was very likely to be a rule Rune... At least among the "sources of disaster" he came into contact with, it seems that everything is related to a branch of soul rules.
If he can find another soul Rune in Willie's soul this time, it will undoubtedly prove that the curse of the brova family does have an unknown connection with things such as the bewitching monument.
This may not be a good thing for Maka, but it may bring him unexpected help
Who knows?
He doesn't want to think about these problems now, because his purpose is to let Willie get rid of the shadow of that unreasonable curse and let her show her joys, sorrows and sorrows freely.
After that, it is the other pros and cons of Maka himself.
Putting all the thoughts in her mind aside, Maka took out his staff and gently breathed out a breath.
"It's almost time, if there's no accident... Well, No. I mean, let's wait until early morning tomorrow!"
"Thank you anyway, McLean!"
Mr. blova nodded at the figure of Marca turning away. When the door was closed again, he turned back and looked at the old housekeeper.
"I can't wait to see the lady's smile."
……
In the room, Maka, who closed the door, suddenly turned around and looked around the room filled with red and dense gas from left to right.
At the same time, he asked softly:
"Willie, are you ready?"
"Yes."
Willie sat so relaxed on the bed and nodded faintly.
In fact, she didn't need to do anything. The reason why Marca asked this was just to remind Willie that it was about to start.
The next second after Willie responded, Maka suddenly landed the staff in her right hand on the floor, and the red color in the whole space became more and more bright and rich.
From the beginning, almost every air flow formed by red fog particles can be seen with the naked eye.
It seems that it is translucent blood without vascular constraints, but still gurgling along the established route.
Since then, the "synchronization of blood vessels" that Maka said before has become very clear - isn't the flowing red fog corresponding to the interweaving and flow of each bundle of blood vessels in Willie's body?
"First, the mapping of blood."
While whispering, Maka stung the staff again.
Immediately, I saw that the flowing red fog gradually became rich and bright.
It was as if he had just knocked the blood in Willie's blood vessels into the room, which made people worry about whether the blood in her body was disappearing.
"Secondly, it is the homology of magic."
It was the staff again. The next second, the whole room seemed to shake.
The change this time could not be observed with both eyes, but even the owner and old housekeeper of Bulova's house in the corridor outside felt an inexplicable shock.
"Again, it is the resonance of rules."
This time, instead of moving the staff in her hand, Maka raised her left hand.
When a rune interpreted as "arrogance" appeared in his palm, even the Wizards in the whole brova castle could feel it - a sense of oppression from the soul shrouded everywhere!
At this moment, only two people were not affected. One is Marka who outlines the regular runes, and the other, of course, is Willie.
"Finally, the seal reappears with the power of curse."
At the same time with Maka's murmur like a self-talk, there is an unparalleled pressure. This invisible pressure, like Maka's "arrogance", comes from the soul... But there are subtle differences.
The soul Rune just used by Maka is not for anything else. It can even be said that it has nothing to do with helping Willie.
He did it entirely to protect himself.
At present, as the only person standing in this room except Willie, Marca alone bears the effect of the curse expanding in this small space.
In order to keep himself awake, he must resist with the soul rule, which is obviously one of the biggest preconditions to help Willie.