"... I'll go with you. This time, Muriel must be rescued! If we drag on like this... I'm afraid we'll run out of time."
Although she was a little concerned about the second half of Martin's words, Marca, who stood by and watched the change, nodded her head secretly - this time, pansy's persistence and response did not disappoint him.
He was thinking, and then he heard Martin say at last:
"Parkinson, I've seen in the Daily Prophet that Hogwarts will restart the study tour next, and it seems that the Federation will pass soon. According to my speculation... During the event, the Ministry of magic will assign Auror escort, and that's the best time for us to start!"
After saying his judgment, Martin told him seriously:
"So, remember not to take part in study tours, and try to find a reason not to be doubted to make time! Do you understand?"
Having said this, he lost interest in talking to pansy and hurried him out of the house.
It is worth mentioning that before following pansy out of the overturned lane, Maka paid a little attention to the situation in the house. He found that Martin did not stay much after the event, but soon chose to go out the back door.
It is conceivable that most of the reasons for the other party's delay in coming to the appointment but leaving in a hurry are only one:
The guy was obviously very careful. He never gave up his vigilance against pansy from beginning to end, so that he even gave up the stronghold which had been arranged with great effort.
Not long ago, Hogwarts Deputy fort, Maka's room.
"Miss Parkinson, I'm sorry, but your study tour seems to have to be cancelled in advance!"
Because the whole process of Pansy's meeting with Martin was smooth, Maka didn't find a chance to show up on the way back. Instead, after following the other party into the school, she went back to her room first.
Therefore, when pansy hurried to knock on the door, she found that Maka was already waiting for herself - if she didn't know that Maka had no reason to deceive herself, she would even think that Maka had never been to the overturned lane at all.
After all, when she entered the room, what she saw was that Maka was leisurely cooking tea by the fireplace.
After a little stunned, pansy followed Maka's topic:
"Missed the study tour... I don't think it's anything. Just, I don't know how to tell my family about asking for leave. I think you can understand that because of the flint family incident, now all families tend to support your decision... My father won't agree with me to ask for leave!"
In front of the fireplace, Marca shook her fingers to adjust the flame and listened to pansy. After hearing her embarrassment, he soon turned around and smiled.
"Since it has something to do with me, isn't it easy?"
As soon as he spread his hand, he took the shortcut:
"Anyway, you told Martin before that I was doubting you, so I naturally need to make some 'doubting you' - you can directly write to your family and say that I asked you to give up your qualification to participate in the study tour and ask you to go to the Ministry of magic to cooperate with Auror's interrogation and investigation of eluli..."
Speaking of this, Maka shrugged slightly and then concluded:
"In this way, you can not only have a legitimate reason not to participate in the study tour, but also provide a natural convenience for you and Martin to sneak into the Ministry of magic, can't you?"
Pansy shook hands and listened carefully. Suddenly, she felt her hands warm. As soon as she looked down, she found that Maka handed a cup filled with tea to her.
"After drinking this cup of tea, go back to the lounge! After a while, it's time for dinner..." Maka herself also carried a tea cup. After listening to him take a sip, she slowly said, "Martin must not come to you again in the next few days. You can relax and have a good rest."
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Of course, Martin would not come to pansy again, because in the days after that, the pure blood families in Britain seemed to have agreed, and suddenly made a lot of moves.
Although the possibility is very small, no one can guarantee that Marca will not smash the next family after overturning the flint family.
To this end, all families took the name of assisting the Ministry of magic to eliminate the law and order of the British magic world, and wandered around the whole UK.
However, Haier Bo's deterrent power in their hearts is still not small, otherwise they might have directly and openly supported Maka. So the so-called "clean-up action" was actually just making peace. I saw those guys running around with great momentum, but in the end nothing was done.
Maka naturally knew the thoughts of those families, but to tell the truth, he didn't expect those people to do anything. It's enough to express the meaning like this.
In the past few days, Maka's main energy was focused on preparing for the meteorite falling. Even the study tour plan he personally proposed was handed over to Professor McGonagall and several deans.
To be honest, for those of them who know about the meteorite, the pressure is still considerable - even Hermione and Luna, who are responsible for arranging the rune array, have been haunted these days.
But of course, compared with their seriousness and busyness, the other little wizards in Hogwarts are in a different mood. Even the fifth and seventh graders who are about to face the exam are excited at the thought of traveling around the world with their classmates soon.
Unfortunately, they never dreamed that Professor McGonagall had planned to let them start with textbooks and homework!
One day after dinner, in Hagrid's "magical animal paradise".
It has to be said that since Harry occupied the room where he asked for help, the magical animal feeding space left by Marca to Hagrid has really come in handy.
During this day, it not only became Hagrid's special classroom, but also gave Hermione and others a relatively secret gathering place.
In recent days, Hermione has come here with Luna to meditate and carve magic stone tablets.
Oh, all right! With the two of them, there are usually two "coolies" Ron and Neville. In order to make a suitable slate, they undoubtedly spent some time.
After all, in order to prevent the residual magic from interfering with the magic text, the stone slab used for engraving cannot be made directly through deformation.
So
"Neville and Ron, these trial stone slabs are really good, flat and easy to carve... I'm worried that they may not be able to withstand severe vibration..."
In the middle of several Dharma trees transplanted by Hagrid, Hermione checked some stone slabs and spoke to the two boys standing nearby.
At the other end, Hagrid would come in from time to time with a large pile of slate and move them to the open space.
After hearing Hermione's comments, Ron hurriedly asked:
"Then... Can't these work?"
"Oh, no! I think it's OK!" Hermione shook her head immediately. "Too strong stones are inconvenient to carve, and... I'm just worried that they're not durable. It won't be a problem to use them once or twice."
"That's great!" Ron said with a sigh of relief. "You know, Neville and I are not very good at dealing with Muggles. It took us a lot of effort to order these slate!"
Yes, as Ron said, they went to Muggle world to order these tablets.
Previously, in order to polish a suitable slate, they had to rely on their own hands. They were almost too tired to straighten up every day. Without the help of Hagrid, an amazing giant hybrid, it might not even be able to catch up with the daily consumption of Hermione and Luna.
Therefore, in order to prevent themselves from even losing their quills, they finally thought of this more labor-saving and efficient method when doing Muggle research homework.
When Ron was talking about some jokes made during his communication with Muggles, Hagrid, who came to them with a pile of slate, suddenly said:
"Well, these are the last! I don't understand the magic literature, but... Is it really necessary to use such a large slate?"
Because Ron and his team are grinding stone slabs of this size these days, they ordered the same size. But obviously, they don't understand the difference between the size of the slate.
When Hagrid asked, they turned their heads and looked in the direction of Hermione and Luna.
"Oh, actually, it doesn't have to be so big," Hermione shook her head, but then said, "but if it's bigger, it's easier to grasp the details of the magic text. Slow is slow, but the success rate will be much higher."
"And it's more stable to use."
Luna, squatting aside and looking at the slate, heard the sound and added.
"Really?"
Hagrid tilted his head and looked at each other's finished magic stone plate not far away. He said thoughtfully:
"Well, in fact, I'm curious about magic Literature... I'm not bragging. I've always been good at carving things. I think it may be quite suitable for me!"
"Are you interested?" Hermione said happily. "I'll bring you my textbook tomorrow. You can also try to learn it - the textbook compiled by Maka is very interesting and you will like it!"
"... that's not necessarily," Ron whispered. "Anyway, I can't tell which of those magic words is which, so I didn't take this course at the beginning... It's easy to doze off after watching it for a long time."
"Don't affect Hagrid's enthusiasm!"
Hermione habitually stared at Ron at that time, which made Ron turn away. Neville couldn't help laughing when he saw it nearby.
"All right! You both go back. Luna and I are going to start work... Time is running out. We have to finish it before the activity starts."
With that, Hermione immediately kicked them out.