"Be careful on the road. Remember to inform me in time. I'll catch up as soon as possible."
"Of course, it's about the safety of students... But I must say that the school is more vulnerable to Haier Bo's attack than ours. Therefore, it seems that you need to be careful!"
The little wizards had entered the cabin, and only Professor McGonagall finally stayed on the deck and said a few words to Marca, who had specially boarded the ship to say goodbye.
When Meg said this, Maka could only nod her head to agree.
When the meteorite falls, no one can guarantee that halbo will not interfere... No, it's the truth. The possibility that he won't appear at that time is even lower.
"I'll pay attention, and I'm ready to fight him again."
After that, Maka finally nodded to Professor McGonagall, turned around and returned to the shore of the lake along the springboard. He stood among the farewell crowd on the shore and watched the springboard on the ship retract automatically, and Professor McGonagall entered the cabin like the little wizards.
When the hatch closed tightly, with a slight vibration of the hull, the whole ship began to sink into the lake quickly.
In just a few seconds, the lake had passed the deck. When the mast stayed on the water, inch by inch, it shrank into the water. Soon, there were only a few rings of spreading ripples on the lake.
It has to be said that compared with the huge momentum when it came out of the water, the change was obviously much quieter when it left.
"Oh! If you need to, maybe you can sit in the auditorium for a while - although some domestic elves go with the ship, they won't go all along! I can ask them to make some tea and refreshments for you!"
When there are few people left in the school, Maka can be the master, and the work of entertaining guests is indispensable.
But in fact, today is neither a weekend nor a holiday. It's not easy for these guests to attend the departure ceremony.
Sure enough, seeing Maka's polite remarks, most guests said they would not continue to disturb. And those who have leisure, after finding that there are few people left, they also followed them to leave wisely.
Maka took them to the school gate and watched the guests move away one after another. Then she turned and returned to the castle.
As he crossed the vestibular lawn, he saw Hermione and Luna walking and stopping in the area in front of the castle, pointing to several positions from time to time, obviously confirming the position for the layout of the rune matrix.
In fact, according to their original speed, the matrix can be arranged now. It's just because the students haven't left before, it's not convenient for them to place the magic stone tablet in this vestibule.
Seeing Marka passing by, Hermione deliberately waved to him, and then rowed around the wide vestibule with open arms. When Maka saw it, she could only shrug her shoulders and smiled helplessly at her.
He certainly understood that Hermione was showing him how big the place was, so as to prove that the "five days" she had asked for was not nonsense.
"It really won't take that long."
Luna whispered to Hermione, but the latter didn't hear it at all.
……
Under the clear sky, the Hogwarts Express train drove into the distance with thick white smoke.
Listening to the clattering sound, with the train moving away, Maka on the platform stopped for a moment, and then naturally planned to go back to the castle.
After all, after seeing off the students on the train, the only people who still need to "invite" to leave are Hermione, who is still dragging their feet.
As for the windbreaker wizard, and pansy Parkinson and eluli - the former certainly don't have to go, and the latter two will naturally leave as soon as the time comes.
And now when I think of the windbreaker wizard
"What's the matter with you today? You seem a little absent-minded?"
Walking back from the Hogsmeade platform is a way to take a walk. While walking, Maka combed the affairs to be handled today. After a while, she turned her head and looked at the windbreaker wizard who quietly followed behind her.
"Ah, um..." the other party was stunned when he heard the speech. "No, nothing... I just remembered something."
"About parting?"
Maka turned back and looked in the direction of the station. It was far away from there. Under the cover of trees, she could only see a blue sky.
"If you get on the bus, you will get off, but once you stand on the platform, we always think of parting first. Sometimes I wonder, does this mean that we want to leave ourselves?"
"... maybe!"
Seeing that the windbreaker's response was still a little lacking in interest, Maka knew that she had guessed wrong. What bothers the other party is probably not parting, but something else.
Maka didn't care and didn't guess what the other party was thinking. Instead, she continued to walk along the horse road near the lake towards the castle.
But soon, he and the windbreaker seemed to notice something, and suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky. But I saw a small dark shadow gliding slowly in the air and falling straight to the school.
"Owls?"
Maka thought for a moment and was surprised and said:
"Did that Martin send a letter to Parkinson? HMM... no, even if he was in a hurry, he wouldn't pinch some people."
When the windbreaker heard this, he immediately asked:
"Are you going back now?"
"Well, of course."
The voice did not fall. Even when they disappeared in situ, they had already returned to the school gate when they appeared again the next moment.
What Marca and the windbreaker saw was indeed an owl, and as he thought, Martin was not so stupid and would contact pansy at this time.
In fact, this letter was sent to Ron by Mrs. Weasley.
When Maka arrived at the castle, he didn't even have to look for it, because he soon heard a loud roar coming from upstairs. Even at such a distance, he could barely hear what the voice said.
"Oh, poor Ron... His mother sent him a roaring letter?"
After a brief meal in the lobby, Maka simply stepped up the stairs and went straight to the Gryffindor common room. As we got closer, the deafening roar became clearer and clearer.
"... she said to herself that she gave up the study tour! And Ginny didn't participate in it... You must have ruined her! What a sensible girl Ginny is. If no one asked her to do that, she would never escape the school activities! Ron, you..."
The shrill voice came from inside through the portrait of the fat lady. The noise made the fat lady desperately cover her ears and hide behind the curtain. She didn't even notice Maka's arrival.
Not long after, I heard a faint explosion inside, and the roar with amazing penetration finally subsided.
"Fat lady? It's over, fat lady! Open the door for me -" Marca knocked on the picture frame and shouted, "the password is' voyage of change '."
"Oh, McLean... Yes, come on in! See what happened..."
The fat lady felt the shock. As soon as she saw that Maka was coming, she quickly opened the channel.
"It's so loud that I don't have the heart to listen to what I'm talking about... It seems that Molly married to Weasley's family? Oh, Merlin's voice is no less than that in the past. Even the roaring letter is several times louder than others!"
"Yes!" Marca said casually as she walked in. "It's really amazing!"
As soon as she got to the common room, makaden saw Ron blinking, as if he had been scolded by his mother. Not far away, Ginny turned her head as if it were none of her business and looked at the direction of the window.
Only Neville, sitting opposite Ron, looked at Ron with a worried face, as if he sympathized with his grievances.
When Marca came in, all three looked this way.
"Hey! Haven't you discussed with your family about staying?" he went to the sofa and sat down, looking at the scattered pieces of red envelopes on the table. "I have to say, you're a little mischievous - you can't stop talking because you're afraid of being scolded? Your parents will always worry about you."
"Yes," Ron nodded honestly. "I know it's really inappropriate."
"Then write a letter back quickly," Marca urged. "I can let you stay for a few more days. If Harry can come out in these days, you won't miss it... But the family should keep in touch. Although they can actually hear about school, it's better for their children to tell them themselves, isn't it?"
In the second half of the sentence, Marca looked at Ginny.
It can be said that the Weasleys like each of their children, but perhaps their only daughter is their favorite. It is undoubtedly the most desirable thing for most parents to have closer communication with their children.
"Yes."
Ginny pursed her mouth and nodded her head gently.
With that, Maka suddenly turned around and looked at Neville sitting next to her.
"In fact, I think you should go back earlier - Harry will come out sooner or later, and not only will he be fine, but he will grow up more than in the past. Maybe I am not qualified to intervene in your private affairs, but will it be more important to go to St. Mungo to accompany my parents and grandma than waiting to welcome Harry?"
Neville was silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help nodding in agreement.
On this day, under the persuasion of Marca, Neville left Hogwarts first and directly moved to St. Mungo to visit his family.
The next day, it seemed that Martin could not bear to wait and secretly delivered the letter in the evening.