Harry Potter’s Book of Sin

"...So, where did Maca go?"

In the Hall of Saint Mungo, Ron was looking at Ginny in front of him suspiciously.Although he had only heard Ginny's explanation just now, he still didn't seem to fully understand it.

But it didn't matter, because Ron quickly nodded to himself.

"Okay! In fact, it sounds normal for Maca to leave secretly... Didn't we often find where he is before?" He gently waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, because every time it's the most critical moment, He will reappear in front of us on time."

Regarding Hermione's analysis of Maca's departure, and the "trap", Ginny naturally never mentioned it to anyone else.According to Hermione, in fact, this matter can go with the flow.

Otherwise, in case Na Helbo sees the flaws, it may not be able to be "deceived".

However, it is a pity that Hermione didn't fully guess Maca's plan this time-the guy is indeed far away in France, and all he wants is to make Helbo "not fooled".

"Oh no, um... I heard Maca say that the place he is going this time seems a bit far away, and he may not be able to come back for a while."

According to Hermione's thinking, Ginny deliberately added something that Maca had never said before, trying to create a feeling that "Maca may not be able to return in time if there is an emergency."

The so-called "speaker intends to listen but unintentional", so if Helbo is indeed lurking in Saint Mangori, then he will definitely feel that this is undoubtedly a "good opportunity for hands-on".

At least Ginny thinks so.

"Really?" Ron exchanged glances with Harry, who was sorting out the roster, and he immediately said, "Then should we make some preparations? You see, although Saint Mangori is safe, it may not be To be safe forever... Now that Maca is not there, then we have to take his place to protect the wounded here!"

"Huh? Uh... Yeah!"

Ginny was still thinking about Helbo, and she almost couldn't react to it.Instead, Harry nodded readily and agreed:

"Ron, you are right-thanks to Hermione, we are now able to protect everyone. Since there is something wrong with Maca, of course it is our duty!"

"Okay," Ron immediately shook a fist at Harry. "After a while we have delivered the medicine to the patients on the roster, we will go to the sixth floor to practice...have your roster been organized?"

"All right, let's go..."

Watching Ron lift the basket containing the potion bottles and walk with Harry with the name book to the other side of the hall, Ginny couldn't help being a little surprised.

She originally wanted to continue to "inadvertently" mention some news about Maca's departure!I don't know that this pair of buddies said you and me, and they spoke so boldly that she didn't even find a gap to interrupt.

"Ginny, you are coming soon! There will be three female patients who need to change their dressings. We two men can't do that job!"

Hearing Harry shouting to herself, Ginny had to temporarily set aside the thoughts in her heart and hurried to the direction of the two men.

"coming!"

...

At about the same time, Hermione was in the ward on the fifth floor, talking quietly with Sirius and Kingsley.

"Anyway, if Ginny remembers correctly, Maca did leave after only a few words. Although I'm not sure yet, Maca thought--"

"Ahem."

Kingsley's cough interrupted Hermione's narration.

"Maca is very busy, thinking that this sudden departure also illustrates this point," he said solemnly, "I believe that he will be back soon, and before that, everyone will be careful. Right! As for his departure..."

"Just do what Maca says," said Sirius, who was sitting at the end of the bed. "If others don't ask, don't take the initiative to speak."

"Well, that's good." Kingsley agreed.

Seeing that both of them seemed to have a deep meaning similar to her from Maca's words, she couldn't help but nodded.

With the approval of these two, Hermione felt a little relieved immediately.She paused, then said "See you later" to Kingsley and Sirius, then turned and walked towards the door of the room.

"Good morning, Hermione!"

"Oh, good morning... Neville, are you awake?"

After passing by the old lady Longbottom’s bed, a good morning made Hermione stop again.Neville was still dozing off on the edge of her grandma's bed when she came in just now. Unexpectedly, Neville was already awake after just chatting with Kingsley and the two of them.

"Well, just woke up."

After Maca’s last mention and the precipitation after that, he seemed to have gained a kind of firmness and self-confidence characteristic of Gryffindor, and even his expression became more energetic than before.

When he was a child, Neville was short and chubby, and often gave people a cringing feeling.However, in the developmental period in recent years, his physique has surpassed most of his classmates unconsciously.

Perhaps it was only because the timidity in his bones was still there that even his tall body could not change his impression in everyone's minds.

But now, when he finally personally grasped the courage that belonged to him under the impetus of his grandmother, everything seemed to be different.

"I seemed to hear you talk about Maca just now? What happened to him? Has something serious happened again?"

If it were placed in the past, even if Neville could say so many things, he must have said intermittently. How could he ask three questions in one go?

Hermione thought it was very new.

"No, nothing big."

She answered Neville's question casually first, and then looked at him carefully.

"Seriously, Neville... the changes between you and the past are so great."

"Um... Actually, I think it's not that big." Neville glanced at her grandma on the hospital bed subconsciously. "Also, even if this change is really big, everyone seems to think that I am stronger now— —Even Maca praised me! If it were placed before this, I would never believe it..."

As he said, he suddenly raised his hand and rubbed his face, then said solemnly:

"But if all these compliments are for grandma to be seriously injured, so many injuries and even death can be exchanged...I would rather not have these damn changes!"

This is undoubtedly the first time Neville has used the rude word "damn" to speak since he was born.It is conceivable that after experiencing this upheaval, his mood has changed dramatically.

Hermione even noticed that Neville's hand suddenly trembled slightly when he said this.

"Hermione, do you know?" He pressed his left hand to his right hand, which was trembling, and said softly, "Later when Sirius took me out to save people, I did save a lot of innocent Muggle residents. ...But, I also missed many opportunities to save more people!"

"When I watched them being killed by those monsters, I felt... I felt that the whole world was darkened."

"Until then I didn't know that the so-called'courage' can actually appear at the same time as'fear'. I was really scared at the time...no, I am probably still scared now!

Having said this, Neville fell into a moment of silence.

Standing in front of him, Hermione didn't know what to say for a while-in fact, she understood Neville's feelings well. After all, in the disaster at the time, who would be really not afraid?

Not long after, Neville finally spoke again:

"So, I don't think I have changed much... I am still the timid Neville Longbottom. So, I have been hoping that grandma can wake up sooner, and only she can tell me... I am now Is it really worthy to be the son of mom and dad?"

In fact, these words have been held in Neville's heart for several days.Maybe if it wasn't for Maca's wake up last time, he still couldn't say it yet, right?

As for Hermione, as a good friend of Neville, she just happened to have a chance to talk.

"Don't worry! Your grandma will wake up," Hermione comforted, "Maca has said that there is hope... Moreover, we can think of ways ourselves! You are good at herbal medicine, so think about it first. See if there are any herbal ingredients that can help."

"In short, we can't just sit back and find something for ourselves—"

"boom!"

She was trying to cheer up Nevedo, but before she could finish speaking, she heard that the door behind her was suddenly opened.

"Sirius? Oh! You really are here—"

When Hermione heard the voice, she didn't even need to turn her head back to know that it was Harry who ran up suddenly.Hearing that voice was mixed with gasping, I am afraid that climbing the stairs this way would consume a lot of his energy.

"Sirius, your spell level is high, go down quickly and see if you can think of a solution..."

Probably seeing Harry talking anxiously, Sirius, who was sitting on Kingsley's side, got up and walked towards the door without saying a word. After a while, he rushed downstairs with Harry.

That is because Saint Mangori is too messy, if you can use Apparition, it will be much faster!

After a little hesitation, Hermione also heard Harry's voice explaining the situation to Sirius as he went downstairs.

Although I only heard the beginning, and then I was too far away to hear clearly, Hermione still caught a series of dangerous-sounding words such as "out of control", "explosion", "injured", etc. .

What is going on here?Could it be that... Haierbo couldn't help but appear so quickly?

Just as Hermione was thinking about it, her movements were actually not slow, and she rushed out as she thought.Upon seeing Neville, who was next to him, he hesitated and looked at his grandmother on the hospital bed. Then he gritted his teeth and ran out of the room.

Kingsley looked at the door, clutching his shoulders with a helpless expression.