Luna is fine!

This was the first thing Maca recognized.

Since when Hermione ran away, Luna was the last to chase after her...... Plus she seemed to be running a little slowly, so it was she that Maca and Harry saw first.

And next......

Ron is okay too! Not only was Ron fine, but even Hermione wasn't in any trouble. Even when Maca found the two of them, the two were hurrying back, apparently noticing the voice just now.

"Maca, downstairs! That scream just now came from below......"

In fact, without Hermione's reminder, a possibility had already flashed through Maca's mind - Helbo expected that he would find out about his existence sooner or later, so he had already set his sights on the other students from the beginning!

And this is undoubtedly the most difficult situation to prevent.

"Harry, put the sword away, but the hat can be worn on the head; Ron, you go to the hospital and inform Madam Pomfrey, you may need her help in a moment," Maca said without delay, as she walked towards the staircase, "Well, Hermione, you go call Professor McGonagall......"

"Then I'll go this way—"

The principal's office is on this floor, but it's still some distance away. Hermione said hello and hurried to the other side.

Seeing this, Harry slipped the Gryffindor sword back into his hood, and then buckled the Sorting Hat to his head in disgust.

So, the foaming water dripped.

But since Maca said so, there must be a reason for him, and it is always right to do it.

"Maca, need ......," he wiped the water from his face, "Uh, I mean, do you need to go to Snape?" ”

Harry never had a good opinion of Snape.

Especially after the other party became the professor of the Defence Against the Dark Arts class, the students had to be tired and half dead in every class, and they were always forced to come into contact with some dark magic creatures that were easy to make people feel shadowed in class.

However, as far as Snape's practical skills as a Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts professor were concerned, he had to admit it.

However, Maca quickly shook her head.

"No, Professor Snape usually goes home on his days off, and it's the same today." "I think you should still call him 'Professor Snape,'......"

While they were talking, their feet were not slow, and they soon came to the seventh floor. And when Maca noticed that several students were coming up the stairs from the sixth floor, he knew that most of the noise was coming from this floor.

Ron didn't pause, and by the time Maca turned to figure out which way to go, he had already passed a few students on the stairs and headed straight for the second-floor hospital hospital.

"It's this way!"

Maca glanced at the corridor on her right, and soon noticed a half-open door in the depths of the corridor, and a large pool of water had filled the ground in front of it.

Moreover, the water is still getting bigger and bigger with time, and there is no intention of stopping at all.

As far as Maca knew, it was supposed to be a boys' bathroom, and since there weren't many common rooms on this floor on the seventh floor, it was rarely visited.

"Don't go over until I've confirmed the situation—you can help me stop the next few classmates, and don't let them approach for the time being."

After quickly admonishing the first few young wizards who were coming up, Maca frowned slightly and walked briskly along the corridor.

Probably because Maca was serious, the students who were still communicating with each other stopped talking. As a result, the Hogsmeade Castle, which was already small in the city, suddenly became quiet.

Maca walked a few steps and soon heard the sound of running water coming from the bathroom. Other than that, he could faintly hear some strange moans that were muffled, but they weren't so obvious under the cover of the sound of the water.

"What's going on?"

Not caring about the water on the floor, Maca quickened her pace and opened the door to the bathroom. And the next second, the sight behind the door made him stunned suddenly.

“…… Neville? ”

……

Moments later, it was still in the same boys' bathroom on the seventh floor of the main fort.

"Professor McGonagall, it's alright! Neville had broken the faucet while washing his hands, and the sink happened to be blocked, so the water was overflowing...... Then he slipped and fell on the ground. Except for a little skin on my head, nothing really happened......"

Maca stood by the sink, explaining the situation to Professor McGonagall as she hurried over.

Neville, who is now tall, still stands behind Maca with his neck hunched as he did years ago, even though he doesn't understand what happened.

Why did he just slip and fall, but suddenly attracted so many onlookers?

"That'...... Was it something that happened before Mr. Longbottom fell? ”

McGonagall was keenly aware of the point, but with several students in the hallway outside the bathroom, it was impossible for Maca to say it on the spot.

"I guess we'd better go to your office and talk about that!" As he spoke, he glanced at the back of Neville's head again, "I've already treated the wound for you, but you'd better go to Madam Pomfrey again, and have Ron, who is still there, come to the Headmaster's office as well." ”

With that, Maca couldn't help but sigh helplessly, and then patted Neville on the back by the way.

"Seriously, we are all terrified by your fall, let's be careful next time!"

After leaving the bathroom, Maca followed Professor McGonagall back down the hallway to the eighth floor, where she arrived at the Headmaster's office. Harry, Luna, and Hermione, who had just followed Professor McGonagall down again, followed the two of them.

"Uh, can I take the Sorting Hat off? I feel like my face is wrinkled with orange-scented soapy water......"

"Hey! I haven't complained a few words about this hat! You're not happy anymore, are you? ”

Maca glanced back at Harry, only to see that the other man's face looked like he had just applied a hydrating mask, and his whole face was refreshed.

"No, you'd better wear it first!"

As she spoke, Maca beckoned, and saw the moisture on both the Sorting Hat and Harry's head float up and separate from themselves.

And in the next second, the water that had gathered into a ball completely dissipated with a vanishing spell.

"Harry, there's something I didn't have time to confirm with you just now - how did you get out of the other man's grasp at the time?"

This question is important for Maca...... Of course, perhaps for all of you here, it's important. If it were as Maca had guessed, maybe he wouldn't have to dwell on the damn comet in the sky anymore.

On the other side, Hermione, who had a little understanding of Harry's condition, immediately looked in the direction of the former.

"Get rid of?" Harry was stunned for a moment, but then nodded again, "yes, that seems to be the way it can be described......

"Actually, I don't remember much clearly, and most of the time I feel like I'm floating in the dark. I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a bright light appeared in front of my eyes, and then I remembered a few stories for no reason......"

"Story?"

Hermione was obviously a little confused by Harry's statement, but Maca was different, and he didn't seem surprised by what Harry had said.

"Isn't it a couple of stories from the Golden Griffin from the Wilderness?" He immediately asked.

"The book Professor Dumbledore gave you?"

After Maca's reminder, Hermione quickly reacted.

Yes, Scrimgeour had announced a private Will of Dumbledore, and along with the Will, there were several small gifts for Hermione, Harry, and Ron.

Harry received a storybook about Godric Gryffindor's adventures.

"Yes, it's the book," Harry said, "because Maca told me I could read more, so I flipped it over and over again, but I didn't find anything. Unexpectedly, in that oppressive darkness before, those stories woke me up all at once. ”

At this point, he paused for a moment, then said seriously: "And, when those stories are passed in front of me like a TV show, I feel empowered!" ”

As she listened, Maca nodded thoughtfully.

"Is that really the case......

He thought about it for a moment, and after a moment he looked up and looked at Hermione as if she wanted to say something. But before he could speak, he saw him suddenly wave his backhand and open the door of the principal's room.

"Ron, you've come just in time! Ron, and Hermione, you all go back and take the things Professor Dumbledore gave you with you, and I think they're likely going to come in handy. ”

As Maca spoke, she sighed silently in her heart: Dumbledore had indeed taken a very different path from him, and he hadn't even figured out the reason for such a very prescient approach.

……

On the same day, Maca chatted with Professor McGonagall, Luna, and Hermione, the three lion cubs, in the principal's office. He didn't hide anything about the despicable Helbo, and let the few people present know a little bit.

In fact, Maca doesn't want too many people to know, but as for what happened today, it's impossible to explain it clearly.

However, the so-called wave of unevenness has risen again and again.

The next morning, Hogwarts Castle welcomed a new batch of guests.