"Guys, I don't know if you think it...... These days, Maca has been in front of us less and less? ”

After breakfast the next day, Maca returned to the potions preparation room as usual to study potions, while the rest of the group gathered in the garden.

To be honest, everyone was used to coming to Willy's plant paradise to relax and chat, but this time, they gathered because Hermione seemed to want to say something.

"Yes," Hermione said, "I know that Maca must be preparing for the Helbo affair when she's so busy. But that's why I can't help but worry about him—"

As she said this, she glanced at everyone around her from left to right before continuing:

"As most of you know, Maca has been busy in the potions room lately, and makes a show up at the Muggle Queen almost every night. However, although I worked as an assistant a few times, he never told me what kind of potions he was working on. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, many friends couldn't help but bow their heads slightly in agreement.

Then, I heard Ron say thoughtfully:

"No wonder you didn't call Delphi just now...... Yes! By the way, did you ask Maca more directly? ”

"It's because I asked, and then he digressed from the subject, that I didn't think something was right," Hermione said, pursing her lips, "probably...... He thinks 'something' I still don't know as well! I could feel that he was worried about me. ”

"Oh! Can you feel it? A woman's intuition is terrifying......"

When Ron heard this, he couldn't help muttering, but then he was stared at by several pairs of white eyes around him, and he couldn't help but shrink his neck.

"I was wrong, I was wrong...... Hermione, you go ahead! ”

Hermione looked at him and shook her head, then coughed dryly and continued:

"Anyway, I'm worried that Maca is going to do something dangerous again - I think everyone here should know that he's just that kind of person. When you are calm, there is almost no one to compare, but once you are impulsive, you can even take your own life as a gamble! ”

Speaking of this, Hermione suddenly had a slightly solemn face and said seriously:

"So I think the more the grim future is ready to come, the more you need someone to be able to watch him...... What do you think? ”

Hermione's words, in fact, most of the friends here agree with them, including the group of little sisters led by Willy.

However, even if they both want to help Maca and contribute to each other, as long as Maca herself is unwilling, there seems to be little room for everyone to interfere.

At this moment, Willy, who had recently become on good terms with Hermione, thought about it again, and then suddenly said:

"Hermione, the ...... Delphi? Who is she from Maca? Why doesn't Maca tell you something, and even Luna doesn't say much, but never avoids her? ”

This question, to be honest, really stopped Hermione.

Although Hermione also asked Delphi directly about it some time ago, and the other party also told her some about Maca's past, it sounds like the two have been good friends since they were very young.

However, based on all this, Hermione still couldn't conclude that this was the case.

After all, the girl who suddenly appeared on her own one day and was still obedient to Maca's words really made her confused.

Say Delphi likes Maca...... Well, I guess I like it! But when Hermione thought about it in hindsight, it didn't feel like the kind of love between a man and a woman.

“…… Could it be ...... Is it a long-lost distant cousin or something? ”

Hearing Hermione subconsciously mutter, everyone looked at her with all kinds of surprised eyes. Seeing this, Hermione hurriedly waved her hand.

"No, I just think the relationship between her and Maca feels a bit like 'family', so I'm just guessing along this line!"

After this explanation, she immediately turned to say:

"But it's certain that Maca doesn't have an ordinary relationship with her—and since Delphi seems to know a lot about what Maca is up to, it would never be wrong to ask her."

As she said this, Hermione suddenly turned her head again, looked at Luna, who was listening and teasing a Babo sapling not far away, and asked:

"Luna, what about you? What do you think about this? ”

"Huh?"

When Luna heard this, she raised her head and thought for a while:

"Go to Delphi? Yes...... Although I don't think she will tell us. Because Maca didn't want us to know, and she only listened to Maca all along. ”

No one could argue with Luna's words, because what she said was almost the truth.

"So what to do?" Ron scratched his head and said, "Well, if you want me to say anything, we just need to believe in Maca, right?" You see, isn't everything that Maka has done so far so that we can live in peace? I'm a little worried about him, though, after all, Helmo ...... However, if we act recklessly, it will make Maca feel uneasy, right? ”

This time, when everyone hadn't reacted to Ron's words, Luna, who had never taken the initiative to express her position, nodded before everyone.

"Ron is right, and so do I," she agreed, brushing the hair around her ear, before switching to another conversation, "but if you can't help but wonder what Maca is up to, why not go straight to the preparation room in the evening when Maca, Delphi, and Mr. Shackel go to see the Muggle Queen?" ”

"This ...... It's useless, right? Hermione hesitated, "And if Maca finds out...... Will he feel that we don't trust him? You know, I'm just a little worried about him. ”

Seeing some hesitation on Hermione's face, Luna suddenly blinked her big eyes and shrugged her shoulders slightly.

"That's it! Like Ron said, believing that Maca is also a good choice. ”

……

As for Hermione's concerns, Maca could actually guess - Miss Granger was a worried girl, and she had been like that since she was a child.

But if you can guess it, you can guess it, there are some things that Maca really can't tell her. Because that will not only not make the other party feel at ease, but will make her more distressed.

No way, because Miss Granger is also a very kind girl.

"Alright, the toxins have been neutralized...... Wait half an hour, and this dose will be about the same. ”

Maca put the stirrer aside in her hand and sat down next to her, waiting as she began to ponder some of the things he'd been thinking about for the past few days.

For example, the itchy stone box.

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