"Hermione, didn't you sleep well last night? Doesn't look like you're in any energy? ”

Seeing Luna running in front of her, holding a piece of fruit pie in her right hand and a magic book in her left arm, Hermione couldn't help but pause a little to walk towards the Gryffindor table.

"Hmm...... If you don't mind, just sit down with us! She seemed to hesitate for a moment before whispering, "I have a message for Maca here." ”

"Oh, of course! Let's sit together! Hearing this, Luna immediately nodded, "By the way, today's assorted fruit pie tastes very good, I recommend you to try it!" ”

"Okay, I see, let's come over first......"

Although there are many questions about Maca's situation, it is not complicated to say.

Luna sat down beside Hermione, listening to her simple and clear explanations, and occasionally taking a bite of the fruit pie she held in her hand.

Soon, when Hermione finished everything she had learned, Luna stopped chewing and seemed to enter her unique "trance mode".

As for whether she was thinking about it or something else every time she did it, no one could tell.

"Luna?"

Seeing that Luna began to be in a daze, Hermione waited for a while, and after finding that the other party didn't seem to have come back to her senses, she couldn't help but call her.

"Huh?" Luna blinked when she heard the voice, "Oh, I was thinking...... Hermione, you say, can I come with you tonight? ”

When Hermione heard this, she immediately shook her head and said:

"No, I don't think so—Professor McGonagall wouldn't agree to that in the first place. And in fact, we can't do much when we go at the moment, so I've already told Neville not to take time off in advance......"

Under Hermione's explanation, Luna seemed to nod her head abruptly.

There's not much to say about this full day of lessons.

Thanks to the high-quality potions provided by Snape, Flitwick, Snape, and Hagrid, the professors who had stayed up all night last night, did not exhibit any anomalies in class. The other classes are no different from usual.

As the day passed, at nightfall, Snape and the other three took Hermione to Black's mansion again, and continued to devote themselves to the many responses to the disappearance of Maca.

But no one noticed that Luna, who had only heard the general situation from Hermione, quietly came out of the warm bed after everyone had fallen asleep.

“…… Well, Hermione said that Professor McGonagall wouldn't agree, so she couldn't let her know. ”

On the ground floor of the Ravenclaw Tower, a calm-looking Luna took advantage of the darkness of the night to open the secret passage where she and Maca had first gone to Hogsmeade.

No one knows what she's running out for this time.

……

Like London outside, the black-and-white city where Maca is located has spent a bright day, and now it has fallen into a deep night.

In the previous day, he had been wandering around Big Ben for a long time. Sometimes I think, sometimes I search, but until now, I have not gained anything.

Maca knew that it really couldn't work, so she had to let go of the obsession with this space in her heart first.

After all, even though so far, whether it is Hogwarts or Black's old house, the early warning measures he set up in advance have not fed back to him a warning. But if he stays here for too long, many things may change when he is not clear.

As for how to get out of here, he already had some ideas about this.

"Hey!"

It was still the same square as before, and it was still the same bench, and Maca, who was munching on a piece of jerky, shouted at the trench-coat wizard who was passing by in the distance again, and patted the food basket beside him.

"Haven't eaten for two days in a row, right? Come and sit down for a while, and then talk about it when you're full! ”

The other party was stunned when he heard the sound, and after looking at it from a distance for a while, he gently walked to the side of the bench.

"You...... Did you already know we were going to be here? ”

You can hear that there is a faint surprise in the hoarse voice.

"How is that possible!" Maca chuckled, "I'm just used to having something to eat with me - who called me a Hufflepuff?" Let's sit down and eat together! ”

"Hmm."

After hesitating for a moment, the other party slowly sat down on the other side of the food basket, lifted the lid of the basket and took out two random biscuits from it.

"Thank you."

Although in the past two days, the two don't seem to have talked a few words in total. But perhaps for some reason in their own right, neither side knew what to say.

Therefore, after the trench coat wizard thanked him a little later, dead silence became the main theme of the square again.

For a few, however, silence may not be unbearable – such as Willy, who is still far away in France, or Maca, who is crunching and munching on jerky.

But for the trench coat wizard, it was a bit awkward that the two of them were sitting on a bench but each was silent.

Honestly, it's better not to come here just now...... In that case, though, you'll have to keep going hungry.

"Your jerky, it seems to be very hard?"

"Ah...... Well, for the sake of easy preservation, it actually tastes pretty good. ”

Obviously, there was no wind in this space at all, but at this moment, it seemed that there was a cold air blowing in front of the two.

"Ahem, it's embarrassing to chat like this." "So if I want to see, let's stop talking—because I don't know what to say, and you don't seem to know that very well." ”

Hearing this from Marca, the trench-clad wizard silently took a small bite of the biscuit and savored it for a long time.

"Mr. McLean, you seem to ...... Know where I'm from? ”

This sentence came really suddenly, not only referring to the timing, but also to what the other party said.

In this regard, Maca couldn't help but say after being stunned for a moment:

"You ask me that kind of question? Is it okay? ”

"It probably matters...... the wizard in the trench coat said, putting his hand holding the biscuit on his knee and staring down at the biscuit, "but, as you must know, some things have changed from the moment I appeared in front of you. ”

"Has it changed...... "Only you know that." ”

But before he finished speaking, the other party immediately shook his head.

"No," said the trench-clad wizard, "I don't know, in fact...... At least, there are a lot of things I don't know in detail about other than a certain part. It's like ......"

"It's like, after digging up the ground of that park, we're going to be dragged into this space...... You don't know anything about this? ”

"Yes."

Maca said in her heart, and she had to sigh.

In fact, at first, he thought that this person was quite familiar with the current situation, especially after gradually realizing where the other party might come from. Therefore, after meeting the other party by chance this time, he decisively agreed to join his own action.

However, when both of them entered this space and realized that the other party seemed to have just known about such a place, he was a little dumbfounded.

Could it be that you guessed wrong? In fact, this man's origin is not at all what he thinks?

After hearing what the other party said just now, Maca was obviously completely confused by this repeated situation.

Holding back the words "what the hell are you here for" blurted out, he opened his mouth again and tore off a piece of jerky, encouraging his cheeks to chew his head.

"Eat! Eat more, and the rest won't go unnecessary......," Maca said vaguely, "Again, as long as you understand what you're doing, that's fine." ”

……

While Maca was munching on jerky, Luna, who was walking through the secret passages, appeared in Hogsmeade without anyone noticing.

No matter what the weather is like elsewhere, this wizarding village perched above the snow line can always be seen everywhere. Luna didn't seem to be in a hurry, stepping slowly on the snow and walking towards the path where the snow had been cleared.

The exit of the secret passage is near the Pig's Head Bar, and her destination seems to be there.

At this point in time, it is the time when the bar business is good. And in this dark night, even the pig's head bar, where even the windows are covered with a layer of dust, has a warm fire from the inside.

As you can see, the orange light not only illuminates the path in front of the house, but also points the way to Luna.

"Squeak-"

As the old door opened, it was not a high-pitched noise that changed from small to loud, but with the human voice, it was an intricate smell of wine.

"Oh!"

Luna had never been in a bar so late, and she couldn't help but raise her hand and pinch her nose when she smelled it.

But for this girl who is curious about everything, this does not disgust her, but stimulates her deep desire to explore.

Immediately, she opened her legs and walked in lightly.

Honestly, the Pig's Head Bar is not a place for a school-going girl, as it's full of weird wizards who don't look like nice people. If someone said that this was actually a gathering place for dark wizards, it is estimated that many people would believe it.

But luckily, Luna already knew who the owner of the bar was.

"Hi there!"

"Huh?"

Looking at the girl who walked briskly to the side of the bar around the table of drinkers, even Aberforth, who had always been calm when the sky fell, was a little surprised.

"Little girl, it's a lot of courage to sneak out of Hogwarts so late. Hurry back! If you'd like to come over for a drink, wait until Hogsmeade Day and come with your friends—"

"Huh?" Luna seemed a little surprised, "Do you know me?" ”

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