"Yikes!"

Suddenly, Luna, who was sitting on the base of the mercury statue in the center of the square, couldn't help but let out a soft snort, causing Neville, who was not far away, to quickly look back.

"What's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing," Luna said, shaking her hand, "the bracelet that Maca gave me suddenly got hot, presumably ...... The bad stuff is coming, right? ”

Neville clenched his wand tightly.

"Is it finally here?"

"yes!" Luna stood up as she spoke, patting the dust off her ass and saying, "Since Maca gave the signal, it's time to get ready." ”

Before he could finish speaking, Neville watched as she climbed briskly onto the pedestal, and with great deft familiarity he reached for the statue of mercury that looked like a living thing.

Soon, Luna was slowly enveloped in the bright and soft mercury, and her whole body was immersed in it.

After a few moments, the mercury statue's originally vague face seemed to have the delicate outline of Luna's face.

"Drill down there...... Don't you feel out of breath? ”

Just as Neville muttered in his heart, he saw the statue that was becoming more and more like Luna suddenly raise his arms. Immediately afterward, two magical shields began to form one after another from the top of the statue, and quickly spread towards the edge of Spiral Town.

……

"Mr. Lupin, the army of living corpses has broken into the city of Canterbury and is rapidly attacking this way!"

"Got it."

In the hall on the ground floor of the new Ministry of Magic, the previous busyness had calmed down, and the personnel of all sides were no longer in a hurry. Because by now, everyone has already done what they should do, and even if there are any omissions in the future, they can only be adjusted according to the temporary judgment of Lu Ping and a few commanders.

"Relay the message to Minister Shackel at once! Always be ready to turn on all precautions...... But don't rush yet, wait for McLean's signal. ”

"Yes!"

Several herald wizards on standby answered at the same time after clarifying Lupin's meaning, and immediately left the hall.

After the people who delivered the news went out, Lupin turned back and looked down at the sand table in Spiral Town—it could be seen that the layout of the town was clear at this moment.

Kingsley's clearance team, which had withdrawn from the front, had already defended the intersection of the four directions of Spiral Town with the Federation's supporting wizards. Although there is only one entrance, if even Helbo comes, no one can predict which direction they will attack from.

In addition to the wizards, the wild elves who were fooled by Maca from the island have also been stationed at the edge of the town, and they are responsible for the sky above the town.

Of course, before the army of living corpses could enter the interior of the town, the first thing they would need to overcome was obviously the defense of the two magic shields.

Thinking like this, Lu Pin suddenly turned around again, and happened to see that two layers of translucent magical films were already spreading out in the originally dark sky. The two shields of different colors overlapped each other, emitting a faint glow, and at first glance they were even more brilliant than the northern and southern poles.

"Come on! Whether it's success or failure, it's up to tonight......"

While whispering like this, Lupin couldn't help but gradually clench the wand in his hand.

……

When the army of living corpses attacked, everyone on the side of Spiral Town couldn't help but gradually tense their nerves. But there are only two people, but they are not thinking about how they should protect the town and destroy the enemy next.

One of them was Maca, who had always remained calm except for Hermione's injuries - even when he was in a coma with his own serious injuries and couldn't use his arms afterwards, he didn't seem to show much wavering at all.

And if you want to talk about the other person, it is probably Delphi, the "good daughter" that Maca accidentally obtained.

Right now, she's staying in the town's central square, just like Neville...... Or rather, staying by Luna's side. Whenever Neville stumbles upon a glance to the other side of the Mercury statue, he inevitably sees her staring at the statue that has become one with Luna.

Neville didn't know what Delphi was thinking, and ...... Maybe the girl was so beautiful that Neville never dared to talk to her.

But even if he didn't speak, Neville could tell that Delphi seemed to have a lot of things hidden in his heart, and it was difficult to confide in others.

As a man of few words, Neville was well aware that if he continued to do so for too long, he would get sick—he himself was a good example of this.

"Delphi...... Uh, miss? ”

Beginning the conversation with a somewhat nondescript title made Neville feel awkward to himself.

But it can't be helped, as Delphi barely tells anyone his last name - at least not Neville apparently doesn't.

After all, if she had to choose, she would definitely want others to call her "Miss McLean", but it would be difficult to explain to others.

Needless to say, in that case, others would definitely have a misunderstanding of the relationship between her and Maca.

"Huh?"

Hearing Neville on the other side speak, Delphi looked away from the statue and turned to the other side.

"Mr. Longbottom, what's wrong?"

"Oh, no...... It's just that the enemy will arrive outside the town at any time, so it's better to be careful and concentrate. ”

Neville said this, but then shook his head again and said:

"Ahh I'm sorry, I forgot that you're much stronger than me...... It may be of little reference value to you that this kind of advice of mine is not of much reference value at all......"

"No, please don't say that—Mr. Longbottom's strength is one of the best in modern magic! Well, you're right, I was thinking too much about things just now. ”

Distance!

To be honest, Neville doesn't want to have a deep friendship with the other party, and he is also a person who has a girlfriend now, so with his personality, he naturally doesn't think about those who have or don't.

Not to mention, a girl like Delphi, who is very "cold" no matter how you look at it, is the trickiest type for Neville.

However, for Maca's sake, Neville still wanted to make friends with the other party - it was likely that they would fight together, and he didn't want it to be very difficult to even talk to the other party.

It's a pity that the kind of rejection and rejection exuded by Delphi made the sense of distance between the two increase instead of decreasing after talking.

"This feeling of alienation...... When did it start to get heavier? ”

()

vertex