“…… We've tried many times, but no matter what we do, we haven't been able to break the defensive spell on this lounge. But there's still something to gain—"

"We found that the spells attached to the surrounding walls seem to have some resemblance to the ancient magic of a pyramid in Egypt!"

Maca listened to Akinbad's explanation as she looked left and right at the door in front of her.

Of course, apart from this door, the unenchanted walls on both sides of the dean's room had been opened, and this was how they tried to destroy the outer wall on the other side of the ancient world.

It's just a pity that they apparently did not succeed.

"Well, anyway, I'll try it first!"

Without waiting for Akinbad to continue, Maca suddenly took out her staff and headed straight for the door in front of her. But just as he was about to break it with some rough but effective means, he quickly stopped what he was doing.

"Oh, it might not be appropriate to mess around here......"

The thought that there might be living creatures in it didn't want to hurt anyone carelessly until he finally identified friend or foe - if that happened, it would have a bad impact on his reputation.

However, the defensive magic left behind by Helbo fluctuates so strongly that it is impossible to know if there is anyone inside unless you contact it first.

“…… I'll take a look at it again. ”

Seeing that Maca suddenly withdrew some of the long staff in her hand, all the spell breakers in the dean's room let out a "oh" in disappointment.

Yes, it is true that modern wizards have long since used long-roded staffs, but spellbreakers like them, who specialize in dealing with antiquities, know a little bit about it.

Knowing that the staff was very difficult to use, and that some of them had tried and failed for it themselves, they wanted to see how Maca used it.

Because it's very likely to give these guys who love magic research a glimpse into the mysteries of ancient wizards.

"It's a staff...... Isn't the kind on the mural bent? The kind of ...... with a hook on top."

"That's the one with the hook!"

"Who said that, according to my research......"

Hearing a buzz of discussion behind her, Maca just glanced casually, quickly returning her attention to the door.

The door itself doesn't look anything unusual, it's just a very ordinary wooden door. But the fluctuations of magic that are faintly diffusing in it show that it is not simple.

Thanks to Rowena, Maca read some texts about thousands of years ago in her secret room. But most of them are about the theory of deep magic, and as for the literature that really introduces ancient magic, there is almost no one.

Consider it, for example, Maca's office, which has a lot of information, but it's also mostly research materials and notes. It's not surprising that you treat others as your own.

But because of this, his understanding of ancient magic actually has many loopholes, and his vision is sufficient, but it is almost unsystematic.

At this moment, he couldn't quickly comprehend what Maca had analyzed from that magic fluctuation.

After a moment, Maca shook her head.

"Forget it, I'll go in from the roof! Just be careful, there should be nothing wrong with it......"

It would be too time-consuming to go and analyze ancient magic, and he didn't want to stay here all day.

With a wave of the staff towards the ceiling, a large hole with a direct view of the sky took shape. This time, he didn't even have a magic book, so he just grabbed the staff and flew up, through the hole in the ceiling to the very top of this mansion-like building.

After looking at the position roughly, he saw that Maca took a few more steps forward, and then began to tear down the roof on the spot.

When he realized that he couldn't continue to destroy the roof tiles with the Cutting Charm, he immediately knew that he had arrived at the place.

"Click-la-la-la...... Click! ”

Maca pressed her staff against the brick roof below, and the magic in the roof took effect with a cooling rune that quickly cooled it. Since he had stopped the cooling rule in just a moment, the hoarfrost had not spread over a large area, but it still quickly made a crackling crack.

Immediately, he slammed the staff in his hand, and the whole person fell into the common room that he couldn't get into, along with the broken pieces of masonry.

But before he could hit the ground, he controlled the gravel to float, and carried himself to the floor steadily.

It's the same as what you see outside, it's a room that is nothing special.

There is a plush carpet on the floor, two beautiful landscape paintings on the wall, a bookshelf filled with books, and a large vase in the corner.

To be honest, except for the lack of mattresses and futons on that copper tube bed, everything seems to be normal.

Oh yes! It is worth mentioning that although Maca was not sure if there was anyone here, but now, there is no sign of life.

"After a long time, is it just an empty room?"

He muttered to himself, and waved his staff again, as if trying to move everything out of the room to see if there was anything hidden. After all, this is the magic world, although there have been people who have checked it up and down, left and right, but the common sense of the physical structure may not be effective in the face of magic.

But just as Maca was about to make a move, he was stunned by an inconspicuous trace.

"What's that?"

He thought as he walked over to the empty bed of brass tubes, and leaned down to take a closer look at a complex indentation at the foot of the bed.

It can be seen that it must have been deliberately knocked out, and it was the kind that was knocked many times. Even in the knock on the dent, there were some blood stains that had already turned black.

"Is it Asaph or Miriam?"

Maca reached out and rubbed her fingers against the dent, stained some dried blood powder, and put it on the tip of her nose and sniffed it gently.

Because after the blood dries, the smell will also become much lighter, and he didn't think he could smell anything obvious. But who knows, just before putting it in front of his nose, a strange smell similar to musk suddenly rushed into his nose.

The smell is also very faint, but you can still smell it when you get so close - I have to say, it's a little bad!

Maca immediately removed her finger, then quickly frowned, as if thinking about what it smelled like. After a while, he was stunned, and only after a while did he smack his lips with a strange expression.

"So...... It's Miriam! ”

Somehow, he already knew who he was trapped here.

He stood up and clapped his hands, and then quickly returned to the dean's room outside, waving at Arkinbad.

"Mr. Akinbad, I went in and took a look—though I didn't look closely, there was probably nothing in there. If you're not sure, you can go and search again. ”

The defensive magic on the doors and walls was still there, but the rooftop had been forcibly broken by Maca, and it was no longer difficult to get in.

As for the magic on the remaining walls, it will become a valuable research material in the future.

When Akinbad thanked him for a while, and then hurried up the roof with the spell breakers to go inside, Maca reached out to stop Bill Weasley, who wanted to follow up to see a fresh Bill Weasley.

"I'm going to leave soon...... "You've probably heard that Hogwarts has an event at Christmas, so you should be there too!" And...... Seriously, as Ron's big brother, you're going to have to figure it out for him...... He's had some 'hiccups' lately. ”

"Ron?" "When did he ever have a 'little problem' in his life?" It's okay, I'm sure he'll get through it on his own......"

Seeing Bill smiling nonchalantly, Maca shrugged her shoulders.

"Alright! I may have been talking too casually...... In fact, it's a 'not so small' problem, and I'm afraid he won't be able to solve it this time, and then you family members will have a headache together! ”

"Uh......" Bill said, tilting his head in confusion, "what type of question?" Well, if he gets into trouble again, I'm not going to help him—we're the Weasley men who should be daring. ”

"Oh, actually...... To be precise, it's an 'emotional' issue. Maca thought for a moment and said subtly, "When you were at Hogwarts, weren't you said to have rejected several girls' pursuits?" I think you're going to have to teach Ron what you're capable of. ”

To be honest, Maca's words really surprised Bill.

"When did that kid Ron become so popular?" He immediately approached Maca's side and said in amazement, "Really? So where has changed? Is there a love potion used? Contraband? ”

"This ...... Ahem," Maca said seriously, "I can't say this for him, you can go to him and ask him!" ”

"Hmmm......"

Bill groaned for a moment, then sighed.

"If Mom knew, she would have to jump up with joy! Ron actually had a girl chasing after him...... What is there to refuse this? Even if it's so ugly that we go out in the middle of the night and scare people to death, we Weasleys won't dislike it. Could it be that the girl has a bad character? ”

Seeing Bill muttering to himself, Maca didn't want to continue to spend time at this moment. Anyway, everything he had to say was finished, and Ron, the eldest brother, would definitely go to Hogwarts when he turned around, and he didn't have to worry about it.

Saying goodbye to Bill casually, whether the other party listened or not, he rummaged through his waist pocket as he walked up the stairs.