“…… Luna...... Luna? ”

As soon as she ran to the lawn beneath the Ravenclaw Tower, in the moonlight, Maca caught a glimpse of a familiar pale gold.

Luna fell to the ground on her side, wearing a rather strange set of pajamas, and at first glance there seemed to be no obvious injuries.

Maca hurriedly stepped forward and lifted the girl's upper body on her knees, allowing her to rest on her lap. Then he examined her with a little agitation.

“…… Fortunately, it should have been just a blow to the head and fainted. ”

After a few moments, Maca finally breathed a sigh of relief. After carefully feeding her a few small sips of potions, he picked Luna up in his hand.

It was only then that he had the time to observe the other students.

Roughly counted, there were nine young wizards who fell from the tower. Three of them had obviously been directly scratched by the black mist, and some parts of their bodies had already appeared gray-black wrinkles that had been eroded by vitality.

Luckily, as the black mist slammed straight towards the tower, Maca's Patronus had struck it a little off, otherwise it would have been worse now.

Just as Maca cast another levitation charm to bring them all back to the castle first, McGonagall and the other professors quickly arrived.

"McLean?" Professor McGonagall asked anxiously, "What just happened?" What is your Patronus dealing with—"

She was asking quickly, but when she saw Maca's appearance clearly, she was startled.

“…… You...... Maka, are you alright? ”

Hearing this, Maca looked at Professor McGonagall with some confusion, and then he followed the other's gaze and looked down. The wizard's robe he was wearing was covered in dark red blood, and there were even some sticky pieces that were no longer distinguishable.

"Oh, it's okay! It's not my blood ......," Maca said quickly, "I'll talk about it in a moment - I don't fully understand it now, anyway, bring the students in first, and immediately examine and treat." ”

He used the levitation charm to support the little wizards, most of whom were unconscious, and with Luna in his arms, he walked quickly to the gate of the castle. Behind him, Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout had the same concern on their faces.

The little Professor Flitwick seemed composure, just frowning, as if pondering the word "silent" that Maca had just mentioned.

Snape, standing at the back, still had his expressionless face. He looked at Maca, who was striding ahead, and the girl in Maka's arms, and paused before following again.

Probably because the commotion just now was a bit big, many students were awakened one after another, and some of them had already run out of the dormitory and walked through the common room of their respective colleges to the hall.

Professor McGonagall scolded them sternly and drove them all back.

In a hurry, Maca vaguely caught a glimpse of Hermione and the three of them. Perhaps they saw not only themselves, but also Luna, who was unconscious in his arms.

But Marka apparently didn't have time to explain anything to them for the time being.

Scurrying all the way to the school hospital, Madam Pomfrey was waiting on the side of the hallway—her office was on the other side of the hallway, unharmed.

It's just a mess on the other side of the ward.

Not only is there a big hole in the exterior wall, but even the interior is as if it has been swept away by a hurricane, which is extremely messy. Joshua cowered in the corner of the room, apparently fainting.

Professor Flitwick quickly cast a repair spell, and for a moment, all kinds of damaged objects immediately hung up, and began to be put together one by one.

The collapsed hospital bed creaked and straightened, the torn sheets and bedding snapped into cracks, the falling portraits spun and hung back on the nails of the wall, and the crumbling bedside tables snapped together and docked......

When the last brick in the smashed wall automatically filled the hole in the brick, everything was as intact as if nothing had happened.

Except, of course, the big spider that fell in the corner of the ward.

After glancing at the dead "Little Eleven", Maca first placed the little wizards floating behind her, Joshua in the corner, and Luna in her arms into the empty hospital bed one by one.

“…… There's a spider here," Professor Flitwick said hesitantly, staring cautiously at Little Eleven, with four pairs of spider legs, "Could it be that we missed one before?" ”

"No, that's what I raised." Maca said with some heaviness, "Actually, I left it here to keep an eye on it, but who would have thought ...... it"

"Surveillance?" Professor Sprout on the side suddenly looked sideways and said, "What are you spying on?" ”

"Have you forgotten?" Professor Flitwick quickly looked thoughtful when he heard Maca say this, "There must have been a patient lying in this ward before. ”

Maca nodded slightly.

"Professor Snape, did you give her the antidote you concocted?" He asked, turning his head.

"That's right." Snape's expression was a little gloomy, "But it will take time for the antidote to work, and she shouldn't wake up tonight." ”

"Maybe there's something else?" Maca seemed a little absent-minded, and replied casually, "Maybe it's because of the constitution of the silent person, or something else......"

He paused for a moment, but immediately waved his hand: "Professor, Madam Pomfrey, let's check for the students first, and then think about the rest." ”

With that, he took the lead and went to the nearest bed.

The moon was quite bright tonight, and the cold silver glow not only illuminated the vast courtyard outside the castle, but even the wards seemed transparent.

While scrutinizing a student who had been corrupted by the energy of the Silent One, Maca seemed to catch a glimpse of something dark out of the corner of her eye.

He immediately turned his head alarmingly and looked out the window on the lawn, but found nothing.

“…… What is it? ”

Maca frowned, and said that she shouldn't be dazzled. But the lawn of the school courtyard is so flat, you can see it from here, and you can't hide people at all.

Still a little worried, he decided to go outside and take a closer look after making sure that the students were okay.

……

Late at night, Maca, who had searched several laps inside and outside the campus, returned to the ward.

After a careful examination of the students, the casualties caused by the accident have been determined.

Aside from Helen Schoon, there were ten other students, including Luna, and three of them were seriously injured by the erosion of the Silent One's energy. Others, on the other hand, only suffered varying degrees of physical damage.

If this had happened in the Muggle world, those bruised students would have died young. They had to rejoice that this had happened in the wizarding world after all.

As long as it is pure physical damage, in most cases, as long as there is still breath, it is very likely to heal quickly with the help of powerful healing potions and regeneration spells.

And the students who had been harmed by the terrible magic were obviously even more fortunate.

Because here is not only Snape, the heavyweight Potions Master, but also Maca, who already knows a little bit about the Silent One.

It may take a lot of work, but it's probably only a matter of time before it recovers.

As for Joshua, who had passed out, he was incredibly unscathed. Judging from his physical state, it is more reasonable to be scared and faint than fainting due to injury.

However, at this moment, Maca obviously didn't have much heart to concentrate on treating them. He was more concerned about Miss Lovegood, who was lying asleep in the hospital bed.

Well, even if the girl wasn't actually hurt too much.

In fact, Luna had already woken up once before Maca left the room to go out to search. She was in pretty good shape, just a faint bruise on her head, probably somewhere.

When she saw Maca with a worried face, she still looked in a trance, and smiled leisurely at Maca, and asked him dreamily if he would like to go to the mistletoe to find the hook in the mistletoe for Christmas.

Now Maca sat on a round stool beside her bedside, quietly gazing at the soft contours of her face. Her long, pale blonde hair spread out between the pillows, accompanied by the clear moonlight, glowing like a mist of light.

This calming picture made the restlessness in Maca's heart also fall silent slightly.

It was only now that he had the time to organize his thoughts and reiterate what had happened tonight in his mind a few times.

The first is the secret manor where the Silent One is hiding, and Zoe, who appears during the replay spell, seems to want to say something. It's just a pity that before she could finish speaking, she was dispersed by Greenwald, who suddenly took control of the old wizard Lenny.

There is no doubt that Zoe clearly knows some truth, or some clue close to the truth. And these are things that Greenwald definitely doesn't want Maca to know.

He still remembered that Zoe had read part of the old wizard Lennie's memories when he said he had read them.

However, Lenny himself was blown to pieces by Greenwald's extreme decisiveness, which directly led to Maca having to change all her clothes.

Well, let's not mention the trivial matter of changing clothes. The point is, just as Lenny was reduced to a rain of blood, Hogwarts was suddenly attacked by the Silent One.

That Helen Schoen was really not a good person, and Maca always had a vague guess about this. It's just that just in the current situation, he can't help but have an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

It's like......

"I always feel ...... Something should have been missed. Maca's eyebrows tightened slightly.