To be honest, Maca's small life during this period was actually quite stable.

Probably because of his special status, Umbridge didn't dare to make too out-of-the-ordinary moves, lest he be caught by him in an already inferior situation.

Umbridge's most important goal right now is to establish himself at Hogwarts.

If Maca is now a nail between the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts, then Umbridge's purpose is to strive to become the nail that the Ministry of Magic has broken into Hogwarts.

At least until the nail was caught, she would not dare to make any unusual moves.

Of course, the premise must be that Maca stays in school and stares at her all the time. Today, maca is a deterrent against Umbridge.

However, sometimes reality always makes things as you expect come true......

"Tuk Tuk"

One morning, as Maca snuggled up in her office as usual, stumbling at the piles of theoretical materials that seemed to be impossible to study, there was a knock at the door.

"Please come in."

Maca said without raising her head, but her mind was still between the pen and paper, quite distracted.

With a soft creak, the office door opened.

"McLean, put aside the business at hand, Dumbledore is looking for you to come over......"

Hearing the voice of the comer, Maca finally raised her head, craned her neck to look beyond the stacks of books, and towards the door.

"Professor Snape?" As he spoke, he glanced down at the manuscript paper again, and hesitated, "Is it urgent?" I've got another few minutes—"

Snape, who was standing in the doorway, didn't react, he just nodded slightly, signaling that Maca would be okay for a few minutes.

"Let's do it first, I'll be ...... right away"

Maca casually politely spoke, then immediately lowered her head, and the sound of brushing and writing sounded again.

For Snape, Maca's approach to research is commendable. At least he himself believes that the priority of magic research should be relatively high, which is a quality that every wizard should have.

Soon, six or seven minutes passed, and Snape waited calmly, without the slightest impatience. Then, at last, Maca raised her head again, then pulled out her wand and slammed it on the table.

With a screeching noise, the tip of the quill was cleaned of ink and lay quietly back in the case; The lid of the inkwell flew back to the mouth of the bottle and squeaked tightly; The manuscript paper was also re-stacked in order, and landed on top of a pile of materials on the right-hand side.

By the time the magic had taken effect, Maca had stepped out of her desk and walked towards Snape at the door.

"Sorry to keep you waiting—let's go!"

Snape nodded casually, and the two walked side by side.

To Marka's surprise, it was Snape who was the first to ask a question.

"Have you made any new discoveries in potions lately?"

Speaking of which, Potions, which Maca was best at, was not his best subject now. Although his current level of potions is still improving, his speed has slowed down.

In this discipline alone, Snape is still much better than Maca, especially in some of the more in-depth Potions theory, Snape is not even a star and a half better than him.

Seeing that Snape was interested in discussing a few words with herself, Maca also cheered up, and the two talked as they walked, and it was not long before she found herself standing in front of the door of the headmaster's office.

“…… In fact, the side effects of the elixir cannot be called side effects, because that is the principle of its effect, so there is no possibility of eliminating the side effects at all. Snape said as he reached out and knocked on the door to the headmaster's office.

"That's true, it's just that the pharmacology of the elixir is really difficult to understand...... "Maca spread her hands and said, "Luck or something, you can't see or touch, and you don't even have the possibility of data." ”

After saying this, the door slowly opened, and the two took advantage of this to stop talking.

In fact, since Maca took over the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore's number of visits to him has dropped dramatically. At least since the beginning of the school year, Maca has hardly been to the principal's office.

When he came here today, he found that Dumbledore's recent complexion seemed to be even better than before, especially the energetic appearance, which made him look as if he was ten years younger.

Of course, even if Dumbledore was ten years younger, it still couldn't erase the fact that he was over 100 years old.

"Professor, is there anything you want me to do?" Maca immediately asked straight to the point.

It was because Dumbledore hadn't been looking for him lately that once he was called, it meant that the focus of the meeting was undoubtedly on the reason for calling him.

In other words, there is no need for him to talk nonsense, just ask.

Sure enough, although Dumbledore's expression was still gentle, he didn't have any homely thoughts, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he went straight to today's topic.

"That's right," Dumbledore said, sitting behind his desk, looking at Maka and "there's a secret message from Hagrid and Madame Maxime that they're in trouble on the Polish border, and if you want to rush over and help them, it's up to you......"

As he spoke, he picked up his wand and waved it casually, and a small note on the table flew lightly towards Maca.

"Madame Maxim sent her white-cheeked warbler back, look at it!"

Maca didn't say much, he reached out and took the note, and took a general look at the contents.

The note was written discreetly.

In order to avoid seeing something after being kidnapped by Voldemort's Death Eaters, the actual content is quite limited, and only a few ciphertext words are used in key places, but it shows what kind of embarrassing situation they are in now.

"Driven into a troll colony by three mad trolls? And then I was chased all the way and trapped in the cave? ”

Maca just wanted to say, can those two be more unreliable?

It was Maca's decision to let Hagrid go to the Giant Colony to negotiate, because after all, they were half-blood giants, and they would definitely be more efficient than ordinary wizards, and this judgment was absolutely correct.

Dumbledore also contacted Lady Maxim and accompanied Hagrid with him.

Because Voldemort must not care about dealing with those giants at the moment, even if he still has someone to divide over there, he will not send them at this time.

In the absence of the Death Eaters, Hagrid's chances of success are actually very good - if not to convince the giants to side with the Order of the Phoenix, at least the two are unlikely to get along.

When the time comes, all you have to do is make a nest for the remaining giants so that the Death Eaters can't find them in the future.

But who knew that Hagrid and Madame Maxime would be stuck in a dilemma by a group of giant subspecies, trolls.

Yes, although the IQ of giants is not high, they can communicate and influence.

But trolls are different, with their disproportionately small almond brains, let alone negotiations, and even their own troll language is only a pitiful few syllables.

It was a group of outright "mobs" living in the wizarding world.

"Hmmm......"

Maca groaned, revisiting the Hogwarts business, taking a rough gauge of Hagrid's situation, and deciding that he had to go on his own.

First of all, Hagrid and Madame Maxime must be saved, and seeing that they still have room to let the pet bird send the letter back, it means that they can continue to hold on.

But the point is, the troll community is not so easy to deal with, and it may not be effective for ordinary wizards to go to a dozen. Those guys have rough skin and thick meat, and when there are too many of them, they become quite difficult to deal with.

But then again, if they were easy to deal with, they would have been wiped out by the local Ministry of Magic.

However, if Maca leaves Hogwarts now, who will Umbridge rely on? Once no one is to stop her, then Hogwarts is probably going to be unstable again.

Dumbledore couldn't stand up to that unkind old woman, because he couldn't openly oppose the Ministry of Magic.

Thinking about it left and right, Maca had to shake her head.

Umbridge can't move for the time being.

Although she will be a nail in the coffin that the Ministry of Magic has driven into Hogwarts, her presence is still useful for Maca, and if she were to scare the snake now, it would only be a waste of this nail that was destined to be "unnailed".

Since this is the case, then I can only go with her, I believe that she will not be able to make too much trouble for a while.

Because as long as Maca will return, she will have to keep a little jealous, although it is certain that the restrictive force on her will be greatly reduced during this period.

“…… Then I'll give it a trip! After some consideration, Maca said, "Of course, I'll get back as soon as I can." ”

When Dumbledore heard this, he still didn't say anything, he just smiled and nodded, and that's it.

"Professor Snape, please ask Filch to post a notice, during the time I'm not at school, just change the magic language class to self-study-"

Maca turned back to Snape, who was silent.

"At present, the students who take the Ancient Demon Literature course are basically really fond of this subject, and it is definitely not a problem to consciously do it."

When Snape heard this, he said with a look of suspicion: "Are you sure?" ”

About half an hour later, Maca, who had roughly packed up the necessary supplies, immediately set off for the border between Poland and Belarus.

According to the ciphertext in the note, Hagrid and Madame Maxim were somewhere in the mountains over there. Since there's a troll community there, I'm sure it won't be too much trouble to find them.

It's just that Maca went, but she never thought that she would meet an "old acquaintance" there who had not been seen for a long time.