“…… Luna...... Luna? Wake up, it's time to get up......"

A familiar voice seemed to float from afar, gently awakening Luna's dormant consciousness. Yes, it was Maca's voice, and it was all too familiar.

"Huh?"

Lying on the bed, Luna's mouth twisted, and her head moved slightly, causing a strand of blonde hair to slip to the side of her forehead.

Soon, I saw her open her eyes in a daze, and her hazy vision gradually became clear.

"Maca?" Her gaze flickered across the roof, and then she finally turned her head slightly to look at the face of Maca, who was looking down at her, "Hmm...... Good morning? ”

As she greeted her vaguely, Luna seemed to feel the warmth and touch coming from the palm of her right hand. She subconsciously shook it back, and then realized that her right hand seemed to be being gently held by Maca.

"That's it, remember not to let go, there will be problems." Maca gestured with her hand and smiled at Luna, "Also, 'good morning' or something...... It's afternoon! ”

"Oh, didn't I sleep for a long time?"

Luna apparently didn't mind Maca clutching her hand, she just pulled her other hand out of the covers and rubbed her slightly sour eyes indiscriminately.

"Not long," said Maka "but then I think you'll probably need to sleep a little longer." ”

"Really?"

Luna tilted her head and thought about it, not knowing what she had figured it out, and then nodded.

"Alright! I know...... If necessary, then sleep a little longer. ”

Clearly, with her sharp instincts, she had sensed something—maybe something was wrong with her body, or something else, that made Maca think she needed a good night's sleep.

However, with Luna's disposition, which is not obsessed with many things, she doesn't even seem to have the heart to ask Maca a second question. It was obviously what happened to her, but she didn't care at all.

The next moment, I heard her words change and say:

"But before I go back to sleep, I want to have a drink...... Do you still have Butterbeer in your pocket? ”

"Oh, of course!"

Maca smiled, stretched her left hand to her waist, and pulled out a dirty-looking glass bottle. Yes, the butterbeer at the Hog's Head Bar is delicious, but it doesn't look good on the outside, so you can tell it at a glance.

"And voila! At the moment, I'm most glad that Aberforth got two boxes for me to store. Unfortunately, he wouldn't tell me where I got it...... I don't know when his bar will be open again! ”

Maca complained casually as she took out another glass and poured the bottle into it herself, warming it up a little by the way.

The right temperature makes the butterbeer taste more mellow and silky.

It didn't take long for him to help Luna sit up from the bed, and let the cup float in front of the other party. Luna reached out and took a large sip of it.

It's just that throughout this process, Maca's hand has been holding Luna's right hand steadily, even once.

Luna's magic was channeled by Maca's powerful spirit, and it flowed steadily into Maca's body like a trickle through the palms of the two of them, and then returned to Luna's source of magic again.

The magic that had been agitated by imbalance was always suppressed below the threshold of the riot in the cycle that Maca so carefully created.

Looking at Luna's happy expression when she drank butterbeer, Maca couldn't help but slightly hook the corners of her mouth, as if she was enjoying this pure beauty.

That's right, it's not so much that Maca likes Luna, but rather that he likes Luna's pure and natural mentality. Because even though he was always pretending to be indifferent, he knew that a casual personality like Luna would never have been something he would ever have.

Maca envied Luna, and perhaps ...... It's the same feeling that Dumbledore, who has not yet become "selfish", secretly envying him.

"Would you like another drink?"

Seeing Luna tilt her head and drink the butterbeer in her glass, and then stuck out her tongue to lick the delicate foam on her upper lip, Maca asked again.

"No, one glass is enough...... The stomach is warm, and you should be able to sleep well. ”

Maca took the cup she handed back and placed it on the bedside table next to her. Hearing her touch her belly and say this, she couldn't help but nod her head accordingly.

"You want to go back to sleep?"

Luna pursed her lips and thought about it for a moment, not knowing what she was thinking again, and suddenly looked down at her right hand, which was being held by Maka.

"Maka, you know what? When I was in Spiral Town before, I seemed to have had a few dreams...... I dreamed about something a little scary. But I wasn't scared at all, because I knew that Maca would come to my rescue......"

How long has it been since I've heard Luna speak in such a dreamy tone? Maca wasn't so sure. But he knew that whenever Luna spoke in that tone, those words always had a strange persuasiveness.

Just like now, the topic of "dreams" mentioned by Luna made Maca involuntarily recall those journeys back in time.

To be honest, he didn't think Luna would have those memories, after all, for the Luna in front of him, there were a lot of things that he hadn't really experienced.

But......

"So," Luna reached out and touched Maca's eyebrows, as if to smooth out his slightly furrowed brow, "Don't be afraid, because no matter what happens, I'll always be here to wait for you." ”

Luna's words made Maca feel a subtle sense of detachment from reality, as if she knew everything that Maca had been through.

But I have to say that her words also made Maca involuntarily calm down.

Yes, Luna says "don't be afraid" – can anyone see better and say it more accurately than she does?

"Okay, I see."

Maca stared at her clear eyes for a long time before nodding slowly but firmly.

"That's good."

Luna smiled, then took the initiative to move her body and get back into the bed. Then, I saw her pulling the quilt, only a pair of eyes appeared from the edge of the quilt, looked at Maca and said softly:

"Good night."

Maca didn't move, just held her hand and waited for her to fall asleep before taking out a bottle of Dreamless Sleep Elixir and feeding it to her mouth.

After a moment, he finally let go of his hand and said silently in his heart:

"Well, it worked."