"Ahh

With an exclamation, Pansy suddenly rolled over from the bed and sat up. She couldn't stop gasping, the cold sweat on her forehead sliding down her cheeks, from her chin to the pajamas on her chest.

"Huh? Pansy...... What's wrong? ”

"No, nothing, it's just a nightmare."

Hearing her roommate's vague question, she pursed her lips and shook her head, answering in a pretended calm voice.

"Oh...... Scared me, I thought ...... Ha...... I thought something was going on! The roommate yawned and looked at her, then retracted into the bed, "Then I continue to sleep?" ”

"Hmm."

After her roommate was able to lie down again, Pansy raised her hand and wiped the sweat from her face. The cold and slippery touch made her feel a little disgusted by her love of cleanliness since she was a child.

However, no matter how uncomfortable the sweat stains were, they couldn't compare to the fear in her heart at the moment.

Even though she had woken up from the nightmare, the face that had appeared in the dream still lingered in her mind—twisted, bleak, full of pain and death.

And, of course, the eyes that stared at her holes in a daze.

"The face of the man when he died...... You must remember your brother's face much clearer, right? ”

Before returning to the dorm, the words that McLean had spoken in Snape's office resurfaced in her mind, echoing like magic.

He picked up the glass of water on the bedside table and took two sips. Suddenly, a chill turned into a line in her chest, slid straight down into her abdomen, and then gradually spread.

Relying on the coldness in her chest and a few deep breaths, Pansy calmed down for a moment, and then recalled the aftermath of her previous conversation with McLean.

After a while, she suddenly murmured in her heart:

"I—I really...... Can it be done? ”

……

"To tell you the truth, I said just now that you would be sent to Azkaban, that was not alarmist......"

While in Snape's office, Maca first reminded Pansy of the face of the Muggle hanger who had died at his hands.

And when Pansy was terrified, he went on to talk about the grim prospects that the other might face in the near future.

"You know, although there are regulations for the protection of minors, they are only discretionary to reduce the sentence." Maca said calmly, "Do you remember the punishment I was given to the Wizengamot?" Peter Pettigrew's death led me to a manslaughter conviction and a five-year prison sentence with half the sentence for minors. ”

At this, he paused slightly, then looked at Pansy and said:

"And you...... First of all, an intentional homicide is indispensable. Then, I guess the reason why you chose Muggle death row prisoners was to reduce the guilt in your heart as much as possible, right? But you don't take into account that the most important law in the wizarding world is the International Secrecy Act......"

As she spoke, Maca spread her hands and said:

"Hands-on to Muggles? This is something that even Voldemort's Death Eaters had to think about again and again! ”

With that, Maca looked at Snape again, who was leaning against her desk, and shrugged her shoulders.

Seeing this, Snape couldn't help but pout:

"During the First Wizarding War, the cousin of the Death Eater Dolphin Rohr was sentenced to the 'Dementor's Kiss' for contributing Muggle death row prisoners to Voldemort to refine the Yin Corpse - and you, well, the death penalty is not enough, but at least half of her life should have been spent in Azkaban, right?"

It is precisely because the penalty for intentional homicide is extremely severe and the impact is very great.

So even if Maca was just looking for an excuse to act with Dumbledore, she still managed to defend herself in the courtroom, and finally fought for a charge of manslaughter.

If he had been convicted of intentional homicide at that time, it would not have been so easy to dispel the impression in the minds of others afterwards.

Hearing Snape casually give an example, Pansilden became more and more frightened. At that moment, she not only had the fear of the dead in her heart, but also the fear of the future prison disaster.

You know, the Dementors of Azkaban are feared by everyone in the wizarding world - the feeling of losing all positive emotions and leaving only dead silence in her heart, she has heard it many times from the mouths of several elders in her family.

But in the next second, Maca suddenly chuckled inexplicably.

"Miss Parkinson," he said, "now that you have completed the first step of the magical ritual, it means that your magical talent has grown, right?" ”

When Pansy heard this, she quickly looked up and said:

"It'...... It...... Professor McLean, it's a hidden danger...... Big hidden danger! It's—"

"I know," Maka gestured as she raised her hand, "I know the dangers of it—not only that, but I can also feel that the effect of that magical ritual is not as strong as you think, isn't it?" ”

"Uh...... How do you know? Pansidon was stunned.

Seeing her ask, Maca smiled unconcernedly.

"Didn't I propose to Martin in the underground chapel under the cemetery that you should be a 'guilt' for us to hide in Hogwarts?" He said lightly, "Why, you forgot so quickly?" ”

"That...... Is that person you? ”

Pansy was really frightened this time, and even because of Maca's words, the horror in her heart suddenly suppressed the previous fear back to the bottom of her heart, and she no longer had the heart to worry about killing.

But after seeing her wide-eyed and stunned for a while, she finally couldn't help but beg for mercy:

"I'm sorry...... Professor, I ...... Please forgive me! I—I didn't really want to say yes, but the situation really forced me to say yes......"

Maca listened to her talk backwards for a long time, and then interrupted her chaotic words, and said slowly:

"Of course I know you're forced...... Because that's what I deliberately forced you to agree to. Otherwise, do you think you can still sit here and talk to me? ”

"Yes, yes, thank you for saving—"

"No," Maka interrupted her again with a wave of her hand, "just because you're a student at Hogwarts, and it's not his turn to do anything to you as a dark wizard...... But that doesn't mean you don't sin unto death, you know? ”

“…… Dead, dead? ”

When Pansy was shocked by the word "death" in Maca's mouth, Maca couldn't help but sneer:

"Why, when you kill an unrelated person, don't you think about the other party's feelings of facing death? Even if that hangman has a heinous sin, that is not a reason for you to kill with greed and evil thoughts. ”

Seeing Pansy fall silent again as she spoke, Maca continued:

"Wizengamot, you probably need to make a trip, but I can personally give you a chance to reduce the penalty."

"I'm willing to do anything! Anything willing! Pansy immediately made her move, but then then said, "But...... Is it just a mitigating sentence? ”

"Huh?"

When Maca heard this, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and said:

"Looks like you're not repentant enough...... Miss Parkinson, I don't want to give you any chance again, after all...... You don't seem to know what 'regret and cherish' is? ”

"Nope! It's not like that......" Pansy said busily, "Professor McLean, I mean...... If I go to Azkaban, we ...... Parkinsons."

After listening to Pansy's previous description of the family, Maca certainly understood what she was trying to say.

Indeed, since one of Pansy's cousins had already been sent to Azkaban as a Death Eater, if there was another person in their family who went to prison, the entire Parkinson's family would really have a lot of influence on the outside world.

At the very least, those forces that could have cooperated with their family industry should choose to wait and see!

Maca knew that a wizard like Pansy, who came from an arrogant family, took his family very seriously. Each of their words and deeds represents their own surname, and they will never allow themselves to discredit their family.

It's a pity that Maca doesn't have any feelings for these pure-blood families. Because he understands better that with the current trend in the wizarding world, it is only a matter of time before these families lose their power and fall into loneliness.

I heard her mention the family matter first, and then said:

"And...... Do you see the hidden dangers of that magical ritual? ”

"You don't have to worry about that," said Maca, "and I'll give you a guarantee of your life, at least that you won't be killed by that Martin in the meantime...... You know, he's waiting for you to do things for him! Isn't it? ”

After a slight pause, he continued:

"As for the situation in your family...... Well, your brother's name is Perseth, right? If he is really just being ostracized, then it is not a problem for me to give him a way out. Not only that, if you can take advantage of the opportunity I give you, then your Parkinson's family will inevitably be beneficial! ”

After a moment of silence, Pansy nodded vigorously as if she had made up her mind.

"Professor McLean, what do you want me to do?"

"Don't worry, what I want you to do is not complicated at all, it is very simple!" Maca smiled and said, "Stay with Martin and be your 'believer', remember to tell me in time when he wants you to do something, by the way...... Let's make more 'friends'! ”

After admonishing her somewhat, Maca let her go back to the Slytherin dormitory, and then looked at Professor Snape with a calm face.

"Professor, do you have any thoughts?"

When Snape heard this, he immediately smacked his tongue and said:

"Thoughts? Hum...... Reminds me of a lot of unpleasant things. ”

What Maca wants Pansy to do is naturally the so-called "spy", and it is a double agent. And this is obviously similar to what Dumbledore asked Snape to do in the first place.

Of course, Pansy's job was much easier than Snape had in the past!