"Wait—you just said you were Marka McLean?"

Compared to the shadow man, who didn't know anything about Maca, the girl seemed to have suddenly found the name from her vague memory.

And then, her eyes suddenly widened, as if they were about to glow.

"I've heard your name...... Yes, I should have heard your name! She suddenly said with some excitement, "Lord...... Oh, I mean, 'him'. He'd mentioned you before, saying that the spiders must have been released by you...... Please tell me, how are my classmates? Be...... Dead? ”

The girl's "excitement" was, of course, not the joy of hearing that she was about to be saved...... Well, at least not all. She seemed to care more about her friends than about her own well-being, as both of her roommates didn't come to her that night.

Hearing this, Maca quickly shook her head.

"If you mean, your companions who fought with the International Confederation of Wizards—"

"They're just controlled by 'him', really! They didn't do it themselves! Some of the juniors have just turned 13 this year! ”

The girl interrupted Maca and defended her classmates. But Maca naturally knew the true face of those "short dark wizards", and he just smiled at the girl's words.

"Don't worry, you don't have to worry, I have roughly understood some of the situation." He comforted, "I just want to tell you that some of your classmates are just petrified, and the petrification effect can be lifted." ”

However, this also included a small number of Hiebergh students who were really likely to die.

Because they were not just petrified, there was a small number of students who were petrified and broke without paying attention.

And the petrified person is not a real stone carving, and it is impossible to "spell it back".

Right now, Maca obviously couldn't tell her that fact.

"Oh! That's great......" The girl was immediately happy when she heard what she wanted to hear, "I'll open the door for you, and this will open-"

"Can't open!"

The shadow man, who was shocked by the word "boss" that Maca said just now, saw that the two of them had just talked, and subconsciously ignored himself, and gradually became a little annoyed again.

"How do you know he's not...... It's not ......"

"Not Helbo's man?"

Maca spread her hands as she told the girl to open the door.

"Oh, looks like you've figured it out yourself?"

Of course he wasn't from Helbo, and even if the shadow man had suspected it at first, he wouldn't doubt it anymore.

After all, even if no girl mentioned the events of that night, it would be impossible for Helmo to accompany the two of them here.

The real Helpoco is up there! Shout louder, and they're all done.

Just as the shadow man stared at Maca in silence, there was a "click" sound, and the door that imprisoned Miriam was finally opened again.

When Maca heard this, she didn't pay attention to the other party, turned around and walked towards the door. Seeing this, the shadow man naturally had no time to dwell on the doubts in his heart anymore, so he hurriedly followed.

……

In the closed room, Miriam was still tapping on the pipe, her eyes slightly distracted as she stared at the spotted mold in the corner.

When she heard the lock of the door behind her suddenly make another noise, her scattered gaze regained focus and turned her head to look in the direction of the door.

"Is it time to eat again?"

“…… No, I think I've already eaten it today. ”

"Is it Helbo?"

Within a second or two of the door being opened, three thoughts flashed through Miriam's mind, and her heart was lifted.

However, it was not Helbo or the little girl who brought her food from outside the door...... And it turned out to be a big acquaintance she didn't even know whether to call it an "enemy" or something else.

"It's been a while, hasn't it? And-" Maca was about to say hello, but smiled apologetically, "Sorry, it looks terrible, so I don't say anything stupid like 'are you okay?'" ”

Miriam looked at Maca stunned, and after a long while, she pursed her lips and said softly:

McKellen ...... Mr. ”

Speaking of which, during the time she was imprisoned by Helbo, what she regretted the most was why she didn't leave everything behind to plead with Maca. Oh, yes! Even if it's for Asaph, isn't it?

And now, the moment she saw Maca walk in through that door, her emotions were really complicated.

"Well," Maka replied, before thinking for a moment, "Miss Miriam...... I'm a man who doesn't like to regret it, but I have to say that I probably should have left you in England at the time. ”

He said, but waved his hand again.

"Forget it, don't talk about it......," Maca said, "by the way, I guess I have to compliment you - how did you come up with the idea of using the poisonhorn incense as a clue?" Seriously, this does work, although it's very difficult for the average wizard to turn it into a valid tracking basis in a short period of time......"

Seeing Maca talk about the poisonhorned secretions, Miriam's bloodless face flushed slightly.

“…… Because, that's all I can use. ”

Maca didn't know how she managed to make the poisonhorn scent in her humanoid form, but now it didn't seem to be so suitable for all ages.

"Ahem...... Anyway, I think I still have to ask you a question. ”

He coughed dryly, and simply gave up the subject, and his expression immediately became a little more serious again.

"Do you need me to get you out of here this time?"

It may sound like a crap, but for Maca, it has a deeper meaning. That was his answer to the question of "whether to choose the same path as Dumbledore" in the face of "sacrifice".

And the sentence he asked means that he decided not to make a choice, but to leave the right to choose to the person himself.

When Miriam heard Maca ask, she seemed to feel the weight of the question from her perspective. I saw that she paused for a moment, and then nodded seriously.

"Yes, Mr. McLean...... I need your help very much. ”

"Oh, thank you."

By the time she uttered this endless thank-you, Maca had already turned away, and even Miriam wasn't sure if it was for her.

And in the next second, I saw Maca suddenly wave her hand in the direction of the door. As he quickly took out his staff, a slender but extremely condensed icy blue light flashed silently through the wall next to the door.

"Helmao, when are you going to see it there?"

"Of course...... It's time to see that you're really going to take her away. ”

Before Maca's words could be settled, another voice familiar to everyone rang out, and then an old figure slowly emerged from the point where Maca attacked.

"Well, you did find out about me...... Helmpo continued, "but why don't you continue to pretend you didn't?" Say it now, aren't you afraid that I'll use the two outside to force you again like I did last time at the Werther house? ”

"Don't be afraid." Maca immediately replied, "Because my main purpose here is not to save people—I'm here to find you!" ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his staff again, and a looming rune immediately emerged from the top of the staff.

"Arrogance!"

Hayle Boden's pupils shrank, and he didn't care about any coercive means, and in a flash, he swept out against the ground. Even when he passed by the girl and the shadow man outside, he didn't pay any attention to it, and he just wanted to stay away from where Maca was.

Or rather, where the rune is.

Helmo was all too familiar with the rune, which Salazar Slytherin used to chase him around in his heyday.

And now, this rune has appeared on Maca's side again!

At present, Helbo, whose strength is almost one in ten, has no other ideas than to stay away immediately. Because he was worried that if Maca had reached the point where he could control the Bewitching Monument, he was afraid that he would be crushed into the ground again.

Until this is understood, he will not gamble so much with his caution.

It's a pity that this time Maca doesn't seem to want him to slip away again. Therefore, when he saw Helmo turn around and run, he chased him out like the wind.

"Whether Christmas can go smoothly in a few days depends on today......

Hearing Marka's last words fade away as he walked away, Miriam and the two outside were stunned for a long time as if they were dumbfounded, and finally realized that it was time to go!

"Ahaz?"

When the shadow man, who had been standing outside the door, suddenly burst into the room, Miriam recognized the other person at once. He was also a member of their organization, and he was a little younger than her.

"Miriam, I don't know how that guy did it, but now he just scared Helbo away. Run away now! The boss wants me to save you......"

"Boss?"

The word suddenly entered Miriam's ears, and although it was not loud, it reverberated in her mind, and she forgot for a moment what she was in.

Why?

Why did Ahaz send Ahaz to save her, when he had apparently abandoned her and Ahaz?

The once amiable Grandpa Raven, who would never force these children to do anything, had just completely collapsed in her heart not long ago, why did it happen now......

“…… Why? ”

As her thoughts were in turmoil, the word that was swirling in Miriam's head slipped out of her mouth.