No one would have thought that Luna, who was walking downstairs with everyone at the moment, swaying downstairs as before, was actually a fake. And no one would have thought that this person pretending to be Luna would actually be the future Maca.

However, to be honest, the idea of replacing Luna with herself, Maca didn't think of it from the beginning. Not to mention that it is not easy to imagine, the difficulty of pretending alone is not small.

Due to the tragic events of Luna's death, she, as one of the main characters, is too close to Hermione, Delphi, and even Maca herself.

Of the three, Hermione was sharp-minded, Delphi was prescient, and his own perception was a big problem.

It's a pity that it is not so easy to save Luna, and the coercion of history and the binding effect of the rules of time restrict his various choices one after the other.

He had already thought of a lot of ways before, but after thinking about it, he didn't know anything.

You know, judging from what Delphi said, this time backtracking operation to save Luna is very likely to have only one chance. If something goes wrong, the best outcome is probably that he will return with a serious injury.

For this reason, he can only choose a plan that is most likely to save Luna, as long as he replaces Luna in advance, won't he be 100% successful?

So no matter how difficult this method is, Maca still makes up her mind.

"Luna, didn't you eat a lot just now? Why are you nibbling on apples again? ”

Hermione, who had heard the front in the lead, turned around and asked, and Maca, who was secretly thinking, naturally raised the apple in her hand and shook it.

Then, I heard him imitate Luna's tone in a girl's voice, fluttering but jumping out of the way:

"Hermione, do you want to eat too? I have one left, I'll give it to you if you want it!" ”

"No, no need, you can keep it for yourself!" When Hermione heard this, she immediately waved her hand, "Be careful with your step, don't staggering on the empty steps." ”

After shaking her head, she turned back and continued down the stairs, without saying anything more.

Because she knew that once Luna's first words started to go off the rails, they would often go farther and farther away. Instead of continuing to talk to her, it is better to let her go!

And when Maca, who pretended to be Luna, saw it, she knew that his action had the effect it should have, and at the moment, in addition to herself and Delphi at this time, it was Hermione who was most likely to find out his identity.

Therefore, Maca had to repeatedly take the initiative to lead her to gossip with herself, so that she unconsciously repeatedly confirmed the identity of "Luna". In this way, even if she didn't pay attention and did something that didn't look like Luna later, she wouldn't be suspicious easily.

……

When "Luna" followed Hermione and the others down to the hall on the first floor, everyone saw Maca talking to Akinbad near the front door.

At the same time, Maca, who had already noticed that her friends had come down, immediately turned around and smiled at them and nodded.

At this moment, it happened that Akinbad arrived at St. Mungo with the Federation's support team, and he was telling Maca what he had heard and seen along the way.

Including the battle they encountered on the way, there were also some wounded in the team, and now they are all being sent by their teammates to be examined and treated by therapists.

Seeing this, Hermione and the others just walked to the vicinity and stood still, listening carefully.

In fact, at this time, there were many situations out there that even Maca herself hadn't fully figured out at the time, let alone Hermione.

When Akinbad finished speaking, and everyone was still secretly digesting, Maca suddenly said:

"Okay, I got it. Thank you for your help, and I'll leave it to you first...... I'll take the remaining half of the people to Diagon Alley. ”

"Hey! Maca, wait......"

It was Hermione who was naturally shouting at this time.

In fact, before Luna had an accident for her, she had already made a lot of mental preparations for leaving St. Mungo. Not to mention, she had come to London this time to help out in addition to looking for the Weasley brothers.

Yes, even Harry was a beat slower than her.

"We're going with you too!" Hermione took a step forward, "I know you have your business to do, and you may not be able to keep us along...... So you just have to take us to Diagon Alley. As you face the bigger problems, we'll help Sirius ourselves. ”

"You guys"

Maca, who was at the door, looked at Harry holding the Gryffindor sword, and saw that everyone, including "Luna", was holding a palm-sized Grimstone tablet in their hands, obviously helpless.

Behind everyone, another Maca, who pretended to be Luna, remained silent, reducing her presence as much as possible.

Yes, Hermione can use a little drizzle to moisten things, but when facing herself, the best way to deal with it is not to come out. Otherwise, the likelihood of being perceived as a problem increases.

"Okay...... But Hermione, when you get to Diagon Alley, remember to take out those slates of yours and let the Federation supporters try them out! ”

In Maca's opinion, if he didn't meet Helbo, the strength of Hermione, Harry and others would actually be quite enough. Harry, in particular, couldn't even take it lightly after he had become truly familiar with the new way of fighting.

So after agreeing to Hermione's request, he didn't say anything more at that time. In order to prevent Helmo from running away and threatening Hermione and the others, he was ready to face the other party in person, just like so many entanglements and confrontations in the past.

Seeing that Maca turned around and went out after speaking, Hermione and the others were stunned for a moment, but everyone didn't expect that this time it would be so easy to convince him.

However, after being stunned, Hermione, who reacted first, immediately trotted out and chased after her. Secondly, Maca and Delphi, who had transformed into Luna, followed and rushed out of St. Mungo's gate at the same time.

When they all reached the side of the street outside, they saw that Maca had already run to talk to the group of supporters who were standing on the street.

“…… Thank you for your continued support...... Well, so be it! Time is running out, let's go now! ”

"Wait, Maka!"

If you want to say why Luna was so strange at that time, it seems that even the magic fluctuations when Helbo appeared around her were detected by Maca almost at the same time.

It turns out that Luna at this moment is not Luna at all.

And at this moment, Maca, who was pretending to be Luna, also raised her eyes and glanced at the building opposite, and in an instant, the curtains in a certain window were windless, and a pair of eyes collided with it by coincidence.

When she first went back in time, Maca was particularly surprised by this "coincidence", but in the research and calculation that followed, he finally turned this most puzzling point into one of the plans.

Regardless of if it was really Luna, would she still look at herself, as long as he turned that Luna into himself, wouldn't everything be logical?

Even later, Luna predicted Helbo's actions again and again, as if all the doubts could be explained at the same time.

"Hermione, bring someone back! ...... now"

"Go back!"

When the second step of Luna's secret plan was successfully implemented, Maca had already whispered to Hermione, who ran to her...... Although Helbo had not yet appeared directly, and the magic fluctuations seemed to be nonexistent, the aura that made him feel extremely familiar was not fake.

"Luna, quick, you go back first"

By the department store window at the entrance to St. Mungo, "Luna" was still mentally repeating the next step, but Harry didn't expect Harry to seem to want her to go in first.

Was it because his attention was almost focused on finding Helbo's location at the time, and he even barely took the time to ask Hermione to bring someone back to St. Mungo, so he missed Harry's words?

I don't know if that's the reason, Maca only knows that she doesn't seem to remember this stubble.

However, how about letting him, the next "protagonist", go back first? If "Luna" is not present, and his preparations are not in vain, it is very likely that the rules of time will forcibly interfere.

Even if he had already judged that Luna's affairs might not trigger a curtailment, it was only a possibility. He didn't dare to take any risk in this regard until he had fully tested the ceiling.

"No, you're advanced!"

Suddenly, Maca, who was pretending to be Luna, immediately grabbed Harry's arm and pushed him through the entrance, leaving him no room to speak.

And after driving the rest of the friends who were not present back to the hall of St. Mungo, a question suddenly climbed into Maca's mind.

"This entrance...... What to do? ”

Maca, of course, remembered that the entrance was suddenly sealed at some point, and that it was either Helmo or Delphi.

And since the latter did not mention that she did the entrance blockade when she confessed to him, then ......

"Could it be that I did it?"

Seeing that the entrance still didn't mean to be closed, and Hermione was already coming this way behind her, Maca had to take the initiative to cast a magic spell on the window glass as carefully as possible.

"Luna, what's wrong? Why don't you go in yet? ”

"Hmm...... Suddenly, I couldn't get in. ”

As soon as Hermione ran behind her, she immediately asked. After hearing Luna's answer, her face suddenly changed, and she hurriedly ran up and knocked on the glass twice.

"Bang Bang"

Immediately after, she said anxiously with a stunned face:

"What's going on? Why...... The entrance can't be opened! ”

In the next second, Maca, who was still in the middle of the road, immediately looked back and saw Hermione and Luna at the door, Pansy not far away, and the trench coat wizard who seemed to be watching to protect them.