Perhaps due to the relatively high altitude here, and the absence of neon lights around the city, the starry sky outside the manor is exceptionally clear.

Maca walked along the stone path of the vestibule, the night dew heavy, and the blades of grass on the side of the road slightly wet the hem of his robe.

He didn't look up, not because the stars in the night sky weren't beautiful, but precisely because it was so beautiful. Compared to this beauty, what he did in the manor behind him tonight was simply a sin.

"Is it 'arrogance'?"

Maca lowered her head slightly and muttered to herself.

Maybe it's arrogance! He thought that under the threat of Helbo, it was just a "no way" thing to do. But in fact, he may have more options, but he didn't think hard about it.

So, yes, that's probably a kind of arrogance, right.

"Dad...... Maca? ”

Right now, Delphi and Kingsley were following him, walking in unison. Neither of them spoke at first, until Delphi noticed that Maca was walking more and more slowly, and she almost called out the title "Daddy" in front of Kingsley.

"Maka, you...... I don't think you need to blame yourself too much," she paused before continuing, "giving Muggles who are born with a dull spell a chance to wield power isn't necessarily a bad thing in terms of results. It's just that this matter itself is too difficult, and it is inevitable that repeated experiments will be required to accumulate data and experience, and it will inevitably ...... Some unforeseen surprises happen. ”

Seeing Delphi say this, Kingsley thought about it, and couldn't help but take over the conversation and said:

"Yes! Mr. McLean...... This is an unprecedented research project, and if successful, it will be a pioneering project that will shape the entire era. And such an amazing goal always has to be done with failure to lay the foundation to succeed, and this has been the case since ancient times, hasn't it? ”

Both Delphi and Kingsley were trying to comfort Maca, trying to smooth out the somewhat hideous wrinkles in his heart, and Maca naturally understood.

However, there can be many excuses, and maybe you can fool others casually, but Maca has never been able to use it as a reason to deceive herself.

After all, as Delphi said earlier, things have already happened "unexpectedly".

"To be honest, I'm not afraid of carrying human lives, I'm just afraid of ...... Let those who are obviously innocent be forced to lose their lives for my thoughts. ”

After listening to Kingsley and Delphi, Maca suddenly stood outside the gate of the manor's vestibule, and said softly:

And ...... Delphi, Kingsley, you don't have to worry too much about me. For have you not always been after me, sharing this iniquity for me? With you supporting me, that's enough. ”

……

It didn't take much time to meet the Muggle Queen. When Maca returned from the royal family's estate with Delphi and Kingsley, she was immediately told by the old butler that most of the friends had followed Mr. Blois to the Paris Opera to listen to a mysterious play that was going on tonight, and had not yet returned.

"Mr. McLean, Miss Granger is in Miss Lovegood's room right now, you see...... Would you like to check it out? ”

After explaining the situation, the old butler suddenly seemed to think of something, and hesitated to make this proposal.

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Allowing myself to see Luna and Hermione, of course, was nothing, but the old butler's expression was inevitably a little concerned.

But when the old butler told the truth further, Maca immediately understood.

"That's right," the other party smiled, "Our young lady didn't go out with the head of the family this time, and she ...... now." I'm with Miss Granger! ”

"Oh, well!" Maca nodded immediately, revealing a hint of understanding, "I'll go over and take a look." ”

Hermione and Willy have always been at odds with each other, and both seem to have a little bit of a problem with each other. Of course, it is certainly not possible to say that there is mutual hostility.

It's just that this time I got together alone, and I don't know why.

Thinking of this, Maca could only bury the heaviness in her heart a little deeper for the time being, and then let Delphi and Kingsley go to rest first, and he walked straight to Luna's room.

Not long after, when he reached the door, the conversation between Hermione and Willy naturally entered Maca's ears in the quiet hallway.

“…… Miss Ranger, no...... Ah, your hands are so cold. Also, I'm ...... Is it really okay for me to do this? ”

"It's all right, Miss Blois, trust me...... Speaking of which, I don't seem to apologize for my previous misunderstanding of you! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have ......"

"No, it's okay, no...... Oh! It hurts a little. ”

"I'm sorry, I pushed too hard. But, seriously, you're a beautiful girl – and your smile is natural and cute. However, I think you should pay more attention to it, but don't live like a boy like I do...... You see, the charm of girls is always reflected in the details, and now you look more attractive, don't you? ”

"Oh, really? But, Miss Granger, you're pretty too, at least I don't think you're ......."

Maca listened at the doorway, her expression seemed to be a little subtle. Of course, he didn't come here to eavesdrop on what other girls' families were doing together.

The next moment, he reached over and knocked on the door, and the room quickly fell silent.

"It's me, can I come in?"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard footsteps approaching, and then the door opened.

"Maca? You're back so soon? ”

Hermione said as she stuck out her head and looked left and right in the hallway, but only a few Blois servants were waiting silently at each end of the hallway.

"Come on in!"

Seeing that there was no one else, she stepped back and asked casually while letting Maca in:

"What about Delphi? Didn't she go with you? Didn't you come along? ”

"Oh, I told her to go and rest first."

Maca said as she stepped inside, and then he looked at Willy, who was sitting at the dresser, for a moment.

"Maka, is it pretty?"

Willy shook her head slightly, her long silver hair looking more and more like frost in the moonlight outside the window.

However, unlike her usual straight hair, her hair had clearly been carefully arranged. Not only did he braid two thin braids to make the silver hair more delicate and beautiful, but he also tied it loosely at the back of the waist along with the rest of the hair.

"Miss Granger did it for me!"

"Well," Maka couldn't help but look at Hermione beside her, and then smiled, "yes, it's good-Hermione is still very good at tinkering with hair, I remember when she was at the Christmas Ball in the Triwizard Cup, she dressed herself up very beautifully!" ”