The fat old man finally slipped out the back door.

No way, there seems to be a Death Eater outside the door...... Or someone else, secretly watching here. Maca didn't hide anything from her trip, so his arrival was apparently discovered.

Of course, in fact, Maca had already noticed the other party, and the reason why he didn't choose to avoid the sight was just to take advantage of the situation.

If he could use this to urge the old man to make a decision, he would undoubtedly be happy to see it happen.

So when Slughorn proposed an emergency retreat, Marca didn't arrest the watcher and left the house with him.

“…… Before the start of the next school year, I'm going to live at Hogwarts! ”

Slughorn's offer clearly played into Maca's favor, and needless to say, he welcomed Professor McGonagall on his behalf.

Not to mention the old man's inconsistencies, in terms of his abilities alone, it was quite a cause for celebration to invite him back to Hogwarts.

"At least if you work at Hogwarts, you won't be told a 'Drill Curse' just because you fail once!" Before the phantom at the back doorway, Slughorn was in a state of trepidation.

……

As Professor McGonagall reminded this morning, Maca also has a class scheduled this afternoon. And he didn't have to leave today, so he honestly went to teach everyone.

To be honest, although the content of the Ancient Magic Texts class was very different from the past, the new appearance of various Magic Texts in Maca's hands was also an eye-opener for the students.

At its core, it's a relatively boring elective.

After all, not everyone can always have an undying enthusiasm for all kinds of strange characters. Especially when they understand that they can't get to the point where they can apply it anytime soon.

Recently, the little wizards who have come to audit without class are obviously fewer than when Maca first took office, although this is reasonable, but Maca is also guessing at the same time - this is probably also the reason why he lets everyone study by himself from time to time.

In class, Maca takes each rune apart and explains it individually. From the mountains, lakes, thunder and rain of nature, to the very abstract spirit and will, this all-encompassing feature is precisely the mystery of the ancient magic script as a conceptualization of "everything visible and invisible in this world".

In the past, successive professors of ancient magic have analyzed and described the meaning of runi characters, and no professor has been able to explain them more clearly and easily than maca.

Because Maca can really manage to show the power of every character.

Whenever there is a gust of wind in the classroom, or a sudden light comes on, everyone will be pleasantly surprised to deepen their understanding of the symbol.

Maca believes that as long as they can continue to work hard and try to understand those seemingly boring characters more deeply, they will one day make these characters bloom in their true glory.

Even he himself initially completed his initial understanding of the runes of the cooling rules without being able to sense his own magic. Even if it takes a lot of repetition and repetition, once you really master it, the sense of accomplishment you get will be incomparable.

Today's Ancient Magic class was scheduled for the last class, and after class, Maca, Hermione, and Luna walked to the ward of the school hospital together.

Harry's last class was Professor Flitwick's Charms class, which was clearly closer to the school hospital. When Maca and the others walked into the room with Madam Pomfrey's permission, Harry had already arrived first.

"Hey! Ron...... Feeling good? Maca smiled and greeted Ron, who was sitting on the hospital bed.

"Oh—I still feel a little heavy," Ron said with a bitter face, "Madam Pomfrey said it was my delusion, but I obviously find it difficult to lift my legs?" ”

Maca shook her head helplessly as she watched him get down and try to lift her legs.

"Don't you think it's because the quilt is too thick in winter?" He couldn't help but remind.

"Ahh Ron hurriedly lifted the quilt and tried it, and then said embarrassedly, "Okay! I think you're right......"

"Stupid!" Hermione gave him a blank look.

Luna, who was standing on the other side of Maca, didn't pay much attention to Ron, and since she first came in, her trance-like gaze had been on Helen on the other side.

"Well, by the way—" Marca said casually, "I asked Madam Pomfrey for you, but sadly, she thinks you need more recuperation. So – lie down! ”

"What dismal news this is!" Ron sighed and said, "Personally, I think you should get your body active at this time!" ”

"Madam Pomfrey is probably worried that the petrification hasn't been completely lifted yet!" Maca shrugged her shoulders and said, "Can you imagine what would happen if you were bouncing around with a kidney made of stone in your stomach?" ”

“…… Do the kidneys recover more slowly? No way? Ron suddenly covered his stomach with a look of horror, "Maca, come and check it for me—I really tried to jump when I went out just now!" ”

"Since you can still be convenient, it means that the kidneys are already working well!" Maca waved her hand.

After chatting with Ron for a few words, Maca was about to tell him about going to Hagrid's side, when a voice suddenly sounded behind her.

“…… Maca, is she poisoned? ”

It was Luna talking.

Hearing this, Maca put aside what she wanted to say for the time being, and looked behind her.

In the hospital bed across from Ron, Helen Schoen was still unconscious.

Her face was not very good-looking, it was miserable and white, and her lips, which were originally ruddy, had turned a sickly purple red. And her beautiful long chestnut hair seems to have lost its original brightness now, scattered among the pillows, giving people the illusion of whether it is dry or not.

"Well, quite a complex spider venom, Professor Snape is trying to concoct an antidote." Maca nodded, "I don't think she can wake up yet." ”

"Oh—what a poor girl." Hermione couldn't bear to say it.

"Ron," Maca asked, looking at Helen's pale sick face, "Hermione told me just now that you took her back to the castle, right?" ”

This sentence seemed to provoke the guilt in Ron's heart, and his expression immediately became heavy.

"Yes, that's right," he replied softly...... "if I could have paid more attention to my surroundings at that moment, perhaps—no, not really. At that time, I was always thinking about going back to the Forbidden Forest to help, so I left her alone on the way......"

“…… She later separated from you? Hearing him say this, Maca couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

"How can you-"

Hermione was about to complain about him, but was stopped by Maca's hand.

"No, I don't think so—" Ron recalled, with guilt on his face, for a moment, "I was attacked just a few steps back. ”

"Sneak attack? Is it a wizard or a spider? Or something else? Maca immediately asked.

"It's supposed to be a spider, right?" Ron thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, I can't be sure - I didn't have time to see anything at the time, it was just dark in front of me, and by the time I woke up, I was already in this hospital bed." ”

"Really......"

Maca said casually, but she was secretly thinking about these words in her heart, and after a few seconds, she subconsciously glanced at Helen who was unconscious.

As he pondered to himself, Luna reached out and tugged at the hem of his robe.

"What's wrong?" Maca turned her head and looked at her.

"I think she's really like 'Ponlock'—" Luna said softly, looking at Helen, "don't you think?" ”

"Pomlock?" Maca blinked inexplicably.

"Pomlock" in Luna's mouth is a small creature that is only two feet tall on average when it reaches adulthood. Not only are they covered in soft hair, but they also have a large mane on the top of their heads, and they usually hide among the horses to guard them.

As far as Maca was concerned, if anything, Hermione, with her unkempt brown hair, was more like them.

"Helen doesn't resemble Pomrock at all," Hermione retorted, "She's very welcoming, how shy is she like Pomlock?" ”

Maca looked at Luna, then at Helen on the hospital bed, and subconsciously put this sentence in her heart.

Maybe others will think that Luna is often crazy, and she will always stare at the air alone in a daze. But Maca understands that she is unusually sharp in some ways.

He decided to keep an eye out for the girl named "Helen Schoen", and perhaps there was no other story hidden in it.

At that moment, the door to the ward was suddenly opened, and Madam Pomfrey appeared in the door with a stiff face.

"It's time to visit! All out! Immediately! ”

She seemed to be afraid of disturbing the patient, so she deliberately lowered her voice to speak. But the two patients in the ward at the moment actually don't care about other people's shouting at all.

Putting aside Helen, who couldn't hear the voice, Ron, who had been bored all day sitting on the bed, would prefer to have more noise in the ward!

"Madam Pomfrey, will they stay a little longer?" He said reluctantly, "Or...... Actually, I feel like I've fully recovered! And lo and behold! ”

He lifted the quilt and flexibly threw up his legs.

However, Madam Pomfrey only urged Marka and the others to leave the room, and when they were all out, she said "get some rest" with a straight face, and then closed the door immediately.

"Oh-" Ron sighed, "I knew I had Harry and them bring something to pass the time......