"Harry, Professor Snape said he's going to find your mother."

Hermione's words not only made Harry and Ron look full of surprise, but even Maca, who was about to rush over and stop Snape to ask for an explanation, stopped running.

"What...... What do you mean? ”

Harry, who knew nothing about Snape's past, would of course ask. But Marka knew all about the for a long time, and when he heard Hermione say this, he immediately understood the true meaning behind Snape's seemingly inexplicable actions.

If you only look at the surface, then there is actually only a simple sentence - Snape has defected to Greenwald!

Once the cause and effect are known, it is much easier to extrapolate the process in between. Obviously, Snape did want to take Hermione hostage, and if Greenwald misses Maca's side, then Hermione in his hands will become a great weapon against Maca.

Unfortunately, the mysterious floor-to-ceiling mirror was so powerful that Snape and Greenwald overestimated Marca's magical prowess after all, so much so that the last plan became a wasted plan.

Thinking of this, Maca's heart is simply indescribably complicated.

He didn't know if Greenwald had come up with the overlapping plan alone, or if Greenwald and Snape had come up with it together, but it didn't matter anymore. The important thing is that these conspiracies are directed against him alone.

Greenwald and Snape acted separately, just to see that he was lacking in skills, and no matter which side succeeded, the outcome would be the same.

Maca was stunned, and Snape had stepped into the circle mirror's sphere of influence. Seeing that he was only shocked, a wisp of soul flew out of the shell and flew straight in the direction of the mirror.

Maca could even faintly see that the translucent phantom identical to Snape was spreading its arms and suddenly swept through the air, eager to plunge into the hazy mirror.

Although she couldn't see the other party's expression, Maca felt that it was probably with the purest smile.

"On the other side of that mirror, can you really find someone who is dead?"

Maca thought for a moment, then shook her head with a wry smile.

Even if Greenwald hadn't been mistaken, the mirror did lead to where Dumbledore was, and Snape would never have found Harry's mother in that white world. Judging by what Dumbledore had said at the time, the dead would not have been sent there, it was not the place where the living and the dead should go.

It is the so-called "edge of hell", the closest thing to death.

To take Dumbledore's words, it is a transitional place that "is still a long way from the real 'death'".

Maybe Dumbledore could find what he was looking for there, but Snape would probably be worse than dying. No, not just Snape, maybe even Greenwald.

Maca didn't know how Dumbledore got there, but he could understand that the mirror, if it did, would never be the right path.

However, he knew that he couldn't stop Snape.

Snape's love for Harry's mother, Lily, is probably one of the most stubborn in the world. That love is deep to the extreme, and it is a love that no one or anything can stop.

For the sake of this love, Snape could do anything to protect Harry, who disgusted him so much, because although Harry looked like his father Jaime inside and out, his blue eyes were exactly the same as Lily's.

In a world without Maca, Snape could give up everything for Lily and die silently; And in this world with maca, he will still be so.

Snape had never been stupid, and he certainly wouldn't have fully believed Greenwald's words, but if there was even the slightest hint of hope, he would throw himself into the mirror like a moth to a fire, just for the one ten-thousandth hope.

In the distance, Snape's body collapsed into the snow, the remaining body heat melting the icy snowflakes and soaking the hem of his clothes. It was as if to tell the whole world that this man with a gloomy face from beginning to end had his chest burning just as well.

Maca looked at the figure lying in the snow in a daze, watching the snow slowly cover it, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in her heart.

Snape was a mentor and friend to him, and although it was obvious that the other party had betrayed him this time, he could hardly express any anger at this man. He was just thinking, if he had changed himself, would he do the same?

The answer wasn't hard to come up with, but it made him smile wryly.

Before they knew it, Hermione, Harry, and Ron had left. What they had said after that, Maca listened to it for a while, but she didn't pay much attention. Because about their story, everything you need to know is pretty much understood.

At the moment, there are still many questions in his heart, but only one always lingers in his heart.

"Professor Snape," Maka asked softly in her mind, "can you tell me why you are holding Hermione and not Luna?" ”

Snape, who was very close to Maca and had frequent contact with her, knew that the person in Maca's heart was the girl from the Lovegood family. But even though he knew, it was Hermione who he chose in the end, which made Maca's chest tighten.

Yes, if Hermione were to threaten and persecute him, he would just do the same, but that was just his Maca's way of acting. If Snape had been put in Maca's place, Hermione would have weighed far less than Luna.

In that case, why did Snape choose to hold Hermione hostage? That's really intriguing.

Just as Snape knew Maca well, Maca already knew Snape quite well. But the more you understand this kind of thing, the more painful and helpless it will be.

In the silence of Maca, the remaining time flew by like water. It didn't take long for him to realize that the clock-like ticking sound in his ears had suddenly disappeared, and he knew that his short journey to the sky had come to an end.

There was no time for him to delay any longer, and the next moment the ticking stopped, he quickly pulled out the time turner and flicked the hourglass in the golden ring once more.

As the last strange sight repeated, day turned back into night, and the blizzard slowed down again, but Hogwarts returned to the crisis that had brought it to an end.

Maca, who had been moved to another place in the snow, immediately determined her position and consciously moved herself farther away from the last place she had appeared.

This time, instead of sweeping the snow from the ground, he chose a random tree trunk and leaned on it, closed his eyes slightly, and thought secretly.

In fact, he had already sketched out the first steps in his mind to save Hogwarts, and now he had to hurry up and gather his thoughts before starting his operation right away.

After a while, Makafu opened his eyes again, and after a casual glance into the distance, he disappeared in place with a burst of spatial distortion.

On the small hill in front of him to the right, he was still hesitating when he went back in time for the first time, and he was overwhelmed by the shackles of the rules of time.

……

4:42 a.m., Granger's house.

Hermione was sitting on her bed with a pale face, looking at the man sitting at her desk without saying a word. She didn't know why this man walked into her bedroom in the middle of the night, and she didn't know what this man was going to do.

It's not that she hasn't asked, in fact, she's asked several times just now.

But except that the other party was impatient to shut her up at first, and then he simply didn't bother to pay attention to her. There was eerily silence in the bedroom now, but she didn't know what to say.

Consistently at the top of Hogwarts, she could guess that the surrounding walls, doors and windows must have been spelled out by silence. But even if she hadn't cast a spell, she wouldn't have chosen to shout for help, because there were only Muggles living around.

But at this moment, another uninvited guest was ushered in outside the bedroom window.

The person who came, of course, was Maca, who was now stepping on the magic book and came to a steady stop on the side of the window. He could clearly sense the spells in the room, and in addition to the silencer charm, there were some other warning protection magic.

But did he come here this time just to eavesdrop on the cool breeze outside the window?

Of course not!

The last time he traveled back in time, although it wasn't what he wanted, he was still forced to take action. And the act of blocking Voldemort's soul back into his body made him understand the rules of the timeline.

So, since no matter what he does, he can't change the established facts—if he takes the initiative, will it be the same?

This time he came here in a hurry, just to test it.

The study of magic is always inseparable from inference and experimentation, even the study of the rules of the world. Fearing the shackles of the rules of time is a sign of prudence, but Maca also knows in her heart that if she wants to really figure it out, she will never succeed if she is cautious alone.

At times like these, bold assumptions and realistic progress are equally essential.

Before at Hogwarts, he knew the first half of the process; And now on Hermione's side, most of the words and deeds are unknown.

Here, he can let go of his actions and see how much influence this restrictive rule has affected.

These thoughts flashed through Maca's mind like lightning, and he no longer hesitated, and suddenly sank down, silently opening the door to Granger's house.

He wanted to know what would happen when he stepped into the unknown.