"Maca! Neville is missing! Come out of here—"

While Maca was discussing some future arrangements with Sirius and Lupin at the sand table in the hall of the new Ministry of Magic, Hannah's voice rang out after a small commotion.

To be honest, except for Willy, who once had a very low sense of existence for special reasons, the most inconspicuous person on weekdays should be Hannah.

Although it cannot be said that she is silent, even when she opens her mouth, her voice is always very soft. If you put aside her natural confused temperament, she is indeed a good girl who is demure and down-to-earth.

Therefore, Hannah Abbott, who shouts loudly through the thick gate like now, is indeed very rare, so that you may not be able to immediately remember that it is her just by listening to the voice.

"'Neville' is the Longbottom kid, right? Missing? ”

Hearing the shouts from outside, Lupin couldn't help frowning slightly, as if he was also starting to worry.

But at this time, Maca didn't seem to be in a hurry, he didn't even go out to inquire about the situation at the first time, but waved his hand at Lupin lightly first.

"How so?" He said a little helplessly, "It's my fault - if I hadn't said more nonsense in front of him, there wouldn't have been anything like this." ”

When Lupin heard this, he suddenly became even more puzzled.

"What's going on?"

On the other side, Sirius looked at Maca as if curious, to hear what was going on.

After all, as far as Maka's calm appearance could tell, the matter did not seem to be as urgent as Hannah's shout revealed.

"Actually, it's nothing," Maka smiled, "Didn't Harry and the three of them want to go to London before, but you happened to bump into them?" In fact, before that, I wanted Neville to join the three of them in their plans, so I deliberately told him that I wanted him to stop Harry from sneaking out of town. ”

As he was speaking, he suddenly spread his right hand and said:

"You should also know that Neville's kid is really a bit introverted, even if he has grown a lot during this time, but when he comes to his usual daily life, he will immediately return to the feeling of shrinking back to before. Because of this, he actually had a sense of distance from Harry and the three of them. ”

"Well," Lupin, who had been a professor at Hogwarts, nodded when he heard him say this, "I remember, that kid is obviously very talented, but when he is with people, he is a little intimidated...... If it's still like this, it's not good. ”

"But he's improved a lot," Maka continued, "and in fact, they have a deep relationship with Harry. Plus, he and Harry have actually embarked on their own magical path......"

Speaking of which, Maka paused for a moment, and then emphasized:

"So I kept thinking that if he and Harry could work a little bit closer, they would have gotten stronger. When the time comes, maybe you can join me to really face Helmpo himself. ”

Now Maca has to admit that if there is no more progress, it is almost impossible for him to fight Helmpo on his own.

Therefore, even if he himself was unwilling to drag Harry and them into this pit of facing a strong enemy and even facing death, it became somewhat involuntarily.

After listening to Maca's explanation, Sirius suddenly raised an eyebrow.

"So......" he pointed out the door, "your flyback doesn't seem to work, and things aren't going the way you thought they would?" ”

"yes!" Maca sighed, "Neville seems to have thought a little deeper than I had expected - he didn't seem to choose either of the two options I offered him, 'join his friend's impulsive behavior' and 'stop his friend's reckless behavior', but figured out a third ...... Well, the 'most irrational, but most human' choice? ”

From beginning to end, Maca didn't mention what was going on with Nawi, but with his words alone, Lupin and Sirius already had a rough idea.

In fact, his words didn't make Hannah wait too long. When he turned and walked to the door, and with a wave of his hand, he slowly opened the door, and he saw a figure "blowing" in from the outside like a gust of wind.

"Don't worry, he's fine, I know where he is."

Before Hannah could speak, Maca said what she wanted to hear. Suddenly, Hannah, who was already very convinced of Maca, and then Ron, Ginny and others immediately closed their mouths that had just opened.

"Why, looking like this, you guys must have walked around the town for a long time, right? In that case, why not take a look at the exit passage of the town? Maca looked at them and said, "Especially Ron, I thought you had finally opened your mind!" Is it because of the ability to heal itself, and the 'hole' that was finally opened out has been plugged? ”

"Uh......"

After Maca's teasing, Ron seemed to be halfway awake, and his eyes lit up suddenly.

"Ah, I see! Maca, it turns out that you really just told Neville to keep an eye on us...... Well? No, did you do it on purpose? ”

"Figure it out for yourself!"

Maca didn't say anything more, because he knew that as long as Ron was talking to Hermione, the latter would be able to guess what was going on.

So after waving his hand, he immediately turned to say:

"What are you doing here? Let's go...... I think after all this time of reflection by a person over there, Neville should have known that he was wrong, so let's go and pick him up! ”

Obviously, Neville's own reflections, while humane, were undoubtedly the worst option.

At the very least, Maca would certainly not approve of his actions this time.

As for what Harry would think, he didn't care!

"Well," he said to himself as he walked past Ron and walked out the door first, "although the process is not quite the same as expected, the result must be considered an unexpected success, right?" ”

Not long after, about ten minutes after Maca had taken the lead, the group soon came to the area where Ron had been caught by Sirius.

When she arrived, Maca was the first to go to the slightly dimly lit entrance of the passage and peek in, and immediately saw "poor" Mr. Longbottom, who was hanging upside down at the top of the passage, unable to move.

"Neville, how does the magic trap I made feel?" He chuckled into the passageway, "Speaking of which, you're the first to experience it!" Don't forget to go back and write me a piece of experience about the 'trial experience,' no less than five feet. ”

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