Now, it is impossible for Maca to look at Sarah's appearance as a reference. Even if it is a genius girl who is unique in thousands of miles, it is impossible to have such deep eyes, let alone a calm face after someone has cut off an arm shoulder to shoulder.

If nothing else is said first, doesn't she feel pain?

Maca himself is the type with a very high tolerance for pain, and he can even resist the Piercing Heart Curse that can make people mad. But even he couldn't be indifferent in that situation, and he didn't even frown.

"So, are you my friend?"

Although Maca's words sounded full of skepticism, his actual thoughts were not.

Sarah had come to Hogwarts on his own initiative, and the whole process was full of his personal persuasion. It's possible that he inadvertently got himself in trouble, but to say that Sarah managed to get it together would be nonsense.

Therefore, Maca ...... to this girl In other words, the person who "looks like a little girl" is actually not as suspicious as he appears.

He asked this question just to regain control of the conversation.

"So, are you unwilling to help me?" Maca's words didn't shake Sarah too much, at least not on the surface, "In that case, forget it." ”

"No, I didn't say that I wouldn't help," Maca glanced at the refining array on the floor, then waved her hand and said, "You don't want to explain first, and I don't want to make a statement first, so it's better to put this matter aside first." Well...... By the way, before we get to the same page, I thought we could talk about something else—"

As he spoke, he pointed with his chin to the bald prophet he had set aside. The old man lay motionless with his eyes closed, not in the slightest intention of waking up.

"For example, can you explain to me what you did before?" Maca said curiously, "Is it some kind of use of alchemy?" Or is it something else...... As far as I can speculate, it seems that this old gentleman can make a short prediction......"

"That's not 'foreknowledge'...... It's a 'prediction'. ”

As for Maca's suggestion to change the subject, Sarah did not object. However, she immediately rejected the inference that Maca, who had actually fought the other party, and used another rather similar term to define the bald old man's abilities.

"Predictions?" Maca raised an eyebrow, "What do you say?" ”

"He's an alchemist," Sarah said with great certainty, "I didn't notice it at first, but the moment he took off his hood, I was sure - you can look at his neck." ”

When Maca heard this, she immediately made a move, and the unconscious old man immediately floated to his side.

At that time, he didn't notice when he faced each other face-to-face, but now when he looked at it, he noticed that the other party's neck seemed to have some tattoo on it. As soon as he ripped off his collar, several familiar symbols quickly came into his eyes.

"This ...... Is it also a refining array? ”

It can be judged from the part of the neck that the old man's back and even his body are estimated to have been tattooed with large alchemy symbols and lines. As for the effect, maca is basically indiscernible.

"Not all of them...... There should be at least two alchemy arrays on his body," Sarah said softly, "The first one is called the 'Astrology Circle', which is a formation that predicts the future with the help of celestial bodies and astrological signs, and this kind of array is not counted in the refining array. ”

“…… Is it a constellation? Maca nodded, thoughtful, "I remember you pronounced a few Latin words about constellations. ”

"The basic formations of alchemy are very easy to interfere with, and although there are also formations that are specifically designed to resist interference, the effect is also limited. And after refining the spirit to resonate with the opponent, words alone can greatly interfere with the opponent, and even temporarily tamper with the formation. ”

The art of astrology has existed since ancient times.

Even though the stars were far away from us, even Muggles knew that they were almost all stars that were more terrible than the sun.

In the wizarding world, both alchemy and magic have tried to harness their majestic magic that has reached Earth over countless years in various forms - but it is undoubtedly extremely difficult.

Therefore, it is only through various calculations and perceptions that the divination technique that indirectly uses the mysterious power of the stars to deduce the past and the future has been successful.

When Maca hears this answer from Sarah, he quickly agrees with it.

"Hmm......" Maca, who was pondering the wonderful effect of the astrological circle, suddenly remembered another point that Sarah had just mentioned, "You said that there are at least two alchemy formations?" What else is it? ”

Maca's question, somehow, made Sarah hesitate slightly. That hesitation was inconspicuous, and it would be difficult to detect it if you didn't pay attention, but Maca still noticed the flickering moment in Sarah's eyes.

"It's the control formation of the alchemy puppet, and in alchemy, it belongs to the intersection of material refining and spiritual refining knowledge."

“…… Is it? ”

Maca immediately thought of the strange group of black-robed cultists, but he also really checked that although the souls of those cultists were very different from ordinary people, their bodies were still no different.

Of course, he has quite little specific knowledge of "alchemy dolls", so he can't make a conclusion.

It's just that Maca doesn't care so much about those black-robed cultists now.

"Alchemy Doll ......" he looked at Sarah's surprisingly flat face and asked, intentionally or unintentionally, "Can you tell me about it?" How can it be counted as an 'alchemy puppet'? ”

Nowadays, when talking about alchemy with other wizards, most people only think of Nicol Lemay and his Philosopher's Stone. Gold refining and elixir have almost become the supreme representatives of alchemy.

It is undeniable that it was indeed the pinnacle of alchemy, even in ancient times. No one can deny Nicol Lemay, a genius alchemist who has lived for more than 600 years, and his achievements in the field of alchemy can be said to be shocking.

However, that is only the culmination of the general direction of "material refining" in alchemy.

"The production of alchemy dolls belongs to material refining, and in the end, when it comes to manipulation, it is connected with spiritual refining." Sarah said softly, "As for the definition of an alchemy puppet...... There is nothing to define, any movable object that can be manipulated by an alchemist from a distance can be considered an alchemy puppet. ”

"Even if it's a lump of iron?"

Maca only jokingly gave an example, but Sarah nodded earnestly.

"As long as the alchemist who made it thinks it is, it is."

For Sarah's candid answer, Maca couldn't help but feel a little complicated in her heart. He did come up with a conjecture based on this, but it was difficult to articulate it directly.

But just when Maca was hesitating, Sarah took the initiative to speak-

"Professor McLean, please don't look at me like that," she said, pursing her lips, "your gaze is too rude for a woman...... Also, I'm not an alchemy puppet. ”

This time, Maca didn't pick up Sarah's words. He neither affirmed the other person's words, nor did he try to deny them, let alone laugh at the topic.

This was undoubtedly the most likely inference he had ever made about Sarah's existence, and he could not dismiss it with a mere word from the other party.

But even if he didn't want to give up this speculation, so what?

Sarah and Maca stared at each other silently, the former had not tried to use her spirit in front of Maca again, and the latter had not touched Sarah's thoughts with the Dementor Mind or the Soul Rules.

Perhaps, at this moment, the mood of the two is surprisingly similar - neither of them is willing to compromise easily, but they also do not want to use some means to force the other to back down.

"Didn't you want to gag me with the fact that I was saving the children at first? Why don't you mention it now? Maca thought to herself.

In the room where there was a need, there was a silence that lasted for a long time.

To be honest, Sarah's current silence makes Maca a little helpless. If she had maintained her original attitude, Maca wouldn't have been as depressed as she is now.

"Okay, okay, I'm losing this time."

After such a period of stalemate, Maca finally had to temporarily choose to give up.

Because, Sarah has her own right to insist on not saying it, and there is no reason for Maca's side to force her to tell her secret without causing a threat.

"If you don't want to say it, don't say it! In short, I have to thank you for today's events, and I believe that those children will also express their sincerest gratitude to you. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, if I owe you once, I'll give you something in return." ”

He used the word "discretionary" very seriously, and obviously refused to make any promises casually, because favors are never an easy thing to repay.

"Go down first! By the way, I'd suggest you'd better go to the hospital for two days—" Maca smiled and said, "If you don't want to continue to expose any problems." ”

Hearing Maca say this, Sarah couldn't help but sigh slightly. She didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, and then turned and walked towards the door of the Room of Requirement.

But when she had walked a few steps, and had not even touched the edge of the door, her steps stopped again.

"Professor McLean, since you want to know so much......"

Sarah turned her back to Maca and paused slightly.

"Please don't make me the decision I made today...... Regret it. ”