"Don't worry, how could I not want you just because you can't help?"

“…… Are you sure? ”

"Of course, I assure you."

"Dad, I know what you're going to do next...... If you see the same me in the past, please ...... This sentence must be ...... Tell her ......"

In that messy central square, what "once was" happening is repeating itself. In a way, Maca may have succeeded, at least on the surface, nothing seems to have changed.

"I see...... I will. ”

At this point in time, Maca hugged Delphi and answered the plea of the other party when he was dying. But at this time, he obviously didn't realize that he had actually fulfilled his promise.

There are some things that you just need to say once, but the key is whether you do your best for them.

Moments later, Maca held the time-turner, staring at Delphi's bloodless face, and began to figure out how to undo the tragedy.

Then, he turned the small hourglass in the middle of the golden ring, and suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Yes, a lot hasn't changed—at least in the minds of that maca at the time. But just as he used the time turner to travel back in time, suddenly, a delicate ice bird quietly flew out of the pocket on the inside of Delphi's robe.

It danced around Delphi, who was no longer breathing, as if it were a living creature.

It was only after dancing to its heart's content for a short time that it turned into a stream of crystal water and burrowed into Delphi's mouth on its own.

……

Delphi doesn't know how she survived...... No, she wasn't even sure if she had ever died.

All she remembered was that the night seemed to come earlier than she had imagined, and that the night was darker than she had imagined. It was so dark that even if she leaned on her father's arms, she couldn't even see the other party's face.

But now it's fine, even though it's really dark, she can still see it. Even if the result of losing all his strength remains the same, as long as he is still alive, this may be enough.

Because even if he became a Muggle, his father would not abandon himself or give up on himself—that's what his father himself said.

“…… Father. ”

Delphi stumbled into the hole Helbo had dug out, her body bruised, but she gritted her teeth and rolled into the underground tunnel.

"Hmm!"

She couldn't stop rushing forward, and hit her head on the wall of the secret passage, and her head immediately broke and bled out.

But she still endured the pain all over her body, only raised her hand to touch the blood that slipped down her brow, and then walked forward along the secret passage.

The passage seemed to have no end, and most of the torches on the walls were scattered on the ground, and the walls and ground were covered with cracks and scars.

In the past, almost no one used this secret passage, but today it is probably the first time it has been used. So it's clear that these marks are all new - there must have been a fight here just now.

Truth be told, the battle must not have been fierce - at least in terms of the strength of the two sides of the battle, this level of exchange can be regarded as a greeting to each other at best.

"Daddy...... I know you're there...... Daddy......"

Delphi struggled to run, gasping for breath and stumbling from the pain in her body. But even so, her speed did not slow down by the slightest, but continued to grow faster and faster.

Because her intuition told her that her father, Maca McLean, must be ahead.

"Daddy!"

The next moment, the second Delphi shouted, a familiar figure sitting in a pool of blood with her back against the wall finally caught her eye.

However, at the same time, the figure who was being embraced by the other party also entered her sight.

Delphi was stunned for a moment, then staggered to Maca's side, and hurriedly examined the visible injuries on her body.

"Daddy, medicine...... Potions! Your injuries must be healed as soon as possible—"

She was talking anxiously, but she saw that Maca in front of her seemed to have just noticed her coming, and squeezed out a smile that didn't mean any smile.

"Oh, you're here...... Still alive? ”

Maca let go of one of the hands holding the person in her arms, slowly reached over, and touched Delphi's face.

"Well, it's good to be alive, at least I didn't miscalculate both things."

"Daddy......"

Delphi didn't care that the palm of the hand that caressed his cheek was covered with blood, and hurriedly grabbed it tightly with both hands, just as the other party had done to him not long ago.

"Don't worry, it's okay, don't worry."

Maca let her hold her hand, and the slightest warmth made him squint his eyes slightly. But at the same time, his other arm hugged the person in his arms tighter.

"Let me be quiet, it'll be fine soon, I need to ...... well Think about it......"

Soon, the dim passage was quiet again, and only two breaths echoed faintly.

Delphi paused, and finally stopped clamoring for Maca to take a potion to heal himself, but took Maca's palm and sat down beside her.

Because she had already discovered that so much blood in the vicinity obviously didn't come out of Maca's body.

Before she knew it, blood was soaking the hem of her clothes.

After more than ten minutes of silence, Maca spoke again:

"Delphi, I suddenly remembered one thing - it was about you! Although I thought at the beginning, I would not tell anyone, especially you...... But now that I think about it, this time may be a good opportunity. ”

"What...... What's up? ”

When Delphi heard this, she couldn't help but wonder a little, but she heard Maca quickly continue:

"You know what? In fact, when you were younger, I held out two fingers to let you choose your life—to live as a Muggle child, ordinary people; Or as a wizard's child, I will bring you up myself. ”

"But do you know how you chose it?" Maca smiled and said, "You actually stretched out two little hands and grabbed both of my fingers at the same time!" ”

He laughed twice as he spoke, and then shook his head and said:

"I thought you were going to be a Muggle-born wizard. But now it seems that this is probably wishful thinking on my part......"

At this point, in Delphi's stunned gaze, Maca finally sighed.

"I didn't believe in fate," he whispered, hugging the man in his arms, "but it turns out...... There may really be such a thing as 'fate' in this world. ”