Later in the story, Harry sees something different. He discovers that Merlin seems to have been looking for ways to transform wizards and magical beasts as little as possible. If the bloodline transformation is successful, it can greatly shorten the practice time of the Animagus.

However, this experiment was never successful in the end.

Harry didn't know what Animagus was - that wasn't covered in this semester's Transfiguration class. But he had already understood that this was just one of Merlin's more dangerous studies, and he had always adhered to the original bottom line.

At the very end of the book, Harry saw a narrative about Hogwarts, where Merlin had also attended school and was a student of Slytherin! This part made Harry decide to come back at least tomorrow night.

The next morning, the snow had not yet melted.

"Want to play chess?" Ron asked, "This set of chess that Maca gave me is awesome, much more powerful than ordinary wizard chess, and the fire dragon on it is amazing!" ”

"I don't want to."

"Why don't we go down and see Hagrid?"

"Don't go...... There you go. ”

"Harry," Ron said suddenly looking at him, "do you still want to go tonight?" Listen to me, don't go again. ”

"Why?" Harry looked up.

"I don't feel good about those books in the forbidden section," Ron said with a serious face, "and besides, you ran into Filch last time, and when we came back last night, we saw him sticking his head out to check the library. What if he sees you? What if he bumps into you? ”

"You really speak like Hermione right now!" Harry forced a smile.

"I'm not kidding, Harry, don't go." Ron does not seem to be feeling good.

"Okay!" Seeing that Ron was serious, Harry nodded hesitantly.

But that night, when he was lying in bed, he remembered the contents of the book again. The stories caught his attention like myths and legends—he was still a kid after all. And Aunt Penny, who didn't like him since she was a child, wouldn't waste money buying him any fairy tale books to read.

"Go again! Just for the last time! Harry secretly made up his mind.

He then wrapped himself in an invisibility cloak again, and quickly left the dormitory while Ron was asleep, and hurried to the library.

"Oh! Did he go anyway? ”

Harry was running too fast and bumped into the coat rack in the door as he was leaving. After he left, one of the coats hanging from it slipped down, waking Ron awake.

Ron turned his head to see that Harry was no longer in bed.

Not to mention Ron's side, Harry was already on the verge of arriving at the library.

Just as he pulled out the big book again and was about to continue reading, he inadvertently found that there was a person leaning on the bookshelf next to him!

"Ahh Harry was so frightened that he almost threw the book out, "Oh-Deng, Professor Dumbledore? Sorry, I didn't see you. ”

"It's strange that you became short-sighted after becoming invisible." Dumbledore said that Harry was relieved to see the smile on his face.

"So," Dumbledore said, walking over slowly and sitting on the floor with Harry, "you've seen Merlin's own little autobiography from the Book of Knights?" ”

"Uh, I think so." Harry was a little nervous, after all, it was against the school rules to visit Hogwarts at night.

"How? Isn't that interesting? Dumbledore said slowly, "I've also seen the passage where King Arthur drew the 'sword in stone', but was cut off in a duel with King Bellinor, and Merlin took him to a lake, where the goddess of the lake held a sword and gave it to him, which was the world-famous Broken Steel Sword, also known as the 'Sword of the Lake'. ”

“…… Merlin loves Muggles, doesn't he? Even the 'Order of Merlin', which he founded, originally existed only to advocate the use of the law to protect Muggles and safeguard their rights. It was only later that it became an organization that recognized great magical achievements. ”

After that, Dumbledore sighed, and then said, "Okay, you've finished listening to the story, don't come here again in the future." You, and Ron, don't just run into the forbidden section, where books are dangerous. ”

"How do you know—"

"I don't have to be invisible," Dumbledore said mildly, "and remember, you're not always ready to flip through the books of the Dark Arts. ”

Harry pursed his lips, eventually nodding his head in frustration. But just as he was about to stand up, he remembered something—he turned his head to look at the silver-gray magic book.

Harry didn't ask Dumbledore why Maca was here, and he made notes in the book. But with Dumbledore's acumen, he had already noticed Harry's gaze.

Dumbledore shook his head slightly, he didn't know if he had done the right thing this time. Will that brilliant and endearing kid become like Tom?

His instincts told him no, but it wasn't something that could be judged by intuition.

He had missed a chance to save his own student, and that child was on a path of no return; He didn't want to let Maca get lost in his own fork in the road because of his inaction.

So this time, Dumbledore was always watching Maca closely, and he wanted to be able to guide him in time when Maca had problems.

Harry had gone back under Dumbledore's eyes, but Dumbledore himself was lost in thought.

However, when Harry returned to the dormitory, he saw Ron sitting on the edge of the bed in a state of confusion. When he was surprised, Ron pulled him over.

"Harry, I'm telling you—"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have gone by hiding it from you." Harry immediately apologized.

Ron shook his head immediately.

"No, let's not mention that yet." He said, "I was going to sneak out to find you, you know, we went out even without the cloaks - I mean, when I was halfway to the library, guess what I saw?" ”

"What?" Harry wondered.

"I see Snape! He pressed Quirrell against the wall and said viciously, 'Have you figured out how to subdue Hagrid's monster' or something, it looked scary! ”

"You weren't noticed by him, were you?" Harry asked.

"No, no, I didn't dare to stay too long, I'll be back soon."

After that, Harry lay in bed and thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't sleep.

The next day, Harry decided to take Dumbledore's word. He folded the cloak and placed it at the bottom of the box, and he didn't touch it once for the rest of the Christmas break.

Harry's turmoil during the Christmas holiday is almost over here, but for Maca, it can only be regarded as just beginning!

“…… What is that? ”

Luna had asked this phrase many times in the past few days, but Maca had taken the trouble to introduce her to all things in the Muggle world. Although Luna was still in a trance, it was clear that she was curious about everything around her.

Maca didn't take Luna too far because she still had to go home every night. Although Xenophilius was very comfortable with the two of them, he was not so relieved that he casually let Luna spend the night outside.

But even so, walking around London was already a bit overwhelming for Luna.

Christmas has just passed, but the festive atmosphere is even stronger. Outside the Covent Gardens, a giant reindeer stands in the middle of the street, wearing a Santa hat on its head, a red and white plush scarf around its neck, and flickering lights all over its body.

The garden is lined with small stalls where you can buy all kinds of warm drinks and small desserts at very cheap prices. Luckily, Maca had left some spare pounds in the exchange for gold galleons, which came in handy this time.

He bought a lot of delicious and fun things, and all kinds of small gifts had a strong Christmas atmosphere. It seemed that because there were so many people inside, Luna took the initiative to take Maka's hand.

Maca looked at her and smiled, he knew very well that Luna just didn't want to be separated. For this innocent and aura girl, everything is so pure.

Holding a large pile of things, Maca dragged Luna to the rest area on the side of the street outside for tourists to stay.

"Try this," Maca smiled as she handed a creamy dessert to Luna, "It's a Christmas special, and it looks great!" ”

Luna took the dessert and looked at it curiously. She also has a lot of Christmas knick-knack on hand, and she loves them very much.

"Maca."

Luna carefully placed the two bites of dessert on the table, stuck out her tongue and licked her upper lip, her eyes falling on the Christmas tree not far away.

"What's wrong?" Maca replied.

"Aren't you going home?" Luna asked, blinking her big eyes as she looked at the ornaments on the Christmas tree.

Maca thought she was asking about the Christmas tree—couldn't she just watch people talk.

"Well, no." In front of Luna, Maca would always subconsciously avoid talking about her family, although he didn't know why.

Luna turned her head to look at him, and said like a dream: "Family is the only place in the world where people's shortcomings and failures are hidden, and it is also the only place where people's shortcomings and failures are revealed. ”

After saying that, she focused on the trinkets in front of her again, as if she had forgotten what she had said in a blink of an eye.

Maca stared at her for a moment, then looked away from the street.

Christmas in the UK is always so laid-back, everyone takes to the streets, looks left and right, and enjoys the good time of the long Christmas holiday. It was obvious from the crowd that there were couples and parents and children. But no matter what the combination, there is a happy smile on his face

After a long time, Maca came back to her senses. He smiled bitterly to himself, and he actually had times when he envied others.

Just as he looked at the table in front of him again, about to pick a dessert for himself to taste, he noticed that the crowd around him suddenly appeared to be unusually commotion.