It turns out that when people are constantly suspicious of something unknown, some accident will always come unexpectedly. The light waltz continued its graceful melody, but Maca suddenly stopped her volley and let herself and Madame Maxime fall back to the ground.

It's not that he doesn't want to go around a few more times and enjoy the surprised stares of others, but because something is happening again.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that Maca was constantly patrolling the crowd around her, Madame Maxim couldn't help but ask. But Maca frowned, her gaze lingering nearby, as if looking for something.

"Someone cast a spell just now," he said, with a puzzled look on his face, "I did sense it, it was in that direction—but when I stopped, I couldn't find it." ”

"What?"

When Madame Maxim heard this, her heart was shocked, and her demeanor and movements became much more vigilant.

"That makes me feel bad, it must be some kind of unsavory spell." Maca said, thinking for a moment before saying, "...... Imperius, perhaps? ”

"Not good, Mr. Edward!"

Maca was still looking for any suspicious figures in the crowd, but while he was still searching, Madame Maxime couldn't help but let out a low cry.

"Mr. Edward? What's wrong with him......" Maca quickly looked back, but before she could finish speaking, she noticed the situation over there, and then her brow furrowed even more.

As he had seen, the old butler, who had been sitting at the table resting his feet, was now completely gone.

"Guys, has anyone seen where Mr. Edward has gone? I'm sure he won't go it alone – everyone knows that. If you see anything unusual, please let me know as soon as possible! ”

Madame Maxim's reaction was not unpleasant, she just thought about it, and immediately decided to mobilize everyone present to search for the traces of old Edward. And her choice this time was obviously correct.

Even if there were a number of people who ignored her before, although these people could not buy her account, they could never ignore the old housekeeper. In the absence of the location of that staggering inheritance, Edward was a living key with long legs and a sense of thinking.

If you want to get in touch with what Nicol Lemay left behind, you can't avoid old Edward in any way.

"Mr. Akinbad, did you see what you just saw?"

At Madame Maxim's inquiry, the President of the Federation, who had been sitting not far from Old Edward, shook his head in confusion.

"I was just now admiring Madame and Mr. McLean's dance," said Mr. Arkinbard, with the same frown, "and I'm sure a lot of people were doing the same thing—ashamed of it, but it was a good time to do it." ”

Maca seemed to regret it at the moment, and her previous self seemed to be a little careless. If he hadn't focused too much attention on controlling the airflow, he might have been able to respond in a more timely manner.

But now it must be too late to think about these ironclads, and what he has to do is only to find a way.

"Ma'am, it may be a little late now, but let's lock down the school as soon as possible! I'll go outside to see how it goes, and maybe there's a chance to get Mr. Housekeeper back. ”

After hastily explaining her intentions to Madame Maxim, Maca paused no longer and walked briskly towards the door of the Great Hall, which was still closed. Fanny, who was sitting at the table watching all this, was only stunned for a moment, and immediately chased after her.

By the time Fanny caught up with Maca, they were already outside the auditorium. And if you look back at this time, you can immediately see that there are more wizards walking out of the door of the auditorium.

Maybe Madame Maxim also tried to stop those guys, but how could they listen to Maxim? Even though it was likely to get the culprit out of the Great Hall, they preferred to do their best to find their target rather than stay in the Great Hall and wait.

"Sir, why did you choose to go outside so quickly? Did you find anything? Fanny followed Maca, striding forward, turning her head sideways and asking.

"No, there are no clues yet. It's just that it's impossible to find anything if you stay in it now, and if you can steal a big living person under the noses of so many people, the guy with this ability will definitely not leave any traces for people to easily find him. "What's more, there are so many distractions in Beauxbatons Castle that it would be very difficult to find someone in there who is still there." ”

In fact, in a space where the magic response is extremely complex, Maca's ability to sense magic will also be disturbed. It was like asking him to taste some kind of fruit juice drink, and it was obviously difficult to tell exactly what fruit was in it.

After that, Maca sped around Beauxbatons Castle in a large circle, trying to find some remaining fluctuations in mana. If the other party chooses to leave with magic, there will definitely be some signs that the spell has been cast. But Maca walked the whole circle, but she didn't find even the slightest useful clue.

It can be seen that the other party must be very cautious.

"It seems that the other party has only cast the spell once from beginning to end, and has not done anything superfluous since then." He Fanny stopped in front of the castle again, and Maca pondered, "In that case, it is impossible to escape Beauxbatons without even using a spell, and it is very likely that the man is still hiding nearby. ”

"Shall we go back and find out?" Fanny asked.

"No, leave it to Madame Maxim! We'll have to stand guard around the castle until she and the professors seal Beauxbatons. ”

Maca said this, and wanted to release his spider babies out on patrol, but after thinking about it, she gave up doing so.

It was Beauxbatons, not Hogwarts, as he was familiar. If the alienated eight-eyed giant spiders crawled around unscrupulously here, even if they were reduced in size, it would be somewhat inappropriate. To be on the safe side, he quickly abandoned the plan.

"Sir, why don't I keep this direction first? You can go to the other side and search again. ”

When Fanny said that she could go her separate ways, Maca waved her hand. He looked around again before stopping his hand.

“…… Not necessarily. "Let's stay here for a while and see what happens." ”

He found that there were enough people around the castle at the moment, so many that it seemed a little chaotic. It is obvious that the various forces are looking around on their own, and there is no cooperation at all.

……

Beauxbatons was in chaos one after another, and the frequent anomalies made the situation even more confusing, and no one knew what the situation would turn out next.

In comparison, Hogwarts, which is also a school of witchcraft and wizardry, seems to be very peaceful.

It's night, and it's time to turn off the lights and go to bed. But before that, the little wizards still had a lot of homework to complete, and there were not many people who actually planned to go to bed.

"Harry, have you finished your paper on the history of magic? Lend me a look—"

"Don't ask me, I don't know anything."

"I mean papers! History of Magic! ”

"Huh? Oh...... Here you go! Hand me your divination homework—"

Ron and Harry were still in the common room, just as busy as the rest of the students, and that was pretty much their daily routine for the last few days. Especially recently when Hermione had to do their homework on their own, which made them even more worried.

"Neville, where is your herbal homework?" Another Gryffindor student jerked his head, rolled up the parchment in front of him and tossed it aside, and shouted at Neville.

"No—I don't know—" Neville shook his head, but his eyes were still on his homework, and he didn't have time to look up in reply.

"Here I am! Seamus, do you want it? You wait......

Well, while the spectacle alone isn't much better than Beauxbatons' auditorium, at least everyone is just busy with the huge amount of work, isn't it?

However, in the midst of this chaotic scene, Hermione was the only one who sat on the couch with a book in her arms, flipping through the pages one by one. She occasionally glanced at the others, especially Harry and Ron, who nodded in satisfaction when she saw them struggling to write.

It's almost time for an exam, and you're still thinking about copying your homework? Hermione didn't think it was a good idea, things had to be memorized, and doing her homework was the best way to memorize.

Just as Hermione nodded and was about to continue reading a little longer, the door to the common room suddenly opened. She immediately looked around, only to find a figure outside the door that shouldn't have been there.

"Malfoy?"

Hermione snorted softly as she folded the book in her hand and stood up.

As she spoke, many people raised their heads together. Everyone first looked towards Hermione, and then followed her line of sight to the doorway.

"Potter, Granger, Weasley......" Malfoy stood at the doorway, his handsome face looking quite thin at the moment, "come out...... I have something to say to you. ”

"Why? What's up? Harry frowned, looking at the other with a somewhat complicated look.

Although Malfoy's attitude is somewhat better now, and because of the relationship between Maca who helped their family before, the two sides are at least not-for-tat. But after many years of bad impressions, Harry has never been able to give a good face.

"You guys come out first." Malfoy said, turning back and leaving the doorway again.