It was still the middle of the night, and the inhabitants of Hogsmeade had fallen asleep. Occasionally, Dementors would wander around the village, searching for targets they would never have been able to find.

And on the outskirts of Hogsmeade Village, in the not-so-dense woods, two figures were chasing each other quickly. They are agile and can walk even in snow-soaked forests.

Occasionally, moonlight fell through the gaps in the branches, and as they ran past, the original swarthy figure was revealed for a short time.

Running in front of him was a big black dog, which looked very strong and powerful, but it was the one who escaped; Not far behind the big black dog was a small man wrapped in a gray cloth cloak, who looked not even taller than the big black dog, but he kept running forward.

Naturally, it was Sirius Black, and Maca, who was still dressed in disguise.

Not long ago, Maca stumbled upon a glimpse of Blake, who was wandering around the village of Hogsmeade. At first, Maca was going to leave him alone, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind again.

As Maca chased Black into a narrower alley, Black in his Animagus form suddenly turned and lunged at him.

Blake thought he could quickly get rid of the trailing, but it turned out to be different from what he had imagined.

Under Maca's two extremely rapid stun spells in a row, Blake's black dog screamed and was knocked away.

It can be seen that Blake's physical condition is not very good. He did make a dodge in time, but the action was clearly out of touch with the conscious response.

Immediately, Blake and Maca begin a snow chase race.

Neither of them caught the attention of the Dementors, and they chased all the way to the woods on the outskirts of Hogsmeade.

At the beginning, Maca was almost thrown off by Blake's successive accelerations. But when he whispered something in his mouth, his movements became much faster.

As time goes on, the distance between the two becomes closer and closer.

"There are many obstacles!"

Maca finally seized the moment to unleash the spell he had prepared the moment Blake leaped forward from the trunk.

Suddenly, Blake's figure slowed down, and under the rays of moonlight, Maca could even see the dog hair on his body moving with the wind.

But just as Maca was about to release the next spell, he saw Blake's body begin to fluctuate and twist, and in an instant, he returned to his human form.

"Armor protection."

Blake's level of dueling is still very strong, especially his on-the-spot judgment is quite accurate. He didn't plan to solve his predicament first, but reluctantly waved his wand and cast an iron charm on himself.

When Maca came after a stun spell, the red flame composed of Maca's magic was blocked in time.

Immediately afterward, Blake exclaimed, "It's over!" ”

Maca immediately reacted, he was going to use the universal counterspell to lift his obstacle spell, this was a good opportunity!

"Except for your weapons!" Maca said casually.

But in the next moment, when he found that Blake was still floating in mid-air, he realized - he had been fooled!

Almost the next second that Maca released the disarming charm, Blake also released a disarming charm!

The other party's timing was quite accurate, even if Maca found out that something was wrong in time and immediately interrupted the spell and threw herself to the side, it was too late.

The disarming charms of the two sides hit each other one after another with a very short time difference, but Blake was protected by the remnants of the Iron Armor Charm.

Although Maca's disarming spell hit Blake's body, it only knocked the opponent's wand away; In contrast, Black's disarming spell only hit Maca's calf, but his wand had already flown into Blake's hand.

"It's all petrified!"

Maca tried to get up, but Blake was a little quicker for him.

He was almost ready to accept the effects of the Total Body Binding Charm, but the expected situation didn't come to pass - he could still move!

Whatever the reason, he immediately pulled out a small bottle and threw it into the bushes not far from Black.

Suddenly, a puff of smoke quickly spread through the trees, and in the blink of an eye, the surrounding area became white. Sight was obscured on both sides.

"Concentrate!"

Maca simply closed her eyes and expanded her senses.

For a moment, the howling of the cold wind, the rustle of branches and blades of grass, and the footsteps of Blake...... All kinds of sounds intertwined, intertwined in Maca's perception, forming a simple but clear world.

After a long period of practice, the ability that he had stolen from the assassin had grown completely.

He could even "see" that Blake was walking from memory in the direction his wand flew out.

After making a judgment, Maca immediately threw out another bottle. The bottle arced through the air and landed in the bushes not far away, making a noise.

And it was this small movement that made Blake decisively change back into the Animagus form, and he fled in the opposite direction.

This time, instead of catching up, Maca leaned on the trunk of a nearby tree, lost in thought.

“…… How do I think Sirius Black can be easily dealt with? ”

Since he first entered Hogwarts, he has indeed surpassed his peers in magic, and even many adult wizards have not been able to match him.

This was indeed something to be proud of, and even Dumbledore praised him many times.

Although he always reminded himself that the journey to explore magic was extremely long, and at his current pace, he had only just taken the first step.

But when the vast majority of people around him can't compare with him, his judgment of his own strength is still inevitably biased.

He is not arrogant, and he does not even underestimate the enemy - in the case of losing emotion, emotion, he does not have this opportunity to be arrogant if he wants to.

But it is precisely because he has lost the way of thinking that he is good at that his behavior based solely on reason has become an obstacle to his judgment.

The lack of sensibility makes it difficult for reason to stand alone, and Maca's judgment ability has decreased a lot.

"Even if you can usually deceive others with your disguised emotions, you can't deceive yourself...... Is it? Maca muttered to herself.

The white smoke gradually cleared, revealing a small figure leaning against the trunk of a tree. In the cold wind of the snow, he couldn't help but tighten the old felt cloak on his body.

The already solemn night became even deeper.

……

Since that night, Maca's actions have become much more deliberate.

After all, whoever had their wand taken away from them because of a mistake in their judgment, it probably wouldn't be the same, right?

Although Maca picked up Sirius Black's wand back, it didn't make much difference in using it—whatever wand was similar to him, it wasn't his own after all.

"If I can make my own wand in the future, I must add a wrist strap or something......" Maca, who was readjusting the bloodline transformation formula in the Room of Requirement, couldn't help but muttered in a low voice.

Recently, he and Aragog made another attempt, and although the transformation was still not successful, there was a major breakthrough in the collection of experimental data.

At this point, success is already in sight.

But just as Maca finished adjusting the recipe and was about to go to the auditorium to solve the dinner problem, Luna suddenly walked up to him.

"Hey, you know what? Halloween is coming. Luna tilted her head, in a trance.

"Huh?" Maca looked up and said, "Oh, yes...... Hogsmeade. ”

"That's right, let's go shopping?" Luna asked.

Maca thought for a moment and nodded in response.

Truth be told, Hogsmeade isn't safe at the moment, and it's always better to have his own along...... Even if he has now lost his accurate judgment of his strength.

Luna looked very happy, and she smiled slightly, indicating that she was interested in this outing, which made Maca shake her head.

There is still more than half a month to go before Halloween arrives!

After dinner, Maca said goodbye to Luna and headed straight for Snape's office.

"Knock Knock"

"Professor, it's me, Maca McLean."

"Come in."

When Snape's cold response came from the office, Maca reached out and opened the office door.

"Professor, this is for this month."

Maca placed a potions vial on Snape's desk and said softly.

This was the second bottle of wolf poison potion he had brewed, and in terms of the speed of preparation, it was obviously faster than last month.

“…… Well. Snape examined, then nodded.

"Then I'll go out first." Maca leaned over politely and turned to leave the office, but was stopped by Snape.

"I still have some business, you go and send it to Lupin." Snape put the wolf poison potion back on the table, and said lightly.

Although he looked calm, his eyes flashed with impatience, obviously he didn't want to see Lupin, an "old classmate".

Maca paused, looked back at the potions vial on the table, and picked it up again.

"Okay, Professor." He said calmly, "If you can, I'll send it directly every month in the future......

"Well, that's it." Snape immediately agreed.

"Goodnight then, Professor." Maca saluted again, and left with the wolf poison potion in her hand.

In his office, Snape looked at the closed door with a thoughtful expression.

"Occlumency." After a few moments, Snape whispered to himself.