Maca is not a sensational person...... Well, at least not on the surface. If I have to say, he is actually more pragmatic, and he will be more efficient in dealing with others.

Then when he faced Lucius at Malfoy Manor this time, why did he take the initiative to pull on family affection? Was it really just to give Lucius plenty of time to mentally prepare?

The facts tell us that Maca is still the same Maca, and he still doesn't have much sympathy for the suffering Malfoy father and son. The reason why he cared so much about Lucius's state of mind was simply because he had already made a decision.

"Mr. Malfoy, warn your house-elves - never enter this room without an order for the rest of the time."

In an empty room on the top floor of the mansion, Maca was scribbling on the floor, apparently sketching a rather complex rune array.

Maca's strange use of ancient magic literature had only been seen even a few times by Snape.

He was standing quietly to the side, his eyes fixed on the array that was forming on the floor, as if trying to see something in it.

Snape had read the textbooks that Maca used to teach her students. Now when he came to observe the rune array that Maca had constructed by himself, he could only regret to find that these were two completely different levels.

“…… In this kind of formation, there is basically no need for the combination of ancient runes? ”

After looking at it for a while, Snape couldn't help but ask. When Maca heard this, she immediately nodded, but the speed at which she could draw the magic text in her hand did not decrease at all.

"Well, how can I put it...... he casually explained, "to put it simply, the meaning of the ancient runi is too vague, and a simple combination may not be a problem, but if the combination is too complex, it will be difficult to do it." ”

He said, but added a special sentence: "Of course, as the 'last ancient magic script', it can play a very big role in guiding students in the process of getting started." It can even be said that it is irreplaceable. ”

Originally, Maca herself started with Runiwen, and without it, Maca would not have been able to comprehend how to understand the deeper scriptures.

After he squatted on the ground and tinkered for a while, a rune formation full of branches was finally completely completed.

At the moment, it is only a pattern and line on the floor with pen and ink, but when it is infused with magic, it can bloom with a beautiful blue glow.

"Mr. Malfoy," Maca said as she stood up and spoke to Lucius, who was also standing outside in disbelief, "though I told you about Draco's condition before I came here. But I think you'd better listen carefully, including what you need to do later......"

"Remember, Draco is still the same Draco, your son," he said after a pause, "he may have a completely different personality than he used to be, and he may say a lot of gibberish...... Maybe it will even disturb your heart with pleading or scolding......"

"But if you find a way to awaken the other half of Draco's heart, even if it's just for a moment! I'm going to take the opportunity to get him back. ”

At this point, Maca took out her staff and waved it casually, and a small statue immediately flew out of his waist pocket. I saw that the statue was getting bigger and bigger in mid-air, and when it landed in the center of the array, it had completely changed back to its original appearance after being petrified.

"Recall what I said to you earlier." Maca reminded again.

Draco's petrified appearance naturally didn't change in the slightest, and the resentment and horror he had had at that time were still vivid on his face. And his expression, of course, had a great impact on Lucius.

"Draco ......"

Seeing the terrible appearance of his son being petrified, especially the panic and fear on his son's face, Lucius seemed to feel his heart being clenched.

Although he is not as doting on his children as his mother Narcissa, and sometimes even teaches them harshly, it does not mean that he does not love his children.

And because Maca also needs him to reveal his true feelings next, he didn't speak out to suppress the other party's emotions. Because it can be seen that after a series of psychological preparations just now, Lucius has been able to barely restrain the agitation in his heart.

"Are you ready?"

Maca asked one last question as she pulled another potion bottle from her waist.

On the other hand, Lucius reorganized his countenance, and after standing directly across from his son, he nodded heartily. At this moment, Draco was inside the rune array and Lucius was outside, and the distance between the two was like an unbridgeable chasm.

It can't be helped, Maca said earlier - even a defeat is not absolutely unacceptable, but if you enter that formation, then everything is over.

After Lucius nodded in confirmation, Maca swung her staff again, causing the uncorked potion vial to float smoothly above the statue's head.

The vial was tilting, and the potion inside was pouring out little by little.

As the liquid slid down from the statue's head, the petrification effect in its path was diminished until it was eliminated.

The process is actually not long, and the effect time of the mandrake resurrection potion is quite short. But in Lucius's senses, these few tens of seconds seemed like months.

Of course, Maca didn't completely remove Draco's petrified state, all he wanted was to be able to talk normally. Soon, when he noticed that Draco's eyes were starting to flutter slightly, he immediately took the potions bottle back.

“…… Yes! You're lying to me! Not ......"

Draco's mind was clearly still stuck on the moment when Maca petrified him, and at that time, he mistakenly thought that Maca was going to kill him on the spot. But at the last moment, when he realized that his whole face was numb, he realized that he had been deceived.

And immediately after, he lost consciousness completely.

Now that he had been partially de-petrified, he couldn't help but cry out, but it wasn't long before he found himself in a new environment.

“…… Father. ”

"Draco," Lucius looked at his son's face, his expression a little complicated, "Draco...... You...... Are you feeling okay? ”

As Maca said before, Draco is still that Draco. At this time, facing his father, his face also showed a trace of unspeakable hesitation, as if he was remembering something.

It is not unusual for sons to worship their fathers since ancient times. Draco was one of those people.

From a very young age, he thought that his father was cool, and he looked arrogant and confident when he saw anyone doing anything. For a long time, he believed that his father was the most powerful wizard in the world, and he was bent on imitating his every move.

But after that, he enrolled in Hogwarts, Voldemort was resurrected, the Malfoys were in turmoil, and the father he had admired became more and more obscured in his mind.

Then one day, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have grown up.

Before Draco's mental condition became problematic, Maca was roughly correct in his judgment - Draco was indeed under a lot of pressure from his parents' family, and he was almost out of breath.

But there is one sentence, but Maca is wrong.

Draco wasn't overwhelmed by the weight of reality, he was timid, and he was afraid of himself, and the future of his family, but he was still trying to straighten his back.

Even when he was plagued by nightmares and gradually found that his state was in trouble, he still did not give up, but made his last struggle.

Otherwise, I'm afraid Maca wouldn't have this chance to "save" Draco now.

When Lucius asked tentatively, Draco's face changed slightly, but after a while, his gaze showed a strange edge again.

Immediately after, he simply stopped looking at his father's face, and reluctantly turned his head to look at Maca, who was standing at the side with Snape.

"McLean, we seem to ...... Meet again. ”

As he threw this at Maca, a sneering smile appeared on Draco's face.

He is still alive, which proves that his observations and inferences about Maca do not seem to be wrong. In other words, as long as he was Draco Malfoy, there was no way Maca would actually kill him.

Now, even his father, Lucius, has appeared in front of him, isn't that even more proof that he is right?

"Yes! We meet again. ”

Maca nodded expressionlessly and didn't say much. His eyes were looking in Draco's direction as well, but he was looking at something else through Draco's body rather than at him.

Seeing Maca's somewhat nonchalant expression, Draco slowly narrowed his eyes, his gaze becoming sharper.

"You finally deceived me and petrified me before I could react, didn't you just guess that I could assimilate and devour 'that guy'......" he said in a low voice, "Why, do you think that with my father in my presence, I will cry and shout and kneel down to ask for forgiveness?" ”

At this point, Draco pursed his lips, his disdain intensifying.

"Hmph...... Alright," he smirked, "unraveling the petrification!" I'll do what you want it to...... After all, this is my most revered waste father! ”

"Draco, you-"

"Shut up! Dear father," Draco said with a cold face, turning his head sharply, "Aren't you hurting me badly enough?" Aren't you miserable enough to hurt this family? If I were you, I would definitely give myself a curse to save myself from having to sit in this house every day and suffer the repeated curses of the ancestors' portraits! ”