It's not easy to restore what has been ruined to its original state; And if you want to restore it exactly like the original, it will be even more difficult.

For Maca, the former may be able to do it reluctantly, but as for the latter......

"I always feel ...... Something was missing. ”

He walked down the deserted corridor, looking at the familiar but somewhat unfamiliar classrooms, and couldn't help muttering to himself.

"Is it because there are fewer people?"

Since it was reconstructed entirely from the memories that remained in her mind, the "new" Hogwarts castle was at least superficially no different from the past—every tile under her feet, every line on the wall, and even the angle at which every book on the shelves was tilted, even if Maca were to use the meditation basin to retrieve memories and compare them now.

However, not to mention the difference between whether there is a person or not, just the large number of ancient and modern magic spells that were originally attached to all corners of the castle is not something that Maca can recover.

"Oh, these stairs are supposed to move on their own."

Slowly swaying to the castle staircase, Maca looked up at the unsupported hanging stone steps, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

The kaleidoscopic staircase was designed and built by Rowena Ravenclaw herself, using a lot of very subtle and subtle magical techniques.

Now, if you want Maca to restore this set of movable stairs that extend in all directions...... I have to say that it is not very difficult to achieve that effect, but if you want to keep such a complex magic ladder running for thousands of years without malfunctioning, this is not a task that can be done in ten days and half a month of research.

Maca stood at the bottom of the stairs, gesturing at them for a few moments, and finally shook her head—he obviously didn't have the time to tinker with such a somewhat inconsequential thing right now.

"Maca, I'd like to see the greenhouse...... Can you come with me? ”

Suddenly, Willy, who had been following him, asked softly.

"Greenhouse?" Maca paused for a moment, then nodded, "Well, okay! ”

As he spoke, he was about to walk back with Willy, but at the moment he turned around, he suddenly felt a slightly unusual, but rather familiar fluctuation pass over him.

"Wait."

After saying something to Willy, he turned around again and glanced up. And immediately after, I saw him suddenly reach out and grab it gently, and then pull it back as if he was grasping something.

The next moment, a white, and at the same time somewhat transparent phantom was dragged out of thin air by him.

"Ugh...... Who is it? What's going on? Where am I? Huh? Isn't this McLean? Oh, and the little mute with white hair......"

The phantom struggled a few times in Maca's hand, and found that it couldn't break free at all, so it simply didn't move. It's just that its mouth is not idle at all, and it is still chattering there vigorously.

"You're like this, can't you just shut up and say a few words?" Makati slipped through its funny, somewhat blurred collar and said, "Peeves." ”

"That's why I'm going to take this opportunity to say a few more words...... Oh! You little boy knows that! ”

Peeves shook its short arms and legs a few more times before sticking out its tongue and grimacing at Macabi, unable to settle down at all.

However, no matter how noisy and stubborn it may become, it can no longer hide its fundamental weakness. If it hadn't been for Maca's initiative to help it condense its form, it would barely be able to maintain even self-consciousness right now.

In the final analysis, Peeves is just a spirit monster born in the spiritual energy of teachers and students throughout the ages.

"Peeves?" Seeing this, Willie couldn't help but lean over and look at it a few times, "Long time no see." ”

"Oh, little mute, you know how to speak! Haha......"

"I'm not dumb." Willie pursed her lips and said.

"Okay!" Peeves pouted, "I see, little mute. ”

Maca watched it and Willy arguing there, and thought to herself, and suddenly realized a possibility - perhaps, it was the previous "alumni" who lived here for a while that allowed it to re-form that little bit of fluctuation, and before that, it had probably disappeared because the people of Hogwarts had gone to empty the building.

"I said, I'm not dumb."

"Didn't I say that too? I see, little mute with white hair! ”

Presumably, even Peeves himself gradually realized that he really didn't have the strength to play as much as he used to, and as he spoke, he still gave up on trying to make Willy angry as he spoke.

Unexpectedly, after taking a few more breaths, he suddenly turned his head to look at Maca and said:

"Unruly McKellen...... You'd better let it go! No more wasted effort...... Peeves is not afraid of death, and will not die...... Instead of just talking to the three of you in this empty castle, you might as well sleep soundly. ”

"Why don't I send you to the ship? Students and professors are there now. Maca thought for a moment.

However, when he saw it, he immediately shook his head without hesitation.

"Peeves are Peeves from Hogwarts Castle, not Peeves from ships!"

"Well," Maca looked at it for a moment, but finally nodded, "yes...... Then you're ...... Wait! ”

As the words fell, Maca let go of her grip on it, and then watched as it quickly began to fade as if it was about to melt into the air.

“…… Boy, let's get this done sooner! Peeves isn't afraid of anything, but he's afraid that there is no one...... That's not unavoidable...... It's so lonely. ”

Listening to the last words that echoed faintly in the empty stairwell, Maca was stunned, and habitually raised her hand to rub her forehead. Then, he turned to look at Mr. Blois, who was standing a little farther away, patted Willy on the shoulder, and said:

"Let's go! Aren't you going to the greenhouse? Then go check it out! ”

To be honest, Peeves' last words really touched Maca a little - yes, as long as the teachers and students are around, they can be "Hogwarts" anywhere. However, this is too "lonely".

After turning her head slightly, Maca took Willy and walked to the foyer step by step.

Outside the castle, the weather is still very beautiful, and the sky is clear and blue.

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