Chapter 1221 Broken Hourglass

"...I have to say, until now, I don't know what is the right choice. But what I want to tell you is that I will respect every choice you make as much as possible."

"Including myself, I think everyone should act and live in the way they want. Whether it is pain or happiness, we will be the ones who experience everything from beginning to end, because it is our own future."

"So at least I think we should respect the choices of others, and we should take responsibility for our own choices."

In the ward, Maca stood by Luna's bed and said these words to the friends gathered in the room.

To be honest, these are indeed his words from the bottom of his heart, a truth that Luna, Hermione, Willy, etc., everyone around him gradually understood.

Even if this truth is not fully understood by himself, it may even be wrong at all. But as he said, this is actually the choice he made when faced with options.

And he will bear his own responsibility for his own choice.

Having said that, Maca paused, then turned around and said:

"Therefore, from today onwards, I will not interfere with your choices... including Harry, I think you must want to do something yourself; including Hermione, I will not deny everything you have learned through suffering. I I just hope that everyone can think carefully as much as possible, and don't let things we don't want to see happen."

"I see," Harry nodded immediately when he heard Maca calling himself, "I'll think about it again."

On the other side, after looking at Luna on the hospital bed, Hermione nodded slightly and said:

"Yes, me too."

Immediately afterwards, the friends expressed their understanding one by one, and even Harry and Ginny fell into deep thought on the spot.

Seeing this, Maca waved his hand suddenly, and then said:

"Then, it's time for me to do what I should do most now... No matter what everyone is going to do next, please remember to be careful!"

Regarding the situation outside, everything Hermione and Pansy witnessed before can be used as a reference.

Maca believes that even if someone like Harry still wants to go out,

I will definitely ask the two of them seriously how dangerous London is at the moment.

No one here is hopelessly stupid. After understanding the situation clearly, everyone will wait to weigh it carefully before making a decision.

Maca didn't speak anymore, only to see that he held Luna's pale little hand tightly, and said softly in his heart:

"I'll leave first...you just wait here quietly, and I'll be back soon."

...

The Time-Turner that had been around all along disappeared, which was undoubtedly a very concerning thing for Maca, who had always had a good memory.

Although he did seldom have the opportunity to organize his own things, there were already a lot of items piled up in the leather pouches around his waist that were superimposed with the No Trace Stretching Charm. But no matter how many things there are, they are all thrown inside anyway, so where will they go?

However, he just couldn't find where the problem was.

Of course, now is obviously not the time to think about these so-called doubts, because there are many, many things he needs to consider.

Not long after, Maca bid farewell to all the partners in the ward, and hurriedly left St. Mungo's Magic Hospital—although Haierbo was forced to retreat by him, he still stayed very carefully before leaving there. Lots of safeguards.

You know, before the current St. Mungo's was used as a magic hospital, it was one of the only refuges for wizards in downtown London. There are not only Hermione and Harry and others there, but also more asylum seekers who have gone to seek temporary shelter, aren't they?

"Crack."

A moment later, with the soft knock of the door of Black's old house, the door was slowly opened from the outside.

Immediately afterwards, Maca's figure walked in from the door.

The appearance of the front hall has not changed since his cleaning and renovation, it is still so clean and bright.

After coming in, Maca didn't stop walking at first. But after hearing a burst of hurried footsteps, he still paused here for a while.

"Oh... Dear Mr. McLean, welcome back... Old Kreacher is here to greet you."

Kreacher looks older now, and seems to have more difficulty walking than before. But after seeing Maca, he still bent down as deeply as before, and lowered his head until the tip of his nose touched the carpet.

"Okay, I'm just here for something temporarily this time, and I'm here to pick up something. Do whatever you want, ignore me, I'll leave in a while."

"Oh, old Kreacher knows, old Kreacher is going back to the kitchen to wipe the dirt—"

"Oh, what a pity Mr. McLean won't stay! Without him there's nothing left in the Mistress's house but poor old Kreacher and a few uneducated fools . . . and They actually still have the face to stay at home every day..."

In the following words, Kreacher was obviously complaining to himself again.

In fact, since the number of people living in the old house has increased and the family has become more and more lively, Kreacher's problem has gradually improved. It's a pity that the number of people here has continued to decrease since then, so that his muttering problem seems to have started to get serious again.

Maca shook his head, and he didn't have time to take care of the lonely Kreacher at the moment. Seeing that he didn't go to the reception room to disturb Mundungus who was struggling with the intelligence inside, he turned his head and walked towards the stairs.

The time-turner is definitely an extremely important magic item. When Maca went to the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, five of them were taken away at once.

Of the five time converters, he kept one of them with him all the time, and he hid the rest in some relatively safe places.

As for the study on the upper floor of Black's old house, he had lived here for a long time, so he kept one of them here.

After entering the room, Maka just glanced at it casually - the books and documents that had been piled up here had been taken away, so the study naturally looked a little empty, and there was really nothing to see.

But without so many eye-catching things, some of the furniture and layouts that were originally here suddenly became much more eye-catching, and the furnishings in the room can be seen clearly at a glance.

He just paused at the door, and then walked straight to the old-fashioned floor clock placed in the corner of the study.

Something about time, of course, is hidden in the place that represents time.

This grandfather clock looks weather-beaten, but the maintenance of magic makes it always walk on the most accurate point. Every swing of the pendulum can make people feel the preciousness and heaviness of time.

Hiding the Time Converter here, even if there are wizards who can perceive magic power and understand the rules, they may not be able to notice anything strange from it.

However, when Maca opened the crystal cover of the upper dial and touched it, his expression changed accordingly.

Could it be that the time converter placed here is gone?

No, it's still there, but...

Maca didn't take it with his hands, but raised his hand slightly, and then he saw a slender and delicate gold chain, several gold rings with thin shafts, and a small broken into pieces. Small hourglasses floated out of it one after another.

Of course, along with these "parts", there is also a cloud of fine black sand.

Originally, the hourglass of the time converter was filled with golden sand, which had natural time-regulating characteristics, and the converter was made based on this precious natural rule-based substance.

But now, they have completely failed.

"Kreacher—"

Maca stared at the badly damaged Time-Turner, and suddenly shouted.

Time-Turners have had accidents over and over again, from the loss of one to the destruction of this one... It is absolutely unreasonable to say that it was an accident.

Who exactly? Who is having trouble with him? Could this...could it be another "good thing" done by Hai Erbo?

To be honest, Maca cannot deny this possibility no matter from which angle it is considered. Because he knew very well that Haierbo, as an ancient wizard, definitely had a much deeper "respect" and "fear" for the rules than he did.

After experiencing the experience of breaking the desperate situation, Maca actually didn't dare to touch such subtle things as the Time Converter. If it wasn't about Luna's life this time, I'm afraid he would never think about challenging the strict and ruthless rules of time again in his life.

So, let alone Hai Erbo who has a deep understanding of rule runes.

Thinking about it this way, while he didn't want Maca to use the Time Converter, and he was determined not to try to use it in vain, Haierbo's choice was to destroy all these things.

Well, maybe I'll keep one for myself?

Maca didn't know, he only knew that things were getting worse and worse as he went down step by step-what would he do if there were no Time Turners left? What should Luna do when she is lying on the hospital bed and getting colder?

No, he really didn't dare to think about it.

"Kreacher!"

Maca turned around abruptly, and walked quickly out of the study door.

"Oh, my dear Mr. McLean, may I ask—"

"Report to me all the guests who have been here—that is, people you don't know! Now, tell me immediately!"

"Maca?"

At the same time as Maca was urging Kreacher, Mundungus suddenly appeared from the other side of the stairs, sneaking a look here.

"Ah, are you really here? I just heard you call Kreacher... what happened?"