Chapter 375 Give You a Reason

"Luna, do you also want to participate in protecting Hogwarts?" Maca looked directly into Luna's eyes, as if to find out the real answer.

But Luna shook her head slightly.

"It's not protecting Hogwarts," she said with a slight smile, "it's protecting 'friends'."

"yes?"

"Yeah..." She stretched out her hand and snapped her fingers, "Hermione, Harry, Ron, Hagrid, Fang, Hannah..."

Luna tilted her head, counting one by one, without any intention of stopping. Looking at her innocent smile, Maca couldn't help but secretly sighed.

"...You have so many friends!" Maca shrugged, "Okay! No need to count, I understand——Harry, Hermione, Ron, you go and gather the students who are willing to join, Find out what everyone really thinks. This matter cannot be rushed, we have to take it step by step!"

He paused, then looked at Harry again and said, "Also, Harry, you have to be fully prepared. Perhaps, you will face 'it' again soon."

Harry was stunned for a moment, a flash of gloom flashed in his heart, but the next moment he clenched his hands again and nodded resolutely.

"I see." He said forcefully.

"Hey! Let me tell you, do you just pretend I don't exist?" Hagrid said angrily, "That's not okay, you're only so young...it's too dangerous!"

"Don't worry, if the strength doesn't meet my requirements, I won't let them really participate." After Maca said something to Hagrid, he turned his head and confirmed to everyone, "That's it... Do you understand? "

"Of course! If I can't help you, cough..." Hermione coughed dryly, and then said, "I mean, if we can't become a fighting force against the enemy, we won't be willing to forcefully run out to be a burden !"

"That's right, I thought so too!" Harry agreed, "I don't want to have an accident like that again...not at all!"

"Ron, what about you?" Maca asked Ron who was sitting silently on the barrel.

"I..." Ron said a little unnaturally, "I really...can I do it?"

"You think you can't do it?" Hermione looked at him dissatisfied.

"I--"

Ron's words seemed to be stuck in the monkey's head, showing a hesitant expression.

"Just say what you want!" Maca smiled and said, "We are all friends, and we won't laugh at you."

"Yeah! Ron..." Harry said dully, "What's wrong with you?"

Ron held back for a while, and then let out a long breath.

"Maka, it was you who taught me how to think from the perspective of others, and because of this, I understood many problems that I had overlooked before... Even, because of this, I was able to look at myself from other angles..."

"But no matter how I look at it, I can't see a future where I can actually do it. I really... really feel that I... can't..."

Maca looked at Ron, who was a little downcast, and couldn't help but approve in his heart.

If it was Ron in the past, he wouldn't be able to say such words under such circumstances. He is a person who keeps many things in his heart. Although he has ordinary qualifications, he is not willing to admit defeat.

It is because of the lack of talent that he and others put in the same effort, but there will be a big gap in the results obtained. This kind of gap will make people despair, make people give up, and then live a life without bright spots in mediocrity.

If it is more extreme, this despair can even become an incentive for jealousy and revenge.

But at the moment Ron, although he put on a disappointed and helpless expression, he was able to express his powerlessness, which is indeed quite difficult.

Sometimes, acknowledging one's own weakness may not be another kind of strength.

Just like Maca, I am afraid that no contemporary wizard can ignore his power. But facing the vast sea of ​​magical mysteries and the mysterious and unknown future, he still felt infinitely small.

Only by recognizing one's own weakness can one be able to move forward in a down-to-earth manner, so as not to gradually lose the direction of the road under various temptations on the way.

"...As long as you have worked hard enough for your progress, at least you won't regret not doing anything, will you?" Maca smiled and nodded at Ron, "We will all help, I think ...You may not be good at everything, it's just that you haven't found what you are good at!"

He paused, then spread his hands and said, "Didn't you say that you have already learned to think from different angles? Why don't you think about it from another angle—"

"If you haven't found it now, isn't it equivalent to-do you have infinite possibilities in the future?"

...

Maca can say a lot of great truths casually, which may encourage others, but the fact is that it needs to be changed with real actions.

After the conversation in Hagrid's hut, things were more or less settled.

Hermione and the others shouldered the task of summoning the students. This kind of thing is not difficult, but it still takes a lot of effort to make the restless students clear their will.

So after Ron thanked everyone gratefully, the little wizards with a mission left quickly.

"Hagrid, then it's time for me to go back—there's a lot of research to be done, and now is not the time to be lazy!" Maca also stood up, and said goodbye to Hagrid, "By the way, you at Grapp's side Keep an eye on it, and try not to make any big noises during the recent period."

"Well, I know, I will be careful!"

Maca waved, then pushed open the creaking wooden door and walked out of Hagrid's cabin.

"Luna, why don't you go with them?" He knew that Luna was still at the door, so he asked as soon as he came out, "It's time for dinner soon, aren't you hungry?"

"I want to talk to you..."

Luna stood by the steps outside the house, looking at the remaining afterglow in the west, her eyes seemed to become much clearer.

"Rest is necessary, you have been very busy recently."

Maca smiled slightly and said, "Yes! I'm really busy..."

"I still remember that you always like to stay in bed... In order to wake you up, I have tried many methods!" Luna said leisurely.

"...The most effective is the cattail," Maca added with a wry smile, "Of course, it's best not to use that method."

"Purongrong is very cute and friendly." Luna blinked her big bright eyes, and she seemed a little excited when talking about magical creatures. "They are very interesting."

The two stood side by side in front of the hut, casually chatting about meaningless topics, and staring at the sky. They were immersed in this kind of leisure, and none of them took the lead.

After chatting aimlessly for a while, both Maca and Luna closed their mouths tacitly, quietly enjoying the long-lost peace.

After a while, Luna took the initiative to break the gentle silence.

"Maka, what are you advancing for?"

Hearing Luna ask such an ambiguous question, Maca fell into deep thought.

Yes! What has he been advancing all this time?

Was it for a specific person like Snape? Or for everyone like Dumbledore? Or...he was simply being pushed away by the established facts?

In Dumbledore's words, it would be—what exactly is the "love" he cherishes, persists, and guards?

Even Ron understands the importance of examining himself, but Maca has been trying to avoid it. He was just a coward, and he was afraid that in the process of finding the answer, he would come to a conclusion that frightened him.

Perhaps he had already vaguely seen that conclusion, but he was still unwilling to confirm it.

"...What...what is it for?" Makaliu murmured to himself in a daze.

Luna didn't continue to ask, she just looked at Maca's side face surprisingly gently, and took the initiative to hold Maca's slightly cold hand.

"You'll protect me, won't you?"

Maca's heart trembled suddenly, he turned his head, and suddenly met Luna's soft and delicate eyes. In that line of sight, he felt a kind of inclusive warmth.

"……certainly."

When he received the Hogwarts admission letter, he had an illusory goal called "magic". That was the reason why he ignited the heart of struggle, but it was not enough to be the reason for him to face all obstacles.

As Luna just said, he was originally a lazy and casual person, and if nothing pushed him, he would probably be content with the status quo.

However, since he caught a glimpse of the pale golden light in that cemetery, he gained a momentum to move forward.

At the beginning, it was Luna who inadvertently gave him a reason; but now, this girl with long pale blond hair, took the initiative to hand over this reason to him again.

Maca knew very well that when Luna held his hand, she didn't have any personal thoughts. She just kindly hoped that Maca would not get lost on her own path, that's all.

But it is precisely because of her pure kindness that Maca, who is strong and calm on the outside but timid on the inside, can approach her with peace of mind.

"Then I can rest assured," Luna smiled again, her eyes blurred again, "I'm in charge of protecting everyone, and Maca is in charge of protecting me... This sounds good too."

"It's pretty good." Maca also smiled and said, "Let's go! It's time to go back for dinner—you're not hungry, but I am!"

Under the quietly lit sky filled with stars, the two figures strolled along the path among the lawns, gradually blending into the shadow of the huge castle.

The night seemed to add a bit of indescribable tranquility.