Chapter 424 Panglock on the Hospital Bed

( ) The fat old man finally slipped out through the back door.

There is no way, there seems to be a Death Eater outside the door... or someone else, secretly watching here. Maca didn't hide anything during this trip, so his arrival was obviously discovered.

Of course, Maca had noticed the other party long ago, and the reason why he didn't choose to avoid his sight was nothing more than following the trend.

If he could use this to urge the old man to make a decision, he would undoubtedly be happy to see it succeed.

So when Slughorn suggested an emergency retreat, Maca didn't catch the watcher, but left the house with him.

"...I'm going to live at Hogwarts until the next school year starts!"

The condition proposed by Slughorn was obviously in the hands of Maca. Needless to say, he welcomed him on the spot on behalf of Professor McGonagall.

Leaving aside the old man's incomprehensibility, in terms of his ability alone, inviting him back to Hogwarts is quite cause for celebration.

"At least working at Hogwarts, no one will say the Cruciatus Curse to you just because you fail once!" Slughorn said with lingering fear before apparating at the back door.

...

As Professor McGonagall reminded me this morning, Maca also has classes scheduled this afternoon. And he had no reason to leave today, so he went to teach everyone honestly.

To be honest, although the content of the ancient runes class is quite different from the past, the new look of various runes in Maca's hands is also an eye-opener for all the students.

But in essence, this is still a relatively boring elective course.

After all, not everyone can always have an unquenchable enthusiasm for all kinds of strange characters. Especially when they understand that they will not be able to quickly achieve the level of smooth application.

Recently, the number of little wizards who came to attend classes while there were no classes was obviously less than when Maca first took office. Although this is reasonable, Maca was also guessing at the same time——he probably asked everyone from time to time The reason for self-study is inside.

In class, Maca disassembled and explained each rune individually. From mountains, rivers, lakes, thunder and showers in nature, to very abstract spirit and will, this all-encompassing feature is precisely the ancient runes as a way to conceptualize "everything visible and invisible in this world". The mystery lies.

In the past,

All the ancient rune professors would analyze and describe the meaning of the rune characters, but no professor could explain more clearly and understandably than Maca.

Because Maca can really try to show the power of each character.

Whenever there is a gust of wind blowing in the classroom, or when a ball of light suddenly shines on, everyone will gradually deepen their understanding of that symbol in surprise.

Maca believes that as long as they can continue to work hard and try to gain a deeper understanding of those seemingly monotonous characters, one day these characters will bloom with real brilliance.

Even he himself completed the initial understanding of the cooling rule runes when he was unable to sense his own magic power. Even if it needs to be repeated again and again, once you really master it, the sense of accomplishment you will get will be unparalleled.

Today's Ancient Runes class was scheduled for the last class. After class, Maca, Hermione, and Luna walked to the ward of the school hospital together.

Harry's last class was Professor Flitwick's Charms class, which was obviously closer to the school hospital. When Maca and the others entered the ward with Madam Pomfrey's permission, Harry had already arrived first.

"Hey! Ron...feel good?" Maca smiled and greeted Ron who was sitting on the hospital bed.

"Oh——I still feel a little heavy," Ron said with a bitter face. "Madam Pomfrey said it was my illusion, but I obviously find it difficult to lift my legs?"

Maca watched him try to lift his legs up and down, and couldn't help shaking his head helplessly.

"Don't you think that maybe it's because the quilt is too thick in winter?" He couldn't help reminding.

"Ah!" Ron quickly lifted the quilt to try, and then said awkwardly, "Okay! I think you're right..."

"Stupid!" Hermione rolled his eyes at him.

Luna, who was standing on the other side of Maca, didn't pay much attention to Ron. From the moment she came in, her dazed gaze had been on Helen who was opposite her.

"Well, that's right—" Maca said casually, "I asked Madam Pomfrey for you just now, but unfortunately, she thinks you need more rest. So——Lie down! "

"What a frustrating news!" Ron sighed. "I personally think that at such a time, you should let your body move around!"

"Madame Pomfrey is probably worried that the petrification has not been completely resolved!" Maca shrugged, "You can imagine, if you still had a kidney made of stone in your belly when you were bouncing around , what will be the consequences?"

"... Will the kidneys recover more slowly? No way?" Ron suddenly covered his stomach with a look of horror, "Maka, come and check me for me--when I went out for convenience, I really tried to dance!"

"Since you can still make it convenient, it means that the kidneys are already working well!" Maca waved his hand.

After chatting with Ron for a few words, when Maca was about to tell him about going to Hagrid, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"... Maca, is she poisoned?"

That was Luna talking.

Upon hearing this, Maca put aside what she wanted to say for the time being, and turned her head to look behind her.

On the hospital bed opposite Ron, Helen Schoen was still in a coma.

Her complexion was not very good-looking, pale and pale, and her originally rosy lips had also turned into a sickly purple. And her beautiful long chestnut hair seemed to have lost its original brilliance at the moment, and it was scattered among the pillows, giving people the illusion that it was dry.

"Well, quite complicated spider venom, Professor Snape is trying to prepare an antidote." Maca nodded, "I don't think she can wake up yet."

"Oh—what a poor girl." Hermione said impatiently.

"Ron," Maca asked suddenly, looking at Helen's sickly white face, "Just now Hermione told me that you were the one who brought her back to the castle, right?"

These words seemed to arouse the guilt in Ron's heart, and his expression immediately became heavy.

"Yes, that's right..." He replied softly, "If I could have paid more attention to my surroundings at that time, maybe-no, that's not the case. I was always thinking about going back to the Forbidden Forest to help, so on the way Just leave her alone..."

"...She separated from you later?" Maca couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard what he said.

"How can you--"

Hermione was about to complain to him, but Maca stopped her with her hand.

"No, I don't think so—" Ron recalled a bit with guilt on his face, "I was attacked by a sneak attack just when I ran back a few steps."

"Sneak attack? Is it a wizard or a spider? Or something else?" Maca asked immediately.

"It should be a spider?" Ron thought for a while, "I don't know, I'm not sure - I didn't have time to see anything at the time, but my eyes went dark, and when I woke up, I was already on this hospital bed gone."

"yes……"

Maca said casually, but secretly considered these words in her heart, and after a few seconds, she subconsciously glanced at the unconscious Helen.

Just when he was thinking to himself, Luna reached out and tugged at the hem of his outer robe.

"What's wrong?" Maca turned her head and looked at her.

"I think she really looks like 'Panglock'—" Luna looked at Helen, and said softly, "Don't you think?"

"Panglock?" Maca blinked inexplicably.

"Ponlock," as Luna calls it, is a small creature that averages only two feet tall as an adult. Not only are they covered with soft fur, but they also have a lot of mane on the top of their heads. They usually hide in the herd of horses to protect the horses.

From Maca's point of view, Hermione with the disheveled brown hair is more similar to them if I have to say it.

"Helen doesn't look like Ponlock at all," Hermione couldn't help retorting at this time, "She is very warm to others, why is she as shy as Ponlock?"

Maca looked at Luna, then at Helen on the hospital bed, and subconsciously put this sentence in her heart.

Maybe others will think that Luna is often crazy, and she always stares at the air in a daze. But Maca understood that she was unusually sensitive in some aspects.

He decided to pay more attention to this girl named "Helen Schoen". Perhaps there are other stories hidden in it.

At this moment, the door of the ward was suddenly opened, and Madam Pomfrey appeared at the door sullenly.

"Visiting hours are over! Get out! Immediately!"

She seemed to be afraid of disturbing the patient, so she deliberately lowered her voice. But the two patients in the ward right now don't care about other people's yelling at all.

Putting aside Helen, who couldn't hear the voice, Ron, who had been sitting on the bed for a whole day, wished there would be more noise in the ward!

"Madam Pomfrey, let Maca and the others stay a little longer?" He said with a full face, "Or... Actually, I think I have fully recovered! Look!"

He lifted the quilt and flexibly swung his legs.

However, Madam Pomfrey only focused on urging Maca and the others to leave the ward. After they had all gone out, she said "have a good rest" with a straight face, and then closed the door immediately.

"Oh——" Ron could only sigh, "If I knew it, I would have asked Harry and the others to bring something to pass the time..."