Chapter 444 Different Heaviness

Hogwarts accidents happened one after another, and finally some parents couldn't stand it anymore.

Even during this period of time, Gilderoy Lockhart would carry out appeasement publicity activities in front of the public from time to time, but the frequent occurrence of incidents made his publicity effect continue to decline.

In the early morning of the next day, nearly 20 guardians of the students came to Hogwarts to request an interview with Professor McGonagall, and the journalists rushed over after getting the news.

It is foreseeable that tomorrow's newspapers will definitely not be very good-looking.

Of course, these parents are parents after all, and it is only natural to think about the safety of their children. In this regard, there is nothing wrong with their actions, and no one can stop them from picking up their children.

Because of his feelings for Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall naturally tried to keep him back. But even if the students are willing to stay in school, most of them can't hold back their parents.

In the end, Hogwarts suddenly had eleven students suspended and three students dropped out, including five Ravenclaws who were injured in last night's incident.

Among the little wizards who were still recovering from their injuries, the more serious ones had been transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries, while the less serious ones were taken home directly.

To be honest, when the related reports come out tomorrow, this number will definitely increase. In this way, there will inevitably be cracks in Hogwarts' good reputation.

After sending off the parents of the students with a smile on his face, Professor McGonagall became visibly depressed.

Dumbledore had only passed away not long ago, before his public funeral had even been officially held, and this happened. Professor McGonagall suddenly felt deeply guilty.

She could clearly feel that the gap between herself and Dumbledore was indescribable.

As for Maca, Professor McGonagall is actually very clear. Just by looking at the teacher's attendance sheet, she knew how much energy Maca had spent on the school, and how many troubles he had solved quietly.

But Professor McGonagall knows better, no matter how capable and talented Maca is, he is just a child!

Letting a child run around and work hard, and even struggle with all kinds of darkness, Professor McGonagall's unbearable heart almost piled up. But if it wasn't like this, I'm afraid Hogwarts would not be in such a simple situation where a dozen students drop out.

Seeing the parents taking their children and accompanied by Filch, they gradually walked towards the main gate of the school, Professor McGonagall sighed very rarely.

"McLean, if you are tired, you can take a rest."

Maca, who was standing on the side of the castle gate, turned his head when he heard this, and looked at Professor McGonagall in surprise. Because in the tone of the other party, he could hear the obvious gentleness.

Minerva McGonagall, who had always been serious and tough, would not easily reveal her softness.

It can be said that no matter how strong a person is, he will show weakness under certain circumstances. This is the same even for people who are as intelligent as Dumbledore, let alone others.

Maca knew that Professor McGonagall must have been under too much pressure.

"Professor," Maca said softly, "I'm actually fine, I just sell a little bit of strength from time to time. On the contrary, it is very difficult for you to maintain the operation of the entire school, and your responsibilities are heavier than mine. too much."

He paused, then turned to advise: "Don't set too high a goal for yourself because of Professor Dumbledore, it will only create more unnecessary pressure on yourself. Now it is different from the past, Your burden must be heavier than that of Professor Dumbledore."

"What we need to do now is for everyone to do their best—please don't put the whole of Hogwarts on yourself."

As the principal of a school with a long history and world-renowned reputation, it must be difficult and difficult, even if there is an "agent" in front of the principal's name.

Maca can't do this kind of job, so he understands the weight involved.

When Professor McGonagall was blinded by the heavy pressure,

Maca didn't mind trying to clear the way for her, because there was only so much he could and could do.

"...good boy."

Professor McGonagall pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and smiled at him, as kindly as an ordinary old lady. Then in the next moment, her face was covered with sternness again, as if the glimpse Maca had just seen was just an illusion.

"McLean, you have worked hard during this time. However, the situation in the future will definitely be more severe. If something happens again, I hope you can continue to guard Hogwarts, which belongs to everyone, with me!"

"Of course." Maca nodded slightly.

"In addition," Professor McGonagall paused for a moment, and then continued quickly, "It will be Christmas soon, and after the Christmas dinner, there will be a holiday—Dumbledore's funeral will be held publicly during the holiday."

"Well," Maca immediately agreed when he heard the words, "The public funeral is just to convey our confidence to the public, and there is no need for all students to participate. After all..."

After all, this funeral probably won't be peaceful—Maka didn't say that. But even if he didn't say it explicitly, Professor McGonagall knew it all too well.

Declaring that Hogwarts has enough confidence to resist foreign enemies, this will not only reassure the parents, but also show determination to the forces of darkness. In addition, whether Dumbledore is dead or not will also become a fear in the hearts of dark wizards who intend to get involved in Hogwarts.

Because of this, although there will definitely not be any big scenes and vigorous all-out attacks at that time, small-scale temptations are mostly inevitable.

Not to mention Greenwald, at least Voldemort would never miss this opportunity.

After Maca and Professor McGonagall chatted a few more words about the silent man last night, Professor McGonagall, who still had countless tasks to complete, left quickly.

Maca thought for a while, then went back to the school hospital ward to accompany Luna.

Although he actually wanted to take Hermione to the secret island of Rowena, and try to convince the group of elves as soon as possible. But right now, he really didn't want to leave Luna's side, because that would always make him uneasy.

Just like this time, even though he was more or less vigilant from the beginning, he was always on guard against those asylum students from Greece. For this reason, he even deliberately avoided too much contact with Luna, for fear that Luna would be targeted by some people with evil intentions.

But who knows, in the situation of being incapacitated, an irreparable tragedy almost occurred.

He doesn't want to do this again!

Therefore, he decided to wait for Luna to fully recover first, and then take her to the island to meet those elves. As long as Luna is kept by his side, at least he can feel at ease a lot.

"...Aren't you going to do something today?"

In the ward, Luna half leaned on the raised pillow, looking at Maca with misty eyes. Her words were still ethereal and comfortable, as if what happened last night had nothing to do with her, and she didn't care about it.

"Well," Maca smiled gently, "I feel like I haven't sat down with you for a long time. I don't have anything to do today, so I'm here to accompany you."

"Really?" Luna tilted her head, looked at Maca up and down, and said with great interest, "I heard that you went to the United States, did you encounter any interesting things?"

"Of course, there are quite a few!" Maca nodded, "By the way, there is one thing that you will definitely be interested in - I saw a thunderbird over there!"

"Oh——" Luna seemed a little pleasantly surprised, and even her dazed eyes became much clearer, "Then there must be a wind! They will create a storm..."

"That's right, it's very windy." Maca said with a smile, "It is said that they are close relatives of phoenixes, but apart from their tail feathers, I really can't see where they are 'closer'? Thunderbirds are bigger than I imagined. The ones are even bigger, in my opinion, they are at least not inferior to fire dragons in terms of size..."

By the sunny window, Maca deliberately selected some things from a peaceful perspective, and slowly shared them with Luna. Although the darkness he encountered was obviously deeper than the light, but he really didn't want to pollute this pure-hearted girl with those disgusting people and things.

During the gradual conversation between the two, time gradually passed, and they seemed to have returned to the leisurely time when they lived together quietly in the back hill of Lovegood's house.

...

However, Luna and Maca deliberately suppressed the gloom, while Hermione and the others were completely gloomy.

Regarding Helen's matter, Hermione's heart was very complicated. She obviously had a crush on that girl, and when she learned that Helen had somehow become a murderer who hurt her classmates, it took her a while to accept this fact.

But after she accepted it, endless regrets arose in her heart.

Maca was indeed right last night. At that time, Hermione and the three of them rushed to the hall quickly and had a brief meeting with Maca. And Luna, who was held in Maca's arms, was naturally noticed by them.

Hermione thought she would be jealous, but she realized afterwards that she was full of worry at that time. Luna is a good girl. Although she often behaves strangely, her heart is undoubtedly pure and kind.

For a girl like Luna, not only was she unable to feel jealous frankly, but she couldn't stop blaming herself for mistrusting Helen.

For Hermione who was silent because of this, Harry and Ron somewhat understood, because they were also secretly afraid.

In the aftermath of this incident, the emotions of the three little lions of Gryffindor College fell into a trough. It is precisely because they believe in the power of friendship that they have doubts about it.

Although Maca caused some misunderstandings at the beginning, at least the ending was good. But this time, what was in front of them was the fact that someone had really cheated on their friendship.

In this silence, Ron, who was equally heavy-hearted, suddenly raised his head.