Chapter 530: Delivered Salvation
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If Maca knew that the synchronous casting he figured out was used by those young wizards in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he didn't know what expression he would have. But fortunately, he doesn't have the time to care about those little things for the time being.
Originally, he was still noncommittal about Scrimgeour's request and overture, but after hearing Pansy Parkinson's words, he suddenly became more interested.
Voldemort was dead...or, at least, half-dead, but he had apparently left behind some small ones. And in Voldemort's secret plan, the most important role seems to be the mad woman Bellatrix.
Perhaps the so-called "secret" will always arouse the curiosity of others! Anyway, Maca has some ideas to explore it, and if the things behind it are not serious, it is not impossible to regard it as a favor.
Now that the afternoon class is over, Maca thinks about it for a while, and then plans to check it out.
So, when Harry and the others were still making a fuss in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, a figure flashed among the bushes at the school gate, and then disappeared.
...
Aimless search is of course useless.
Not to mention that possibility might cover the whole world, even if those Death Eaters were smart enough to not run out of the British border at this time of year, finding it out of thin air would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. The Ministry of Magic has sent so many Aurors to search the net, but they still haven't found anything. Even if his personal strength is strong, Maca can't do the impossible.
Looking for acquaintances like Sirius in the United States before is already the limit of Maca's search capabilities.
Therefore, the first thing he went to was Black's old house, which was the so-called "Command of the Order of the Phoenix".
Because the events of Voldemort and Greenwald have passed, and he has been in St. Mungo's Hospital before returning to Hogwarts, so he really hasn't been here during this time. But even if he doesn't come, the situation here will be compiled into daily reports as always, and sent to him regularly.
Of course, things are not as many as before, and most members of the Order of the Phoenix have begun to return to normal life, only those guys who have nowhere to go regard it as their home.
As the real owner of Black's old house, Sirius is also happy. If all the people in the old house are gone now, is he going to stare at the house elf Kreacher alone? If it really got to that point, Sirius would probably be so angry that he would jump up and down every day, and he might run away from home again at some point...
Grimmauld Place is still the same, and the deserted scene is really good for hiding. But now it seems that there is no need to "torture" herself so much. Maca stands between the front yards of No. 11 and No. 13, looking around at this lifeless street, thinking that maybe it can be transformed here or something.
As he thought about it, he waved his hand casually behind him. Immediately, the buildings on both sides slid to the side, giving way to Black's old house at No. 12 Grimmauld Place.
"Maybe the Loyalty Curse can also be lifted?"
This spell is indeed very convenient for hiding things, but no matter how convenient it is, it needs a process. When concealment becomes unnecessary precautions, it is equivalent to a burden. No one likes excess, especially not for those who live here every day.
After the whole house was fully revealed, Maca turned around, stroked the doorknob lightly, and opened the door silently.
He didn't expect that the first thing he saw when he opened the door was a person who had just lived here not long ago. That person's name was "Helen Schoen".
He left Miss Schoen in an irrelevant place before the last link of time travel was fastened. Although he was in a coma for a while afterwards, when he woke up in St. Mungo's hospital bed,
But I didn't forget about them.
After the energy belonging to the Obscure was erupted by the Mirror of Erised, her spirit has been very weak. At that time, Maca imprisoned that energy in her body just in case.
But now, it seemed that her spirit had improved a lot, and now she was actually holding a feather duster, lightly dusting the decorations on the wall like an ordinary Muggle.
"Mr. McLean." When Helen saw Maca coming in, a trace of complexity flashed across her face, but soon she put aside the complicated past and smiled at Maca.
I have to say that this girl is really cute, and it's no wonder that she was always popular with her classmates when she was at Hogwarts.
"Meet Isla?" Maca also nodded to her as a greeting.
He couldn't say that he had any opinion on this Miss Shane. It's just a girl who can deceive people with a fake smile, and it's always easy to make people wary. If she hadn't temporarily lost all the power that could be used to hurt people now, she was basically no different from an ordinary Muggle, and Maca would not rest assured that Lupine and the others would pick her up.
It is not easy to rebuild trust on the ruins of honesty.
"Hmm..." Helen seemed to sense the distance between Maca and her, and suddenly became a little cautious, "That... I want to say... thank you."
"As long as those things in the past were really for Isla, I believe everyone here can forgive you for those past events." Maca said, passing by her side, and walked deep into the hall.
"...does that include you too?"
Before Maca was about to enter the innermost door in the hall, Helen's voice came from behind him. He has been practicing Legilimency for a long time, and he can feel the anticipation contained in it.
"Of course, including me."
When a liar wants to gain the approval of others, an affirmation is a great encouragement. At the beginning, Maca obtained a piece of redemption from the incomparably pure Luna. If it really worked, he wouldn't mind passing on that pure redemption.
After leaving these words, Maca started to stop again, and left the foyer of the old Black house, which was becoming more and more tidy and bright.
"Lupine, how are you doing recently? Where are you and Tonks?"
As soon as he entered the reception room, Maca saw Lupine who was looking at the documents at his desk—he might have gotten used to it, and if he didn't do some work every day, he would feel exhausted.
For Lupine and Tonks, a couple who got together inexplicably, Maca was trying to make fun of it. After all, the age gap between the two is indeed a bit big, a full 13-year age difference is enough to form an insurmountable generation gap, and it may not be easy to have a smooth journey.
"Maca?" Lupine raised his head when he heard the words, "I said it, it's impossible for me and her - why did you come here? Those little guys at Hogwarts are not so easy to teach, and now the It's okay, why did you wander out again without preparing lessons? If Ms. McGonagall finds out, you will have a hard time."
"Come on! Professor McGonagall is about to be officially promoted to the principal. She is so busy, how can she have time to care about where I am?" Maca said with a smile, pulling out a chair and sitting down, "Besides, I Running out this time is actually for her—or rather, for the stability of Hogwarts."
"How do you say it?" Lupine couldn't help being a little puzzled when he heard it, but after thinking about it, he seemed to think of something, "...Could it be related to the escape of the Death Eaters?"
Everything is coming to an end now, and even the little commotions like vampires, Gringotts goblins, etc. that need more time to appease have nothing to do with Hogwarts or Maca. Isn't the most likely thing now only the sudden incident of the Death Eaters escaping from prison?
Therefore, although Lupine didn't understand why Maca cared about that matter, no matter how he thought about it, the possibilities were limited to this.
"Scrunchie sent me a copy of the Daily Prophet," Maca said succinctly. "It's tomorrow."
"Newspaper?" Lupine's first feeling was surprise. "The death eater escaped from prison is not a small incident. The whole Auror office is in a state of desperation these days, and Kingsley is very busy—the new Is the minister still in the mood to send you newspapers now? Um... um? Wait..."
As he was talking, he suddenly stopped and frowned.
"...Tomorrow? What was written in the newspaper?"
Lupine has real-time news from Kingsley, which is much more detailed than Maca in terms of information collection. In addition, he has been dealing with intelligence some time ago, and he is already much more sensitive to certain things. Maca saw that he seemed to have noticed something was wrong, so he knew that he had guessed something.
"It's just a piece of news about Death Eaters escaping from prison," Maca said directly. "It's the headline on the front page, and it's a big news that occupies the entire page. Scrimgeour is everywhere in the article."
"Ha!" Lupine shrugged, "Our new minister seems to be in trouble? But seeing that he still has time to deliver a newspaper to you, he seems to be quite confident?"
"Isn't it?" Maca shook his head and said, "I think you also understand that this Scrimgeour is not as single-minded as he has always shown... At least in terms of playing power and politics, he is still very good. talented."
"What about you? Now that he has taken the initiative to send out goodwill signals, what do you want to do?" Lupine asked with interest, "If you can build a good relationship with this new minister who seems to be quite capable, Today's Hogwarts' position in the wizarding world will probably be more stable!"
"I didn't care at first, but in fact—" Maca thought about it again, and then said frankly, "Before noon today, I didn't want to take the initiative to get involved, but then I got a piece of news by accident. It gave me the idea to find out..."