Chapter 603: The Fallen Hand
“…… Maca, we have something to say to you! ”
In the hallway, Maca, who had come out of his office, had just passed by the library when he was stopped by Luna and Hermione, who had suddenly caught up.
Oh no, to be exact, it was Luna dragging Hermione in front of her.
"Really?"
He stopped, looking back and forth between Luna and Hermione's faces. The expressions on these two beautiful faces can be said to be the opposite of what they usually look like - it's like they are in tune with each other!
Luna, who usually spends most of her time immersed in her own world, is now staring at Maca with blazing eyes; And Hermione, who is usually full of determination, is not very focused at the moment.
"What do you want to tell me?" Maca shrugged her shoulders and said, "Say it! I'm listening—"
"Oh, it's about—" "Wait, wait! ”
Luna was about to tell the truth without hesitation, but Hermione, who was on the side, suddenly covered her mouth with her hands. Luna was gagged and had to turn her head in confusion, her big pretty eyes blinking innocently a few times.
"I ...... I don't think I've figured it out yet," Hermione showed a rare look of flinching at such a critical moment, which was rare in her always confident and proud, "Maca, I'm sorry...... I...... I'll tell you when I'm sure! ”
With that, she wanted to pull Luna out of here with her backhand, but Luna took the opportunity to get out of her mouth at once.
"Maka, we'd like to talk to you about employment......"
Upon hearing Luna say this, Maca nodded in understanding.
"Oh, yes......" he said as he thought back to the semester schedule for fifth-graders, "and it's not long before the exams are due, but it seems that there is still a career counseling process before that...... Well, okay! If you'd like to talk to me about it, let's talk as we go! ”
. LS is an exceptionally important exam, and in a way, it may be more important.
The certificate is a necessary proof of ability to apply for a high-level profession in the wizarding world. LS certificates are the stepping stone to most mundane jobs. The elites at the top of the social spire are certainly the pillars at the top of the wizarding world, but without the hard work of a large number of ordinary wizards, those so-called "pillars" would not be able to stand firm!
So, Hogwarts is working on career counselling for students. Before the LS exam, it is an opportunity for students to give more room for thought in order to make personal plans for their future.
In fact, throughout the history of Hogwarts, . There are students who choose to find a job directly after the LS exam!
Thinking about it, Maca couldn't help but understand why Luna and Hermione were suddenly so good - the two girls were extremely incompatible in many ways, but they were surprisingly consistent in their respective life paths.
These are two girls who are extremely sincere in their hearts.
Of course, the reason for the current situation is that Maca has a little bit of a number, but what could be the reason that brought the two of them together?
"Well, I'm going to stop by Professor McGonagall right now, and if you don't mind, you might as well come and sit down with me," Marka beckoned briskly, "and she'll be sure to give you a good advice." ”
As Maca spoke, Hermione's expression actually looked a little strange.
Regarding this, Maca naturally noticed it somewhat, but he didn't rashly point it out. He knew very well that if Hermione was willing to say it, she would say it herself without being asked; But if she doesn't want to say it, it's hard to get an answer from her mouth no matter how others ask.
Since she seemed to be struggling with something, it was better to go with the flow.
Neither Luna nor Hermione objected to Maca's invitation to the Headmaster's Office. Although Hermione was a little absent-minded along the way, when the three of them arrived at the door of the headmaster's office, she quickly regained her spirits.
"Tuk Tuk"
The door to the principal's office was still so porcelain, knocking on it made it feel like an extremely thick wooden wall, and the knock was always unusually dull and short.
"Please come in."
When Professor McGonagall's stern voice rang out, the door opened silently to both sides.
"Oh, it's our Professor McLean!"
Maca was greeted not by Professor McGonagall herself, but by Miss Charlotte Witt, who had gone through a lot of things after graduation and ended up working as an assistant at Hogwarts.
"Good afternoon, senior sister." Maca smiled and nodded at her, "Why are you standing next to the door?" I remember you were a professor's assistant instead of a janitor, right? ”
"Why, you happen to be standing behind the door and you think I'm the doorman?" Charlotte smiled evilly and said to Maca, "Okay, little Maca, you dare to tease your sister Charlotte - are you tired of being alive?" ”
As she spoke, she wanted to habitually reach out and drop on Maca's back, which was almost a regular greeting between the two of them...... Of course, this way of greeting is always Maca's unilateral slap.
It's just that the moment Charlotte found that there were still two little beauties hidden behind Maca, her hand deviated from the original track without a trace, and gently patted Maca on the shoulder.
"Come on in!"
Maca glanced down at her shoulder in a little surprise, but was only slightly stunned, and then didn't say anything.
"Miss Werther." After Maca was the first to walk into the principal's office, Hermione greeted Charlotte politely, "Good afternoon." ”
Luna, who was following her, looked at Hermione curiously, and then looked at the senior sister in front of her who was beautiful enough to make the girls feel the same favor.
She started a year later than Hermione and Marka, and by the time she was in her first year, she had rarely seen Charlotte, one of Hogwarts' fames. But in some small talk with Maca, she still learned a little about Charlotte.
Especially those interesting rumors about being confessed by more or less boys, and then how many times they rebuffed those admirers, this kind of similar little scandal usually appears coldly in "Singing Contradiction", and Luna has always been interested.
Yes, only occasionally...... Occasionally, Luna can also show her gossip side. As for whether this gossip of hers is derived from her father's genetics or from her girl's instincts, no one knows.
"Oh, good afternoon, Miss Granger and Miss Lovegood."
At this time, Charlotte looked extraordinarily elegant and calm, as if she didn't exist at all as the one she was joking with Maca just now, and her words and deeds were full of that unique temperament.
"I've often heard professors talk about you—especially Miss Granger, whose grades have amazed almost all professors, and now that you look so cute." As she spoke, she politely looked at Hermione's face and posture, and the smile on her face was extraordinarily kind and natural.
For the first time since her childhood, Hermione had been praised for her cuteness. She knew that her cheeks must be flushed slightly, because she was afraid that Maca, who had already walked to the principal's desk, would also hear the conversation.
"No, how could it be," Hermione whispered, "Miss Witt is, so pretty......"
Let's not talk about the little girl at the door, Maca can naturally hear it here. Not to mention him, even Professor McGonagall, who was sitting behind her desk, had already heard it, and her normally serious face was now slightly smiling.
"Maka, why are you here? Is there any new news from France? ”
If it was a formal message, it would naturally be transmitted directly to Hogwarts by Beauxbatons, and the first person to receive it would definitely be Professor McGonagall. But if it's news from other channels, it's not necessarily true.
"No, not this time." Maca shook her head and said with a relaxed smile, "After the preliminary decision on the rules of the event, the whole process will naturally go step by step on the federation's side...... For a short time, I guess nothing happened to me. ”
"Then you are ......," Professor McGonagall said, and then gave her an inquiring look.
She now has a lot of work to do every day, and Maca is well aware of that. Therefore, in McGonagall's impression, if Maca has nothing important, she usually won't come to the principal's office to take the initiative to find her.
However, this time Maca really didn't come to her.
"I'll have to talk to Charlotte in a moment," Maca said, spreading her hands and lowering her voice, "yes...... I think you know a little bit about her family. ”
Hogwarts knows every student's family situation, especially if they come from an ancient wizarding family, such as Charlotte.
"Oh," Professor McGonagall said with a smile on her face and a slight frown, "is it something bad?" ”
When Maca heard this, she couldn't help but weigh the matter again.
If I have to say, it will certainly not be a good thing for the Witte family to try their hands and feet in that event. However, whether this will have a bad effect on Hogwarts in the end depends on the specific situation at that time.
"Perhaps!" Maca thought for a moment and said, "But in general, it doesn't have much to do with us at Hogwarts, but you get the idea—everyone wants to get more out of it, doesn't they?" ”
Yes, including Hogwarts, that's true.