Chapter 544 The Spring of Sixteen Years Old
Time always flies when people feel leisurely everywhere. In a blink of an eye, the snow on the ground has melted away, and the cold air has gradually become warm and humid.
In February, winter handed over the dominance of this world to spring, and everything revived, and the grass grew and warblers flew.
During the whole month of January, except for the initial period, Maca felt that he really didn't live out many wonderful and special features.
He has already communicated with our Mr. Minister about the proposal of the alchemy competition, and most of the troublesome things are on the other side; as for the matter of Lucius, even he did not expect that the solution would be better than expected Even better, he just wrote a random letter and sent it to the Ministry of Magic. He made a bad excuse of being an undercover agent, and Lucius was released safely.
But thinking about it, he and Mr. Scrimgeour are now in the honeymoon period, and their relationship is as good as if they were wearing the same pair of trousers. In addition, he himself is the wizard who defeated the Dark Lord. He said that whoever is an undercover agent must be an undercover agent—even if he is not, he can be turned into an undercover agent.
After that, the Malfoys made a special trip to come to him to say thank you, and then Lucius hurriedly went to find Narcissa... well, that is, Lucius' missing wife.
When those messy things were smoothed out one by one, Maca suddenly found that everything seemed to be smoother. There were so many fewer things to worry about that he couldn't adapt to the slow-paced life for a while.
So, in the second half of January, except for occasional visits to the fisherman Fisher's house, he spent most of his time in Hogwarts Castle. Lectures and magic research day after day, and a walk on the lakeside that is gradually unfreezing from time to time, the days are comfortable and relaxing.
If he hadn't coughed a few times suddenly, he would have almost completely forgotten the chaotic time he experienced at the end of last year.
Yes, the excessive time and space travel left him with some inconspicuous but unforgettable traces after all, and he still hasn't been able to figure out what kind of damage it is.
Of course, compared to Maca's relaxed and comfortable life, Hermione, Ron and the group of fifth graders' life is not so easy.
The amount of homework every night forced them to stay up all night every day, and for college players like Harry who had to participate in Quidditch training, the time became even tighter.
The Quidditch Cup competition of this school year is already halfway through, and last year, various emergencies disturbed the players' minds, so that the entire fifth grade Quidditch competition seemed a little bit powerless. So far, the results of the Gryffindor team have been good or bad, and it is quite risky to win the final championship.
It is during such a busy time period that it is hard to tell whether it is luck or misfortune, because the Valentine's Day that most boys and young girls are secretly looking forward to is coming soon.
In the land of Britain, the age of 16 is a wonderful dividing line in life. Perhaps many people who have passed this age will no longer care too much about it, but when everyone is about to face this hurdle, their youthful feelings will be stirred up.
Because this age is the rough nick that distinguishes whether you can find a life partner.
Let alone whether to get married or not, it's still too early for a big child! But once you have the right to do something, when you see the person you like, the feeling of throbbing is simply irresistible. Even the fifth graders, who are busy preparing for the O. exam, will inevitably make a commotion when that day comes.
Harry was worried, wondering if he should stare at the other girls more. Otherwise, at this season when the boys around him are rushing for their first love, no matter how slow he is, he can't help but feel that his life is vaguely less interesting.
Ron was obviously also worried, because that Lavender Brown suddenly confessed his love to him in the Gryffindor common room! At that time, although he was dazzled by the sense of pride that filled his chest,
He agreed without paying attention, but when he returned to the dormitory, he clutched his head and fell into a painful struggle.
Hermione...well, she was also worried. In fact, she was born earlier than Harry and the others, and she turned 16 last September.
Although she had already blocked Maca's mouth with a sneak attack confession earlier, but in the days that followed, seeing Luna who gradually became better and better with her, she was no longer sure of her determination Exactly how much is left.
That girl was indeed always a little weird, but after getting in touch with her a lot, she also deeply felt the purity of the other person's heart. Competing for Maca with such a girl with a heart as pure as snow, she felt more and more guilty. And this mood directly caused her to be unable to take another step forward, and kept the distance between herself and Maca at a certain level.
On February 14th, which is coming soon, should I have the cheek to make an appointment with Maca?
Miss Hermione Granger has always been a very independent girl. But this time, her reason and kindness made her fall into a strange circle. God knows how many times she has been in that closed circle?
As for Luna and Maca, the former doesn't seem to have much idea about Valentine's Day, but he has noticed the latter, but there is a recent incident that made him have to put the days when boys and girls increase their feelings for the time being. side.
It's not that there was any accident. From his point of view, this day is still going on as usual, and everything seems to be moving forward within reason. However, Mrs. Maxim sent another letter from Beauxbatons, followed by a meeting decision of the International Federation of Wizards.
A world-class alchemy competition has already had an opportunity to start. Mrs. Maxim formally invited him to meet him in the past, and also to have a face-to-face meeting for the preliminary plan to investigate Nick Flamel's alchemy laboratory.
Not to mention that Hermione was still debating whether to invite him to spend Valentine's Day, even if he wanted to spend this holiday with Luna, he probably didn't have that free time.
At noon on the day when he received this letter, he gently closed a magic book, and placed it on top of the pile of books beside him.
Recently, he was looking at some literature on alchemy, but as he expected, much of the knowledge of this subject was incomplete, and it was difficult for people to summarize a more systematic theoretical system. From the information he has consulted, it can be found that in fact, this discipline must be extremely grand in its most complete period. Just what he can see can separate many seemingly completely different academic branches.
He once tried to use the material rules he studied to apply and analyze, and found that in alchemy, matter and spirit have corresponding research directions, and he can simply break away from the scope of magic and form a specific knowledge system alone.
As far as Nick Flamel's highest alchemy masterpiece-the Philosopher's Stone can be judged, the direction of his research should be a branch of alchemy based on the material system and assisted by spirit and rules. And in his laboratory, he may encounter many unique alchemy products, which is unknown.
But in general, he still doesn't understand things like those alchemy formations. Those alchemical symbols were very different from the ancient runes he studied, and the inconsistency between the two brought great interference to his alchemy research.
Perhaps, only in Nick Flamel's laboratory can he find a more reliable interpretation method?
Maca stood up and twisted her neck, then walked around the books and materials that were almost piled up on the wall, opened the door of the office and walked out to the corridor outside.
He had become interested in those Flobber caterpillars raised by Hagrid these days, because after Hagrid mentioned it that day, he found that there was really something wrong with those little ones. What is more bizarre is that in recent days they have stopped gnawing on lettuce leaves, and inexplicably started scurrying around again.
It stands to reason that their active period is generally at the end of spring, when they will be busy around in order to reproduce offspring, leaving as many offspring as possible for themselves. But now, it should be the time for them to feast!
All the way to Hagrid's hunting lodge, he went around the house and headed straight for the backyard. There, Hagrid had already stretched out large rattan blankets, so that the big fat boys each nearly ten inches long could live comfortably.
Among other things, at least the thickener that Maca and Snape had to use for ten or twenty years would not have to worry about it.
Hagrid, how are they doing today? Maca stood outside the fence, looking at the sea of insects inside, and asked a nonsense question, just as a greeting.
I still don't eat much, and there is no sign of mating. I just keep crawling around!
Hagrid's tall and burly figure was particularly eye-catching in this small yard. Seeing him keep grabbing those caterpillars that were about to crawl out of the backyard back to the rattan blanket, Maca had to use magic to help him .
But really, Hagrid enjoyed the work, and he had as much love for magical creatures as anyone else.
I told you earlier, you should get a cover for them... Maca drove those Flobber caterpillars back to the center, and then persuaded again, Otherwise, you'll just be busy moving them all day long. Come and move!
No, I don't think this situation will last long. They must have a new change.
Hagrid looked very excited when he said this. What he likes most is breeding new species, especially species with extremely stable genetic characteristics like Flobber caterpillar, where alienation is even more rare.
He really wants to see what these little things will become in the end!
