Chapter 25: Luna's Secret

"Luna! That's great, Merlin protects you! It's good as long as you are fine, I almost thought I lost you! Where is your mother? How is Pandora?"

The first moment seeing his daughter who was safe, the fear on Xenophilius' face dissipated a little, but when he hugged her daughter, his eyes naturally fell on the familiar figure lying on the bed, unusually quiet. For a moment, a terrible thought appeared in his mind.

"Xenophilius, my apologies, when I arrived, Mrs. Lovegood was already lying in a pool of blood. At the time, Luna was sitting next to her. I was worried the residual magic riot would affect Luna so I had no choice but to take action without permission to stabilize the magic riot and contain the lady's body. I hope you can understand my recklessness."

"No…this, this cannot be true, Pandora…ah, no…"

Xenophillius tremblingly stood up and rushed staggeringly to Pandora's side. The man kneeled in front of the bed, stretched out his hand and gently caressed his wife's cold sleeping face, and murmured dazedly, unable to accept that in one day, he had lost half of his world.

Suddenly, a hazy and illusory unicorn appeared next to the man, and entered Xenophilius' sight. At that moment, the familiar temperament in the phantom made him seem to have found a lost dream.

At the same time, Luna's ethereal voice also gently soothed the man's painful heart.

"Daddy, mom is still here, she will always be with us."

"Yes, yes, she is still here, will always be here…"

His daughter's words filled Xenophilius' eyes with tears and the phantom unicorn seemed to have turned back into that familiar figure in his blurred vision. However, the man still forced himself to regain his senses, because he only had his daughter left, which was all that was left in his life.

"Luna, this unicorn…"

Xenophilius looked at the smart phantom, then saw the new silver alchemy bracelet on Luna's right wrist. He finally remembered the Director of the Ministry of Magic who was standing at the side. He immediately had a guess in his heart and sure enough, Luna's next words verified his expectation.

"Feng made it, he put mom's and my hair on it."

"Merlin's beard! Mr. Qin, I…"

Xenophilius gazed at the exquisite and profound alchemical creation and could only exclaim. Even his words of thanks got stuck on his lips. Not for any particular reason, but because when he thought of all that the new director had done for his family, the gratitude felt overwhelming. So much so that he felt a pang of guilt for having neglected him earlier.

Maple blinked his green eyes, his exquisite thought immediately guessed the man's embarrassment and resolved it half-jokingly.

"Xenophilius, it is okay, I just did what I could for a father and daughter who were in trouble. It's just that recently my life has been a little troubled because "The Quibbler" always seemed to guess some of my little secrets. Xenophilius, if you can give me a hand, that would be great."

"Oh, great! Eh, no, I mean, of course, Mr. Qin, I'll be happy to solve your problem."

Xenophilius' cheeks were a little red due to his unfiltered excited words, but Maple's request really relieved the burden in his heart, such that that he would not be overwhelmed by the heavy favor.

"Then, Xenophilius, I shall take my leave. I believe you would like some space for yourself at the moment, rather than a director to 'point fingers' at the side."

Maple shook his head indifferently and made a small joke. He then solemnly gave Xenophilius and Luna a gentleman's salute.

"Also, I would like to express my condolences to you both, Xenophilius, Luna. I think Pandora also hopes that you can continue to live a good life."

"Mr. Qin, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you have done for us, your character is truly indistinguishable from what was said by others."

Seeing Maples' greeting, Xenophilius quickly returned the greeting, and sincerely expressed the deep gratitude in his heart.

It was also at this moment that Maple's spirit was touched again. He clearly felt the potion had been completely digested and with it, there was also a faint understanding of the [Dark Priest]…

Be thrifty in seeking knowledge, control yourself and guard your heart, your heart shall be like a shadow, your actions be the light.

"An unexpected gain, but to me, this should be the most satisfying 'reward'?"

As Maple thought about it, he stood up and prepared to leave. However, Luna's words made Maple raise his eyebrows. While surprised, he also finally realized the inappropriateness of a certain word.

"Dad, I will send Feng out."

Finished speaking, Luna did not wait for Maple and Xenophilius to agree, and directly went to the door. Her silver eyes stared at Maple's expressionless face for a while, her eyes calm and clear as if waiting for Maple to follow her.

Maple blinked his green eyes, his thoughts racing, he did not say anything. His body movement also did not show any abnormality as he followed the elf-like girl.

The girl walked briskly in front, her sequined robe making a pleasant rubbing sound as it swayed, while the man followed closely behind, the thoughtful look on his face becoming more intense.

"Luna…I want to ask, why did you call me Maple?"

Finally, before leaving Maple stopped in the garden and calmly asked the question, he had never been able to answer.

However, when Luna answered without hesitation, he suddenly realized…

"Maple?"

After hearing Maple's question, Luna finally stopped, turned halfway and looked at the tall man in front of her.

The girl had a naughty and cute smile on her face, her voice fluttered, which reminded people of clouds.

"Heizi told me. It has known me for a long time. Maybe it didn't tell you about this.?"

"I see…"

Luna's answer relieved Maple. Looking at the girl full of spirituality in front of him, he shook his head with a smile, reached out and took off the mask on his face. As he did so, he turned back into a eleven or twelve-year-old boy.

"Since Heizi had told you, I no longer need to hide it from you. I just hope you can keep this secret for me, okay?"

"So, is it how you would look when you have grown up?"

Luna nodded and looked curiously at the boy in front of her, who did not look that much older than herself.

"Okay, Maple, since you have told me your secret, then I will also tell you a secret of mine."

The girl spoke in a serious and ethereal tone, as if she was really exchanging a treasure.

"Maple, I can see crumple-horned Snorkack, they really existed, don't you tell anyone."

"Crumple-horned Snorkack?"

Maple repeated thoughtfully, staring at the girl in front of him with his green eyes. He searched his memory and was almost completely sure that there was no record of this creature in the magical world. It seemed to be exactly as said in his previous life, it was a fictitious existence.

But now that Maple could feel the pulsating spirituality around Luna, an unprecedented guess suddenly came to his mind. He immediately opened his Spiritual Vision and saw a magical scene…

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