Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

Zoe had to perform high-intensity brain activities every day without nutrition. He was already about to reach the limit, but now he was hit by such a blow without eating. The accumulated fatigue seemed to stretch to the limit. String, her consciousness is also directly disconnected like that string.

Chapter 24 Visiting (Part 1)

"--Let--in--"

"No—you—no—"

"Get away!" After the slamming of the door, there were rapid footsteps. Hermione raised her head and stared unceremoniously at the uninvited guest who rushed in—Draco was sweating and wrinkled in his hand. Baba's newspaper, he looked extremely anxious, and after an uneasy glance at the sleeping person in the bed, he opened his mouth.

"I... she..." Hermione stood up, looking at Draco as if looking at something dirty, like never before.You know that even if Harry and Draco are rivals, because of Zoe’s relationship, even if Hermione doesn’t like Draco, she is willing to give him a little face instead of showing hostility as he is now. That’s upright. Ron will do.

"She's resting." Hermione said directly, pointing out the door, "Let's go out and say." Ginny, who had blocked Draco just now, rushed in and was about to push Draco out, but Hermione was caught Stopped.

Draco never looked down upon Hermione, because she was a Muggle-born wizard, which made him unconsciously show a sense of superiority in front of Hermione-even if it was also because of Zoe, he deliberately restrained This mood (not to mention having to be more polite to her after learning that Zoe would actually like this mudblood).But now he was totally lost, he didn't even dare to lift his head, let alone despise Hermione.

They came out of the house lightly. Dumbledore found a room for Zoe in the hotel in Diagon Alley. He did not bring her back to the Order of the Phoenix, but he did not explain the reason to the others.Hermione rushed here that afternoon. She heard the whole process from Harry's mouth and couldn't bear it anymore. Looking at Zoe who was in a coma, she almost couldn't think.

The Ministry pretended to find a doctor for her, and Dumbledore accepted.The doctor said that the coma was basically due to fatigue and malnutrition, coupled with strong emotional fluctuations that led to mental impairment. He prescribed two doses of medicine for Zoe and told Hermione to take her on time, because Zoe She needed someone to help her swallow because of the coma.With Hermione's permission, Dumbledore made another room for her next door, because he didn't have time to stay with Zoe.

Luna also came the next day. She returned home before the trial started because she did not want to worry Mr. Lovegood, nor did she want her father to have to eat alone for the entire summer vacation.She told Hermione that it was Ginny who told her the situation. Luna’s existence was a great comfort to Hermione. At that time, she looked at Zoe on the bed and could only continue to deepen her fantasies. The panic kept swelling, but There is no way to vent.

But in the end, she didn't say too much to Luna, but she calmed down a lot with the girl's company, and fell asleep smoothly that night.In the next day or two, other insiders also visited her more or less, and Mrs. Weasley also brought her a change of clothes and dragged her downstairs for a meal.

"You should look in the mirror to see your face. If you continue to ignore your body like this, you will fall down before Zoe wakes up." When Hermione said that she had no appetite, Mrs. Weasley Speaking earnestly, she just managed to eat.

She took Draco to her room without letting Ginny in.After closing the door, she gritted her teeth and said, "Why do you dare to come here?"

"I...I want to come and see how she is..." Draco lowered his head.

"If her condition is fairly stable now, you plan to give her another time, so that she can completely despair of the world?" Hermione held her hands in a mean tone.

Draco's face was distorted suddenly, his face was full of irritation after being insulted, and he clenched his fists: "You dare to talk to me like this! Do you think I really can't beat girls?"

"Yes, for someone like your father who knows how to stab a knife in the back, it's not surprising to have such a son!" Hermione shouted out of control, "If you still know the shame now, get out of here! How do you think Zoe will feel when she sees you when she wakes up?"

Draco just felt like rushing to the top of his head in one breath. The crazy chaotic feelings dominated his body for an instant. When he recovered, he had already pulled Hermione's collar and pushed her body against the wall. On it.

"Come on, you do it." Hermione looked at Draco with his fist clenched and sneered without showing any weakness. "You'd better keep that mark on my face for the rest of your life, so you can just see me. Thinking back to how despicable you people were."

Draco gritted his teeth and smashed his fist down, and Hermione was surprised to find that his always pale face was deep red and swollen, and the injury became more conspicuous after the contrast between the two cheeks.

"...I want to see her." Draco let go of Hermione and squatted on the ground, his face in pain, his voice a little vague.

Hermione was silent for a while, as if thinking and replying: "No, I can't let her see you now." But she still refused.

"Do I even have a chance to apologize?"

"Then why don't you stop doing such a thing from the beginning? Wait until you have hurt someone and then apologize. Don't you think it's too late?" Hermione didn't look at him, and said stubbornly, "Besides, the person who hurt her It's not you, why didn't the people who should come come?"

"That's my dad!" Draco said, "I...I don't know why he did this... He wouldn't tell me anything..." He stared blankly at the crumpled newspaper scattered on the floor. "The results I saw from the "Daily Prophet", I think no matter what will happen..."

"Then you saw your father's'honorable' deeds from there, right? To gain status by betraying the trust of others, how do you think the picture was taken?" Hermione pointed to the one on the ground and In the photo of Lucius Fudge shaking hands, the man showed a slight smile on his face, as if he was very satisfied with his behavior.

"It's not like this!" Draco shouted, his voice lowered again, "No, it's not like this... Dad can't betray Zoe. He treats her as his own child. There must be something wrong..."

"Malfoy, do you know what Zoe did when he saw me when he was sober?" Hermione looked at the desperate boy in disgust. "I ran to hold her hand and hold her. , I want to hush cold and warm...but she pushed me away, desperately... pushed me away!" Hermione shivered, "she later apologized to me, saying that it was a subconscious reaction-hell subconscious reaction! Haven't you realized how damn things your father did? Your father has completely broken her lack of security! She is still reluctant to have too much close contact with me."

"She likes to hide everything and not say anything. She sits in a daze on the bed all day. What can I do for her? Nothing! Now just seeing you appear in front of me, I want to give it to you Slap, if your father dares to show up around here, see if I don't recite a curse for him..."

"She... didn't say anything?" Draco asked softly.

"Nothing." Hermione looked at him coldly. "I hope she can complain to me and cry to me, so that at least she can vent her emotions, but she doesn't even chat with me much at home now. Just eating and sleeping silently, I can't confirm her current thoughts, nor dare to take the initiative to bring up this matter, let alone enlighten her."

"I'm sorry." Draco said.

"It's no use telling me that it's not me who was hurt." Hermione didn't appreciate it at all.

"I will tell her personally." Draco showed humility in front of Hermione for the first time. "I... can't explain to my dad because even I can't accept what he did...but He is my father. If you dare to do something to him, I will kill you. Even if it is a verbal offense, I will not treat him as nonexistent."

Hermione didn't answer, she tried desperately to restrain her feelings out of control, just kept sneering.

"But... at least you have one wish fulfilled." Draco twitched, as if to make himself smile on the subject, but he failed. "I gave my dad a punch before I rushed out of the house... …Even if that doesn’t mean it’s to compensate, I want to see Zoe."

"I said no—" The knock on the door paused the dispute between the two for a while. Hermione opened the door, and Ginny stood there with a little anxiety on her face. "What's wrong, Ginny?" she asked. .

"Well, Miss Siegel is looking for you. She is awake." Ginny continued looking at Hermione who was about to walk away. "But she said she also hoped Malfoy would go there together—in fact, Malfoy broke in. When I went, she woke up."

Chapter 25 Visit (Part 2)

"Sit down, Draco." After returning to the room, Zoe's attitude was much calmer than Draco expected. He was mentally prepared to be thrown away. In his opinion, Hermione's attitude It was the most normal, but he didn't expect the other party to see his anxiety and smiled comfortingly at him.

"Could you please help him get a chair, Miss Weasley?" She looked at Ginny. The family with distinctive characteristics is the best. Just judging the identity from that characteristic can be inseparable. Even if you don't know who that person is.

"No problem." Ginny replied happily, and walked over and moved a stool by the bed. "I'm Ginny Weasley. I've been here before, but this is the first time we meet." She Saying heartily, "Just call me Ginny. There are so many people in our family. It sounds weird to all use the last name."

Zoe smiled at her, but didn't answer the request."Shall I get one for you too, Hermione?" Hermione shook her head and pointed to the other side of the head of Zoe's bed."I can just stand there...Hey, Ginny, no need—" But she couldn't stop Ginny from taking the initiative to put the stool over."Why do you want to keep yourself standing and sitting more comfortable?" Ginny said with a smile, "Then I won't stay here to get in the way, talk about it. I won't let others run in this time."

Zoe watched the red-haired girl shut the door altogether, then turned to look at Draco, his hands down looking at a loss."Very novel, this is the first time I have seen you so careful. Even when you broke the exquisite cane that Mr. Lucius was going to give away as a child, you still raised your head."

Hearing the name spitting out of Zoe's mouth, the two people present were stunned. Hermione watched Zoe's expression timidly, but she could not see anything.Zoe just mentioned the interesting things from the past. She didn't even realize the meaning of the name now, and she didn't show any sorrow.

"Sit down, Draco. Didn't you come to visit me? Now if I worry about your condition getting worse..." Draco didn't wait for her to finish, and immediately sat down on the chair with a look of fear, but Still showing restlessness.

"Zoe, I'm very--" He rallied and was about to speak, but the girl interrupted him."Have you met Voldemort?"

"Wh, what?" Draco blinked. He was stunned by the name for a long time. When he recovered, he shivered subconsciously, "Why, why do you ask?" But he avoided Zoe's eyes. This gave the girl the answer.

"Have you seen. Is he satisfied with you?" Draco raised his head and deliberately increased the volume."What we need to talk about now is not such a small issue—"

"It's not a small problem." Zoe looked at him. "He definitely wants to absorb new people, just like Dumbledore did, and fight for every drop of new blood he can get to make up for past deaths or leaving the team. Death Eater vacancy..."

"Yes, he wants to absorb me as a Death Eater!" Draco yelled, "But it has nothing to do with us, why are you mentioning this! Dad has refused for me, and I am not in the mood now Think about it!"

"Not in the mood? I thought you were eagerly ready to take your father's class." Hermione whispered sarcastically."Shut your mouth, Granger. I'm here to apologize to Zoe, not to fight with you..." Draco said grumpily.

"I don't blame Mr. Lucius." Zoe interrupted the conversation abruptly. "In fact, he can't choose for himself, can he?" Draco looked at her in shock."You said you... don't blame my father? Impossible!"

"I've seen Voldemort a long time ago." Zoe said calmly. "I met him briefly in the first grade...what kind of person he is, I have already understood through the ritual. ... How much pity do you think a person who revives himself by hurting others? I saw it all at the time."

"You said Mr. Lucius had rejected him. He must have not pursued him at the time, did he?" Draco nodded hesitantly."Voldemort will never tolerate being disobeyed. He will try to torture those who dare to disobey him, in order to plant fear in their hearts, so that they can only bow their heads and obey... I think Mr. Lucius is just being forced to do it. It’s against his will, so I don’t blame him."

Draco took a deep breath and said angrily: "But he said he wanted to protect you, you are our family!"

"I'm not your family, Draco. I'm Siegel, not Malfoy." Zoe smiled helplessly. "You can be angry with me, that's enough. I forgive Mr. Lucius, he has The things he must protect, and the master he chose is an out-and-out demon. You see, working for the Ministry of Magic, even if you provoke Fudge, it is just dismissal; you have no choice but to sell your life for Voldemort, or Be loyal or die."

Draco was silent for a long time. He had been observing Zoe, hoping to find even the slightest pain in her face so that he could pour out the confession stuck in his throat, but Zoe just smiled at him, that smile There is no trace of falsehood, he knows that what Zoe said is not an excuse, but her sincere thoughts and conclusions.

The more so, the worse Draco's mood became.He wanted to hear Zoe's accusations with his own ears, even if it would make him miserable, but compared to the girl in front of him, who would dare to say that he was more desperate than what she had experienced?