Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

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"Zoe, can I ask you some questions?" In the afternoon, Zoe was stopped by an unexpected person.Draco, who had always chosen to avoid her, took the initiative to stand up this time. He looked at Zoe hesitantly, and looked around from time to time, as if he was worried about something.

"...Find a quiet place." Zoe thought for a while, she said to Padma, and walked out of the line.The Ravenclaws had just finished Professor Sprout's herbal medicine class and left the greenhouse in a group. They glanced at Draco casually and didn't care much about his identity.But Draco was nervous, as if bathing in everyone's sight was a torture for him, which had never been done before.

"How's it going, Draco?" Silent all the way, they walked under a tree outside, Zoe sat down casually, and Draco leaned stiffly against the trunk.

Facing Zoe’s question, Draco was stunned at first: "Fortunately, that’s the case. Homework has become more and courses have become harder, but it can still be followed. The only thing that counts as an accident , Probably we have to apply for the reorganization of the Quidditch team."

"Was it all right?" Zoe said smoothly, unexpectedly the emotion that Draco had eased just now became more depressed."Successful, it was too smooth. Umbridge didn't mention it when she saw me, so she immediately agreed to our request."

There was a bitter, perhaps sarcasm, smile at the corner of his mouth: "Do you know what she said? She looks at my father's face because my father has a very close relationship with many senior officials in the ministry. Well, he knows who he should follow. He is a popular person by the Ministry of Magic."

"I have never been ashamed of my dad's actions like I did at the time." He squatted in pain, buried his face in his arms, "As long as the thought of the privileges I get is to establish On the premise of betraying you, I feel that I have no right to talk to you."

"Mr. Lucius, did he explain to you later?" Zoe opened his mouth and asked softly at last.

"He... told me all this was his fault, but he had to do it." Draco's tone fluctuated slightly. "He said that even if he was given another chance to choose, he would do it... "

Draco remembered Lucius' pretentious indifference, the attitude of deliberately keeping a distance from him. Lucius rarely showed such a side to him. In Draco's heart, Lucius would always protect him. He, spoiling him, standing behind him, as long as Lucius is still there, he can't be in danger.

But this time, he was at a loss. He was only unfamiliar with the idea he had always believed in and the father he had always loved and loved.Lucius had taken care of Zoe for so long, and she was already a family presence for them, but Lucius betrayed her at the most critical moment.He didn't want to believe that this was the choice Lucius really wanted to make, but he did so again.

It turns out that no matter whether it is a vow or a good relationship, under certain irreversible pressure, it will be more fragile than glass.Draco didn’t know that the Dark Lord had returned between them. He once regarded the Dark Lord-choosing to live in their house as the highest glory. He wanted to become a Death Eater and win glory for the family instead of Lucius. The affirmation of the Dark Lord has gained a higher status and power.

Those things that he took for granted were broken.In the future he was thinking of, one of the important components was paid as a price. When he was still dreaming stupid dreams, reality had already given him a resounding slap, and he even felt a kind of representation. The coldness of danger and death is slowly approaching.

"It's easier to feel hated than to be forgiven," Draco said painfully.

"Mr. Lucius has no choice. You should know this better than me, Draco." Zoe looked at the sky. The clouds today are thin. "But you don't have to choose the same path as him."

"I am his son." Draco said."But you are also Draco Malfoy, not just Lucius Malfoy's son." Draco was silent. He clasped his arms tightly. Zoe didn't answer or force him when he saw him. , You must know that the inertia of thinking is never easy to conquer.

"I heard something from other people, but I don't know if it's true." Draco changed the subject, "Don't perfuse me or lie, Zoe." Zoe met his eyes, Della Co knew her better than Hermione or Luna in this regard.

"Does Umbridge's new instructions want to target you again?" Zoe shook his head."Not to deal with me."

"So the news we heard from Hufflepuff is true? An idiot almost missed his mouth, saying that someone wanted to gather the rebels and fight Umbridge's policies...Of course. Not many people know the news." Draco frowned. "To deal with this organization?" Zoe nodded.

"The last question is, did you participate?" Draco suppressed his emotions and asked nervously.

"I participated." Zoe said slowly.

Time seemed to stand still, only the sound of wind blowing in my ears.Draco stood up, but because of squatting for a long time, he staggered when he first stood up.

"Okay." Draco looked at her. "Professor Umbridge," he reappeared, "She wished I could do something for the Ministry of Magic like my dad, and act as her eyeliner. Of course. , This includes accusations of unruly guys."

"I promised her."

Chapter 63 The Voice of Marriage (No)

Zoe refused Draco's request to stop getting involved in this matter."I never intended to be a bird in Umbridge’s cage, and I am not a toy for her to tease." The more Umbridge wanted to see her submission, the more she wanted Umbridge Qi felt that she didn't care at all, and didn't confront it, that was because she couldn't face Umbridge.

But if there was such a chance, of course she would be willing to slap Umbridge with a slap, just joining a confrontation group, it was not a big deal at all."Are you going to expose me, Draco." Faced with Zoe's question, Draco did not respond, but the calmness of the next few days has been able to answer.

"Can you come tonight at eight o'clock? We are going to have a meeting in the Room of Request." Zoe was writing an ancient magic text homework in the library that day, and Hermione hurried over and said to her in a low voice.

Since Umbridge signed Education Order No. 24, there has been a tendency to relax the custody of Zoe. It seems that he wants to get rid of the obtrusive things under his eyes first.I don't know if I'm tired of watching Zoe's attitude that he never resists actively and accepts without saying a word. During this time, Umbridge didn't ask her to go to the office much.

On this level, Zoe had to thank the small group Hermione was in."What are you going to learn?" Zoe asked, trying to find a reason to convince herself."I haven't decided yet. I think it's good to start practicing from the basics again." Hermione thoughtfully, "We tend to neglect the simple skills and just learn the difficult things, but the foundation is very important, no matter it is The exam is something else, isn't it?" Hermione lipped at Zoe, and Zoe knew she was actually talking about fighting Voldemort and the others.

"Yeah, the foundation is very important." Zoe agreed with this point. "Should we start with the Levitating Curse? If you do it completely from the beginning, the time for tuition after class is completely insufficient."

Hermione nodded: "Then we can choose a few representative techniques, such as those that can play a role in Defence Against the Dark Arts? Such as Disarming Curse, Obstacle Curse or Iron Armor Curse. Last year, the three of us used these skills. But it took a lot of work, because we all hope Harry can be safe."

"It's just that these most basic things cannot be convinced. You can't just review the known techniques in a boring way. You have to set up a little bait, like a spell that no one of them can master, and no one can master the charm of new things. Able to resist." Zoe looked at Hermione probably thinking of something, but she didn't speak immediately, but looked at Zoe.

"Although I have always forgotten to say this." Hermione sighed, "I must apologize to you and my naive decision about the thing that happened at the end of third grade, and the stupid things that happened afterwards... I'm sorry. . You were injured because of me, and I chose the correct conclusion for myself, but in the end it was just because I was too weak and wanted to escape."

She stopped Zoe who wanted to say something, and looked at her seriously and sincerely: "Don’t say anything'I have forgotten' or'I don't mind.' The truth is that I did hurt you, even though we have already Together, those facts cannot be eliminated. Obviously you did not abandon me even if you were surrounded by dementors, and you wanted to take me away. Although I had only a vague impression at the time, you could be alone. Run away, as long as you drop me. You are so stupid that you don’t even choose to find someone who can handle this. This is a wise approach. You can’t deal with so many dementors at all, the longer the time is. , In the end, no one can be saved."

"It's not like that." Zoe shook his head. "If you are left alone in a pile of dementors, you can't make it to the end. Those guys are monsters who are hungry for human souls and emotions, so what if you find a professor? What I got back was a walking dead. What should I do in the days to come? I will never forgive myself."

"Hermione, you chose to come to me on the initiative, even if you know that you are likely to face a werewolf, if you want to explain your wise choice, why can't you go to the professors first? They will lead the team to find me, you I won’t encounter that thing later.” Zoe looked at her gently, “but you still chased into the forbidden forest, or stubbornly want to rescue me the first time, I just followed the same intention. This kind of thing doesn't make sense in the first place... But why did you say this suddenly?"

"That light." Hermione said embarrassedly, "I was thrown into a whirlpool of pain at the time. They sucked away my happiness, my body was so cold, and even the heat of my soul was sucked away. Feeling... but they all disappeared suddenly, I can feel the temperature again, and my limbs are slowly no longer stiff. When I opened my eyes, I saw a light disappearing at the end, a silvery, dazzling brilliant The light and the dementors disappeared. But I was so tired that I thought I was dreaming, and soon passed out again."

"That's the patron saint, isn't it?" Hermione's tone was quite convinced, "I checked the information later. The patron saint is the only known effective method against dementors, and the narrative about the patron saint also matches The scene I saw at the time."

"That's not my patron saint." Zoe reminded her."Not yours? But I remember..." Hermione said in surprise. "I did hear you used..."

"Yes, I used it, but at least it did not function as a patron saint at the time." It was humiliating to admit that I couldn't protect Hermione from the dementor at the time. "That should be a professor. Guardian, that is a deer. My guardian is not a deer."

"Will it be Professor Dumbledore?" Hermione asked curiously."Dumbledore's patron saint is the Phoenix." Zoe shook his head."Phoenix! I never knew that the patron saint could be such a legendary creature!" Hermione was even more surprised now, but still with a lot of admiration, "It is indeed Professor Dumbledore!"

"I have only seen him whose patron saint is Phoenix. This should be an extremely rare exception." Zoe said, she opened her mouth, wondering if she should speak out her speculation, she always had a subconscious Intuition, when she looked at the patron saint of deer, it might be the patron saint of people she knew, gentle, lonely, and lonely.

But she couldn't be sure that it was Professor Snape's patron saint, at least Professor Snape certainly couldn't tell her the truth.

"Do you want the students to learn the Patronus Charm?" Zoe guessed a bit of Hermione's thoughts.

Hermione nodded: "It couldn't be more suitable, isn't it?" Zoe also had to agree with this. If the students were told that they would learn and practice the patron saint, what could be more attractive than this?In addition, the Guardian Spell is undoubtedly a difficult spell in the defense of the dark arts. Generally, the professor of this course will not actively teach this spell.

"Harry also has a patron saint spell, which was taught by Professor Lupin. They practiced and consolidated this spell together during the summer vacation. Harry can now summon a complete patron saint." Hermione suddenly found out. What strange thing, "Huh?"

"What's the matter?" Zoe found Hermione a little confused."Maybe it’s a coincidence. Harry’s patron saint is a stag, but what you saw before was a deer. There is still a big difference between them. It’s impossible that you saw Harry’s patron saint at the time. He was still trapped under the beating willow."

"It's very interesting." Zoe frowned. Snape would never take the initiative to tell others about his past, but is this really just a coincidence?Zoe heard about Snape's hatred of Gryffindor, especially Harry Potter, from Hermione.It is actually very difficult to get special treatment from Snape, because his attitude towards most students is contemptuous ignorance and disgust. Whether it is liked and appreciated or disgusted and suppressed, it is actually a special treatment. .

"I wanted you and Harry to teach us together." Hermione said annoyedly. "So Harry is the only candidate for teacher."

"Hermione." Zoe raised an eyebrow. "Who told you I can't call the patron saint?"

"Didn't you mean..." Hermione blinked."I really can't do it'at that time', but I can't always stand still." Zoe squeezed Hermione's face pretentiously, "Since I have the opportunity to use it, I definitely won't Just leave its exercises as simple as that."

The process of learning the patron saint mantra was difficult. It was the first time Zoe encountered helplessness at the learning level. Snape said that the basis of patron saint is the establishment of self and obsession with certain things, and it must be strong enough "Fuel" can give birth to the concept of patron saint.

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"That's how you would say it!" Hermione shouted out of excitement as expected, and Zoe hurriedly covered her mouth. It would be a bad idea to bring Mrs. Pince over.

"Actually, this is also thanks to you, although I don't really want to say that." Zoe smiled bitterly, "You know that I have been stuck in a bottleneck for a while, and I am very anxious about it."

With that said, Hermione remembered the terrible state of Zoe a few years ago."Although if I were to choose again, I would still be resistant to that suspicious method, but you helped me choose to face reality instead of pretending not to look at anything, and then the soul Blame..." If you can choose again, Zoe hopes that the danger at that time will never happen again, even if she can't use the Patronus Charm for a lifetime.

"I should say thank you. You saved my life, Zoe." Hermione took her hand and said seriously.

"...Sure enough, this is better," Zoe said softly suddenly, and Hermione looked at her unclearly."what happened?"