Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"Nothing, big liar." Luna turned away, "Even if there is only one, do you really not tell me anything? As long as you say, I believe you, even if you lie to me." She watched Zoe kept silent and sighed, "Well, I see."

Chapter 77 "Award" (Part 2)

When they stepped out of the forbidden forest, fluttering snowflakes actually fell from the sky, and the thick cloak cut off most of the coldness, but the cold wind hit their cheeks, still causing a fiery sting. .Although Zoe did not wear a scarf, gloves, or thick boots for the sake of lightness and mobility (she always behaves more exaggerated than others at this time), she regrets it a bit now.

"Run back?" Luna pointed to the castle in the distance, not surprisingly Zoe's subconscious resistance to this suggestion, but if she had to choose between extra exercise and cold--

"You should exercise more, rather than use the floating spell everywhere." Luna looked at the girl next to her helplessly, and she was greatly relieved as soon as she entered the castle."Since it can make my actions easier, why not use it?" Zoe was confident.

"You have said something like you want to strengthen exercise before, when do you plan to start?" Luna had no hope for the answer."Wait for me to settle things down, this year is really too busy." This answer is not entirely perfunctory, but Luna can be sure that this is also one of the many reasons Zoe convinced her not to exercise outside.

"Where are you going?" Luna just wanted to walk towards the auditorium, but noticed that Zoe had turned around.She pointed to the large open wooden door suspiciously, "Aren't you going to eat?"

"Well, you go first. I want to go back to the common room and cook first." Zoe said embarrassedly.

"Don't think you should put something in your belly to warm up your body first? Drink a bowl of hot soup or something." Luna raised her eyebrows, "You don't want to go to dinner with me?"

"I didn't..." Zoe paused, but didn't want to go to the auditorium as Luna said."Sure enough, you still have an opinion on me." Luna's expression dropped.

"I didn't!" Zoe yelled, lowering his voice unhappily, "You didn't go to dinner with me at first. If you are not satisfied with me, I don't want to entangle anything anymore. If you keep your distance, you can get along It’s okay?" Now that the words have been said, Zoe no longer hesitates, "I understand you want to get an explanation from me, but I can’t do it. I can’t imagine if my What will happen to me when those delusions come true? Instead of worrying about it all day, I would rather remain silent."

"You don't want to believe me?" Luna's frustration deepened, even though she was not so obvious, but that was before Zoe finished the paragraph.Zoe gritted her teeth. She wanted to explain something. She valued Luna very much, but since she had decided not to tell anyone the core information, it would sound hypocritical as a supplementary explanation.

"...Yes, I don't believe it." Maybe from this moment on, this friendship will officially end.Zoe knows how hurtful such a statement is. Even if Luna is really disappointed in her, it is natural to leave. Although her head is dizzy and uncomfortable, the cloak is wet, but the coolness seems to fill the bottom of her heart.

"I'm going back to the lounge first." Not wanting to wait for Luna to answer, Zoe walked quickly to the lounge crookedly after finishing talking.

Back in the lounge, Zoe wanted to use a spell to remove the snow from her body, but in the end he let go of his wand and threw himself into the sofa by the fireplace, regardless of whether the sofa was wet by the snow on her body.She stared at the fire and started to be in a daze. Apart from the first reason for having a showdown with Luna, there was another reason why she didn't want to eat.

The battle in the daytime is just a bet on everything between life and life. The horses achieved their goals, but they also paid a considerable price. Zoe witnessed almost everything, of course, including those who were torn apart and were already one. Horseman with corpse.The death she witnessed today is enough to cause a heavy burden in her heart. As long as she thinks of the scattered pieces of meat and corpses, she has no appetite at all.

The flame of the fireplace may be the best comfort at the moment, whether it is for the body that has been cold or the depressed mood.Slowly closing your eyes, it is impossible to just want to sleep like this.When the meal time was over, the students returned to the tower one after another. While the tranquility was broken, sleep was naturally not guaranteed.Zoe couldn't let himself sleep peacefully among a group of unknown people.

It's time for her to do her homework or review the spell, but she has nothing to do anyway, and it's not advisable to waste time.The feeling of "don't want to move" swept through every part of Zoe's body. She didn't even want to lift a finger, let alone carry out some daily routines that she took for granted yesterday.

Just wasting time in vain and feeling anxious because of it, Zoe went back to the bedroom and picked up the book on the table, a book about the customs of Romania.During this period of time, she has been conducting research on related topics. In order to explain the doubts she has drawn, she must find a reason that can convince herself, and for this, she must look for information.

When there was something to do, the time passed quickly, and the faint noise outside the bedroom gradually became thinner and finally disappeared completely.Zoe knew it was time to blow out the candle and go to bed, but she looked at the door and Luna hadn't returned yet.

His stomach was heavy, he hadn't eaten anything, and he couldn't even breathe easily.It is natural to be angry, look at those stupid things you do!Zoe blamed himself.Is it not so stubborn, as long as the truth is avoided, it is better to compile some so-called white lies?

But as a last resort, Zoe didn't want to do this, not at all.If there is no truth and only lies between people, then how can we define this relationship as not hypocritical?Even though there may be another missing piece of puzzle, Zoe still wants to tell his true feelings.

I don’t know how long I waited, the upper and lower eyelids started to fight non-stop, the dangling flame of the oil lamp is more like a lullaby in the performance, every letter in Zoe’s eyes is dancing, and she can’t enter a word. .

There is no point in waiting any longer.Making up his mind, Zoe blew out the oil lamp, and a sigh sounded in the darkness.

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"Finally found you." After searching almost the entire castle, Luna unexpectedly found that the Rune characters have a good affinity with the ghosts. After all, with her own efforts, she has been running all the time, paying attention from time to time. Will Filch patrolling the aisle suddenly appear, "I said before that I will report to you."

"Why don't you give up?" Mrs. Gray was silent for a while, and said slowly, "Don't you understand that the biggest reason you can't find me is that I am avoiding you?"

"But you decided to come to see me in the end, and you really want to know the answer." Mrs. Gray did not express her opinion on Luna's statement, but she was not indifferent.

"What else do you want to say? I witnessed the previous scene. What else can you say? She doesn't want to believe you at all." Mrs. Gray said angrily. She put her past on Luna in front of her. When scolding her, there will be a feeling of scolding the past self.

"Now you should finally understand the true colors of these people." Mrs. Gray said cheerfully.

"Although it was really sad at first, I was also very happy." Luna closed her eyes so that she would not see Ms. Gray's shocked eyes."Happy? How happy are you being treated like this?" Ms. Gray looked at her as if she had met a madman.

"Although it is that kind of frankness, it's hard to come by. My mother used to tell me that people like to let others see the good side rather than the bad." Luna said, "Rather than embellish sweet words with beautiful rhetoric, this Although hurtful, words that directly expose the person’s weakness and shortcomings are also a kind of frank meeting."

"I made such a decision, Mrs. Gray. Not long ago, I gave up looking for evidence that had long since disappeared." Luna's tone was illusory, and she knew Mrs. Gray was listening, "As long as I can follow her I feel the figure I know again in my body. As long as I feel that Zoe is the same Zoe I know, I will continue to believe in my instinct... I believe she is my friend."

Chapter 78—Christmas Is Coming

The long-lost sleep time has not achieved the desired effect, and it still feels painful when I wake up.Although I can't remember the specific content, Zoe had several dreams in succession last night, and the ending was probably not very good, because she was full of depression in her heart at this time, and her body was very heavy.

The sky outside the small window was gray, and there was obviously a snowfall in the night, and there were long piles of snow on the edge of the window.From the inside out, everything is foggy, even indoors, it will not be very warm, but it will make people wake up faster.Putting on his cloak, Zoe rubbed his aching stomach, glanced at the other bed, and the quilt bulged.

Zoe breathed a sigh of relief, but the little peace of mind turned into a big stone again when he thought of the possible changes.I closed my eyes and didn't let myself continue thinking about it, and just about to step out of the doorway of the bedroom, a voice came from behind.

"Zoe, can you bring me something to eat?" Luna's voice sounded dazed, she must have not woken up yet."Help, I still want to sleep in bed until noon." This kind of flattering tone is also long gone.

"...Isn't it better for you to have lunch directly?" Zoe sighed, "Well, I'll bring you something to cushion your stomach later, but your dinner snacks will belong to me."

"Devil." Luna yelled dissatisfiedly, her voice still vague, "Let's do it, I'll give it to you!" As if to recite a smashing spell on the boulder in her chest, there was wind blowing in front of her eyes. aisle.At this time, if you ask rashly, "Where did you go last night, why didn't you come back so late?" Would it be untimely?

"Deal." Zoe chuckled and drilled out of the door.

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Just as the Cold War started so abruptly, for Zoe there is no sign of reconciliation.What made her relieved was that Luna did not move out, but it was also what made her flustered.Not only did she not move out, she and Luna did not even have a formal dialogue on the matter, but the relationship gradually warmed up.

If all this is led by Luna, it would be terrible.But what Zoe can be sure of is that this is probably only a subconscious coincidence, just because Luna's perception of some common sense is too strange.The ups and downs and entanglements of ordinary people repairing relationships are directly ignored by Luna in one breath, making people feel at a loss for the next few months after closing and opening them.

But this time Zoe was so happy to pretend to be confused, and the excitement was even when Daisy joined DA (not surprisingly), Umbridge’s interest in torture (but she was not so caring about herself), and The physical and mental pressures (from Max’s teaching and Doris’s chase and interception) and other things have not diminished.

"Although I don't know the reason for your conflict, it's great to be able to reconcile." She was patrolling the corridor with Hermione that day. There were not many people in the castle. Compared to staying in the castle, students They are more willing to go out to play in the snow, and the inspections of the prefects have no effect, but they all like this time.

"How did you know?" Zoe asked in surprise, but Hermione rolled her eyes instead."I can't believe how you would ask such silly questions that Harry and Ron would ask. My eyes are not decorations. How could I not see the obvious things? You didn't even notice that during that time you never Take the initiative to mention things about Luna, and always avoid places where she is?"

"But you never mentioned a word." They walked past a section of Christmas ornaments hung on the wall. It was a coincidence that they were part of the work of supervising the decoration of the castle as the prefect. This work is not Relax, the source of the most headache is probably the Peppy Ghost who haunts from time to time, and finally it was because of the appearance of the Bloody Barrow that Peppy Ghost settled down.

"It's enough to be suspicious just because you pretended not to know each other when we had a meeting in the responsive room for the first time, and then had conflicts." Hermione hesitated. "I really want to hear you talk about it. , But I’m worried that I can’t give you any useful advice. At most I will analyze this matter with you, and I’m afraid it will be more uncomfortable for you. I always feel that the conflict between you is different from Harry and Ron before, Luna Still refused to tell me what kind of contradictions you had."

Zoe remembered Hermione’s hospitality that lasted for a long time, and looked at her amusedly: "So you always ask me to go to the library after you have nothing to do?" She remembered the time before her trip to the Forbidden Forest. , She always had all kinds of "random encounters" with Hermione. Hermione always carried her big satchel, rushed out of another corridor in a hurry, and always had a subtle expression pretending to be very Surprised.Although Zoe is very happy to be with her, but the two different people in the two branches can run into so many times every day, fools will wonder if this is a completely coincidental possibility.

"Ah, you will love thinking and thinking if you do things alone, don't you." Hermione blushed awkwardly. "I think it would be more relaxed if there are other people around, but I have to pretend I don't know anything, to be honest. It's really troublesome."

Zoe chuckled and laughed, and after being slapped by the dissatisfied Hermione, he endured the smile and back pain: "But are we not lovers? We don't need so many reasons to be together, why do you still have to I came to me deliberately for reasons. Even if you ask me out for a walk now, I won't refuse you, am I."

"...I just made a mistake by accident!" Hermione yelled out shyly. "That's the end of this matter! How are you going to spend Christmas?"

Zoe decided to go down the steps: "Stay at Hogwarts, Umbridge asked me to do this, but I was meant to stay in school." Hermione was disappointed."What if I invite you to my place for Christmas?" Zoe shook his head.

"Oh! That vicious old toad!" Hermione clenched her fists and said angrily.

"How about you, Hermione? Are you going home?" Zoe asked casually."It was meant to be, but now the plan has changed." Hermione flicked her hair and said flatly, "Of course I want to stay at Hogwarts."

"It's been a long time since you and your parents have seen each other. I think you should also get together with them at the festival." Although there is great expectation and desire for Hermione's choice, Zoe is still persuasive on the surface. She squeezed the corner of her clothes, her breath was lightened.

"I know, but I can't leave you here alone. If you can stay with me, skiing may be more worth looking forward to... I'll write to my parents later when I go back. You think the reason is How about using "I will take the exam and need to review"? They will forgive me for this reason. Anyway, I really want to go to the library." Hermione babbled for a long time, but didn't get a response from Zoe, turning her head in confusion. Looking over, the shadow in her sight enveloped her.

Hermione touched her lips and glared at Zoe angrily. She decided not to comment on this swift attack, not to mention that she had noticed that the two happened to pass by a wall decorated with mistletoe. This must be It was a long-planned "conspiracy."

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