Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

She struggled for a few seconds, clamoring emotionally for refusing to pry into the privacy of strangers, but reason did not want to just give up.If the identity of the person who is fighting Rosamond can be known, then the list of "suspects" can be crossed out.Most importantly, if these two people don't plan to just kiss, then she still has time to take a peek.

The collision of tables and chairs and pleasant laughter came from the room at the same time.Zoe took a deep breath and slowly opened the door.

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On the eighth floor of the castle, a gap suddenly protrudes from the wall of an empty corridor. As the gap expands, it finally reveals its original shape-this is a door.A girl came out from the door, she looked a little tired, but her expression was very excited, like a long-planned wish that was only a step away.

The girl concentrated in her thoughts, chanting words in her mouth. She repeatedly calculated what still needed to be arranged and prepared, and then reproduced the prepared parts in her mind for a while to speculate whether there were loopholes.For that purpose, she spent a lot of effort, and only had one chance, and she was not allowed to make mistakes.

In fact, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake, she won't mind.A voice came out of his head.

No, even if she didn't mind, it would be too shameful.Another voice refuted the first voice and quickly got the approval of the parties involved.She was so focused that she didn't see the person in front of her, and when she ran into that person, she awoke and jumped away quickly.

"Is that right..." She was about to apologize, but when she met the person's eyes, her body stiffened suddenly, "Zoe?!"

"I'm looking for you, Hermione." Zoe stared at her with weird eyes, "I thought of many possible options, but if I alone, it's really unlikely to run all over the castle to find you."

"Then how do you know I am here? Obviously..." Hermione blurted out, but closed her mouth when she realized the facts.

"I shouldn't know where you are, because the location of the House of Requirement cannot be detected by the live spot map-do you want to say that?" Zoe chuckled, "Look, since I searched the entire castle and couldn't find you , Obviously, the places that the map cannot detect are even more suspicious."

"According to the information I got, you have been using this room not long after school starts, and you always act alone to avoid being known by everyone. Not only that, you also suddenly made two'new friends' in order to meet them Staying together and even refused my invitation; wandering around the Hufflepuff Lounge in the evening, sneaky; I don’t know who to communicate with, and I received a bunch of packages... By the way, George and Fred, What did you do for them? They asked me to say thank you."

"Uh, it's actually nothing..." Hermione finally suppressed the initial panic. "The project they are working on has a difficulty related to Defense Against the Dark Arts. I helped them solve it, probably because of this."

"Aren't you unwilling to participate in these things?" Zoe asked.

"It's just doing a friend a favor." Hermione said softly, "Of course, they also said that they would pay me, but I didn't want it. I just hope they can give me some advice and buy something for me."

"Let's go back, there will be class later..." Hermione just wanted to confuse this matter quickly, but was caught by her arm, and then gently but forcefully pressed against the wall, deliberately. Hermione had to lift her head slightly to meet those blue eyes, the shadow cast down, and her gentle breath hit her face, itchy.

Zoe's face was getting closer and closer to Hermione, and Hermione subconsciously strayed to one side, but this was exactly the purpose of the latter. Zoe pressed her ear, and the airflow of words made it red and even There was an indescribable shudder, Hermione's face quickly became infected with the heat, and she had nowhere to hide, Zoe's right arm encircled her waist.

"Don't plan to take me to your secret base to see?" She gestured with her eyes to the location of the House of Request.

"Wait... can you stop talking in my ear!" Hermione's low protest was not firm at all, and the pushing force was very small. Zoe smiled, Quandang himself did not hear it.

"I know you don't care about rumors, Hermione, but I do. I can trust and I am willing to trust you. I know who you are, but you can't always postpone the explanation, right? Especially because I keep on Find some bad news that will deepen my bad mood. Don’t you think you should encourage me and let me know what you are doing?"

"Bad news?" Hermione asked suspiciously. "What's wrong?"

"In the worst version I have imagined, you cheated three people at the same time." Zoe found that Hermione stiffened on the spot after hearing these words, her mouth opened blankly as if thinking stopped, couldn't help it. Laugh out loud.

"It just so happens that there was an incident before I came to you, which made me cross out two of the names." She sighed helplessly and complained, "Since you already knew that Ferguson and Spey Geer is a lover, why can't you tell me? During this time, I was like a fool to watch out for Ferguson, fearing that she would be interesting to you; I added Spiegel an hour ago!"

"Rosa? Why?" Hermione looked surprised instead."That girl has been pestering you like an octopus, why did you tell me why!" Hermione cleared her throat in embarrassment."Rosa treats everyone like this. She just likes to use physical contact to show intimacy. Many girls do this... Didn't I ask Ginny to explain to you?"

Zoe rolled his eyes and said that he was not satisfied with the answer: "Then can you explain what she said at the time? What is the relationship between you and her and Spiegel?"

Hermione sighed and seemed to know the fact that she couldn't keep it secret: "I'm actually helping them with tutoring. To be precise, I am now their tutor, Andy and Rosa are in the fifth grade, but they I don’t have the confidence to pass the OWLs exam and get a good score. I can do a little favor and only need a little reward."

"It would have been a few days before it was revealed... Forget it, I'll tell you all, lest you think about it anymore." She broke away Zoe's arm, who was stunned by this answer, and closed her eyes back and forth from the wall three times. The door of the responsive house appeared there.

Chapter 61 The Proposal (Part 1)

Zoe showed a confused expression as soon as she stepped into the room. For a moment, she thought she was standing outside, and the feeling of stepping on the grass came from under her feet. The sky was a dense night with thousands of stars dotted in it, deep and distant, sprinkling Pieces of silver light.There are light spots of light floating in the sky, much like fireflies dancing in the night sky.In the center is a solid wood square table, covered with white tablecloths, two soft seats are placed facing each other, and tableware is neatly arranged.There was a thin vase in the middle of the table with a rose in it, and a small copper bell next to it.

"Can the House of All Requests do this to this extent?" Zoe was stunned. "It's not like a room at all." She squatted down and pulled out some grass clippings and rubbed them in her hands. "These are real grass. ."

"It really took a lot of work." Hermione said, "I wanted it to prepare a high-end restaurant, but it was not very satisfactory. That kind of place usually means rules, such as dress, manners... But I just want Want a place where people can stay relaxed. I asked Professor Sprout to help me solve the problems on the ground. As for the stars in the sky, do you remember the ceiling of the auditorium? I imitated it."

"It's more than that!" After completely letting go of her baggage, Hermione became excited. "Hagrid helped me find some fairies. I use them to decorate the environment, otherwise it always feels empty." She pointed to those flying everywhere. The flying light spots, this kind of vanity-loving magical creatures are still friendly to humans. They like occasions where they can fully show their charm (this is one of the reasons they often allow wizards to decorate them).

"The restaurant is well decorated and innovative. But how do you solve the food problem?" Zoe tried to make his voice not sound like he was making fun of someone. "I still remember the last time we fried steak."

Hermione's face blushed: "If you find it unpalatable, why should you eat it all?" She gave Zoe a white look.

"Probably because mine is also unpalatable, maybe even worse than the one you made." Zoe chuckled, and Hermione nodded in agreement, even if it had been so long, the catastrophic taste accident None of them can fade from her memory.

"I have a group of experts who can help." Hermione pointed to the bell on the table, and looked very proud. "I went to Crocker, and the elves will help me bring the food, and they will be exquisite and delicious. , Hot meals. I will pay them for extra work afterwards."

"So you didn't go to the Hufflepuff Lounge to wait for someone." Zoe looked at her amused. "Do you know how suspicious you were at the time?"

"What? It's a surprise, Zoe, it's not a surprise to say it!" Hermione complained. "I'm so annoyed that Harry and the others go to the kitchen in two days and let the elves do their jobs. But I I have to discuss the menu with Kroc, so it can’t arouse their suspicion.” Zoe looked away. Hermione probably hadn’t noticed that her act of letting the two boys go on a horse instead made Harry wonder, which left him behind. impression.

"You set it up for a few months just to have a candlelight dinner?" Zoe's mouth twitched, "What's so hidden? We can do this anytime you want! I listened to what Harry said before. I thought that Krum was pestering you."

"Viktor?" Hermione blinked. "He didn't pester me. We only exchanged letters occasionally to see if we could call on more foreign wizards to join us."

"He also said you looked at the letter and giggled." Zoe curled his lips.

"I just hope you can be happy... wait." Hermione shouted, "What the hell did Harry misunderstand?!"

"It's okay, now the misunderstanding is resolved." Zoe relaxed and patted her shoulder, "Although the situation is different from what you imagined, I am really happy, thank you. I received your surprise... Although I have been Thought it was a shock."

She wanted to give Hermione some time to digest the situation, but was stopped when she left.Hermione frowned and took her hand unacceptably."No, no, no, how could things become like this...you can't leave yet!"

"Come to lunch with me, Zoe!" Hermione exclaimed, as if to spare everything, "otherwise it would be meaningless to arrange these!"

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"This is really the worst meal invitation I've ever heard in my life." Zoe waited for the elf to help her bring her creamy soup, and after thinking about it, he said thank you.The elf glanced at her, bowed respectfully to her, and disappeared with a bang.

Hermione smiled at her appreciatively, obviously satisfied with her attitude towards the elf."It's all in a mess, I didn't expect you to come here." She sighed and carefully put the spoon into her mouth."Although I didn't intend to be serious, I think it should be more formal."

"Even if the two of us wear Muggle clothes and go to a fast food restaurant to eat burgers-although I don't really like the taste of Coke-it is still a date." Zoe held Hermione's hand. Sit together to eat, you have been hiding from me."

"I didn't hide from you... well, a little bit." Hermione closed her eyes and said helplessly, "This is the first time I have done this. I just want to be the best, but I messed up from the beginning. Up."

"You didn't mess up. This is a great surprise, really." Zoe comforted her, "I guess you want to announce it on Christmas."

Hermione nodded: "Let the date end with a well-prepared dinner, which can bring the atmosphere to the highest point, and the surprise can be doubled-I used to hear my mother say that Dad did that."

After they finished drinking the soup, a few elves seemed to choke the time and appeared in the room again with a bang, even Crocker was there, but it didn't bring dishes.

"Are you going to drink?" Zoe was a little surprised, but he didn't stop the red wine from being poured into his goblet.There are actually a few fairies curiously around to watch the wine poured into the cup, they are communicating in soft voices that humans cannot understand.

"A little bit." Hermione stared at her own cup. "I'm an adult and can drink a little bit."

"This is the case in the wizarding world." Zoe said with a smile, "but you still have to exercise restraint. Does the school regulations say that drinking is not allowed?"

"Do I look like I'm only thirteen years old?" Hermione held up the glass. "The shameful thing of being drunk will never happen again." Having said that, when she finished drinking the wine in the glass, her cheeks still rose. A slight blush.

Zoe also tasted the taste, but she was not very interested in alcohol at first, and she didn't know how to taste it. After tasted it, she never lifted the glass.But Hermione had another drink, not drunk, but her interest in speaking grew even stronger.

Driven by this enthusiasm, Zoe's interest was also lifted.As she said, since school started, she and Hermione rarely had the opportunity to calm down and chat.Hermione's busyness is one aspect, and Zoe has also had a lot of things. Various pressures have accumulated. Although she can bear it consciously, the burden will not disappear.When chatting with Hermione, the heavy black matter accumulated in her heart seemed to be partly removed, and it felt much easier.

After eating dessert, the two drank coffee a little bit.Zoe put down the "coffee" that had become very light because of the addition of too much sugar and milk, but found that Hermione had put down the cup and stood up earlier, with a complicated expression on her face.