Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"You really have something on your mind," Zoe said worriedly, having a vague premonition since she noticed that Hermione had actually drunk two glasses in a row.

"It's not a concern." Hermione walked this way slowly, motioning Zoe not to stand up, "I just need a little thrust."

The two were separated by a small table."I never thought that the future will be like this. I will fall in love with someone, but this person is neither a handsome prince in a fairy tale nor a powerful warrior in a picture book. She is cute, strong and pitiful, just like a story. The princesses depicted here should meet their princes and warriors and usher in a happy life."

Hermione held Zoe's face and kissed Zoe's lips.Although her face had been reddened by the wine, her eyes were still bright and firm."But I'm not a prince, nor a warrior. I'm just another clever woman who happens to be a witch. She wanted to prevent you from meeting, so she sealed the road to the princess palace with thorns."

"I like it. You can surround yourself with a few more layers, until the outside people can't get in, and the people inside can't get out." Zoe also kissed her, "In this way, only the two of us are left. "

Hermione couldn't help but laugh out loud, and Zoe gave her a condemning look."Sorry. But I'm serious. I did a lot of stupid things, but the only thing to be thankful for is that I didn't miss the hand you extended."

She no longer pressed against Zoe, but took a step back, put her hand in her arms and fumbled for a while, holding a small square box tightly when she took it out.In Zoe's eyes, time seemed to be slowed down by an invisible hand, replaced by a pounding heartbeat with increased sound.

"I love you, Zoe. I want to be your support, I want to take care of you, I want to go down with you." Hermione's hand trembled slightly and opened the box, revealing the ring inside, and took a deep breath. Said word by word.

"Will you marry me?"

Chapter 62 The Proposal (Part 2)

I am willing.

Zoe opened his mouth and tried to swallow the only answer."This is your purpose for preparing dinner?" To calm the chaotic mind, Zoe asked a question outside the subject. If she doesn't recover her calm, she will be overwhelmed by the huge and growing ecstasy. The dyke is swallowed up,

Hermione was taken aback, probably not expecting her to ask that."I don't want to be just a lover, Zoe, I want to give you a home, a home for you and me. This idea is not new, because you always talk about those families in an enviable tone... Malfoy , Luna or even me."

If I had just had a few more sips of wine, I would now have an excuse to conceal the shake in my heart."I still have Dumbledore," Zoe said softly. "I don't need to envy anyone."

"I'm not a fool. You respect Professor Dumbledore. He has an unparalleled position in your heart, but he has never been a family member." Hermione said, "This is the reason you have been reluctant to give up. The real reason for Mr. Forth and Professor Dumbledore’s reconciliation is because you think they are family members. You cannot fill that loneliness. You stand outside the circle and never try to walk in."

"Everyone has a place that suits them, Hermione. Only the person involved can make up for the pain left over from the old things. This is the reason I insist on asking them to meet." Zoe was silent for a while, as if giving up. I usually sigh, "But you’re right, it’s meaningless to be strong at this time... I really envy you, I have envied, complained, resented... Those who never belonged to me, but for most people, they exist for granted. s things."

"I belong to you." Hermione pulled her sleeves, and she closed the box and grasped it in her hand. "Fuyo reminded me of the possibility that I put it aside because it was too early. The wedding was just a blessing. The ceremonies and oaths also lack mandatory execution, but that’s enough, isn’t it?"

"Since I want to get engaged, then I need to prepare the right atmosphere at the right time, and then bring the right people to the destination, and send my heart and ring together. There is only one chance." Hermione recalled, "I turned over. Turning over the savings at hand, my parents opened an account in Gringotts for me to support my savings, but the money is still not enough. I need to find a job that does not violate school rules and is suitable for working in the castle. I heard that when I patrolled Andy was complaining about his grades. I approached him and asked him if he needed a little help."

"Who would refuse the help of ten'excellent' and one'good' top students on the report card?" Zoe asked.

"The truth is also true. I chatted with him and he decided to hire me for a few weeks first. If there is improvement, he will consider renewing the contract." Hermione said happily, "Although preparing lesson plans and thinking about teachings are very time-consuming, But I won a second job and Andy brought Rosa. With careful teaching and my own studies, two people are just the limit."

"They paid for this semester. Although I will continue to work next semester, since I have saved enough of the target amount, I can ask George and the others to help and buy back what I like." Hermione smiled helplessly. "The result is not completely ready, you came to the door."

If he knew that the consequence of debunking was to face this dilemma, Zoe wouldn't want to do it at all, even if he only postponed the time to face it, there would still be a chance to breathe.You can't promise.Her reason kept admonishing her.

"I don't want to force you to accept anything. I say these things just to tell you that you don't have to take care of everything by myself." Hermione sensed the hesitation in Zoe's eyes, her eyes darkened, "This is just my wishful thinking. , I did it as soon as my brain was hot. I didn't even ask you if you need it... If you are not ready yet or don't want to agree at all... I'm ready." Like waiting for the coming trial , Hermione closed her eyes quietly, in order not to let the tears flow down, she probably already knew the next answer.

The vision is shrouded in darkness, fear grows arbitrarily, the nose seems to be pinched, and breathing becomes difficult... Wait, there seems to be something wrong...

Breaking free from the sadness, Hermione realized that the feeling just now was not caused by emotional fluctuations, but because someone actually pinched her nose deliberately, preventing her from breathing freely like a prank.

Zoe withdrew her hand casually, she got up from the chair, met Hermione's tearful eyes (partly because of the fright), sighed, and raised her hand to gently wipe her tears away.

"you……"

"I do." Before Hermione was finished, Zoe looked at her seriously, "I do." As if to dispel Hermione's doubts, she repeated it again.

Hermione was stunned. Her eyes were red and she looked aggrieved, but she opened her mouth wide and was stunned. She didn't notice that her current expression was very funny, always reminiscent of some kind of small rodent.

"You confused me..." Hermione whispered, "I thought you were going to refuse."

"Why should I refuse you?" Zoe looked natural and held Hermione's hand pityingly. "I love you, Hermione. Of course I would marry you. I wanted to do this a long time ago, remember?" Hermione obviously also remembered the conversation last year.

"I'm just so surprised, and I'm a little overwhelmed by the surprise, and need a little time to digest." Zoe kissed the back of her hand, "I have made a decision long ago, I will never refuse you." Even though the alarm in my heart continues It kept ringing, but Zoe still stubbornly pinched it out.She couldn't refuse the request unless she died before answering, and it was troublesome to even control the throbbing.

It's not that she is cruel, but just when she wants to speak, she finds she can't speak.Do you want to ignore Hermione's easy-to-understand anxiety and nervousness, just to give yourself bad news?Facing Hermione's months of careful preparation and courage, it was tantamount to trampling on the other's heart.

It's just that she knows that just agreeing is not the correct answer."What's the matter?" Hermione's inquiry brought back Zoe's thoughts. "Don't let me agree, Zoe."

"I won't." Zoe took a deep breath. She remembered what Snape had told her that as long as she was determined to choose that path, her past treasures would be lost, at least until the dust settled, she would lose what she had now. everything of.This must be the heartfelt words of the man who looks harsh but is actually firm and brave. It must be because he has lost it before and I don't want others to lose it.

"I'm just thinking about when you will help me put the ring on." Zoe shook her palm suggestively. She didn't know the price of this greed, but she didn't want to let go anyway.

Hermione carefully took out one of the rings and put it on the ring finger of her hand solemnly and slowly.In the quiet night, the silver ring seemed to be flowing with dim light.Its shape is very simple, there is no extra decoration, and the size is also very suitable.Only the HJG was engraved somewhere on the ring face. Zoe touched the letters and couldn't help smiling.

"It's me." She suddenly grabbed the box in Hermione's hand, took out the remaining ring, and motioned for Hermione to stretch out her hand.

She pushed the ring engraved with ZS along the fingertips and got it to the right position.

Not knowing who started first, they slowly embraced each other."Hermione, thank you." Zoe touched Hermione's face gently.I don't want to think about what the future is, or what I want to do. The person in her arms is everything to her. At least for now, she just wants to cherish the days she can still be together.

Even knowing that this is just some kind of selfishness.

"Are there any arrangements for Christmas?" Hermione asked.

"I'm going to leave the castle for a few days. Something happened. Professor Snape is going to take me to deal with it." After hearing this, Hermione was a little frustrated. "Sorry, I promise to come back when I finish the matter." I comforted her.

"Be careful," Hermione urged, "Don't let yourself be in danger."

"Okay, I promise." Zoe looked at her as if thinking of something, "Did the two of us forget something, such as Professor McGonagall's transformation class?"

Chapter 63 The Robbery (Part I)

"When can we leave this damn prison and return to a place that is truly suitable for human life!" The man complained loudly. He tightened the thick cloak tightly on his body, and vented his anger with his shoes to crush those on this land. The sod that grew hard, "Since the Ministry arranged for me to be stationed in this ghost place, I have never had a good meal or a good drink, or I can only read the old newspaper that was delayed a week, or just You can only play cards against your familiar and nauseous faces."

"Shut up, Steve." The man who responded was much colder, but also a little irritable. He didn't look back, and there were constant waves hitting the rock cliff at his feet, "Or wait for me to spell you hard. Yes. Why do you think we have to give up the warm lounge and hot soup? Isn't it because you, the bastard, lost to Nick in the game, that forced me to come out and patrol with you!"

"It seems that our god of gambling, Mr. Ian, is a little forgetful, forgetting who lost the hand in the most critical round?" Steve made an indecent gesture with a mockery, "If not, he still has to perform the task. , See if I won’t squash your nose!” He looked up at the black sky, and the curse spit out from his mouth coincided with the thunder in the sky, and became inaudible.

"The guy should have arrived three hours ago." Ian glared at him and changed the subject. He looked worriedly at the sea level, the sea was showing his tyrannical side to his fullest, "I hope he really helps I picked up a chess set or a book, it didn’t make any difference, as long as I could temporarily forget the decayed atmosphere of Azkaban... I agree with you that this place is not suitable for human survival, dare you imagine this small island How many people died?"

"No one wants to stay here, Ian." Steve said. He raised his wand, like holding the handle of an umbrella, and deliberately shrank his strong body so that he would not be exposed to the increasing rain. "It's all due to the demented dementors. The ministry can no longer turn a blind eye to Azkaban. They need to take measures to prevent more people from breaking out of prison-at least the bastard Gadvin found me. That's how it was said at the time."

"On the scene. He only used to give orders in the office, so he didn't care about our feelings... I would rather chase the Death Eaters everywhere. Even if I had to work overtime, it would be 10,000 times better than I can't see the faces of my wife and children. After finishing speaking, he glanced at Steve as if thinking of something, "Sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"Gadvin thought it would be kind to let me be stationed in Azkaban.'Cool my hot mind,' hum." Steve waved his hand and said he didn't mind, but when he talked about this topic, he Her face suddenly became gloomy, "Merlin is here, I don't want to be rotten here, I failed to protect my family, but there is still a chance to avenge them."

"There will be a chance." Ian hesitated for a moment, and still told the information he had learned. "I heard Mark say one thing, and he told me that we can go home at the latest next weekend. A group of Aurors are stationed here, and then we will get a short vacation of one or two days to deal with personal affairs, and then set off to catch those Death Eaters."

"Really?" Steve was taken aback. "This is the best Christmas present I have received this year!"

"Mark told me privately, you can ask when he brings the supplies over." Ian finished speaking and looked at the sea again, trying to find the small boat from the wave. "Couldn't it be here today? I’ve never been late before...wait!” He opened his eyes in surprise, and a canoe was swaying in the huge wave. Compared with this terrible storm, it was extremely small, but it could ride the huge wave safely without any surprise. Came to the island without risk.

Out of precautions and safety considerations, Azkaban was given many spells.As it used to be, it cannot be marked on any map, and if outsiders cannot know the correct coordinates of Azkaban, they cannot set foot on this land.There is no Floo network, nor can I use Phantom Shift. In the past, when dementors were stationed there, if not notified in advance, even the sky was an absolute restricted zone.The only safe and correct path is the channel opened by the Ministry of Magic officials who knows the route.This is also the most formal route to enter Azkaban. Both officials and criminals use this route to arrive or leave Azkaban.

During the storm, his vision was obstructed, but Ian still clearly saw the person standing on the bow of the boat. It was Mark who had been responsible for transporting resources. He was wearing a hood and was hunting by a cloak blown by the wind. Holding a magic wand.The boat is driven by a spell and does not require oars.

"Thank God. Anyway, I can finally read a new batch of newspapers." Steve also saw the conspicuous figure and whistled.

It was convenient to meet them, and they walked to the shore ahead of time. Perhaps because of the weather, the sea water had already soaked the first few steps in the water."When we get this batch of supplies, we will go in to find Nick and cook up by the way." Ian said.