Her last sentence seemed to have a joking tone, and Dumbledore seemed pleased with her revolutionary optimism. He grinned and said, "No, Lily, it's enough to learn the Patronus Charm—by the way, I seem to have learned for the first time today that your Patronus is Fawkes' kind?"

Liu Quan rudely rubbed his face with his left hand to keep him awake, while saying dryly, "...... I hadn't had a chance to use this spell before. ”

Still looking in a good mood, Dumbledore smiled and said, "Oh, of course. Siris is such a no-brainer friend, I guess?"

Liu Quan was about to lose to him. When such a long and thrilling night finally passed, it was a bit explosive to suddenly hear the summary tone of "oh hehe, hehe, the weather is so good, world peace, and human harmony are great". Although she knew that it wasn't Siris' fault that night had come to this, and she couldn't blame Lupin entirely, Harry might be a bit of a bear child, but his intentions were good—aside from the fact that he was going to knock Snape away with the Disarming Charm—but she almost got a boxed lunch, and the old leader just gave her a few words of condolence in a kind way, which really made her a little crying and laughing.

Probably Liu Quan's helplessness has been concretized. As she rubbed her temples speechlessly, Dumbledore finally walked over and asked her kindly, "How are you feeling?"

Liu Quan supported the ground with one hand, stood up, shook his head and said, "I feel better now." ”

Dumbledore looked at her face carefully and sighed, "Well, Lily, that's not what you say. You look a little bad...... Let's go to the school hospital first. ”

Liu Quan touched his face, guessing that he had just run for his life in the dark night, and had landed on his face a few times in the fight with the werewolf, and now he probably didn't look very good. However, she herself felt that her magic power was not overdrawn, but she tossed for most of the night, and her physical strength was a little weak, so it should be almost good to wash her face and sleep for a long time. So she shook her head and replied, "I'm really fine...... But I don't mind if you give me a paid vacation so I can have plenty of time to get a good night's sleep. ”

Dumbledore laughed, "Of course this request can be met. He turned and walked up the cliff first, saying as he went, "Harry and Sirith are surrounded by a large number of Dementors by the lake...... And Pediru's miraculous appearance, I guess your encounter must have been thrilling and adventurous tonight, wasn't it? I've had Severus send them back to the castle. I think tomorrow when everyone is almost recovered, we need to talk. ”

Liu Quan tiredly moved his legs mechanically in his footsteps, and replied in a low voice, "...... It was indeed a very exciting evening. I wish it hadn't happened again. ”

Dumbledore seemed to pretend not to hear, and continued to laugh, "Gryffindor is never afraid of adventure, is it, Lily? ”

He brought up Siris again, which silenced Willow for a few minutes. She hadn't thought of this person for a long time, until tonight the powerful plot took her to the screaming shack.

The moment of seeing Siris again was not so pleasant. He looked so bad, sloppy and sloppy like a homeless man who had been sleeping on the street for many years. It has to be said that even without a hint of emotion/color in the objective assessment, it must be admitted that even Snape looked a little younger and more pleasing tonight than he was - of course, because of the deep wrinkles carved into Sirith's face so dirty that it was impossible to see his original complexion.

Willow Springs' life never imagined that Azkaban's career could grind a person to such an extent, and in her mind, Siris seemed to be the same high-spirited, handsome young man he had been, and the nobility brought to him by his old aristocratic family always made him look very dazzling in the crowd.

But now everything is different.

Liu Quan actually felt a little sad for a moment. She lowered her head and whispered, "I wish all this ordeal had never happened. ”

Hearing her words come close to sighing, a subtle expression appeared on Dumbledore's face. He stared at Willow Spring, then looked away for a moment, smiling reassuringly.

"Lily, don't worry. You know, Gryffindor never throws in the towel. ”

……

Upon returning to the castle, Willow Springs, politely declined Dumbledore's offer to persuade her to go to the hospital again. She guessed that the school hospital must be overcrowded tonight, and she was so tired that she just wanted to sleep most of the day undisturbed.

So Dumbledore said goodbye to Willow Springs at the staircase on the first floor. He also had to go to the school hospital to see "the frightened children."

Liu Quan tiredly dragged his body that was about to fall apart and walked slowly upstairs.

It was already late at night, and even Filch had probably finished his night patrol and gone to rest. Liu Quan used a "fluorescent flicker" spell in the darkness, and then lowered his hand holding the wand as low as possible to illuminate the path under his feet, walking alone on the silent and deserted ancient corridor, and snoring sounded from time to time in the picture frames on both sides.

Liu Quan suddenly had an inexplicable sense of absurdity.

Although many years have passed since she entered the game, there are times when she still has a sense of unreality, as if her consciousness has detached from this shell, floating in mid-air and looking down at this—these—unreal world and unreal people.

Sometimes she has the illusion that she is just going abroad to study, and because of financial hardship, she can't return to China to visit her family before she finishes her studies, but she also once fantasized that she will always be able to go home when she finally graduates.

It's just that this unrealistic fantasy only appears for a moment, and it is immediately shattered by all kinds of things. Like the owl who flew into her room to deliver a letter, the face of Dumbledore who appeared in the fireplace to discuss something with her or summon her to the Headmaster's office, and the students who had all sorts of weird little questions, the house-elf who popped into her room and brought her food at her request......

It's all built on someone's whim. And now, these whimsical ideas are beginning to have a life of their own, a consciousness and a thought, and the world wants to develop, but it is confined by some of these whimsical ideas—or someone—and cannot move on.

If this continues, the world will collapse, disappear, and disappear into reality like her failed mission, but the people of this world are not much different from what she met in reality, and they should also be born, old, sick and die, children and grandchildren, life and generation, and multiply forever.

And she is just an ordinary person, whether it is personality or hobbies, even looks and figure, all of them are lackluster. Even though she has come a long way, even though she has done a lot of difficult things, she still does not have the confidence to succeed and excel all the way to the end. But if she doesn't go down, she'll be stuck in the game forever and never go home.

Well, the ...... along the way What is the meaning of all the sacrifices that I have made with tears in my eyes?

Those beautiful, young people who once gave themselves love and warmth, those who used to be just flat images in her eyes, but gradually occupied a large part of her life in this incredible life, they trusted her so much, cared for her so much, gave her warmth, gave her love...... What are the people who give her the courage and motivation to move on?

Liu Quan stopped suddenly.

She had to take a deep breath to avoid a moment of nasal blockage. Intense sadness came over her suddenly, causing her throat to constrict in an instant.

After a few minutes, she shook her head, smiled, and walked back on.

…… That kind of thing, she wouldn't let it happen.

Definitely not.

…… No, let those wonderful people become the archive of the loser's file that will be gray forever.

Make them the final beater of this game, the totem on the road to victory, and the totem that inspires her to always move forward. That's it.

Liu Quan looked up and exhaled a long breath, as if he had brought all the panic, sorrow, anger, and fear that tonight had brought to him...... All bad emotions are driven out of their bodies.

The phylogenetic bacteria have made a declaration of success in the mission. And now, she didn't feel anything but tiredness. She just wanted to get back to her office as quickly as she could, get herself cleaned and run to the comfortable four-poster bed.

Then when she arrived at the door of the office, in the picture frame on the door, little Alice in Wonderland was still awake, looking at her sleepily but very sadly.

Liu Quan was a little surprised, and couldn't help asking, "Alice, why haven't you slept yet?"

The little blonde girl in the blue dress in the frame didn't speak, but her whole face wrinkled and pointed to a place behind Liu Quan.

Willow Springs' eyes snapped back, and for a split second his wand pointed in the direction Alice had signaled.

Under the faint light of the fluorescent flickering spell, half of the black robe in the corner of the wall was reflected.

Liu Quan was stunned.

Snape stepped out of the shadows in the corner, his hands folded around his chest, his black hair looking greasy, and the deep marks on his eyebrows more pronounced.

"Well, for a colleague, won't you invite me in, Professor Evans?" he said in an extremely sleek tone.