Chapter 9 Ideas
Passing through the wet stone wall, Ning An and Daphne returned to the Slytherin common room, where there were not many people at this time, except a few people gathered at a small table in the corner, silently discussing something.
"I kind of hate this lounge a little bit, it's always getting wet." Daphne ruffled her hair and complained, "My hair needs a little bit of drithing. β
"I can't see that you care about your hair." found a small table near the fire, Ning An lay comfortably on the sofa, stretching hard, for some reason he always felt that this day had exhausted him.
"Of course, every girl cares about her hair." Daphne narrowed her eyes and said seriously, "This is a first-class event. β
"Oh, then maybe next time you can ask Professor Flitwick if there's any hair mantra." Ning An closed his eyes and whispered as if he was about to fall asleep.
Daphne also slowly sat down on the sofa next to Ning An at this time, curled up slightly, and after taking a comfortable position, she also stretched her lower limbs and let out a comfortable moan.
"I always feel that this position near the fireplace is the most comfortable, and it is warm and not too hot." Daphne also narrowed her eyes and said a little lazily.
"Actually, I'm curious." Ning An suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Daphne beside him and asked, "The Greengrass family is also one of the twenty-eight pure-blooded families, why did you choose to be friends with me?" β
Daphne looked at Ning An, and her snow-white face showed a sly smile: "Huh? Why can't I be friends with you? β
"You know that...... I'm not even half-blood, my parents are probably Muggles."
"Haha, Ning An, do you think I'm a fool like Malfoy?" Daphne burst out laughing, patting the edge of the couch and laughing.
"Of course you're different from Malfoy, Daphne." Ning An said softly, "But what about Megan? Jones's attitude was anything but passionate. β
Daphne stopped laughing, she looked at Ning An calmly, and slowly opened her mouth to exhale, "I admit, I usually prefer to associate with wizards who come from families with a long history. She paused, her hand began to fiddle with her hair again, and then she looked at Ning An and continued
"But you're a little different from the others, whether it's pure-blood or half-blood, and I've never seen a ten-year-old wizard like you." Daphne said as if reminiscing, "It's as if there's something on my body that keeps drawing me ......"
After saying that, Daphne looked at him a little strangely, and said half-jokingly, "It's as if I'm a little wizard from a half-blood family, and you're the one who has a long ancient bloodline." β
"......" Ning An was a little speechless, in a way, Daphne's intuition was right, he did contain powerful magic.
"But I also agree with what you said, that wizards should rely on their knowledge or magic to gain the respect of others." Daphne said suddenly.
"Did you hear that?" Ning An was very surprised, at that time, he and Daphne were obviously quite far apart, and the lobby was still very noisy during the meal, so his words should not be so easy for Daphne to hear.
"A little spell that will make you a little clearer." Daphne said with a smile like a fox.
Speaking of this, Ning An suddenly had an idea, he sat up straight on the sofa, leaned his face a little closer, Daphne said a little mysteriously, "Speaking of respectable methods, do you know what my biggest feeling was this morning?" β
"Uh... Today...... This morning? β¦β¦ Do you mean Malfoy......? Daphne said a little stumblingly, I don't know why Ning An was very close to her at this time, almost talking to her on her earlobe, the hot breath exhaled made her a little itchy, and her face turned red inexplicably.
Ning An hadn't paid attention to these yet, he was immersed in his own thoughts, he considered the words, and slowly whispered, "Yes...... In fact, I was very flustered......" He paused for a moment and continued, "I was ...... Some spells flashed through my mind...... Belch...... There are also a lot of ...... that are not related to combat All in all, I can only say that I was lucky......"
Daphne tilted her head back slightly, widening the distance between her and Ning An a little, which made her breathe a sigh of relief
"Huh? Luck? What do you mean ......? β
"Yes, I think I'm very, very, inexperienced when I'm fighting!" Ning An said in a somewhat excited tone, "I think you are the same, Daphne, have you ever had any experience fighting other wizards?" β
"Hmm...... I don't think so...... If pranks don't count......" Daphne replied as she pondered what Ning An wanted to say.
"Yes! You see! Ning An said in surprise: "As wizards, we are learning spells in the magic school, but we have no actual combat experience at all, so how can we deal with dangerous situations in the future?" Do you speak with your mouth? β
"So you want to ...... Training? Daphne concentrated her brain, and suddenly said in a flash of inspiration.
"That's right!" Ning An waved his hand and snapped his fingers, and said with a smile, "I think we need combat training, to be precise, so far it is the two of us." β
"The two of us?" Daphne rubbed her long blonde hair, as if trying to clear her mind, she slowly sorted out her tone and said, "Hmm...... I'm glad you included me in training...... But speaking of combat, don't we still have a Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson? β
"Believe me, Professor Quirrell won't teach us anything useful. Maybe you'll find out tomorrow. β
"Uh...... All right...... Even if that's ......" Daphne hesitated, entangled, Ning An suddenly said this matter, some jumps were too big, so she was unprepared all of a sudden.
"You don't have to worry about where to train and how to train, I've already figured it out." Ning An looked like everything was with me, and patted Daphne on the shoulder.
ββ¦β¦ Well, okay...... You can solve all of this. Daphne rubbed her hair, suddenly stopped what she was doing, spread her hands, shrugged her shoulders and said, "But...... Who are we training for? There are so many professors in the school, they are all powerful wizards and witches, and even Dumbledore is here! Who do we need to guard against? Malfoy? β
Daphne waved her hand disdainfully and said, "Honestly...... I don't think I need to train to deal with him. β
"Oh! Of course not, Daphne! Ning An suddenly grabbed the armrest of the sofa where Daphne was sitting with her hand, narrowed the distance again, leaned into her ear and whispered, "Have you forgotten that person?" Voldemort? β
"Hiss......" Daphne's whole body suddenly stirred, she gasped, and looked at Ning An with a frightened face
"Good...... Good ...... What are you doing with the mystery man all of a sudden? And ...... And call him that! You're scared the hell out of me......" Like a frightened little beast, she bounced up from the couch and kept running her hand against her heart.
"I mean, you know, everybody knows, the mystery man didn't die, he just disappeared, he was gone...... Yes, but he will come back someday! I'm talking about that, right? Maybe it's tomorrow, maybe it's the day after tomorrow? Maybe a long, long time later...... But you can't deny that sooner or later he will come back...... People like him...... Right......"
Ning An's words sounded so crazy that Daphne even wanted to cover her ears and not listen to his nonsense.
"You know Daphne, the Dark Lord's Death Eaters, they're always active, aren't they? Maybe you've been lucky enough to come across a few of them? Once a Death Eater figure? Or are they still secretly serving the Dark Lord now? Don't lie to yourself Daphne, calm down and think about it? β
"Yes...... However, with Dumbledore ......, "From Ning An's ups and downs, Daphne seems to have lost her cunning fox-like shrewdness, and the whole person is a little frightened and confused, Ning An didn't expect that just a name can have such an effect."
"Dumbledore can't protect you for the rest of your life, Daphne." Ning An did not hesitate to puncture the girl's illusions, his expression became serious, and he said in a heavy tone, "Why are you unwilling to use your own magic to protect yourself?" β
Daphne held her head, her thoughts were even more confused, she never thought that the topic of the two people would suddenly jump to the "mysterious man", she still clearly remembered the people in the family, the fear of the mysterious person, that was a word that was forbidden to be mentioned, that was a word that made everyone die and sealed, that was a word that could instantly drain away all happiness no matter how joyful the scene was, and now? The two of them are actually here discussing how to deal with that person?
Daphne suddenly felt that she must be dreaming, otherwise how could Ning An suddenly say such a thing. Just when she was still in a hazy state, she suddenly felt a pair of hands on her shoulders.
Ning An saw that Daphne was suddenly stunned, so he leaned over and shook the other party's shoulders vigorously.
"Rest assured, I'm not saying that Voldemort will be back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I'm just emphasizing the importance of combat training, of course it's not to deal with Malfoy or anything, you know that there are a lot of Death Eaters, Dark Wizards, and other evil guys out there, look at the Ministry of Magic, they have never cut down on the number of Aurors."
Daphne finally calmed down, and she exclaimed twice and exclaimed, "Oh my God...... Can you please not say this kind of thing before bed...... And can you not mention that word......"