444. Confrontation with Mr. Lovegood
"Daddy?"
Luna looked back and glanced at the white-haired wizard in confusion.
She didn't seem to feel the two lines of sight that were about to burn Scott's hand, but she didn't let go of her hand anyway.
"Hello, Mr. Lovegood." Scott greeted him politely, "I'm Luna's classmate in Ravenclaw, Scott?" Troope. ”
"Hello, Mr. Lovegood."
Fred and George also said hello casually.
"Ahem, hello."
Mr. Lovegood nodded reservedly.
He took two steps forward, pretending to reach out and grab Luna's wrist inadvertently, pulling her hand back from Scott's.
Then, he pulled Luna back two more steps.
Luna was caught off guard and looked up at her father in surprise.
But Mr. Lovegood didn't make eye contact with her, but stared at Scott tightly, while holding Luna's hand tightly.
A polite smirk remained on his face throughout the entire process.
"Our father and daughter were looking for scimitar-horned snorers in the wild, and Luna was worried about you friends after hearing about what happened tonight, and she couldn't wait to come back to make sure you were okay."
Scott heard it well, and Mr. Lovegood gritted his teeth a little as he said the words "you friends."
Then, there was the muffled chuckle of Fred and George behind him.
Scott, however, remained calm.
"Thank you, Luna." He smiled at Luna again and looked at her father again, "Of course, thank you for your concern, Mr. Lovegood. ”
"No thanks."
"I don't care about you."
The voices of father and daughter rang out almost simultaneously.
The difference is that Luna has a genuine smile on her face, while the mask of a fake smile on Mr. Lovegood's face is almost shattering.
But Scott never pretended not to see his disguise and spoke generously to Luna.
"Everything that happened today was too thrilling, the mysterious man showed up openly in front of everyone, killed people, looked for Harry, and thankfully you didn't go."
"Oh, is Harry alright?"
"He's fine, Dumbledore arrived just in time."
"Are everyone else really okay?"
"The Mystic Man killed a group of Irishmen, and Roger, who was cast a Diamond Curse by the Mystery."
"Is Roger okay?"
"I've just contacted Mrs. Davis, and she told me that Roger is being treated at St. Mungo, and he should be fine soon."
"Oh, shall we go see him?"
"I'm going to go."
"Really, I'll be with you."
"Okay."
The two of them chatted like no one under the watchful eyes of the three of them, and agreed to visit Roger with St. Mungo.
"Ahem...... Ahem......"
Unlike Scott's true composure, Mr. Lovegood, who had been pretending to be calm, couldn't help but let out a series of coughing sounds again, interrupting the conversation between the two.
"Dad, are you sick?"
Luna was attracted by the coughing sound and turned her head to ask with concern.
"Ahem...... No. Mr. Lovegood raised his hand and loosened his neckline, "Daddy just has some discomfort in his throat." ”
"Oh......"
Luna nodded slightly, then turned to talk to Scott again.
"When are you going to see Roger? Don't you look good? ”
"Tomorrow." Scott replied, "I'm just a little out of strength, and I can recover after a little sleep." ”
"Okay, then ...... tomorrow"
"Luna!"
Mr. Lovegood took La Luna's hand.
"What's wrong? Father. ”
Luna looked at him puzzled.
Mr. Lovegood smiled naturally at Luna, "Who are you talking about Roger?" Can you tell Dad? ”
"Roger? Davis, is the captain of the Ravenclaw House team and my friend with Scott. Luna replied honestly.
Mr. Lovegood glanced at Scott with a dark face, and when he looked at Luna again, his face changed to that of a loving father.
"Oh, you want to visit friends at St. Mungo? Of course, there is no problem with this, but it must be accompanied by me. ”
Luna looked at him in surprise, "But didn't Dad tell me that because of the news of the mysterious man appearing tonight, you are going to hurry up and release a supplement?" ”
"I didn't ...... It's okay. Mr. Lovegood coughed twice, "I can squeeze out time to accompany you." ”
Luna shook her head slightly, "No, Dad, I can go with Scott." ”
The daughter's resolute refusal made Mr. Lovegood's eyes widen.
"No, it's too dangerous." He exclaimed, "You know, the Mysteries and the Death Eaters are eyeing everyone, and you are too young to go out alone without an adult!" ”
"But Daddy ......"
Luna looked up at him.
"I think everybody will focus on protecting St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, there will be no danger there, and Scott's magic may be a little more powerful than yours."
"Impossible!" Mr. Lovegood was devastated and shouted in disbelief.
Luna's face was still serious, "I remember what I told you, Scott is a real genius. ”
"Oh, Luna......"
Mr. Lovegood's expression was exaggerated, and he reached out to cover his heart.
"Poof......
Looking at this scene, unlike Scott's face that did not change, Fred and George had already begun to laugh quietly.
"Boy."
Mr. Lovegood, who heard the laughter, turned his head decisively.
He let go of Luna's hand and stood in front of her to block her view while glaring at Scott viciously.
"Scott, yes, you said big things to my daughter?" He drew his wand and pointed it at Scott, "For the dignity of a father, I'm going to duel with you!" ”
“……”
Scott looked at the particularly dramatic gentleman with a calm gaze.
"What kind of eyes are you?"
The hurt father seemed to be even more angry, and the eyes that were originally just a little pair of eyes turned into the most authentic cross-eyed.
"Don't you dare to pull out your wand to prove your big words?" He questioned angrily.
The atmosphere seemed so tense that even Fred and George stopped laughing.
But Scott, who had regained some of his magic, was still not nervous.
In his perception of magic, Mr. Lovegood's magic fluctuations are not very smooth, but they are not drastic, which means that although his exaggerated emotions at the moment have a little real component, they are more of a deliberate performance.
Luna, who poked her head out from behind him, clearly knew her father well, so she just smiled apologetically at Scott and didn't stop Mr. Lovegood from performing.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Lovegood."
Scott, though polite, decisively refused.
"Because of the previous accident, I am now exhausted, and there is no way to agree to your invitation to a duel."
"Oh, you mean, if you don't lose your strength you're going to take my duel invitation?" The expression on Mr. Lovegood's face was not discerning, "That is, you didn't say big things?" ”
Scott nodded stiffly, "Of course, I've never bragged about anything. ”
Mr. Lovegood's brow furrowed.
Scott smiled at Luna again, "You should trust your daughter, Mr. Lovegood, Luna has eyes that can discern truth and falsehood, and a wise mind, in short, I don't think anyone can deceive her." ”
Listening to his words, Mr. Lovegood's expression suddenly relaxed.
"That's right, boy!"
He burst into laughter and withdrew his wand pointed at Scott.
"Of course Luna is excellent!"
He turned and rubbed the top of Luna's head.
"I'm sorry, Luna, it's Daddy who underestimated you."
"It's fine." Luna laughed out loud, "It's funny! ”
The father and daughter looked at each other and smiled, laughing and laughing, laughing and laughing, and turning around hand in hand, like two crazy people.
"Oh...... That's how their family is. ”
"Luna's madness was learned from Mr. Lovegood."
Fred and George whispered to Scott.
Lovegood's father and daughter were noisy for a while before they stopped.
"I promise, boy." Mr. Lovegood said to Scott.
His attitude changed for no reason, and the way he looked at Scott became normal.
"Luna can come with you to St. Mungo's visit to a friend, you have to protect her!"
"Of course, I'll take care of Luna, Mr. Lovegood." ”
"Well, that's good." Mr. Lovegood looked at Scott a few more times, then nodded, "I admire you, boy, because you are calm and polite. ”
As he spoke, he shook his wand again.
"By the way, I want to give you a piece of advice, if you want to become a more powerful genius, you should have more pure curiosity, you are too calm now!"
“……”
Scott was a little speechless.
is worthy of being the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Singing and Singing", and he can say such inconsistent words one after another without changing his face.
"How's that, do you understand me?" Mr. Lovegood asked, staring at Scott.
"Thank you for the reminder." Scott smiled back.
"Good." Mr. Lovegood clapped his hands with pleasure, "Now, let me interview you." ”
He quickly put away his wand, took out a pen and paper, and began to question Scott and the twins, asking them to each talk about their experiences in the World Cup final, and asking a lot of tricky questions.
Scott answered all his questions truthfully, including everything he did.
Mr. Lovegood was overjoyed, and wrote down his answers as he asked.
He wasn't worried about what he would expose, because he knew very well that few people in the wizarding world would believe what was published in Contradiction.
Normally, people treat the magazine as a pastime and don't take it seriously.
It's just that......
If Scott's answer was only to please Mr. Lovegood, the twins' answer was to make him thoroughly excited.
Unlike Scott's honest answers, Fred and George have a good fight with Eddie in this regard, and they like to add fuel to the fire, and can even tell a trivial and trivial story with twists and turns and funny.
Anyway, the three who smell like each other soon get together in high spirits, with the twins ignoring Scott and Mr. Lovegood ignoring Luna.
"I didn't expect the situation to be so urgent."
Luna, who also listened to Scott's story, said with some emotion.
"No way, that's the Dark Lord." Scott shrugged his shoulders, "You'll have to be brave just to face him." ”
But Luna's interest doesn't seem to be that.
"Oh, I'm more interested in what you said about [the magic phone]." She said excitedly, "You gave Dumbledore the [magic phone] you invented so that you could contact him in time?" ”
Scott understood, took out the shape-shifting lizard skin pouch from his pocket, took out a small mirror, which was a [magic phone] that had been made, and handed it to Luna.
"It was meant to be given to you in the first place."
"Oh, thank you."
Luna happily reached out and took it.
"Start by entering your mana to activate it......"
Scott began to instruct her on how to use it.
Luna seemed to be having a lot of fun and trying to mess with Scott face-to-face and video call him.
It was only after a while that Mr. Lovegood, who had finally found satisfaction with the twins, came running over and separated the two of them, and took Luna home.
As he was leaving, Mr. Lovegood glared at Scott several times, completely oblivious to the attitude he had just said he had just said he had admired.
It was only after the father and daughter had left that Fred and George began to laugh out loud.
"Oh, it's unbelievable, George!"
"I know, Fred, I'm glad to see that Mr. Lovegood has finally found his nemesis!"
The two looked gloating.
"A man who is calm in the face of all his crazy moves."
"A man who wants to kidnap his precious daughter."
"It's simply the worst enemy in his life!"
With that, the two also try to act out the dialogue between Luna and Mr. Lovegood, hoping to recreate the scene when Mr. Lovegood is hit by Luna's blunt words.
It's just that the two not only failed to perform successfully in the end, but also "beaten" each other.
They had the biggest disagreement over the assignment of roles, with neither Fred nor George playing Luna and calling each other "Daddy".
Scott glanced at the brothers rolling in a ball on the grass speechlessly, and walked back to the Burrow without mixing with the love between the two.
The next morning, not long after Scott got up, Luna took the initiative to go to Weasley's house.
Hearing that they were going to visit Roger, not only the twins, but Harry also volunteered to join them.
After that, the five of them went to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries in London through the fireplace in their home.
The atmosphere in the hospital was a bit tense, and the therapists who came and went were very busy.
"Merlin, there are so many patients, I haven't closed my eyes all night!"
"Really, all of them are injured by crowding and stampede, and there is only one patient who has been injured by the spell!"
Hearing the casual complaints of the two therapists passing by, Scott realized that the evacuation process from the gymnasium last night was not as smooth as expected.
"Spell Damage Section, on the fifth floor."
After inquiring about the front desk, they went straight to the fifth floor and found Roger's hospital room.
As soon as Scott entered, he saw Roger lying on the bed, seemingly asleep, with Mr. Davis and Eddie standing by his bedside.
"Scott."
The moment Mr. Davis saw Scott, he stood up and walked over and held his hand tightly.
"Oh, Scott, I don't know how to thank you, Eddie told me that the raven that saved us was yours."
Scott laughed and said, "That's so gracious, Uncle Davis, how is Roger?" ”
"He's fine." Mr. Davis turned his head to look at Roger on the hospital bed, "The therapist says he's recovering and that lethargy can restore his spirit." ”
Scott nodded, "That's good, I've been worried that he's been suffering after all." ”
"It's fine." Mr. Davis waved his hand, "As long as there are no sequelae, manly suffering is nothing. ”
Scott smiled and introduced the others who had come with him to visit Roger.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Davis......"
Harry came up and began to apologize.
"Stop!" Mr. Davis laughed helplessly, stopping Harry's apology, "I've heard enough apologies. ”
He gestured to Eddie, who was sitting silently on the edge of the hospital bed, bowing his head.
"Anyway, go and convince Eddie's boy." He said to Scott, "I've said it's not his fault, but he's always felt guilty and won't go home and has to stay here." ”
Scott had long noticed the unusual Eddie, and when he heard Mr. Davis say this, he walked up to him.
"Hey, it's not like you, Eddie, when did you become a taciturn person?"
"Scott ......"
Eddie looked up slowly.
His face was very haggard, with puffy bags under his eyes, two large dark circles under his eyes, and the fat on his face seemed to have lost weight in just one night.
"You ...... guy"
Scott patted him on the shoulder.
"You don't have to persuade me." Eddie was calm, "I know it wasn't my fault. ”
Isn't that clear?
Scott didn't understand why Mr. Davis had allowed himself to persuade this guy.
"But I'm still guilty." Eddie added, "I was so scared that I couldn't even speak. ”
Although you understand that it's not your fault, you're still guilty?
Scott didn't continue to ask, but he almost understood his psychology.
He asked softly, "Because I felt that fear and powerlessness, I felt that I was too weak, and I regretted that I didn't work harder in the past?" ”
"You're right." Eddie nodded, smiling reluctantly.
"Thinking too much." Scott patted him on the shoulder again, "You're a grade younger than me, and your grades are pretty good. ”
Eddie shook his head again, "That's not an excuse, I know my slackness, and after this incident, I also recognize the reality of today." If peace is not restored to the wizarding world, none of the money-making plans we once fantasized about will come true. ”
"So you're going to work hard?"
Eddie clenched his fists, "In order to realize my media empire as soon as possible, I must clear all obstacles ahead!" ”
Scott laughed.
It seems that this kid doesn't need to be persuaded at all.
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