Chapter 230: A Rare Comfort
"Whew...... Call...... Whew......"
Hermione slammed off the bed, gasping for air, only to feel a pain all over her body, especially her head.
It took a while for Hermione to recover a little. She looked blankly at her surroundings and felt a little relieved. At Hogwarts' school hospital, I'm safe.
It was late at night, and there were only a few dim oil lamps in the entire hospital that gave a little light. Rubbing her head and crushing her hair into a ball, Hermione's hand landed on her chest.
But then, I was stunned.
"Where's it!"
She was shocked, touched it again, and then looked at the bedside table next to her, and finally settled down. There, a necklace was quietly placed there.
Stretching out his hand, he picked it up and hung it around his neck, his palm naturally covered the pendant, and sighed silently, repeating the battle in the Hall of Time in his mind.
"It's a lot worse...... Hermione tilted her head back to the bed, but Xu fell too hard, a strong feeling of weightlessness came, and she unconsciously closed her eyes.
"Hermione, are you awake?" A fluttering voice came from next door, and Hermione followed it, and then in the dim light faintly saw a person sitting on the curtain next to her.
Luna...... Are you alright? Hermione asked.
"It's okay." Luna tilted her head, her voice coming from her forehead, "It was just a stun spell, I woke up before I even went back to school." ”
"That's ......" Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, when she saw Luna go straight to the end, she thought she was dead, it turned out to be just a coma charm.
"A lot of people are hurt, I just went to see Ginny and Ron, they haven't done it yet......," Luna said, "You should talk to him, don't take it too hard......"
"He? What...... He ...... "Hermione was startled and incoherent.
"Ike." Luna's voice was inexplicably cheerful, "I know, he has no ill will, unlike the Death Eaters, who really want to kill us. ”
"You...... How do you know? Regents? Hermione asked hurriedly.
"I feel it...... Sometimes, I can feel other people's emotions, and at that time I was only surprised by Ike. "But now you look like you're going to hit me?" ”
Hermione closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths to calm her complicated feelings. When I opened it again, my eyes were gone.
“…… Oops, I can't feel it again......" Luna said, back on the bed. After a long while, he asked softly, "Hermione, do you think we can defeat the man who can't be named?" ”
"Absolutely." Hermione replied, "We've got Dumbledore, we've got Professor McGonagall, we've got the Order of the Phoenix, we've got Harry, for sure." ”
Her voice was soft, more like she was talking to herself than answering Luna.
Luna didn't say anything, and Hermione didn't care, she stared straight at the white ceiling in a daze, but her mind went blank. Before I knew it, I fell asleep again.
The next morning, she was woken up. In a daze, I seemed to hear a lot of people talking, gossiping, and the voice was a little loud. Hermione got up and rubbed her eyes, her body less sore. When the curtain was lifted, he saw that the bed next to him was crowded with people.
Luna, Ginny, Neville, and Ron, all dressed in hospital gowns and more or less bandaged, were in high spirits. The two girls sat on the bed, while Neville and Ron were by the bed, and there were lots of snacks between them. Pumpkin pie, weird beans, chocolate frogs, lots and lots of them. Leaning against the bedside table, Harry was standing there, the first to see Hermione on the ground.
"Good morning, Hermione, how are you feeling?" Harry asked, handing over a pumpkin pie, "Would you like to eat it?" ”
Hermione waved her hand, a smile on her face, and said, "It's much better, not for now." She sat on the edge of the bed, looked at the excited crowd, and asked, "What are you talking about, so happy?" ”
Ginny pulled out a newspaper from under those snacks and handed it over, and said excitedly, "Look, yesterday's incident is in the news!" Fudge finally admitted! ”
Hermione took the newspaper and was shocked when she read it clearly, even if she was mentally prepared.
"The man who can't even mention his name has returned.
Confirms that the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, returns to the country in surprise and resumes his activities. ”
The front pages were only a part of the story, with pages 2 to 4 also including "The Last Effort of the Mysteries to Usurp Power", the fifth edition of "What the Ministry of Magic Should Tell Us", and pages 6 to 9 of "Why No One Listens to Dumbledore", all of which revolve around a single theme.
She flipped through the pages and read them one by one, but stopped abruptly when she saw the thirteenth edition. The bold title reads:
Heir to the Dark Lord? 》
He closed the newspaper with the same face, put it aside, and said, "Great, isn't it?" Our efforts have finally paid off. ”
"That's right." Ron said, "I've heard that this issue has sold out like crazy, and now the whole of Britain knows that the mystery man is back!" ”
"Dumbledore has reinstated, re-established as Headmaster of Hogwarts, member of the International Confederation of Wizards, and Chief Wizard of the Wizengamot......," Harry said, "and he said things were going in a good direction. ”
"Very good." Hermione nodded, then asked, "What about the school?" What do you think? ”
"Not bad." Harry replied, "Professor Flitwick cleared the swamp that Fred and George had made, but left a piece and circled it, saying it was a very beautiful magical ......"
“…… Overall, when Dumbledore returned, everything was back to normal, and he had canceled all the school rules that Umbridge had set up, just around breakfast today. Neville concluded.
"Umbridge...... By the way, what about her? ”
As soon as she finished speaking, Hermione saw Harry and the others snorting at her. When he turned his head to look, he saw Umbridge lying there. She stared blankly at the ceiling, her neat clothes and hair in a mess, and lots of leaves and branches.
Ron leaned over to Hermione and whispered, "Dumbledore single-handedly rescued her from the Forbidden Forest last night, and she's been like that ever since, Madam Pomfrey says she's frightened and needs to recuperate. After speaking, he pouted.
Hermione didn't know if it was or not, and she looked at Umbridge again, who didn't have the same appearance as before, and turned back.
Harry, they didn't talk about the mood-changing topic, but talked about what had happened at the Ministry of Magic last night. Ron speaks loudly about his bravery and praises Neville for making it to the end, saying that if he hadn't been attacked by the Death Eater, he would have made it to the end.
No one was trying to puncture Ron's boasting, they all laughed and listened, and so did Hermione.
She held the pendant of her necklace in one hand and a pumpkin pie in the other, taking a bite from time to time.
Very cosy and comfortable.
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Not......... That's it for today.......