Chapter 231: Growth

Three days before the end of the semester, Hermione and the others were finally allowed to be discharged from the hospital. Can't wait to get out of the school hospital, I'm tired of being there for so long.

The hottest topics in the castle are the return of the Dark Lord and the changes in the Ministry of Magic. Fudge's life was very difficult, and Rita was completely on fire, attacking him with sharp words in the Daily Prophet every day. There is always material for the partiality, after all, Fudge has a lot of political enemies, and they are all happy to see Fudge burnt out.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, Fudge's downfall is already doomed, so who will become the next Minister of Magic is worth the vast majority of the efforts of those careerists.

Back in the dormitory, the lion cubs threw a big party for them again, which was also expected. At the party, Ron is the main character, and he speaks loudly about the battle in the Department of Mysteries, and he proclaims himself heroic. For those who don't know, it's fascinating. And those who know the inside story are used to handing over this kind of long-faced thing to Ron.

Hermione sat in the common room for a while, drank a butterbeer she hadn't drunk in a long time, and then went back to her empty dorm room alone. Sitting on the bed, his eyes fell on the worn-out suitcase in the corner.

I hesitated for a long time, but I didn't open it.

After a short nap, the party in the lounge was not over when I came out again, or rather, Ron's story was not finished. Quietly leaving, through the hallways and stairs, towards the auditorium.

"Hermione, wait a minute......" A voice rang out from behind as she walked down the hallway outside the auditorium.

Hermione turned around when she heard this, only to see Stewart, Terry, Michael, and Anthony trotting over.

"Are you convenient now? There's something I'd like to ask you......" Terry asked with some stiffness.

"Okay." Hermione smiled and pointed outside, "But let's go outside, I know what you want to ask......"

Stewart and the others followed Hermione out of the foyer, across the lawn to the Black Lagoon, where they stopped to see that there was no one else around.

"It's good here, you don't have to worry about being heard." Hermione said and waved her hand, and a white light shrouded everyone before disappearing, "Don't worry about it now. ”

Stewart looked at this familiar technique and thought a lot in his heart, but when it came to his lips, it turned into a simple question: "Is he really like what the newspaper says?" ”

"What do you say? I've been with him for four years, what do you think? Hermione didn't answer, but seemed to answer again, and the four of them were visibly relieved, and their expressions were slightly fixed.

"Then ......" Stewart was about to ask something, but was pulled by Terry.

"Okay, don't ask anymore, there are some things that we know are not good." "After all, we don't have the means to keep secrets from being exposed. After speaking, he bowed his head slightly at Hermione and said, "This is the only thing we want to know, in fact, your safe return can already explain a lot of things." ”

Hermione was stunned for a moment, then smiled again, raised her hand to remove the protection, and watched Stewart and the others leave, while she sat on the ground, looking at the calm black lake in a daze, and her hand naturally fell on the pendant.

As before, there was still no reaction.

"So you're here." Harry's voice rang out, but Hermione didn't turn her head. Harry didn't think so, and sat down next to her, his eyes falling on the Black Lake.

"Why don't you continue to party in the lounge?" Hermione asked.

"Just leave it to Ron, and I've been out of the limelight too much." Harry replied, pausing before adding, "I just got back from Hagrid, Glopp has left the Forbidden Forest, and Hagrid has sent him to a mountain, but he doesn't say where. ”

"Sirius also sent a letter, and the Death Eaters who were captured that day were all imprisoned in Azkaban, but it seems that the Dementors have changed, and I don't know if they can control it......"

"Don't give too much hope, if Azkaban can be breached once, it will be breached a second time, and those people will return to the Dark Lord sooner or later." Hermione whispered.

Harry frowned slightly, he hesitated, Hermione's words reminded him of something from Sirius's letter. After lingering for a long time, he finally asked, "Did you learn his magic, Hermione...... When I was in the Department of Mysteries, I saw a battle between you, almost ......"

"It's almost the same, isn't it?" Hermione turned her head slightly, "Yes, I learned his magic, but after all, I can't compare to him." ”

"Great!" Harry clapped his hands suddenly, excitedly saying, "This is great! You can go ahead and ...... next time we run into them."

"Harry......" Hermione looked at the excited Harry, and her expression couldn't help but become a little indifferent.

Originally, she thought that Harry would be able to grow a little after going through so much, especially after the thrilling battle of the Department of Mysteries, but now it seems that Harry is still Harry, and it has not changed.

There are a lot of thoughts in my heart, but when it comes to my mouth, all of them have changed.

"No problem, I'll catch him."

Harry was even happier to receive Hermione's affirmative answer. He babbled on and on about what he had heard from Sirius and Hagrid, about what Dumbledore had told him, about his plans for how to defeat the Dark Lord. Hermione didn't say anything, just listened quietly, but her face became calmer and calmer.

After a long time, he suddenly smiled again.

"Let's go back." Hermione said.

Harry was stunned, but when he saw the smile on Hermione's face, he smiled and nodded.

It's not early, it's almost time for dinner. They went straight to the auditorium, where the lion cubs were already there, but Ron was still talking loudly. Listening to the content, it seems to be starting all over again. Of course, there were a lot more listeners, Hufflepuff and some Ravenclaw people came over.

Instead of bothering Ron, who said the rise, they found Ginny and Neville hiding in the corner. As soon as I sat down, I heard Ginny complain: "He's really enough, I really don't know what it means to say this all the time." ”

"Leave him alone." Hermione said with a smile and said hello to Neville on the other side, "He likes it, so let him go." ”

"Good thing Fred and George aren't there." Ginny sighed, "They're not going to let Ron get carried away like that." ”

Hermione thought about it, it's true, the twins have always been keen to tear down Ron's stage, but they are the ones who love him the most, and I have to say that this is really contradictory.

Thinking of this, he asked, "By the way, how are Fred and George?" ”

"Well, they did open a joke shop." "But Mom was really angry. ”

Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered something and whispered, "By the way, there is one more thing......"

"Percy is back......"