Chapter 352: Arguments and Compromises
He returned to the Room with a solemn face, and Hermione was still sitting there wiping away tears, ignoring him.
"My dear, I persuaded Ginny away, I have made it clear. β
"Are you trying to use the same trick you used to do to her?" Hermione turned her face away from him, "I'm not mad at her at all, she must have been on an aphrodisiac - did you give her a drink?"
"Iβ"
"You're in it for her blood, I guess!" Hermione's tone was a little resentful, "I'm such a big living person, I can suck it however you want, why do you still do this kind of thing!"
"Don't be angry, I can't do it if I don't suck, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to suck other people's blood......" Lockhart sat down and carefully reached out to hug her, Hermione twisted and didn't struggle.
"Then you just said that you still want to marry Pandora, is it true, or is it still a lie to Ginny?" Hermione asked with red eyes, "Is it true that I am just your wife in the Muggle world, and then Miss Fudge is your wife as a wizard?"
"No, no, no, you're my real wife, not just a Muggle ......," Lockhart hugged her tightly, "but since the Ministry of Magic has such a good policy, why don't I legally marry both of you." β
"Such a good policy?" Hermione said angrily, "Are you saying that witches are not allowed to marry Muggles even if they marry the same wizard, this is the policy of the Death Eaters, and it discriminates not only against Muggles, but also against witches!
"But there are more witches than wizards......"
"But at least it should be legally reciprocal!"
"Haven't you heard of your thoughts, feminism?"
"You're machismo!" Hermione said angrily, "Women are appendages in your eyes, and it's normal for a man to have a few wives, but not vice versa!"
"That's right, I'm machismo, what's wrong with men being a little protective and subduing? But you're not an appendage in my eyes, you're my wife. Even if Pandora is willing to marry me, you are still the one I love the most, can't you?" Lockhart simply admitted, even if he did, is machismo illegal. "You ask why the other way around, do you want to marry a second person? Tell me who that person is, and I'll kill him!"
"One moment it's legal, the next it's about killing!" Hermione angrily pushed him away, "Then you have to marry Pandora, and I'll kill her." β
"You don't have to make trouble!" Lockhart hugged her.
"You're being vexatious. How can I be considered to be sharing weal and butter with you, and then you want me to accept you to marry another woman?" Hermione cried again, "She hides comfortably abroad, does not suffer at all, and then when the war is over, she will happily come back to marry a hero, or the man she likes!"
"Honey, I know you've suffered a lot in the past few months, but I've promised Pandora to marry her, and I'm betraying her by marrying you nowβ" Lockhart stroked Hermione's back. Said patiently. "As for you saying she's too comfortable...... Yes, she didn't contribute anything to our war against the Mystery, but it wasn't her who ran but I drove her away, and I couldn't have left her because she had listened to me and left. It's totally unfair...... Do you know what I like most about her, she's just more obedient than you. Maybe you want to say she's not personal, but yes, she's not at all as interesting as a girl like you who grew up in the Muggle world. I don't know much about you, but I really like her......"
"Don't talk to me about all sorts of reasons, if she's not that pretty, you're going to like her! I don't think it's fair - I don't like her anyway, with her without me, with me without her!" Hermione blurted out. "If you want to marry her, divorce me first!"
Lockhart was silent, he didn't know what other reason he could convince Hermione, and he pondered. But his silence frightened Hermione, she said that sentence on impulse just now, completely without thinking, wasn't it a stupid thing to throw away her biggest advantage of being Lockhart's only wife now, and brutally force him to make a decision.
Hermione knew that even if Lockhart was forced to give up Pandora, it might leave a pimple in his heart, and in case there was a problem in the relationship between the husband and wife in the future, it would be herself who suffered...... If he impulsively says divorce and divorce, wouldn't there be no place to cry, and then go back and find a way to get back the husband who was so hard to get?
"Forget it...... I didn't say that sentence just now...... "Hermione snorted, taking it back first, and then trying to figure it out later. "Just talk to Fudge and see if she wants to be your second wife, if she wants to pester her!"
"What?" Lockhart didn't know why Hermione suddenly relented, but wasn't that the problem. "Of course, if she doesn't accept it, I'll definitely live with peace of mind!"
"You-" Hermione looked at Lockhart's surprised expression, knowing that she had given in too much again, and she was aggrieved to the extreme, crying even harder: "You just bullied me, you just rely on me to love you, and care about you to the point that you can't leave you, so you have no fear, and you don't care what I think!"
"Why, I care more about what you think...... Lockhart reached into Hermione's waist and gently kneaded it, looking down to kiss the tears from the corners of her eyes. "My dear, you can accommodate me for this one thing, and I will listen to you in the future!"
"You dumped Fudge, I'll listen to you for everything!" Hermione replied-for-tat.
"Don't make a fuss, listen to me, and make up for you later......" Lockhart's brows furrowed, but then furrowed again, Hermione had discussed it with her, how would Pandora react when she heard such news? she just didn't lose her temper at herself, definitely not without temper, she also used to attack Hermione with a wand...... It is absolutely impossible for her to say yes - after leaving for a while, she comes back and finds that her fiancΓ© has married someone else, and asks herself to be his second wife, it is impossible for a normal girl to compromise.
Maybe Hermione saw this and let go of her mouth?
What would Pandora do? Will she cry and fuss, or will she duel Hermione angrily? Maybe she's better than Hermione......
"Let's leave Hogwarts in two more days, how about it. Lockhart said. "Otherwise, Ginny would have kept coming and pestering meβ"
"Whatever!" Hermione said angrily.
"Then it's settled. Loha nodded, "Pack your things." β
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ββ(To be continued......)