if i am not me

"You...would you like to go on a date with me?"

These words made Moya let out an exclamation in surprise, and Neville even had the urge to faint in an instant.But it's a pity that the experience of these years seems to have made him resistant to stress very well, so until now, he is still very clear-headed and rational to face this farce.

Shaking his aching head, Neville looked at Ginny, who was confronting the girl named Moya Keren, and was glad that his girlfriend came in time.It was Ginny's timely appearance that prevented him from being forcibly taken away by Krum - Hermione once said that he was a very gentleman, and now Neville can confirm that it was all appearances, completely pure of the image.Or... is that a woman's privilege?

And that girl... was said to be a Ravenclaw, but Neville didn't think she looked like a Ravenclaw who should have enough wisdom.

The crying that made people feel pitiful before can only annoy him now, but it is also this annoying voice that allows him to maintain the last bit of reason to listen to her statement carefully, instead of leaving this place like a lunatic— —Although he really wanted to choose the latter, that would not solve any problems except for embarrassing him after venting.So at this moment, he could only wait patiently and listen to Ginny's forced confession.

However, Neville finally couldn't resist the urge to roll his eyes when a word came into his ears.

'Fine...damn it!It's a love potion! '

Cursing in a low voice, Neville tried his best to ignore his aching hand from being held by two different people, and sincerely felt that he should be the one who should cry the most now.

Different from Neville's helplessness, Ginny's eyes that are always full of smiles are now burning with raging anger. After all, no one will be happy when a rival in love appears, let alone such a rival in love. Suddenly and inexplicably.

Shaking her fiery red hair, Ginny stared at the girl who lowered her head to avoid her eyes, and said word by word, "Collen, can I trouble you to explain why the love potion you made has Made him fall in love with my boyfriend?" Emphasizing the word "boyfriend" in the words, Ginny still didn't forget to give Krum a vicious look at Krum who was standing on the other side of Neville.

"This..." Ginny's question made Moya feel more uneasy in her heart. In a panic, she held both hands together and began to wring her thin white fingers vigorously.

With a cold snort, Ginny continued to ask, "As far as I know, the love potion will not make the person who drinks it fall in love with someone other than the maker."

Mo Ya obviously knew the entanglement that caused this problem, he hesitated for a long time before saying in a mosquito-like voice, "I, my medicine is not fully effective...so...so I can only like it after drinking the medicine. The first person I saw..."

Hearing this, Ginny yelled in an exasperated voice after being startled, "That's why you chose such a hidden place!"

Tears couldn't stop falling, Mo Ya nodded with a sob.In fact, she didn't know why she suddenly wanted to drag Krum here. She could have chosen other equally hidden places. At least there shouldn't be a person there long ago, and Krum who ate chocolate Tom sees...

After finally calming down her breath, Ginny stroked her forehead feebly, and finally she could only ask sullenly, "How long does the medicine take?"

However, Mo Ya's answer gave her the urge to roar again.

"……do not know."

An hour later, in Dumbledore's headmaster's office, Dumbledore and Karkaroff, who were the headmasters of Hogwarts and Durmstrang, stared seriously at the crying girl who was hesitating.

Beside them, the head of Ravenclaw, Professor Flitwick, sighed in shame, while Snape was playing with the delicate-looking box of chocolates in his hand, and looked at the boy and girl with a sneer. Neville, who was squeezed in the middle with a distressed expression, did not hide the mockery in his eyes.

After Moya finished explaining everything, Karkaroff coughed heavily in dissatisfaction, looked at Krum who was firmly holding Neville's hand with concern, and then turned his gaze away again. Back to Dumbledore.

As if he didn't see the accusation on Karkaroff's face, Dumbledore nodded reassuringly, and smiled at Hogwarts' best potions professor, "Severus, do you have an antidote? "

Knowing this question a long time ago, Snape shook his head calmly, and said in his cold tone. "Because of what happened before—Principal Karkaroff, you must have heard that almost all the potions I prepared were smashed by that sloppy guy..."

Speaking of this, Snape's voice became much colder in vain, as if thinking of his heavy loss.Fortunately, no one cared about his tone at this time, so Snape quickly adjusted his tone, looked at Moya Koren who was almost shrunk into the chair, and said coldly, "Now the only remaining I don’t know if the several medicines I have are still useful for Miss Collen’s potions, so I need some time."

"No problem, Severus, just let me know if you need any materials. I believe Principal Karkaroff will provide them with all his might, right, Karkaroff?" After listening to Snape's words, Dumbledore Not surprised, just looked at Karkaroff with a smile, until he nodded stiffly, Dumbledore looked at the three people huddled together with that kind and harmless smile. "During this time..."

Of course Snape knew what Dumbledore wanted to say, although he was very impatient, he still dutifully said, "Don't worry, the love potion will automatically expire over time, and now this is because It’s because Mr. Krum just took the potion. And because of the composition of Miss Collen’s potion, the effect of the potion should be much reduced after today, but the antidote is still needed to completely eradicate it quickly.”

After hearing this, Dumbledore showed a relieved expression on his face, "Very well, then children, let's talk about your problems now."

This sentence is tantamount to the sounds of nature to Neville. Now he finally knows how uncomfortable it is to be the middle piece of the sandwich. Ginny is on the left and Krum is on the right. He is so embarrassed that he wants to get under the floor. !

But no need now, he believes that Professor Dumbledore can help him solve the current predicament, and therefore, after hearing what Dumbledore said, he immediately expressed his position, "Professor, I hope you can let Crewe Let go first, Mr. Mu." He let go, and Ginny would let go naturally, and his hand was free.

Obviously, he did not expect Neville's wish to be this. Dumbledore glanced at Neville's hands indiscriminately, and said to the two boys and girls who were competing with each other with a smile on his face, "Mr. Krum, of course , and Miss Weasley, I think Mr Longbottom will be very embarrassed by you now."

Looking at each other, the two also realized the problem.Ginny let go of Neville's hand angrily, but still rubbed her hand in distress before finally removing her hand from Neville's body.And after Krum glanced at Neville's round face lightly, he let go of Neville without saying a word, and sat upright in his own position.

Relieved, Neville immediately took over the sovereignty of his little hand, smiled helplessly at Ginny, and began to listen to Dumbledore's arrangements.

However, Dumbledore's arrangement made both Neville and Ginny miserable - because of the relationship between the potion, Krum will definitely have to stay with Neville today until the potion's potency gradually decreases over time.According to Mo Ya, she didn't take a lot of doses, and it might be relieved after the evening.After all, this girl just wants to have Krum for a day instead of forever. She just hopes that Krum will always have a good impression of her instead of love, so she made this problematic love potion.But because of this, on Valentine's Day, which everyone had been looking forward to for a year, Neville and Ginny had to accept the cruel fact that a third person would be inserted between them.

When they left Dumbledore's office, the three stood in a row and walked towards the dining room.Not wanting to pay attention to what punishment the Ravenclaw girl would get in the end, Neville just wanted to go to the restaurant now, not only because he was hungry, but also because Harry and the four of them were waiting for him there - even in time It was obvious he was late, and he was taking out someone that Ron absolutely didn't want to see.

Although he was constantly bombarded with curious or surprised gazes from the students around him along the way, Neville, who was already familiar with other people's gazes, ignored these unpleasant gazes with ease, but secretly thanked that the two people around him were not being tough wants to hold his hand.

Harry and the others, who had already finished their lunch and were laughing and playing, saw such a strange scene at this moment - Neville was walking in the middle with a thoughtful expression on his face.Ginny, on the other hand, was quite different from her usual sweet image, exuding strong dissatisfaction all over her body.And the weirdest thing among them was Krum, who was walking side by side on Neville's left, his eyes barely moving away from Neville.

Ginny, who came to them, looked at the four people who fell silent, and of course knew what their doubts were at this time.Looking at the faces full of surprise, she could only curl her lips, suppressing her unhappiness and explaining. "Krum took the love potion!"

Then, before the four of them had fully digested the news, another bomb was thrown, "The target is Neville!"

Seeing the undisguised shock on the faces of the four, Neville sighed helplessly.Seeing this, Ginny puffed up her cheeks again, and angrily continued to look at Krum who was still staring at Neville without speaking.Seeing that Ginny was no longer willing to continue explaining, and Krum might not be able to understand the situation at all, Neville began to slowly explain the ins and outs of the incident to his friends after sighing four times today.

After listening to Neville's words, even Ron began to sympathize with Krum. Of course, the fact that he was overjoyed in his heart must not be seen by others.Looking at Neville with pity, Ron began to silently appreciate Neville's selfless sacrifice.You know, he doesn't like Krum very much now.

Although this person used to be his idol, but since he understood his own intentions, Krum's position in his heart has successfully changed from an idol to a rival in love.And at this moment, just as he was planning to make important breakthroughs for Hermione while he was still alive, he suddenly learned that Krum, who was originally the biggest obstacle on the road of thorns, had been solved. The joy is really beyond words. Yes—although this solution was based on the pain of Ginny and Neville, he couldn't care less about it...

Without trying to guess the state of mind of other people, Hermione just looked at his rumored boyfriend with a half-smile, her eyes full of curiosity.She didn't expect to be able to see a person who took the love potion and it took effect. Even if this person has been passionately pursuing her all this time, it still can't reduce her interest in it at all.After being shocked, Harry looked at Neville and Krum with interest. In fact, he didn't know much about Krum in private. The only information he had was from newspapers and magazines. Ah, Of course, there was Hermione's description again.So when he learned that Krum had actually taken the love potion, he couldn't help paying curious attention to his reaction.

Draco looked at the people who were watching the show, and finally came to a conclusion. "Hopefully to see a normal Krum before the second game..."