[hp] Rescue Mr Diggory

"Miss, we can assure you that these things are genuine." I don't know whether it was Fred or George Weasley who said this to Camelia, and then another of them immediately echoed, "Tongsou No deceit."

At this time, they are trying their best to sell some prank gadgets they invented to Camelia, such as quick-acting skipping class sugar, which is said to cause stomach pain, nosebleed, vomiting and other symptoms immediately. Avoid the boring class, wait until you successfully skip class and then take the corresponding antidote, and those symptoms will disappear.

They strongly recommend the love potion to Camelia. The drinker will become obsessed with the person who bought the potion. Each time the effect lasts for 24 hours, and the effect will increase as the storage time increases.The two brothers vowed to Camelia that the potion would make the boy she liked fall for her, but Camelia was deeply suspicious of their words, and then she showed them that she knew how to make a good potion. Love potion, and even so, she would never rely on this kind of thing to cheat a relationship.

"George, I think this lady really doesn't need this kind of thing." Fred said.

His brother George said, "You're right, Fred. She's such a sweet girl, I'm sure a lot of guys like her."

Fred patted George on the shoulder and said, "Hey, you know what? I feel like I've grown a little fond of this lady."

"I seem to be too."

They looked at Camelia at the same time and said in unison: "Miss, this is all your fault, you look so charming."

Faced with their sudden and inconspicuous confession, Camelia was extremely calm, "Do you think that if you compliment me a few times, I will buy your things? Don't think about it, it's impossible."

After hearing this, the two red-haired boys who looked exactly the same and couldn't tell who was which suddenly lost their previous tacit understanding and started to blame each other.

One of them said to his brother, "I told him it wouldn't work, and you just wouldn't listen."

The other said: "Obviously I said it first, why did you say it again?"

"I don't care, it's you who have caused us to not sell anything until now."

"Huh? Did I hear you right? Did you actually say it was all my fault?"

Afterwards, they actually argued like this in the condiment joke shop without anyone else. Because the Christmas holiday was approaching and the recent more serious attacks made people panic, most of the students got on the earliest train home early. Fewer people stayed at school for Christmas than in previous years, so the joke shop, which was supposed to be full of people, now has few customers.

The boss of the joke shop stood behind the cashier and stared at the two brothers with a cold face. His gaze could crush a stone. Unfortunately, the two brothers still didn't know it, and they still quarreled as if no one else was arguing in the store.

The kind-hearted Camelia took the two unlucky guys out before the condiment boss got angry. After learning that they hadn't sold a single product yet, and both of them were a little frustrated, Camelia decided to buy a pair of well-behaved anti-spell gloves as a Christmas gift for her younger brother, and she also encouraged these two future business wizards by the way.

Originally, Camelia went to the condiment and joke shop that boys like to pick out a Christmas gift for her brother Anders, but after going around, it seems that such things as big dung bombs and burp candy are not at all. Perfect for a well-behaved four-year-old, not to mention things like frog-egg soap and nose-biting teacups that will just make little Anders cry.

After finding that she couldn't pick out something she wanted, Camelia was considering whether to go to the Honeydukes next door, but she was stopped by these two Weasleys who looked malicious .

I have to say that it is really audacious to dare to sell the same type of products developed by myself in other people's stores, but it does seem like something the twins can do.

Camelia said politely to the Weasley who was holding the things, "How much do you want for this pair of gloves?"

After the two looked at each other, one of them raised his hand and gestured to Camelia: "Five Galleons."

"Five Galleons? I think it's only worth one Galleon at most, maybe not even worth one Galleon." Camelia said in surprise, "No, I said how can you do business like this? The lion asked for so much. I'm not short of money, but I'm not stupid, okay? The custom-made pair of anti-spell gloves in the store only cost three Galleons, and the workmanship and material are hundreds of times better than yours."

"Okay, okay, I'll sell you one Galleon, no less." The one who made the offer just now said, "I admit that seeing you look rich, I had some bad intentions, but we now know that this is not right. of."

"Yes, we'll also give you a few decoy bombs as a token of our apology. Also, you're our first guest." The Weasley put the glove together with a couple of odd-looking, black horn-shaped objects. Hand it over to Camelia.

"The first one, so we decided that you will be our VIP customer in the future, and whenever you come to us to buy things, you will get a discount."

Camelia forced a smile on this, "That's it, that's really an honor."

"You should really be honored. If I may ask, may I ask this lady's name? We must remember the name of our first customer, otherwise it is very rude." Maybe it was Fred, maybe it was George , asked very familiarly.

Before Camelia could answer, someone behind them yelled, "Fred! George! What are you doing?"

The Weasley who was closer to Camelia said to her: "This is too bad, put your things away, or they will be confiscated by that Gryffindor prefect."

"He will also deduct points and punish people for confinement."

During the conversation, Percy Weasley already had a serious face and strode over. He first glanced at his two younger brothers, and then looked at Camelia and said solemnly: "If they are treating you If it's a prank, you can tell me right now. But I hope they haven't gotten me into too much trouble."

"What? Percy, I'm afraid you said something wrong, right? You are the big trouble, but don't worry, even if you are the big trouble, mom still likes you the most." He spoke like Fred, although his brother Ignored him, but his face looked even worse after hearing this.

Seeing this, Camelia hurriedly said: "There is no prank at all, I think you have misunderstood, they are just talking to me."

"You hear me, we're not playing a prank, don't wrong a good man," said Fred, "we're just making friends with this lady, you don't even bother with that, do you mean it's nothing at all Girls are willing to talk to you, so are you jealous when you see girls talking to us?"

Percy continued to remain silent, but his eyes became sharper, and after he glanced dissatisfiedly at the two younger brothers, he turned to Camelia and said, "Well, if they do something bad to you, please tell I."

At this time, Fred and George came over and used their bodies to block Camelia from Percy's eyes. One of them stepped forward and said rudely to his brother: "Why are you ignoring us? Isn't it? This lady is pretty, so you only talk to her? Percy, I didn't expect you to be such a person."

Another said: "Fred, I think we'd better write and tell Mum that Percy only wants to talk to pretty girls and not us."

"Enough! Mom won't believe your nonsense, but if you want to go on like this, I will write to mom and let her know what good things you have done at school!" Percy's face turned into a pig With liver color, he yelled at his two restless younger brothers.

Such a threat does not seem to be a deterrent to the twins, they have no fear.

After telling the names of the twin brothers and declining their invitation to explore the Screaming Shack, Camelia bid farewell to the three Weasleys, but looked at Percy's expression before leaving, afraid that he might It is very likely that he will educate his younger brother well after she leaves.

Then Camelia continued to wander around the village of Hogsmeade alone. She first bought some candies at Honeydukes and planned to give them away at Christmas, and then bought a new pen for herself at the Wenrenju quill shop. quill and a stack of parchment.Just when she was about to go back with her hands full, she met Cedric and Ian at the door of the Three Broomsticks bar who were about to go in.

"Huh? Why didn't you go home?" Camelia asked.

"The two of us want to find the rumored secret room left by Slytherin when there is no one in the school." Ian said and touched Cedric with his elbow, "Right? Ced, That's what we're here for."

Cedric nodded unnaturally, then looked at Camelia, "What about you?"

"I just feel more comfortable spending Christmas at school."

Both of them knew what was going on in her family, so after hearing what she said, they didn't ask any further.

"Would you like something to drink? Today is my treat," Cedric said.

"I kind of want to drink, but it's a pity that we are not even 17 years old. Ms. Rosmerta never sells alcohol to students." Camelia's tone was full of disappointment, "It will take at least a few years before I can legally buy it for myself. Where's the wine?"

"Isn't butterbeer nice too?" Cedric reassured her.

"It's not interesting, it's just a drink to coax children."

"Okay, don't pick and choose, it's good to have butter beer." Ian snatched the things from Camelia's hand and threw them all to Cedric, while he dragged Camille Liya entered the bar and said, "What kind of wine do you drink at such a young age? I don't know how choking it is."

Cedric followed closely behind. Hearing what Ian said, he didn't forget to add, "Yeah, drinks are better."

After hearing what they said, Camelia thought in her heart, oh!They don't know how much she can drink.

In the year when she was admitted to the Muggle University as she wished, Camelia's condition has stabilized a lot, at least she no longer has such strong suicidal tendencies as before.

After obtaining the consent of her parents, Camelia rented a small apartment near the school she was studying and began to live alone. In addition to reporting her life situation to her parents regularly as agreed, she let them know that she is working hard every day. Outside of living freely, she is extremely free.

The bad habit of drinking was picked up during that time, but it seemed to Camelia that it was going to happen sooner or later.She likes to numb her nerves with alcohol, because the numbness comes more directly and quickly than those drugs, and for her, the headache and nausea of ​​a hangover are better than the side effects of antidepressant pills on the human body. .

If the purpose of taking medicine is to make yourself happy again, in fact, drinking alcohol can also have the same effect as those medicines.

For a long period of time, Camelia got herself drunk almost every day, and occasionally she would wake up on a few days to find that she had fallen asleep lying on the floor of the apartment the night before, and worse On several occasions she found herself sleeping through the night in her own vomit, with many empty wine bottles strewn around the floor.

Although she had warned herself several times not to be so muddled, and knew that her physical condition would not allow her to be so spoiled, she couldn't control her growing alcohol addiction at all.

But during this crazy and chaotic period, Camelia lived like a fish in water outside, her studies and life went very smoothly, and she got a lot of people's work at a young age. The achievements that are sure to be achieved, she has gained many like-minded Muggle friends one after another when she is studying for a degree, and she even started dating a Muggle boy, all of which made her gradually forget those unpleasant encounters in the wizarding world.

The French boy who studied law has an appearance that makes people fall in love at first sight. He is serious and responsible in everything he does. What is even more rare is his gentleness and consideration. Perhaps he is the perfect candidate in the eyes of most girls. At the same time, he and Camelia forget The one who can't see it looks so similar, but he seems to be different from that person, but Camelia can't tell what is different.

This relationship finally ended when the other party wanted to develop further.

That day, the two of them went out on a date as usual. After ordering at the restaurant, the boy suddenly pulled his chair away and knelt down on one knee in front of the unsuspecting Camelia. Then he took out a small box from his pocket, In such a romantic moment, Camelia was horrified to find that even so, her mind was still thinking of Cedric. In fact, this was not the first time she had done this. She couldn't help thinking about Cedric when she was doing the usual intimacy between lovers.

At first, Camelia tried to convince herself that this was only temporary, and soon she could forget Cedric completely, and now she wanted to love the boy standing in front of her, but as time went by, the relationship with her boyfriend When getting along, she thought of Cedric more and more frequently, and the feeling became more and more intense. At this time, she had to accept a terrible fact that she didn't love her boyfriend at all, she only loved Cedric, and she was selfish Confidently regard her boyfriend as his stand-in.

Out of guilt, Camelia chose to confess everything to her boyfriend, but the boy from the romantic country was not angry because his girlfriend used him as a stand-in all the time. He unexpectedly chose to tolerate everything and naively blamed himself Maybe he didn't perform well enough, that's why she always thinks of the past, he begged her to give him another chance, and since then he has treated her better, even if she never accepted any of his marriage proposals, he Still stubborn and madly in love with her.

He seemed to really love her so badly that he proposed to her seven times, but every time she cried and rejected his request and told him that she was really sorry that she couldn't deceive herself to love her. But every time he would say it's okay, he can wait.

After Camelia rejected the boy's marriage proposal for the last time, she was heartbroken and determined to end this ridiculous relationship, but she couldn't repay the boy who loved her in her life. Affectionate and guilty, but she has no choice, love can't be forced, she can only live up to this wish.

After the breakup, Camelia did not continue to stay in France, and because her family in England missed her very much, they always wrote letters asking when she would come back, so she returned to England, but what she didn't know was that The French boy who was as stupid as her still stayed where she was, and continued to wait for her to turn around one day, even though he knew he would never be able to wait, but he had already decided that he would wait forever in this life.

Not long after returning to England, Camelia almost forgot that she was a real witch, when she met Qiu Zhang on the streets of London.After repeatedly confirming that she was not mistaken, she did not choose to go up to say hello, but silently lowered her head and quickened her pace, trying to pass by this most familiar stranger without saying a word, but she never thought that she would be caught The other party stopped.

"Shafiq, is it convenient for you now? There are some things I think you need to know."

The butterfly in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon River Basin in South America accidentally flapped its wings, which caused a tornado in Texas two weeks later, and the next few words of Qiu Zhang also made Kami Leah Shafik's gradually calming life is once again in a stormy sea.

A few weeks after meeting an old classmate on the street, Camelia visited the headmaster of Hogwarts at the time and her teacher of Transfiguration—Minerva McGonagall.

Faced with the sudden visit of a former student, Professor McGonagall was not only surprised, but also happy. For this reason, she specially opened a bottle of Flame Whiskey, which she rarely drank on weekdays.

Professor McGonagall remembers every student he has taught very clearly. After hearing that Camelia dropped out of school, she did not transfer to the Beauxbaton School of Magic in France as McGonagall had inquired before, but gave up completely. She expressed deep regret during the magic. She appreciated Camelia very much like Professor Flitwick back then, and she still does so now, but Professor McGonagall also felt sorry for Camelia on the Muggle side. Proud of achievements.

Because Camelia wanted to know what happened to Hogwarts after she left, and what happened to the British wizarding world during the years she was absent, although these days she has already made up for it in various ways. What Zhang told her, and what she didn't tell her, but she still wanted to know more truths, so she just returned to this place that had scarred her all over.

After reporting the recent situation with Professor McGonagall, Camelia explained her intentions. The professor happily told her everything she knew, about how Voldemort made a comeback and was defeated by the savior again, and the difficult years. Avoiding talking about Cedric.

"Diggory's transfiguration was the best of their class. I still remember his performance in the first game of the Triwizard Tournament. He turned a stone into a dog in order to attract the attention of the fire dragon. Although This method looks ridiculous, but I have to say that he performed very well." Professor McGonagall's eyes began to well up with tears.

"Transfiguration is indeed his best." Camelia said, she poured a piece of ice cubes left in the wine glass and put it in her mouth, as if she wanted to relieve the feeling of being kissed by flames on her tongue and stomach. The burning sensation afterwards was caused by the flame whiskey, but she couldn't tell whether the restlessness in her heart was also caused by the wine.

"It's really a pity." Professor McGonagall refilled their empty wine glasses while talking.

After drinking for three rounds, Camelia asked with a flushed face, "Professor, can I stay? I don't think anyone is more suitable to teach Muggle studies than me."

A few days after visiting Professor McGonagall, Camelia went to Diagon Alley again.

Diagon Alley, which is always bustling and lively in memory, has changed a lot now. A variety of new shops have opened, but the well-known old shops have disappeared in batches at the same time, even carrying countless childhood memories of these little wizards. The Ollivander's Wand Shop and Florin's Cold Drink Shop are now a thing of the past. It is said that even the Leaky Cauldron has a new owner, and the interior decoration style has changed from the usual messy and old to warm. tidy.

Camelia ordered a glass of sherry at the Leaky Cauldron. After the drink was ready, she sat in a corner with the glass and sipped it slowly. Recently, she was deliberately controlling the amount of drinking she drank, and set a rule for herself that no more than You can only drink five glasses of wine, it is best not to drink, but it is another matter in special circumstances.

It's just that special circumstances always come so suddenly, and people are always caught off guard.

"Shafiq, it's really you."

Camelia raised her head when she heard the sound, but found that the person standing in front of her was actually Marietta Exmo, she couldn't help but frowned, and felt that the British wizarding world was too small, so small that She just went out casually, meeting old acquaintances whenever she wanted to have a quiet drink, and recently, it was always the kind of people she never wanted to see again.

"Let me tell you, you look good, you have lived a good life these years." Marietta directly pulled out the chair and sat down beside Camelia.

"It's okay. How about you?" Camelia put down the wine glass in her hand and asked politely.

"It's okay, but what you have to know is that I have a much better life than Qiu."

I don't know if it was Camelia's illusion, but Marietta gritted her teeth when she mentioned Qiu.

"You know what? She picks and chooses, and now she's going to find any Muggle to marry her. Let me tell you, there aren't many men who can stand her. Even if Digory hadn't been killed , it is impossible for them to make it to the end, not to mention that if Diggory knew that Qiu fell into Potter's arms not long after his death, he would definitely be furious."

Camelia remained silent, and Marietta continued after taking a sip of wine: "Now think about what those boys, especially Digory, liked in her back then? Is it because she is beautiful? In fact, she is also pretty. That's all. If they looked more carefully, she would not be as beautiful as you. Especially in terms of personality and family background, nothing can compare to you in serious terms. Digory must have been blind at the time. I didn’t fall in love with you, but instead I fell in love with her. Seriously, Shafiq, I have never met a girl who is as good-tempered and unpretentious as you.”

"Yeah, it must be rare to see someone as stupid and easy to bully as me."

Marietta's face changed again, but it was strange that Camelia felt that Marietta seemed eager to please her, which was really a strange thing.

"That was when we were children and ignorant. You don't know that everyone has missed you since you left. There are indeed many things we did wrong in the past, but to be honest, you really She’s a little too lonely, and doesn’t play with us very much. If we got together and chatted more back then, maybe we could still have fun together, but ah.” Marietta paused, “Speaking of Qiu’s love for you The hostility is quite strong, especially after she and Digory are together, she always hints to us that you and Digory have an unusual relationship. It's because we were stupid at that time that we fell for her way, but we No one thought it would turn out like this.”

Camelia didn't want to talk to her anymore, and said impatiently: "Let it pass, and don't mention those things again."

"Okay, but it deserves it. After you left, she and Digory weren't as tired as before. I guess it must be during that time that Digory discovered her true colors and wanted to break up. She, Of course I don’t want to do it anymore, and I want to cling to her for the rest of my life. In fact, I found out that something was wrong between the two of them long before the Christmas ball, she..." Marietta glanced at Camelia cautiously, " Well, forget it, you weren't at Hogwarts at the time, so what's the point of talking about it, and Diggory wasn't around either."

There was not much wine left in the glass, and Camelia put down the glass lightly, and smiled at Marietta who was still chattering: "Hey, you two good sisters, what have you done during these years when I was away? What happened? It sounds like you two are enemies now."

"Bah, who is a good sister to her! I could have had a better life than now, but look at my face."

In fact, without Marietta's reminder, Camelia had already noticed that despite the heavy makeup on her face, the pimples or uneven scars on her face could still be seen through the thick foundation , Camelia clearly remembered that Marietta's original skin was one of the smoothest and delicate among the girls back then.

"When Digory's accident happened, I was the one who stayed by her side forever. At that time, she was unpredictable, crying and losing her temper at every turn, and scared many people away, but I didn't leave because I regard her as my best friend." Marietta's voice began to tremble, "but what did she do to me? I never thought of getting involved in what Potter and the others did, and my mother didn't allow me to go , Her parents are too, but if I'm not worried about her... Wouldn't it be better if I went to inform... Well, I admit that I did something wrong, and I shouldn't betray them, but aren't they too much? The price is too much It's too heavy, don't they all feel guilty about ruining the rest of a girl's life? Since my face is like this, no man is willing to look at me more."

It turns out that there has always been karma in reality, and the bitter fruit you planted can only be swallowed by yourself.

At a small round table for four in the corner of the Three Broomsticks, Camelia listened casually to Ian telling the interesting stories of the three of them when they were young. Without noticing it, Cedric came over with a tray containing two glasses of butterbeer, a glass of warm lemon juice, and a glass of fire whiskey with ice cubes. He put the tray on the table After serving, he pushed the glass of whiskey and lemon juice in front of Camelia.

"Just a sip," he said.

After Ian saw what it was, he yelled strangely, "Wow, where did you come from? Ms. Rosmerta sold you the wine because she saw you were handsome?"

"What are you thinking? Of course, I entrusted an older customer to help buy it, but I gave him a lot of extra."

Cedric gestured a number with his hand, and Ian was speechless after seeing it: "Are you crazy? Just because of her words, you spent so much money."

Cedric just kept laughing and didn't say anything. Camelia defended him: "There's no way we're so old now."

"I'm not talking about you, you are too nice to her." Ian looked at Cedric with a complaining look, "I have been friends for so many years, but I have never seen you spend so much for me."

Hearing what he said, Camelia pushed the wine over, "Then I'd better give you this glass of wine, I'm not blessed to take it."

"No, you drink first, you drink first, how dare I be in front of you."

Just like that, the glass of wine was pushed back intact.

Cedric repeated, "Just a sip."

This remark was a bit disappointing, and it was better not to drink it than to allow someone to take a sip, so Camelia still didn't drink it, and let the two of them share the drink.The two boys had never drank such strong wine before, and they were very excited. It's just that Ian's alcohol capacity is not very good, and he fell on the table after only a few sips. Cedric was so scared that he didn't dare to drink more. I'm afraid that I'm also drunk, and Camelia can't handle it alone.

"You can't find him for drinking in the future, it's too fast." Camelia said when helping Cedric to help Ian out of the bar.

Cedric was a little helpless, "So I said it's better to drink."

"But Seid, you bought today's wine."

He suddenly lost his confidence, and defended himself in a low voice, "Isn't it because you said you wanted to drink?"

"I said I want to drink, so you go buy it? Is that what I tell you to do, so what do you do? You really are."

"As long as it makes you happy, it's not impossible."

"what?"

At this time, Ian suddenly let out a "wow", and it seemed that he was about to throw up.

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