[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

"You seem to have changed a bit."

Remus Lupine told Eli that he had observed Eli for a while and had come to this conclusion.

It had been half a month since the semester started, but it seemed that it was the first time he saw Eli in the Gryffindor common room.The situation is still not much better than half a month ago; not only the world outside the school, but also the students in the school are avoiding him intentionally or unintentionally.

Lupine had been seated in a comfortable arm-chair by the fire, and the best circle of chairs around was almost filled.But when Eli was holding a book and sitting on an empty chair, they all said loudly within a few minutes that they suddenly remembered something, and walked away with a grandiose show, leaving only the two of them in this circle. .

Brave and fearless, Gryffindor, who always stands on the side of justice, has no tolerance for evil-the same is true for those who are rumored to be recruited by the Dark Lord.Maybe some people are out of fear, some people are out of caution, at this time, no one wants to have anything to do with Eli; thanks to the fact that Eli Smith has been a very popular person in the past few years, So they didn't do anything more excessive, they just kept a distance from him so far, lest they get into some unsolvable troubles.

From this point of view, the outside world's statement that Gryffindors are simple-minded and well-developed is obviously arbitrary.They didn't approach him, nor did they hurt him. This has nothing to do with the academy, and the caution shown by human nature at this moment is always surprisingly consistent.

"Really." Eli replied to him calmly, his tone was light, and he seemed to have no special reaction to this state of being ignored. He was obviously not longing for someone to come forward and reach out to him , he is not fragile, and he is not expecting to be rescued.

He just opened the book in an orderly manner, and said calmly: "I haven't seen you for a few days, Remus, is your illness better?"

Much better, thanks.Lupine responded with a smile, looked at Eli, and stared at him for a moment involuntarily.

A few minutes later, Eli suddenly raised his eyes slightly, meeting his gaze.Lupine froze for a moment, and immediately tried to look away, but Eli looked at him and began to speak.

"Professor McGonagall asked me to bring you a message, Remus." He said suddenly, "We're going to the office together."

"What?" Lupine was taken aback, and just about to ask what was the matter, he glanced at Eli, stunned for a moment, and realized that he did it on purpose.

"...ah, all right," said Lupine, standing up at once. "Then shall we, er, go?"

Um.Eli responded, put away the book calmly, and walked out of the common room with him under the eyes of the others.

Of course, there is no such thing as Professor McGonagall calling. The two of them left the lounge and walked up casually, all the way to the seventh floor, and stopped beside an empty classroom.Basically, no one came here, especially on the rest day when there was no class. They stopped in front of the open window and looked at the short British autumn in front of them together.

"Eli?" Lupine looked at him questioningly, but Eli only looked out of the window, his gaze fell on the lake sparkling in the sun.

"I thought it was you who wanted to tell me something." He said calmly, "So I found an excuse to talk alone and left."

Lu Ping was slightly taken aback. On the one hand, he was surprised that Eli discovered his idea and immediately created opportunities for him. On the other hand...

He couldn't help asking: "Why didn't you let me talk to you directly in the common room?"

"It feels like you don't really think about it." Eli bent the corner of his lower lip, turned his face to look at him, and said politely, "You gave me the impression that you value friendship and other people's opinions, and you care about whether you have I am hated by others, and I am eager to be able to truly blend in with everyone. At a time like this, if you have a good conversation with me in front of other people, it may affect your popularity and make everyone think of you. I think That's pretty much what your concerns are, if you're wrong, please forgive my rudeness."

Lupine was stunned by what he said, he stared at Eli for a while in a daze, then smiled lightly and sighed.

"You've really changed a bit, Eli." He said sincerely, "The previous you, even if you discovered this, wouldn't say it so directly."

"It may be that the cleanliness of this period has degraded my emotional intelligence and social skills." Eli laughed at himself casually, curling the corner of his lower lip, and his attitude became a little more natural, "So I want to be with me. Say what, Remus."

"I want..." Lupine paused for a moment, then said, "to talk to you about You-Know-Who."

Eli raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"My dad used to be an Auror," said Lupine, "a long time ago, almost ten years ago. But his dream from school was to be an Auror, to fight and fight against dark wizards, to defend his homeland, to practice Do the justice in his own heart. He went to the Auror headquarters as soon as he graduated, received three years of training there, successfully passed the assessment, became an official Auror, and realized his ideal when he was young."

"Did he change careers later?" Eli asked, attracted by what he said, "You said 'was', Remus. "

"Yes, I won't do it." Lupine said, shaking his head, "I think he was forced to change careers. He was very good at work, fighting against many dark wizards and dark creatures... This caused dissatisfaction among some people. He He was hated. Ten years ago, his family was targeted and retaliated, and suffered irreversible serious injuries. As a result, he had to give up his job as an Auror, and took his family to travel around, seeking Medicine asks medicine to heal permanent wounds that can never be healed."

They both fell silent for a while, and Eli said, "I'm sorry."

It was my initiative to say.Lupine shook his head and bent his lips at him: "The person who took revenge on my father is under the command of the mysterious man. In the past 20 years, almost all the dark wizards and most of the magical creatures have been recruited by him. All of them are bound to be targeted, my dad, our family, was never the only victim, tragedies like this have been happening over the years."

"He must be in pain." After a while, Eli sighed softly, "It seems a bit pale to say that, but I can't think of a better way to say it."

Lupine smiled.

"I think he is not only in pain, but also a little bit regretful." He said softly, "regret that he didn't protect his family well that day, regret that he was self-righteous and fearless. Maybe he didn't realize that he was brave until the moment when the tragedy really came. It was not as invincible as he thought it would be. He felt an intense pain that might have destroyed him at one point and brought him so many years and continued torment."

Eli narrowed his eyes slightly, remained silent, and heard Luping pause for a while, and then said: "But I don't think he regretted his decision to become an Auror. It was not only his ideal when he was young, but also his dream. After going through so many things, there is still no direction to change in the end—I heard from my mother that he has now joined a new organization, the Order of the Phoenix, which has a nice name."

Eli froze for a moment, then looked up at him abruptly.

After a moment's pause, he asked, "Why are you telling me this?"

"I don't know either." Lupine said, raising his hand and scratching his hair, "Actually, I don't want to comfort you, I don't think such a bloody example can do much to comfort you... But I still want to tell you Listen, maybe I want you to know that you are not the only unlucky person in this world. I heard that You-Know-Who is very good at cursing. Our Defense Against the Dark Arts class has to change a professor every year because of him, the person who opposes him They will probably be cursed by him, and luck is generally not very good. But just like our Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers still have to change, there will always be someone who will choose to stand up and stand on the opposite side of him, knowing what kind of situation they may face The price still stood up."

"It's really not comforting, thank you." Eli said truthfully, "I understand what you mean, but how should I say it, if it is not a last resort, no one will hope that this unlucky ghost is really me. If someone can help Going up, it's obviously much easier for me."

The two leaned their elbows against the window sill, looked side by side at the thin sunlight and the high sky outside the window, and were silent for a while.

"By the way." Eli said calmly, "Remus, do you know that I'm pretty good at Defense Against the Dark Arts, and I've already learned the sixth grade course by myself, and now I'm at least at the OWLs level."

Lupine froze for a moment, shaking uncontrollably.He collected himself, sighed deeply, and said, "I think so, too, and I guess you've raised your eyebrows in surprise last year when James said I had a hairy little problem." I know it in my heart."

"Basically, the time you disappear every month is too regular." Eli said, "Even so, you still told me about your father today, Remus?"

"Ah, yes," Lupine whispered, taking a deep breath.

"Actually, when I was in the common room, I was still hesitating." He shrugged, bent his lips a little bit reluctantly, exhaled, stood up straight, and patted him on the shoulder.

"But you called me out," he said. "I was sure then that you seemed to have changed a bit, but there was no doubt that it was the same Eli Smith I knew from memory—even now, it's not the same as you. Not everyone is alienating you, standing by because of something that wasn't your fault, and even in the worst of times, friends won't leave you, I want you to know that. I'm at Hogwarts Having experienced this precious friendship, I hope you can clearly feel it too."

"Thank you, Remus." After a moment of hesitation, Eli smiled softly.

He said: "I feel better now. Don't worry, I know it. After everything I've been through, you can't think I'm as positive as I was before, but I know what I'm doing."

They ended their friendly conversation and walked together to the Gryffindor common room.On the next floor, I met James and Sirius, who really just came out of Professor McGonagall's office - they were experimenting with their new invention in History of Magic class, a kind of refreshing It is a colorless and odorless gas, but the effect is a bit beyond expectations. The whole classroom is submerged in a khaki-yellow smoke, which is full of a weasel-like smell. Except for Professor Binns, no one in the whole classroom is spared, and they are all brought down by the two of them. .

Professor McGonagall was so angry that he fined them for half a month of confinement, and called them into the office to criticize them severely. When they came out, both of them looked ashamed after being tortured, but when they came out, they saw the two of them. , Immediately visibly visibly refreshed.

"Remus! Eli!" James waved at them cheerfully. Just as he was about to say something, a group of third-year Slytherin students came from the other end of the corridor, and Regulus was among them.

They spotted each other at the same time, James curled his lips, Sirius glanced at his brother, looked away, without any reaction.

Unexpectedly, Regulus suddenly opened his mouth and spoke.

"You're here, Eli," he said, taking two steps in this direction. "I just got back from the library, and I didn't find you there."

Didn't go today.Eli said simply, turning around and nodding to his fellow Gryffindor classmates: "Let's go now, see you later."

Lupine, James, and Sirius froze.

"Are you going with them?" James asked in disbelief, looking at him as if three heads had grown out of nowhere. "A group of Slytherins?"

Sirius looked from Eli's face to Regulus's, back and forth several times, and narrowed his eyes.

"What are you talking about together?" He asked in a weird tone, twitching the corners of his lips, he couldn't tell whether it was sarcasm or puzzlement, "Voldemort's meet and greet lucky audience's fellowship sharing meeting?"

Regulus glanced at his brother indifferently, but did not speak.Neither did Eli, who waved at them again, turned and walked towards Regulus.The Slytherins watched him approach quietly, without resistance or repulsion at all, like watching a drop of rain fall into a lake.

Lupine didn't speak, he stared at Eli's face closely, his face was calm and his steps were steady, the thin sunlight from the corridor window shone in, reflecting his face into two halves, light and dark, he gradually walked away until They disappeared, and the three of them stayed where they were, looking at each other, unable to say a word.

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