Wild child

"It makes me feel like a deserter." Fanny was dressed in classical British aristocratic attire, sitting at the table in a standard aristocratic posture, complaining in an aristocratic tone about something that was not aristocratic.

"Don't be stupid, of course you are fighting. If those Gryffindors face your battle, they will escape quickly." Draco handed over a roll of parchment, watching Fanny stretch out her hand tremblingly When he took it, his eyes were clearly smiling.

"That's true." Fanny glanced at the general content on the paper, "You won't give up, right?"

"I'm just stating the facts to you." Draco said calmly, "Maybe it will make you uncomfortable, but as your boyfriend, I have the responsibility to show you the true face of your idol."

"Firstly, Dumbledore is not my idol; secondly, no one has the obligation or the right to tell me what I should believe; thirdly," Fanny no longer concealed her impulse to sigh, "selectively revealing the wrong It will be 'True Face,' Malfoy."

"Draco." Draco frowned, his name was hard to remember?

"Wait until the day I become your legal girlfriend." Fanny read the information in her hand with ease. She didn't doubt Draco's seriousness, but she couldn't help but want to urge him.

Draco frowned again, and brought the topic back to the parchment, "Enough has been said by those brainless fellows about Dumbledore. Everyone believes that Dumbledore radiates sunlight from every pore, and it's time for you to It’s not so well-known anymore.”

Fanny turned her gaze back to the paper helplessly.According to the usual view of ten lines at a glance, she can sort out the content clearly with a few glances.The content of the materials and the person who organized them took her more than ten minutes to read them carefully. They are very detailed, and it is obvious that she has spent a lot of time collecting and sorting them out.

"That's the aspect of Dumbledore's life in which he used gray means to win over people's hearts and expand his power." Fanny concluded after reading it.

"This bit of information is far behind. Examples of him playing tricks are all over the world, and you can find a lot without any effort." Seeing that Fanny really saw it, Draco was a little happier, "It's not far away." Say, that big Hagrid hasn't been around since school started—although I personally think it's a good thing he hasn't. The Dark Lord... has just returned and the half-giant has disappeared, so what does that mean?"

This was the first time he mentioned this matter in front of Fanny, and the sensitive topic made him seem to swallow something thorny for a moment. .

"You mean to say that he wanted to have a good relationship with the giant before the mysterious man." Fanny's expression was as usual, and she only closed her eyes.

His tone of voice when he mentioned Voldemort's return meant that the Malfoys had...

"That's right." Draco was also trying to restore the atmosphere to the state just now, and he knew that the taboo word was almost blurted out, "Why does he have to use that clumsy scum as a teacher? It's because he knows he can use it." use."

"Dumbledore kept Hagrid for 50 years, man. You-Know-Who wasn't active then."

"Of course people like him are used to being prepared, and there is more than one reason for Dumbledore to do this kind of thing. Take the matter of preventing the extermination of the last giant tribe in England. He was applying for a member of the Wizengamot at the time." position, an act of 'kindness' that earned him a crucial letter of recommendation."

"He prevented at least 200 giants from being slaughtered innocently. It's not too much to say that he is kind."

"Innocent? Do you know how many Muggles die at the mouth of giants every year?" Draco smiled, "Giants are bloodthirsty by nature, and they don't care whether the meat in their mouths is innocent. Besides, when they were hunting giants before, Dumbledore Where is the excess? Only come out to intercede when the last bit is left, which not only wins popularity, but also won't cause trouble in the future, typical Dumbledore style."

"I don't read as many documents as you, but I guess Dumbledore should stop the massacre not only when he needs to apply for a job." Fanny put down the documents in her hand, "No matter what his purpose is, you can't change him. The fact that Hagrid was taken in. He saved Hagrid from the barbaric life of blood and blood, and gave Hagrid a place to go."

"So that he will work for himself at the critical moment." Draco looked a little disdainful, "Leaving him is just a matter of one word to Dumbledore. To accept the little favor Dumbledore gave, you have to die Also, that is to say, those simple-minded people will fall into this kind of trick."

"This is not an exchange of equal value, Malfoy." Fanny shook her head, "When you get lost in the desert, a glass of water is more precious than 1 Galleons. You... just lie in a luxury hotel , laughing at the man in the desert who is so grateful for a glass of water."

"After all, what he pays is just that glass of water. And when it comes to your life, he will not be stingy at all, and those people will say good things about him until their death. Compared with the black devil The head is even more straightforward, to use is to use, each takes what he needs, and does not pretend to be merciful."

Fanny sighed again, "...Draco, you don't understand."

It is the part of "falsely pretending to be compassionate" that gives people the feeling of being saved and makes people believe that they have become different people from the past. This is the most naked transaction of "I will give you a glass of water and you will work for me" It cannot be given, but it is precisely what the people in darkness need most.

For the first time, the girl called his name, but it didn't cheer Draco up.Fanny sighed without mentioning a word, but told him almost blatantly: We are not the same people.

This made Draco uncomfortable, and he was a little annoyed. "What I don't understand is that you just have to worship that hypocrite!"

"How many times does it take me to tell you that I don't worship him?" Fanny raised her eyes and lowered them, raising her hands begging for mercy, "I'm stupid, okay? But who told you to choose me? So What a smart and beautiful pure-blood girl, and you don't need to be educated, you can marry one of them, who told you not to?"

Draco didn't make another sound, he caught the moment when Fanny raised her eyes, in his memory Fanny had never looked at him with such a cold gaze.

"What time is it?" Fanny quickly adjusted herself back to her usual appearance, and looked at her watch, "It's already past nine o'clock, you'd better go back quickly. We've been here all day. I also I can finally take off this... strange clothes."

"It worked?" Draco quipped.

The Room of Requirement is a good place, if you make the right request, you will never have to worry about being found, and it will definitely live up to the name of "Request".After sensing the purpose of the two dating for aristocratic education—or the opposite—by the way, Fanny found herself in a gorgeous torture room constructed of books, expensive clothing, and various "instruments of torture".

Perhaps it was limited to Mary Minnie's life time, these costumes were centuries older than the styles Draco wore to the banquet, and the features that hindered his hands and feet and made it difficult to move were far more obvious.As the aristocratic training suit in the wizarding world, there are Stinging Curse and Burning Curse triggered under certain conditions. As long as the wearer's words or actions do not conform to the noble style, such as reaching out faster than a certain speed, he will be punished.

The same is true for furniture. Tables, chairs, benches, bottles and cans can taste the power immediately if the user's movements are wrong.Many small movements are unconscious, and the purpose of these exercises is obviously to erase them and replace them with new aristocratic ones.

"Damn" is a forbidden word, and now Fanny can remember this before blurting it out.

"When I take it off, I'm going to curse here all night." Fanny made a gesture to tease the dog, "Turn around."

"Why...you can create a dressing room here just by thinking about it!" Draco who reacted swished and turned around, with the rustling sound of cloth rubbing behind him.

"Legs are swollen and I can't stand up." Fanny said quite naturally.

"Are you... okay? Do you want to get something else..."

"The medicine provided here is enough, and today it's not worse than before." Fanny poured out the medicine from the bottle that appeared out of nowhere, and wiped all the wounds as quickly as possible.

"Uh... do you need me for the back injury...?" Draco hesitated.

"No need, I'm very proficient at applying medicine everywhere." Fanny changed her tone, "Oh, if it's what you really want..."

From behind, Draco's shoulders stiffened, his ears turned red, and Fanny laughed silently, grinning her teeth in pain.Not letting Draco help apply the medicine is not only a matter of self-esteem, but more importantly, she doesn't want to see Draco's expression when he sees the wound on her body again.

Since it is an educational product, of course the spell on it will not cause any serious injuries, but it will leave some marks if there are too many "violations".

The first time Fanny used it for three hours, she still dared not move after taking off her clothes.Seeing that Fanny behaved stiffly, Draco pulled Fanny's clothes half-forced, and then took a deep breath.Fanny couldn't see her back, but she could guess from the hot feeling that it must be a miserable scene like being severely whipped.

Now Draco couldn't stand it anymore, and proposed to steal the clothes he used to enlarge from home and give them to Fanny.According to him, when he violated the rules, his system would only be tightened suddenly as a reminder. It seems that the nobles have become more distressed about their children from generation to generation.

While envious of the contemporary noble imp, Fanny rejected Draco's proposal.

"This worked faster, and 'tightening it up' wasn't enough to get me right. Time was running out, you know."

To put it bluntly, people who have no aristocratic background are really looking for abuse by doing this training.Every day when Fanny leaves the Room of Requirement, her chest, back, arms and legs are all swollen, and she doesn't know where to put her body when she goes to bed at night.

Fortunately, there are always necessary medicines in the room, and the pain will not be so painful the next day.However, she no longer dares to take a bath during peak hours. Due to repeated "fouls", purple, red, new, and old scars overlap on some parts, which is not good for people to see.

Getting used to this kind of thing is quite stubborn, and even a scalding whip can't completely change it.Fanny understood the truth.

These days reminded her of long-forgotten times, exhausted every day, and covered with scars when she fell asleep.But when she recalled those days, she didn't feel humiliated or sad, but a little nostalgic, that kind of life might never come back.

Going up the tree to pick fruit and going down the river to touch fish, I was too tired to walk, so I closed my eyes at the corner of the street.With messy hair like a bird's nest, he didn't care about his ragged clothes, and ran barefoot in the streets and alleys of the grass, river, beach, and kicked aside the glass garbage when he stepped on the nails.When it rains, the dirt road is full of mud. When you step on a nest, the mud and sand bind your feet and feel sticky to the touch, as if you are reluctant to leave.

I fought in the mud a few times, and after drying, my hair was so stiff that I couldn’t even scratch it, so I took off my clothes and plunged into the river for a while. I raised my face and took a deep breath to shake my hair. , Wanli Qingming.

Don't feel dirty, don't be ashamed, where did that child go?Sometimes looking in the mirror, Fanny would ask herself.

She lost her, and Fanny felt a little guilty, but not regretful.She thinks it's because she's grown up.

She found what she really wanted and, more importantly, learned to leave no stone unturned.She was amazed at her potential.

"tomorrow……"

"'Dating' is enough on weekends. You don't want to be like those guys whose IQs have flowed into the love potion and get tired of me every day." Fanny hardened her heart, even though she really hoped that she and Della Can do that. "You still have your own things to do, Mr. Prefect? ​​There are a lot of things here, and I can train myself. Do you remember why I come here every day?"

Even after canceling the night tour that she thought would never stop, Fanny didn't sleep much more than before.Now even Hermione is amazed by Fanny's high intensity of study. At the beginning of the school year, Fanny has reached the point where she can hardly see when she has no books in her hand except when she is sleeping.She had to deal with all the homework during the day, and set aside time every night to read extracurricular books and engage in self-abuse activities in the Room of Requirement.

I also work in the greenhouse twice a week, which is almost a high-risk job now.I don't know if it was intentional or not, but Lucy often worked with Fanny, but at most the two had a brief chat before going in and after coming out, and they had to concentrate on worrying about their own lives inside.Fanny sometimes felt like she and Lucy were helping Sprout feed a pack of werewolves ready to bite off a few heads at any moment.

Now she always calls Lucy Lucy, which means blessing.

The next day, at the end of a terrible Monday, Fanny came to the door of the Room of Requirement late at night and saw Draco waiting by the wall.He smiled lightly and shook the tome in his hand, "Life and Social Habits of a British Muggle Family" at Fanny.

"Your relatives are all Muggles, aren't they? I have to start from scratch too. Don't worry, I won't miss anything I should do."

A glossy door appeared in the wall, and Draco pulled it open, smiling at Fanny.

"It's about the two of us, remember?"

Fanny froze for a moment, then smiled, and followed inside.It was still the "torture room", she didn't hesitate when she stepped in.

"Turn around, Mr. Slytherin."

With you here, nothing is a problem.

Soon Fanny stopped worrying about the issue of "deserters". Her overly fulfilling life didn't even give her the room to feel guilty.

Under the conditions of reasonable arrangements, there are always more things that can be done in a certain period of time than imagined.There are also many compulsory courses in high society. Dumbledore's book list is still open, and she not only maintains the original frequency of changing the book list when those books become more difficult to understand, but also can choose according to her own needs and interests. Other bibliographies are supplemented.

After the scope of reading became wider and wider, the frequency of Fanny borrowing those books that required the teacher's signature continued to increase.What surprised her was that it was none other than Snape who gave her the green light. Whenever McGonagall saw some suspicious bibliographies, she would always ask about Fanny's research content, but Snape didn't care what book was written on the note. Sign directly without looking up.Later, after many times, Fanny chanted a spell in front of him and copied the note into two copies. Snape just told Fanny to get out of here impatiently, with a tone of "you have finally enlightened". the meaning of.

Therefore, Fanny's book-eating activities went very smoothly.

If you're going to be an honest boy, the new Supreme Prosecutor Umbridge's new decree after decree, and the students' organized or disorganized counterattack will not affect you too much.

When Fanny refused to join the Defense Against the Dark Arts team headed by Harry, not only Hermione, but the whole dormitory were extremely surprised.

"I don't think I need Harry's teaching in actual combat, Hermione." Fanny said, "As you can see, I'm really, really busy right now."

"Can't you see that? It's a rebellion against Umbridge's love at Hogwarts! Are you going to watch Hogwarts become the world of that old cow?" said Hermione eagerly. , "If your actual combat ability is strong enough, you can also serve as a teacher with Harry!"

"I really don't have the time, Hermione—"

"I don't think Mark will blame you for the time you lost by participating in this group." Parvati interjected, seeing Fanny's dull expression, and added, "Aren't you doing this to study abroad in Beauxbatons?" Desperate? I almost did it for Eric back then, he is such a cute boy, but unfortunately..."

No wonder Parvati always has a clear face when she sees her getting angry... Fanny remembered that everyone thought she was dating Mark. Although it is not kind to think so, he is really a good shield .

During the holidays, Mark sent several letters. Fanny was in a bad mood and was too lazy to reply. After that, there was no news.Thinking of Mark now feels like a distant memory from another life.

"It's just practice once or twice a week, it won't take up too much time." Hermione quickly interrupted Parvati's wonderful review, "We all know that we can't learn anything from that stupid book, this is the year of OWLs , These exercises are also serving the exam."

But Fanny still shook her head. "I won't participate. If you need advice on practice places, you can come to me."

"Uh...we will decide this issue after discussion." Hermione frowned and looked at Fanny.

Fanny saw suspicion in her eyes, as sharp as Hermione must have thought of something.It was uncomfortable to be suspicious of one's best friends, but Fanny said nothing, and it was normal for Hermione to put her on the distrust list given her relationship with Malfoy.

"You're afraid of that old cock, aren't you?" Parvati looked at Fanny disdainfully, "Looking at your usual appearance, I thought you were so courageous, but I didn't expect you to shrink back when it came to a critical moment."

Parvati has always been outspoken, and Amelia and Lavender gave her a symbolic reassurance, but it was clear that they were saying the same thing.Part of Fanny yelled at her that way, so she didn't say anything.

It was Hermione who spoke.

"Oh, shut up, Parvati. It's Fanny's freedom to choose to join or not to join. It's not your turn to criticize. You only know how to put on makeup when she saves all Muggle-borns."

Why does it sound like I'm so great...?Fanny thought for a few seconds: "Uh...thank you, Hermione."

"Okay, so, except for Fanny, everyone in this dormitory has no problem listening to Harry when they go to Hogsmeade for the first time this term?" Hermione turned her head away from Fanny.

"Where are you going to listen?" Lavender asked, while Parvati sulked.

"It's not decided yet, I think it's best not to say anything, Umbridge won't be happy about it."

"Three broomsticks, the place is big enough, and everyone knows the way." Fanny suggested.

"So that hundreds of people hear that we're forming a Defense Against the Dark Arts team? How convenient." Hermione snapped.

"A large group of people squeezed into a secluded place...well, I shut up." Fanny just wanted to shrug her shoulders but then paused, and only waved her hands.She really has no say in this matter.Anyway, the current group has not violated any terms.

The remaining few people proposed a few more locations, and Hermione said that they should think about it carefully.Then Fanny and Hermione went down to the common room. After checking the time, Fanny closed her book and was about to slip out, but Hermione stopped her.

Hermione, who was directing the knitting needles and yarn, looked like a housewife. At first, Fanny thought she was going to give a speech about her violation of discipline, but Hermione hesitated and said: "Fanny, you and Are those elves familiar?"

"Also... OK?" Fanny was puzzled.

"So... do you know what they think of the hats and socks I knit them? What do they think could be improved?"

"I've been busy recently, so I haven't been to the kitchen much."

"...well then." Hermione said disappointedly.

"If you want to know, I'll help you ask." Fanny said, "But you'd better be mentally prepared, I guess the evaluation is not very high."

"Of course they'd like it!" said Hermione decisively.

Fanny was speechless, opened the portrait hole and left.

Hermione is also rushing to do homework recently, but she squeezes out time to do housework.The way to free the elves is to get them decent clothes. For this reason, Hermione has been knitting hats and socks since the summer vacation. For a while she often slept as late as Fanny.

The stubborn negative attitudes of Harry Ron and Fanny did not affect Hermione at all, and it seemed that even the arrival of Voldemort himself could not stop her determination to promote SPEW.

Fortunately, she attributed Fanny's return to the dormitory without disturbing her in the middle of the night to the fact that she was too focused on working in the common room, and Fanny didn't need to respond to her mass inquiries about the Room of Requirement.

Life is full of problems... Fanny sighed on the way to the "torture room".