Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"Professor!" She hurried over and helped Barbara up.Thankfully, Barbara doesn't appear to be injured, at least not with any physical injuries.It's just that her face was as pale as paper, her brows were tightly wrinkled, her lips were tightly pursed, even in a coma, she showed a particularly painful posture.

Hermione half dragged and half dragged Barbara onto the couch. She didn't know what had happened that caused Barbara to lose consciousness, but at this time, it would definitely be right to go directly to Madam Pomfrey.Just as she was about to run away, she found that someone grabbed her sleeve.

Barbara opened her eyes with difficulty and looked at her with difficulty, but her voice clearly reached Hermione's ears: "I'm fine."

Hermione didn't believe what she said, but Barbara was obviously very weak, and the strength pulling her was extremely strong.Hermione felt her will, so she didn't continue to increase her pressure, and stopped where she was.

Barbara sat up from the recliner: "I'm still a little dizzy...but it's okay." She raised her hand to Hermione, "Come here."

"What's the matter, Professor?" Hermione thought she needed something, and hurried over, but was slapped on the top of the head, which didn't hurt, but this sudden attack startled her.

"What are you doing!"

Ignoring Hermione's protest, Barbara rubbed her forehead again, closed her eyes for a while, and then exhaled.

"You go back first, I will bring Siegel out later."

"Professor, I need you to explain the attack just now!" Hermione said dissatisfiedly, she felt that she couldn't just be fooled away like this.

"Explain... just because I'm a bit overdrawn, so I asked you to charge some interest." Barbara felt the emptiness in her body gradually dissipate. Sure enough, it was a bit reluctant to continue the connection guidance in a short period of time, let alone yesterday. Routine medication days.And once she was disconnected, there was no way Hermione would be there alone.

"Interest..." Hermione thought for a long time, and her face suddenly turned ugly. "Could it be that you will cause a lot of loss by doing this?"

"Of course there are losses, but it has nothing to do with you. I still cherish my life and will not force myself to do things that hurt myself." Barbara dismissed Hermione's suspicion lightly, and waved her hand as if she was in the way, letting her leave now.

Before leaving, Hermione hesitated again and again, but finally said: "Professor, can I ask you something?"

"You said."

"If I want to do something that may be risky... and all I have is a guess that is not yet conclusive, and although I am more than [-]% confident that it is correct, there are still some things that are not sure, And that may have irreversible consequences, should I really do that?" Hermione clenched her fists, the words and motivation driven by passion at that time, but after cooling down, she inevitably fell into Feeling confused, "Although you always say what I should do, and that I will understand when the opportunity comes, how can I be sure that what I do and what I insist on must be correct?"

"Then what do you think? What are you insisting on?" Barbara looked at her quietly.

"I...I hate giving up on myself, and I hate taking reality for granted - she said she can only wait in that room to die, and can't take a step, and I just, just don't think it's okay." Hermione stammered Yes, but said very firmly, "If you are destined to die, instead of choosing to die ignorant of the world while curled up in the eggshell, I think it would be better to die after breaking out of the shell with all your strength and seeing the outline of the world."

"But that kind of theory is just my own opinion, not the truth that should be forced to be obeyed by others, not to mention that it may even put her in danger... If she really wants to usher in such an ending, yes Isn't it better to follow her mood?"

Barbara listened to her until silence fell in the small office.Knowing that Hermione had finished speaking, she spoke.

"You're scared, Miss Granger." Hermione was taken aback, but with her intelligence, she naturally knew what Barbara was talking about.

"You are afraid of losing her, so you tie your hands and feel that you should not interfere with her forcefully, and you don't want her to feel restrained, that you are an annoying guy... so you even prefer to compromise with the way of life that you think is wrong, Because it is her choice, you are willing to hide your sincerity, and even cover up your uneasiness with 'maybe I was wrong' to maintain this small, superficial peace, so that you can continue to communicate in harmony."

Hermione was terrified. Although she knew that Barbara must have sensed her inner thoughts, this feeling of being completely dissected and displayed made her feel extremely uneasy, and a corner of her heart clamored for her to stop. Go on.

"You like her too much, so you will pay special attention to her opinion. It is because of attention and fear. You are afraid that as long as you are no longer the image in her heart, you are afraid that once you destroy the current balance, the gift will be taken back immediately. , she will leave you." Barbara's eyes were in a trance, and although she was summarizing Hermione's emotions, they were also thoughts she had in the past.

"Professor, please..." Hermione's voice showed a hint of weakness.

"But that's not right, Miss Granger." Barbara said suddenly, with a strong tone, "The so-called reluctance to change and compromise has always been just an excuse for fear of being hurt, and that may even make things that should be able to change Things are falling apart again, and that has nothing to do with good intentions, it's just selfishness."

"Sometimes, even an unreasonable, strong and direct push is ten thousand times stronger than the so-called 'caring' and 'compromise'..."

"You have an [-]% success rate?" Barbara asked suddenly.

"That's just my estimate..." Hermione said quickly.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you are more than [-]% sure, you can try." Barbara stood still thinking, "What are you still standing here? Don't you have to go to class later?"

Hermione blinked, the words were so powerful that she was stunned.She just went through the schedule in her mind: "Oh my god, my arithmetic and divination!" Then she grabbed her satchel, said hello to Barbara in a hurry, and ran away quickly.

*****

As Christmas is getting shorter and shorter, the festive atmosphere in Hogwarts Castle is getting stronger every day.Both professors and students (even those who decided to go home for the holidays) made no secret of their delight; colorful, shimmering ribbons littered the corridors, and sprigs of holly and mistletoe hung here and there trinkets (and occasionally a flirting couple under the mistletoe).

The ghosts also appeared more actively than in the past, some ghosts even put on new dresses, and Peeves always took off his hat to the students in front of him, and then threw a big rotten egg in front of them, "Christmas Happy Fool!" and ran away through the wall laughing (and thus Filch's temper became even worse during this time).

In the last week of the first term, the students also had the opportunity to go to Hogsmeade. This time out was just a few days before Christmas, and the students' relaxation and joy were steaming and almost overflowing.This time Zooey was very satisfied, because Hermione didn't have to spend time with Ron, and they could walk around together, which was great for Zooey.

But what puzzled her was that Hermione's attitude towards her was a little evasive some time ago, which was not to reject her, because Zooey could see that Hermione didn't mean to be bored or alienated from her, but seemed to be unconscious... …shy?Although after a few days, Hermione returned to her usual attitude and became energetic again.

Zoe was still asleep when Hermione talked to Barbara, so she didn't know the whole story.But of course she was relieved, knowing that when she first noticed the change in Hermione's attitude, she almost thought she had been exposed.

Zoe told Hermione that she planned to go to the Pig's Head Bar this time, in order to strike up a conversation with the bar owner; and Hermione also told her that the only thing she had planned was to go to the Three Broomsticks to meet Crocker , This is the agreement that was made when they first met.

In order to better liberate the house-elves, Hermione naturally needs someone to provide ideas and suggestions. She plans to recruit Crocker to join the team when the plan is mature-of course, she also hopes that Crocker will participate in the construction of the plan. Come, as long as it has this need.

But their plans are after the afternoon, which means they have a whole morning to buy gifts for Christmas.Zoe thought carefully about the number of gifts that needed to be given out this year, and felt very happy from the bottom of her heart for Galleon who needed to spend more.

Knowing that even if you have a room full of gold coins, it's a very tragic thing to be alone with no one to give Christmas presents to (and of course not to receive).Since the death of Grandpa Orlando, he was adopted by Dumbledore, met the Malfoy family, and came to Hogwarts, and met people who are rare but very important.

Although the "Calling God Guard" was completely useless as before, she still felt that her heart was being submerged by the warm tide. Even though the word "happiness" was still shrouded in a layer of mist, at least her fingertips had Touched in an instant.