Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"It's surprising, you actually drove her away directly, don't you worry that she might misunderstand?" A leisurely female voice came from behind, at first hearing it was full of smiles, but if you listen carefully And it seems that there is no emotion in it.Zooey didn't even look back, she naturally knew who it was.

"Yeah, I don't want her to hit you head-on," she said coldly.

"It's comforting to be so much braver. You gave up a long time ago, and you would rather lock yourself into a closed world than face it all... Is it because this girl gave you courage?"

The person who came slowly appeared in the direction where Hermione disappeared before. She was like an adult version of Zoe, with almost a mirror-like face, except that her eyes were brown and deep, and the corners of her mouth Those who are familiar with the faint smile can be recognized in an instant.

"Although hiding is also dying, and standing out is also dying, your struggle is just a useless joke..." The adult version of Zoe walked up to Zoe, she stretched out her hand as if wanting to touch Zoe's cheek, but The moment her finger was about to touch it, something like electric current "cracked" and flicked her fingertip away.The woman showed a regretful expression, and withdrew her hand and stopped trying to touch it.

"But there are some people who must arrange some ineffective measures. Even if you are now protected by Barbara's rune, I can't do anything to you. In the end, nothing will change, and you will still disappear."

Zooey clenched her fists and breathed rapidly. She looked at the pair of cold eyes that were close at hand. In fact, those eyes were very bright, and the fun in them was almost overflowing, but she still shuddered unconsciously.Every time I see her, even just thinking about it, fear almost dominates her body.

It seemed to be stared at by a snake, and it seemed to be looking at something deeper.She took a deep breath, unwilling to show weakness: "But I am willing to fight this time in exchange for my chance of survival, because someone expects me to continue to live, and I am willing to try again because of this sentence."

"That girl from Gryffindor? It's really enviable." Although she said she was envious, the woman's face was full of teasing, "It's no wonder you are fascinated by her."

"I..." Zooey felt her face heat up, it was an embarrassing hotness.Why am I talking about privacy with this guy here?It seems that they are very familiar with each other.

"This has nothing to do with you. How my life goes, what my dream is, who I like, like, like, it's all mine!"

"It's heartless, Zoe." The woman smiled, but she didn't take it seriously. "Of course I need to know about your life. I'm your mother who is connected by blood."

She calmly stated her identity, but this kind of freedom only made Zooey furious: "How dare you say that word, I don't admit that you are my mother. You are just a monster, do something on your own The disgusting things are all because of you, my life has become so distorted!"

"However, whether you admit it or not, I am your mother." Max's eyes seemed to be looking at something else through her, "Don't you know that children can't choose their own origin? They can only bear it passively, even if It is the life that has been distorted because of this, and it is just an adult's private wish, and they don't care about it."

"Although I can roughly see it, you really do have some indifferent worries. If you like it, why don't you just confess?"

"How could it be possible! You said it so simply, you obviously don't know anything. That kind of thing... is wrong and abnormal! Besides, if you confess, everything will be over. The relationship between Hermione and me, the previous relationship Everything is gone..." Zoe shouted, "I absolutely don't want it, even if we don't say it, we can still be together, but as long as we say it, everything will change!"

"I don't care what you think, Zoe." Max said, "But it's not that I don't understand your feelings. I have been told 'like' by girls before. I have observed it for a long time and know how you struggle. of."

Zooey was taken aback, but she didn't expect Max to say such words nonchalantly: "Aren't you confused? She's a girl!"

"Why do you care about gender? Is there any difference between male and female love?"

"But you... Mingming and Voldemort..." Zoe murmured, "Didn't you promise her?"

"Tom? He is a more special existence... As for me and that child, I promised her and dated her for a while. According to the standards of the world, ah, that should be regarded as a beautiful and loving memory." Max thought for a while and said.

"It sounds like you don't care about her at all! Then why did you agree to her? Didn't you just throw her away in the end? You have no sense of responsibility, just treat me—" Zooey forced herself to stop the last sentence, she You don't want to make the other person think that you care.

"No, I like her." Unexpectedly, Max replied immediately without any hesitation, "I am indeed attracted to her. She is a very good girl, cute and straightforward. Although she lacks self-confidence, she is actually very strong. I I like her very much... So, I broke her." She narrowed her eyes, "Now that I think about it, I was too naive at that time, and I was just shaken by some insignificant words from my friends... Tom That's right, we can't make others understand, because we are all dirty but good people at the same time, we can only pursue what we want, instead of praying for acceptance from others."

"Break, break... What the hell did you do..." Zoe took a step back timidly, because as the word came out of her mouth, she unconsciously recalled that bloody memory.

"Don't you already remember? It's here, but it's not the battle that happened here... This big tree is still tall and majestic. The horse people use it as a landmark for their group. They are a smart and conservative race , and sharp enough...for example, the one I killed before, unexpectedly saw something wrong with me all at once."

"So you killed her...with such a cruel method..."

"I was forced to defend myself, but she put the arrow on it and drew the bow. The child probably mistook me for pretending to be you, or to control you...Why did I expose it? Although That was the first time I woke up, and I would still feel disappointed if I was directly exposed." Max's tone sounded like he was caught playing a ghost game, and the distortion was so distorted that it made Zoe's hair stand on end.

It's not that she hasn't heard comments about Max from others, and even read Max's family letter herself, but except for the victims of Voldemort, everyone else has a good impression of Max, let alone Lucius she had been in contact with often.

Although I knew she was abnormal, but when I faced her directly, it was as if I was facing some monster. She was a different race with completely opposite thinking and ethics.

"That's my friend! You control me...you control me to commit such a crime. Since I'm the ghost of the past, why can't I just die! You messed up my life..."

"Although I don't know what you misunderstood and think that horse man is a friend, but I suggest you relax and purely regard everything as my crime, why should you feel that you should bear it?" Max completely said The tone of the discussion said, "As a prop, your degree of completion is really high. But why should props have emotions? This way I will feel that you are a human being."

"I'm human!"

"No, you are not... My last memory is only the beginning of the experiment, but it is enough. I know what you are, and what your future is like, although Professor Dumbledore and they did some redundant things, trying to I want to pull you up against me. But you were born here only to be a container for your soul."

"Swallow and be swallowed, our destiny is to kill each other, because this body can leave one person in the end, but that person will not be you—" Max said.

"Don't be kidding... I'm not a prop..." Zoe's face was pale. She wanted to refute Max's words loudly, but found that she couldn't do it at all. Those headache experiences, those messy emotions, and The unstoppable will to be manipulated...

"So, you were the one who shot Luna in the second grade?"

"Oh?"

"Luna wears a warning badge. Unless someone knows this and knows how to break the spell on it, if someone attacks her, half of the school will be woken up." Zoe said, "At that time, she gave me the badge When I was there, there was no one around..."

"Yes, I did it. I thought it would be nice if the boy found out, but Tom didn't like it, and I hadn't decided to give him up yet."

"Give up..." Zooey remembered what Hermione had said to her before, "That diary... did you destroy Voldemort in it?"

"Don't be so surprised, I don't need that one, but I'm a self-righteous child..."

"Isn't that a perfect match for you?" Max smiled, ignoring Zoe's bravado.

Zooey has already fallen into chaos. Although she has already sensed the other soul in her body, she never thought of confronting her head-on. She was afraid that she would be torn apart easily, just like Sally who was killed by her. Same.She could only helplessly watch her friend die, and the pain and guilt alone almost killed Zoe at the time.

After failing to commit suicide, Dumbledore erased her memory, but that did not make her forget. Instead, she hid the wound in the deepest part, without looking or thinking about it.Even after that, even though the anomaly was almost right in front of her eyes, she still wanted to pretend that she couldn't see anything. In the end, she really "didn't know" anything.

It is no longer possible to continue ignoring everything, as long as she comes out of that room: "But what else can you do? Everything about you belongs to me, appearance, talent, interests, all belong to me...Zoe, you Just a powerless soul, you can't do anything...the rune's defenses will disappear one day, perhaps in just a few years, maybe even before you reach adulthood...you will disappear."

"I, I won't..." It seemed that the warmth of others still remained in the palm of the hand, and the reluctance could even ignite a little courage, "Those are all things that belong to me, and I won't give them up to you."

"That's not bad. I don't really want to live. Regardless of the outcome, this experiment is considered a success, and that's enough."

Max accepted the gauntlet with ease, as if Zoe and her were just going out together, rather than fighting to survive.

"Although it's not the first time, this is the first official meeting between us after all, Zoe, I accept that you call me mother."

Zoe's expression was as if she had eaten a big booger-smelling Bibi Dolce Bean, and she stepped back guardedly, completely ignoring Max's outstretched hand.

"It's not cute, as expected of my child... At least let's get along well before the funny comedy of devouring each other begins."