Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"How did you do it?" One morning three days later, Hermione looked at Zooey in surprise. She had already seen Rita's apology statement published in the "Daily Prophet" that day, "You actually let that old man Liar apologizes!"

Zooey and Luna looked at each other and smiled, and each of them explained to Hermione what happened before.Hermione didn't show much surprise that Rita Skeeter was actually an illegal Animagus, but suddenly realized. "Yes, it is indeed the most reasonable to think so. She has shrunk in size after being transformed, and it is also easy to move around. But how did you come up with this method?"

"I'm actually not sure of the method she used. So I just set up a bait that was tempting enough to lure her into my dormitory. But I made something that would make her unconscious. I just have to wait a while Time, and then go back to the dormitory." Zoe said, "After that, I will use survey spells such as detect evil or quickly manifest to find Rita's traces."

"So you threatened her that she is an illegal Animagus?" Hermione asked, as long as it is not registered with the Ministry of Magic, once it is found to be an Animagus, it is illegal and must be He will be sued, not only will he have to pay a large penalty, but he will also enter Azkaban.

"Of course, we discussed it in a friendly atmosphere, and she was very willing to accept what I offered her." Just keep an owl with her when she transforms.Zoe made Rita sign an unbreakable oath. As long as Zoe needs it, she must give her all the strength within her ability, and at the same time, she must not continue to write Zoe's false reports.The duration of the contract is five years, and Luna established this oath as a witness of both parties.

If it was just a little threat, Rita might not have compromised so quickly.But when Zoe presented the personal information about her investigated by Lucius—mainly about property and work—in front of her, and explained the benefits of her cooperation, she would agree faster.Money may not be able to do many things, but its charm is indeed unique. Many people like this shiny thing, even more obsessed with it than giant dragons.

"Mr. Lucius was right. He told me that if I just want to get revenge on Rita, I just need to get hold of it. But if I want to control her and make her help me willingly, I can't let her do anything. She can’t get any, so she needs to understand that she can benefit from this transaction.” Zoe explained, “She agreed quite quickly. We can roughly be regarded as a special employment relationship now, unbreakable The oath cannot be broken, and it will cost life and soul."

"What if she cheats on the oath?" Hermione asked. "Why? Trying to push the boundaries of the Unbreakable Vow just to put my story in a newspaper? I just need to poke her at the Ministry of Magic for what she's done, and she'll be in trouble much faster than me." Zooey said nonchalantly, "I don't plan to restrict her thoughts with an oath, nor do I plan to talk to her. But at least she needs to think before she tries to do something stupid."

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On an unremarkable evening in May, Krum intercepted Zoe outside the Hogwarts greenhouse. At that time, the Ravenclaws were having herbal medicine class with the Hufflepuffs. It has already warmed up, with warmth in the humidity, it feels a bit like water vapor hitting the face.

Krum came here himself, causing a little commotion.The students whispered to each other, and when Krum found the person he was looking for, and walked straight to Zoe, those surprised and weird eyes flicked all over Zoe again.

"What's the matter, Krum?" Zooey asked naturally, but she was also confused in her heart. Krum ran over suddenly. Rumm doesn't have any friendship either.

"You, can you come with me?" Unexpectedly, Krum stood for a while, his face changed several times, as if he was a little doubtful and hesitant about what he was about to do, "There are some things I want to ask you .”

"...About Hermione?" Zoe asked, and Krum nodded with a frown.

"In half an hour." Zoe told Krum, "I should go back to put my bag first..." But Krum seemed very eager. "Is it okay now? It's urgent, right now." Zooey stared at his face, and finally nodded.

They left the greenhouse and first walked around the edge of the lake.Zooey deliberately walked behind Krum, she wanted to figure it out, why did Krum come to her suddenly?She sorted out the various things that had happened in the past few months, and found that whenever Krum wanted to do something with Hermione, she would interrupt these conversations.Either a professor approached Hermione, or made up different excuses to keep Hermione away from him.

If she were Krum, there would always be someone in the way of the person she wanted to pursue, who would deliberately do bad things every time, and she would definitely be very upset.Maybe he wanted to find a place where no one was around to warn himself?Or begging her to stop getting in-between the two of them.

As Krum walked off the beaten track, he passed Hagrid's hut and followed the path towards the Forbidden Forest. "You can't continue walking ahead, and students can't go to the Forbidden Forest casually." Zooey had to remind him that no traffic was allowed ahead.

"Well, here it is, no one is there anyway." Krum stopped and looked around, muttering.He turned his head to look at Zooey again, with complicated eyes. "What do you want to tell me? I can't tell you Hermione's personal information..." Zoe asked tentatively.

Krum shook his head. He was silent for a while before speaking, but his tone was completely unquestionable.

"You like Hermion, don't you?"

If another person said this, Zoe would choose to fool the past before confirming the intention of the person involved.But when she met Krum's pure eyes, she suddenly resonated with the conviction in Krum's eyes. Why would she lie to this man?Does she still have to pretend to be ignorant in front of the loser, instead of straightening her back and proudly telling the truth?

The words on the lips turned around and turned into words of recognition: "Yes, I like her." Krum's body froze, and it took a while to relax. "You...she..." Krum looked at her tangled up, his always gloomy and resolute eyes showed a rare bit of panic.

"She responded to me, you won't have a chance." Zooey provoked unconsciously. She was already unhappy that Krum kept circling Hermione, let alone Hermione's slowness. She doesn't feel that there is a need to maintain a more than necessary distance between them. As long as she has a clear conscience, she can maintain this friendship (however, because of Zoe's relationship, she still chooses to avoid many things).

"I...not...why...sigh..." Qianyan Wanyu finally turned into a sigh, Krum's face changed again and again, and he gradually clenched his fists, "...Is that really the case?" He asked His tone sounded painful.

"When did you notice it?" Zoe asked. "...It's not very early, but as long as you notice this kind of thing, something wrong will come to you..." Krum said, "But seriously, the first time I have this idea is probably the first time. That time in the second game. The way you looked at her was very wrong, her... I didn't want to think about it at the time."

"Is it obvious?" Zooey thought thoughtfully. "It's not obvious. I like her much more intensely than other girls I have had similar feelings for before. Can you restrain yourself from observing everything about her?" Krum glared at her, "But when I When I find that the girl I like is always looking in other directions, of course I will be very concerned, but after looking in her direction, I actually saw another girl!"

He hammered the tree trunk violently, very annoyed: "She told me that she had conflicts with the person she liked before, and I chuckled like an idiot, thinking that man didn't deserve Hermione's liking at all, and I would Take her away from him! How could I have thought that the person she likes is a girl!"

"Do you think you lost to me because I'm a girl and you're a boy? It's ridiculous." Zoe sneered, "Or do you think it's time to say goodbye to the so-called 'gentlemanly demeanor' in your heart and punch me Face?" She pulled out her wand, "If you don't feel convinced, we'll duel, like a real suitor!" She laughed at Krum, "But even if you really knock me down, the princess won't It may belong to you, and she likes me! It has nothing to do with your gender, it's just because I win her heart more."

Zoe then withdrew from a distance where Krum might attack and looked at him warily.Krum's face was sullen, he tried to maintain restraint, but there was always a kind of cheated anger burning, and he also reached into the pocket where the wand was kept... If it weren't for the sudden appearance of strange things in the bushes behind them If there is any movement, they probably really started fighting.

After the rustling sound, a person rolled out from the forest, and that person happened to be acquainted with both of them. It was Barty Crouch, the referee of the Triwizard Tournament who had disappeared for a long time.