Hogwarts Emerald

Lady Mary's funeral was over, but Ada did not return to Hogwarts immediately. She wanted to stay here to relax and relieve her mood.

So before going to the cemetery, Ada asked the owl to fly back to Hogwarts with her leave request. Professor McGonagall's reply came in the evening. She approved Ada's leave note and she would go to the orphanage on Saturday afternoon to pick Ada back to school.

Professor McGonagall comforted Ada a few words in the letter, but more importantly, she warned Ada that she would not allow Ada to leave Little Whinging. It was best not to go too far from the orphanage. If anything happened, she should report it as soon as possible. Make your own decisions.

After turning off the lights at night, Ada was lying on the bed with her eyes open. She had been tossing for a long time, but she didn't feel sleepy at all. Ada got up from the bed, put on her coat and left the room.

The children were all resting, and there was only Ada's footsteps in the corridor. Ada came to the first floor through the light in the corridor. Ada walked to the foyer holding her wand. Usually the building door was locked at night. Ada needed to use the unlocking spell to open the door before she could go out.

In the magical world, things like door locks are meant to protect against gentlemen but not villains. The lock-opening spell is recorded in the "Standard Spells Beginners" and can be learned by first-year wizards, unless your door lock is from Gringotts' underground warehouse. The same style, otherwise even the first grade wizard can't stop it. If any wizard couldn't even open the lock spell, Ada sincerely suggested that the wizard should reinvent himself and go back to Hogwarts to attend school, and still have to pay tuition.

Of course, you can also choose a secret keeper, cast a loyalty spell on your house, or engrave several magic circles like Hogwarts to protect your house.

Standing in the foyer, Ada found that the door was not locked tonight, but was ajar. She pushed the door open a little further, and followed the crack in the door to the yard.

On this night when the moon was hidden, Ada was not the only one in the yard, Ms. Valente was also in the yard. Her style is the same as Ada's - wearing a coat over her pajamas. She is sitting on the bench where Lady Mary sat before, with half a bottle of gin at her feet, her hair disheveled, She looked completely different from how she looked during the day.

Ms. Valente took out a cigarette from the cigarette holder and put it into her mouth. The flint of the silver lighter made a soft sound when rubbed, and a small flame shot up from her fingertips. It seemed as if a flower had opened on her mouth. The orange-red flowers illuminate the cold and lonely May nights.

Ms. Valente, who smokes, drinks, and only needs a perm, unleashes her vulnerability on this night, like a child who can't find her way home.

Blue smoke rose slowly, and Ms. Valente, shrouded in smoke, actually gave Ada a different kind of beauty, a slightly decadent beauty.

Ada didn't want to disturb Ms. Valente, and she probably didn't want to be seen like this, but not only did Ada see her, she also saw Ada who had just walked out.

Ms. Valente hurriedly tried to put out the cigarette in her hand, but Ada waved her hand to indicate that she didn't mind.

"You can't sleep either?" Ms. Valente said, clearing her throat.

Ada came over and sat on the right side of Ms. Valente. Although Ada had already expressed that she did not care about her smoking, Ms. Valente still changed the cigarette to her left hand and moved her position slightly, as far as possible from Ada. farther away.

"Do you miss Lady Mary again?" Ada asked.

"Yes, Mrs. Mary is such a kind person, why did she suffer from illness in the end? God wants to take her away, why can't he change to a less painful way?" Ms. Valente sighed and picked up her feet. I took a sip of the gin that was sitting beside me.

Ada didn't know how to comfort the decadent Ms. Valente. Mrs. Mary passed away, and Ada was the one who should be comforted. Why was it the other way around now?

"This world is inherently unfair. Some children are born with silver spoons in their mouths, while others can only live in orphanages." Ada said, "Some people live in a life of luxury every day, while others live in In dire straits.”

"Yes, this world is inherently unfair." Ms. Valente repeated, "When I close my eyes, I see the shadow of Lady Mary. When I see her, I feel like I see myself in the future. I will also be there when I die. Is it so painful? The children I used to take care of, will they come back to see me?"

Ms. Valente, who is also the director of an orphanage and has no children, was moved by the situation and had doubts about her life. She doubted whether the career she had insisted on before was meaningful. Ms. Valente covered her face in pain to prevent Ada from seeing her expression.

"Mrs. Mary saved my life and illuminated me during the darkest time in my life. She gave me the courage to still yearn for the light in the darkness." Ada comforted, "You are now doing this with her. It’s the same thing, to give these unfortunate children hope and light their way into the future.”

It was Lady Mary who saved Ada who almost froze to death; it was she who enlightened Ada after Ada was abandoned; it was she who gave Ada the first warmth when she first came to this world.

Ida was comforting Ms. Valente, so why wasn't she comforting herself?

"I should go and rest. Tomorrow...tomorrow I have a charity donation to discuss!" Ms. Valente seemed to have regained her former vitality. She continued, "I'm sorry, I should have been the one to comfort you. "

"It's okay, ma'am." Ada replied with a smile, "There are still many people waiting to comfort me!" Ada also has Fred and George, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, and she also has Professor McGonagall. Maybe in the future There will be more people who care about her.

After Ms. Valente left, Ada used the disappearing spell to clean up the cigarette butts and empty wine bottles on the ground, and sat quietly in the yard until the east gradually turned white.

The next day, Ms. Valente could not see the decadence from last night at all. She was still the shrewd and capable director of the orphanage. She also easily handled the charity donations. These donations will be implemented in a few days.

But Ada is far from the sensible image she had that night. She has been wandering around the town these days, looking here and there. The entire core member of the street gang only needs a bag and something else. This is probably the worst time Huazi has ever been hacked.

On Friday afternoon, the weather was sultry and there were no pedestrians on the street. In a small playground not far from Privet Drive, Ada was swinging alone and expressionless. There was one thing that made Ada confused about the situation. She was now a little irritable. .

The twins at school read Ada's "The Process of Modern Dark Arts" out of boredom. It didn't matter after flipping through it, they actually found records about Grover Cecil in it, so the twins sent the pamphlet to Ada.

Ada had no right to reveal anything about Cecil, so she never told the two brothers about Grover Cecil, nor did she make a fuss about the record of Cecil in the book.

Of course, this was her previous view. After reading "The Process of Modern Dark Arts", Ada could open her mouth enough to stuff an egg.

The family, origin, and experience of the Ministry of Magic recorded in the book are exactly the same as what he originally told. It's just that starting with the reason for leaving the Ministry of Magic, the content in the book is completely different from what he told.

In Cecil's story, he left the Ministry of Magic because his mother and sister were killed by a dark wizard, and concentrated on studying black magic. Then he was bewitched by the power of black magic, and ultimately made a big mistake.

However, in the records of "The Process of Modern Black Magic", Cecil was the dark wizard who killed other people's mothers and sisters. The poor man who lost his mother and sister was named Joyce.

In order to conduct some dark magic experiments, Cecil has harmed the lives of others more than once. If Dumbledore had not arrived in time, none of the Aurors who went to capture him might have survived.

Although Cecil has hurt many people, not many people know about the evil things he did. Everyone only knows that he is a dark wizard who was caught by Dumbledore himself, because after him, there was an unprecedented dark wizard in Britain. The leader of the dark wizards - Lord Voldemort.

Compared with the terror of Voldemort, Grover Cecil's face is nothing.

While Cecil was serving his sentence in Azkaban, his family was killed by Joyce, who was also addicted to black magic. He used black magic to destroy other people's families, and others also used the same means to make him lose his relatives.

There were two different versions of the same thing, and Ada couldn't tell which one was true and which one was false. If the story Cecil told was false, then why did he lie to himself?

Thanks to book friend Memory_Qian for the tip