As midnight approached, they were the only two people left in the Hufflepuff common room.
"Dumbledore gave you a reward" Betty said
"Fuck! You know this!" Ivy was surprised by Betty's intuition
"I guessed it by looking at the secretive way you looked during the day."
During the day, Ron and the others kept asking questions for a long time, but Ivy kept being dismissive.
"It's so awesome, then guess what you gave me?"
"What else can there be - academy points, medals?" Betty was pretty much what he was thinking at the beginning.
"Here" Ivey decisively took out the magic stone and threw it to her
"A ruby? It's okay." Betty fiddled with the stone.
"This is not an ordinary gem, it is a magic stone."
"The Philosopher's Stone? It's the Philosopher's Stone of immortality! What a big deal -"
"Good things are good things, but they are of no use to us." Ivy lay straight on the sofa.
"Anyway, if you have a good reputation, you can keep it to bluff people"...
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On the third day, Harry finally woke up. In the past two days, Dumbledore also told everyone what happened that night - except for his part.
As expected, except for the Slytherin students, the other young wizards were impressed by the bravery of the three Harrys. Harry was the most dazzling among them. The savior once again thwarted the mysterious man's conspiracy - such news spread like wildfire
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"We only met for five minutes." In front of the hospital, Ron was rubbing elbows with Pomfrey.
"no!"
"But you let Professor Dumbledore in before!" Ron looked at her dissatisfied.
"Yes. He is the headmaster~he must have privileges," Ms. Pomfrey said naturally.
"Please, we won't disturb him" Hermione joined in
"Okay, okay, but - it's only five minutes." Madam Pomfrey was probably annoyed.
"Thank you, you are so open-minded"
The four of them entered the hospital, and Harry was the only one in the empty ward. He lay quietly on the bed and meditated. Beside the bed, gifts from admirers had piled up into a small mountain.
"Harry!" Ron yelled
Harry turned his head and saw several people running towards him.
"How do you feel?" Hermione asked
"It's okay, but my head hurts a little."
"We have wanted to come in to see you for a long time, but you have been chatting with Professor Dumbledore." Ron squeezed over.
"Well, we chatted for a while. The principal just answered a lot of my questions." Harry nodded.
"Really! Tell us quickly," Ron urged eagerly as he sat on the edge of the bed.
"As Ivy said, Dumbledore has been guiding me to discover doubts. In order to facilitate my actions, he also gave me the invisibility cloak. He told me that my father gave him the invisibility cloak."
"This is too risky! What if, I mean what if you are in danger?" Hermione couldn't understand.
"It doesn't matter, Professor Dumbledore has been protecting me in secret." Harry didn't care.
"Any more?" Ron continued to ask
"And there's Voldemort—"
"Please - Harry, don't say that name" Ron was a little scared
"Ron, we defeated him! No need to be timid! Dumbledore said that fear of a title will deepen the fear of the thing itself." Harry shouted sharply.
"That's right. Ron, Voldemort is nothing to be afraid of. He not only lost to Harry, but also to us. Didn't he~" Ivy also agreed.
"That's right." Hermione, who was born as a Muggle, is not that afraid of Voldemort.
"Well - I'll try my best to overcome it." After all, Ron had heard the horror stories of the Dark Lord since he was a child, and it was unrealistic for him to change immediately.
"I will continue. Voldemort has never really disappeared. Although he is very weak now, he has been hiding in the dark, waiting for opportunities to make a comeback."
"Then why didn't Dumbledore find him and kill him while he was weak?" Hermione asked.
"Dumbledore said that Voldemort is now half alive and half dead, and no one can kill him. Moreover, it was me who caused his end, and Voldemort will definitely try his best to get revenge. Because of this, Dumbledore will guide
Me, let me face Voldemort, practice my skills first, and be mentally prepared."
"I still think this arrangement is inappropriate. Harry, you are a human being! Not a tool!" Hermione did not accept this argument.
"So, the professor said. This is the first and last time." Harry actually didn't feel very well.
"That's good" Hermione was satisfied
"It's a pity that you were unable to participate in the last Quidditch Cup because you were in a coma. Without you, we were defeated by Ravenclaw. But fortunately, Gryffindor won the Academy Cup!" Ron said again
Regret but happiness
"It doesn't matter, Harry is only in the first grade, try your best next year," Ivy comforted
"Yeah, that's right," Harry thought rather openly, "but the semester is about to end, and we will be separated."
"We're just on vacation, it's not like we're dead. We'll contact you during the summer vacation," Ron said.
"It's agreed," Hermione said happily.
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Outside King's Cross train station
"Ivy, Betty~" As soon as the two of them stepped out of the platform, they saw Irene waving to them.
"Miss me so much——"
Walking forward, Erin gave each of them a kiss and a firm hug. At this time, the passenger door was also opened, and Wendy came out.
"aunt"
Wendy was much softer, she just hugged the two of them gently.
"Let's go home"
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dinner
"It's really haunting~"
At the dinner table, Ivey told them what happened this semester. Erin then sighed.
"What is Dumbledore going to do?" Wendy asked
"Voldemort can't be killed now, and Old Deng has no good solution. He wants to train Harry so that he can deal with Voldemort in the future." Ivy didn't stop talking as he ate the food.
Now that the weather is getting hotter, they rarely eat hot pot. Ivey made a simple home-cooked meal and steamed several drawers of beef buns. The three ladies also liked this way of eating.
"Harry Potter? His reputation is quite famous. I observed it when I picked you up, and I didn't feel there was anything special about him. Can he defeat Voldemort?" Wendy tore a piece of bread, her beautiful face showing no trace of emotion.
There was no teasing or sarcasm in the indifferent tone, just like stating the facts.
Unlike other wizards, Wendy did not believe in the idea of a savior defeating the mysterious man from the beginning. She believed that the reason why Harry escaped from death must be the result of James and Lily's sacrifice of life.
"What can you tell from a simple meeting~" Ivy didn't refute. "At least his three views are still complete, better than Malfoy and others. Besides, even if he is not good, he still has me~ Don't worry."
"You?" Irene turned her head casually and looked at him up and down. "You can't even beat me now, right?"
"That's not necessarily true. Besides, you two are nothing. Without Voldemort, even Qi Luo wouldn't be a match for you two."
Eileen and Wendy are very strong. It is conceivable that a single mother can escape the Death Eaters with her children. At least the losers in the Ministry of Magic are far inferior to them.
"Besides, I'm only twelve years old. After I finish tempering my body, in two or three years, I can chop off Voldemort's head." Ivy was very confident, especially after the news about the Demon-Breaking Arrow.
Even if these people are much stronger than the original, they will not be his opponents in the future. With Betty on his side, Ivey can pick off a whole group of them.
"Don't be careless. After all - you are the last man in our family~" Wendy said playfully, shaking her wine glass.
"Just trust me." There were no grand words, just a smile. He turned to Eileen again and said, "Has the bone-tempering potion been ready?"
"It has been completed a long time ago. You can choose a time and the place will be in our backyard." Irene replied
"Still outside the house? There's a lot of noise?" Ivey began to think about the earth-shaking scene caused by the hero's promotion in the novel. "Well, that's reasonable."
"There's not much movement, it's a venue problem. In short, I'm a professional, just listen to me." Irene didn't bother to explain to him.
"Okay, since everything is ready, let's do it the day after tomorrow. Prepare the preparations in these two days, and then arrange it."