"Harry, I need to talk to you about something."
After parting with Albert in the stands of the stadium, a distraught Hermione hurried to the Gryffindor dressing room to talk to Harry about the Felicis.
In fact, pretending to know nothing might be the best option, but Hermione still wanted to talk to Harry about it.
Just as she took a deep breath and was about to speak, Ron next to her spoke first: "What are you going to do, expose us?"
Hermione was stunned for a moment. She didn't look at Ron, but stared at Harry and asked directly, "Did you use the Felicis Felicis on Ron?"
"Oh, you're talking about that!"
Harry raised the corners of his mouth happily, took out a small bottle from his pocket and shook it gently, then explained to the two with a smile: "This is actually a new product of Fred and George. It has a slight calming effect and can also make people feel happy. You can think of it as a pill specially prepared for those who are easily nervous."
After that, Harry handed the bottle of medicine to Hermione, turned to Ron and said, "It wasn't because of the Felicis Felix that you were able to save the ball. It was entirely due to your own ability. Your only problem is that you get too nervous easily and don't have enough confidence in yourself, which leads to poor performance. So I can only use this method to help you regain your confidence. Facts have proved that this method is indeed very effective."
"You really didn't give me the lucky potion?" Ron was shocked and couldn't believe what he just heard.
"Of course, you should have confidence in yourself." Harry smiled and patted Ron's shoulder, then turned his head to Hermione and said, "If you still don't believe it, you can try one yourself and you'll find out that they are actually different."
"See, Hermione, I didn't use Felicis Felicis, this is my normal level!" Ron walked out of the locker room proudly carrying his broom.
"You should have come to me directly." Harry looked at Ron's departing back, then at Hermione who was frozen in place, and reminded him helplessly, "No one wants to be accused like that."
"Then, are you going to fool him like he's a fool?"
"I will definitely explain it to Ron. It doesn't matter whether he believes it or not. I just need him to regain his confidence." Harry said helplessly, "I just want to give him a hand... Hermione, you should know Ron's situation. He..."
"Forget it, Harry, I don't want to talk about Ron." Hermione interrupted irritably: "Let's talk about other things, I..."
"I think we should go back to the celebration party," Harry suggested.
"All right!"
Hermione followed Harry out of the dressing room and towards Hogwarts Castle.
"What were you trying to say?" Harry inquired.
"I just met Albert in the stands. He seemed to have something to ask Dumbledore..." Hermione was interrupted by Harry before she could finish her words.
"What did he want to see Dumbledore for?" Harry asked warily. "Did he say what it was?"
"No, he just said he was here to find Dumbledore to go collect Cassandra's body. He seemed to believe that the author of "Seeing the Future Through the Mist" was dead." Hermione hesitated for a moment and said, "Oh, he also mentioned Mr. Ollivander, he is still alive."
"That guy obviously knows a lot of things, but he always likes to keep us in suspense. I hate these mysterious guys." Harry scratched his head and asked irritably, "Did he say anything else?"
"Albert thinks the situation next year is likely to get completely out of control," Hermione said suddenly, "I plan to send my family away after the Christmas holidays."
"Send him away?" Harry asked darkly, "Have you decided yet?"
"Yes, it's decided." Hermione nodded and said, "I can hear some urgency in Albert's tone. It seems that something is about to happen. You need to be prepared as soon as possible, Harry."
"I've been making preparations, but we don't know what to prepare for." Harry said irritably: "If Albert could give us some information, the situation might be much better."
"Perhaps, we should prepare for the worst." Hermione suggested, "Things are obviously very bad, otherwise Albert wouldn't be so cautious."
"Worst case scenario?"
Harry really didn't understand what the worst-case scenario was.
"Dumbledore is dead, and Voldemort kills Scrimgeour and completely controls the entire Ministry of Magic? Am I a wanted criminal?"
For some reason, when Hermione heard what Harry said, she suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart. Maybe it was because the future situation was very bad that Albert had been preparing for it!
"By the way, what's the matter with Ron Weiss coming? I feel like he seems to have a lot of opinions about me." As they walked through the hall, Hermione suddenly asked the question in her heart: "I really don't understand what he is thinking. You must know the specific reason, Harry."
Harry suddenly felt very embarrassed. He really didn't know how to explain to Hermione that it was because she kissed Viktor Krum that Ron was offended.
This really sounds ridiculous.
"Come on, Harry, I don't want to make things awkward with Ron Weiss, but I really can't figure out what he's thinking." Hermione turned her head and stared at Harry's face. "You must know something, and you are not good at hiding your emotions."
"Well, this is a bit absurd."
After hesitating for a moment, Harry sighed softly and briefly talked about the last time he caught Ginny and Dean kissing in the secret passage.
"So, he's jealous that I kissed Viktor Krum?" Hermione's expression was extremely strange. Well, she actually understood what Harry meant.
"I think... maybe... that's probably it." Harry glanced at Hermione secretly, "He might like you a little bit, and then..."
"He's so naive. I always thought he liked Madam Rosmerta. Maybe you should remind him to find a girlfriend." Hermione said expressionlessly, "Lavender Brown is a good choice. She seems to be very interested in Ron."
"I thought..."
Harry's face was filled with embarrassment. He had thought that Ron was in love with Hermione, but it seemed that it was not what he thought.
"We are just good friends, Harry, just like you and I, we are just friends." Hermione did not shy away from this and told Harry the matter very calmly, "I don't deny that I have some feelings for you and Ron, but I don't plan to develop it in that direction at the moment."
"Besides, I think we should give priority to how to survive this wizard war." Hermione retracted her gaze from Harry's stunned face and said calmly, "Although Albert said that you will eventually defeat the You-Know-Who, the process may not be as simple as imagined, otherwise he would not have specially formed a defense association to prepare these things."
"I heard Fred say Albert is about to have his own child." Harry reminded tentatively. He actually felt that Hermione liked Albert, and many girls in the school liked Albert, even though he was married.
"Of course I know. I just admire him." Hermione looked at Harry speechlessly. "We have to admit that Albert is a very capable person and has helped us a lot."
“It’s really amazing.”
When Harry and Hermione returned to the Gryffindor common room, they were surrounded by the crowd. People gave Harry warm applause and cheers, especially the girls, who strongly hinted that they wanted to go to Slughorn's Christmas party with Harry.
Hermione quietly made room for everyone. She stood by and looked at Harry who was surrounded by the crowd, and shook her head.
Sometimes being too popular is not a good thing.
As Hermione's eyes swept across the common room, her expression suddenly became extremely wonderful.
"Despicable hypocrite." Ginny appeared beside Hermione and looked at Ron who was hugging Lavender Brown tightly. She said mockingly: "I think he needs to improve his skills, right? He looks like he's biting Lavender's face."
"That's good," Hermione muttered. "It'll save a lot of trouble."
I believe that after Ron finds a girlfriend, their relationship will not be so stiff.
"Save a lot of trouble?" Ginny looked at Hermione in surprise and found that the expression on her face didn't change much.
"Harry, I suggest you find a dance partner as soon as possible so the girls won't continue to pester you," Hermione suggested.
"Dancing partner, forget it. I have no interest in attending the Christmas party." Harry said depressedly after breaking away from the crowd: "By the way, Hermione, who are you going to invite?"
"I was planning to invite Ron, but that might not be the right time now." Hermione gestured to Harry's sofa in the corner of the lounge.
"Inappropriate?"
Harry followed the two girls' gaze in confusion and found Ron and Lavender kissing passionately. He asked in confusion, "When did Ron and Lavender get together?"
"About two quarters of an hour ago," Ginny recalled. "He had just come back and Lavender came up to him and gave him a hug, and that's how it turned out."
"You should be happy for him Harry."
Hermione reached out and patted Harry's shoulder, then turned and left.
"Hermione is right, you should be happy for that guy." Ginny looked at Ron with contempt and said sarcastically, "At least, he won't be jealous of others anymore."
Looking at the girls coming over here again, Harry felt that it was not a wise move to stay here and prepared to run away.
"You should find a dance partner, Harry, or you could consider taking that guy over there." Ginny said with a smile, pointing at Ron.
"Forget it, I don't want any crazy talk to happen in school." Harry knew without even thinking about it what terrible consequences would arise if he brought Ron along.
However, he felt that he should consider Ginny's suggestion, but he didn't have a very good candidate. Especially after he gave up Qiu Zhang, he was temporarily not interested in girls. After all, he had more important things to do.
"Who are you going to take with you?" Ginny asked curiously.
"I'll be fine on my own," Harry said without hesitation.
"You don't want a girlfriend?" Ginny asked tentatively.
"Forget it. It would only hurt the other party at this time." Harry shrugged and said, "I'll leave first."
After saying that, Harry left the Gryffindor common room directly to avoid being blocked by the other girls.
The next day, the situation Harry was worried about did not happen. Hermione took the initiative to apologize to Ron for what happened yesterday, and the atmosphere between the two sides seemed to be reconciled at once.
"Now is not the time to be upset, and I'm not as childish as him." Hermione stared at the letter in front of her marked with the initials AA and interrupted Harry. "By the way, Harry, don't let the DA gathering this month collide with the Wizard Card Club."
"Oh, Wizard Card Club... what's going on now?" Harry had almost forgotten about it.
"Not so good. Luna is not a qualified organizer, and she is not as famous as Albert." Hermione shook her head helplessly, "But you can give her a hand."
"I have no idea what to do." Harry looked at the Galleons sticking out of the bag in surprise and asked in astonishment, "Did someone send you Galleons?"
"What Galleon?"
When Ron heard Harry mention Galleon, he quickly shifted his gaze over.
"Of course not, this is the activity fund of the Wizarding Club. Albert obviously wants me to help the Wizarding Club." Hermione stuffed the purse into her pocket and explained calmly.
"Why doesn't he let you manage the club?" Ron was a little confused as to why Albert wanted to let Luna inherit the club. He thought the situation might be much better if Hermione inherited it.
"I don't know, but there must be a reason."
Hermione didn't really care about this because she found a piece of parchment addressed to her in the envelope.
After unfolding the letter and reading its contents, Hermione's expression suddenly became ugly.
"What's wrong?" Harry noticed the change in Hermione's expression and asked immediately.
"Something happened."
Looking at the parchment that had burned to ashes, his expression became even gloomier.
Obviously something had happened that she was unaware of, otherwise Albert would not have suggested in his letter that she send her family away as soon as possible.
"Whose letter is this? It doesn't seem to have a sender name." Ron picked up the envelope and took a look. He found the letter very suspicious, but Hermione obviously knew who the letter was from.
"Albert's letter, with a mark on the corner." Hermione pointed to an inconspicuous corner.
Harry was a little stunned when he saw the letters of A.A shrink, and couldn't help but complain: "Can this handwriting be any smaller?"
"This way it won't be easily noticed." Hermione could understand that this was actually a way to avoid causing trouble for her.
"Why did he send you a letter?" Ron exchanged glances with Harry and asked in confusion, "Did he ask you to help take care of the Wizard Card Club?"
They all suspected that there must be something else in the letter, otherwise Hermione would not have shown that expression.
"He suggested that I send my family away as soon as possible." Hermione lowered her voice and said, "I'm afraid I'll have to ask for leave to go back in the next two days."
"Do you need help?" Harry and Ron asked in unison.
"No, I'll ask Albert for help." Hermione shook her head, "And Harry, you can't leave the school. It's not safe outside."
"Is that guy that free?" Ron muttered.