The headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.
In the Savior's bedroom, Harry was preparing for his routine training with Fiendfyre.
"Will Albert really come to teach us Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Hermione had no idea how many times she had asked this in front of her two good friends.
"Hermione, I know you're looking forward to seeing Albert again, but you've been repeating yourself several times in the last few days."
Ron, who had just put on his cloak, glared at Hermione in dissatisfaction, protesting the repeated harassment of his ears.
"I, no, I just... this is very unlike Albert's character." Hermione said a little flustered.
"Oh, what do you mean?"
Ginny handed Harry the rain cloak to prevent them from getting caught in heavy rain when they went out later.
It is still the rainy season in the UK and it can rain everywhere.
"Thank you, Ginny."
After Harry sorted out his equipment, he reached out to take the cloak handed to him by Ginny and put it on.
"You're welcome, Harry."
Ginny came forward and suddenly kissed Harry's cheek. Then she made a face at Ron, who had an extremely ugly expression, and walked away.
"You guys are dating?"
Ron's face looked as if he had been hit hard and was extremely ugly.
"What?"
Harry was confused, he didn't expect Ginny to kiss him on her own initiative.
"Ron..."
Hermione was about to speak when Ron raised his hand to stop her.
"you… "
"Shut up, Ron. You know nothing."
Hermione looked at Loen, who had become a little abnormal, and really wanted to punch him to wake him up.
"What do I not know?"
Ron was startled by Hermione's overwhelming presence.
"Ginny likes Harry, can't you see it at all?" Hermione noticed the embarrassment on Harry's face and said softly, "Ginny has always liked you, I think you should..."
"I thought she just admired the lightning scar on my head." Harry lifted his hair to reveal the lightning scar on his forehead.
"Don't be silly, Harry, no one will worship you for so long just because of a scar." Hermione felt that Harry was really slow in emotions, or he was just pretending that he knew nothing.
"So, Ginny has always liked Harry?" Ron looked at Hermione in amazement, as if he had heard a very shocking news.
"Yes." Hermione sighed, "You two are really slow when it comes to relationships. No wonder you haven't found a girlfriend yet."
"You too," said Ron grumpily. "So, Ginny's going to start courting Harry now?"
"Can we not talk about this?" Harry tried to interrupt the topic. He always felt it was awkward to talk about relationship issues in front of his good friends, especially when the object was Ron's sister.
Hermione ignored Ron, stared into Harry's eyes, and suddenly said, "I reminded Ginny not long ago that if she wanted to do something, she needed to hurry up."
Ron was stunned and looked at Hermione in disbelief. He simply couldn't believe what he had just heard.
Hermione ignored Ron, who was as stiff as a log, and turned to ask Harry.
"And you, Harry, do you like Ginny?"
"This..." Harry didn't expect Hermione to be so direct. He was stunned and then smiled bitterly: "This is not a question of like or not. I can't involve her. Ginny has a bright future, but I have nothing except facing Vol... I mean the mysterious man."
"The situation is not as bad as you think." Hermione comforted softly, "Besides, Ginny is not a fool. She certainly knows the current situation and doesn't expect you to really get married in the end. She just seizes the last chance and doesn't want to regret it."
Ron opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't say anything. He turned around and glared at Hermione who was holding the wand.
"Didn't Dumbledore say that you have the power of love that the You-Know-Who doesn't have?"
Harry looked at Hermione with a smile on his face and changed the subject: "Well, we should set off."
"Harry, you like Ginny, right?" Hermione continued to ask.
"What about you, Hermione, do you like Albert?" Harry asked back, "You have to answer my question first."
"Yes." Hermione admitted directly, "Albert is the first friend I made at Hogwarts."
"It sounds like a perfunctory response."
"I have always admired him, just like other girls, the only difference is that I am his friend." Hermione's words were filled with bitterness that could not be concealed, "It was probably in the second year, I liked him like other girls, but unfortunately, he had a girlfriend. You don't know how many girls broke up after the news of his girlfriend spread."
"Afterwards, his relationship was very stable until they got married not long ago." Hermione noticed the strange looks from Harry and Ron and shrugged, "Of course I know there's no possibility for us, but that doesn't stop me from liking him. I just regret that I didn't have time to confess to him, although I also know that he only regards me as a friend. What about you, Harry?"
"Me? Probably... like her. If I were just an ordinary wizard, I would probably accept this relationship, but you should know my current situation. I no longer expect such feelings, and I don't want to cause trouble for Ginny." Harry added a little embarrassedly: "Although, most of the time I only think of Ginny as Ron's sister, but I can't deny that Ginny is indeed very likable now."
Hermione seemed satisfied with the answer, but Ron beside her was very dissatisfied with it. He totally didn't understand why Hermione did that.
"When did you start liking to match people up?" Ron looked at Harry's back as he left, and said to Hermione who was also about to leave, "You shouldn't..."
"Didn't you notice that something was wrong with Harry?" Hermione stopped and turned to stare at Ron. "I don't know how you can be his friend."
"What do you mean?" Ron was confused.
"I'm sure the only thing Harry wants to do right now is to drag You-Know-Who down with him." Hermione looked at Ron expressionlessly and said, "That's not good. If we continue, something bad might happen."
"What bad thing?" Luo En asked after swallowing.
"Harry might very well die," said Hermione, her lips quivering.
"That's just..."
"So you are a fool." Hermione said impatiently, "Harry is now desperate to kill the You-Know-Who. If you continue like this, he will definitely do something extreme because of his desire to kill the You-Know-Who."
"But aren't we also risking our lives to deal with the mysterious man?" Ron felt that the whole thing was confusing.
"It's different." Hermione felt tired of talking to Ron. "Even if something goes wrong, there is Albert who can help us."
"He's so powerful, and he knows almost everything, and he's hostile to the You-Know-Who. Do you really think he's hiding because he's scared of the You-Know-Who?"
"So, why don't we give the task to him?" Ron realized that he had said the wrong thing after noticing Hermione's look as if she was an idiot.
They are currently actually dividing the work and cooperating with each other.
They were responsible for finding the Horcruxes, while Albert was helping Harry gather helpers.
"What does this have to do with you bringing him and Ginny together?" Ron hurriedly changed the subject.
"Don't you think this is a bad thing?" Hermione asked back, "You probably don't want Harry to die because of this."
"Of course I... I'm not saying it's bad, but..."
"You should also support Tonks and Lupin being together, right?" Hermione suddenly asked.
"That shouldn't matter!"
"Of course it does matter. I know what you're worried about." Hermione looked at Ron deeply and said, "But there's nothing wrong with that. Ginny likes Harry, and Harry also likes Ginny. There's nothing wrong with them being together. Are you worried that Ginny will be affected because of Harry, or do you think Harry will die?"
"I didn't say that." Ron was speechless. "Of course I have confidence in Harry."
"Then why do you still oppose them being together?" Hermione simply couldn't understand Ron's train of thought, "Are you jealous?"
"I didn't, I just didn't want Ginny to get hurt."
"Do you really think Ginny will be hurt?" Hermione's expression was particularly strange. "She has more than just a boyfriend at Hogwarts. Why do you think so when she doesn't even have a girlfriend?"
These words were like a needle that deeply hurt Ron's heart.
"If we don't have a shared experience as the foundation of our relationship, after Harry defeats the You-Know-Who and becomes the true savior, it will be very difficult for Ginny to become Harry's girlfriend." Hermione said meaningfully, "This shared experience between them is the most valuable asset. Ginny knows this very well, but you... you really don't understand at all. We are not just trying to bring Harry and Ginny together, but we also hope that Harry can continue to live."
At this moment, Ron once again felt that his IQ was not enough. He really didn't understand what this had to do with letting Harry continue to live.
"Well, you've got me really confused." Ron took a deep breath and asked the question in his mind, "What on earth does this have to do with keeping Harry alive?"
Hermione took a deep breath and said, "Harry now wants to drag the You-Know-Who to death with him. I don't know why he has such an idea, but we should realize that he has become indifferent to many things now. We need to divert his attention and stop him from having such stupid ideas. Finding a girlfriend for Harry is undoubtedly the best way."
"But why don't you just go and tell him?" Ron was even more confused.
"If it really worked, I would have done it a long time ago." Hermione just felt very tired and didn't want to talk about this with Ron.
"Okay, I get it," Ron nodded stupidly.
"Hurry up Ron, we have to leave." Harry's voice came from the corridor outside.
“Here I come.”
In fact, what Ron cared about most was not the relationship between Harry and Ginny, but Hermione's previous words, which undoubtedly hurt him greatly.