"Ouch!"
A scream suddenly sounded on the hillside outside the camp, startling several small birds that were rummaging for food in the nearby grass.
"I'm sorry, Ron, I accidentally stepped on you - but you can't blame me. Look, who would have thought someone would be lying here so early in the morning?"
Ron, who had his hand stepped on, rubbed his fingers carefully with a grimace. Hearing the dry apologies and explanations coming from beside him, he couldn't help but feel speechless.
"Hermione, did you do this on purpose?"
Before she finished speaking, Hermione, who was standing aside, immediately turned her head away and said casually:
"yes-"
"You actually admitted it!"
Facing this inexplicably calm Miss Granger, Ron couldn't help but feel a little confused - What's going on? Is he so confident after deliberately stepping on someone
All right! Although he, Ron Weasley, had always resigned himself to his fate in front of Hermione, but... wasn't this too bullying
However, before he could recover from his depression and grievance, he heard Hermione continue suddenly:
"Don't you understand why I stepped on you? Think carefully about what you did in the middle of the night last night - if you can't remember, I can step on you again to wake you up!"
"Oh, no, don't... I know what happened," Ron said quickly after hearing this, "Ginny came to complain to you? But... how did she tell you?"
"Ginny?" Hermione curled her lips, "She didn't take the initiative to tell me. I thought something was wrong with her this morning, so I took the initiative to ask her!"
"Oh, I'm not blaming anyone, I just want to know, what did she say?" Ron said helplessly, "If I made her angry, it is indeed my fault, but I really didn't do anything special. Something too extreme?"
"Um?"
Hermione glanced at him again, and then said:
"Isn't it too much to make her angry? It's not like you don't know that Ginny is in a bad state right now? What's more, can she tell me that you have a problem with her and Harry being together?"
"Oh my God! Merlin, I swear I never said that! Besides, Harry is my good friend, how could I have a problem with them?"
However, Hermione still stared at him with a subtle expression on her face.
"Just how you behaved when you found out that Ginny was in love, hum..."
"Hey! You have to believe me!" Ron finally couldn't help shouting that he was wronged, and said with a sad expression on his hands, "I do care about Ginny's affairs, and I also feel that she should not fall in love so early - this It’s definitely not good for her, at least I think so. But—”
"… But?"
Hermione raised her eyebrows at him, gesturing for him to continue.
"But," Ron continued hurriedly, "I remember I told you about it in the past! From the beginning, I felt that Harry was... well, at least the one I could reluctantly agree to be Ginny's boyfriend. Man... isn't it? As for what I object to, it's Michael Corner's instant noodle head!"
After hearing what he said, Hermione stared at him for a while, then pursed her lips and nodded slightly, as if she finally agreed with what he said.
"Seeing as how honest you are, I'll take it as what you're telling the truth—"
"What I said was the truth!"
"Stop talking!" Hermione immediately interrupted without any explanation, "Listen, no matter what, it's your fault for making Ginny angry! You can come over to me later and apologize, got it? I..."
"etc!"
When Ron heard what she said, he couldn't help but speak again:
"Hermione, you left the bonfire last night first, so you may not know yet. In fact, Maka later asked Harry to prepare to talk to Ginny. And Harry hadn't gone at night, so I thought he might be there. Went there this morning…”
"Maka asked Harry to come over?" Hermione heard this and nodded slightly, "Well, it's a good idea to let Harry talk to Ginny directly... But, can Harry do it? No Will he be as stupid as you?"
Faced with Hermione's unabashed complaints, Ron could only admit it. After all, he did not do well enough. But regarding Hermione's doubts, he couldn't help but explain further:
"Maka asked Harry to go to Lockhart for advice first, so he didn't go to Ginny's last night."
"Mr. Lockhart?"
To be honest, Hermione still had some complicated feelings about Gilderoy Lockhart. Although she had a lot less admiration for the former because of Maka's existence, she still thought this man was amazing at first.
At least, not many people can write best-selling books, and Hermione has been a bookworm since she was a child. She was really attracted to a "great author" who looked very handsome at first - not to mention that at the time Lockhart claimed that the books were compiled from his real experiences.
And after the secret room incident, Maka didn't expose the guy's lies, she just "convinced people with reason"... Oh, okay! There was still some compulsion to make Lockhart repent.
It wasn't until the end of Lockhart's large-scale audio-visual show that she learned the guy's true face from Maka, and her impression of him plummeted.
However, after that, Lockhart's various low-key behaviors were hard to dislike.
only…
"... Ask him for advice? Is this... reliable?"
"You have to ask Maka about that!" Ron shrugged and said noncommittally, "I don't know... although I have never had a good impression of that guy!"
After Hermione struggled for a while, she shook her head randomly and said casually:
"Forget it, since it's Maka's suggestion, it shouldn't be wrong. Okay, Ron, come over and wash your face quickly, it's time to prepare breakfast for everyone!"
"okay!"
When Ron heard this, he immediately stood up on the ground, and then vigorously patted the grass blades on his body. While slapping his butt, he glanced in the direction not far behind Hermione.
"Hermione," he said, "that... 'Miss Alice Faye'? You were with her last night, right? What's going on with her?"
"She is a trustworthy and good girl!" Hermione immediately replied, "Although she was Haierbo's subordinate not long ago, it was forced and did not belong to her own will - in fact, she is just a somewhat introverted person. Just an ordinary girl! At most, she is very talented in curse magic... Well, no, she is 'very outstanding'!"
"Oh," Ron nodded with understanding, and sighed thoughtfully, "Is he another genius... It seems that I will always be the one at the bottom..."
"Hey!" Hermione waved helplessly, "Follow me quickly."