The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 117 Funeral
Ada remained in the orphanage for the next two days, with Lady Mary at her bedside.As Ms. Valente said, Mrs. Mary doesn't wake up much every day, and spends most of her time sleeping.And her waking time is getting less and less every day, and sometimes she talks nonsense, as if she is living in the past.

In the past two days, some people Ada has never seen or did not know came to visit Mrs. Mary. They were all children who had lived with her.Some people came and went in a hurry, just sat for a while and left, and some people stayed a little longer, wanting to say a few words of farewell to Mrs. Mary.

Mrs. Mary remembered everyone who came to visit her, their names, when and why they came to live in the orphanage, and when they left the orphanage.

Even if she was still in a coma and didn't see the person coming, as long as Ada roughly described the person's appearance, Madam Mary could tell the person's name.She never mentioned it to anyone, but she did remember every child who followed her in her heart.

Ada has heard a lot of bad things about the orphanage. When she first came to this world, she was also worried. If these bad things happened to her, how would she deal with it? Is it a life of violence against tragedy?Or live in the world with resignation?

Fortunately, Ada was lucky. She met Mrs. Mary, who tried her best to protect every child.Maybe that's why Ada usually has such bad luck. Her luck is used to meet those who treat her well!

On Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Mary was in good spirits, and she suddenly wanted to go out for a walk and see the children.Ms. Valente and Ida glanced at each other. They both knew what this meant, and the time was almost up.

Ms. Valente and Ida dressed Mrs. Mary together, and they helped her down the stairs. When the children playing in the yard greeted her, Mrs. Mary smiled happily, and she was still telling the children to run slowly. Point, be careful to fall.

Ada helped Mrs. Mary sit on the bench in the yard, and let Mrs. Mary lean on her body. Her weight was so light that Ada didn't even feel any weight.

"Do you still remember that when you were young, you always liked to run around behind the older children. Even if you fell down, you didn't cry or make a fuss. You just stood up after you patted the dust, and continued to run." Mrs. Mary was recalling the past again, In the past two days, she and Ada talked most about the past.

"From Green...after you came back from Mr. and Mrs. Green, you no longer played with everyone, but wrote and drew alone in the room." Mrs. Mary continued, "Once, in order to force you to play with everyone Let's play together, and I will give you a hard training..."

"Then I was crying and running around behind everyone, just like before." Ada went on to say that it was the first time Mrs. Mary lost her temper with her. Keep this in mind.

"If it is really as good as before, if I can do it all over again, I will not let you meet Green and Taylor again, and I will not let them hurt you again." Madam Mary said, this is her first time with Ada talked about this. She once thought that Ada deliberately alienated her because she agreed to Green and Taylor's adoption request.

Ada patted Madam Mary's shoulder lightly, comfortingly said: "It's never your fault, it's the world that's wrong..."

If she had been adopted by a wizard family, nothing would have happened after that, and Ada would not have had the chance to come here. Unfortunately, there has never been such a thing as if in this world.

The sky gradually darkened, and the children in the yard followed Miss Nelson back into the building. Mrs. Mary's eyes began to become cloudy, and she became unconscious.

She said anxiously: "John, Ida hasn't come back so late, you go out to find her and bring her back! Dean, you go too! Quick, quick!"

What Mrs. Mary was talking about was the night when Ada had an accident when she was ten years old. John and Dean were the oldest boys in the orphanage, but the two boys never found anything.

When they returned to the orphanage, they saw Ada walking like a corpse at the door.

"I'm here, right here, I'm back." Ada said, "Don't worry, I'm just late."

The delirious Mrs. Mary stared at Ida for a long time, and she didn't know where her strength came from. She pushed Ada to the ground and shouted: "No, you are not! John, Dean, go find Ada!" Da, she can't be hurt any more!"

Mrs. Mary kept making troubles, asking people to find "Ada" who hadn't come back yet, but Ida had no choice but to stretch out her left hand and wave it in front of her eyes, coaxing: "Ma'am, Ada has already returned, if you don't believe it , I will help you to take a look."

"Okay, okay, let's go..."

Ada helped Mrs. Mary again, and went back to the building step by step. They met Ms. Valente who rushed over after hearing the noise at the door, and the two of them helped Mrs. Mary back to the room on the second floor.

Helping Mrs. Mary to lie down, as soon as she touched the bed, Mrs. Mary fell into a deep sleep, but before falling asleep, she still murmured: "Ada...where is Ada?"

Mrs. Mary, who was asleep, did not wake up again. At four o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Mary returned to the embrace of God and left her beloved children forever.

The funeral was held on Monday. After seeing Mrs. Mary's return on Saturday afternoon, Ms. Valente arranged all the affairs of the funeral in advance. Mrs. Mary's body was also temporarily stored in the funeral company.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the melodious bells sounded from the church in Little Whinging District. Everyone followed the hearse and moved slowly. The funeral procession stopped in front of the church. When Mrs. Mary's coffin was carried into the church, the mourners also agreed Just enter.

The gray-haired pastor told the life of Mrs. Mary and led everyone to pray for her spirit in heaven.In her speech, Ms. Valente recalled every detail of getting along with Mrs. Mary, and thanked her for doing so many ordinary but great things for the children.

When it was almost ten o'clock, people followed the coffin to a cemetery. The tomb had already been dug, and the coffin was carried to the front of the tomb and lowered gently.Amidst the priest's prayers, Mrs. Mary's coffin was slowly lowered into the deep grave, and there were soft sobs in the crowd.

Ms. Valente took the lead in putting the flowers in her hand into the grave. After her, people came forward one by one, bowed to the grave, threw flowers into the grave, and then left the cemetery one by one. The orphanage arranged food to entertain the predecessors. People who come to the funeral.

Ada, who was dressed in black, did not leave the cemetery with the people. She never cried. The black clothes were also prepared by her in advance, as if her heart was made of iron stone.

Someone once asked: "Why do people feel sad when someone dies? It happens to everyone sooner or later!"

Ada once had similar doubts. As she grew up, this doubt disappeared. It is sad because there is one less person who treats you sincerely in this world.

For Mrs. Mary, who is suffering from illness, death is a kind of relief, and all the grief is reserved for the living.Death is never a terrible thing, it is just another journey of life, another imagination.

The wind in May gently blew across the cemetery, and there was a drizzle in the sky. There was no one around. Ada was saying a final goodbye to Mrs. Mary, and to the past.

Ada held her wand like an umbrella, and the magic power gushing out from the tip of the wand formed an invisible barrier over her head, and no raindrop could pass through the barrier to wet Ida.

Ada stood there quietly until the rain stopped. She slowly slid her wand across Mrs. Mary's tombstone. As the wand moved, a wreath appeared on the tombstone.

What is buried in the cemetery in Little Whinging is not only the body of Lady Mary, but also the last connection between Ada and the Muggle world, and Ada's past.

　Thanks to the book friends for their rewards

　　
　
(End of this chapter)