The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 118 To Believe In People Or To Believe In Books, That Is A Question

Madam Mary's funeral was over, but Ada didn't return to Hogwarts right away, she wanted to stay here to relax and relieve her mood.

So before going to the cemetery, Ida let the owl fly back to Hogwarts with her own leave note.Professor McGonagall's reply came in the evening, and she approved Ada's leave note, and she would go to the orphanage on Saturday afternoon to pick Ada back to school.

Professor McGonagall comforted Ada a few words in the letter, but more importantly, she told her that she would not allow Ada to leave Little Whinging District, it was best not to be too far away from the orphanage, and she should report anything immediately. Make up your own mind.

After the lights were turned off at night, Ada was lying on the bed with her eyes open. She had been struggling for a long time, but she didn't feel sleepy at all. Ada got up from the bed, put on her coat and left the room.

The children were resting, and there was only the sound of Ada's footsteps in the corridor, and Ada came to the first floor by the light in the corridor.Ada took her wand and walked towards the hall. Usually the door of the building is locked at night, and Ada needs to use the unlocking spell to open the door to go out.

In the wizarding world, things like door locks are used to guard against gentlemen but not villains. The lock-unlocking spell is recorded in "Standard Spell Elementary", and a little wizard in the first grade can learn it, unless your door lock is in the underground warehouse of Gringotts. The same style, otherwise even a first-year little wizard can't stop it.If there is any wizard who can't even unlock the Locking Curse, Ada sincerely recommends that he go back to the furnace and remake it, and return to Hogwarts to go to school again, and he still has to pay tuition fees.

Of course, you can also choose a secret keeper, cast a loyalty spell on your house, or engrave a few magic circles like Hogwarts to protect your house.

Ada, who was standing in the hall, found that the door was not locked tonight, but was ajar. She pushed the door open a little, and Ada walked into the yard along the crack of the door.

On this night when the moon is hiding, Ida is not alone in the yard, and Ms. Valente is also in the yard.Her shape is the same as Ada's - a coat is covered over the pajamas, she is sitting on the bench where Mrs. Mary sat before, with a half bottle of gin at her feet, her hair is disheveled, She is completely different from how she looks during the day.

Ms. Valente took out a cigarette from the cigarette holder and put it in her mouth. The flint of the silver lighter made a soft sound when rubbing against it. Small flames shot up from her fingertips, and her mouth seemed to have opened. Orange-red flowers illuminate the coldness and loneliness of May nights.

Smoking and drinking, Ms. Valente, who was about to burn her head, released her fragility to the fullest this night, like a child who couldn't find her way home.

The blue smoke rose slowly, and Ms. Valente, who was shrouded in the smoke, actually brought Ida a different kind of beauty, a slightly decadent beauty.

Ada didn't want to disturb Ms. Valente at first, and she probably didn't want to be seen like this, but not only Ada saw her, she also saw Ada who had just walked out.

Ms. Valente frantically tried to extinguish the cigarette in her hand, but Ada waved her hand to signal that she didn't mind.

"Can't you sleep either?" Ms. Valente said, clearing her throat.

Ada came over and sat on Ms. Valente's right hand. Although Ada had expressed that she didn't care about her smoking, Ms. Valentine changed the cigarette to her left hand, and moved her position a little, as far away from Ada as possible. farther away.

"You don't miss Lady Mary any more?" Ada asked.

"Yes, Mrs. Mary is such a kind person, why did she suffer from illness in the end. God wants to take her away, why can't she change to a less painful way?" Ms. Valente sighed and picked up her foot He took a sip of the gin on the side.

Ada didn't know how to comfort the decadent Ms. Valente. Mrs. Mary passed away, and Ada was the one who should be comforted. Why is it the other way around now?
"This world is inherently unfair. Some children are born with gold spoons in their mouths, while others can only live in orphanages." Ada said, "Some people spend their lives in luxury every day, while others live in In dire straits."

"Yes, this world is inherently unfair." Ms. Valente repeated, "When I close my eyes, I am full of Mrs. Mary's shadow. Seeing her is like seeing myself in the future. When I die, I will Is it so painful? The children I used to take care of, will they come back to see me?"

Ms. Valente, who is also the head of the orphanage and also has no children, has doubts about her life. She doubts whether the career she insisted on before is meaningful.Ms. Valente covered her face in pain so that Ida could not see her expression.

"Mrs. Mary saved my life, and she illuminated me in the darkest time of my life. She gave me the courage to yearn for the light even in the dark." Ada comforted, "You can do it with her now." It's the same thing, giving hope to these less fortunate children and lighting their way to the future."

It was Mrs. Mary who saved Ada who was almost frozen to death; it was she who enlightened Ada after Ada was abandoned; it was she who gave Ada the initial warmth when she first came to this world.

Ada was comforting Ms. Valente, so why not comforting herself?
"It's time for me to rest. Tomorrow... Tomorrow I have another charitable donation to discuss!" Ms. Valente seemed to have regained her former vitality, and she continued, "I'm sorry, I should have comforted you. "

"It's okay, ma'am." Ada replied with a smile, "There are still many people waiting to comfort me!" Ada also has Fred and George, and the Weasleys, and she also has Professor McGonagall. There will be more people who care about her.

After Ms. Valent left, Ada cleaned up the cigarette butts and empty wine bottles on the ground with the Vanishing Charm, and sat quietly in the yard by herself until the east faded.

On the second day, Ms. Valente couldn't see the decadence of last night at all. She was still the shrewd and capable director of the orphanage. She also handled the charitable donations with ease, and these donations would be implemented in a few days.

But Ada is far from the sensible image that night. She has been wandering around the town these days, looking around. This is probably the worst time Huazi has been hacked.

On Friday afternoon, the weather was sweltering, and there were no pedestrians on the street. In a small playground not far from Privet Drive, Ada was swinging on the swing alone with no expression. One thing made Ada unclear about the situation. She was a little restless now .

The twins at school flipped through Ida's Modern Progression of Dark Arts out of boredom.It didn't matter this time, they actually found the record about Glover Cecil in it, so the twins sent the booklet to Ada.

Ada has no right to reveal Cecil's affairs, so she has never told the story of Glover Cecil to the two brothers, and she has not made a fuss about Cecil's record in the book.

Of course, this was her previous opinion. After reading "The Progress of Modern Dark Arts", Ada opened her mouth so much that she could stuff an egg into it.

Glover Cecil's family, background, and experience of the Ministry of Magic recorded in the book are exactly the same as what he said at the beginning, except for the reason for leaving the Ministry of Magic, the content of the book is completely different from what he said
In Cecil's story, he left the Ministry of Magic because his mother and sister were killed by a black wizard, devoted himself to the study of black magic, and then was bewitched by the power of black magic, and finally made a poor man who made a big mistake.

But in the records of "Modern Dark Magic Progress", Cecil was the dark wizard who killed other people's mother and sister, and the poor man who lost his mother and sister was called Joyce.

In order to do some black magic experiments, Cecil also hurt the lives of others more than once. If Dumbledore hadn't arrived in time, none of the Aurors who went to arrest him at that time might not have survived.

Although Cecil has hurt many people, few people know about the evil deeds he did. Everyone only knows that he is a dark wizard caught by Dumbledore himself, because after him, there is an unprecedented in Britain. The leader of the dark wizard - Voldemort.

Glover Cecil's face was nothing compared to Voldemort's terror.

When Cecil was serving his sentence in Azkaban, his family was killed by Joyce, who was also obsessed with black magic. He used black magic to destroy other people's families, and others used the same method to make him lose his relatives.

There are two different versions of the same story, and Ada can't tell which is true and which is false for a while. If the story Cecil told is false, then why did he lie to himself?
　Thanks to the book friend Memory_qian for the reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)