The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 523 One step away

The morning sun was warm and soft, illuminating the entire Hogsmeade village, and the bustling village also woke up at the moment the sun rose, throwing itself into the busy day.

In the corner of this wizarding village is a house known as the Shrieking Shack, which Ada and the twins prefer to affectionately call the Twilight Shack.That is their secret base, carrying a lot of their sweetness and sorrow.

Since Ada dropped out of school, the Twilight Cabin has lost its life, and Fred and George no longer conduct their research in the cabin.However, several months of vacancy did not make the hut full of dust, and the windows are still clean and dust-free.

Presumably someone had been cleaning the place, presumably Winnie the house-elf, though it didn't make much sense.

As the sun rose higher and higher, the light that shone down became dazzling, and there was a cry from the sofa in the hut.

Then, the young and beautiful blond woman sat up, rubbed her sleepy eyes, drowsily fetched a glass of water for herself, and fell back to the sofa holding the glass.

Ada squeezed her waist, then thumped her legs.Even if the sofa is soft, curling up and sleeping on it can still be uncomfortable.I don't know when, she has become a little more delicate.

After leaving the abandoned manor last night, Ada found Sergey and others who had gone first, and also saw the bodies of Bernard and Robert.The two died because of her. Ada felt sad and sad, but it was more of an indescribable and inexplicable feeling.

When talking to the outside world, Ada can always be ruthless, and she can even say a word of cruelty.But when it comes to guilt, Ada's heart is no longer as hard as iron. She used to have doubts about these people, but Bernard and Robert proved their loyalty with death.

Sergey, Sidorov, Hartman, and Laurent who survived, these four also fulfilled their promises.The curse is flying around in the abandoned manor, it is their ability to survive, it is their fate.

Ada didn't say much. She should have made some exciting remarks to win people's hearts, but she didn't. She just asked Sergey to send the two back to their hometown to rest.

Ada doesn't know whether the wizard has the idea of ​​returning to his hometown and resting in the ground, but she thinks that being buried in his hometown should be what Bernard and Robert hope to see.

After arranging the next itinerary, Ada returned to Hogwarts alone, and walked around the campus in the dark.She wanted to visit the small swamp where the twins left in the school, but she stood in front of the castle gate for a long time, and finally gave up on this plan.

In addition, Ada also wanted to shout "Hogwarts, your female student council president is back", but after thinking about it, she decided to forget it.

Now she has been passed on as a new generation of Dark Lord by the outside world, and what she is doing is also developing in this direction. Maybe she will become the real Dark Lord in the near future.Therefore, it is better not to shout this sentence.

Ada walked around the playground for a long time like this, and went to sit on the Quidditch pitch for a while. She once shouted in the stands, and also flew desperately over the pitch.

As the moon begins to fade and the sky begins to glow, Ida goes to the Twilight Cabin.On the way to the Whooping Willow, she also saw Hagrid's cabin in the distance, which was now in ruins.

A fire made Hagrid, who was not rich already, even worse.

Maybe it was because returning to Hogwarts made Ada feel at ease, or maybe it was because she was too careful in arranging the Twilight Cabin. In the familiar room, Ada fell asleep unknowingly while sitting on the sofa.

In the past six months, Ada has squeezed herself too hard and forced her too hard. She is really tired.Ada could lie flat and be her Miss Rozier eating, drinking and having fun, but she chose this mountain road full of thorns without hesitation and became a climber.

If it weren't for the harsh sunlight at noon, and if it wasn't for the unbearable hunger in her stomach, Ada would probably still sleep for a long time until the sun set again.

Adaku, who was more awake, sat on the rocking chair by the window, the curtains were drawn halfway, just blocking the dazzling sunlight.

Ada had already searched the hut, but there was nothing in the room to satisfy her hunger. Although she was very hungry, she didn't want to leave, she wanted to stay a little longer.A little longer is fine, because this time I leave, I don't know when I will come back, and I don't know if I can come back again.

Time is a thing that sometimes seems very long, and sometimes it goes by very fast. When Ada regained consciousness again, it was already pitch black outside the window, and a crescent moon hung far away in the sky.

Ada, who felt that she was about to starve to death, finally left the Twilight Cabin. After returning the water glass to its original position, Ada walked to the Pig's Head Bar under the darkness.She was a wanted man now, but somehow she felt that Aberforth would not sell her information to the Ministry of Magic.

There were not many pedestrians on the street, and when Ada rushed to the Pig's Head Bar, she was greeted only by the closed shop door.I don't know if the Pig's Head Bar closed too early today, or it didn't open at all.

Undeterred, Ada slammed on the door a few times, and Aberforth responded violently from inside: "The door is closed today!"

Ada made three more "bang bang bang", and there was the same violent footsteps as the master's came from inside the door panel.After a while, the door opened a crack, revealing a gray bearded cheek.

"Come in." Aberforth glanced at Ada a few times before widening the gap in the door, just enough for Ada to slip in.

Ada sat in front of the bar by herself, and there was only one candle in the store."I'm hungry, Aberforth," she said.

Aberforth Dumbledore didn't speak, he went directly behind the bar and took out a bottle of butterbeer, then walked to an operating room at the back, and brought out a sandwich that didn't look very good.

"Should it be said that you came by accident, or that you came by too much coincidence?" Aberforth muttered.

After receiving the sandwich, Ada didn't stuff it into her mouth immediately, but asked, "What's the matter, besides me, are there any unwelcome guests today?"

"Yes, very unwelcome guest." Aberforth said, "You came just after he left." After speaking, he picked up a dirty cup and wiped it.It's just that the veil used to wipe the cup didn't get any better, and the more the cup was wiped, the dirtier it became.

"Oh." Ada lowered her head and silently gnawed on the sandwich in her hand.Unexpectedly, the bad-looking sandwich didn't taste bad, or maybe she's been hungry for too long and her sense of taste has failed.

After all, I missed it, and Ada and Albus Dumbledore passed each other again this night.

"Where did he go?" Ada asked, "Back to Hogwarts?"

"I don't know, probably not." Aberforth replied, "His principal position has not been restored, which means that he is still the mastermind of the 'Dumbledore Rebellion Case' for the time being."

Ada didn't know how to express it, neither did she laugh, nor did she cry.Could it be said that repelling the new generation of Dark Lords is not enough to make the Ministry of Magic headed by Fudge realize the power of Dumbledore?
"I've got to go, Aberforth," Ada said, as she devoured the sandwich.

"Well, let's go," said Aberforth. "Shall we meet again?"

Ada had already reached the door, she paused, and said, "Maybe, who knows! In fact, the sandwiches you made don't taste bad. If you can change a kerchief to wipe the wine glass, maybe the glass will be cleaner."

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Meanwhile, Albus Dumbledore, who left the Hog's Head, shows up at the Twilight Shack.

This old man, who had been invincible in the magic world, looked like a loser at the moment. His white hair made him look very old under the moonlight.Dumbledore was also sitting on the rocking chair by the window, staring at the crescent moon in the sky.

Dumbledore wondered if he was really wrong.Did Ada come to this day because of his childhood encounters and personality, or was it caused by his teacher?
Some things are set early, while others are accumulated a little bit, and then explode at a certain moment.

Dumbledore's wise blue eyes were full of confusion, he closed them slowly, and stopped looking at the bright moon and shining stars.

In the pitch-black cabin, only a heavy sigh could be heard.

(End of this chapter)