The Admiral of Hogwarts

Because it was too noisy on the field, Hugo and Luna quietly slipped out the door and into the entrance hall. At this moment, Hermione also squeezed out of the crowd by the Veneto window.

"It seems you also find it a bit stuffy in the hall." Seeing Hugo and Luna come out, Veneto greeted them warmly and walked with them towards the outside of the castle.

The front door was open, and as they walked down the steps, the fairy lights in the rose garden twinkled. They found themselves surrounded by low bushes, ornate winding paths, and huge stone statues.

Hugo could hear the splashing of water, like a fountain, and occasionally saw people sitting on openwork benches. Mostly, it was a man and a woman sitting on the same chair, occasionally two girls or two boys.

"Ah, much better. It was really too stuffy and hot in the room just now," Luna said, gently patting her chest. At this time, the four of them were walking along a winding path through the rose bushes.

Soon, Luna said goodbye to everyone because she wanted to go and see if there were any mutated luminous mosses near the rockery decorated with some kind of Mediterranean plants.

"\n... I don't understand why you're making such a fuss, Igor," a voice suddenly came from the other side of the flower bushes.

"Severus, you can't pretend this isn't happening!" Karkaroff's voice sounded frightened and hoarse, as if afraid of being overheard. "For months, it's become more and more obvious. I'm very worried now, I can't deny it—"

"Then run," Snape said impatiently, "run—I'll cover for you. But I want to stay at Hogwarts."

Snape and Karkaroff turned a corner. Snape held his wand and blasted the rose bushes aside. He had a stern face and a nasty expression. Screams came from many of the flower bushes, and several dark figures darted out.

"Ravenclaw, ten points deducted, Fawcett!" Snape said fiercely—a girl ran past him, "Hufflepuff, ten points deducted, Stebbins!" Another boy chased after the girl.

Watching the retreating figures of the fleeing young wizards, Karkaroff looked somewhat alarmed. He nervously reached out to touch his goatee, then wrapped the beard around his fingers.

"Looks like this isn't a good place to talk." Snape glanced around the path, where there was no one. He suddenly turned and strode away, his long black robes billowing behind him. Karkaroff also hurried away after Snape.

After the two figures disappeared from the path, there was a rustling sound from the edge of a bush, and then Hugo and the two ladies emerged from the bush.

"Luckily we hid in time just now, or it would have been terrible if Snape had caught us," Hermione said, smoothing out the wrinkles on her skirt. "By the way, why is Karkaroff so worried?"

"As far as I know, Karkaroff and Snape were both Death Eaters before, and they have the Dark Lord's magical mark on them," Hugo said through the Admiral Network after looking around.

"For months, it's become more and more obvious—oh my god." Hermione suddenly seemed to realize something and exclaimed in the Admiral Network. "Could it be that the dead can also be resurrected?"

"We saw that person in our first year. Some things are inevitable. At least we still have Professor Dumbledore ahead of us, and we really don't need to worry about it now," Hugo comforted his sister.

The topic of Death Eaters was indeed a bit unpleasant. In silence, they came to a large stone reindeer. They looked past the stone deer and saw a tall fountain of water splashing and sparkling.

Two vague giant figures sat on a stone bench, gazing at the fountain in the moonlight. Then, Hugo heard Hagrid speaking.

"I knew it in my heart as soon as I saw you," he said in a strangely hoarse voice.

"What did you know, Hagrid?" Madame Maxime asked, her deep voice carrying a hoarse sound.

"I—" Hagrid suddenly remembered his conversation with Hugo before entering the castle, so he abruptly changed the subject to: "I think you and I are both a bit lonely, after all, our bone structure is much larger than normal—"

"Yes, there is indeed a special sense of loneliness, after all, people always reject those who are somewhat different from them. Just like Muggles used to reject those with red hair, and in this regard, wizards are no exception—"

Obviously, Hagrid's words, like a stroke of genius, resonated with the softest spot in Madame Maxime's heart, and Madame Maxime also began to recall her past days.

Obviously, although Hagrid was a bit careless, he was not stupid at all. So, after being reminded in advance, he naturally knew how to avoid the minefield.

"Ha, finally found you." Just as Hugo and the two ladies were walking through the flower bushes full of flowers on both sides, Luna suddenly walked out of a nearby flower bush.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" Hermione asked. She had never been able to understand Luna's thoughts before. But after becoming a ship girl and dealing with Quincy, she found that she could understand the other party.

"I didn't find any mutated luminous moss. Obviously, there are no Crumple-Horned Snorkacks living around these foreign trees." Luna shook her head, looking a bit dejected, but she quickly perked up again.

"But I think everyone is in very good condition today. At least there aren't many Heliopaths in the garden, you could even say there are fewer than at any other time."

"You always talk about Heliopaths, can you tell me what they are?" Veneto asked curiously after hearing Luna say this.

In fact, this was also a question that Hugo had always wanted to figure out. Because the novels and movies in his previous life had considerable differences in this regard, he had always wanted to figure out what Heliopaths were like in this real world.

"Heliopaths... they're invisible, and they float into your ears and mess up your brain." Hearing someone ask this, Luna immediately reacted and said, "Once they latch onto someone, that person will become emotionally worse."

Speaking of this, Luna looked at Hugo and them with a smile.

"Actually, you guys are the strangest people I've ever met, because there are basically no Heliopaths around you. Especially Hermione, your situation is the most special."

"It used to look like you were often attacked by Heliopaths, but since shortly after last Christmas, it seems like those annoying guys won't come near you anymore."

"A natural Legilimens!" Through the Admiral Network, Hugo and the others immediately understood what Luna was talking about.

According to Rowling, Luna can be said to be the opposite of Hermione, that is to say, Hermione is a person who follows rationality, while Luna is more inclined to sensibility.

But now it seems that this sensibility should be based on some special ability. For example, being able to easily understand some of the thoughts of others, which may be why Luna feels that she lives a little more clearly than ordinary people.