Chapter 635 What You Said Is Too Hurtful, Hals!

After finishing lunch, Ivan took out the Marauder's Map and looked at it, then walked towards Hermione's direction.

When passing by a corridor, the two happened to meet.

Ivan stepped forward quickly, but Hermione seemed a little absent-minded. She just kept walking forward with her head lowered, and didn't seem to see him.

"Hermione!" Ivan greeted, but the latter did not respond. He had no choice but to stop in front of the little witch.

"Ah? Ivan, what's the matter?" Hermione raised her head, as if she had just discovered him, her eyes were a little red.

Ivan saw that something was wrong with Hermione, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he had to bite the bullet and ask. "Have you thought about the ball, Hermione?"

Listening to Ivan's words, Hermione's face became very cold, her brown eyes stared at Ivan angrily, and after a while, she hummed softly. "Didn't you already invite others? What are you asking me for?"

Ivan was confused. When did he invite others?

Before he could figure it out, Hermione hit him hard on the shoulder, hugged the book in her arms, and ran away angrily.

Ivan hurriedly turned back to look at Hermione's leaving figure, but the little witch was no longer there, replaced by the sound of "thumping" wooden legs - and a few seconds later, he saw Moody's long hair from the other side. The corridor came over.

"Hals, I finally found you. I don't have time to explain to you. Come with me quickly!" Moody quickened his pace the moment he saw Ivan, grabbed his arm and said seriously. .

"Don't you see that I have something to deal with? Professor Moody? If you can, can you wait for me for a few minutes? It won't be too late for us to act later." Ivan rolled his eyes and sighed. He had to do it. I understood why Hermione felt that he had invited someone else, and whether there was any misunderstanding.

"No, we can't delay, Hals, there are not many opportunities like this..." Moody shook his head and said eagerly, with a serious expression on his face. His magic eye swept around and saw that all around him There was no one there, so he leaned down and continued in a lowered voice.

"Crouch will go to discuss the next game with Bagman this afternoon, and he happens to be not in his office! This is a rare opportunity... We only have half an hour of safety time at most!"

Ivan hesitated and did not move.

"Did you just invite Miss Granger to the ball?" Moody asked slightly irritably.

If he could, he wouldn't want to waste time providing emotional guidance to a little boy at such an important moment, but now it seemed like he had no choice.

Ivan didn't really want to answer this question.

Moody on the side revealed it without hesitation. "Obviously, you failed?"

"You can't say that!" Ivan shook his head firmly.

"Being rejected by a girl is not a big deal. Even if you are a Hogwarts warrior and have an amazing reputation, it is impossible for everyone to like you!" Moody said quickly. "Maybe you can change your goal. There are many girls waiting for your invitation. They will be ecstatic about it!"

Ivan's brows wrinkled, and Moody saw that he didn't like hearing this, so he changed his tone.

"But I think it's not that bad. Everyone in the school can see that Miss Granger treats you..." Moody looked at Ivan with his rare normal eyes. He did not continue talking, but turned around. And suggested.

"I think you should learn to be tougher, Hals! Sometimes a hug is more meaningful than any words. Those witches are always insecure and eager to know..."

"Are you planning to provide me with some emotional guidance? Professor Moody?" Ivan interrupted Moody, and then looked at him with a very strange look, "But if I'm not mistaken, You should have been single till now, right?”

A lonely bachelor provides emotional advice to a teenager who is going through emotional entanglements. How weird is this?

"Make no mistake, just because I'm single doesn't mean I've never been liked, Hals! When I was an Auror at the Ministry of Magic, I had countless admirers. I just put all my energy into How to catch those dark wizards!" Moody said angrily.

"Really? Are you sure?" Ivan looked at his face that looked like it had been scratched with a knife, expressing doubts about Moody's statement.

Moody saw Ivan's thoughts, and his ferocious face twitched.

"I suddenly understand why Miss Granger rejected you... Hals!" he said.

"Huh?" Ivan looked at him in surprise.

"It must be because your words are so hurtful!" Moody complained.

Ivan was speechless, he was silent for a while, and finally sighed. "Okay, according to your plan, we will search Crouch's office now!"

"That's right! It's too late to go now! Deal with this matter, and you will have enough time to comfort your little girlfriend." Moody raised his eyebrows, and couldn't wait to take Ivan's wrist and move upstairs. Go.

Ivan didn't resist, and was led towards Crouch's office by Moody.

He already figured out why Hermione said that. Ivan had not forgotten that he found someone following him that evening two days ago.

Now I think that the person who followed was probably Hermione. She saw the scene of herself and Luna saying goodbye in Ravenclaw Tower - maybe more?

It doesn't matter how much she saw, what matters is that Hermione probably misunderstood.

Thinking of this, Ivan felt very upset. Although he figured out the reason, he also understood that Hermione could calm down as long as he explained it clearly.

But this is the second time this semester that Hermione has been so angry with herself, and Ivan doesn't know if there will be a third or fourth time after he explains.

He admitted that it was his fault the first time, that he had repeatedly broken his promise and forgot to write to Hermione (although he did not think this was a very serious mistake).

This time it was different. Hermione was unwilling to practice Legilimency with him. He understood Hermione's difficulties and recognized her behavior of protecting her memory, so he chose Luna as the training partner...

Ivan didn't expect to be bumped into by Hermione, nor did he expect that Hermione's trust in him was so weak. Even if she rushed over to question him directly at that time, it would be much better than such random thoughts.

The more Ivan thought about it, the more depressed he became, which was why he was willing to look for clues with Moody instead of going to Hermione to explain immediately.

He thought everyone needed time to calm down and think about it, not just Hermione, but himself...