Chapter 238: Friendship

The Slytherin common room was noisy.

The quiet atmosphere when Lu Yunkai hurried back just now had long gone. Senior students gathered in groups of three or five, talking about what had just happened in Hogsmeade, while junior students gathered around them, listening to the seniors and seniors exaggerating the already thrilling battle.

Lu Yunkai looked around and saw Daphne and Astoria sitting next to her "special seat". Both girls looked like they didn't want to be approached by strangers.

Lu Yunkai walked straight over.

"Are you okay?"

The first words Lu Yunkai and Daphne said when they met were nonsense in unison.

Of course they were okay. If there was something wrong, neither of them could see each other now.

"I'm glad you're okay."

Well, another nonsense in unison.

After the two nonsense words, Lu Yunkai and Daphne seemed to have nothing to say.

Daphne just stayed quietly beside Lu Yunkai, leaning gently on his shoulder in a daze, while Astoria sat next to him, looking around curiously in the lounge, but when Lu Yunkai told her to chat with others if she was interested, she would shake her head with a little regret and sit still.

As for Lu Yunkai, he took out a book from his space bag and read it by himself.

While reading, he listened to the people around him talking about what had just happened in Hogsmeade.

In this way, it was dinner time.

The students who were still discussing the big event that had just happened moved to the hall restaurant with unsatisfied interest.

Then they found that Slytherin was not the only noisy college.

The whole Hogwarts was a mess.

Although Umbridge warned on the stage with a dark face that if anyone discussed things outside the school again, the school rules would punish them, it still couldn't stop this lively discussion atmosphere.

In the end, Umbridge gave up.

She knew very well. Although Voldemort's reappearance was a foregone conclusion when Crouch Jr. was captured more than half a year ago, the Dark Lord has never really appeared in public, which is the main reason why Fudge, the Minister of Magic who has always refused to acknowledge the Dark Lord's return, can continue to sit in his position.

Now, Dumbledore attends the wedding banquet, Voldemort attacks, Voldemort attacks Harry, and Dumbledore stops him...

Even a blind person realizes that compared to the Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore is the leader in the fight against Voldemort! At this time, the Ministry of Magic and the position of Minister Fudge are really embarrassing.

Forget it!

Let Dumbledore lead everyone to fight Voldemort!

I hope you can succeed.

When Umbridge left the hall, she looked at the students in the hall who said that Dumbledore's gorgeous spells beat Voldemort and made him flee, and she secretly complained in her heart.

As Umbridge left the hall, the students' discussion suddenly became more heated.

In the midst of the excitement, Lu Yunkai, who was eating with his head down, suddenly felt someone patting his shoulder twice.

He turned his head and was stunned.

It was Hermione.

Ever since Lu Yunkai had forced Harry to tell him about the prophecy (strictly speaking, Lu Yunkai was quite wronged, as it was Parvati who said it), this girl had not taken the initiative to greet him again.

Even before going to Hogsmeade this morning, she had ignored Lu Yunkai! Now she actually took the initiative to talk to Lu Yunkai, which was not easy!

"Are you busy tonight?"

"No plans. What's wrong?" Lu Yunkai glanced at Daphne beside him and replied.

"We have a DA party tonight, is it convenient for you to come?" Hermione also glanced at Daphne, smiled apologetically, and continued.

"DA?? I'm not a member of yours. Besides, if Voldemort sees me in that kind of situation through Harry, I'll be in trouble."

"Harry has just made up his mind to cut off the connection between his mind and Voldemort." Hermione hastily assured, "Don't worry, it won't affect you."

"He's determined, okay? Brain occlumency is no joke, you've practiced it before." Lu Yunkai laughed.

"He said that he could have cut off the connection with Voldemort a long time ago, but he just didn't want to do it... I don't think he would lie about this kind of thing."

"In fact, I would rather believe that he was bragging. Otherwise... To be honest, the trouble he caused during this period is really hard to forgive him."

Lu Yunkai said the truth.

If Harry was just delayed because he couldn't learn, it would be more or less excusable, but he had already mastered brain occlumency, but he was actively affected by Voldemort...

Pretentious? Seeking special treatment?

Is this the child of destiny?

It's really hard to say!

"Come over tonight. Today... you're in Hogsmeade, right? I think I saw you guys at the Three Broomsticks."

Hermione didn't want to respond to Lu Yunkai's words.

In fact, she understood what Lu Yunkai said, and she had even used the unspoken words of Lu Yunkai to teach Harry a lesson. So, this matter really couldn't be blamed on her.

But from Lu Yunkai's point of view, she was indeed in the same group with Harry...

You have to bear the scolding.

"I wasn't there." Lu Yunkai denied it very straightforwardly.

"I know you are wearing a mask of confusion." Hermione interrupted Lu Yunkai's quibble, "I don't believe Daphne would sit at the same table with a strange young man! If it weren't for you, I would have eaten the table. "

"……All right."

Lu Yunkai could only nodded.

Hermione had made her words very clear, and Lu Yunkai definitely couldn't pretend to be stupid anymore.

"By the way, what happened a while ago...I'm sorry. You are indeed right." After talking about what happened at night, Hermione blushed slightly and apologized to Lu Yunkai in a passing tone.

"Why are you talking about this?" Lu Yun smiled, "I'm not that stingy, just let it go."

"Yeah." Hermione nodded, "See you tonight!"

Lu Yunkai watched Hermione leave, then turned back and continued eating.

"I said, Hermione is interested in you, isn't she?" Daphne leaned close to Lu Yunkai's ear and asked in a low voice.

Just the teasing tone made it sound like he was definitely not serious.

"Yes! All girls like your boyfriend! Your boyfriend is the best in the world! He is still willing to be your boyfriend. You must have been a great hero who saved the earth in your previous life!"

"Disgusting!" Daphne pinched Lu Yunkai gently, "The one who is looking for you is actually not Hermione, but Harry, right?"

"Most likely. Otherwise, she would have told me directly instead of asking me to go to the DA party." Lu Yunkai nodded, "I guess Harry may want to help me talk to the DA group."

"Hmph, he still has some conscience." Daphne glanced at Gryffindor.

Harry was talking to Ron while looking over here. He saw the look in Daphne's eyes and quickly lowered his head.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it. Have you finished eating?" Lu Yunkai really didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.

There's really nothing to say.

"Let's go back to the lounge." Daphne clapped her hands and stood up, "This place is really noisy. It makes my head hurt."

Lu Yun smiled, looked around at the dinner that was not considered a dinner, nodded, and left the auditorium with Daphne.

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In fact, if Hermione hadn't invited him to the DA party, Lu Yunkai probably wouldn't have agreed to go, no matter who else it was.

After all, he is not very supportive of the DA concept, so he is not very willing to deal with most of the members.

Anyway, those who regard Lu Yunkai as friends will not stop interacting with him just because he doesn't go, such as Parvati or Luna, and others such as Ginny...

random.

But the person who invited him was Hermione, and it was really hard for him to refuse.

After being "awakened" by Nagini that night, Lu Yunkai, who had been up almost all night, carefully sorted out his circle of friends.

Then Lu Yunkai realized that he almost never seriously considered whether it was "worth it" when making friends at Hogwarts. After sorting it out carefully, he discovered that compared to the friends he treated sincerely, such as Harry and Blaise, it was the friends who were "fingerprinting" and "perfunctory" who were of greater help to him.

Such as Malfoy.

Such as Hermione.

With Hermione's help, Lu Yunkai's OWLS preparation in the first half of the year was very effective. Even Daphne, who reviewed the preparations with him every day, also benefited a lot from it.

On the contrary, in the past half month after Hermione ignored Lu Yunkai, he clearly felt that he could not find the direction in his review...

Although it sounds a bit utilitarian (but not shameful), Lu Yunkai is very sure that no matter what he plans to do after graduating from Hogwarts, Hermione will be a far more valuable friend than Harry.

The same principle applies to Malfoy.

And when Lu Yunkai thought about making friends beyond their personal feelings, he also realized that perhaps friendship needed some special care to maintain.

So when Hermione offered to invite Lu Yunkai to DA's party, he only hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Just think of it as a favor to Hermione.

On the way back from the auditorium to the lounge, when Lu Yunkai suddenly thought of this, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

In the past, Lu Yunkai was reluctant to associate with Hermione, who had a very different personality, because he wanted to give Harry some face. Now...

How to say it? Therefore, Voldemort finally alienated the friendship between him and Harry! !

"why are you laughing?"

Daphne, who was walking beside Lu Yunkai, noticed the self-deprecating smile on Lu Yunkai's face and was a little confused.

"Nothing...just...Voldemort is really powerful!"

"...Why did you suddenly say such a thing?"

"No more." Lu Yunkai shook his head.

yes! Nothing much to say. I am not a child to begin with, so be realistic and not ashamed.

"Tch." Daphne snorted, "By the way, can you give me the invisibility cloak you used today to play with?"

"...That thing is very expensive!"

"Cheapskate!!"

"I'm afraid you'll lose it!"

"Cheapskate! Cheapskate!!"

"...It's useless for you to act coquettishly, I won't give it to you no matter what."

"snort!!"

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