Chapter 68 Orphan

"Wouldn't this be more beneficial to you?" Michael asked nonchalantly.

"That's right - but I think Cedric and the others would also prefer a fair game." Ryan said seriously.

"Well...it's indeed Hufflepuff." Michael sighed.

Ryan said angrily: "Don't think I don't know that you actually mean to say I'm stupid."

"Hahaha, how could that happen?" Michael said with a dry smile.

Anyway, if it was Ravenclaw, he knew that his college would not miss such a great opportunity.

"Actually - Vader - I want to ask -" Hermione was a little embarrassed and said with some pleading: "Can Harry also join the SSC?"

The air suddenly became quiet.

Ryan was a little uneasy.

He saw the smile on Michael's face suddenly disappear, and he just looked at the brown-haired girl and then at Wade.

Vader's expression didn't change at all, and he even agreed simply: "Of course, Harry Potter is not a difficult person to get along with. The problem is you - Hermione."

"—Me?" Hermione looked over anxiously.

"Have you forgotten that you were made angry by Ron Weasley? Potter and Weasley are inseparable. If he joins, he won't hide it from Weasley - are you ready to forgive him?" Vader asked gently.

It seemed that he didn't have any objections, and all his considerations were based on concern for Hermione's mood.

"Oh, this!" Hermione breathed a sigh of relief and smiled relievedly: "That incident has long since passed, and he also wanted to remind his friends later, didn't he? Although it didn't help - this After getting along for a while, I think Weasley is not that annoying anymore. It's impossible to hold a grudge for a lifetime just because of a quarrel, right?"

"I think it's good to turn enemies into friends." Ryan took the initiative to speak to ease the tense atmosphere: "And Ron Weasley's brothers are all excellent, so he must have a very outstanding side, right?"

This... Hermione probably doesn't agree very much.

After she felt relaxed, she couldn't help but want to explain a few more words: "Actually, I didn't intend to bring them in... Ron noticed that Neville had made great progress and asked him several times, but Neville didn't say anything... But you all know that Harry - if the Death Eaters and the You-Know-Who come back, Harry will be the first to be found - but he is not very outstanding in studies, his grades are so-so, and he has no spells taught in class. If you are familiar with it, you have to go to Quidditch training regularly——"

In Hermione's eyes, Harry Potter turned out to be "a scumbag who had an empty reputation but didn't study hard at all."

Later it was - "a good scumbag who has a decent personality but still doesn't work hard enough".

When he truly realized that Harry Potter lost his parents because of the war, and that his life is still being threatened by Voldemort and his remnants -

Harry Potter had an aura of "little pitiful" in Hermione's eyes.

——What’s the difference between having poor grades and being a little playful? How gratified his parents must be to see him growing up so happily and healthily!

But then, Hermione felt even greater anxiety - she was a person who was prone to anxiety.

Thinking that Voldemort was close at hand, Quirrell was watching with eager eyes, and Dumbledore had mysterious and unknown plans, but Harry was just fooling around all day long, either piecing together his homework or borrowing other people's to copy...

Hermione almost wanted to pry his head open and tuck her own anxiety into a ball!

There is no doubt that Harry Potter will face huge challenges and dangers in the future, and those are definitely not something that he can cope with just by copying his homework.

Hermione tried to teach them all the spells she learned in the Umbrella House, but the problem was - when Vader taught them, she felt it was very clear and easy to understand, and she taught Harry and Ron the same way. It was as if his brain had been hit by a giant monster, and he didn't understand it for a long time.

Hermione didn't know why, she just felt very grumpy. Sometimes she doubted the IQ of those two people, but looking at Neville's progress, she had to admit that maybe there was something wrong with her own teaching methods.

If Harry wants to improve his abilities as soon as possible, joining SSC seems to be the only option. The only thing better than this is that Dumbledore himself is willing to tutor Harry... but how is this possible?

So, despite knowing that it was extremely presumptuous and might even make others unhappy with her, Hermione made the request.

Fortunately, Wade agreed.

After joining the SSC for so long, Hermione naturally understood that as long as Vader agreed, no one else would be a problem.

…

"Why did you agree?" Michael couldn't help but ask when there were only two people left.

"What about Harry Potter?" Wade asked knowingly.

"Of course." Michael said seriously: "Vade, I don't think you don't know how much trouble Harry Potter means - I thought you wouldn't like this kind of trouble."

"Well, I really don't like it." Vader leaned back in his chair and said, "But if it's Harry Potter, then of course we can make an exception."

"But -" Michael frowned, puzzled: "After such a long time, even Neville should have understood - he is just an ordinary boy, who escaped from the death curse for some unknown reason... and for some reason... The reason is that the mysterious man disappeared that night, and the whole world put the title of 'savior' on his head, as if the mysterious man was defeated by a baby - I originally thought he was born with powerful magic power. but--"

Michael hesitated to speak.

"But after he went to school, he discovered that his intelligence and ability were not worthy of his reputation as the 'Savior Star'?" Wade looked out the window and said what Michael wanted to say but didn't.

Michael breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, that's what I meant."

He paused and then said: "You should have seen it clearly, so you don't have any special expectations for Potter. But why-"

"But Michael -" Vader withdrew his gaze from the window, looked at his friend, and said, "You shouldn't have forgotten that both Potter's parents died fighting the mysterious man, and they fought heroically to the end. On that night, Harry Potter not only became a 'savior' - he also lost his closest family members -"

"Yes - that's right -" Michael's face turned red with shame and he stammered.

"So no matter what he did - or didn't do - it has nothing to do with any of this." Vader sighed: "Harry Potter - is the orphan of a martyr."

"The...orphan of a martyr?" Michael chewed the word, and suddenly understood why when he gossiped about Harry Potter with his parents, his parents did not allow him to say bad things about Harry Potter.

"Yes." Vader finally said: "Everyone who has escaped from the shadow of war and enjoys the peaceful life now has the obligation to take care of him - and children like him, right?"