Chapter 116 The Cabin in the Woods
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Wo Bu Geng Xin
Along the way, the atmosphere in the carriage was rather dull, and no one seemed to want to talk very much.
In fact, Hermione is still very happy, after all, she will be going home soon.But although she is a little lacking in emotional intelligence, under the influence of the three people in front of her, she still figured out whether she should talk about many things or not.
For example, now is definitely not a good time to start talking about a wonderful family.
Luke's parentage is no secret.The current head of the Gaunt family sounds like a young boy.But if you think about it carefully, isn't it because the child has no parents.
Both Taylor and Gemma are hiding it, but the information revealed between the lines still shows that their families are not happy.
Thinking about the broken family of the 'savior' in her college, Hermione suddenly felt that even a good family was hard to find in the wizarding world.
The more I think about it, the more I feel wrong.
Fortunately, this dullness did not last all the way.
After Hermione told Luke about some of her magical discoveries, everyone's chatterbox was opened.
Luke looked listless and incoherent, but he was able to give some inspiration to the other three people who were discussing with every sentence.
At first, Gemma felt that it was inexplicable for three first graders to discuss this kind of thing. Even if she knew that none of these three guys was simple, she also subconsciously thought that their discussion would be relatively simple.
But she never expected that the things discussed were completely outside her field of knowledge.She knows some relevant knowledge, but not proficient.
Never even thought about it.
"Muggle mathematics is actually a great thing." Luke looked at Hermione and said seriously, "If possible, Hermione, I don't want you to give up your study of mathematics."
Hermione wanted to say something. After all, the study of mathematics is tiring enough. Although she has a little talent in this area, it doesn't mean that she likes it and doesn't feel tired.
But looking at Luke's serious eyes, Hermione frowned and thought carefully for a moment before saying, "I'll try my best. But to be honest, don't have too much hope."
Hermione is still very self-aware in terms of learning. After realizing that she has no flying talent, she is in a state of passing the flying class.It's not a single-minded scroll to the end.
That's not courage, but pure head iron.
So being able to say such a thing is already the biggest concession.
And Luke smiled and said: "I think you may find a little new fun or sense of accomplishment in it."
Hermione nodded, and began to think unconsciously.
While Luke breathed a sigh of relief, he was also somewhat embarrassed.
The connection between magic and mathematics was his inspiration from Professor McGonagall.But in his own words, he really didn't have that talent. Before time travel, he also studied liberal arts.
It's no problem to study spells, because the research on spells is entirely based on talent and ideas.And the means to produce results is continuous experimentation.
But if he really wants to connect magic and mathematics, this is not a problem he can solve.And he is not good at researching this aspect.
Whenever he saw the experimental manuscripts and notes left by the family, he felt ashamed of himself for the Gunter family.
After all, it seems that he is really not good at research.
Of course, such an idea did not last long.
until the first person gets off.
Taylor was the first to get off the bus among the four, and after only four or five stops, Taylor said goodbye to everyone and left.
Hermione was surprised that Tyler's house was so close.Gemma and Luke nodded at Taylor, and Luke told Taylor to be careful all the way.
The passage of Luke's proposal is indeed a bit surprising, but in essence, this is indeed a good thing.There is no need to sit at King's Cross Station in groups, which means that many students can get home early.
It is convenient and inconvenient to have the parents come to pick up this matter.But it is still convenient after all.Because even if you leave King's Cross Station, you will still have to be picked up by the parents of the students.
Of course, it is not ruled out that parents with big hearts can let their children go home by themselves.No matter how far the middle road is.
In fact, it just saves the effort of queuing up to use the Floo Network.
After all, there are Floo points near the station. If it is far away, you will still have to take Floo home after all.
Only those students whose homes are near the station walk or fly home with their parents.
As for some parents who will change form and change, the distance is naturally even more meaningless.
They could even go to Hogsmeade to pick people up.
At the beginning, everyone felt that it was a lot more convenient. After all, it saved everyone's time to go home.
But if you think about it carefully, such a thing is a bit superfluous after all, after all, distance doesn't mean much to wizards.
Portkey, Apparatus, Floo Web.They always have a way of ignoring those distances that seem great to humans.
But the biggest benefit of such a rule is naturally...
"Let's go," Luke said to Gemma beside him, and then said to Hermione: "Let's go first, you stay safe by yourself."
Hermione looked at Luke strangely: "Is your house so close?"
This surprised her a little, because as far as she knew, even if Luke made it to King's Cross Station, he should still be some distance away from home.This is what she guessed from the state when they first met.
Although Luke seemed to be in a good state of mind at the time, the traces of a long-distance travel alone could be easily seen.
So now that Luke left early, something was obviously wrong.
Luke didn't answer directly, but smiled mysteriously and said, "If necessary, your home can be so close."
After speaking, he took Gemma and left the carriage.
Hermione saw them get on the station from a distance, and then walked towards the station cabin.
According to Luke, there is communication magic there.Used for students to contact parents.There is also the Floo network, but only students who apply for permission can use it.
Hermione felt that when Luke left, there must be something else in what Luke said, so she frowned and thought about it.
After a long time, she seemed to understand something, then shook her head.
"Luke, did you really do the right thing?"
Hermione muttered a few words involuntarily. Although she has a good relationship with Luke now, she gradually had such doubts.
change the world?Hermione doesn't have such lofty pursuits yet.She hasn't even recognized what the world of wizards is like, so it doesn't make any sense to say such things now.
"Yes, it doesn't make sense to say that now." Hermione sighed, how could she not understand Luke's thoughts if she was just squeezed out by everyone.
Being excluded is sometimes not necessarily a bad thing.She could tell that Senior Gemma was also half-knowledgeable about some things.Because Luke gave them the option to get out.
"Lets see."
The clever Hermione found that she was becoming more and more familiar with judging the situation and planning and planning. For a while, she didn't know whether she should be happy or not.
If she's 17 now, she must think it's a good thing.
But now she is only 11 years old, thinking about these things too early, will she lose her hair?
Hermione was momentarily worried.
On the other side, in the station cabin, Gemma looked at Luke with a somewhat subtle expression.
"What's wrong? Look at me like that?"
Luke said with a smile while waving his wand.
"Actually, if you really value Hermione, you don't have to go to this level." Gemma will not pretend to be dumb at this time, because this kind of thing has nothing to do with her.
"Me too, as long as we are involved, many times there is no other choice."
One wrong step, there is no turning back.Let’s not talk about whether this step is right or wrong, but it is inevitable that we cannot turn back.
Gemma could see Hermione's intelligence and potential.She is not herself, but she may have to surpass herself.And Luke's importance to Hermione is indeed very obvious.Hermione was allowed to study those precious knowledge, without even much guidance in the direction, allowing Hermione to develop freely.Such a training method can only be said to have extraordinary trust in Hermione's ability.
"You may not be disgusted with what I'm going to do. But I still don't want you to be forced to join in."
Hearing this, Luke showed a shallow smile on his face: "Don't underestimate me. You are my chosen partners, and I don't want you to live under my control, so that you will not do anything. live positive."
"I don't want to take care of all the big and small things. This is not my style. I trust you and I want you to be alone. It's not just saying that you are forced to take this path."
The smile on Luke's face was still there, but Gemma saw something else.
"No matter what the road ahead is, when there is no choice, there will always be fear. Let you see something in advance and let you make your own choices. This is respect for you and my goal."
Luke looked at Gemma, the indifference in his eyes barely concealed: "And, to be honest, I would have done the same thing without you."
"No one is irreplaceable."
The gentle and kind voice spoke such cold words, but Gemma was greatly relieved.
This kind of Luke is the Luke she knows.
But Luke looked at her relieved look, but just shook his head.
Taylor needs trust.Hermione needed approval.What Gemma needed was ruthlessness and ambition, which was beyond his expectation, but not completely exceeded.
Rather, for a large part of them, only when the boss is like this can they feel at ease.
Such people are generally very capable, and they are not worried that the boss will not use them, let alone worry that the boss will not trust them.Using each other, where's the trust?
What they are most worried about is that the boss is not strong enough, decisive enough, or even cruel enough.
Because such a boss, sometimes, can't go far.
On the surface, it doesn't matter whether it is loyalty or nobility, the real qualities must be these.
Luke shook his head helplessly and didn't say much.These words were, of course, part of his thoughts.But only part of it.
After throwing a handful of Floo powder in, an emerald green flame burst out from the fireplace in front of him.
Gemma seemed to have finally regained her senses, and said to Luke with emotion: "Your trick is really useful. In this way, the enemy will not be able to block people at King's Cross Station, and our whereabouts will be even easier." It's hard to get hold of."
Although the Floo Network is controlled by the Ministry of Magic, whether it is connecting to the Floo Network or disconnecting from the Floo Network is a matter of the Ministry of Magic.
But the funny thing is... the Floo Network cannot be traced...
The story of the witch Violet Diliman and her husband Albert is one of the stories of Floo's shortcomings.
In the final analysis, it was just a teleportation error, and then the witch and another man glanced at the story of ten thousand years.
But this still shows a problem, the Ministry of Magic is unable to track the floo network.
It's hard to say whether the Ministry of Magic has figured out all the workings of the Floo Network, or just the switches.Everything else is a black box.
Luke inexplicably felt that the latter were mostly the latter.
But now is not the time to wonder if the research department of the Ministry of Magic is going to have nothing to do with it.
"Come on, let's go and see what surprise the Lance family has prepared for me."
As he said that, Luke strode into the emerald green flame, and after Gemma also came in, he told his destination.
"Lenos Cottage."
Then with a 'poof' sound, the two disappeared in the flames.The emerald green flame also returned to an orange-red color, as if nothing had happened.
The next moment, the two of Luke found themselves in a very dilapidated hut.
Gemma looked alert, walked to the table not far ahead, wiped the table with her fingers, and the fingers were covered with thick dust.
"No one has touched anything here for a long time."
Gemma looked at the surrounding furnishings and said, "It might be a trap."
Through the crumbling wall, Gemma saw the woods outside.
The dense forest makes it difficult to see what is hidden in it.
If you want to ambush, there is no doubt that this is an excellent location.
The moment the ambushed person came out of the fireplace, he entered the opponent's ambush circle.Going into the woods can also be another trap for the enemy to step into.
"Don't be so scared." Luke stepped forward and shook his head at the vigilant Gemma, "Just stay by my side."
As he said that, Luke's aura suddenly became severe.Gemma felt that her crisis warning was activated instantly, and there was a faint noise in her mind.In addition to the stimulation like an electric shock before, it felt like a snake had burrowed into the head along the spine, and it was spitting out snake letters in it.
And at this moment, soft, unlike normal footsteps rang in the ears of the two of them.
Gemma clenched her wand tightly.And Luke glanced in the direction of the voice.
"crunch-"
The decayed door was gently pushed open, and a humanoid creature appeared in front of the two of them.
In fact, Hermione is still very happy, after all, she will be going home soon.But although she is a little lacking in emotional intelligence, under the influence of the three people in front of her, she still figured out whether she should talk about many things or not.
For example, now is definitely not a good time to start talking about a wonderful family.
Luke's parentage is no secret.The current head of the Gaunt family sounds like a young boy.But if you think about it carefully, isn't it because the child has no parents.
Both Taylor and Gemma are hiding it, but the information revealed between the lines still shows that their families are not happy.
Thinking about the broken family of the 'savior' in her college, Hermione suddenly felt that even a good family was hard to find in the wizarding world.
The more I think about it, the more I feel wrong.
Fortunately, this dullness did not last all the way.
After Hermione told Luke about some of her magical discoveries, everyone's chatterbox was opened.
Luke looked listless and incoherent, but he was able to give some inspiration to the other three people who were discussing with every sentence.
At first, Gemma felt that it was inexplicable for three first graders to discuss this kind of thing. Even if she knew that none of these three guys was simple, she also subconsciously thought that their discussion would be relatively simple.
But she never expected that the things discussed were completely outside her field of knowledge.She knows some relevant knowledge, but not proficient.
Never even thought about it.
"Muggle mathematics is actually a great thing." Luke looked at Hermione and said seriously, "If possible, Hermione, I don't want you to give up your study of mathematics."
Hermione wanted to say something. After all, the study of mathematics is tiring enough. Although she has a little talent in this area, it doesn't mean that she likes it and doesn't feel tired.
But looking at Luke's serious eyes, Hermione frowned and thought carefully for a moment before saying, "I'll try my best. But to be honest, don't have too much hope."
Hermione is still very self-aware in terms of learning. After realizing that she has no flying talent, she is in a state of passing the flying class.It's not a single-minded scroll to the end.
That's not courage, but pure head iron.
So being able to say such a thing is already the biggest concession.
And Luke smiled and said: "I think you may find a little new fun or sense of accomplishment in it."
Hermione nodded, and began to think unconsciously.
While Luke breathed a sigh of relief, he was also somewhat embarrassed.
The connection between magic and mathematics was his inspiration from Professor McGonagall.But in his own words, he really didn't have that talent. Before time travel, he also studied liberal arts.
It's no problem to study spells, because the research on spells is entirely based on talent and ideas.And the means to produce results is continuous experimentation.
But if he really wants to connect magic and mathematics, this is not a problem he can solve.And he is not good at researching this aspect.
Whenever he saw the experimental manuscripts and notes left by the family, he felt ashamed of himself for the Gunter family.
After all, it seems that he is really not good at research.
Of course, such an idea did not last long.
until the first person gets off.
Taylor was the first to get off the bus among the four, and after only four or five stops, Taylor said goodbye to everyone and left.
Hermione was surprised that Tyler's house was so close.Gemma and Luke nodded at Taylor, and Luke told Taylor to be careful all the way.
The passage of Luke's proposal is indeed a bit surprising, but in essence, this is indeed a good thing.There is no need to sit at King's Cross Station in groups, which means that many students can get home early.
It is convenient and inconvenient to have the parents come to pick up this matter.But it is still convenient after all.Because even if you leave King's Cross Station, you will still have to be picked up by the parents of the students.
Of course, it is not ruled out that parents with big hearts can let their children go home by themselves.No matter how far the middle road is.
In fact, it just saves the effort of queuing up to use the Floo Network.
After all, there are Floo points near the station. If it is far away, you will still have to take Floo home after all.
Only those students whose homes are near the station walk or fly home with their parents.
As for some parents who will change form and change, the distance is naturally even more meaningless.
They could even go to Hogsmeade to pick people up.
At the beginning, everyone felt that it was a lot more convenient. After all, it saved everyone's time to go home.
But if you think about it carefully, such a thing is a bit superfluous after all, after all, distance doesn't mean much to wizards.
Portkey, Apparatus, Floo Web.They always have a way of ignoring those distances that seem great to humans.
But the biggest benefit of such a rule is naturally...
"Let's go," Luke said to Gemma beside him, and then said to Hermione: "Let's go first, you stay safe by yourself."
Hermione looked at Luke strangely: "Is your house so close?"
This surprised her a little, because as far as she knew, even if Luke made it to King's Cross Station, he should still be some distance away from home.This is what she guessed from the state when they first met.
Although Luke seemed to be in a good state of mind at the time, the traces of a long-distance travel alone could be easily seen.
So now that Luke left early, something was obviously wrong.
Luke didn't answer directly, but smiled mysteriously and said, "If necessary, your home can be so close."
After speaking, he took Gemma and left the carriage.
Hermione saw them get on the station from a distance, and then walked towards the station cabin.
According to Luke, there is communication magic there.Used for students to contact parents.There is also the Floo network, but only students who apply for permission can use it.
Hermione felt that when Luke left, there must be something else in what Luke said, so she frowned and thought about it.
After a long time, she seemed to understand something, then shook her head.
"Luke, did you really do the right thing?"
Hermione muttered a few words involuntarily. Although she has a good relationship with Luke now, she gradually had such doubts.
change the world?Hermione doesn't have such lofty pursuits yet.She hasn't even recognized what the world of wizards is like, so it doesn't make any sense to say such things now.
"Yes, it doesn't make sense to say that now." Hermione sighed, how could she not understand Luke's thoughts if she was just squeezed out by everyone.
Being excluded is sometimes not necessarily a bad thing.She could tell that Senior Gemma was also half-knowledgeable about some things.Because Luke gave them the option to get out.
"Lets see."
The clever Hermione found that she was becoming more and more familiar with judging the situation and planning and planning. For a while, she didn't know whether she should be happy or not.
If she's 17 now, she must think it's a good thing.
But now she is only 11 years old, thinking about these things too early, will she lose her hair?
Hermione was momentarily worried.
On the other side, in the station cabin, Gemma looked at Luke with a somewhat subtle expression.
"What's wrong? Look at me like that?"
Luke said with a smile while waving his wand.
"Actually, if you really value Hermione, you don't have to go to this level." Gemma will not pretend to be dumb at this time, because this kind of thing has nothing to do with her.
"Me too, as long as we are involved, many times there is no other choice."
One wrong step, there is no turning back.Let’s not talk about whether this step is right or wrong, but it is inevitable that we cannot turn back.
Gemma could see Hermione's intelligence and potential.She is not herself, but she may have to surpass herself.And Luke's importance to Hermione is indeed very obvious.Hermione was allowed to study those precious knowledge, without even much guidance in the direction, allowing Hermione to develop freely.Such a training method can only be said to have extraordinary trust in Hermione's ability.
"You may not be disgusted with what I'm going to do. But I still don't want you to be forced to join in."
Hearing this, Luke showed a shallow smile on his face: "Don't underestimate me. You are my chosen partners, and I don't want you to live under my control, so that you will not do anything. live positive."
"I don't want to take care of all the big and small things. This is not my style. I trust you and I want you to be alone. It's not just saying that you are forced to take this path."
The smile on Luke's face was still there, but Gemma saw something else.
"No matter what the road ahead is, when there is no choice, there will always be fear. Let you see something in advance and let you make your own choices. This is respect for you and my goal."
Luke looked at Gemma, the indifference in his eyes barely concealed: "And, to be honest, I would have done the same thing without you."
"No one is irreplaceable."
The gentle and kind voice spoke such cold words, but Gemma was greatly relieved.
This kind of Luke is the Luke she knows.
But Luke looked at her relieved look, but just shook his head.
Taylor needs trust.Hermione needed approval.What Gemma needed was ruthlessness and ambition, which was beyond his expectation, but not completely exceeded.
Rather, for a large part of them, only when the boss is like this can they feel at ease.
Such people are generally very capable, and they are not worried that the boss will not use them, let alone worry that the boss will not trust them.Using each other, where's the trust?
What they are most worried about is that the boss is not strong enough, decisive enough, or even cruel enough.
Because such a boss, sometimes, can't go far.
On the surface, it doesn't matter whether it is loyalty or nobility, the real qualities must be these.
Luke shook his head helplessly and didn't say much.These words were, of course, part of his thoughts.But only part of it.
After throwing a handful of Floo powder in, an emerald green flame burst out from the fireplace in front of him.
Gemma seemed to have finally regained her senses, and said to Luke with emotion: "Your trick is really useful. In this way, the enemy will not be able to block people at King's Cross Station, and our whereabouts will be even easier." It's hard to get hold of."
Although the Floo Network is controlled by the Ministry of Magic, whether it is connecting to the Floo Network or disconnecting from the Floo Network is a matter of the Ministry of Magic.
But the funny thing is... the Floo Network cannot be traced...
The story of the witch Violet Diliman and her husband Albert is one of the stories of Floo's shortcomings.
In the final analysis, it was just a teleportation error, and then the witch and another man glanced at the story of ten thousand years.
But this still shows a problem, the Ministry of Magic is unable to track the floo network.
It's hard to say whether the Ministry of Magic has figured out all the workings of the Floo Network, or just the switches.Everything else is a black box.
Luke inexplicably felt that the latter were mostly the latter.
But now is not the time to wonder if the research department of the Ministry of Magic is going to have nothing to do with it.
"Come on, let's go and see what surprise the Lance family has prepared for me."
As he said that, Luke strode into the emerald green flame, and after Gemma also came in, he told his destination.
"Lenos Cottage."
Then with a 'poof' sound, the two disappeared in the flames.The emerald green flame also returned to an orange-red color, as if nothing had happened.
The next moment, the two of Luke found themselves in a very dilapidated hut.
Gemma looked alert, walked to the table not far ahead, wiped the table with her fingers, and the fingers were covered with thick dust.
"No one has touched anything here for a long time."
Gemma looked at the surrounding furnishings and said, "It might be a trap."
Through the crumbling wall, Gemma saw the woods outside.
The dense forest makes it difficult to see what is hidden in it.
If you want to ambush, there is no doubt that this is an excellent location.
The moment the ambushed person came out of the fireplace, he entered the opponent's ambush circle.Going into the woods can also be another trap for the enemy to step into.
"Don't be so scared." Luke stepped forward and shook his head at the vigilant Gemma, "Just stay by my side."
As he said that, Luke's aura suddenly became severe.Gemma felt that her crisis warning was activated instantly, and there was a faint noise in her mind.In addition to the stimulation like an electric shock before, it felt like a snake had burrowed into the head along the spine, and it was spitting out snake letters in it.
And at this moment, soft, unlike normal footsteps rang in the ears of the two of them.
Gemma clenched her wand tightly.And Luke glanced in the direction of the voice.
"crunch-"
The decayed door was gently pushed open, and a humanoid creature appeared in front of the two of them.
