In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Seeing the shoe floating on the lake, Hermione subconsciously stopped.

She looked in the direction of Asia and found that the girl who was obviously older than her was also looking at her timidly.

The moment their eyes met in mid-air, Asia lowered her eyes in panic, as if she didn't dare to look at Hermione.

Hermione stayed on the spot for three or four seconds, and finally did not turn a blind eye to this matter.

She waved her wand lightly, and the black leather shoe, which was floating on the water like a boat, flew out of the lake and was held in her hand.

Hermione used a drying spell on the wet shoe and walked towards Asia.

She could tell that this girl with long pale blond hair was very beautiful. She had soft facial features that made people feel protective when looking at her. She had a slender figure and was a good candidate for ballet.

With such appearance conditions, he was bullied by a female student with a higher status than himself. Needless to say, normal people can see the reason.

Many times the reason for campus bullying is very simple. It is nothing more than the vanity and jealousy of students. It is rare for conflicts to arise that are basically conflicts of interest like adults.

Hermione did not walk in front of Asia, but after getting close, she put the shoe on the ground.

"Why not try to resist?"

She looked at the girl and asked calmly.

The different style robes of the two Hogwarts schools made it easy for Asia to identify Hermione's identity. Her face was pale and she did not dare to look up at Hermione's face, as if she was afraid of the rules in the castle. , rather than talk to Hermione.

Hermione didn't actually expect to hear any answer. She just saw what Asia was going through now and thought of the days when she was enslaved in this castle, so she just asked casually.

In fact, with the current Hermione, she still has no way to understand why the poor people who are oppressed and enslaved in such a miserable environment still want to resist and maintain their independence of thought in such an environment in Hogwarts Castle. But these mixed-race wizards, who were also bullied and discriminated against, just wanted to settle for the status quo and never had any intention of changing the current situation.

After learning from Jon that people like Cedric were just an anomaly among mixed-race students, Hermione asked him this question.

Jon also gave her some insights of his own.

He said that human nature is always moderate. When people are enslaved and at the bottom of society, they will try their best to resist, because they may die if they don’t resist, and they may die if they resist, but if they resist If it succeeds, there may still be a glimmer of hope for survival.

But for mixed-blood wizards, although they have also suffered discrimination from pure-bloods, it is far from life-threatening. If they dare to resist, they will most likely die.

In addition, there is an even worse Pork class as psychological comfort and benefit exchange, so they also suffer from unequal treatment. Almost no one among the mixed-blood wizards wants to try to overthrow Voldemort's bloodline rule.

Hermione could understand part of Jon's explanation. She switched herself to the position of a mixed-race wizard and thought about it. If she had been treated like a mixed-race student when she entered Hogwarts Castle, she would definitely not be content. The current situation, but even if there is resistance, it will not be mainly to overthrow Voldemort's rule, but to try to correct the reforms within the system and improve the status of mixed-blood wizards in order to strive for equality.

After thinking about this, Hermione actually no longer had much contempt for these mixed-race students, but instead felt full of pity.

Compared to the mucks who seem to be oppressed to death, these mixed-blood wizards are the ones who will never be able to stand up under the enslavement of this bloodline rule.

After placing her shoes on the ground, Hermione turned around and prepared to go back in the direction of the Hogwarts carriage without expecting any decent answer from Asia.

It was only after she took two steps forward that she vaguely heard a weak voice coming from behind.

"Thank you, thank you."

Hermione's steps didn't stop, she still walked forward with her back to the girl.

After experiencing this incident, Hermione didn't take it seriously.

In addition to attending classes, she usually has a lot of energy tied up with tasks in the castle. In addition to reading books in her spare time, she basically stares at the Marauder's Map and observes the movements of various characters in the castle.

After the incident of the first project, Voldemort seemed to have noticed something even if he didn't find anything in the castle, and he increased his vigilance enough. Not only did he increase the security of the entire school, but he also transferred people from the Ministry of Magic. More Aurors were deployed to enforce a strict curfew and patrol the castle at night.

This made it more difficult for Hermione to sneak into the castle again. She had to first understand the usual patrol habits of these Aurors before thinking about the next infiltration work.

On the third day after meeting Asia, one morning, Hermione got off the carriage and walked along the edge of the Forbidden Forest to try to find some herbs that might be useful to enrich the greenhouse on the carriage. The second time I saw the girl who looked perfect for ballet dancing.

Asia obviously seemed to have come to her on her own initiative, otherwise no students from the castle would come to where the carriage was.

Even if Barty Jr. and Snape did not explicitly stipulate it, this area has spontaneously become a taboo in the hearts of the students. Let alone coming to the carriage, even approaching in the direction is cautious.

And Asia found a good opportunity. It was class time now. She seemed to have no class. She saw Hermione walking on the edge of the Forbidden Forest from a distance on the tower of the castle, and then like a frightened deer, she ran away. Aurors opened the eyes of the guards around the castle and came over with a nervous blush.

"What do you want to do?"

After Hermione saw her, she became more vigilant.

She was not fooled by the girl's appearance. Ever since she was taken away from her parents at the age of eleven, Hermione had always had the most basic suspicion of any stranger in any situation.

Even though it took her three months to confirm Jon's identity, she finally made a huge gamble to establish initial trust between the two.

And the girl in front of me is obviously far from that level.

"Asia"

Asia stopped about five meters away from Hermione. Her voice was still so weak, but it just sounded like she was easy to bully.

"My, my name is Asia Connaird."

Hermione still looked at her with alienation in her eyes.

"Then what?"

"Thank you for helping me pick up my shoes that day."

"Easy to do."

"I wonder if I can get to know you?"

Asia seemed to have mustered up the courage to say such a sentence.

Hermione didn't answer immediately, she just looked at the girl. The dark green Hogwarts Castle robe with the silver trim that symbolized the mixed-race college looked very decent on her body, and her long pale blond hair was taken care of. Meticulous and wearing a pearl white bracelet on her wrist.

When she saw the bracelet, Hermione's eyes briefly paused for a second. The style of that thing was a bit special, and it was obviously not a creation in the wizarding world where most jewelry was still in the medieval style.

"Hermione Granger, if you only wanted to know my name, you have achieved your goal now."

A somewhat excited smile appeared on Asia's face, but she seemed not content to just leave after knowing Hermione's name, but continued to ask.

"What are you looking for?"

Hermione no longer looked at her at this time, but lowered her head to check the surrounding bushes.

"Herbs, or magical plants."

"These things are rarely found on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Professor Graplan told us that there are precious resources only in the depths of the Forbidden Forest."

"If I could enter the Forbidden Forest, of course I would go deep to look for it, but obviously I can't do that now."

Hermione said casually, showing that she didn't talk much about sex with Asia, but had a distant attitude.

"Don't you like me too?"

Asia clearly felt Hermione's alienation. She asked timidly with a little grievance in her voice.

Hermione said without raising her head.

"There is no like or dislike, it's just that the camp we are in is not suitable for us to have more communication. If you just want to get to know me and express your gratitude to me, then this is enough for today. If you are If you want to be friends with me, then I suggest that we wait until we liberate Hogwarts Castle before we can get to know each other formally."

Asia pursed her lips.

"Mr. Principal, he is very powerful."

"Of course, no one will deny this, but he is not invincible, right?"

Hermione seemed to have found her target. She stared at a plant with some yellow leaves among the bushes, and then took out a small shovel from her robe pocket.

"In the past, he could only carry out some underground terrorist activities in the UK. Even if he defeated Professor Dumbledore later, didn't he just lose once not long ago?"

"But if you fail, you will definitely die."

"Without freedom and dignity, life would be worse than death."

After Hermione finished saying this, she seemed to have completely lost her desire to talk to Asia. Instead, she squatted next to the plant she had identified and began to carefully dig it out of the soil with skillful movements.

Asia looked a little lost. Instead of staying here to pester Hermione, she turned around and trotted away towards the castle with red eyes.

It wasn't until the sound of her footsteps completely disappeared that Hermione, who successfully transplanted the herb into the conjured flower pot, turned her head and glanced at Asia's back, which was already gradually approaching the edge of the black lake, and then she did not continue in the forbidden area. Lin Zhi stayed on the periphery and returned to the carriage with the herb in his arms.

She sent the herbs into the greenhouse, then returned to her dormitory, stayed there for about three minutes, and then left the dormitory and walked straight towards the principal's office.

After that, Hermione never met this girl named Asia.

The conversation between them seemed to have completely given up on the weak girl, and she no longer wanted to get to know and be friends with Hermione.

So the time came to the end of October.

Jon would go to the Black Lake almost every time he had time to stay there, but more than a month had passed and he still hadn't found anything in it.

During this period, he also learned something about this always calm, mirror-like lake from Cedric. He learned that after Cedric entered Hogwarts Castle to go to school, he had never heard of anything big. Squid rumors

That behemoth seemed to have disappeared from the bottom of the lake after the castle changed hands, and never appeared in front of the students again.

Sometimes Hermione would come to the lake with Jon, but while Jon was fishing, she was reading a book and observing the movements on the Marauder's Map.

"Today looks like another unproductive day."

Jon lifted the rod, sighed and threw the nearly four-pound fish that had caught the hook back into the lake.

Hermione, who was also sitting on the grass, raised her head. She glanced at the Marauder's Map out of habit, and then comforted her.

"It's still some time before the second project starts, so don't be too anxious."

"How is the matter assigned to you by Professor Dumbledore going?"

"Still waiting for an opportunity, I can't take any action for the time being. I need to watch what's going on in the castle."

"You still have to be cautious. If you encounter a situation where you need to make a choice, you must choose the one that can guarantee your safety. Learn from me. Survival is the most important thing."

Hearing Jon's last rather proud words, Hermione rolled her eyes calmly.

She could feel that Jon really thought that he was a person who cherished his life, but in fact, whether in her or other students' minds, Jon was the most reassuring every time he went out to do something. It is also the most disturbing.

What's reassuring is that he can always solve all difficulties satisfactorily, but what's unsettling is that when encountering situations where sacrifice is needed, he will always prioritize himself.

Just like when he was exiled on the sea, every time he got off the ship, he promised everyone that he would give priority to protecting his own life, but every time he basically put himself into the most dangerous situation and let other students go first.

It's just that Hermione couldn't hate Jon's "lack of self-awareness".

Because from this point of view, they are actually the same people, just like Hermione once thought about giving up on herself and letting Jon rescue all the other lower-grade Mug students.

Just as they ended their relaxing time at the lake today and walked towards the carriage, Hermione suddenly seemed to notice something while looking in the direction of the castle and stopped.