Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 149: by the campfire
The trip to Hogsmeade without any danger, just like this, finally came to an end.
At the top of the castle stairs, Matthew Wakefield bids farewell to his two friends before starting to return to the Slytherin common room.
Whether it was Hermione Granger or Neville Longbottom, they regarded the previous incidents as a bad "Oolong incident"; before they parted, they didn't say anything more.
It wasn't until he was sitting by the fire in the Slytherin common room again that Matthew barely felt the warmth.
He swore he would never go to Hogsmeade again...
I went there twice before, and I had such a bad experience... That village is really terrible!
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There were very few people in the Slytherin common room.
After all, today is the first day of going to Hogsmeade this term, and it's still Sunday.
Matthew was lying on a soft green armchair, feeling the warmth of the bonfire in the fireplace, while recalling everything that happened today... At the same time, he was thinking about what he should do!
I have to say that this experience in Hogsmeade was too bizarre... Even if he racked his brains, he couldn't figure out why.
"Wakefield!" Just then, a familiar voice sounded from behind.
Matthew was stunned for a moment, then responded: "Miss Lestrange, good afternoon..."
"It's still morning..." Agnes Lestrange said coldly.
She came over and also came to the campfire, and sat not far from Matthew.
"Okay...my concept of time is a little bit off..." Matthew looked down at his watch with some embarrassment.
Miss Lestrange is right, the time is only half past ten in the morning...
On the surface, it seems that he has stayed in Hogsmeade for a long time... too many "accidents" happened there, so that his mental state was a bit bad.
But in fact, less than two hours had passed since he left Hogwarts in the morning.
"Didn't you go to Hogsmeade?" Agnes Lestrange asked while stretching out her hand to warm the fire, "I saw you and Longbottom of Gryffindor at breakfast. , and Granger from Ravenclaw...why are you back now?"
"Yes, and then I felt a little uncomfortable, so I came back..." Matthew coughed lightly and explained.
There seemed to be a brief silence between the two of them.
Matthew didn't know what to say.
As for Agnes, she pursed her lips and seemed to be thinking about something.
"So..." she said softly, her tone was not as indifferent as usual, but softened a lot, "Don't you like dementors too?"
"Don't like dementors?"
Matthew quickly realized that the girl seemed to have misunderstood something.
I went to Hogsmeade early in the morning, and came back so soon, I was warming up by the bonfire in the fireplace... In addition, her complexion was very ugly, and her mental state was in a state of depression... So she mistakenly thought that she was being demented Strange influence...
But Matthew didn't want to explain too much about it, and he couldn't explain it either.
Moreover, this seemed to be a suitable excuse for him not to go to Hogsmeade in the future.
After all, he believed that Neville, Hermione, and even Professor "Severus Snape" would not publicize the previous "Oolongs".
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Yeah," he sighed, seemingly touched, "those things are like monsters from hell...the peace, hope and joy in the air seem to be sucked dry by them...as soon as you get close to them , I feel cold and painful...I hate them, very much..."
Matthew hasn't finished speaking yet——
Agnes Lestrange suddenly lowered her head and covered her face with her hands.
She seems to be crying...
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To be honest, this made Matthew a little uncomfortable.
In his impression, Agnes Lestrange has always been extremely cold and fierce... This is the first time she has shown such a fragile appearance in front of Matthew.
However, Matthew didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only wait on the sidelines.
I don't know how long it took before the silver-haired girl raised her head again.
Her eye circles were still red.
"I'm sorry, I lost my composure..." she said softly, "I thought of something unpleasant..."
"It's my fault, I shouldn't have mentioned the dementor..." Matthew said hastily.
"It's okay," the silver-haired girl smiled bleakly, "It seems that we all have a past that we don't want to think about..."
Matthew nodded vaguely.
Fortunately, at this moment, an owl flew in from outside, alleviating Matthew's embarrassment.
The owl threw a letter in front of Matthew and flew away quickly.
On the other side of the letter, there is a picture of a huge slug, which is very eye-catching...
No doubt Potions teacher Horace Slughorn sent it to him.
Matthew opened it unhurriedly. There was not much content on it, but Slughorn reminded him that he must attend the slug dinner at night.
After that, he threw the envelope and the letter into the fireplace, making them part of the fuel.
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"Slughorn sent it to you?" Agnes asked suddenly.
Her voice is measured.
And Matthew noticed that when she addressed the head of Slytherin, she did not use honorifics.
"Yeah..." Matthew nodded.
"I suggest you stay away from him... Horace Slughorn is a dangerous man!" The silver-haired girl said solemnly.
Matthew couldn't help but frowned slightly.
This is the second time that Agnes Lestrange has raised such a "warning" to Matthew.
The last time was Christmas last year...Although Professor Horace Slughorn has not shown any "danger" since then ~IndoMTL.com~ But Matthew believes that Lestrange There is absolutely no need for the young lady to deliberately deceive him in this place.
"Why?" Matthew asked softly.
"Horace Slughorn's small circle...the members in it, those Muggle-born wizards...almost all of them ended up bad..." Agnes hesitated for a moment , explained,
"Of course, I just heard about it..."
"...In addition, Slughorn has a very close relationship with some not-so-famous wizards outside the school...such as Lucius Malfoy..."
"Is that so..." Matthew nodded solemnly:
"Thank you!"
He squinted his eyes and lay down in the armchair again.
At the same time, I began to think about the things that happened before.