The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 152 Daily Life by the Black Lake

Chapter 152 Daily Life by the Black Lake

In the blink of an eye, the spring breeze blew through the treetops of the Forbidden Forest, and then was fanned by the swaying branches of the Mandarin Willow to the eaves of Hogwarts.

Many people may still be reluctant to say goodbye to winter, but spring has truly arrived.

However, the climate in the Scottish Highlands is far from warm, and most students still choose to wear thick scarves when walking around campus.

Luna also wore a blue scarf embroidered with Ravenclaw's eagle, along with the airship Lee and a small horned snort.

She walked briskly down the corridors of Hogwarts, and the students on the way would subconsciously make way for her. This slightly distant behavior did not displease Luna at all. She smiled and walked briskly through one corner after another.

Finally, as her shoes touched the sprouting green grass, she saw the figure not far away by the Black Lake.

She was a girl with long red hair. Her face, which was slightly freckled, was lowered, and her blue eyes held a hint of evasion. Even though there was no one around, she still looked timid.

"Loila, you're here early today!" Luna skipped over to Loila and sat down happily.

She placed her lunchbox on her lap; it contained the lunch she had just taken from the Great Hall of Hogwarts.

"Ah—Luna—" Loila pursed her lips upon seeing Luna's arrival and said, "I—I didn't have anything to do today—so I came early—"

"Where's Nagini?" Luna asked casually.

"Naji — she went — she has her own job."

"Job?" Luna tilted her head and asked, "Is it the keeper of the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts?"

"It shouldn't be—it shouldn't be—" Roy waved his hand. That was Hagrid's job, and Miss Nagini was certainly not in charge of that.

However, it was indeed difficult to tell Luna about her work, after all—after all, to some extent, Miss Nagini's work was not very ethical.

She is following Mr. Lockhart—Ever since Loila sensed something was wrong, Miss Nagini volunteered to follow Mr. Lockhart.

Every few days, she would follow Mr. Lockhart around Hogwarts—as a little snake, she could easily move around using the various conduits of Hogwarts.

Sometimes she would even observe Mr. Lockhart's classes.

"I feel that even I should be better at teaching than him, right?" That was Miss Nagini's assessment—Loila felt that she might not have grasped the essence of teaching.

But in any case, in the past few weeks, Mr. Lockhart has not shown anything suspicious, or rather, he is a rather strange person to begin with.

He would spend the whole day replying to fans' letters, and he would boast about his new book's success for a long time—in short, he didn't seem to be behaving the same way as that day.

Of course, Mr. Lockhart didn't stop his occasional invitations, but he seemed to understand Loira's meaning; these invitations were more of a formality.

It was like a performance for someone—Loila gently shook her head, banishing these strange thoughts from her mind. This was one of the most relaxing times of her day—

I had lunch with Luna.

Loila enjoyed the moment because Luna was her friend, and Loila was happy as long as Luna was there.

Of course, it could also be because Luna was one of the few people at Hogwarts willing to listen to her talk about magic circles.

"So the writing on it hasn't been deciphered yet?" Luna asked, casually eating a small piece of potato. "I remember you said it was very complicated."

"Hmm—" Loila nodded and said, "Those ciphers—may be a language I don't know."

"So I've basically stopped researching now—cough cough cough—" She coughed a few times and then wrapped her robe tighter. It seemed that because of the change of seasons, Loila felt a little cold.

After coughing a few times, she continued, "So—I'm currently studying the magic array from before."

"That magic circle that attracts harassing horseflies?" Luna sighed softly.

"Hmm." Loila knew perfectly well what Luna's sigh meant; it seemed neither she nor Miss Nagini wanted her to continue studying that magic circle.

Unfortunately, that's impossible. If Miss Hamilton doesn't study the magic circle for a day, she'll waste a whole day of her life!

This is something she has been studying ever since her father taught her the first magic circle, and she has never stopped except on a few special days.

And what's more—that glowing magic circle is becoming a major worry for Loira; she's vowed to figure out its function before the end of the semester.

Of course, it seems there are still difficulties now —

"Oh, right, Loila." Luna seemed to remember something and took something out of her pocket. It was a small medal that looked like it was made of paper.

"What is this?!" Loila was stunned for a moment, instinctively assuming that Luna had also received the Order of Merlin, Class 3.

But upon closer inspection, it seems not—the medal is a pine cone.

A pine cone?

Loila had a bad feeling.

"This is the symbol of the Pinecone Party," Luna said, winking as she pinned the badge to Loila's scarf.

"Ah—I don't want to—" Loila wanted to refuse, but seeing Luna's enthusiastic expression, she couldn't say anything for a moment—even though she had tried her best not to get involved with the Pinecone Party.

"It seems to be because of Loila's behavior on Valentine's Day," Luna said softly. "Now a lot of people have joined the Pinecone Party."

"Ah—" Loila looked at Luna with some surprise, rubbing her hands together and asking softly, "I'm not—"

Didn't that spoil everyone's fun?

"No, not at all." Luna shook her head. "Everyone seems really happy! So a lot of people have joined in!"

"So Miss Ezreal designed the medals and gave them to everyone who joined," Luna said, pointing to the small bag at her waist, which was made of airship material and was now also adorned with medals.

"Is that so?" Loila felt a little confused about what the students were thinking, but since they didn't dislike her, Loila was subconsciously a little happy.

"But they're just a bunch of students—don't get too cocky," Roy told himself, but a smile still appeared on his face.

But wait a minute—how did Luna know I actually joined the Pinecone Party?!

Loila watched Luna casually fiddling with the grass sprouts and sighed softly.

He acted as if he had no secrets from Luna—thankfully, she didn't know that Miss Nagini was investigating Mr. Lockhart—

"Let's go! Let's go take a look!"

Just as Loila was thinking this, she suddenly saw Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, and Miss Granger walking by quickly, looking very anxious.

"Good afternoon, Harry." Luna saw him too and asked softly, "What happened?"

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"Ah—it's Luna!" Harry turned around and said somewhat hurriedly, "We just heard Lockhart seems to have fainted!"

"Hmm?" Luna looked at them with a bit of a puzzlement, seemingly not quite understanding what was so interesting about it.

But Roy immediately realized something, and she nervously gripped her wand.

Could it be that Miss Nagini—didn't—actually bite Mr. Lockhart?

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