Chapter 372 370 Asia Conrad

Chapter 372 370. Asia Connaird

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 where she was for three or four seconds, but in the end she didn't 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 charm 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 outlier 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 figure out the usual patrol habits of these Aurors before thinking about her next infiltration job.

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 though Barty and Snape didn't make explicit rules, this area has become a taboo in the students' minds. Not to mention coming to the carriage, even approaching in the direction is cautious.

Asia found a good opportunity. It was class time, and she seemed to have no class. She saw Hermione walking on the edge of the forbidden forest from a distance in the tower of the castle, and then she avoided the sight of the Aurors guarding around the castle like a frightened deer, and came over nervously with a red face.

"What do you want to do?"

Hermione became more alert after seeing her.

She was not fooled by the girl's appearance. Since she was taken away from her parents at the age of eleven, Hermione has always been suspicious of any stranger.

Even when she confirmed Jon's identity, she spent a full three months, and finally made a gamble to establish initial trust between the two.

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

"Asia"

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

"My name is Asia Conrad."

Hermione still looked at her with a distant look.

"What happened next?"

"Thank you for picking up my shoes that day."

"It's just a piece of cake."

"I want to, I want to get to know you?"

Asia seemed to have mustered up the courage to say this.

Hermione didn't answer immediately. She just looked at the girl. The dark green Hogwarts Castle school robe with a silver border symbolizing the Half-Blood Academy was very decent on her. Her long light golden hair was meticulously groomed, and she also had a pearl white bracelet on her wrist.

When seeing the bracelet, Hermione's eyes briefly stopped for a second. The style of that thing was a bit special. It was obviously not a creation in the magic world where most accessories were still in the medieval style.

"Hermione Granger, if you just want to know my name, then you have achieved your goal now."

Asia showed a somewhat excited smile on her face, but she did not seem to be satisfied with just leaving 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 bushes around.

"Herbs, or magical plants."

"There are rarely these things on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Professor Grubbly-Plank told us that only in the depths of the Forbidden Forest can there be precious resources."

"If I can enter the Forbidden Forest, of course I will go deep to find it, but obviously I can't do it now."

Hermione said carelessly, and she did not show much sex talk with Asia, but rather a distant attitude.

"Don't you like me either?"

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

Hermione still said without raising her head.

"It's not about likes and dislikes. It's just that the camps we live in are not suitable for us to have more exchanges. If you just want to get to know me and thank me, then today is enough. If you want to make friends with me, then I suggest that we wait until we liberate Hogwarts Castle before we formally get to know each other."

Asia pursed her lips.

"He is very powerful, Mr. Principal."

"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 yellow leaves between the bushes, and then took out a small shovel from her robe pocket.

"He used to be able to carry out some underground terrorist activities in the UK. Even if he defeated Professor Dumbledore later, didn't he lose once not long ago?"

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

"If there is no freedom and dignity, it is better to die than to live."

After Hermione finished this sentence, it seemed that she had completely lost the desire to talk to Asia, but squatted beside the plant she had identified, and began to dig it out of the soil with skillful movements.

Asiya seemed a little lost. She did not stay here to pester Hermione, but turned around and ran away towards the castle with red eyes.

Until her footsteps completely disappeared, Hermione, who had successfully transplanted the herb into the flowerpot, turned around and looked at Asiya's back, which was gradually approaching the edge of the Black Lake. Then she did not continue to stay outside the Forbidden Forest, but returned to the carriage with the herb.

She sent the herb 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 Asiya again.

The conversation between them seemed to make the weak girl completely give up, and she no longer wanted to get to know Hermione and make friends.

Time came to the end of October.

During this period, Jon would squat by the Black Lake almost whenever he had time, but more than a month had passed, and he still didn't find anything in it.

During this period, he also learned some things from Cedric about this lake that was always calm and like a mirror. He learned that after Cedric entered Hogwarts Castle, he had never heard of any rumors about giant squids.

The 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.

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

"Today looks like another day without any gains."

Jon raised his fishing rod and sighed as he threw the big fish weighing almost four pounds that had bitten the hook back into the lake.

Hermione, who was also sitting on the grass, raised her head. She habitually glanced at the Marauder's Map first, and then comforted him.

"There is still some time before the second project starts, don't be too anxious."

"How is the work that Professor Dumbledore has assigned to you going?"

"Still waiting for the opportunity, and can't take any action for the time being. We need to see what happens in the castle."

"Still 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, and keep yourself alive is the most important thing."

Hermione rolled her eyes calmly after hearing Jon's last sentence, which was quite proud.

She could feel that Jon really thought that she was a person who cherished her life, but in fact, whether in her heart or in the hearts of other students, Jon was the most reassuring and the most worrying every time he went out to do something.

What was reassuring was that he could always solve all the difficulties satisfactorily, but what was worrying was that when he encountered a need for sacrifice, he would always give priority to himself.

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

It was just that Hermione couldn't hate Jon for being "ignorant".

Because in this respect, they were actually the same people, just like Hermione had once thought about giving up on herself and letting Jon rescue the other junior Muggle students.

Just as they finished their relaxing time by the lake today and walked towards the carriage, Hermione suddenly seemed to notice something when she looked in the direction of the castle and stopped.