Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 68 Orphan
"Wouldn't this be better for you?" Michael asked indifferently.

"That's true - but I think Cedric and the others would definitely prefer a fair game." Ryan said seriously.

"Hmm...it's Hufflepuff after all." Michael sighed.

Ryan said unhappily, "Don't think I don't know that you actually want to say that I'm stupid."

"Hahaha, how could that be?" Michael said with a dry laugh.

Anyway, if it was Ravenclaw, he knew that his house would not miss such a great opportunity.

"Actually - Wade - I want to ask -" Hermione was a little embarrassed, and asked with some pleading: "Can Harry also join the SSC?"

The air suddenly became quiet.

Ryan was a little uneasy.

He saw the smile on Michael's face suddenly disappear, and he just looked at the brown-haired girl, then looked at Wade.

Wade's expression didn't change. He even agreed straightforwardly: "Of course, Harry Potter is not a difficult person to get along with. The problem is you - Hermione."

"--me?" Hermione looked over nervously.

"Have you forgotten that Ron Weasley made you cry? Potter and Weasley are inseparable. If he joined, he probably wouldn't hide it from Weasley - are you ready to forgive him?" Weed asked gently.

It seemed that he had no opinion, and all his considerations came from concern for Hermione's mood.

"Oh, about that!" Hermione breathed a sigh of relief and smiled with relief: "That incident has long passed, and he wanted to remind his friends later, didn't he? Although it didn't work - after getting along with each other for this period of time, I feel that Weasley is not that annoying. It's impossible for him to hold a grudge for a lifetime just because of a quarrel, right?"

"Turning enemies into friends is a good thing, I think." Ryan took the initiative to speak, easing the tense atmosphere: "Besides, Ron Weasley's brothers are all very outstanding, so he must have an outstanding side too, right?"

This point... I'm afraid Hermione doesn't quite agree with it.

After she relaxed, she couldn't help but want to explain a few more words: "Actually, I didn't plan to bring them in... Ron found that Neville had made great progress and asked him several times, but Neville didn't say anything... But you all know that Harry - if the Death Eaters and the You-Know-Who come back, Harry will be the first one to be found - but he is not very outstanding in his studies, his grades are so-so, he doesn't even use the spells taught in class well, and he has to go to Quidditch training frequently -"

In Hermione's eyes, Harry Potter turned out to be "a scumbag who has a reputation but doesn't study hard at all."

Later it was - "a scumbag with okay character but still not working hard enough."

When he truly realized that Harry Potter had lost his parents in the war, and that his life was still threatened by Voldemort and his remnants——

In Hermione's eyes, Harry Potter was shrouded in the aura of "poor little thing".

——What does it matter if his grades are not so good or he likes to play around a little? How happy his parents must be to see him growing up happily and healthily!

But then, even greater anxiety surged in Hermione's heart - she was a person who was easily anxious.

When she thought about how Voldemort was so close, Quirrell was eyeing him covetously, and Dumbledore had mysterious and unknown plans, while Harry was just eating and playing all day, and doing his homework either by cobbling together pieces or copying others'... Hermione wanted to pry open his head and stuff her own anxiety into it!
There is no doubt that Harry Potter will face huge challenges and dangers in the future, and those are definitely not something he can deal with by simply copying homework.

Hermione tried to teach them all the spells she had learned in the Umbrella House, but the problem was - when Wade taught them, she felt it was very clear and easy to understand, but when she taught Harry and Ron in the same way, it was as if a troll had hit their heads and they didn't understand for a long time.

Hermione didn't understand why, she just felt very angry. Sometimes she doubted the intelligence of those two people, but looking at Neville's progress, she had to admit that maybe there was something wrong with her teaching method.

If Harry wants to improve his abilities as quickly as possible, joining the SSC seems to be the only option. The only thing better than this is that Dumbledore himself is willing to tutor Harry personally...but how is this possible?

So, even though she knew it was very presumptuous and might even make the others unhappy with her, Hermione made the request anyway.

Fortunately, Wade agreed.

Having been in the SSC for so long, Hermione naturally understood that as long as Wade agreed, no one else would be a problem.

……

"Why did you agree to it?" Michael couldn't help asking when there were only two of them left.

"About Harry Potter?" Wade asked knowingly.

"Of course." Michael said seriously, "Wade, I don't think you don't know how much trouble Harry Potter means - I don't think you would like this kind of trouble."

"Well, I really don't like it." Wade leaned back in his chair and said, "But if it's Harry Potter, then of course an exception can be made."

"But..." Michael frowned, puzzled: "After so long, even Neville should have seen it clearly - he is just an ordinary boy who escaped the killing curse for some unknown reason... and for some unknown reason, the mysterious man disappeared that night, and the whole world gave him the title of 'savior', as if the mysterious man was defeated by a baby - I also thought he was born with powerful magic, but -"

Michael hesitated to speak.

"But after going to school, I found that his wisdom and ability did not match the reputation of 'Savior'?" Wade looked out the window and said what Michael wanted to say but didn't.

Michael breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, that's what I meant."

He paused, and then said, "You should also see clearly that you don't have any special expectations of Potter for this. But why -"

"But Michael..." Wade looked away from the window, looked at his friend, and said, "You should not have forgotten that Potter's parents died fighting against the mysterious man. They fought bravely to the end. On that night, Harry Potter not only became the 'savior' - he also lost his closest family -"

"Yes-that's right--" Michael's face turned red with shame and he stammered.

"So no matter what he did - or didn't do - it has nothing to do with these." Wade sighed: "Harry Potter - is the orphan of a martyr."

"The...orphan of a martyr?" Michael chewed on the word and suddenly understood why his parents didn't allow him to say bad things about Harry Potter when he gossiped about him with them.

"Yes." Vader finally said, "All those who have escaped the shadow of war and are enjoying the peaceful life now have an obligation to take care of him - and children like him, don't they?"

(End of this chapter)