HP: Wizards at Hogwarts

With Elaine's heartfelt words of comfort, Myrtle's emotions finally calmed down.

"You said you'd come often and wanted to be my friend, is that true?"

Her gaze held three parts doubt, three parts fear, and four parts disbelief.

Elaine never imagined that one day he would be able to see a pie chart in the eyes of a ghost.

"Of course it's true!"

"Taking a bath in the prefectural bathhouse is so comfortable, how could I possibly only come once?"

Myrtle said thoughtfully, "I think that's the most convincing thing you said just now... By the way, I still don't know your name."

"Elevin Yakut".

Myrtle repeated Elaine's name softly, then shook her head in distress: "I've never heard of that name before."

"Of course, because I'm a first-year student, and I just started school today."

Having comforted Myrtle, Elaine continued eating and drinking.

"You just started school today and went straight to the prefect's restroom?"

"Your Hufflepuff prefects are way too nice to the freshmen!"

Myrtle asked in surprise, "Are you perhaps the younger brother of a prefect, or the nephew of a professor?"

"No, I'm an orphan, I have no relatives."

"Orphan... I'm not an orphan, but my parents are probably dead now, since I've been dead for almost fifty years."

"Oh right, I think I have a younger brother. He might still be alive, but even if he is, he's probably an old man by now."

Elivin: "..."

This guy really doesn't know how to comfort people!

No, maybe she wasn't trying to comfort anyone at all when she said that.

Or rather, she never thought about, nor knew how to, comfort other people's feelings.

"I just heard you say 'movie,' so you're an orphan from Muggle society?"

"Yes."

"What movies are popular in the Muggle world right now?"

For some reason, Myrtle suddenly became interested in the topic of movies. "Or rather, how are movies now different from those fifty years ago?"

"This...?"

"Actually, I don't know either. After all, I'm just an orphan, and I don't have the extra money or energy to pay attention to movies."

It's the 1990s now, and film technology should be quite advanced by then.

But Myrtle died in the 1940s, and Elaine didn't really know what film technology was like back then, so he had no way to make a comparison.

"Really? That's true..."

Myrtle seemed to finally realize that her topic was not so appropriate, and her expression immediately became dejected.

The two had no choice but to change the subject.

Perhaps because she had finally found a wizard who wasn't in a hurry to leave or bully her after seeing her, Moaning was in a very good mood tonight and took the initiative to talk about her daily life at Hogwarts.

From before life to after death.

Through her narration, Elaine gradually filled in the gaps in her memory about this person—

Myrtle was born into a Muggle family and received her Hogwarts acceptance letter in 1940, where she came to study and became a Ravenclaw.

At that time, the magical world was very prejudiced against wizards of impure blood. Although it wasn't as sensitive as during Voldemort's reign, it wasn't far off.

With the innate label of "Mudblood," Myrtle also acquired the label of "nerd" due to her identity as a "Hawkeye student" and the thick glasses on her face.

The combination of these two factors led to her being frequently bullied, isolated, and ridiculed by her classmates at Hogwarts.

Unfortunately, Myrtle didn't have Luna Lovegood's open-mindedness, and her personality became more and more depressed in this environment.

Until that day, she died under mysterious circumstances.

Life wasn't much better after he became a ghost.

Myrtle once followed the person who mocked her and indirectly caused her death, even going so far as to follow him to the Muggle world. However, he reported her to the Ministry of Magic, leaving her with no choice but to stay at Hogwarts.

Although there are many ghosts in Hogwarts, they are all adults, making it difficult for them to become friends with this little girl who died at only fourteen years old.

A ghost's memories can be updated, but their personality and mindset will remain the same as at the time of death. For example, Myrtle died at the age of fourteen, and her personality and mindset will remain at that age; she won't mature just because she's been a ghost for decades.

As a result, Myrtle was isolated once again.

In addition, there are also pranks from Mischievous Ghost.

Peeves is not a ghost, but an abstract existence formed from the playful nature of young wizards. It cannot be driven away or erased. Playing tricks is in its nature, and it plays tricks on all students and ghosts, not just Myrtle.

If it were a more mature ghost, such as the fat monk, the bloody Barrow, or the almost headless Nick, even if they were annoyed by Peeves' behavior, they could understand it in their hearts.

But Tao Jinniang was different.

Her mind remained that of a fourteen-year-old, and even though she knew what Peeves was, she couldn't forgive him as magnanimously as other ghosts.

Thus, this prank from Pippi the Ghost transformed into another form of endless bullying against Myrtle.

"...Waaaaah, nobody cares about me, not even the ghosts!"

"Cold, lonely, helpless..."

"This kind of life is even more painful than being alive!"

"I've thought about suicide, but I'm already a ghost, I can't kill myself..."

As she continued speaking, Myrtle became increasingly emotionally distraught, eventually bursting into tears.

Elivin felt sorry for her pitiful and helpless appearance and wanted to pat her on the shoulder to comfort her, but his hand passed right through her body, and he felt even more sorry for her.

After a long while, with Elaine's comforting words, Myrtle finally stopped crying.

She soaked herself in hot water, as if that would bring her some warmth.

"Don't worry, Myrtle, I'll be your friend from now on!"

"By the way, are you capable of practicing magic in your current state?"

From the pool came Myrtle's frustrated voice: "Of course not, ghosts don't have wands."

"A wand isn't essential for a wizard... Never mind, I'll find you a way to get stronger later, so at least you won't get bullied by Peeves!"

"Really? You can do it?"

"Of course, Hufflepuff would never abandon its friends!"

Elaine's confidence is well-founded.

Leaving aside the power of this world, there are many spells in the FT world that target ghosts or are used by ghosts.

After comforting Myrtle, Elaine stood up from the pool.

Are you going back?

Myrtle's voice came from the water again, but Elaine couldn't see her.

"Yes, if I soak in it any longer, my body will become dehydrated."

"Well... goodnight!"