Chapter 288 True Love

"Don't talk about how important you are." Chen Bin said disdainfully: "Is the test-taking tactic also popular in France? Also, what grades did you graduate from Hogwarts?"

ヾ(^ω^)ｽv: "I also got 11 points in both exams. Considering that I come from an ancient pure-blood family, I didn't take the subject of "Muggle Studies", otherwise it would be too inconsistent, pure blood Blood got an O in Understanding Muggles.”

щ(゜ロ゜щ): "Isabel, a normal wizard can't get 11 points! Don't you feel violated?"

(づ￣3￣)づ╭～: "La~la~la~la~ What are you talking about? Baby Yisha can't understand."

Chen Bin, Kate: (￢＿￢)……

Amid everyone's congratulations, Hermione received the transcript from Professor McGonagall and was so happy that she hugged Harry and cried.

The graduation dinner was over, and before everyone left, Professor McGonagall left Harry behind and handed the envelope into his hand.

"Professor, what is this?" Harry asked confused.

"Transcript." Mag smiled and said: "You and Miss Granger are special applicants, so you can receive the test results in advance. Go back and pack your luggage."

Harry excitedly walked out of the corridor with the letter, intending to share it with his friends.

Originally, he did not expect to take public exams this year, but Hermione asked him to accompany her to persuade Professor McGonagall one month before the start of O.W.L.s.

He knew that if Hermione was the only one who asked to take the N.E.W.T.s exam, Professor McGonagall, the headmaster and vice-principal of Gryffindor, might refuse, so he also temporarily decided to apply for the O.W.L.s.

This kind of bundled exam really made Mag think deeply.

According to the plan, Harry did not need to take an exam to enter the Auror training class, so McGonagall did not apply to the Examination Authority for his candidate status this year.

If Harry changes his mind, McGonagall will notify the Management Bureau to change the list, so applying for N.E.W.T.s for Hermione at the same time is just a matter of the same letter.

Without Dumbledore, Vice-Principal McGonagall had the decision-making power to register candidates, and finally submitted their exam applications.

Now, regardless of the outcome, Harry just wanted to share this feeling with his best friend.

"Hermione, Ron." Harry stopped the two of them on the stairs, pulled them to the top of the tower, and handed the letter into their hands. "Open it for me!"

Ron took a step back, waved his hand and said, "Don't let me have bad luck. Let Hermione open it and we will read it to you together."

Hermione rolled her eyes at Ron, opened the envelope, scanned it twice, and looked at Ron.

"How is it? Or did you fail the test?" Harry asked nervously.

Ron nodded solemnly and said in a long voice: ""Astronomy" D, "Divination" D, "History of Magic" D..."

Harry's face fell, but he felt it was reasonable. After training for more than half a year, I have already returned all my past knowledge to the teacher.

Hermione cleared her throat and whispered: "Care of Magical Creatures A..."

"Fortunately, it's not too serious." Harry whispered, but found that the two of them did not continue reading. "How is it? Did you do too poorly in the exam? I can bear it."

"No more." Ron maintained his poker face.

"Yes." Hermione said with a smile.

"Aren't there still five subjects?" Harry was confused. No matter how bad he was in the exam, he would not hide his results. At least there were T (Troll) representatives who had taken the exam.

"See for yourself!" Ron couldn't help laughing and rushed down the stairs first, leaving the two of them alone.

Watching Ron go downstairs, Harry turned to Hermione and said, "I can bear the consequences, just read it."

"Ron is right." Hermione couldn't help laughing and said with a trembling voice: "The remaining five subjects are zero."

"Oh my god, I got a zero on the test? Did I forget to fill in all my names?" Harry held his head and whispered, and then he felt something was wrong. "The transcript will not show the scores!"

"See for yourself." Hermione handed the transcript to Harry, making him realize that the two reported it out in order. First, let’s talk about the three worst subjects, then talk about the one subject that was only passed, and the remaining five subjects were all O (excellent)!

"Potions" O, "Transfiguration" O, "Herbology" O, "Charms" O, "Defense Against the Dark Arts" O, which is what Hermione calls the zero egg. It is not popular in the magic world to associate zero with eggs. This term became popular after Chen Bin became a professor.

The most famous is his remarks in the practical class: "If you have no goal in life, what is the difference between it and salted fish? Your value is equal to 0! What is 0? It is an egg! Even your current combat power is zero eggs in my eyes. ! You are nothing like a maggot! Practice hard!"

"You actually lied to me with Ron!" Harry hugged Hermione into his arms, with no trace of anger on his face.

However, Hermione's whole body stiffened when she was held like this, with a look of embarrassment on her face.

After a long time, Harry let go of his hand and smiled: "Thank you, Hermione."

"Yeah." Hermione nodded awkwardly and smiled: "I'm your girlfriend, as it should be."

"I'm not thanking you and Ron for caring about me." Harry put away the transcript and said with a wry smile, "I'm thanking you for your accommodation and allowing me to be your boyfriend temporarily."

Hermione's face stiffened, and she pretended to be stupid and said, "What are you talking about? What do you mean temporarily? You are my boyfriend."

"To like someone is to make her happy." Harry walked to the tower's parapet, looked towards the Forbidden Forest and said, "However, I feel that you are not happy with me and have been worried about my feelings. Let's be good friends again."

Hermione was silent.

She thought she was very smart, but no matter how she lied, she couldn't fool Harry or herself.

"I'm sorry." Hermione hugged Harry from behind and rested her head on the side of Harry's neck.

[Note: Harry is not tall in the original book, and the two of them are also 165 cm tall in the movie. 】

"No need to apologize." Harry patted her head, turned around and said to her face to face: "After the exam, I made an appointment with Professor Snape to thank him for his care and protection for me. We talked for a long time, and he finally spoke his mind. He still hates me because I look like my father, but he will still protect me because I am the only blood of my mother. I may never be as selfless as him, but I can't selfishly let you stay with me forever through the bond of friendship. You may never have a result with Bin, but... maybe you are right. Snape's choice made me understand that he never regretted falling in love with my mother from beginning to end, and his pain could not save my parents' lives. Yes, if he could do it again, he would save my father together, because he knew that my mother would never be happy if she lost her husband."

Hermione listened to Harry blankly, unable to believe that he would chat with Snape calmly.

"I...no...this..." Her thoughts were very messy, and she didn't know how to describe her feelings.

"Don't worry, there's still a lot of time before we get on the train." Harry smiled and stroked Hermione's hair.

They talked for a long time that day.

From the first time they met on the Hogwarts Express, they talked about their little things until today's breakfast.

Finally, Harry let Hermione go first and let him stay here for a while.

Before leaving, Hermione took the initiative to kiss Harry.

"I'm sorry, Harry. This is not compensation, but proof of our peaceful breakup. I'm sorry. When we meet again later, we will be good friends, lifelong friends."

She hugged Harry and was about to turn around and run down the stairs, but Harry smiled strangely and said, "I heard that Chinese people are very conservative and don't like girls who have kissed others."

"You!" Hermione wanted to hit him when she heard it, but she saw Harry's innocent smile. "I'm leaving first! Your curse won't work!"

After watching Hermione walk down the stairs, Harry sat against the wall, holding his head with both hands and sobbing. "...I...really like you...Since the fourth grade...I feel like I don't want to date anyone else in this life..."

He sobbed for a long time, until he opened his eyes, and saw a pair of shoe tips popping up in front of him.

Looking up, Hermione looked at him with a half-smile, whispering: "You said it, don't regret it."

"Why did you come back?" Harry wiped the tears from his face and stood up awkwardly.

"Kate and Bin gave it to me." Hermione threw the button-like thing over, and Harry caught it clumsily.

The two of them also used the photo stone for a long time this year, so of course they knew how to use it.

Harry put it in front of his eyes, and the picture showed himself lying on the bed. The moment he opened his eyes, he said to Isabel: "Hermione, I like you."

The Spring and Autumn Scissors passed by, and the picture changed to Harry frankly talking about when he started to like Hermione, and how he had been working hard for her, and even the biggest regret at the moment of his death was that he had not confessed to her again.

The scissors passed again, and there was a fool-like boy on the top of the tower crying and holding his head. He confessed to the air, and then he muttered to himself that he had been warmed since when, and that this girl was everything in his life, and that he only liked her in this life.

Then, the screen went black, and there was nothing.

"You said it, and you are not allowed to regret it." Hermione said again, but her face turned red.

"I said? What?" Harry said in a daze.

Hermione's face was serious, and she frowned and said, "Did you forget it so quickly? What you said in the photo stone."

"I... this... no..." Harry was embarrassed. Who would have thought that such a wicked thing liked to steal the recording so much?

(A mother and son and daughter-in-law on the top of the opposite tower: "Ha-")

"I... this... that... actually..." Harry wanted to explain, but Hermione hugged him in her arms.

"Why did you come back?" Harry's face was bloodshot, but he still stared bravely into Hermione's eyes.

This time, Hermione avoided his sight and hugged him in her arms, whispering to herself: "My Mr. Right has always been by my side, but I foolishly envy others' happiness. We are still young and don't know what love is, but we imitate others to love. Seeing others love me wholeheartedly, chasing after me, and thinking about me all the time, is my heart made of stone?"

"Do you... love me too...?" Harry felt his heart beat twice as fast, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

"No." This undoubtedly pushed him into the abyss, but then he heard Hermione's whispered answer: "Now I just like you... since you said those words... I like you a little bit... It hasn't reached the level of love yet. Love is not an adjective, but a verb, which can only be developed if we continue to care for each other."

Harry leaned back, looked at Hermione nervously, and asked with a trembling voice: "So, are you willing to continue to be my girlfriend?"

"Silly!" Hermione rolled her eyes at him and whispered: "Not the kind of nominal girlfriend before, but a girlfriend who really likes you and tries to have a serious relationship with you. But you have to remember what you said..."

"Yeah."

The top floor of another tower.

彡(-_-；)彡: "Mom... It's cold here, Kate and I haven't packed our bags yet..."

(ゝω): "Hehehe... Hermione and Harry are the perfect match... Hehehe... Hermione is true love, my little Hermione... Hehehe... Luther's counterattack is true love... My Hermione has found true love..."

Kate: "(°°)"

On the Hogsmeade platform, a group of students were once again shocked. The student union president and the incoming professor of "Fighting the Dark Arts" stood hand in hand, with happiness and sweetness on their faces.

"Ahem, Mr. President, you are suspected of violating school rules." Chen Bin took Kate's hand and walked to the side of the two.

"Professor Nama, this semester is over, and this is outside the school." Hermione turned her head and made a face at Chen Bin.

"Really?" Ron dragged Lavender over, hugged her waist, and boasted: "Then it's time for me to show off my love!"

"Gryffindor deducted 10 points." A smooth voice sounded from behind him.

Ron thought it was a joke, but when he turned his head and saw the shiny black hair, his face froze instantly.

"Weasley, molesting female classmates is a serious crime. When the next semester starts, all the teachers and students in the school will see that the hourglass is in a negative shape. Everyone will know what you did as soon as they inquire. It's enough for you to show off for the whole school year, right?" Snape's face was without a smile, and his eyes were fixed on Ron's blood-red face.

"They are also showing off, why only punish me?" Ron's courage grew. Harry, Hermione, Chen Bin and Kate all shook off their holding hands and looked up at the sky to count the clouds.

"Shaking hands is our traditional British etiquette, and hugging waists is a traditional method of committing crimes by hooligans." Snape said coldly.

The train arrived at the station, but the students continued to gloat around them. Harry and Hermione immediately "shaked hands and said hello", and Chen Bin kissed Kate's hand after shaking hands.

"This... this... is too much..." Ron couldn't refute Snape's words, and his face turned liver-colored. Lavender lowered her head in shame, but she didn't feel guilty, as if she could declare her sovereignty in this way.

"ヾ": "Severus, stop teasing the students, you won't punish them at all. Get on the train quickly! "

Sirius followed the Chen couple, dragging suitcases of all sizes, and waved to Harry, signaling him to get in the car quickly.

Snape snorted at Ron and winked at Harry before leaving.

"He has changed..." Chen Bin looked like he was struck by thunder, and he winked at Harry with a cold face. "Could it be that they have erupted some corrupt souls? Hermione is so pitiful..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Harry rolled his eyes at Chen Bin and said unhappily: "We just solved the misunderstanding. He will always be the elder I respect the most."

"What about me?" Sirius held Harry's neck with one hand and dragged the heavy luggage with one hand.

Harry didn't say anything, but his eyes told his godfather: "What kind of person are you? Don't you have any idea? "

Well, this is what Chen Bin thought up.

The next second, Chen Bin's worldview was ruined again!

Anastasia dragged a small suitcase and chased after Sirius. Her face was completely the expression of a well-behaved young wife, with a hint of gentle lady's charm!!!

"Did I miss anything this semester because I was too busy?" Chen Bin looked at Kate, who also had a look of surprise on her face.

Coincidentally, Lupin also came over, and seeing the reason why the two were petrified, he whispered: "They have been together for almost four months. I sleep next to them..."

Chen Bin looked at Lupin's eyes and found that he had long-lost dark circles under his eyes. Since he left his werewolf identity, this iconic feature has long disappeared, and now he is depressed by the noise of the couple!

"Hey! What are you talking about?" Sirius walked back with Anastasia's hand, and said with a teasing face: "Don't think I don't know what you and Tonks did in my house? Tsk tsk, while I'm not home during the Easter holiday, you guys are on the sofa in the living room..."

"Sirius--!" Lupin blocked the bitch's mouth with one hand, and roared with a red face: "I knew Kreacher would peek!"

Chen Bin couldn't stand it anymore, and walked into the carriage hand in hand with Kate, only to find that Isha was secretly taking pictures of Sirius and Lupin insulting each other with a photo stone.

"Dirty-dirty--" The train roared through the countryside, and this semester ended.