"After the Dementors retreat, I'll be able to move around freely! I really hope Christmas comes soon!"
While looking at each other with Link and Emily, Harry spoke to himself.
He appeared very excited, but that was understandable.
Because whenever he came across Dementors, he would react excessively and faint, his current range of activity had already been limited to a very small area, he barely even left the castle anymore.
But even so, Harry was still worried every day, fearing that a Dementor would suddenly jump out and scare him.
He always thought that as long as the Dementors disappeared, then everything would return to normal.
Unfortunately, Harry's wish probably wouldn't come true.
Because based on Link's understanding of Fudge, there was a very high probability that Fudge's apology statement, just as the title suggested, was merely perfunctory.
And even if Fudge wanted to withdraw the Dementors, Link absolutely would not allow it.
He was still counting on the Dementors to take further actions in order to give Snape more pressure.
Nodding perfunctorily toward Harry, Link then realized that it was very rare that Ron, the tailing follower, didn't appear beside Harry.
Link looked around, and after still not finding Ron and Hermione, then said, "Hmm? Why are you alone today?"
"You mean Hermione and Ron? Hermione this year took all the classes, she's so busy every day that we barely see her, probably studying right now too,"
Harry scratched his head and said, "As for Ron, he's still looking for his rat Scabbers."
"Scabbers still hasn't been found?" Link squinted his eyes and said.
Harry explained with some difficulty, "Ron has always believed that it was Hermione's cat who ate Scabbers, which has caused their relationship to become very tense lately. You, can you try to help persuade them?"
"Alright, I'll try to help persuade them."
"Thank you so much!" Harry thanked him excitedly.
Just at that moment, Emily, who had previously still been at the Slytherin long table, finally walked over. Seeing this, Harry sensibly left.
Looking at Harry's departing back, Emily nodded in satisfaction, then sat beside Link and asked, "What were you guys talking about?"
"Just some small matters about pets." Link said with a smile, "Thank you for what you did for me, Emily."
What Link was thankful for was the matter regarding Fudge's apology.
The appearance of this matter had caused everyone in Hogwarts to shift their attention entirely. It was foreseeable that as long as this matter continued to ferment, or if more big scandals appeared later, then people would gradually forget about Link's incident from before.
Compared to Cedric and Harry's direct confrontation, this was obviously a more advanced resolution method mixed with cold treatment and diversion of attention.
And someone who was willing to do this for Link, and had the ability to pull it off, in all of Hogwarts, was only Emily, who had always been dedicated to making sure Fudge "doesn't have good days."
As the person involved, Emily naturally also understood what Link was thanking her for.
A subtle curve uncontrollably appeared at the corner of her mouth, and finally bloomed into a bright smile like sunlight.
"This is what I should do. Just like before."
"Yeah, just like before."
Link responded sentimentally. Looking through the whole memory of the original owner, Emily had indeed always been silently protecting Link from the shadows.
Previously when punishing those Hufflepuffs who bullied Link was like that, now helping Link shift public opinion was also the same.
Under the desk full of all sorts of cutlery and newspapers, one large and one small hand quietly held together.
Feeling the warmth from the palm, a faint blush appeared on Emily's face, but she still gently suggested, "You've been under a lot of pressure lately. Coincidentally, Halloween is also Hogsmeade Open Day, why don't we take a walk together and relax?"
"Hogsmeade Open Day and Halloween, huh? Of course."
"Ah! Really?" Emily was so happy she almost stood up. "Then I need to prepare well! You haven't gone shopping with me in so long. To be precise, not even once since we were 8 years old."
Teased by Emily, Link shrugged innocently, but a glint of light flashed in his eyes.
Hogsmeade Village was a wizarding village located around Hogwarts, and also the only purely wizarding village left in Britain.
Inside were many wizarding shops, with categories not inferior to Diagon Alley.
To promote business, Hogwarts students from 3rd to 7th year could, after receiving parental permission, enter Hogsmeade Village to shop on designated days. It was considered a free activity day for students, or one could say, a field trip.
Of course, what Link actually cared about was Halloween.
In his plan, Halloween was quite an important time point, it was the first wave of pressure designed to be given to Snape.
And at that moment, an angry shout came from the entrance hall.
Link and Emily looked toward the sound and saw the Hufflepuff Quidditch players, all wearing full Quidditch gear, blocking the hall entrance. Among them, John was angrily yelling at Cedric, and finally stormed off angrily with a sleeve flick.
Cedric looked very frustrated. He dispersed the crowd blocking the hall, and after noticing Link's gaze, walked over.
"What are you two arguing about?"
Link handed over a custard tart and asked. Having trained the entire morning, Cedric didn't hold back and took it to eat right away.
"The Quidditch season will begin soon. Our Quidditch team is training intensely," Cedric said while chewing on the custard tart, "but recently field resources are very tight. It seems only on Halloween day will the whole field be available. So…"
"You plan to make those players who could've gone to Hogsmeade Village stay behind to train?"
Link finished the sentence Cedric didn't say, and hearing that, Cedric scratched his head awkwardly and said, "To be precise, it's a mock match. Uh, okay, I know this is kind of too much, but we really don't have much time left. Besides! Our first match is against Ravenclaw!"
"So the key point is that your opponent is Ravenclaw, huh?"
Link said half-smilingly, "I remember you like Ravenclaw's Seeker, Cho Chang, right?"
Hearing this, Cedric's face turned instantly red. He quickly came forward to cover Link's mouth and said, "Shh! Link, keep it down! I just, I just want her to know I have good talent in Quidditch too, so that we can have more common topics!"
After speaking, he nervously looked around. Seeing that not many people noticed, he let out a breath of relief.
His posture was completely seen by Link and Emily, and both had a smile appear in their eyes.
"Ahem!" Pushing Cedric's hand away, Link lightly coughed and said, "Honestly Cedric, what you're doing won't work. Chasing a girl requires not only showing her your strong side but also giving her a sense of romance!"
"Then, then what should I do?"
"Simple, for example…"
Link didn't continue but looked toward Emily.
Seeing this, Emily also chuckled softly and said, "For example, invite her to stroll around Hogsmeade Village on Halloween. That's a great chance to build feelings and create romantic moments!"
"Re-really?" Cedric said uncertainly, but those big eyes of his lit up.
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