Connor's Hogwarts

Chapter 287 Clever Granger (Two in One)

"My thinking was wrong from the start."

On the top of Ravenclaw's tower, Connor stood facing the wind with his hands behind his back, quite a bit of a swordsman's chic, looking at his back gave him the air of a strong man.

"." Conan was fed up with this naive master who came to complain to him when he had nothing to do, staring at dead fish eyes, listless: "What's the matter?"

"I found out that even if the paper people come to reality, they won't belong to you. Those dead nerds who lick the paper every day and think that one day the paper will come true are all daydreaming!" Connor waved his hand violently, Eyebrows raised, high spirited: "Stupid! Stupid! What you love is just a fictional fantasy! Why don't you people understand!"

"." What is this fool going crazy about? Are you sure you're not talking about yourself?Conan twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling that he was about to be forced out of real emotion by Connor.
"Conan, I understand." Connor turned around, but with a relieved expression like a monk, he put his hands together: "Only the paper people who live in the paper are the real paper people."

".So you have finally seen through the essence of the paper man, and you have come to your senses, turned your back on it, and accepted the love from those little girls?" Conan said, holding his dead fish eyes.

"No!" Connor raised his hand: "I just understand this truth. In fact, I still love paper people."

".?"

"Ahem, I think my magic is promising." Connor's gaze suddenly became erratic: "Maybe Lee and Cedric are right."

"Oh boring, let's go." Conan sneered, turned and fled out of the frame.

"Wait, wait, Conan, where are you going? Hey! Don't go! Hey!"

Conan walked away without looking back, proving that the paper man also has dignity, leaving Connor pitifully and helplessly on the roof, the cold wind blowing, making it a little more desolate.

"Hey, it's really troublesome." Connor sighed, and sat down slowly, looking at the scenery in the distance where the ice and snow had just melted, his thoughts drifting.

Since seeing the Mirror of Erised, Connor has had more and more dreams, and every time he dreams about things from his previous life.

The bits and pieces that he thought he had forgotten resurfaced in his mind again and again, as if reminding him that everything today was just a dream.
In fact, Connor feels that he has not changed much. Although he has lived for more than ten years, he never feels that he is in his thirties. Instead, he feels that the more he lives, the younger he is. Although his body is already young .
There should be no relationship between a person's mentality and the number of years he has lived. It's just that after a lot of experience, he will inevitably think too much when dealing with problems.

Connor originally thought he should be young, but when he recalled his past life, he would feel old again.

Humans are such complex and contradictory creatures, aren't they?
People see Connor as cheerful, mature, young and promising, but only Connor knows that he has not changed much, he is just a stubborn and timid autistic child.

From the past to the present, it has always been.

In the eyes of others, Connor is the proud son of heaven who led the rise of the Lake family. He invented one after another creative and epoch-making magic items, and his future is limitless.

In Connor's own eyes, he is just a lucky thief, which is not something to be proud of, and his original intention is just to make this world more familiar and kinder.

In the eyes of others, Connor is a real magic aristocrat who is proficient in all kinds of magic courses with top grades, treats people like a spring breeze, is elegant, easy-going and full of temperament. His perfection is enviable.

In Connor's own eyes, learning magic is because of interest, and the external image is just a mask, which is staged. I belong to the Lake family in this life. Since this family has given me warmth, then I will In return, for the sake of the family, I need to erect such an image. This is my duty and responsibility.

In the eyes of others, Connor is a playboy who is surrounded by flowers and has everything he can do. All the influential figures in the school call him brothers and sisters. With a large harem, many brothers, and a wide network of contacts, he is a real winner in life.

But in Connor's own eyes, he has always been alone.

There is always a thin film between Connor and his classmates. Connor knows what the people around him are thinking, but no one can guess what Connor is thinking.

In Connor's subconscious mind, he dare not really communicate with people. The so-called heart-to-heart communication is a mutual process. When Connor communicates with people, he has always been giving sincerity. 【Help others without asking for anything in return】 Putting this sentence on him would not make any sense of disobedience, but...he dared not accept other people's sincerity.

Whether it is the psychological shadow of crossing, or the hypocrisy of a slut, it is undeniable that Connor has been deliberately avoiding accepting other people's feelings. He is afraid, he is afraid that all this is just another fantasy, he is afraid that someone will come again for his own sake. He was hurt, and he was afraid that one day he would wake up and everything would be "again".

Maybe Connor didn't realize this before, but after looking at the Mirror of Erised, Connor has confirmed that this is his "inner demon" and the real reason why he can't use the Patronus Charm.

In fact, Connor didn't realize that, in fact, he himself has always had a tendency to "self-mutilate", whether it was blocking the spell for the "fake Weasley brothers" in the first grade, or taking the risk to save Alice in Connor's subconscious mind last year. In this case, his own life is "worthless", and he may not even know it himself. He went to save people with the idea of ​​"it's all over, maybe we can go back to the past".

But people can't live in their own world, and Connor also feels lonely, and his subconscious also hopes that someone can understand him and care about him.

So he created the monster card, let the familiar [past] take him out of loneliness; so he created Conan, he dared not tell others about his worries, but he could talk to his own paintings; so he created Artoria. Trying to create a lover who belongs only to myself.
It's a pity that it is already a "life" with a soul, so how can it really belong to him completely? Connor also hopes that she is a free soul.

Connor smiled wryly, now he is not even willing to tell the truth to Conan, ever since he saw that ghost mirror, he has become more and more autistic
Connor suddenly wanted to drink, but he didn't dare to get drunk, and he didn't know if he could relieve his worries
"Found you! Mr. Lake!"

Suddenly, a loud shout interrupted Connor's thoughts. Connor was slightly stunned, and turned his head to look in the direction of the sound. On the window on the eighth floor of the castle, Miss Granger, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, was looking towards Connor. Stop waving.

"Mr. Lake! Here, here!" Miss Granger was still yelling loudly.

Connor tilted his head, wasn't this girl tricked by him into going to a fraternity?Why are you looking for yourself?
"Mr. Lake! Come here quickly! It's dangerous there!"

"." Connor scratched the back of his head in bewilderment, then stood up, jumped up lightly, moved horizontally, and flew in through the window under Hermione's stunned gaze.
"What do you want from me, Miss Granger."

Hermione opened her mouth wide, pointing at the roof over there for a while, pointing at Connor for a while, and said in disbelief, "You can fly!?"

"...as a wizard, is it weird that you can fly?"

"But. But you don't have a broom. You're only in third grade and can't Apparate."

"Flying is not the privilege of a broom, is it? Flying is not a difficult thing, and I can teach you if you want to learn." Connor shook his head and smiled, "Okay, now can you tell me what you want me to do? Greg Miss Ranger?"

After finally calming down, Hermione put aside her senior's shock at being able to fly, took a deep breath and said, "I've discovered the secret of the badge! Mr. Lake!"

"Oh?" Connor asked with a smile, "What did you find?"

Hermione took out a small box from her bosom, opened it, and the review badge belonging to the fraternity was lying in the box, well kept, wait, packed in a box?Connor's expression became strange.

"This is the membership badge of an ancient mysterious organization belonging to the school, right! And Mr. Lake, you are now a member of this organization, right! And the female swordsman and the old man I'm looking for are also this You must be a member of the organization!" Hermione said triumphantly in a firm tone.

Connor closed his mouth with his fist, preventing Hermione from seeing the upturned corner of his mouth. He pretended to ask calmly, "How did you come to such a conclusion, Miss Granger."

"Hmph!" Hermione proudly raised her neck, confident that she had discovered the truth: "I have been looking for clues to this pattern since I got this badge, but I have read many books and can't find a similar pattern."

It’s a ghost if you can find it. By the way, how did this girl put the badge in the box? It means that she hasn’t received any information from the fraternity in the past ten days.
"But last week! I finally found this familiar pattern!" Hermione's eyes sparkled, and her tone was impassioned: "That's in the school's weekly newspaper!"

"I think I found the key clue! I didn't expect that the school newspaper was issued by this organization, but it was useless to find out, because the school newspaper is a new thing that only appeared in this school year. I didn’t know much about the newspaper. Then I set my sights on the school newspaper—the oil painting!”

"." Guliang doesn't think that the task I gave her is to decipher the big operation, girl, but in fact, you opened the badge in the wrong way.
"When it comes to magic paintings in the wizarding world, of course it is inseparable from the Lake family. Obviously, Mr. Lake, you are a member of this organization, and the [fresh blood] who only entered this organization this year or last year is exactly yours. Joining brought something new like the school newspaper, because you are a member of this organization, so you know the mysterious female swordsman, I guessed right!"

"." Yes, yes, girl, you are so smart. Connor tried his best to hold back his smile, and he was noncommittal, without saying a word, which made Hermione more confident. She raised her head and chest like a proud little swan, she continued :

"Originally this was just my guess, but then my new discovery proved my guess. I saw a similar badge on the student council president! He must have entered this organization before you, Mr. Lake, right! This ancient The organization is the one that absorbs the outstanding students in the school and manages the school secretly, it is the same organization as the student union, right!"

"After that, through my secret observation, I also saw this badge on the Quidditch captains of several colleges, the seniors who resolved classmates' disputes, and the students with top grades in all grades."

Hermione took a deep breath, her face flushed with excitement: "A mysterious organization that only good enough students can know, a core organization that secretly maintains the order of the school, is the true face of this organization, right!"

"Papapapa..." Connor, who had undergone strict training, narrowed his eyes with a smile. He maintained his basic decency and clapped vigorously: "Wonderful, wonderful, Miss Granger, although there is a little difference, but you The secret of the badge has been basically found out.”

"Mr. Lake! What are the conditions for joining this organization! I want to join it!" Hermione said excitedly, looking at Connor eagerly.

Girl, if you didn't put the badge in the box, you might have already taken the oath of membership, you know. Of course, the gentle Connor wouldn't say such hurtful words directly, he said with a smile:

"Miss Granger, I have received your intention. Before that, I would like to ask you, what is the reason why you want to join our organization? Just to meet the female swordsman you want to meet ?"

"It was like this at the beginning!" Hermione replied affirmatively: "The female swordsman saved me from the troll. There is also a grandfather in your organization, right? He also saved me once. I must You have to thank them in person!"

"In the beginning?"

"Yes, it's only at the beginning, but after my in-depth research recently, I found that this organization has been secretly maintaining order in the school and helping students in difficulties. Do you know that I have a classmate named Neville, who used to be old He was bullied by the bad boys in Slytherin, but I found out later that those bad boys didn't dare to trouble Neville anymore. I asked Neville, and he said that it was a senior Slytherin who helped him teach Mal. Cough, I taught those bad boys a lesson."

"And I observed secretly, that Slytherin senior also wears this badge." Hermione's eyes shone with admiration: "Then I knew that there has always been such a group of people in the school, in the dark I have paid silently and guarded our campus, so I also want to be a part of it! Contribute my own strength!"

"Ahem." Connor turned his head a little blushing, and whispered, "Actually, this organization isn't that good either."

"Senior Lake!" Hermione glared at Connor suddenly: "Although I know that you are also one of them and you have contributed a lot of your own strength, you should not say that it is not good! Organizations are great! You should be proud of who you are!"

"...Yes, you're right Ku...cough cough" Connor blushed, wondering how the child would look when he saw a group of lazy guys queuing up in the waiting room to play arcade machines after joining the club. I don't know how this kid's brain made up a good organization for making troubles into a saint organization
Seeing Connor blushing, Hermione thought he was ashamed, so she nodded with satisfaction and said, "I admire Senior Lake, and I am also looking forward to working with Senior Lake, so can you tell me the conditions and requirements for membership?" ? I will definitely work hard to meet the standard."

Connor regained his composure, and said solemnly: "Very well, Miss Granger, I will officially inform you now."

Hermione's eyes widened.
"...Your first round interview passed."

Hermione was discouraged, tilted her head and asked, "The first round?"

"Yes, in fact, from the moment you get the badge, your test begins." Connor tried his best to use his brain, thinking of how to fool around to get it back: "I am the one who interviewed you in the first round. Examiner, now you have passed my test with your excellent performance, congratulations."

"Really!? Then I am now" Hermione said in surprise.

"Of course, no, just passing the first round is not enough. Our organization has strict requirements for recruiting new members. You also need to pass the tests of other examiners."

"how should I do?"

Connor pointed to Hermione's badge, and said: "Wearing this badge all the time, you will receive [examination questions] from other examiners at certain moments, and you can only successfully join the exam if you pass one test after another. Our fraternity."

"fraternity?"

"The name of our organization is the Brotherhood of Assassins."

"Okay, I understand! I will work hard!" Hermione's eyes were full of fighting spirit.

Junior high school students are so deceiving. Connor rolled his eyes twice and asked, "By the way, do you know what Harry and Ron have been up to lately?"

"Huh?" Why did you ask this kind of question suddenly? Hermione was a little confused, she tried to think about it, and said, "Harry is playing cards at the gym recently, right? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just heard that you have a good relationship with them, so I just asked." Why are you all not doing business, are you not interested in the Philosopher's Stone?Connor felt that the iron triangle was completely crooked.
"The matter is over, then I will take my leave first."

"Okay, sorry to trouble you, Mr. Lake." Hermione asked carefully: "And. Mr. Lake, can you teach me to fly?"

"Of course, how about I teach you this when you get into the fraternity?"

"A word is settled!"

Hermione left, full of enthusiasm and anticipation for the organization, Connor watched her leave with a smile until she disappeared and then
He bent down with his stomach in his arms, and his suppressed laughter echoed in the corridor, which lasted for a long time
(End of this chapter)