【Yo Deng】Badger and Snake

I took it home and tried it and found that people who don't know magic can't use it, so I kept it on hold.

Qihai stroked the pattern on the edge of the mirror, and suddenly felt the urge to try it.She knew that the other party probably put the mirror in a drawer, and even if it was connected, she would not be able to see anything, but she still wanted to do it.

Maybe she just wants to confirm that everything today is not a dream, or maybe she wants to recall the extravagant hope she had given up.

"Koito...Yu."

Even though she was alone, she still kept her voice very soft, as if she was afraid of disturbing something.

The surface of the mirror rippled, and then reflected a peaceful sleeping face——that was Yu Koito's face.

"...?!"

Qi Hai was unprepared, she shook her hand, and the mirror hit her chin firmly.Regardless of the pain, she picked it up and looked at it carefully, and finally understood: dare this girl put the mirror on the bedside.

She turned the double-sided mirror in her hand over and over again, felt it all over, up, down, left, and right, but didn't see half of the bracket.

——So this person specially used the immobilization spell to erect the mirror!

Listening to the steady and regular breathing on the other side of the mirror, Qihai smiled without even realizing it.

"...Isn't it too much of a word? Koito-san, you're so honest, it's easy to suffer."

As a "response", Koito turned over rustlingly in her sleep, and shook the back of her head.

——Fortunately fell asleep.If he was still awake, he would probably start to refute seriously again.

Qihai smiled and stuffed the mirror under the pillow, and counted the number of cobblestone reliefs again.This time, she counted No.80 to six and fell asleep.

A good night's sleep.

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The next day was fine weather, and the knockout match between Slytherin and Ravenclaw went ahead as scheduled.Rudolf Goldstein sat down in the stands early and took out his handkerchief to wipe the lenses of the brass telescope.Just as he was critically checking whether the lenses were wiped clean, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder.

Rudolph turned his head, Nanami Dengzi was smiling at him with the light behind his back, his black hair fluttering in the breeze, his good mood was obvious.

Rudolph calmly raised the gold-rimmed glasses that had slid to the tip of his nose, and said, "...Zeber said you wouldn't come."

"I've changed my mind," Qihai sat down next to him lightly, "The weather is so beautiful today, what a pity to be bored in the castle, isn't it?"

"Hmm. Are you reconciled with Zuobo?" Rudolph obviously misunderstood the drama of looking for someone yesterday, and Qihai denied it with a smile: "No, we didn't have any conflicts. But..."

She looked towards the entrance of the stand, and Saeki Samika was climbing up with a few Slytherin girls talking and laughing.

"...I think I do owe her an explanation."

Meeting Saeki's surprised eyes, she brushed her hair with a smile, and the ending sound spread out leisurely in the sunlight.

The Badger and the Snake·Chapter2·End

Inter-chapter July 4st

Hufflepuff's third-place match against Slytherin took place on a cloudy Sunday.The Hufflepuff team routinely gathers in the locker room an hour before the start of the game. The captain and batsman Varane reviews the tactics for the Chasers, and the sixth-grade prefect Grad is doing the clothes and brooms for the players. Cast a waterproof spell one by one to prevent rain during the game.

Koito Yu sat on the wooden bench in a daze, looking at the grass field outside the door, while stroking the wooden broom handle.A skinny boy suddenly jumped out and waved his hands vigorously in front of her a few times: "Hey, Koito! What are you doing?"

Grinning at her was Edward Lupine, another batsman on the team, Greed's colleague and Hufflepuff sixth-year head boy.

"What's the matter? 'Calm Seeker' is also nervous?" Edward rubbed his nose funnyly, and when he moved his hand away, a round pig nose suddenly appeared on his pointed face.You poofed, laughing so eagerly that he almost choked himself: "Enough, enough! Change your nose back!"

"You still hate it, but I'm kind enough to tease you!" Edward curled his lips, and the pig's nose began to retract—he was a born Transfiguration Magus, who could change his appearance at will.

"I'm not nervous," Yu stood up, "I'm just thinking that the day is dark enough, and I hope it won't rain heavily."

Edward shrugged: "Just play, anyway, today is only the third place match, so it doesn't matter if you play casually."

"Don't let Greed hear that," Maki, who was sitting next to Yuu, interjected, "she's going to chase you three blocks with her wand in hand."

Edward straightened his face.Grad is an avid Quidditch fan. He serves as a commentator for school games and cares deeply about his team. This is why Yu has a good personal relationship with this senior.

"She's so far away, I can't hear her," Edward waved his hand, "Seriously, I've had enough of her not being a team member, but still dictating here every day—"

A ray of pink light suddenly brushed the corner of Edward's robe and flew over, hitting the broomstick in his hand impartially.A few flower buds broke through the skin of the wood and drilled out, forming several clusters of bright cosmos, more dazzling than the pink light just now.Edward was dumbfounded, while Greid sent a greeting from the other end of the locker room with a half-smile: "I'm here to help you out, my dear, you're welcome."

Noticing the commotion here, the other team members turned their heads one after another. After a few seconds, bursts of laughter broke out, completely covering captain Varane's commentary.The latter angrily knocked on the whiteboard with his wand, accidentally erasing half of the squirming tactical diagram—his wail became part of the "symphony".Hufflepuff's dressing room became more lively, the warm yellow lights drove out the gloom and chill, as warm and cheerful as the bright yellow team uniforms.

Yoo was smiling as he watched Edward rack his brains trying to get rid of the cluster of pink flowers, and the lining of his robe suddenly felt hot.She greeted Maki and Edward, and found another corner to sit down. The double-sided mirror in the inner lining had cooled down again, and a pair of charming blue eyes appeared on the mirror.

"Hey, Koito-san, you've already changed into your team uniform." The pair of blue eyes pulled away, and Qihai Dengzi's smiling face was fully revealed, "Not bad, not bad, very pretty."

"Did something happen?" Yu saw the cobblestone relief in the Slytherin dormitory from the background, and the woman in the mirror was lowering her head to arrange something, and said without raising her eyes, "I can't find you if I have nothing to do." You are the one who swears that you can do it anytime, and you are the one who forgets about it within a month."

"That's not what I meant! I mean, you've been looking for me at night."

It has been a month since the other double-sided mirror was given away.During this month, Qi Hai mostly contacted her after ten o'clock in the evening.In the beginning, this senior spoke every two to three days. After a week and a half, he had to talk for an hour almost every night before going to bed.You often put the mirror by the bedside, and listen to the people in the mirror while reading novels with the pillow in his arms. What he hears most is all kinds of coquettish complaints.It was only then that she discovered that this senior also had such a wealth of joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys. He would be secretly frustrated by ridicule and criticism, and would also be happy for inadvertent affirmations. Under the cold and strong appearance, there is a more sensitive and weak heart than ordinary people. .

"What are you laughing at?" Qihai raised her head from the pile of parchment, and saw the girl in the mirror looking at her with bent eyes, subconsciously complaining in her mouth, but a corner of her heart suddenly lit up like a light behind her.

Koito Yuu's expression was all too familiar to her.In the past month, she has been doing her homework in front of the mirror on many nights, and she is talking nonchalantly, and the other party always smiles softly and listens to everything she says, occasionally interjecting a sentence or two evaluate.When no one was talking, she quietly listened to the rustling of the pages of the book on the opposite side until the girl fell asleep with the book in her arms.Once or twice she fell asleep on her stomach on the toilet paper, only to be awakened by the girl yelling and patting, urging her to take off her robe and climb into bed.

She was unexpectedly fascinated by this feeling.Someone who can always listen to you with a smile, who can always give appropriate advice to the point, who is always calm and seems unshakable by anything, and--caring about her from the heart and without any impurities.

She felt like she'd said all the things she'd been keeping in her head for five or six years in the past month, and she didn't feel any unnaturalness about it as hell.For her, Koito Yu seems to be no longer a simple and reliable junior, but has gradually become a friend who can trust her back with peace of mind.

Seeing You trying to defend, Qihai held her head up and smiled and said, "Okay, I just want to wish you a smooth match in advance——I will watch it with Shamixiang and the others later, looking forward to your performance."

"Eh? Thank you, thank you," Yu was slightly surprised, "But senior... is this okay?"

"what?"

"Uh... today is Hufflepuff vs. Slytherin... right?"

"so what?"

"...No, nothing."

——Today is only the third place match, and the captain of the Slytherin team is Landon Nott, so it's probably not surprising that Nanami-senpai wished me a smooth match.

Yu thought for a while, and stopped asking, but Nanami was actually thinking about the same question—she seemed to really look forward to Koito Yu's activity more than the Slytherin team's victory.It's not that she doesn't feel like belonging to Slytherin, or that she has a personal grudge with Landon Knott, it's just that she cares more about Hufflepuff Seekers.

Although it's not surprising that she would have such an idea if she regarded the other party as a friend, but Qi Hai still felt that something was wrong, as if there was something in this explanation that was not appropriate enough for her to agree with it from the bottom of her heart.

But... what's wrong?

Until she joined Saeki Samika and Rudolf Goldstein, Nanami Dengko still hadn't come up with a definite answer.

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When Qihai and his party arrived at the stadium, the stands were almost full.Fortunately, the prefects of the participating schools had reserved seats, so they didn't have to panic too much.

The stands surrounding the Quidditch pitch closed the entrance after they were seated, and rose upward until they were about 15 meters above the ground.The stands were newly decorated according to the colors of the academy, silver green and black and yellow alternately covered the field of vision, and many fanatical fans waved glowing magic banners, the most exaggerated of which was a huge silhouette of Koito Yu, written in both Japanese and English Wearing a black slogan: "'Calm Seeker' - the pride of Japanese descent!"

Qihai adjusted the magnification of the binoculars, and found that it was Shuri Hyuga who was controlling the poster with a magic wand, while Ye Li worriedly held her shoulders, as if afraid that her friend would fall headlong into the field because of leaning too far .

Qi Hai suppressed a smile and looked away, and turned to look for the petite figure in the yellow robe.The two teams are ready at this time, and the commentator Greed is dryly introducing the players of the Slytherin team one by one, and Qihai is very helpless when he hears the name of the Hufflepuff prefect. Such a different passion.

After Hufflepuff captain Varane and Slytherin captain Nott shook hands, the referee blew his whistle and the game officially began.The Quaffle was taken first by the Slytherin Chaser, and in a beautiful pass it was shortly before the knocker, and Hufflepuff beater Edward Lupine hit a Bludger with all his might In the past, broke the Slytherin attacking formation, causing boos from the green stands.Rudolf Goldstein raised his voice over the clamor: "Edward Lupine—what's that thing on his broom handle? Dahlias?"

"No," Saeki said clearly, "I think it's a pink cosmos. Is this some kind of trendy decoration?"

"I don't know," Qi Hai said absently, "Maybe he thinks that looks better."

"I hope someone can tell him it's ugly." Saeki commented relentlessly, Nanami nodded and continued to search the sidelines.The Slytherin Seekers were hovering high in the middle, where were the Hufflepuffs?She only captured the moment when Koito Yu lifted into the air, and then lost the opponent's figure because she focused on the Quaffle battle.

She was dazzled by the search, when suddenly there was a cheer from the Slytherin stands - they scored.Rudolph hammered down the railing excitedly, and even Greed, who was in charge of the commentary, put aside his prejudice and praised: "Very beautiful cooperation! Slytherin scored the first goal of the game, and the score is now 10-0 [-]."

Nanami turned her head to look for the scoreboard, and a yellow shadow finally slid into her field of vision: Yu was flying around the field at a medium speed, using a completely different strategy from the Slytherin Seeker.The Seeker got closer and closer to the stand where she was, and soon reached a distance where the face could be seen clearly without a telescope.Qihai raised her head and chased after her with her usual calm expression, but she was caught by the other party's glance.

Meeting her gaze, the girl suddenly smiled slightly—all this happened just at the moment when Yu passed the Slytherin stands, but Qihai felt as if she had been hit in the head by a basket of compliments, and suddenly fainted Huhu, very useful.

She hadn't recovered from Koito Yu's warm smile when she was poked by Samika Saeki on the arm: "...Dengzi."

"Huh?" Qihai turned her head blankly, and Slytherin's jade was looking at her with raised eyebrows.

"why are you laughing?"

"What?" Qihai touched her mouth subconsciously, and found that she was really laughing.She coughed, put her hands down, and switched back to the usual position in a second without being surprised: "We scored a goal, I'm happy."

"..." Zuobo crossed his arms and didn't answer.

——Is that true?She looked suspiciously at the people around her out of the corner of her eye.The opponent's eyes wandered, and he didn't seem to be as focused on the fierce Quaffle battle as the rest of the audience.

If not, what was she laughing at?

Saeki frowned, before he could figure out why, his train of thought was interrupted by an angry roar.

"What's wrong?" She hurried to look at the stadium, and heard the commentator's voice several octaves higher than before: "Landon Knott! Despicable, outrageous—"

"Nott teamed up with another batsman to pinch the Hufflepuff captain," Rudolph explained coldly, "hitting him back and forth with a stick until he was hit by a Bludger. Fortunately, Varane He has been flying at low altitude, so he should not be seriously injured."

"The medical staff have all entered the field, at least he won't be able to fight this time," Saeki tapped the armrest with his knuckles, and the chain of the monocle rattled, "This is what Langdon Knott called 'new tactic '? Is he playing ball or is he hitting people? It's so ugly."

"Shameless, but effective," Qihai sneered, "Now Hufflepuff only has Lupine as a batsman, and I'm afraid no one can stop him."

"He shifted his target," Rudolph leaned forward, "and went after the Chaser."

Hufflepuff's Chasers were slightly inferior to Slytherin in terms of coordination, and they took advantage of the two batsmen of the opposing team to force Varane's space. With the assistance of Edward, they hit several balls and made the score overtake 20, but after Nott and the two came back, the situation took a turn for the worse: Edward was struggling alone in the siege of two Bludgers, barely protecting himself, let alone protecting his teammates.Without the batsman's protection, Hufflepuff was crushed by the Slytherin Chaser for a long time, the score was tied and surpassed, and in a while it reached a miserable 70 to 130.

As Edward Lupine was finally hit by the Bludger on his left elbow due to fatigue, the Hufflepuff stands burst into furious shouts, sweeping the audience like a tidal wave, nearly breaking Nanami's eardrums.

"Who cares about him!" Rudolph gritted his teeth and looked around. Many Slytherins showed the same disgusted expression as him. "Is this still a competition? How did he choose the Quidditch captain?"

"You ask his brother—tsk, Lupine has also been cornered." Qihai bit her lower lip, feeling worried, but Zobo suddenly said "ah": "Look at the Hufflepuff Seeker !"

Qihai hurriedly looked in the direction of her finger.Koito Yuu in the west court suddenly started to charge up rapidly, the Slytherin Seeker was stunned for a moment, and rushed up immediately——

"Is it a Snitch?" Greed, who was explaining, became excited, "Did the Hufflepuff Seeker see the Golden Snitch?!"

This voice drew everyone's attention to the two Seekers in the race.Landon Knott quickly changed his target and hit Yu Koito hard, but Yu stopped abruptly as if he had seen through his actions, and the Bludger flew one or two meters in front of her, hitting Hit the Slytherin Seeker who couldn't brake enough and nearly knocked him off his broom.

"Shot in the left leg—God, that must have hurt," Greed said, but without sympathy.There was a burst of laughter on the court, and Nott turned his face from blue to red, and found that Edward Lupine had already taken the opportunity to escape the attacking net and resumed the offensive with his own Chaser.

"Where's the Snitch?" Rudolph searched eagerly. "Has anyone seen the Snitch?"

Gradle's commentary answered his doubts: "Based on the replay just now, no one saw the Snitch—yes, although it's hard to believe—'Calm Seeker' just staged a feint. We have reason to believe that it was to attract the firepower of the opposing team's batsman, so as to help Lupine out of trouble, amazing camaraderie!"

"It's really amazing," Saeki said with a smile, "I've watched so many games, and it's always been a teammate covering the Seeker. I haven't seen a Seeker cover a player in turn."

Qi Hai stared fixedly at the petite figure in the sky, with extremely complicated emotions welling up in her chest, the strangeness made her feel tight.Clutching the armrest, she tried hard to sort out the clues from the mess, but found that she couldn't even understand the question itself, let alone solve it.

The iron bars are cold, but the palms are hot.Qihai cast her eyes on the mixed stands, the poster of Yu Koito has been copied several times by Shuri Hinata, and she is busy distributing it to the front, back, left, and right people.The Gryffindor Chaser's proud smile infected her, and the discomfort in her chest was gradually overshadowed by a similar, subtle sense of pride.

yes.Qihai thought slowly.I'm probably like them—proud of being such a good friend.

After shedding the mask bestowed by the disguise potion, Yu was the first friend from the outer courtyard who truly accepted her, and it was only natural that she would feel this strange feeling.

Thinking of this, Nanami felt a lot more relieved, but the corners of her slightly raised mouth quickly collapsed after a short while—Nott left another batter to deal with Lupine, and took the bat to Koito Yuu by herself. went.

How fast is the Seeker in stature?Nott's Bludger couldn't reach her at all, but this entanglement took Yoo's time and energy away from finding the Snitch.

When Yuko Koito narrowly passed the Slytherin stands again, Nanami could clearly see that her face was covered in sweat, and there was a trace of tiredness in her eyes.This kind of tiredness turned into an invisible Bludger, hitting a corner of Qihai's heart hard.

She gripped the railing tightly and began to think seriously about how to remove Langdon Nott as Quidditch captain.It will be difficult with Ivan Nott around, but if she succeeds next term-

"Oh my God!" Gradle exclaimed, "Koito Yuu—she saw the Snitch! This is not a feint, she saw the Snitch! Over the Hufflepuff post! Did you see that!"

This commentary was like a spring thunder, boiling the audience.Both Qihai and Rudolph couldn't help standing up, and clung to the railing, lest they missed something.

Koito Yuu started to sprint towards the Snitch at full speed before Greed made a sound, and the Slytherin Seeker also started to accelerate.

"Koito is nearer," Rudolph yelled, "she should be able to- my God, what is Noot doing!"

Landon Knott made an unimaginably rude move: he approached the Hufflepuff Seeker with incredible speed and slapped him on the back of the head with his stick.Yoo leaped forward, narrowly avoiding the blow, and the Hufflepuff stands once again roared like a wave: "Foul! Foul!"

Greed was also furious: "Landon Knott, maliciously attacking the opponent! Shameless foul! The referee—what? It doesn't count if you miss it?"

She slammed the microphone on the table: "'Transylvania Feint'? That thing is just a fake punch in the face! Nott is hitting someone in the head with a ball stick! He wants to Killing her?!—Okay, okay—sorry!" She muffled, "Slytherins have more Seekers than Hufflepuffs, good, good—"

Yoo ducked again to avoid Nott's blow.No matter how she tried to turn, Nott kept a tight distance of several tens of centimeters from her, flying parallel to her left side—this is logically impossible.Not to mention that Nott is not a speed player, and he cannot perform this level of micromanagement on a broom even with a bat.

"—Langdon, go on!" There was a sound of breaking through the air in the distance, and a Bludger was passed not far to the right. Nott opened his mouth and smiled quite happily.His left hand lifted slightly from the broom handle, the tip of his wand flashed past the cuff—

You suddenly figured it out: he probably cast a spell like a traction spell on him, just like the Bludger flying towards her head with incomparable precision.

Nott slowly raised the bat, his mouth almost smugly grinning to the base of his ears.On the left side of Yuko Koito is the hitter who cannot be shaken off, and on the right side is the Bludger flying towards him like a magnet. In this situation, no one can dodge.

"—go down, 'calm Seeker.'"

He whispered sullenly, poured all his strength into his fingers, and swung them down towards that annoying face that always pretended to be noble.

Yu squinted at him blankly, dozens of possible solutions had already flashed through his mind.

That's right, you can't avoid it.No matter what, you can't avoid it.But so what?

——If you can't avoid it, just go up to it.

Holding on to the broom handle, Yu lowered his head and bumped into Langdon Knott.The latter paused in amazement: It is a foul to charge a player, what is this Hufflepuff who has always followed the rules doing? !

When he was about to be hit, Nott flashed subconsciously.The flash hit Yuu's heart, and she pressed down on the broom lightly and slipped through the gap under the batter's right arm.Nott's angry expression hadn't twisted in place yet, and his expression quickly turned into panic——

The Bludger he sucked with the Pulling Charm had already reached his body, and—hit him firmly in the stomach.

The bat slipped from his hand, and Landon Knott twitched and fell on his back.

"Merlin is on top!" Zuo Bo stood up abruptly and exclaimed.

——This is no better than Varane who just fell from a height of seven or eight meters. This is more than 20 meters high!

At this moment, the first to react was not the referee, the teacher or the support staff, but the original victim of this cruel ball-Yo Koito.The moment Landon Knott fell to the side, she grabbed the opponent's left arm, and the whole person, including the broom, was pulled by the excessive momentum and rolled over 180 degrees, almost being carried along with him.

Yoo didn't last long, and lost his strength in less than two or three seconds, but these few seconds were enough for the shock-absorbing spell of the off-site rescue to hit the target.The unconscious Nott paralyzed in the air in a strange posture, and began to fall slowly like a feather.

The stadium that fell into dead silence due to the unexpected incident began to hum, and then the sound became louder and louder, and finally converged into thunderous shouts.

"Hufflepuff!

"Hufflepuff!

"Hufflepuff!

"Hufflepuffs!"

The Slytherin Seeker was floating in midair with the Snitch in his hand, looking around blankly to realize that he wasn't getting the slightest bit of attention - as far as he could see, almost everyone was shouting the name of another house , as if it wasn't Slytherin who won the match, but Hufflepuff.

The students in the black and yellow stands frantically waved their flags, and the audience in the mixed stands also stood up and applauded; as soon as Yu landed, he was hugged by his team members in three layers, and he was completely invisible from Nanami's perspective.

Crisp applause sounded from the left of Qihai, she turned her head and saw Zuobo staring at the grass field with emotion: "This was an ugly game, but they played it wonderfully abruptly. Tolerance, fairness, repaying grievances with kindness, at any time Will lend a helping hand to those who ask for help—Yu Koito, what a Hufflepuff."

Qihai turned her eyes back to the yellow robe flying in the center of the court, and stood there as if rooted under her feet, unable to speak for a long time.

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After Yoo finished reading Jon Carr's "Five Coffins", the hands of his watch pointed to 23:[-].Confused again, she picked up the mirror next to her. She didn't know why the senior had suddenly changed his habits tonight, and she hadn't had any contact until now.

After hesitating again and again, she still called out the name of another user to the mirror:

"Seven sea lanterns."

This was the first time that Yu took the initiative to connect to the double-sided mirror. She watched curiously as the mirror fluctuated and deformed like the surface of water, and then the figure of that person was reflected.

At this moment, Qihai was sitting in front of the desk, holding a quill with a blue tail feather and writing vigorously.Her lips were tightly pursed, her expression was unfamiliar and serious, and her hair was tied into a ponytail in a rare way, revealing her snow-white neck fully.

Yu didn't make a sound, just looked at her quietly for a while, and laughed at himself that he was thinking too much - Qihai must be busy with homework, so he didn't contact her.

She was about to turn off the mirror and go to sleep, but Qihai suddenly turned her head and dipped her pen and ink in this direction.Yoo watched helplessly as Qihai shook violently, the quill fell out of her hand, rolled to the edge of the table in two or three laps, and fell out of sight.

Seeing Qihai in the mirror froze in place without moving, Yu calmly reminded: "...Senior, your pen fell off."

After being quiet for a few seconds, Nanami also gave a rather calm answer: "...Oh."

She bent down to pick up the pen, then pulled a piece of paper to wipe the ink stains on the table and the floor, then straightened up after she finished, and asked, hiding her embarrassment, "Koito-san... why aren't you asleep yet?"

"I just finished reading the book, and I found out that you haven't called me tonight, senior, so I wanted to connect and check." You smiled, "You should be busy, I won't bother you anymore."

"Hey, wait!" Seeing Yu reaching out to wipe the mirror, Qi Hai hurriedly stopped her.Yu stopped, saw Qihai's expression coy and said, "I... I'm not busy enough."

Yu blinked: "So... want to talk?"

Qihai rubbed her neck and gave her an angry look.This girl always speaks so bluntly, it seems that she is very awkward.

"Is your shoulder okay? I know you dislocated it when you caught Nott during the day." She finally asked under Yu's gaze.

"It's okay, Madam Pomfrey healed an injury of that degree in two seconds." In order to prove this point, Yuu rolled her right arm, and Qi Hai pursed her lips and said with a smile: "That's good. I was actually Would love to go see you, but your prefect Grad will probably just throw me out."

Yoo frowned slightly as he recalled Greed's attitude towards her a month ago.Before she could speak, Qihai said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Nott has caused you trouble."

"It's not senior's fault, you don't need to apologize." Yoo smiled and adjusted her posture, moving away from the mirror; only then did Qihai see clearly that she changed into a pajamas printed with cat paw patterns today, which is quite cute.

"You flew very well today." Nanami said suddenly.

Yu was stunned for a moment, before he could say thank you, the other party continued with another sentence with a smile on his face.

"—By the way, when you flew over the Slytherin stands today, did you smile at Rudolph? He was very happy."

Yu blushed as expected: "What, what? I didn't treat him——I smiled at you, okay?"

How could Qihai not know?She was just deliberately teasing her, and wanted to hear the other party say this sentence in person.Appreciating the girl's repeated excuses happily, she felt a few bubbles floating up in her heart and bursting happily, and the worries that lingered all night disappeared in an instant, replaced by a subtle sweet smell.

It's not because she didn't take the initiative to contact you tonight because she was so busy that she didn't have time. After all, she usually does her homework with the mirror on; After half a day of mouth shape, there was still no sound.

She didn't call out that name, just because what she saw and heard during the day still lingered in her mind.

No one she'd ever met looked more like a Hufflepuff than Yu Koito.Gentle, tolerant, kind-hearted, considerate and empathetic, and more importantly—as Saeki Samika said—will never refuse a helping hand at any time.

No matter how the other party has treated her, and no matter how she treats the other party.

So, for Koito Yu, is she just one of those people who can't refuse?Ordinary, nothing special, just the beneficiary of the girl's boundless tenderness.

If so, then a daily call like this might be an interruption at all: she's always talking about herself, is the girl really interested?If she is not interested, how long can she tolerate herself?If Koito Yu's patience runs out, how long will she have to wait before meeting the next person who truly understands her?

She was immersed in this complicated worry about gains and losses and couldn't extricate herself, but she didn't expect that the other party would take the initiative to contact her.God knows how surprised and pleasantly surprised she was when she saw Yu appearing on the mirror with her face covered—this girl can always break through her defenses with an undefended attitude, and easily calm all the waves in her heart.

"Senior, what are you laughing at?" Yu wrapped the quilt with a puzzled expression.Qihai touched her mouth subconsciously again, but this time, her smile was brighter after she put down her hand: "It's nothing, I just thought of something happy."

"Happy thing? What's it like?" The girl asked curiously, but Qihai looked away with a smile and no words.

- how is it?

——For example, discovering that I am a little bit special to you.

Inter-chapter · September 4 · End