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It wasn't until three days before the end of the semester that Ron and Hermione finally got permission to leave the school hospital and officially start their leisure time after the exam ("Are there any mistakes, the report card is almost sent home!"), McGonagall The professor also recovered smoothly and returned to Hogwarts, where he was warmly welcomed by the Gryffindors. Of course, what was even more enthusiastic was the farewell ceremony prepared by everyone for Umbridge.I guess Umbridge was going to pick a time to leave Hogwarts quietly when no one was looking, but Peeves spotted her dragging her suitcase halfway and it caught the Weasley twins being executed for the last time Chance, at his command, merrily beat her in turn with a cane and a sock filled with chalk, and snatched her hat and suitcase and suspended her in mid-air.While booing, many students watched her run in embarrassment while covering her head with newly grown thinning hair. When she almost fell into the remaining small swamp (Professor Frivy left a little as a souvenir, saying that it was also Great Magic) laughs heartily.Although Professor Dumbledore has just resumed the position of headmaster and announced the re-implementation of the prefect system, neither the deans of the various colleges nor the prefects who re-wear the badges except Slytherin House do not seem to want to reprimand everyone Wanting to make a loud noise in the corridor, Ron almost laughed out of breath, and Hermione gave him a blank look.

The hourglass that records the scores of each college is no longer only Slytherin College has gems. The first thing McGonagall did when he came back was to give points to all the students who participated in reminding everyone of the resurrection of the mysterious man. Earn so many points for Gryffindor in one breath, maybe deduct so many points in one breath."

I heard from Neville that Draco tried to trouble him a few times, but it is obvious that Neville is no longer a third-year student who fell into the mud pit and couldn't even clean it up. In his words, " You'd be proud of DA if you saw the disarming and armoring spells I cast on him."

"You don't seem to care about the Malfoys at all." Hermione said after observing my expression for a while after Neville returned to the dormitory, "I know I shouldn't be happy about things like this... but I really Very happy."

"It is impossible for me to completely ignore things related to him, just like I found that it seems impossible for me to get back the things related to me from him, and it is also difficult to throw away all the things related to him here. If I hadn’t, I would have nothing to recall from my childhood.” I thought of the dress robe that still hung in the deepest part of the closet when I was packing and was clearly ill-fitting, it was still brand new and had no trace of being worn. "But I figured out that everyone needs to be responsible for their own choices. Being responsible means bearing the consequences... And to be honest, his father never liked me. I don't need to be arrested for doing things for the mysterious man. The prison is sorry."

"What about you and Harry?" Hermione looked at the boys who had already packed up and went to the end-of-semester dinner, "Or are you going to maintain the status quo?"

"The status quo... doesn't seem to be a bad thing." I avoided Hermione's eyes unnaturally, remembering that she had always hoped that I could have a chat with Harry, "I just don't think it's a good time! And There are so many more important things to consider... He has more things than us, and as you said, he must have something important to hide from us, and this matter may even have something to do with the mysterious person."

"I just asked casually." She patted me on the shoulder, "This is a private matter between you two."

The journey home on the Hogwarts Express was much calmer than the entire turbulent school year before. Many DA members passed by our carriage and came in to greet us enthusiastically, and listened to their chatter to us. Suggesting other activities that could be done for the next school year, although Harry kept emphasizing to them that there would probably not be another teacher next term who would not allow us to use wands in class, they seemed to miss this year hiding The time when the Room of Requirement secretly practiced Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"I heard you broke up with that Michael Corner?" Ron asked Ginny, who was doing the Quibble test, very happily.

"Well, I dumped him because he had a long face all the time and said Gryffindor was lucky to beat Ravenclaw in Quidditch." Ginny rolled her eyes. "Then he turned his head and went to comfort Qiu Zhang. I have to say that sometimes your evaluation of people is still a reference."

"Cho Chang?" I asked confusedly, "isn't she Cedric's girlfriend?"

"They seem to have broken up, or the quarrel has never been reconciled." Ginny said vaguely, "It seems that none of you understand gossip. Derek was directly dismissed by Umbridge as the chairman of the Boys' Student Union. Mr. Diggory thought that his son's future career in the Ministry of Magic would also be ruined, so he sent a letter with a bad tone to Qiu Zhang ——There are also people who say that there is no such thing, it is just a routine peaceful breakup during the graduation season, it is not like this every year when you graduate...It is not surprising that we work far away and have different life plans."

"Find a better one next time." Hearing Ginny praise his ability to know people, Ron instantly swelled up, "Take it as a lesson this time."

"That's right, I picked Dean Thomas, do you think he's better?" Ginny absently turned to the next page of "The Quibbler", and we covered our ears tacitly to isolate the next second. Ron roared furiously.

King's Cross Station is still packed with parents picking up their students, but they are no longer chatting leisurely about the bad weather in London. The child hurried back home-a place that seemed safe for the time being.

Mrs. Potter's eyes were red when she saw Neville. She hugged Neville tightly and stroked his hair. On the contrary, Neville seemed much calmer. He stretched out his hand and patted Mrs. Potter's back, telling her everything was fine fine.

"Your father can't come, he's too busy!" Mrs. Potter remembered that her son was still at the side, pulled her over and rubbed her hair, wiped the corners of her eyes and said to Harry, "The people from the Ministry of Magic , when we had nothing to do, we poured basins of dirty water on us, and now we act as if nothing happened—”

"Fiona," Madam Black pursed her lips to remind her, "There may be reporters sneaking in around here. You need to think about James when you speak now."

"I know, I know, but I really don't want to...forget it, let's go home!" Mrs. Potter took Harry's arm and nodded politely to my mother and me.

"Mom has to go back to work when I send you home." Mom stretched out her hand to stroke my broken hair, and she was immediately transferred back to the Auror office by Mr. Potter, "Let's go, say goodbye to your friends , let's go home."

When writing this volume, because it was serialized, I was able to receive many letters from readers forwarded to me by the publishing house. Many people thought that I was serious when I described the Ministry of Magic’s interference in Hogwarts. Criticize, and use this to demonstrate that there may be some problems in my marriage with my husband, who is an important official of the Ministry of Magic, so I will use old events to lure readers to have a negative view of the Ministry of Magic, and on the issue of property division after the marriage breaks down gain the upper hand in public opinion.In this regard, my husband said that the imagination of these readers is really amazing. He said that he hoped that the letters holding this point of view should not be anonymous, otherwise he could introduce the name of the letter to the editor-in-chief of "The Quibbler" Lu Anna Longbottom to address the scarcity of her staff columnists.

I sometimes think about the meaning of writing these old things. When I write here, I find that I may not simply be invited to the publishing house to recuperate while "writing some things that everyone has been concerned about but haven't said clearly." It's not like what some critics said "warning everyone not to forget the pain of war". To be honest, I think the survivors of the war want to get rid of the past and start a new life more than anyone else. We just walk It has taken too much time to live through those pains, and I don’t want people born in the new era to continue to bear those pains for us.But I hope, just from my personal point of view, I hope to tell you that the numbers written in "Modern History of Magic" are not just a test point to be memorized, and the names engraved on the monument are not just a row and a row. A row of cold marks. They really existed in this world. At that time, they were not heroes, but the most ordinary people with joys, sorrows and joys. They should have the same plainness as everyone now. In life, I don't want you to express suspicion to them in a way that grabs people's attention, and I don't want you to use flashy brushstrokes to deify their contributions. I just hope that you can understand that they used to be fathers, mothers, and children They are lovers, brothers, and old friends. They have looked forward to and looked forward to the future like all people living in peaceful times, but their future has come to an abrupt end.

As for the issue of the next volume of serialization and single volume that everyone is concerned about, at the request of the publisher, I would like to clarify that the publishing rights of this series of books have not authorized any third-party publishers, and any publications with "collector's edition" and "signed edition" etc. The advertisements of the content are all suspected of false propaganda, and the revision of the booklet is still in communication with the publishing house. It is expected that the first batch of books will arrive at Lihen Bookstore this Christmas.The next volume should still be serialized. As for when it will start, my husband said that he wants to take the whole family on vacation first. I hope everyone understands that we also need a little family life, and I hope everyone will stop sending him about "your Did Madam's emotional entanglements bother you" (I don't understand why everyone seems to be more interested in my emotional life than what happened later), he said that he will reply here, of course he has been troubled, but He ultimately chooses to respect what has happened.

Well, see you next volume.

Some posthumous remarks about the third volume of "Circulation"

I forgot in which movie I saw a sentence like this: "The so-called great era is just a choice, whether to go or stay, I chose to stay in my own years." I don't like it very much, because when I suddenly remembered this sentence, I couldn't remember where it came from, but this sentence suddenly jumped out of my mind yesterday. I just read the last chapter of the third volume of "Circulation" After finishing the chapter, the earphones are playing willyoustilllovemewhenI'mnolongeryoungandbeautiful.

It has been raining yesterday, the most annoying thing about the rain is not the rain itself, but the dead leaves that have not been blown away by the wind in autumn, mixed with the rain, covering the ground, and then mixed with the winter cold, falling to the propped up On the umbrella, falling into the neck without a scarf, the leaves that have lost the crisp sound of autumn step on the feet have a sticky, wet decadent feeling, especially in the middle of the night at the end of the year when you look at them in the staggered lights of cars coming and going Floating chaotically in the air, there is a feeling that another barren year is ending.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or a necessity, but I’m suffering a lot when I’m writing this season, and I just want to finish the long volume quickly. Writing the epilogue made me extremely exhausted, and I even thought to myself when I wrote the last word, it was finally over.

I used to read "Order of the Phoenix" very melancholy. At that time, I was still in elementary school, and I still couldn't understand the sudden depression and irritability when I was 15 years old. I just felt depressed and at a loss. The two people who have expressed their feelings are suddenly not together. I don’t understand why the girl who kissed under Xieji fell in love with other people easily. I don’t understand why the whole world suddenly hates the protagonist because of a ridiculous reason. I don’t understand Why did he have to lose so many things, even the last little thing that could be called fatherly love would be brutally deprived.I remember that when I finished reading "Order of the Phoenix" for the first time, I put it in the bookcase for a long time and didn't open it for the second time. At that time, my mother was quite surprised, because the previous volumes of "Harry "Porter" was almost broken by me. She originally agreed with me to buy me a new one every semester to reward my cleverness, but she felt that it was pitiful for me to read four books over and over again, so she let go and bought it again. Why didn't you read it all of a sudden?

"Deathly Hallows" was published when I was in sixth grade. No matter how well-behaved I was, there would no longer be a new "Harry Potter" in the book city that my mother could buy back to reward me. The story stayed at King's Cross Station [-] Another three-quarters platform, the boy who grew up has a wife and children, but I always feel that he seems to have lost a lot of things at the same time.

At the beginning, I wrote "Cycle" purely for fun, so I didn't care whether the logic could be closed or not, and made a gimmick of the Shura field to pass the time; later I wrote a little more, and suddenly realized that this was a book I used to make up for my childhood. Regretful opportunity, so many people who regretted dying in vain when they were young can suddenly save them with their own pens, and make up for them a fresh life of their own. It sounds very attractive; after writing more later, I suddenly realized that this is actually It is a story belonging to a turbulent era. Whether the protagonist is Harry Potter written by Rowling or Alice Snape written by me, if the times have not changed, the tone of the whole story is doomed to be unable to change, because people are driven by the times. carried by the torrent.

Only brokenness can make the former possessions appear precious, and only when the goodness of the past no longer exists, can the real original sin that caused the turmoil be accused, or growth is a process of saying goodbye to the past while moving forward, but this kind of conflict, The rip created by choice and hurt is accelerated by a turbulent backdrop.So I asked Alice to tell her life from her most beautiful golden age, standing on the devastated ruins and looking back at the softest and brightest teenage years, the carefree ignorance of teenagers and girls under the bright sun, bright The eyes that have been missed several times in the colors but will definitely meet in the end, even if there are tears in the clear sky to the final chapter, they will definitely use kisses to eliminate all previous entanglements.

A fresh, innocent, consistent, unrepentant first love, a love that is extraordinarily charming because of the violence that rages like cholera, a love that is extraordinarily romantic regardless of the consequences and costs, even because of the painful consequences Yes, it is because of the intense conflict and opposition that it is attractive. I know that this is the kind of story you hoped to see at the beginning of "Circle", but I don't want to just write a dreamy fairy tale.

Because the world I see is not like this, I think girls will grow up, so the 15-year-old Alice should not be able to wear the dress she wore when she was 13, no matter how well that dress fit her just now. Lu's slim; I think childhood companionship and young first love are not enough to support so many differences and rifts, so Alice will say to Draco that I no longer love you when the fireworks are falling like stars. No matter how much joy and pity they suppressed in their hearts when their foreheads touched each other in the library.I have never harbored malice towards the relationship between them, otherwise I would not have spent so much effort to describe each of their emotional nodes, to arrange for Peeves to take the withered parasitic several chapters in advance, and to return to the original moment Choose when the fireworks are brilliant and falling side by side.

I think this is a process of growing up. Rather than saying that Alice's last sentence "I don't love you anymore" is a kind of breakup, I think it's a kind of peaceful reconciliation. For this reason, I invented a " Persters's Web Weaving" to visualize such a process, using the shedding of the spider's web to reveal Alice's grievance and resentment when she first arrived at Grimmauld Square, to her disappointment later, and finally to her relief.And this plot point has more important significance for Draco, he must realize that the rules of this world are not that simple - at this point Draco Malfoy can be said to be naive to the extreme, he thinks he Winning Umbridge's favor can make her give Alice another chance, but Umbridge's approach is to directly pour Alice Veritaserum to get the information she cares about. She disdains to abide by the so-called rules, because she has never been the guardian of the rules, and what this plot point really corresponds to, I don't think I need to make it clearer.For a person like Draco Malfoy, the mistake of not paying the price himself is meaningless. He does have a conscience and is indeed complicated and entangled, but this is not the reason for him to change easily. It is difficult for a desperate person who subverts cognition to think of changing himself.This is the task of this volume of De Ai, they must complete their own growth process.

Harry's own drama and conflicts are not as good as Draco's. His personality and family background reset by me doom his style of doing things. Half of his conflicts come from Snape making things difficult for him, and Ellie There was no quarrel between Si and Si, the only thing was that he got angry because he took the notebook and then bowed his head voluntarily.In my understanding, this volume of Haai is not simply warming up, they are making up for the lack of coexistence and understanding before-Alice did not know Harry at all before the fifth grade, and there is no commonality between them. What have I experienced, I only know that this boy likes her, and I feel embarrassed about it, from the awkwardness at the beginning to becoming friends, and establishing DA together, the relationship between Alice and Harry is as she and the whole protagonist group The friendship slowly progressed together, until at the end even though Alice felt a little jealous because Ginny and Harry had been discussing Quidditch together, this is a more natural emotional change, which I added Family companionship and happy childhood Harry has the ability to provide other people with a sense of security and warmth. I don’t think Alice’s gradual attraction to this trait is a forced arrangement. She is an insecure person herself.At the same time, of course, there are problems between Ha and Ai, otherwise they would not have passed the whole book, and they finally chose to "maintain the status quo", but because of Harry's character and the continuous unexpected accidents, this kind of problem was put on the back burner. Yeon, everyone is equal in the face of feelings, no amount of support groups is useless, because in the end "this is a private matter between you".

In addition to these two emotional lines, I have also worked hard to write other things. I am eager to complete a group portrait, so I also assigned scenes to several pairs of parents with different styles of getting along, and to the protagonist who is responsible for promoting the main line. The other members of the group were given to Mr. Longbottom, and to the Weasley twins who fled Hogwarts in style. I hope I can write some other perceptions about life besides the thin love, and talk about some shortcomings and regrets. And if you must ask me why I pursue this aspect in a fan, I don't know.

Maybe it’s because I still remember that when I was in the sixth grade of elementary school, I sat on the playground and looked at the rostrum, and said to myself that you should remember this moment, and when you actually go to junior high school, you will recall your imagination of junior high school at this moment. Similarly, the day before the college entrance examination, when I was holding a box full of test papers and tutorial books from the teaching building and looking out at the dusk of the city, I also reminded myself to remember this moment and return to it when I was standing on the steps of the university library. Turn your head to see if the joy, anger, sorrow and joy at this moment are worth it.So many years later, I was able to go back to my childhood with a crumpled red scarf through the nodes that I forced myself to write down one after another. I clearly remember that time when I said that I would be a writer in the future, and at worst I would also be a reporter. , give voice to those who cannot speak, and hold the pen in your hand like holding the sharpest knife.

But ten years later, I became a person who was ignorantly calculating how to mess with the progress report in front of the computer next week, dragging my body from time to time to go to the hospital to check whether the indicators are normal, while playing various time-killing games, thinking that as long as I can support myself It can be regarded as a remarkable achievement. Look at the people in this world who can’t even support themselves—I’m still writing something, and this is my only explanation to the little girl wearing a red scarf with pimples all over her face , I did not become as beautiful as she expected, I did not become cute, and I did not become gentle. I have no ability to give her the honor, love and achievements that she has in the future that she looks forward to looking at the empty rostrum. At that time, the ballpoint pen inlaid with flashy small rhinestones and the thick notebook with a beautiful hard shell cover that she was holding were pushed into the depths of the storage box by me as a shame of being invisible. A folder whose title is a novel will have the same ending.

I didn't become a writer, nor did I become a reporter. I found that my ability may only be able to write a little fan, but my ambition made me want to write more than a little fan, so I finally came up with these tangled things. I'm sorry. You are so tired of watching, I know that I have disappointed many people, for this I am really sorry that I did not write a story that you expected, and I am also grateful that there are still people who are willing to read it. No matter where I can see it, I am grateful. You are not alone on this long journey.

Volume Four

Thanks to Mr. Arthur Weasley for suggesting to prevent counterfeit and shoddy monographs by learning from Muggle publishing anti-counterfeiting marks. I would like to remind readers that the so-called preemptive editions of Volume [-] that you have read in various strange channels before are not mine. Written by me.

Dedicated to Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

——Iris