Chapter 38 Seeds

"Lu Yunkai!!"

"...What's wrong, Hermione?"

"Harry is awake!"

"Ah! Let's go! Let's go check it out!"

"Yeah!"

Lu Yunkai nodded to Blaise, who was traveling with him, and followed Hermione to the infirmary.

He didn't even bother to eat dinner.

The two of them ran to Harry's bed one after the other.

Dumbledore was sitting there chatting with Harry.

"It seems your friends are here." Dumbledore glanced at Hermione and Lu Yunkai, as well as Ron who rushed into the room shortly after them, "I'm leaving."

"Thank you, Professor." Harry nodded to Dumbledore very politely.

Dumbledore stood up and walked past Lu Yunkai.

His figure paused slightly, but he still walked out of the room quickly.

"Harry, are you okay?" Lu Yunkai smiled and came to sit beside Harry as if he didn't feel Dumbledore's reaction just now.

"It's all right. By the way, I heard from Professor Dumbledore that the Philosopher's Stone was destroyed?"

"Well, just like... "

"Just like what?"

"It was all broken into pieces. As for what it was, I can't tell you because Professor Dumbledore cast a spell on me." Lu Yunkai smiled and shook his head.

"Magic? What magic?" Hermione asked curiously.

"When I talk about someone's affairs, I will automatically feel dizzy and unable to speak."

"Is this a Silencing Spell? But why doesn't Dumbledore... want you to tell us?" Hermione looked strange.

"Maybe it was just an accident? It doesn't matter." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "Anyway, the Philosopher's Stone was broken into pieces, and it wasn't stolen."

"But I still feel very sorry for Mr. Nick Flamel." Harry had a regretful expression.

"By the way, Harry, how did you get the Philosopher's Stone?" Ron, who was standing aside, didn't want Harry to blame himself, so he changed the subject.

"I looked at myself in the mirror, picked up the Philosopher's Stone and put it in my pocket, and then the Philosopher's Stone appeared in my pocket."

"Huh?" Ron obviously didn't understand.

Not only him, Lu Yunkai saw the second half of the story and knew that the Philosopher's Stone was in Harry's hands, but he couldn't understand how he got the stone.

It's so simple, why can't Voldemort do it?

"I just heard the professor say that only those who want to get the Philosopher's Stone but don't use it for themselves can get it." Harry explained.

Lu Yunkai understood.

"So, if you don't go, then the Philosopher's Stone is not very safe? That guy will never get it in his life!" Lu Yunkai added.

Silence.

Not only Harry, but also Ron and Hermione were stunned.

Lu Yunkai's words seemed to be no problem at all!

Yes! If the three of them didn't get involved, nothing would happen!

"Harry, I'm going to say something unpleasant, don't be angry." Seeing that the three of them were already lost in thought, Lu Yunkai continued.

"Of course I won't be angry with you."

"I think... you have fooled yourself."

"What do you mean?" Harry was stunned by what Lu Yunkai said.

"You are just an eleven-year-old wizard apprentice, and your magic level is not as good as mine and Hermione." Lu Yunkai said sincerely, "Voldemort disappeared after attacking you, leaving you with this scar, making you the savior in the prophecy, but after Voldemort died, you are just Harry Potter!"

"...I don't understand."

"Yunkai means that Harry, you care too much about your identity as a savior." Hermione understood, "Since Voldemort is dead, you don't have to always feel that you have the responsibility to protect the world."

"Yeah." Lu Yunkai nodded, "Hogwarts has Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and even Snape, whom you look down on. Which of them is not a much better wizard than you? You are just a first-year student, why should the important task of protecting the Philosopher's Stone be given to you?"

At this point, Lu Yunkai glanced at Ron and Hermione, and then at the pile of snacks placed in front of Harry's bed.

"Or, like Malfoy said, you just like the feeling of being watched and admired?"

"Yunkai! How can you say that about Harry!" Hermione couldn't listen any longer. She was the only one who understood what Lu Yunkai wanted to say: "Harry just wanted to help!"

"I understand this feeling. Just like when I jumped into the hole, I just wanted to save you. I didn't think about whether it would be useful if there was a real danger and you couldn't solve it." Lu Yunkai nodded.

"No way! You are still better than me." Hermione shook her head embarrassedly.

"If I caught up with you earlier and couldn't stop Harry from entering the last room, I might have been dead." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "This is what Professor Snape told me. Voldemort in the room would kill me without hesitation, and then find you to ask about the Philosopher's Stone."

"He..." Harry wanted to say that Quirrell would not kill Lu Yunkai, but he soon realized that Voldemort would kill people without blinking an eye.

"Or, even worse, he catches me and forces you to hand over the Philosopher's Stone. Will you hand it over?" Lu Yunkai asked again.

"..." Harry opened his mouth, unable to speak.

"I chose to follow, and I have nothing to say if I die, but Harry, won't you regret that you can't exchange the Sorcerer's Stone for my safety?" Lu Yunkai waved his hand.

"Yunkai, that's what you said! Harry won't stop changing." Ron supported from the side.

"Even if he wants to replace me, I won't do it!! Is it because I am a Slytherin student that I am willing to see Voldemort resurrected?" Lu Yunkai asked Ron.

"That's not what I meant!!" Ron waved his hands quickly.

He regretted interjecting. There seems to be no room for him to talk in this place!

"Okay, Ron, I think Harry is a little tired. How about we leave first?" Hermione interrupted the errant conversation between Ron and Lu Yunkai.

"Then let's not disturb Harry." Lu Yunkai also nodded, "Harry, please rest first! We will talk after you are discharged from the hospital."

"Okay." Harry nodded.

What Lu Yunkai said just now was indeed a bit too complicated for him. As he thought about it, he felt a little sleepy.

"Then let's go!"

Hermione greeted Ron and Lu Yunkai and walked out of the medical room. However, he did not follow Ron back to the Gryffindor lounge, but found an excuse to send Ron away.

Ron didn't think too much and went back to the lounge first, while Hermione pulled Lu Yun to the corner of the corridor.

"Yunkai, you suspect that Dumbledore asked us to deal with Quirrell because it was too easy for us to get in?" Hermione asked straightforwardly.

She had just understood what Lu Yunkai meant, so she hurriedly dragged him away.

She was a little worried that if Lu Yunkai continued to talk to Harry there, the two of them would quarrel.

"It's not doubt, it's conviction. I didn't know how to get out the Sorcerer's Stone before, but now that I hear it...don't you think it was tailor-made for Harry? Harry believed that Dumbledore would not harm him. And now it seems that it didn't hurt him." Lu Yunkai glanced at the infirmary not far behind him, "He even protected our lives very well, isolating us from Harry and letting him go on his own. Facing danger."

"So in the last level, there is only one medicine bottle that can lead to the last room..." Hermione finally figured this out.

"I even prepared the medicine bottle that was returned to the beginning. Don't you think this is strange?" Lu Yun smiled and sighed, "I just said those words because I was angry that Harry was being used like this, but obviously he didn't understand. Since you I understand, I can only hope that you can take care of him more by his side in the future."

"I don't think Dumbledore will do this again." Hermione shook her head seriously.

"Do you really think Voldemort is dead?" Lu Yunkai asked Hermione again.

"...Is he still alive??"

"I don't know." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "But I heard him yelling that he wanted to take revenge before he died, so that's probably the case."

"ah??"

"So I think Harry will inevitably be used as a tool in the future..." Lu Yunkai sighed, "Why else couldn't Dumbledore break my silence curse?"

"...Stop talking. This matter is all mine." Hermione gritted her teeth, "I will find a way to break the curse."

"You expanded faster than Harry!" Lu Yun said happily, "Who cast this spell? Can you solve it?"

Hermione fell silent.

A long time.

"Wait until I go back to check the book." When Hermione looked up again, her eyes were firm.

"...That's not the crux of the matter."

"I'll prove you wrong." Hermione said and turned and left.

Looking at the freckle-faced girl leaving, a smile appeared on Lu Yunkai's face involuntarily.

This girl is actually a friend worth making!

Even though he knew there was danger, he didn't hide. Even though he knew he was being used, he still chose trust and tolerance.

Maybe what Gryffindor House talks about about bravery and loyalty... is not unreasonable!

I just hope that the seed I planted today will not grow in any strange direction because of their "bravery"...