Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

Chapter 288 The Coldness Is Growing

The pendant Malfoy gave me, or maybe due to the pressure from Mr. Lucius, Lockhart's creepy look has completely disappeared.

To be precise, he would still look at me with longing occasionally, but he no longer took the initiative to talk to me, so it couldn't be considered real harassment.

Thanks to the pendant, I have been able to spend every day peacefully since Monday.

In Potions class, Malfoy looked at me with a helpless expression. I took the pendant out of my shirt and showed it to him, telling him that I had been wearing it, and his eyes immediately widened in surprise.

Maybe because I looked no different from usual, he thought I wasn't wearing the pendant and felt helpless, but then he was surprised to find that I was actually wearing it.

He was obviously shocked, and the next day the letter arrived by owl post. It was green wax again - the emblem of the dragon holding a star in its claws, and the initials DM.

The content of the letter was why he could still see that I had not changed even though I was wearing the pendant. I was not surprised by this.

After all, Malfoy never bothered us and saved me when I was in danger, which naturally made me trust him. Although his parents were a headache, he himself was just a rich young man who was a little arrogant.

I wrote back, and our correspondence became more frequent. Even though it was just letters, we started calling each other "Draco" and "Ronnie," and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.

About once a week, we chat about class content or things in each other's dorms, and there is always an endless stream of topics to talk about.

Gradually, I realized that the wax seal on the letter was not the Malfoy family crest, but Draco's personal mark.

He said that in a pure-blood family, everyone would make their own badge to handle private matters not related to the family.

Draco's badge was specially made by his mother when he entered Hogwarts. It was inspired by his name - Draco constellation. It must be said that the taste of the nobles is indeed unique.

Most people make a badge like this before they reach adulthood, and I can't help but feel a little envious. Wouldn't it be cool to have your own badge? One day, I want to make one of my own.

***

As Draco and I quietly deepened our communication, a month passed and we entered October.

Not long ago, the daytime heat was often very hot, but now the chill in the mornings and evenings is growing.

Maybe it was the sudden drop in temperature. Colds started to spread rapidly in Hogwarts recently, and Madam Pomfrey was very busy every day.

The "energizing potion" she prepared had an immediate effect, but after drinking it, although the body was restored to health, smoke would continue to come out of the ears for the next few hours, so it was not popular.

As you may all be concerned about (breaking the fourth wall…), our youngest, Ginny, is still very healthy, even overly active.

In the "original", it seemed that Ginny was in low spirits at this time, but now she is in excellent condition, which may be a good thing.

The problem, however, is that her energy seems misplaced.

Lately, the girls in my dorm have been complaining to me or to Patsy, our prefect, about Ginny's behaviour almost every day.

They said:

"She's always making fun of us like 'you didn't even know that?' about everything, especially us being 'Muggle-borns'."

"She took the quill I had on the table without my permission."

"I had borrowed a book for homework and placed it on the bed, but she took it without my permission and made it dirty. I was scolded by Madam Pince as a result."

There are many similar complaints.

I confirmed these things with Ginny, but she basically didn't listen to me. So I was responsible for listening to the girls' complaints, and Patsy was responsible for confirming and educating Ginny, and the work division was settled.

So I've been having a lot of time to talk to the first-year girls lately, and the more I listen, the more it becomes clear that Ginny's problem is extremely obvious (the only thing I can blame the girls for is that they sometimes leave things in the wrong place).

Because of this situation, Ginny was not only isolated in the Gryffindor dormitory, but also became out of place among the first-year girls. In comparison, Hermione's situation was better before Halloween that year.

After all, Hermione had the ability to back up her confidence, while Ginny was just arrogant. Hermione was a bit annoying at the time, but at least her ability was real, while Ginny just seemed unpleasant.

In class, Ginny was able to answer questions in theoretical classes, but her performance in practical classes was average and her attitude was arrogant, which made her annoying.

At Hogwarts, it was not uncommon to mock classmates who were "Muggle-born", but Ginny's behavior was indeed a bit too much.

Has she really always been such an extreme child?

At home, although she was not very polite to me, she would at least pretend to be polite to her parents and brothers, especially when Harry was there during the summer vacation...

I even suspected that she was hiding the Horcrux "Tom Riddle's Diary" and was negatively affected by it. But I asked the girls in her dormitory and they said they didn't see her holding anything like that.

(What’s going on? This is her first time interacting with people her own age, so maybe she doesn’t know how to build relationships…?)

In the British wizarding world, it is not uncommon for children born and raised in wizarding families to be isolated from the outside world and often have no friends before entering Hogwarts.

Since they have almost no chance to interact with other people besides their family members (pure-blood families are a different matter), it is not surprising that they encounter difficulties in establishing their first interpersonal relationships...

But to be honest, although Ginny is a little introverted, she shouldn't be so rude and impolite when they first meet, right?

Investigations into the influence of the Horcruxes yielded no results, and she did not possess the "diary".

Just when I was puzzled, a girl in Ginny's room told me something strange.

She said that after lights out, when everyone was asleep, there would be whispered voices coming from Ginny's bed.