lovenovelstory Chapter 177 176 Lynn lowered her eyes. She realized that, according to etiquette, she should leave now.
Chapter 177 176 Lynn lowered her eyes. She realized that, according to etiquette, she should leave now.
Lynn lowered her eyes. She realized that, according to etiquette, she should leave now.
So she and Headmaster Dumbledore left the Hospital Wing silently together.
Walking out of the Hospital Wing and gently closing the door, Headmaster Dumbledore stroked his beard and looked at Lynn.
"Perhaps you can accept now that this matter isn't your fault? Miss Lynn?"
Lynn stiffly raised her head to look at Headmaster Dumbledore, her eyes like deep pool water looking at him without reaction.
"Well..." Headmaster Dumbledore smiled helplessly, "It seems we'll have to wait for Miss Granger to wake up and tell you herself."
"You're going to wait for them here too, aren't you?"
Headmaster Dumbledore looked sideways at Lynn, who nodded expressionlessly.
"Yes."
"Then we might as well sit for a while. I imagine Mr. and Mrs. Granger have a lot they want to say to their daughter."
Headmaster Dumbledore pulled out his wand and gave it a wave, and two comfortable-looking chairs appeared out of thin air before them.
Sitting in a chair, Headmaster Dumbledore looked at Lynn, who remained standing. The light glinted off his glasses as he was about to ask why she wasn't sitting down.
He then saw Lynn's body transform on the spot into a dinosaur that looked robust and sleek.
Lynn tilted her large head slightly, selecting from the feathers in her right front claw.
Choosing one that was the most beautiful and the perfect size for a quill, Lynn bit it with her mouth and pulled it out with force.
Headmaster Dumbledore raised an eyebrow at this scene, only speaking once Lynn had returned to human form, standing there with the feather in her hand.
"Miss Lynn, what is this?"
Lynn turned around and tucked away the feather. "Making a Christmas gift for Hermione. A quill."
Just now, when she heard Mr. and Mrs. Granger say they had prepared two Christmas gifts for her, she had subconsciously started thinking about what kind of Christmas gift she should prepare for Hermione.
For the others, including the Professors, she had already ordered Mr. and Mrs. Granger's Christmas gifts through the Owl Post Office long ago.
After all, thanks to the world consciousness, she didn't lack money. Under such a premise... preparing gifts for everyone was easy.
A Christmas gift pack from Honeydukes was very suitable—enough candy to last half a year. Sending it was definitely thoughtful enough.
But only Hermione's gift—Lynn had instinctively left it for last.
Because she could vaguely feel that Hermione's gift, just like last year, couldn't be the same as what she gave everyone else.
From that moment on, her brain automatically partitioned a part of its spirit to think about what gift she should give Hermione.
It wasn't until just now that she reached a conclusion: to give Hermione a quill made from her own Animagus feather.
She just didn't know if Hermione would be satisfied with this gift she was giving.
After hearing Lynn's explanation, Headmaster Dumbledore looked at her and nodded inwardly. Even without her emotions restored, Lynn's seriousness and care for Hermione were instinctive and beyond reproach.
Once her emotions are restored in the future... Headmaster Dumbledore smiled and shook his head; that would probably be a young person's love, sweet and passionate.
It was already half past twelve when Mr. and Mrs. Granger walked out of the Hospital Wing; they had spent thirty minutes with their daughter.
Lynn quickly stood up when she saw them come out, and Headmaster Dumbledore also waved his wand to make the two chairs disappear.
"We can go to the Great Hall now; lunch at Hogwarts hasn't finished yet."
"Alright, thank you, Headmaster Dumbledore," Mrs. Granger smiled with red-rimmed eyes. "Sorry to have kept you waiting."
"When parents are seeing their child, no amount of time is considered a long wait."
Headmaster Dumbledore shook his head, while looking seriously at Mr. and Mrs. Granger.
"And speaking of apologies, I am the one who should apologize most here."
"As the Headmaster of Hogwarts, I failed to ensure the safety of the students. This is my mistake."
"I must apologize to you and Miss Granger, and of course," Headmaster Dumbledore turned to look at Lynn, "I also need to apologize to Miss Lynn."
Lynn shook her head and said matter-of-factly, "No one can ensure everything is under control and that no mistakes are made. This is not your fault, Headmaster Dumbledore."
"That's the truth of it, Headmaster Dumbledore. You don't need to apologize."
Mr. and Mrs. Granger also waved their hands; accidents can happen at any time.
Although they were heartbroken for their daughter, they were not unreasonable parents.
Anyone would feel heartache when an accident happens to their child, but Hogwarts, as a school, had done what it should.
Immediately after Hermione was petrified, Professor McGonagall had rushed to their home with a thick letter detailing the incident.
She explained the situation to them in detail and apologized, without a single shred of concealment throughout the process.
And she stated that Hogwarts would certainly cure Hermione and have her return home healthy and lively by the summer holidays.
Furthermore, she and Headmaster Dumbledore had argued their case to the Ministry of Magic and the Wizengamot so that they could come to Hogwarts to see Hermione.
This was what gave them the chance to know the truth and even visit their daughter at Hogwarts, rather than staying at home knowing nothing.
With Hogwarts as a school and Headmaster Dumbledore having gone to such lengths, how could they have the heart to accept another apology?
In the end, this wasn't the school's fault; all the blame lay with that Dark Wizard who deceived an eleven-year-old girl and never stopped doing evil.
As well as the Basilisk that actually harmed Hermione.
"Thank you for your tolerance, but facts prove that these old bones of mine should have been more vigilant."
Headmaster Dumbledore smiled, his eyes glinting slightly. "Alright, let's hurry to the Great Hall. The food at Hogwarts is quite plentiful; it should satisfy you."
The group of four passed through several corridors and entered the Great Hall. The floating candles and the ceiling that looked like the sky outside made Mr. and Mrs. Granger gasp in admiration.
At the same time, the gazes of many Young Wizards in the Great Hall shifted to these two adults who were clearly not wearing wizard robes.
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