"Luna? Why are you here -"
In the pig head bar, Hermione, who had just come here with the windbreaker wizard, immediately saw the touch of familiar light gold as soon as she entered the door.
"Well?"
Speaking of, there were not many guests in the pig head bar at this time. Now at the bar, Luna, who had just picked up a cup of butter beer, could easily hear Hermione's voice.
But she did not hesitate to take a slow breath and suck a bubble. Then she returned to her head with a rich aroma of butter.
When Hermione walked quickly behind her, she blinked and said:
"Probably... Just like you?"
"What's the same!" Hermione said helplessly, "my miss Lovegood -"
"It's time to call me 'Luna'. Haven't we made an appointment?" Luna interrupted as if she cared about it very much. "As you said, no matter what happens, we will be good friends!"
"Oh, that's not what I meant..." Hermione waved her hand quickly, but then she said more helplessly, "Okay, okay! So, Luna -"
She first repeated Luna's name emphatically to eliminate some dissatisfaction of the other party, and then continued:
"Luna, I can come to Hogsmeade because I have no classes in the afternoon, but are you different? I remember clearly that there is an improved n.e.w.ts class of divination class in the afternoon, and you undoubtedly chose this class."
"However, now the divination class has begun - can you explain to me why you are here?"
"Because I escaped?"
Luna showed a natural expression, and looking at the clean smile on her face, she looked particularly persuasive.
"Hey!" Hermione said incredulously, "skipping class is bad, you should know? And... Although I'm not interested in divination class, aren't you worried that Professor Trelawney will punish you for your absence?"
"No, Professor Trelawney won't blame me," Luna shook her head and smiled. "Because I feel it's better not to go to class today - you see, fate guided me to the pig head bar!"
Hermione shrunk back, looked at her inexplicably, and finally hesitated:
"Oh, really? It seems... You seem to be very suitable for the course of divination..."
"Maybe?"
Luna nodded, then slightly turned her face and looked at the windbreaker who followed Hermione slowly.
"Hello, I remember you. You are the witch who has been following Maka these days." she said, "nice to meet you. Can you make friends with me?"
Hermione was a little surprised when she heard it.
Of course, she was not surprised by the gender of the windbreaker wizard.
To tell the truth, although the other party's dress and personalized hoarse voice do make it difficult to distinguish gender. But after these two contacts, she also felt that the mysterious wizard was a witch like herself.
To Hermione's surprise, it was Luna, who had hardly communicated with each other. How could she claim that she was a woman?
However, Hermione's surprise was probably limited to herself. Because in the windbreaker wizard's side, she never wanted to deliberately hide her gender.
Her slightly creepy voice really had some reasons that were not easy to say.
For Luna's "friendship invitation", the windbreaker seemed to have some intention immediately. Unfortunately, she was embarrassed because she still had many secrets to hide in her heart.
"... hmm?" Luna pursed her lips, quite lost and said, "don't you want to?"
"Er... No, I think so." the windbreaker wizard seemed unable to disappoint Luna and hurriedly said, "I mean... Cough, cough, I mean I'd like to have a friend like you!"
"That's great!" Luna immediately clapped her hands and turned to Hermione. "Look, we have a new friend - Oh, by the way, what's your name?"
What a natural and frank Luna! People dressed up like this, obviously to avoid revealing their identity to others, but she asked so directly.
Hermione had to admit that she could never do it herself.
Yes, her thoughts are not ironic, but admire from the bottom of her heart. Moreover, she was also very curious about the details of the mysterious windbreaker wizard.
Therefore, when Luna asked so naturally, Hermione was only surprised by Luna's directness, and soon she began to look forward to it.
How will the opponent answer Luna's straight ball?
"Sorry."
After hearing Luna's inquiry, the windbreaker witch subconsciously pressed her head lower, and the wide brimmed hat on her head almost completely covered her face below.
"My name, I can't tell you..."
Oh! It won't work!
Since Luna has asked so, can she not say it? Just now I couldn't help but promise to be friends with each other, but now I won't even say my name. Will Luna really promise?
Thinking this secretly, Hermione suddenly felt that she seemed a little bad today.
But she didn't expect that Luna followed as if she had clearly nodded her head.
"Well... It doesn't matter! Come on, sit down! Hermione, too - boss, two more bottles of butter and beer!"
"... thank you."
Hermione looked at the windbreaker and thanked him. Then she opened the high stool and sat down. She had to sit on the other side of Luna.
While waiting for aberforth in the bar to open the bottle, she leaned in Luna's ear and whispered:
"Why don't you keep asking? If you're really a friend, you don't even know your name. It doesn't seem to make sense?"
"Really? I think it really doesn't matter?" Luna tilted her head incomprehensibly. "It's just a name! The most important thing between friends is sincerity... She may have some reason why she can't say her name, but she didn't cheat us with a false name, but chose to tell the truth."
At this point, she smiled sweetly.
"... I think that's sincerity, isn't it?"
With Hermione's analytical ability, after a simple reflection, she must be able to draw the same conclusion as Luna, and perhaps even think more deeply.
However, she never had Luna's ability to think of this step by intuition.
"Well," said Hermione, who had to nod slightly, "you're right."
Approval is approval. Such a good opportunity for cliche is lost. I don't know if there is still a chance for the other party to reveal his identity. Hermione felt quite sorry about this.
But fortunately, she doesn't have to know the name of the windbreaker wizard. In the final analysis, the reason why she approached each other on her own initiative was just to hear about Maka from her mouth.
"Two cups of butter and beer."
A Buforth will shake the two large cups of fine foam and put them in front of Hermione and the windbreaker wizard. Then he brushed up his goblet with a little intolerance.
To be honest, aberforth is much more sincere than in the past when even the wine bottle had to be wiped off by the guest himself.
At least now, he is willing to open the bottle and pour the wine.
"Ah, thank you!"
Hermione nodded her thanks to aberforth, while Luna had talked to her new friend.
From then on, Hermione no longer expected Luna to ask any valuable questions. Because she knew that it was time for the girl to show her jumping side again.
What's today? Corner snoring beast or harassing gadfly? Or a hook?
Thinking about it, Hermione could not help shaking her head - even if she had never been interested in these, she could now report those strange creatures in a good way!
After that, the fact did not surprise Hermione. Luna did catch the windbreaker wizard and talked about the magical creatures that may not exist in the world. Fortunately, the other party was willing to listen, and she showed no impatience with Luna's words.
Maybe she, like Hermione, didn't agree with what Luna said, but she still listened with interest.
Even though she seldom spoke from beginning to end, only occasionally echoed one or two words, Hermione, a bystander, seemed to feel the seriousness from her.
"Is... Is she longing for a friendship?"
Hermione has been more or less aware of this since she was in class with each other, but now she has become more convinced.
"Do you want to go to class again tomorrow?" she asked suddenly. "Go to ancient magic class with us... Of course, I mean, if you have time."
"I --"
The windbreaker wizard didn't expect that Hermione would make an invitation to class again. She couldn't help but be stunned.
"Cough, when Mr. McLean comes back, I'll ask and see... I'll see you for dinner today or tomorrow morning."
"OK, we'll wait for you," Hermione nodded. "Luna, right?"
"Well." Luna nodded, "it's also good to have class together. The magic class classroom is sunny. I recommend you to take a window seat. Also, I can introduce Hannah to you at that time - you'll like to be friends with her!"
……
That evening, Maka, who had just returned from a cave deep in the forbidden forest, was returning to the room of the Deputy castle to sort out some manuscript papers and notes.
Suddenly, there were two knocks at the door, which made him stop and open the door.
After hearing that the windbreaker wizard plans to go to class with Hermione and Luna tomorrow
"When did your relationship become so good?"