The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 169 Prejudice
From childhood to adulthood, Hermione Granger has always been synonymous with a top student. She is the child that her parents call "other people's child" and the child who will definitely have a bright future.

Such an outstanding child received the admission notice from Hogwarts at the age of twelve, and his life changed dramatically.

Hermione was still very nervous about going to study at Hogwarts where she was unfamiliar with the place, so before entering school she bought a lot of books to learn about the wizarding world, hoping that she would not fall too far behind her classmates.

From a top student to the last one, this gap is terrible and may ruin an excellent student. Hermione didn't want to become the last one, so she read books seriously during the holidays and tried to practice a few spells.

With this trepidation, Hermione boarded the train to school. She met Neville Longbottom on the train, and Hermione felt that her peers in the wizarding world were just like him, and she would not be the last one.

After seeing Ron casting a spell in another box, Hermione thought, that's it! Children who grew up in the wizarding world are not as good as her. At least her repair spell fixed Harry Potter's glasses.

Hermione's self-confidence began to swell rapidly, she knew she could be the top student in the school again, just like before. Then Hermione met the big devil Ada, and her self-confidence instantly deflated like a ball, deflated faster than when it swelled.

Ada forced back a group of senior students by herself. When Ada cast magic at will, and her amazing wandless spellcasting, all left an infinite shadow on Hermione's young mind.

Hermione was a little frustrated by the girl who was not much older than her. Was this the level of a child who grew up in the magical world? What kind of spells were she casting? It was completely different from what was written in the book!

After arriving at school, Hermione realized that she had overthought. Ada was a special case, the only one in the whole school. Hermione regained her pride and showed her style as a top student, and was nicknamed "Miss Know-It-All Second Generation".

After becoming friends with Harry and Ron, Hermione learned a lot about Ada. It turned out that she had a similar background to herself, which made Hermione admire Ada very much.

Hermione regards Ada as her role model and the goal she strives to catch up with. Although she regards Ada as her role model, it does not mean that everything Ada says is right, especially what she has seen with her own eyes!
It is very impolite to interrupt someone when they are talking, especially when two people are not familiar with each other. Hermione was a little embarrassed because she interrupted Ada in excitement.

She continued, "I'm sorry, Ada, I got a little excited, but it's true that Snape wanted to hurt Harry. I've seen this method in a book. You have to keep in touch with the target with your eyes. At that time, his eyes were fixed on Harry without blinking."

Looking at Hermione, Ada felt as if she saw a smaller version of herself. She used to be so self-righteous, thinking that she was the smartest one and only believed in herself.

Although Ada is very self-righteous now, it does not prevent her from "educating" Hermione. She has a big fist and she is right. Ada said: "Is what you see true? Is what you think right?"

"But I really saw it..." Hermione's voice became smaller and smaller, and her confidence became weaker and weaker.

Hermione began to doubt her own thoughts. Hagrid had said before that Snape could not possibly harm Harry, and Ada said the same thing today. Could it be that she had really seen it wrong? But after she interrupted Snape's spell, Harry's broom returned to normal. How could this be explained?
Smart people are indeed good at thinking. Looking at Hermione who was lost in thought, Ada was very satisfied. Why did a sense of accomplishment suddenly emerge in her heart?
No wonder so many people like to play development games, it turns out that this sense of accomplishment can really make people addicted.

As for Harry and Ron, Ada didn't want to look at them. These two useless men were staring at her with wide eyes, not understanding what she wanted to express at all, and were still immersed in their own opinions.

"You mean, what I saw might not be everything?" Hermione asked uncertainly. She was very sure that she was not mistaken at the time. If she was not wrong, could it be that she did not see it comprehensively enough?

It's easy to talk to smart people, and you can get everything straight. Ada nodded and said, "Professor Snape is sharp-tongued, biased, and has a bad attitude. He's annoying, and people don't have a good impression of him. They think he's a bad guy." After listening to Ada's words, Hermione began to think carefully about the game that day, looking for the details she had missed, wondering if she really had a prejudice against Snape, and whether this prejudice had misled her judgment.

"Snape was injured on Halloween and went to the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor. He must have wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone when no one was paying attention!" said Harry, who had been offline for a long time. He insisted that Snape was the mastermind behind the incident and Ada just hadn't seen Snape's true face.

"While you were playing with the troll, I also went to the fourth floor. Did I also want to steal the Philosopher's Stone?" Ida asked back, "Although I am indeed very interested in that thing. Who wouldn't want to turn stone into gold?"

That's right, what Ada is interested in the Philosopher's Stone is not immortality, but its ability to turn any metal into gold. If you have no money, just turn some gold into gold. How comfortable this life is. Fighting and killing is too dangerous.

Ada is not interested in the other ability of immortality. There is no point in living that long.

While achieving immortality, you have to face separation and death again and again. Everything in life loses its meaning. You keep time, but you also lose time.

For a moment, Ada wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone just like Quirrell did. Fine wine attracts people, and Galleons attract people's hearts. It would be a lie to say that she is not tempted by the Philosopher's Stone that can create wealth. But even if Ada is lucky enough to get it, will she really be lucky enough to spend it?
Not to mention those criminals who covet the Philosopher's Stone, Dumbledore will not let her go. A trip to Azkaban for further study is inevitable. It might even be a one-way ticket, plus a super-value coupon, the kind that allows her to stay in a cell and get a cemetery.

All the ways to get rich quickly are written in the law. It is not worthwhile to send yourself to Azkaban for a Philosopher's Stone. This deal is not worth it. It is better to put your hopes on the grand prize of the Daily Prophet.

Harry still stubbornly believed that he was right. Unless Ada put the truth in front of him, he would not believe a single letter of her defense against Snape. Harry pointed to the scar on his forehead and continued, "When Snape looks at me, the scar on my forehead hurts. I discovered his secret, his reasons and motives for hurting me."

If you say so, then I won't argue with you. Ada has already given up debating with Harry. How old is he and how old am I? Why should I argue with him?

Even if she told all her speculations about Quirrell, it would probably not have much effect, because Ada had no physical evidence to prove that her speculations were correct.

These statements of Ada are no different from those of Harry and Hermione. They are all based on what they saw with their own eyes and are not supported by evidence. Ada can convince Hermione, and Harry can also deny her in the same way.

Now Harry Potter has determined that he is Snape, and no one can persuade him. He will not give up. Even if Ada says something, Harry can deny it with a single sentence "I don't believe it".

Only if one of Dumbledore, Snape, or Quirrell were to confront Harry face to face would Harry be likely to believe it. But which of these three could Ada manipulate?
One is the headmaster, one is the Potions professor, and one is the mastermind and Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Each of them has a higher status than Ada, and Ada can't influence any of them.

It's better to just forget it. The innocent will be innocent and the turbid will be turbid. When the truth comes out, Harry will naturally know that he has wronged a good person.

Besides, Snape knew that he was wronged. He himself was not in a hurry, so there was no need for Ada to rush to prove his innocence.

Why bother eating salty radishes and worrying about things?

(End of this chapter)