The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 542 The Lovegood Family

"Good morning, Loila." Before even reaching Lovegood's house, just on the way, Loila heard that familiar, wind chime-like voice.

"Luna?!" Loila was surprised to see Luna walking out of the riverbank by the roadside. She was barefoot and seemed to have just been playing by the river.

"I was catching fish in the water when I smelled Loila's scent," Luna said with a smile, her silver-gold hair reflecting the sunlight.

"Catch—fish?" Loila glanced at Luna's hands, only to find them empty, without even a fish basket.

"I've already put them all out," Luna said, tilting her head. "Or does Loila want to eat fish?"

"I—I don't want to eat fish—um—" Loila pursed her lips, about to ask about Ravenclaw, when Luna reached out and grabbed Loila's hand.

"You've come to my house to play, right? Come on in! Dad's not home today!"

Luna's hands were a little wet, and the cool feeling made Loila hesitate to say what was on her mind. Loila, who had only intended to chat with Luna, was thus pulled into Luna's home.

Luna's house was still the same as before, with towering airships and ivy covering the exterior walls of the tower-like house. However, Loila wondered if it was just her imagination, but she clearly remembered that there weren't so many cornflowers here when she last came.

"I picked this from Loila's house," Luna said, noticing Loila's curiosity. She blinked and added, "After all, the smell is very similar to Loila's!"

Is this what I smell like?

Loila bent down slightly and sniffed, but only smelled a faint scent like grass—it didn't seem very strong. How could you smell me like this?

Luna's nose is really sharp!

"Dad's busy with the newspaper today." Luna led Loila to sit down in the living room on the first floor. She waved her wand slightly and brought Loila a cup of tea.

However, this cup of tea wasn't brewed with tea leaves, but with cornflower, which gave the tea a rather strange pale purple color.

Is this really safe to drink?

Even though Luna brought the tea, Loila was still hesitant to drink it.

"Please have some? This is tea that my dad and I made ourselves." Luna blinked and said, "It tastes like—a light soapy scent."

This doesn't seem like a drinkable flavor—but meeting Luna's gaze, Loila ultimately didn't refuse, and she picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Hmm————

It seems pretty good—and it doesn't smell like soap—at least it doesn't smell like the soap Loila uses.

I only came to ask questions, but I ended up getting tea—it's not bad at all—I guess I was being a bit too opportunistic.

He and Luna are friends, yet he's asking others for favors just for his own sake.

"So, besides playing around, what else did Royla come to see me for?"

Luna's sudden words caught Loila off guard, causing her to spit out a little bit of tea from her mouth. She wiped her mouth and blushed, saying, "Well—it's nothing."

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"How could that be? Loila must be very busy lately." Luna sat on the rocking chair opposite Loila, hugging her legs, her body swaying as she spoke.

"It's not that I'm very busy," Loila explained somewhat hastily, "After all, it's a holiday now."

"Doesn't Royla need to deal with the fire spirit assassins sent by Fudge from the Ministry of Magic?"

"No—no need." Loila blinked upon hearing this. Fudge shouldn't hate her that much, right?

"That's good—or maybe not so good," Luna said, her voice slightly dazed. "After all, they always have to hurt people, right?"

"If it's not Royla, it would be Headmaster Dumbledore, or even Sirius Black now?" Luna said, shaking her head.

"You seem to really want him to cause me trouble —" Roy took a sip of tea helplessly, and coughed lightly as he looked at Luna, who seemed about to say something again.

I can't forget the important matter at hand, can I?

Although I didn't come here for this reason—well, I can't forget about it.

If we keep talking, I'll definitely forget about it.

Loila coughed and said, "Um—Luna, I have something I want to ask you."

"What do you know about Lady Ravenclaw?"

"Or rather, is there some kind of treasure or something related to her?"

Loila also felt that her question was a bit strange, and her voice became softer and softer as she spoke.

"Ms. Ravenclaw?" Luna blinked. "Which Ms. Ravenclaw?"

"Which one?" Loila paused for a moment. "Of course, it's—Ms. Rowena Ravenclaw."

"Any other ladies at Hogwarts—like Lady Ravenclaw?"

"Of course," Luna said with a soft laugh, "There's also Ms. Helena Ravenclaw."

"Helena—Ravenclaw?" Loila had never heard of this person before. Was she a student? Or a professor?

It couldn't possibly be Luna who named some of the horned snoring beasts, could it?

"Yes," Luna nodded. "She's a ghost, and she's always in the Ravenclaw common room."

"ghost?"

No wonder I didn't know her — Lori had no recollection of any ghosts at Hogwarts, except for the one named Peeves.

I heard he's a ghost who really loves playing pranks.

However, she was quite lucky. It seemed that Dumbledore had spoken with Peeves on her first day, so he hadn't bothered her in the past few years.

But Loila still often heard that he had stolen someone's lunch that day, or that he was going to cause a scene in the boys' dormitory bathroom tomorrow.

However, apart from him, Loila really didn't know any other ghosts.

"Ms. Helena Ravenclaw is a very interesting person. She always stands quietly alone in the corridor, looking at the moon," Luna said softly. "As if she's looking at someone."

"And occasionally she would read in the lounge."

"But she doesn't talk much." Luna paused, "Maybe it's because there are many things she can't say."

"Is that so?" Loila nodded thoughtfully, as if she had obtained a potentially useful clue.

However, if she also has the surname Ravenclaw—

"What is her relationship with Rowena Ravenclaw?"

"She's the daughter of that Ravenclaw lady."

"Um?!"

This doesn't seem like a potentially useful clue, but it's an extremely useful one!