Chapter 91 Strange Thoughts

After breakfast, Evan left the castle in the pouring rain.

The cold rain made him shiver. He saw Hermione, Colin, and Ginny shivering beside him.

Nevertheless, they did not lose their enthusiasm.

As a pseudo-fan with a severe fear of heights and not much enthusiasm for Quidditch, Evan did not understand why the sport was so popular.

The weather outside the castle was tumultuous with strong winds and heavy rains, but to witness this game, the teachers and students of the school hurried outside as usual. They ran across the lawn towards the Quidditch field, sat on the wet stands, and bowed their heads to withstand the strong winds.

He felt ill. Half an hour before, Evan had intended to spend the day in the comfortable and warm library.

He had already decided that no matter what Colin said, he would never step outside the castle in such weather conditions, it was unthinkable!

But Colin didn't even come to call him; in fact, he went straight to Hermione and Ginny. Evan was taken out by both of them, saying that he had to go out to support the team because this game was very important for Gryffindor.

Seeing their faces, Evan felt that if he didn't agree to go out and Gryffindor lost, then he would be held responsible by both.

With no way out, he sighed and followed them out of the castle.

Unlike him, Colin, Hermione, and Ginny were smiling.

Colin, of course, wore a genuine smile. In the past two years, he had come to know Evan well enough to press him.

Ginny smiled because she found Evan's appearance amusing. After all, his usual image, that of someone too mature, calm, and all-knowing, bore no resemblance to the twelve-year-old boy he now appeared to be.

As for Hermione's smile, it was relatively more complex. Sure, she shared the same reasons as Colin and Ginny, but that wasn't the main factor creating her smile. By bringing Evan out of the castle, she felt like laughing. She didn't know the origin of that laughter, but deep in her heart, she felt happy. Could it be "that kind of laughter"?

The four had different expressions as they headed towards the stands.

Ron had already saved them seats. Evan didn't know if it was just him, but he felt Ron was looking at him strangely. Hard to tell, but somehow it reminded him of the way Snape used to look at him.

Evan shook his head. It must have been a mistaken impression!

Indeed, Evan's guess was correct. Seeing Hermione and Ginny, laughing and walking with Evan behind them, Ron didn't know why he had a strange sensation, mainly composed of envy and jealousy.

This was an emotion he was very familiar with, in recent years he had felt this for his brother and his best friend Harry.

But now he was looking at Evan. Besides the envy, he felt a strange feeling of dislike in his heart that he had never experienced before.

Ron suddenly remembered the dream he had repeatedly had in the last few nights and the girl who frequently appeared in them. She looked a bit like Hermione... He shook his head hard. Hermione was appearing in his dreams. Could it be just a coincidence?

Furthermore, why was he dreaming of doing those kinds of things with Hermione...?

Hermione was just his friend, but seeing her with Evan sitting together, Ron felt very uncomfortable inside.

His intuition told him there must be something between the two that he was unaware of.

These things were the main source of this unknown hatred in his heart.

Under the influence of this feeling, Ron's attention shifted from the Quidditch match to the people beside him.

He realized that the more he looked at Evan, the worse he felt.

Clearly, he was a year younger than Ron. What made him better than him?

Ron forced himself not to dwell on it. After all, Evan had managed to save him last year. The thoughts in his mind were definitely unkind. He took a deep breath, and suddenly, memories flooded back into his mind: what happened last year, the black diary, and what Tom Riddle had written to him.

Even though he was Voldemort's incarnation as a student, though he was evil, deep down, Ron had to admit he found some truth in his words. Confronting Malfoy's bullying, he intervened to protect her, which led him to spend a week vomiting disgusting slugs. Faced with Snape's irrational behavior, he stood up for her and was punished, forced to spend the entire night cleaning urinals. Facing...

Clearly, he did all this for her. But now, the one by her side is Evan. It is truly as Tom Riddle said.

No, no! There must be something wrong with him to have such dangerous ideas.

Ron averted his gaze from Evan and Hermione, looking towards the center of the field. The Gryffindor and Hufflepuff Quidditch teams started to emerge amidst the audience's excitement.

Amidst the crowd's cheers, Evan watched the Gryffindor Quidditch players exiting the locker room; the wind was blowing strongly, making everyone stagger upon entering the stadium. He could barely make out Harry's slender silhouette.

The same was happening with Hufflepuff, and Evan could only vaguely see seven people dressed in canary yellow robes standing on the field. The boy shaking hands with Wood must be Cedric Diggory.

Although he had never met him, Evan was very impressed by the name.

Apart from knowing he would be in the Triwizard Tournament next year, which ended up being killed by Voldemort, Diggory made many contributions to Hogwarts' magical journal this year.

Through his contributions, it was evident that Diggory was an excellent wizard and had a very deep research on metamorphosis.

But Evan didn't know how good he would be at Quidditch, especially in such adverse weather. If he and Harry couldn't see the Snitch, it would be very bad for everyone to sit all day in the cold rain.

A few seconds later, with Madam Hooch's whistle, the game began!

A whirlwind of red and yellow figures leaped up and down on the field. Evan couldn't tell how the game was progressing, he couldn't even hear the commentary in the wind.

Even with a raincoat on, he was drenched. He felt like he was freezing. Through the pouring rain, he saw Harry moving at the top of the field, and his condition was much worse than his.

Evan saw Hermione sitting beside him, cold and trembling, but she seemed to be in very good spirits, as if someone had given her a Happiness Potion!

It was strange to him that Hermione enjoyed Quidditch so much. Why hadn't she shown it before? He remembered that when Gryffindor played against Hufflepuff last year, Hermione chose not to come and watch the game to speed up the preparation of Polyjuice Potion.

If there was any difference between this year and the previous one, it was that Cedric Diggory had become the captain of Hufflepuff.

He also remembered Angelina saying yesterday that the boy was very handsome. Evan suddenly felt inexplicably nervous and unconsciously looked up searching for Diggory's presence. Then he saw Ron staring at him, and his expression was becoming increasingly strange.

What's happening today? What's going on with these two?

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