Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

What followed was almost like a trance-dream—and a nightmare at that.

Sitting on the stands, after waiting in fear for a long time, Liu Quan witnessed Harry suddenly appearing on the edge of the maze—holding a handle of the Goblet of Fire with one hand, and tightly clutching Cedric Dee with the other. Goree's arm.

He fell face down on the ground, his face buried in the grass, and for a few long minutes neither he nor Cedric moved.

Originally, the moment Harry and Cedric appeared, the majestic music celebrating the victory was played, and the battalion was bombed with a bang.

Liu Quan suddenly stood up from the stands, even before the astonished Professor McGonagall and Snape could react, she had followed Dumbledore straight down the stands and ran into the venue.

Before she could get to Harry and Cedric, Dumbledore had grabbed Harry's arm and turned him over.Then he knelt down beside Harry and called Harry's name.

Harry slowly opened his eyes.Liu Quan heard everyone exhale in relief, but Dumbledore's expression was still tense.

Sirius happened to be away tonight—Liu Quan suspected that Dumbledore had just given him some other important task. Since it seemed that the Triwizard Tournament had come to an end and nothing bad happened, Dumbledore of course He also needs someone he trusts to investigate some matters that he considers important—otherwise, he will be so angry and anxious now that his eyes are flushed with anger; Liu Quan thought so blankly.

Harry let go of the trophy, but tightened his grip on Cedric.He grabbed Dumbledore's wrist with his free hand, and said intermittently: "...he's back... Voldemort, he's back..."

Dumbledore's expression seemed to freeze at that moment.Professor McGonagall, who had just arrived, looked shocked.Liu Quan subconsciously turned her head and glanced at Snape who also just appeared behind her——

The latter's face was empty and pale, expressionless.

Occlumency... Liu Quan thought.

Sure enough, he subconsciously used Occlumency to cover up his true thoughts because his worst guess was confirmed?

Then she turned her gaze to Cedric, who was also lying face down on the ground, who had remained motionless until now.She moved two steps slowly, came to Cedric's side, hesitated for a moment, and turned his body over gently.

Cedric's eyes were wide and his face was a livid gray.His nostrils stopped moving.Liu Quan reached out and probed the side of his neck—there was no arterial pulse.

She let out a long sigh, weak tears suddenly welled up and filled her eyes.

"I'm sorry—" she murmured, shaking her head slightly, looking at the lifeless teenager with tears in her eyes.

Suddenly, she felt someone pushing up behind her.When she looked back, it was Cornelius Fudge.His face was pale and panicked, he shook his head and took two steps back.

"My God... Digory!" He turned his head hastily. "Dumbledore...he's dead!"

The volume he used for these words was not low, so almost everyone who gathered around heard them.In an instant, there were voices of exclamation and discussion from the crowd, spreading the unfortunate news——

Fudge seemed to be about to break Harry's hand that was tightly clutching Cedric, but Liu Quan, who was squatting beside Cedric, happened to hinder his movement, so he quickly said in a panicked and confused voice Said to her, "Professor Evans... let Harry let go! We can't just leave Diggory lying there, his... his father will be here soon... he's still in the stands, but of course he Will be there soon...too many people here..."

Probably because of the impact of this brutal truth, Fudge sounded a little incoherent.He stammered and repeated the same words several times, until Dumbledore bent down close to Harry's face.

"Harry, you can't help him anymore, it's over. Let go."

Dumbledore's face was full of grief, concern for Harry, pity for Cedric, and anger at Voldemort and those Death Eaters.But his voice was still calm, powerful, and reassuring.Harry seemed to have softened a little, and was not as stubborn as before.

"He wants me to bring him back," Harry whispered, as if it was important to him to make that clear, "to his parents."

"Okay, Harry... let go...it's all right, you're home, you're both home..." Dumbledore replied in a low voice, leaning over, using the same words for a thin old man. Said that with extraordinary strength, he helped Harry stand up.

By this time Liu Quan had already used a handkerchief—rather than simply using a cleansing spell—carefully wiped almost all the dirt off Cedric's face and body, straightened his clothes, and let him Lie on the ground, as if completely asleep.

Then a man rushed over staggeringly, as if he hadn't stopped - or as if he had lost his footing - and bumped into Liu Quan from behind.His foot also hit her back, causing her to fall forward suddenly.

A hand reached out from the side and grabbed her shoulder in time.

Liu Quan stabilized his figure, looked up, but found that the person supporting him was Snape.Unexpectedly, he would notice himself at such an unexpected, bad and chaotic moment, Liu Quan was stunned for a moment.

Snape's face was pale and stiff, as if wearing a mask.He stood there, the hem of the black robe was blown up by the wind, and there seemed to be a hint of gloom in his expression.

But before Liu Quan had time to see the subtle expression on Snape's face, the person who bumped into her before jumped on Cedric.The man stretched out his hand as if he wanted to hug Cedric's head, and shouted heart-piercingly:

"My son! My son—"

Someone took Harry away.Dumbledore came to hold Amos Diggory's shoulders as he wept bitterly.

Amos Digory kept wailing and crying, "No! No! . . . "

Liu Quan looked away sadly, feeling his nose sore, tears welling up.Regardless of thinking about whether she, as a professor and a 30-year-old adult, should maintain a proper demeanor and calmness in front of the students, she felt a sense of guilt, half-knelt on the ground, and lowered her head deeply , The tears fell, and fell silently on the clothes of Cedric, who was still lying on his back with his eyes wide open in front of her.

At this moment, it was Hijikata's voice that finally emerged from her chaotic mind caused by anger, surprise, grief, self-blame, etc.The voice spoke firmly of a line she had thought of the night before.

[Our Shinsengumi will be united no matter what difficulties lie ahead, I firmly believe that. 】

However, the voice did not end there.Unlike last night, he said the rest of that line.

[...Shannan-kun. 】

Ah, it turns out that this sentence was said by Mr. Hijikata to Mr. Shannan in a certain scene she had seen.

Mr. Shannan...

He once said that every farewell is a farewell forever.

Then, he really bid farewell to her just like that, holding her hand, his body turned into ashes, leaving nothing behind—except for that wakizasa.

And then... who else? !

She couldn't help but think of the three days when she watched the projection in the Endless Hall because she had nothing to do after the end of the last world.In the video that the system bacteria allowed to play to her, Hirasuke was reduced to ashes, the chief commander was reduced to ashes, the little one rushed to the enemy army hundreds of times larger than himself, and Hijikata slowly closed his eyes under the cherry blossom tree...

There is also Zhou Fangzun who spread his arms in the wind and snow, smiled calmly, and waited for Munakata Reishi's sword to penetrate his chest; walked firmly at the end of the long bridge in the wind and snow, stretching out blood-stained With his right hand, he pressed his glasses back to Reiji Munakata on the bridge of his nose; and he stood under the dazzling clear sky, looked up at the huge magic beam of light rising from somewhere in the city, and whispered, "Although I don't know if I can persist When the time comes, let me run to the moment when I fall down." The expression on the expression of these words, with a hint of determination—as if it was about to die? !

All of this... This is the so-called "righteousness", the rules of operation that this game world adheres to, what must be sacrificed? !In order to benefit the vast majority of people, it is necessary to maintain the operation of each world; so when necessary, no matter how painful it is, some people's lives must be sacrificed? !

But she didn't think about it any further.Because Mr. Amos Diggory, who had been crying for a while, suddenly raised his head from his hands.On his tear-wet face, his tear-filled eyes happened to meet with Professor Lily Evans, who was squatting beside Cedric with the same sad expression, so he seemed to have suddenly found an outlet to vent his emotions As if—perhaps because he felt that speaking to a Hogwarts professor of those jumbled words that were now about to burst through his chest would have some effect on alleviating the excruciating grief a little—he blurted out:

"What's all this all about, Professor Evans?! My Seid...he's such a good boy! He-he didn't do anything wrong—"

The torrent of tears choked him up.He paused for a second, then suddenly looked angry.

"...Isn't it because of Harry Potter?! Everyone...everyone only looks at Harry Potter! Is it because only the Boy Who Lived matters... But what's wrong with my Seid... ...he's still so young...no matter what happened! He shouldn't be dying now..."

Willow Springs found it impossible to meet Mr Diggory's tear-soaked eyes.Although she knew that as a Hogwarts professor, she should calm down to appease the grieving parents, work with others to deal with the aftermath, and put on a more convincing and powerful aura and position... But now she is He could only lower his eyes and whispered, "...I'm sorry."

She didn't finish her sentence, though, because Dumbledore stood up suddenly.

"I think I have something to do." He said calmly, then turned to Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout who had arrived later.

"Filius, Pomona, I will leave it to you to appease the students. Take them all back to the dormitory, don't stay here anymore..."

He hesitated, but turned to Fudge.

"Connelly, I'll leave this to you first. Minerva, Severus, and Lily...you come with me. Something has to be done about this situation..."

He muttered, turned around and strode towards an exit of the arena.And Fudge seemed satisfied with the fact that the situation here was handed over to him, and he immediately began to issue orders to some people.

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that they might be going to settle accounts with that fake Moody—of course, others still don't know that the person pretending to be Moody is Barty Crouch Jr., a man from Azka The escaped Death Eater - quickly stood up and followed Dumbledore.

... It's only been a day, but she seems to have changed her mind a bit.

All this infuriating powerlessness...some villain has to take some responsibility for it!Even if she is bound by some kind of law and cannot behave as she pleases, at least she can do something within her power!

Because, she is an excellent player selected by the system to save the world, not some pale and numb puppet.

The author has something to say:

February 9:

Although a little bit late. . .I still want to wish all the little angels a happy Mid-Autumn Festival~~(づ￣3￣)づ╭～