An Unexpected Conversation

On the way to the school hospital, Cypher happily lost consciousness.

By the time Cypher regained his senses, it was already broad daylight.

Struggling to open his eyes, Cypher laboriously sat up.

Squinting his dry eyes, he looked around at his surroundings.

Suddenly, his narrowed eyes widened.

He noticed a familiar girl lying on another bed beside him.

He was just about to get up and check on Luna's condition

when he paused, halfway to his feet, as if he'd thought of something.

He lay back down.

Logically, since Luna was in the same room as him, her condition shouldn't be too different from his own.

He was more severely injured than she was, yet he woke up earlier, probably due to his two lifetimes of mental experience.

It wouldn't be appropriate to get out of bed rashly.

Cypher carefully assessed his own condition.

Aside from some numbness and a feeling of being cooped up from lying down for too long, he didn't seem to have any other discomfort.

He lifted the blanket and examined himself. Yes—pristine white hospital gown, all body parts intact.

Only then did Cypher gently get out of bed, stretch vigorously, and loosen his muscles.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Cypher walked towards Luna's bedside.

At that moment, a ray of sunlight happened to fall on her profile.

The beautiful and charming girl's translucent snow-white skin reflected an ivory-like halo.

She was like a lotus emerging from the water under the sun, or a snow lotus of congealed fat.

In short, Luna, restored to her vitality, was breathtakingly beautiful.

Her enchanting blue eyes were tightly closed, and the thick, long eyelashes that concealed her limpid autumn eyes trembled slightly, as if she would awaken in the next second.

Beneath her fair and delicate, straight jade neck, a pair of soft, rounded, slender shoulders peeked out from the women's hospital gown, like jade artifacts that one would want to stroke gently.

He really wanted to reach out and stroke them...

Stroke them?!

Cypher suddenly snapped back to his senses.

What was going on?!

Cypher quickly turned around, facing the empty hospital bed.

Why did he feel this stirring in his bloodline?

Was Luna his long-lost younger sister?...

Cypher's mind was in turmoil.

Just as Cypher was struggling with himself, a door connecting the room to the neighboring ward opened from the other side.

Cypher suppressed his thoughts and looked towards the sound.

He saw a middle-aged man in a school healer's uniform.

"Hello! Thank you!"

Cypher quickly bowed and greeted the doctor.

He had heard that the school healer was a male Wizard, so this must be him.

"Mm—hello, young mister Corvin. Just call me Doctor Bohan."

Healers in the Wizarding world didn't have the habit of wearing masks.

Cypher could clearly see the school healer, Doctor Bohan, wearing a warm, professional smile.

His tone was also a professional response, with no intention of getting close.

Perhaps he didn't want to be constantly receiving them here.

"Alright, Doctor Bohan. Am I free to leave?"

Cypher asked politely.

"Whenever you like. Aren't you going to wait here for your little girlfriend to wake up and leave together?"

Cypher was speechless, unsure how to respond.

Seeing Cypher's evasive gaze, Doctor Bohan casually added the remark, as he hadn't intended to wait for Cypher to answer him anyway.

As soon as the words left his mouth, he hurried towards his office.

"Your wands and belongings are in the wardrobe over there. This door is the exit."

Before Cypher could offer his thanks, the office door slammed shut with a bang...

Cypher vowed that he would never step foot in this place again unless absolutely necessary!

Just as Cypher was letting his imagination run wild, venting the frustration in his heart, a soft moan caught his attention.

Cypher quickly turned around, and saw the girl on the bed, like a princess awakened, impatiently pulling the blanket up to her waist, then languidly stirring.

Seeing this, the pent-up frustration Cypher felt instantly vanished like smoke.

He went to Luna and gently stroked her fair, high nose.

Half-asleep, the girl felt something intruding upon her, and her long eyelashes fluttered open.

It had been a long time since she'd seen the outside sunlight.

Luna's sky-blue pupils were slightly unfocused.

But soon, she turned her gaze to the smiling Cypher in front of her.

Her empty pupils instantly filled with a galaxy of stars, radiating a burning brilliance.

"Cypher..."

Without another word, she jumped into Cypher's arms.

"Quiet, we're in the hospital wing..."

Although it was a bit of a buzzkill to say so, Luna shyly lowered her head.

But she hugged Cypher even tighter.

After leaving the hospital wing, the two originally intended to go to Dumbledore's office to inquire about the follow-up matters regarding Hogsmeade.

Unsurprisingly, Professor Dumbledore was not in the office. The two guessed that the professor was either in class or out on business.

So, the two of them wandered around the castle in their white hospital gowns and finally ran into a kind little lion.

After some questioning, the two discovered that two days had passed since Sunday; today was Tuesday.

As they parted, the little lion also told them that today was Halloween.

Everyone was in the Great Hall...

After thanking the kind little lion, the two looked at each other and unanimously decided to find Professor Dumbledore tomorrow.

They didn't want to bother the professor during a joyous festival...

Finding a deserted corner, the two cast the Disillusionment Charm and went straight to the Room of Requirement.

Although they hadn't run into anyone along the way, anyone who caught a glimpse of the two in their hospital gowns would be left with a deep impression.

Inside the Room of Requirement, the two had already changed their clothes.

Cypher had chosen a loose-fitting casual outfit.

Luna, however, had uncharacteristically chosen a white and blue fitted dress.

When Cypher came out of the changing room and saw Luna for the first time, he almost couldn't maintain his clear gaze.

"Cypher, I feel like there are some things I can be honest with you about..."

Luna bit her lip lightly, lowered her head, put her hands behind her lower back, and gently tapped the floor with the toe of her white leather boot.

"If you think you can, I'm here to listen carefully."

Cypher stepped forward and gently stroked Luna's blonde hair.

Encouraged, Luna raised her head and looked at Cypher with her watery eyes.

Luna saw understanding and concern in Cypher's dark, deep eyes.

She steeled her heart and mustered her courage to speak.

"Do you know why I knew Iris thought you were her boyfriend, and I still flirted with you?"

"Because... Iris and I both want to recruit you into our family. After all, we're the last members of our clan..."

Luna spoke haltingly.

But Cypher understood the gist of it.

He was an orphan, and his talent wasn't bad either.

The wizarding world doesn't seem to have some of the rules of the Muggle world.

I'm afraid they both made this decision when they were young, to find a 'loser' like themselves.

Luna is still hiding something, but it's not important anymore.

"This kind of thing... I really can't accept it right now... How about we talk about it again in a few years, after you come of age?"

Although Cypher is doing this with the suspicion of shirking responsibility, he would rather hear Iris's attitude.

If it were the two of them here together today, I'm afraid I would only be able to nod and agree to get out of this room.

Seeing Cypher's evasion, Luna opened her mouth.

In the end, she swallowed the words she was about to say.

"By the time we come of age, there might only be me..."