() black, pitch black, a pitch black that seems to be able to swallow all trespassers.

If one had to describe this dark feature, Hermione felt that there should be no more appropriate description than "like a living thing".

When she came here this time, she had already imagined various possible scenarios, but she never expected that what she saw when she opened the door was such a daunting "wall of darkness".

The "wall" that seemed to be made of fog was currently blocking the door of the Room of Response, tightly blocking the way forward for the two of them. When the two of them stared at the fog wall in front of them, the surface of the fog wall was also silently undulating, as if it had life.

If there is a choice, I believe no one will be willing to step into it without knowing why. Because this is really too suspicious, it seems to tell you clearly that there must be some kind of extremely terrifying danger hidden in the black mist.

"I have a bad feeling." Hermione frowned and said, "If the whole school is filled with this kind of fog now..."

Then the sheep attack and infiltration plan she formulated would definitely be greatly affected by this—Hermione didn't finish her sentence, because it was meaningless to say it now, and instead, it would feel like it had grown other people's ambition for nothing.

She thought about it, then turned to say:

"Luna, can you sense something?"

The voice fell slightly, and Luna did not immediately answer her question.

But it can be seen that Luna has been carefully exploring the eerie darkness outside the door since just now. I saw her staring her eyes wide, staring at the "black wall" that was constantly surging, as if she wanted to see a flower from inside.

After a while, Hermione heard Luna beside her groan, and said hesitantly: "There seem to be some very bad things in there...'they' are hidden deep, not obvious, but...in short, they are definitely not good things. , because that just gave me a really bad feeling."

"What 'thing'?" Hermione pressed.

When Luna heard this, she subconsciously shook her head.

"I don't know." She thought for a while and said, "It's a bit like human emotions, very bad emotions, but there are also some things that are not emotions."

If Maka could hear her words, she would definitely feel very relieved, because Luna has made great progress. What she said at this moment is actually very close to the correct answer.

The black fog that is filling the entire Hogwarts castle is actually a "condensed version" of the weird cloud covering the entire UK outside, and the two are actually one thing.

And the power that Luna felt at this time was called "sin".

Because of the rule of empathy, although Luna has never owned the seven branches of the soul rule, she can still perceive the existence of "sin" to a certain extent. This kind of thing that exudes negative power all the time, no matter how deep it is hidden in the black mist, she can still feel it.

"But we should be able to go in." Just as Hermione became more and more worried about this, Luna suddenly changed her tone, "I can feel that 'they' are very stable now, and they seem to be there all the time. 'Intentionally' restrained, it should not have any impact on the intruders for the time being."

"'Temporary'...?" Hermione said, looking at her.

Luna nodded slightly at her.

"'They' seem to be in a tamed state, like...you know, like the Ministry of Magic's dementors! They're still ready to **** the blood out of anyone who walks by their noses any time they get the chance. Joy and soul."

"Dementors are not 'raised' by the Ministry of Magic." As Hermione said, she shook her head suddenly and put aside such insignificant matters for the time being. "You mean, someone is controlling this black mist?"

"Maybe it's that 'Ms. Kern'!" Luna blinked and said.

"Really? Yes! I should have thought of that earlier."

Hermione scratched her head, slightly messing up her hair, which had been combed tamely before she set off. She showed a slightly distressed look, but then became determined again.

"It's time for us to go." She bit her lower lip and said in a deep voice.

"Um."

Luna followed suit and accepted Hermione's decision very naturally.

The next moment, the two of them took steps at the same time, and "bumped" into the "fog wall" one after the other. Knowing that there are infinite dangers hidden in it, but no one showed the slightest hesitation.

Now that they're all here, why can't they stop? Harry, Maca and other partners are waiting for them!

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"Aren't you going to ask me why?"

Walking in the dark, both Hermione and Luna felt the pressure that Harry and Maca felt not long ago. This feeling is really indescribable.

Even though the two of them had gone through a journey where they couldn't see their fingers in the secret path before, it must be said that compared with the darkness at this moment, it was completely different.

Perhaps it was also to relieve the oppression in her chest, or Hermione couldn't help but spoke first, and asked softly to Luna who was walking beside her but couldn't see the slightest figure.

"I said it should be fine first?" Luna's voice seemed a little erratic, but still clear, "But sure enough... it feels bad to walk in here."

"Are you okay?" Hermione asked hurriedly.

The two were different from the previous Harry and Maca, they had already held hands in the dark, so at least they could feel more at ease by touching each other's existence. Even this little bit of comfort is just a drop in the bucket for the overwhelming depression.

"It's okay~lightnovelpub.net~Hermione."

Luna shook her hand back and forth, making her feel light.

"They're no match for the harasser-fly, and I bet a harasser-fly would be a thousand times more noisy than them if they got into a human head!"

Although she didn't know what the "harassing horsefly" in Luna's mouth was, Hermione felt relieved when she heard her usual nonsense.

To be honest, Luna who can sense the unknown forces in the black mist walking here is much more dangerous than her. Because in many cases, being able to feel certain existences necessarily means being affected by them to some extent.

Knowing this, she just asked the other party.

Because although she made a decisive decision before, she still felt a little guilty and worried about Luna who had to take greater risks but still followed her closely.

It's just... let's not ask! For the current trust between the two, this trivial matter is obviously not a problem anymore.