Chapter 205: First Flight - Slithering in the Sky! (I)
After having breakfast, Darcie penned down a letter to Professor Snape, thanking him for saving her life.
Her father had laughed it off, saying Severus wouldn't care about such things. Nonetheless, Darcie had taken extra care to mention her interest in newly encountered Occlumency and Legilimency fields and an attraction to Potioneering as well.
Now Darcie and Daphne were walking onto a grassy lane lined with trees on both sides outside the manor.
In silence, they strolled, side by side, until the manor started to look like a dark, rocky patch behind them.
"I was pushed," Daphne declared. Darcie raised an eyebrow, but by then she already knew what Daphne was trying to ask.
Should they pursue the matter or not?
Now more thoughts sprang up in Darcie's mind that she ought not to have.
Whether to report Pansy to the parents? Whether to shame her? Whether to harm her? Whether to... Whether to... Whether to...
Darcie caught herself, took a deep breath, and said, "We are alive, aren't we?" Her words meant there was no reason to hold on to the matter for now. Those words also meant that they would get the opportunity later, and then, they wouldn't need to be this forgiving.
Daphne smiled.
Darcie spotted a twig lying over the dry, fallen leaves. She picked it up and rolled it in her palm. "Wand," she murmured, as Daphne looked at her oddly. "If only I had it last night... It restricts but also lets one Control."