Chapter 131: Minds of Girls

"Only people who are truly intelligent can make the right decision!" As soon as Malfoy finished his words, an ethereal voice came out of the Ravenclaw crowd.

Ivan's mind churned; of all the people he knew, there was only one person who could talk like that.

He saw a pretty girl with blonde, waist-length, flowing hair coming out of the crowd. She was wearing a Ravenclaw coat, and a pair of gaudy radish earrings in her ears, and an indescribably quirky temperament.

It was Luna!!!

Instead of addressing Professor Lupin directly, as the others had done, she walked up to Ivan and looked up at him with those misty, bulging eyes.

Her silver-gray pupils gave Ivan an eerie, ethereal feeling.

Ivan was shocked, and didn't know what he was doing in front of him. More than a year of contact made him really familiar with Luna, but he was never able to guess what was going on inside this pretty girl's head.

Unlike ordinary wizards, Luna had always had many eccentric beliefs. She always saw things differently than others. That's what made her so unpredictable.

"Intelligence is a man's greatest asset! Ivan, I want to tell you that you are the wisest magician I have ever met, so I believe what you said." Said Luna seriously, "I believe you, and I believe Professor Lupin!"

"Thank you!" Ivan was suddenly touched in an inexplicable way, he felt an unprecedented confidence from Luna.

"My mother once said that often, only a few know the truth!" Luna continued. "There are some truths that many can't understand for a lifetime. People are easily confused by appearances, and usually ignore the most important essence. Just like most people believe that there are no such things as Wonderful Blibber or Wrinkly Horned Snorkack."

"That's because they're things of fiction!" Malfoy looked at Ivan and Luna and said dismissively. "Brilliant, now you have the confidence of that lunatic!"

Ivan didn't have time to deal with Malfoy, As Luna suddenly reached out her arms and hugged him!

His eyes widened as his body felt her softness; he knew his face must be all red.

Luna seemed to have a misunderstanding. Whenever a Gryffindor hugged Professor Lupin, they said out loud that they trusted him.

She might have understood that when you trust someone, you had to hug them.

So she hugged Ivan, who was embarrassed. Actually, he didn't know how to explain to her that, in fact, she didn't need to do such a thing.

Good thing there was nothing unusual about Luna's expression. It seemed that what she had just done was a trivial matter. She hugged Ivan, then turned to Professor Lupin, watching him closely in his werewolf form. There was no fear on his face, only curiosity.

Under the girl's gaze, Lupin shivered a little.

He crouched down as he did with the Gryffindor students so Luna would hug him.

But she didn't. In fact, she reached over and gently patted Professor Lupin on the head. He seemed to see the werewolf as a cute puppy.

Although Luna looked crazy, she was the only young non-Gryffindor witch willing to trust Ivan and Professor Lupin.

After a brief silence, just when Ivan thought it was all over, another girl emerged from the Ravenclaw crowd.

She bit her lip and looked blushing at Ivan.

Like Luna, she seemed to believe in Ivan, to trust Professor Lupin.

He had straight black hair, and his temper and Luna's were at two different extremes. She did not have his serene disposition, but she had a graceful beauty. With her slight smile, she looked very comforting.

Cho Chang emerged from the crowd. She looked at Ivan in a daze, and her face flushed, and there was no telling what she was thinking.

Seeing his expression, Hermione immediately felt an inexplicable hostility.

Her woman's instinct told her that Cho Chang liked Ivan, and she remembered the fact that she had invited him to Madame Puddifoot's tea store this morning.

She turned around and saw Ivan and Harry looking at Cho Chang.

Hermione had to admit that she was really quite beautiful. She should be every boy's type equally.

Compared to her, Hermione felt that she was much less beautiful. She began to feel worried. If she were Ivan, she would also choose Cho Chang....

Although the current situation was serious, Hermione couldn't help but think about it.

Ivan had no idea what was going through Hermione's mind, but he was well aware that she looked different.

She didn't look the same as soon as Cho Chang emerged from the crowd.

Ivan understood that girls' minds are too difficult to comprehend. Unpredictable as the weather, sometimes they smile like a sunny day, and the next thing you know they become as gloomy as the cloudiest of days.

The bottom line is that he wasn't sure what he did wrong.

And it wasn't just Hermione. On the flip side, Cho Chang's behavior also made him suffer.

Looking at her, she looked like she wanted to hug him too, just like Luna!

Luna's hug was more than enough for Ivan. If Cho Chang hugged him again, he didn't know what Hermione would think.

Besides, Professor Lupin is the one who should have the attention here.

But if Cho Chang really did approach him, he had no idea how to turn her down.

After all, when a normal boy is confronted by a girl who hugs him, how could anyone expect him to say no?

In fact, she was just as confused as Ivan. She was hesitant to decide, but in the end she chose not to.

Unlike Luna, she didn't just respect Ivan. To her, a hug didn't just represent trust.

The way she saw things, hugging a boy in front of all the students at school actually sounds scarier than hugging a werewolf.

She sighed and gave up on the idea of hugging Ivan, so she quickly walked over and hugged Professor Lupin, whispering a few words in his ear.

Seeing that he had not approached, Ivan was relieved.

After Cho Chang, Percy's girlfriend, Penelope Clearwater and Cedric Diggory of Hufflepuff also stepped forward to hug Professor Lupin.

They were both leaders of their respective Houses - Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. So, following in their footsteps, more and more young wizards and witches hugged and comforted Professor Lupin.

Looking at the long queue in front of him, Lupin was very happy. Since he became a werewolf, he never thought he would gain so much confidence.

At the same time, a feeling of guilt and remorse gripped his heart.

He knew he had to leave Hogwarts. He was not worthy of such unconditional trust. If it wasn't for the Wolfsbane potion, he was likely to bite any of them after the transformation.

He should never have let something like that happen.

With so many people trusting him, Lupin felt an unprecedented satisfaction.

However, a werewolf is doomed to loneliness and destined to live on the fringes of society.