Senior Maranhao took a deep breath, calming her surprised heart. She stood up, walked over to sit on the edge of Lynn's bed, and reached out to gently rub Lynn's head.
"Don't always talk about studying," Senior Maranhao's tone was incredibly gentle. "Don't you want to go out and have fun with your family during the summer break? It's good to go out and relax."
Lynn turned her head, her eyes like deep pools, dark and bottomless, unchanging for ten thousand years. "My parents are not in this world."
She spoke the absolute truth without any inflection in her voice, yet both Senior Maranhao and Marietta were stunned for a second.
"Sorry, I didn't know... I didn't mean to make you sad," Senior Maranhao said, a bit flustered.
Lynn shook her head expressionlessly. "It's alright. I am not sad. I cannot feel such things."
Senior Maranhao pursed her lips, looking at Lynn with concern. "Then for the holidays... are you going to your relatives' house?"
After thinking quickly for a moment, Lynn shook her head. "No, I stay in a hotel."
"Staying in a hotel?! At the Leaky Cauldron?" Marietta also walked over, sitting on Lynn's other side and looking at her with concern.
"The Leaky Cauldron, where is that?" Lynn asked Marietta without any emotion.
"Didn't you notice it when you went to Diagon Alley before?" Marietta was stunned for a moment, but then quickly convinced herself.
"Then again, you don't care much about anything other than studying. The Leaky Cauldron is the name of the pub at the entrance to Diagon Alley. It's considered the most famous pub in the British Wizarding World, and they offer rental rooms on the second floor."
Lynn nodded. Just as she was about to ask where Diagon Alley was, it became twelve o'clock. Realizing it was time to sleep, Lynn closed her mouth and silently curled up on the bed.
Senior Maranhao and Marietta looked at each other with relief. Regardless, at least Lynn could go to sleep early now—that was progress.
The two of them leaned down together, gave Lynn a polite kiss on the forehead, said goodnight, and returned to their respective beds to rest.
Lying in bed, Lynn fell into a deep sleep the moment she closed her eyes, even though she had ensured six hours of sleep every day recently.
However, her body, or rather her subconscious, still believed it was severely sleep-deprived. Thus, the moment she closed her eyes, she would enter deep sleep until she woke up again an hour later.
Repeating this cycle, she passed the night.
The next day, all the Young Wizards at Hogwarts had completely packed their luggage, waiting to line up for the hogwarts express to go home after breakfast.
Having not returned home for a semester since Christmas, almost all the Young Wizards felt happy and welcomed the arrival of the summer break.
However, there were a few scattered Young Wizards who felt indifferent, or simply didn't welcome the arrival of summer at all.
Lynn was the one who was completely indifferent. She looked at the cheerful atmosphere in the Great Hall with calm eyes, her heart without a single ripple.
Summer break was just changing locations to study; her brain had a clear understanding of this.
As for the one who didn't welcome the arrival of summer at all, that was naturally Harry. He couldn't help but want to scowl at the thought of returning to the Dursley family.
But seeing the smiles of his two best friends, Hermione and Ron, and the cheerful atmosphere of the students around him, he was truly unwilling to break the mood. So, he could only force a smile and joke with his classmates, treating it as... enjoying his final moments at Hogwarts for this school year.
Only Lynn, scanning the Great Hall after quickly finishing breakfast, noticed Harry's strange expression. Harry's expression was odd; she reached this conclusion almost instantly.
Harry's smile was clearly different from everyone else's; the muscles used and the extent of their movement differed greatly.
So, Harry didn't want to smile, yet he was smiling. As this result automatically popped out of her brain, Lynn withdrew her gaze. She had no curiosity as to why Harry was forcing himself to smile, but simply began to mentally recite the Transfiguration textbook.
After breakfast, the Young Wizards were supposed to board the hogwarts express, but before that, the Deans distributed their report cards.
The Young Wizards looked at their report cards with either joy or worry, but it was only for a moment; the next instant, they threw these grades to the back of their minds.
Grades, as long as they were decent enough! As long as they were within their own expected range, the Young Wizards easily accepted their results, even if they were slightly worse.
At most, they'd be told by their parents to work harder next time after getting home. The Professors at Hogwarts didn't say much to the Young Wizards whose grades weren't very good either.
Everyone has their own strengths, and a single report card doesn't define whether a Young Wizard is excellent or not. As long as they could figure out what they wanted to do in the future, worked towards it, and didn't go astray, that was enough.
At the Ravenclaw Table, the Little Eagles were more curious about Lynn's grades than their own final results.
Lynn was so hardworking and capable... her grades should be amazing.
With this thought, many Little Eagles couldn't wait to scramble for a spot behind Lynn after reading their own report cards.
Immediately upon seeing Lynn's report card, they couldn't help but click their tongues. As expected... Outstanding in every subject, without a single mistake in any class.
After seeing Lynn's report card, the Little Eagles didn't loudly celebrate for her, but silently walked back to their seats and sat down.
According to their understanding of Lynn, she would likely remain as calm as ever regarding these results. Since she herself was like this, they shouldn't disturb her.
Putting away her report card, Lynn indeed felt no ripples in her heart. Full marks in all subjects—she had met the standard for passing.
'I have passed my end-of-year exams for this academic year,' Lynn summarized in her mind, while mechanically turning her head toward the main entrance of the Great Hall.
The grades had been distributed. Next, fully armed people should enter to take away the bottom third of the students for disposal.
Thinking of this, Lynn suddenly felt her heart tighten, thumping wildly, and her brain became a chaotic mess.
This was the worry Senior Marietta had told her about... Worry. But what was she worried about?
Lynn turned her head blankly, and then she saw her classmates laughing and talking at the Ravenclaw Table, she saw the trio of Hermione and the others chatting at the Gryffindor Table, and she saw Hannah, who had been her Potion Class partner for the entire school year, at the Hufflepuff Table.
Like a revolving lantern, scenes flashed rapidly through Lynn's mind: the celebration party the Ravenclaws held for her, the adventures she experienced with Hermione and the others, and the Potions she made one after another with Hannah.
'What am I worried about...' Lynn's brain forcibly squeezed out a thought amidst the chaos.
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