Throughout the journey, Lin Yue had been talking to Hermione and had indeed stopped calculating the data and various values of the amusement park's rides. When they arrived at the Ferris wheel, Lin Yue was pulled by Hermione to stand at the back of the queue. Looking up expressionlessly at the massive Ferris wheel that was slowly turning not far away, Lin Yue realized for the first time what a real Ferris wheel looked like in everyday life.

Hermione tightly held onto Lin Yue next to her, afraid that if she wasn't careful, Lin Yue would be pushed away by the crowd coming and going. She looked down at the amusement park ticket in her hand and quickly compared it with the rides she knew about.

The Ferris wheel, the pirate ship, the roller coaster, and the bumper cars were all included the only one that required a separate payment should be the haunted house. The haunted house... Hermione lowered her gaze and thought carefully about whether to take Lin Yue there. If they went, perhaps in the atmosphere of the haunted house, Lin Yue would be a little scared? Then she would experience the feeling of fear, right?

Moreover, if Lin Yue got scared and she was right next to her... Hermione's mind instinctively imagined the scene of her taking Lin Yue into the haunted house, and Lin Yue being frightened by the ghosts inside and burrowing into her arms. Just thinking about it made Hermione's lips involuntarily curl up, and she couldn't suppress her smile.

Lin Yue stood next to Hermione, habitually turning to look at her expressionlessly, and was momentarily taken aback when she saw the smile on her lips. Hermione was smiling, and it was a genuine smile. Lin Yue's brain automatically began to analyse.

Unlike when they had just come out of the hospital, Hermione's smile this time was extremely natural, with her facial muscles relaxed, so Lin Yue easily reached this conclusion. But why was Hermione smiling? Lin Yue continued to ponder. The book said that the reasons for smiling are generally happiness, excitement, or thrill.

But why was Hermione happy? Without any expression of doubt, Lin Yue simply followed her thoughts and posed this question. After looking around, Lin Yue thought of what she believed to be the most likely answer in her mind.

Because they came to the amusement park, Hermione was happy, and Hermione was happy to be able to play at the amusement park. Having reached this conclusion, Lin Yue didn't look any longer, silently retracting her gaze to continue staring blankly at the Ferris wheel in the distance.

After showing the ticket to the staff at the Ferris wheel, Lin Yue and Hermione sat together in one of the cabins. Sitting in the cabin, Hermione gently tugged at Lin Yue's sleeve.

"Lin Yue, are you afraid of heights?"

Lin Yue turned her head without any change in her expression and looked at Hermione, who mechanically shook her head. "Fear of heights generally refers to acrophobia, also known as fear of heights. The basic symptoms of acrophobia are dizziness, nausea, and loss of appetite."

"I don't feel fear, so I can't have those reactions. I don't have acrophobia."

Hermione's instinctive concern made her blurt out the question of whether Lin Yue was afraid of heights. The moment she began to explain the definition of acrophobia, Hermione regretted it; Lin Yue hadn't even grasped these emotions... How could she possibly be afraid of heights?

She was subconsciously suppressing her emotional center with her own brainwaves, so how could her body easily allow those physiological reactions to occur?

Reaching out to pull Lin Yue into her embrace, Hermione lowered her head and gently pressed her lips to the top of Lin Yue's head. "No more talking, no more talking. It's my fault."

Lin Yue thought carefully about why Hermione was apologizing but couldn't come up with a reasonable reason for Hermione to apologize.

"You don't need to apologize; you haven't done anything wrong," Lin Yue said flatly, speaking the truth.

Hermione didn't respond, just slowly caressed Lin Yue's cheek, her gaze fixed on the window outside.

From now on, she must be more careful with her words, Hermione resolved in her heart. She really didn't want to experience Lin Yue's mechanical explanations for words a third time or even more. That feeling, like a computer, made her heart ache.

After holding Lin Yue for a moment, seeing that the Ferris wheel was about to reach its highest point, Hermione quickly released Lin Yue from her embrace, took her hand, and walked to the glass window of the cabin, pointing outside.

"Lin Yue, look, the view outside is so beautiful."

Lin Yue followed the direction of Hermione's finger and looked out. The tall Ferris wheel offered a panoramic view of the entire amusement park and even a large part of the city. It was a visual experience she had never had before. In her memory, she had learned many poetic verses about the scenery from high mountains.

She had never climbed a mountain, so she had never truly understood what the mountain scenery in those poems was like. Even when faced with her own translated verses, her blank emotions were insufficient to support her imagination of an illusory mountain. Having never been to a high mountain, but this time riding the Ferris wheel, the view from the top of the mountain should be similar to what she was seeing now...

Lin Yue stared blankly into the distance, her eyes lifeless, as the sky far away mirrored her own silence, seemingly unresponsive to everything.

Standing beside her, Hermione looked at the scenery outside the Ferris wheel and turned to Lin Yue with anticipation. "This summer, you wanted everyone to get together and have fun, but next summer, my parents seem to be planning to take us to France. We should climb the Eiffel Tower together then! It's much taller than this Ferris wheel!"

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Lin Yue's mind paused for a moment as she turned her gaze calmly towards Hermione. "I can go too..."

"Of course!" Hermione nodded as if it were obvious. "You’re basically the second child in our family now."

"Or," Hermione pretended to squint dangerously, "are you saying you don’t want to spend next summer with me?"

Listening to Hermione, Lin Yue obediently shook her head, following the instructions deep within her mind, and mechanically replied, "I don’t."

"That's good." Hermione smiled happily and continued to hold Lin Yue's hand as they watched the scenery outside the Ferris wheel.

Next summer... Lin Yue stared blankly outside the Ferris wheel, wondering if she would still be alive by then, to go to France with Hermione.

Her brain quickly analyzed the situation, and Lin Yue concluded that the probability of her surviving until that time was extremely low. This summer, she had to invite six people, including Hermione, to the villa for a "vacation." These six were the ones she couldn't let go of.

If any one of them scored in the bottom third, they would be... A flicker of absolute rational struggle crossed Lin Yue's eyes but quickly vanished.

I don’t want them to be destroyed... Lin Yue stood quietly in place, so if any executioners came to take any of them away, she would definitely stop them.

After that... she should accept the punishment for violating the rules without resistance, but Hermione said she wanted to travel to France with her, to climb the Eiffel Tower together.

I must do this! Just like when she promised Hermione earlier, Lin Yue's mind kept repeating this phrase, and she decided to follow the thoughts deep within her mind.

However, after calculating, with her current abilities, even using magic in a "critical situation" as defined by the Ministry of Magic, she couldn't contend with an entire execution agency.

Her abilities weren't at that level yet; even surviving would be difficult. The most she could do was buy Hermione and the others some extra time after things really happened.

Turning stiffly to look at Hermione, Lin Yue's thoughts drifted to her inevitable demise, yet her expression remained unchanged.

She felt no emotions, but instead, she reaffirmed that her plan could succeed and that she could definitely protect Hermione and the others.

As for what she just promised Hermione, to go to France with her and the Grangers... she would strive to make it happen, to live by Hermione's side until that day.

The Ferris wheel kept spinning, and the cabin where Lin Yue and Hermione were slowly descended from the highest point towards the ground.

Throughout the entire descent, Lin Yue's eyes remained fixed on Hermione, not looking away.

It wasn't until their cabin completely returned to the ground that Hermione, who had been stared at for a long time, finally felt a bit shy and withdrew her gaze from the cabin's window.

Clearing her throat, she loosened her grip on Lin Yue's hand and instead linked her arm with hers. "Ahem, stop looking; we should get off now."

After Lin Yue reached the highest point of the Ferris wheel, she began to look at her, watching until they returned to the ground... She couldn't understand what was so captivating about her that made this guy stare for so long.

Hermione's cheeks flushed slightly as she linked arms with Lin Yue and walked out of the Ferris wheel.

As they walked out, Hermione's eyes lit up when she spotted the carousel not far away; she had her eye on one of the seats pulled by a horse-drawn carriage.

Excitedly turning to Lin Yue, Hermione said cheerfully, "Lin Yue, how about we go ride the carousel?"

Lin Yue nodded with a calm expression, her tone flat, "Sure."

Hearing this, Hermione smiled brightly and led her to the front of the line for the carousel. There were even fewer people waiting to ride the carousel than for the Ferris wheel, so they quickly got their turn.

As they stepped onto the carousel, Hermione purposefully guided Lin Yue to the carriage, pointing to a spot inside, "How about you sit there?"

Lin Yue looked vacantly at the spot in the carriage, nodded, and walked in to sit down.

Hermione watched Lin Yue settle into the carriage, smiling happily, before turning to sit on the horse that pulled the carriage.

The carousel slowly started, and as it spun, Hermione turned to look at Lin Yue.

The girl in the carriage had a blank expression, her eyes hollow, yet her demeanor and appearance were exceptional.

This must be what a princess from the Middle Ages looked like... Lin Yue indeed resembled the princess she had imagined, and as Hermione sat steadily on her "horse," she momentarily felt like Lin Yue's knight.

To clear the path for her and ensure her safety for a lifetime.

If only I could really do that, Hermione thought to herself, if I could truly protect Lin Yue, help her heal, and keep her away from the painful memories of the past, if I could really shield Lin Yue from any potential dangers in the future.

If in the future, it was me standing in front of Lin Yue, instead of her standing in front of me... that would be wonderful.

Hermione looked at Lin Yue in the carriage, took a deep breath, and raised a big smile at the corner of her mouth. She spoke in a very loud voice to drown out the music of the carousel.

"Lin Yue! You look like a princess! Look at me, don’t I look like your knight?"

As she said this, Hermione puffed out her small chest and struck a pose of authority.

Princess? Knight? Lin Yue listened to Hermione's words in a daze, her brain quickly reacting to these two terms.

In her memory, these two words basically only came from a certain type of book that had been banned, fairy tale books.

So she only knew the definitions of these two words, but looking at Hermione's expression...

Lin Yue nodded blankly, "Yes, we look very similar."

She said this in response to Hermione's expectant gaze, even though she couldn't see the expectation in Hermione's eyes.

She didn't understand her current excitement, but a voice deep in her mind told her to agree with Hermione's words.

As the carousel ride ended, Hermione got off the "horse" and bent down at the door of the "carriage," extending her right hand toward Lin Yue.

"My princess, please get off."

Lin Yue paused for a second, then slowly extended her right hand to rest on Hermione's hand.

Gently, Hermione pulled Lin Yue out of the carriage and led her down the carousel's large platform.

Looking at the various amusement rides not far away, Hermione turned her head to Lin Yue and winked, "Shall we try each one of them?"

"Okay." Lin Yue nodded expressionlessly, allowing Hermione to lead her to try one ride after another.

On the pirate ship, Hermione laughed loudly with the other children, cheering joyfully, while Lin Yue sat beside her, listening to the sounds that seemed to come from another world.

Until Hermione leaned close to her ear and shouted, "Lin Yue! You should shout a few times too! Feel the atmosphere, even if it's not out of fear, you can still let it out!"

Lin Yue's eyes moved slightly, her gaze blankly looking ahead. She opened her mouth and let out a shout devoid of any emotion.

Hearing her emotionless shout, Hermione felt a pain in her heart, closed her eyes briefly to suppress the warmth in her eyes, and reached out to hold Lin Yue's hand.

As if to guide her, she laughed and shouted beside her.

After getting off the pirate ship, Hermione's voice was a bit hoarse. Lin Yue was linked by the arm, and Hermione directly led her to the water stand.

The quick and decisive steps made Hermione, who hadn’t yet realized her own hoarseness, feel puzzled. Wasn’t there any amusement ride over there?

When they arrived, before Hermione could speak, Lin Yue swiftly took out the black card given by the world consciousness from her pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper. Hermione's voice was hoarse, and she needed to drink water quickly, so her movements had to be a bit faster.

"Two bottles of water, thank you."

The shopkeeper was momentarily taken aback when he received the black card. Did buying water really require a bank card? Moreover, this card… had nothing but the words "Yue Lin" on it. Was it even usable?

However, it was still an official store in the amusement park, not a roadside stall, so they were equipped with a card reader.

The shopkeeper tapped the black card, and instantly, the password input page popped up.

The shopkeeper handed the card reader to Lin Yue, who took it without hesitation and directly entered her birth date.

Payment successful, the shopkeeper was secretly surprised, took back the card reader, and handed the bank card along with two bottles of water to Lin Yue.

After receiving the bank card and water, Lin Yue once again thanked her in a flat tone, then opened a bottle of water and turned it to Hermione.

"Your voice is hoarse, drink some water quickly."

Hermione looked at the water in her hand, feeling a warmth in her heart that made her unable to help but smile.

After taking a big sip, Hermione smiled at Lin Yue and said, "Thank you, Lin Yue~"

It turned out that Lin Yue had just taken her along because he noticed her voice was a bit hoarse, so he brought her to buy water...

This guy, who clearly hasn't fully understood or learned about emotions himself, is still so gentle and considerate.