The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

In the auditorium, Ron and Harry were walking towards the foyer with books in their arms.

Harry had always looked gloomy along the way, which was in sharp contrast to the silly and cheerful Ron next to him.

There's no way around it, he's been really unlucky lately.

First, Lockhart dragged him over to take pictures at every turn, and also dragged him to teach him a lot of science about 'celebrities' self-cultivation' and the like, which annoyed him quite a lot.

Then there is a new student in Gryffindor this year named Colin Creevey.

This guy is his crazy admirer and spends the whole day doing nothing but staring at him and taking pictures.

Finally, it’s the college division.

Thinking of this, Harry subconsciously glanced towards the hall.

It can be seen that the hourglasses of the four houses now have some inventory, even Gryffindor.

But so far, Slytherin still has the highest score, while Gryffindor is at the bottom.

"Ugh--"

Harry sighed and said, "Ron, if I had known we shouldn't have driven directly to Hogwarts in the first place. Gryffindor was deducted forty points before school even started. Many classmates have been scorning them recently." We, Hermione, complain from time to time too."

"Relax, Harry, isn't it just a few points? This year's Academy Cup must be ours, and the points Slytherin is leading now are nothing at all!"

Ron said shaking his head.

"Why do you dare to say that?" Harry sighed, "Slytherin has won the House Cup for seven consecutive years."

"Why? Everyone in Slytherin has gone crazy!"

Ron pointed at a Slytherin not far away who was holding "Magical Me" and reciting "Magical Me" and said, "I don't know who gave the Slytherins a bad idea. They are all reciting those gossips now. Where’s the knowledge!”

As he spoke, Ron's face showed a proud look.

Seeing the Slytherin slowly walking towards the basement, he deliberately raised his voice and said, "They just want to get points by trying to please Lockhart! But is this possible? This is impossible! Even if Lockhart continues Even if you are stupid, you will never get extra points just by being praised!

Let me tell you!These Slytherins are completely whimsical and shameless! "

After Ron finished speaking, the Slytherin ran faster.

There were bursts of laughter in the auditorium and foyer.

In the past few days, Lockhart's reputation for being "gold on the outside but corrupt on the inside" has gradually spread among the student body.

In this context, the behavior of the Slytherins seems particularly eye-catching and funny.

Nowadays, there are many people in Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw who have the same idea as Ron, waiting to see the jokes of the Slytherins.

Harry frowned and patted the somewhat smug Ron and said:

"Shut up! John is in Slytherin too!"

Ron was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"I'm not talking about John being bad! John is a different Slytherin. He is a good man and a good friend of ours! I am talking about the Malfoy gang!"

Harry was speechless.

He shook his head and his eyes fell on the four academy hourglasses again.

He disagreed with Ron's assessment of Slytherin.

But he felt that what Ron just said was right.

That means this year's Academy Cup should be theirs!

He will not rely on others to make mistakes in this Academy Cup, but will use his own efforts to win it!

Isn't it just such a small difference in scores?

Harry felt that if he performed seriously in class and won the Quidditch League again, it wouldn't be impossible for him to come back.

With this thought in mind, Harry nodded firmly towards the house hourglass.

At this moment, his fighting spirit was high.

But the next moment, he saw a wave of emeralds suddenly increasing in the Slytherin house hourglass.

Harry thought he had seen it wrong.

He lowered his head and rubbed his eyes vigorously, then looked up again.

Good guy, while he was rubbing his eyes, there were more emeralds in the hourglass!

Looking at the amount, it must be [-]% higher, right?

"Is this hourglass broken?"

Harry couldn't help but scream.

At the same time, Colin suddenly burst into the foyer carrying a large camera.

"Harry! Oh no! I just met the Slytherins after class in the corridor on the third floor. They said that Professor Lockhart just gave them a hundred points!"

Colin shouted.

As soon as these words came out, the entire hall fell silent instantly.

Everyone looked at Ron first, and then at Slytherin's house hourglass, feeling a little at a loss.

So Slytherin’s plan really succeeded?

"This is impossible! How can you get extra points by just flattering?"

Ron blushed and said decisively, "Have you forgotten? Today is the day when the second-year Slytherins have Defense Against the Dark Arts class. John must have performed well in class, and Lockhart gave him extra points. !”

After hearing this, many students' faces recovered a little.

John Shafiq is now considered a celebrity at Hogwarts.

Everyone still recognizes his ability.

"But...but I heard them say..."

Colin hesitated and wanted to say something else.

But just as he was halfway through his words, Ron glared back at him.

"Lockhart is a professor after all! How could he be so stupid?"

Ron shouted again and then pulled Harry out of the hall.

Ever since his father and Malfoy had a fight at Flourish and Blotts during the summer, he had grown to dislike the Malfoy family more and more.

Seeing Slytherin's score skyrocketing, Ron's mind automatically pictured Draco arrogantly showing off in front of him.

"This is just a coincidence, let's wait and see in a few days! Harry, if we work harder these days, our scores will definitely be able to catch up by then!"

Ron took a deep breath and spoke to Harry seriously.

Hearing this, Harry also nodded seriously.

However, when half a month passed, Harry and Ron were completely desperate.

Because during this period, although Gryffindor's house points increased a lot due to their concerted efforts, Slytherin's points increased even faster!

The school has just started less than a month ago, and Slytherin already has 310 points!

This is really outrageous!

You must know that at the end of last semester, Hufflepuff's total score was just over 300 points!

Once again in the foyer, looking at the four large hourglasses.

Ron only felt that those stacked green gems, which were much higher than the other three-color gems, were like a middle finger for him to see!

This is hitting him in the face!

Another Slytherin walked out of the auditorium holding a copy of "Magic Me".

As he passed by Ron, he snorted disdainfully.

But this time, Ron couldn't feel any anger - his whole body was numb.

"Harry,"

Ron called softly.

Harry looked at him with the same dazed expression upon hearing the sound.

"How about we follow Slytherin's example and try to please Lockhart?" Ron said in a calm tone as if he was resigned to his fate. "Hermione is also a die-hard Lockhart fan anyway. With her help, we should be able to do it quickly." You can grasp Lockhart's preferences.

And Lockhart seems to like you very much and even asked you to be his assistant.Just be patient and say something nice to him, maybe..."

Ron was slapped by Harry just in the middle of his words.

He could only stop talking and look at Harry complainingly while rubbing the place where he was hit.

Harry was also very angry and was ready to reason with Ron again.

At this moment, the two saw Hagrid walking into the foyer.

Harry put away his fists and said:

"Hagrid, where are you going?"

"Looking for John," Hagrid stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the Forbidden Forest. "A friend in the Forbidden Forest asked me to bring him a message."