[HP] Comparative

The next week flies by.

Because Easter is coming soon, Harry and their homework are getting more and more.In this case, Harry also had to follow Hermione to practice her carefully selected spells that were likely to be useful in the maze, and there was almost no free time.In other words, he didn't have much chance to create alone time with Tom.

But considering that Tom had already promised to meet next time, Harry didn't think it was such a bad thing.Besides, since Skeeter's story about his, Hermione, and Krum's love triangle surfaced, he's had countless people asking him if Hermione is his girlfriend.It's never a good idea to get Tom to ask about it, even though the odds are high, and he'd better get it over with before then.

It was rather annoying, but luckily Ron hadn't had the same misunderstanding as the others.In addition to completing her homework and teaching Harry spells, Hermione was too busy trying to get her foot on the ground, figuring out how to catch Skeeter and continuing the (barely progressing) house-elf liberation movement.Plus it had been a while since Harry had confessed that he liked Tom, and Ron was clearly coming to terms with it now.

On Friday morning, Harry felt happy and refreshed as soon as he opened his eyes.Either because he's getting along with his spells or because he'll see Tom in the evening, or both.There was no class in the first period, and he climbed up to the owl hut after eating with Ron and Hermione, and stayed for a while after the letter was mailed.

"Hagrid is digging in front of his house." Ron had sharper eyes than the other two, and he noticed the situation in the distance at once. "Wait a minute, Madame Maxime is coming!"

This was full of gossip, and the other two followed Ron's window.Madam Maxime stopped near the hut, but Hagrid just stood there leaning on the shovel, and didn't seem to want to move at all.

"That's beyond the scope of the original pumpkin patch," Harry squinted his eyes. "Could it be a maze?" For some reason, he was immediately connected to the third item.

Hermione was shocked when she heard the words, and immediately retorted: "If this is the case, Hagrid has to dig up the entire hillside. Dumbledore won't let him do that, and the foundation of the castle may be affected. If it has to be said —” She looked at Harry and Ron one by one, expectantly, “A Quidditch pitch would be more suitable.”

"What, digging a maze on the field?" the two boys yelled together, both showing uncontrollable disgust.

Hermione was momentarily annoyed. "Don't look at me like that! I'm just stating their most likely option!"

Ron was still dissatisfied.And Harry managed to calm down a bit, "They will definitely restore the court to its original state after using it, right?"

This guess is quite reasonable.After all, the Triwizard Tournament is only one year, and the Quidditch competition will continue to be held.

"I think so." Hermione answered with a better tone, "But I think we should pay more attention to what obstacles will be set up in the maze. After all, the size of the court is bound to make it difficult to get rid of too complicated maze..." said Halfway through, she changed the subject in surprise: "Madam Maxime is leaving now?"

Harry had been staring at her intently, but when he heard the words, he immediately turned his head to look out and found that it was true. "Well……"

Ron reluctantly accepted the statement that it would be repaired, and then followed suit. "Hagrid doesn't seem to be infatuated with her anymore," he pointed out objectively. "Maybe it's because she insisted on keeping him out of the relationship after his life was revealed...Anyway, I don't think much of them. Oh, by the way, Harry, didn't you mean Hagrid?" Did you take her to see the fire dragon before?"

"Yeah." Harry was baffled, he couldn't guess what Ron was going to say next.

"And she came back before the third project?" Ron said again, sharply. "You think about it—Keep Hagrid thinks she's using him."

Analysis sounds like a no-brainer.Harry and Hermione looked at each other, realizing at the same time that this was indeed a possibility.Just when Harry was about to say something, there was a sound from the stairs outside, from far to near, with "blackmail", "breaking the law" and so on.

The three of them looked towards the door together.In just a few seconds, the twin brothers appeared.Fred and George were also shocked to see someone in the owl shack.

"What are you two talking about?" Ron asked first, with suspicion in his tone, "You didn't do anything illegal or criminal, did you?"

"Of course not, my dear little brother." Fred immediately put on a playful smile, "What are you doing here?"

Ron's eyes circled around the two of them, not very convinced, and he didn't answer.And Harry noticed that George was holding a letter in his hand.After seeing Harry's eyes, George intentionally or unintentionally covered the names and addresses on the envelope. "We were just kidding!" he argued.

Honestly, this looks even more suspicious.

"You didn't sound like you were joking just now," Ron pointed out.

"Hey, Ron, let's put it this way—" Fred stepped forward and happened to get in between the two groups of people. "Leave your mind on other people's business, okay? You know, your tone is getting worse and worse. You look like Percy... Maybe you can become a prefect in the future!"

"I'm not a prefect!" Ron's attention was drawn away by the last sentence, and he objected fiercely.

As the two of them talked, George tied the letter to the leg of the nearest barn owl, which flew away. "Okay, just pretend you haven't seen us before."

The twin brothers soon went down again.Ron narrowed his eyes at the door where the two disappeared, with a gloomy and worried expression: "I always feel that they are doing something bad that we don't know about."

Hermione paled at the implication in his words. "They can't really break the law, can they? I mean, they really don't take school discipline seriously, but school discipline is completely different from the law!"

Normally Harry would tell her not to worry, but now he had a bad guess too.

This school year, the twin brothers' various promotional activities have not stopped, and they seem to be short of money... That's right, Ron said it at the beginning of last semester.Just kidding. The store does need funds, but given the Weasley family's financial situation, it is difficult to raise funds, not to mention that Mrs. Weasley is unlikely to agree...

Then he thought of the earlier Quidditch World Cup, and the many scenes of the twins mixing with Ludo Bagman at that time.

To be honest, many people think that they can get rich by gambling...

Harry was startled by his own associations.Don't Fred and George want to raise money by gambling?

This cast a shadow over Harry's otherwise bright mood.He didn't catch a word in History of Magic class in the morning, and the same in Potions class in the afternoon.Although he and the twins are not as close as Ron, but they have known each other since childhood, and he can't just sit idly by.

Normally, Harry wouldn't dare to lose his mind in front of Slughorn, after all, the professor and Lily were still in constant contact.Fortunately, today was an exception: after class, the short and fat man winked furtively at him, his face full of understanding.

Harry forced a smile.He reckoned that Slughorn thought he was preoccupied with his revelation of the Labyrinth.Anyway, whatever it was, it was a beautiful misunderstanding and there was no need to clarify it.

After dinner, Harry said goodbye to Ron and Hermione, and returned to the corridor where the Potions classroom was located.Embarrassed to be found standing there alone, he leaned against the inside of a statue at a side road and pretended to be reading a book.

Occasionally, students passed by on the stairs, and there was a sound of laughing and laughing.Harry was staring absently at the page, his attention drawn to the outside world.If Tom came, the other party would obviously not make much noise... In order to avoid the two of them missing, maybe he should poke his head from time to time or something... This place is really not suitable, maybe he should suggest Tom to change to an empty classroom next time...

"...So that's true?" A boy's voice suddenly sounded from not far away, and it was very hoarse because it was undergoing a change of voice.

"Of course it's true. It's exciting to think about doing it under the eyes of the old bee without being noticed!" The other boy immediately affirmed, not concealing his excitement.

"It's amazing, as expected of our leader!" The third boy clapped his hands vigorously.

"Be quiet, we'll be finished if other people hear us." The last boy warned, but he didn't lower his voice much himself. "Although I think it's a brilliant idea to realize that legend, the boss's way is not impossible. After all ..." He might have made some gesture instead, and Harry missed the middle part, "...that would be a big loss."

The chaotic footsteps grew louder and then quieter, and Harry knew they were almost gone.But his curiosity had been aroused, and he couldn't help but slipped a few steps close to the statue and the wall, looking out as carefully as possible——

No mistake, Knott, Avery, Wilkes, Lestrange.

They didn't notice him, because Lestrange was still babbling: "There are a lot of dirty Mudbloods, but it's not worth paying for the garbage, it's better to..."

The four turned a corner and disappeared.Harry wanted to follow again, but a voice in his head told him that wasn't practical, and that the Slytherins were probably going back to the common room.

Old Bee...Boss...Hands...Legend...

Harry was bewildered.The slightly ferocious tone of the Slytherins didn't sound like a good thing, but he didn't know what they were talking about.

Does the boss mean Tom?After all, he couldn't think of who else those people could call the boss?

Who is the old bee?Don't you mean Dumbledore?

There are hands-on and fulfillment of legends and so on. Nothing strange happened in Hogwarts recently?

Just as Harry was thinking desperately, a hand on his shoulder from behind gave him a start, of course. "...Huh?" He trembled in shock, and turned around to find the tall boy looking at him with raised eyebrows, "Tom?"

Tom glanced down the corridor ahead before returning to Harry. "Are you going to stand here all night?"

The answer is of course not.The two chose a secluded, empty classroom, and Tom locked it.In the past, Harry might have been so nervous that his heart was pounding, but at this moment, his head was full of question marks.Seeing Tom find a place to sit down and spread out a thick book, he did the same thing mechanically——

He remembered the rumors, about Tom speaking Parselton, being the heir of Slytherin...

Even if Tom wasn't, but with Slytherin's consistent reputation, it's perfectly normal to do bad things in private...

Especially that little Slytherin group that just walked past, no one at school likes them...

However, to be fair, vicious | incidents did occur in the past few years, and it has not been proved that they did it...

Then again, if you can convince those people to follow, will Tom be a more terrifying person...

From the bottom of his heart, Harry didn't want to believe such speculation.He opened his mouth several times, but closed it again without uttering a word.

Should he ask Tom about that?Eavesdropping is not a glorious thing... And he should have expected it, after all, he still hasn't figured out what Tom is doing in the women's bathroom... Is it too late to regret now, it seems He doesn't even have basic trust in Tom... What's more, Tom has already warned that it is a wise choice to stay away from him...

"Just say anything."

Harry was startled, only to realize that more than half an hour had passed without turning a single page of the book in front of him.He raised his eyes again, the tall boy's complexion was pale, and he looked the same as usual. "That, I..."

Tom didn't speak, just glanced at Harry, as if nothing had happened.

This gave Harry a sudden feeling that Tom might not have been unaware of what he heard; it was even possible that the other party was doing it on purpose.And if this is true, it means that his question will be in the hands of the other party.

Harry held his breath at the thought of the tall boy's usual rebuffs.While he does want to know the truth, being led by the nose is a different story. "I was thinking about what you said in Hogsmeade last time," he had an idea. "You seem to know the Ministry of Magic people very well."

Tom blinked slightly, obviously surprised, but he covered it up immediately. "Average. What do you want to know?"

"I just wanted to ask you." Harry moved a little closer to the tall boy, "Is there any news about Ludo Bagman recently?"

Now, Tom's expression became unbelievable. "What do you care what he does?"

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