The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

On the second floor of the castle, the school doctor's office.

As evening approached, the setting sun passed through the transparent glass windows and cast a golden coat on the white sheets of the hospital bed.

At this moment, Ron was staring out the window in a daze.

Thousands of thoughts were racing in his mind, he was worried that his friends would be expelled, and he was annoyed that Harry actually used the Stunning Curse on him.

And the poison on the fire dragon's teeth made his whole body hurt. I really don't know how Charlie could endure it.

"Ron, we're here to see you."

Ron looked back, his eyes a little puffy from sleeping for too long.

Loren looked at it from top to bottom. It looked like there was nothing wrong with it. The swelling in his eyes might be attributed to Harry's coma spell.

Ron was also looking at his friends. They had smiles on their faces and didn't look like they were about to be expelled. He felt relieved, the situation seemed much better than he thought.

Ron greeted happily: "Loren! Hermione! You are here!"

Just not calling Harry's name. This little thought made Loren and Hermione a little funny. The two of them sat side by side on the hospital bed next to them, watching the show in silence.

Harry had been taught by Professor Quirrell for a lesson, and now he felt that his heart was extremely strong. This kind of neglect was child's play.

He sat on Ron's bed, as if he hadn't heard what he just said, and said calmly: "You must not know that Ms. Pomfrey didn't see the fire dragon thing. I thought I was going to be fired."

Ron still didn't want to talk to Harry: "Yes, really? Maybe it's because I told her it was a dog bite."

"Clever!" Harry patted Ron's bandaged hand exaggeratedly.

"Ouch~"

Ron's painful spot was held and he could no longer pretend: "That's enough Harry, I haven't told you about using the coma spell on me yet."

The three of them couldn't help laughing, this was the Ron they were familiar with.

Madam Pomfrey heard laughter coming in and warned, "No violent movements."

This is to prevent the wound from collapsing. In the magic world, ordinary physical wounds can be healed directly with magic potions. But Ron's wound contained "unknown toxins" and he could only wait for it to heal naturally.

Madam Pomfrey told several people that fortunately it was delivered in time and the wound did not deteriorate seriously. He only needs to stay in the school doctor's office for two days and will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow.

Ron calculated on his fingers that he would be discharged from hospital tomorrow, which would be just in time for Snape's Potions class on Friday.

He raised his head and showed a pitiful expression: "Dear Madam Pomfrey, I feel pain not only in my hands, but also in my whole body. Can I stay for one more day to recuperate?"

Madam Pomfrey heard this and glanced at the three people next to her.

Loren, Hermione, and Harry were sitting upright, with their backs straight, and expressions of "Watch what I do, it's none of my business" on their faces.

I have never heard of any injuries caused by dragging.

Madam Pomfrey finally nodded in agreement with Ron's request and looked at the three culprits beside her. "I'll give you five more minutes. The patient will rest in five minutes."

After that, exit the door.

"Good!" Ron cheered, "No need to take Old Bat's Potions class."

Normally, Hermione would scold Ron at this time. As the end of the term was approaching, she should study hard in class.

But it didn't happen this time. Hermione followed Loren and praised her against her will. This was really a clever move. It might allow Snape to deduct a few points from Gryffindor. Maybe in the end, Gryffindor's House Cup would also be Ron's. credit.

"Fire dragons are really dangerous creatures." The three of them said in a false tone.

The inexperienced Charmander Norbert was eating mice at this time, and he didn't know that he had already taken a big blame.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, it was Friday morning.

After Potions class, Loren and the others just entered the restaurant and saw Ron already stuffing roasted chicken legs into his mouth, his cheeks bulging.

The bandage on his hand has been removed, and purple potion is still applied to the wound.

"Baby Ronny, I heard you were bitten by a dog~"

"Are we still going to visit you?"

George and Fred were talking jokingly, each controlling Ron with one hand and looking at the wounds on his hands carefully.

"It's okay. I just missed two classes." Ron hurriedly covered it up. He was not sure whether the twins could detect anything from the wounds. After all, both of them had seen the wounds caused by the fire dragon on Charlie's body.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with Ron, the twin brothers looked at each other suspiciously, let go of Ron's hand, and whispered into his ear:

"Hey, I advise you as a first grader to avoid going to the Forbidden Forest."

"We're not sure when Mom's yelling letter will come."

Without giving Ron time to react, the twins pulled away.

Seeing that they didn't bother with his wounds, Ron was relieved and started talking and laughing with the little wizards around him.

Loren was slowly tasting the steak next to him, removing the bones bit by bit with his fork. He heard what the twins had just said.

The twins were not peaceful students. Their reputation for wandering at night was widely known among the first-year wizards, but they had never been caught. Most of the points were deducted because of some pranks.

Harry and Ron used their invisibility cloaks to frequently come in and out of the lounge late at night, and they might have been detected by the twins using the Marauder's Map.

Loren is very interested in the alchemy technology on the Marauder's Map, which involves the magic of names.

It's interesting that such advanced magic and alchemy techniques can be mastered by a group of "predators" during their student days.

Thinking carefully about their Animagus, the success rate is surprisingly high.

There are only seven registered Animagus in the UK, and all three of them succeeded, including the less talented Peter Pettigrew.

They may have mastered the advanced theory of human body transformation, which will be of great help to Loren on the path of biological refinement.

There are always infinite mysteries waiting for people to discover in Hogwarts Castle.

Loren wiped the salty-sweet gravy from her mouth and took this to heart.

On the other side, Seamus told Ron about the recent rumors in a low voice: "According to the portraits in the corridor, a graduated Slytherin wizard slipped into the castle. He is a cruel and evil dark wizard."

"It will always be late at night, in an unknown classroom, torturing the abducted body and destroying his soul."

"Actually, something like this has happened before, so Hogwarts prohibits little wizards from traveling at night."

Loren cooked the meal with ghost stories and listened with great interest. It turns out that there are horror stories circulating in magic schools. I wonder if Hogwarts Castle was built on a cemetery.

At night, Loren routinely came to the basement to complete Snape's weekly tasks.

It has been almost a year. At first, Snape issued a list of books and asked Loren to read them by himself, building up some basic knowledge system of potions and understanding some superficial principles of potions.

The act of preparing snake venom and asking him to carefully pick out the stamens was more like a test of his character.

After Snape told him some conjectures about the greatness of potions and the elixir of life, the relationship between the two became much closer during that time. The most obvious manifestation was that Snape no longer used "Mr. Morgan" "This title.

Loren accepted Snape's kindness and treated him as his teacher.

Occasionally, Snape would behave in a seemingly vicious manner, but he would just complain and not take it to heart.

Then we will start laying the foundation, understanding the properties of various materials and the methods of processing various herbs. Occasionally, he would catch up with Snape preparing some simple potions, and he would ask Loren to help him with some tricks.

Recent teaching content has mainly focused on handling herbal medicines, with an emphasis on their proper handling and utilization under various conditions.

Also, the Divine Edge Shadowless Curse.

For Loren, Snape is no longer just an NPC.

After pushing the door open, Snape was sitting behind the desk. He looked a little tired and did not react to Loren entering the door.

"Professor Snape, what are we doing today?" Loren asked tentatively.

"I won't be dealing with medicinal materials today, but I will answer some of your questions about potions." Snape spoke slower than usual, without any waves.

The two of them asked and answered questions about potions. In the process, Snape's mind gradually changed and he focused on teaching Loren.

After the teaching ended, Loren did not leave in a hurry. He felt strange about Snape like this. I had seen Snape feeling sad, angry, and arrogant before, but this was the first time he was as tired as he was today.

"Professor, what's wrong with you?"

"Tomorrow, Mr. Crabbe will visit Hogwarts with the school board's papers."

"Does it have anything to do with you?"

The principal of Hogwarts is Dumbledore, and the vice-principal is Professor McGonagall. You, a potions professor, are going undercover and want to get a higher position. It does seem to be on top from the back.

"He is -" Snape stopped here. Why was he telling a first-year Muggle wizard this? There was no way he would understand.

After Voldemort's fall, some Death Eaters cleared themselves and appeared to have done nothing bad.

In other words, various means were used to prevent the Aurors from finding evidence to prove that they had done bad things. There are also some people who are clever, even if they are caught as evidence of Death Eaters, the Ministry of Magic admits their innocence.

This group of people still leads a decent life in wizarding society.

This group of people all believed that Snape was one of them, and the most successful one, having deceived Dumbledore and becoming the Potions Professor and Potion Master of Hogwarts.

Guys who are greedy for profit want to use this to cultivate friendship and make some less-than-glamorous deals.

According to Snape's idea, he would not pay attention to these people at all. But for Dumbledore's so-called mission and for what might happen in the future, he had to make plans.

Snape found it a bit funny, asked Loren what he was doing, and then sent Loren away.

Those bugs always have to pay for their thoughts. He needs to think carefully about how much he should increase the price of this batch of potions, or add some delicious little spices to them.

Loren couldn't hear Snape's thoughts, but later it seemed that Snape had figured it out and there was no big problem.

His alchemy circle is nearing completion and he is starting to carve the third pair of magic texts. Loren had an intuition that the third pair of magic texts would go more smoothly than the previous two pairs.

Harry's long-awaited Saturday finally arrived

The weather was not good that day. The sky was dim, the wind was blowing, and the sky was covered by thick clouds.

Obviously, the night light will be blocked. If today were Wednesday, then Loren's stargazing report would be grilled by Hermione again.

But today, Saturday, Harry and Ron thought it was a good day for their move.

During the day, they pretended to study in the library. But only Hermione was reviewing seriously, while Harry and Ron were restless.

Harry repeated in his mouth, "The twelve known uses of fire dragon blood include oven cleaner, spot remover, wart treatment..."

When it reaches Ron's mouth, it turns into Norbert's blood. The twelve known uses include...

"Hermione, where's Loren?" Harry couldn't remember the book anymore and wanted to find something to say.

"Tying with his gadgets, remember, I told Hagrid." Hermione paused, then felt a little annoyed, "He really should study hard, the exam is coming soon."

She had practiced the Seamless Stretching Charm with Loren before. After catching up with Loren's progress, she had not practiced it yet due to concerns about the Ministry of Magic's regulations, but Loren seemed to really intend to practice it.

Every time Hermione tried to persuade him, she always repeated the phrase "Are you going to report me?"

Extremely abominable.

Harry didn't listen at all. When he heard Hagrid's name, he thought of the fire dragon and repeated mechanically: "Yes, yes, that gadget."

"Look, Professor McGonagall." Ron pointed at the door.

Hermione looked up and saw Professor McGonagall and several faculty members accompanying a tall man to visit the library.

This man was wearing an ill-fitting dress and was trying hard to straighten his back, like a bear trying to be a gentleman. He looked very funny.

Seeing the restricted book area blocked by ropes, the man showed disgust and shouted: "If you ask me, Hogwarts should not collect these books about dark magic."

The librarian, Mrs. Pince, suddenly appeared next to a group of people. Without caring at all, she angrily waved a feather duster and shouted: "Get out! Get out!"

The people on the side quickly persuaded Mrs. Pingsi.

The man looked at Professor McGonagall with a bitter expression.

Professor McGonagall frowned: "Mr. Crabbe, you all know the rules of Hogwarts, and they haven't changed over the years. I still have some work to do, so you can visit by yourself."

"If you want to visit Professor Snape, he is in the office." After that, he left with several faculty members.

Seeing that Mrs. Pingsi was about to get angry at any moment, the man also withdrew.

"Who is this?" Harry lowered his head and asked Ron in a low voice.

They had important things to do today, and a stranger suddenly came to the school, which made him a little uneasy.

"One of the sanctimonious ones, Mr. Crabbe, the father of Malfoy's lackey."

Ron teaches Harry and Hermione what sanctimonious people are (those whitewashed Death Eaters).

Harry showed a look of disgust. He already knew that his parents died because of Voldemort and his Death Eaters: "Such a person wants to visit Snape. Snape is really not a good person."

"Why didn't Dumbledore send them all to Azkaban?"

"Actually, it's complicated..."

At this time, Loren had already broken out a dozen boxes in the Room of Requirement.

Looking at the box that was pierced by the alchemy circle in front of him, Loren put his chin in his hand and said thoughtfully, "It's definitely not the magic circle's fault. I can now draw the magic circle with my eyes closed."

Just last night, he had completed the outline of three pairs of magic texts. In the alchemy laboratory, a space box was created using Flamel's virtual suitcase and unicorn hair.

I came here early this morning to verify in the real world that the Room of Requirement can only provide suitcases, and the unicorn hair conjured is the hair of some unknown animal. White, but not magical.

He had no choice but to use the unicorn hair sent by Hagrid. It was a big ball, he couldn’t count how many there were, but it was enough to cause him trouble anyway.

Fortunately, the suitcase is no problem. There are even various styles, luxurious, exquisite, and crude.

Loren also saw pureblood family marks on some of the suitcases. He was not sure whether these were left here by teachers and students from the past thousands of years, or whether the Room of Requirement used magic to manifest itself according to Loren's needs.

On the bottom of the leather-lined box, there are black burn marks and some impurities.

Loren probably knew what was wrong: in the Book of Fantasy, the virtual materials were all high-quality unicorn hair. Although the magic power is not enough to make a wand core, there are no impurities in it. This impurity will not cause a short circuit in the array.

In fact, this situation shows that the circle is drawn correctly. The purpose of heating is to remove the impurities mixed inside. Ordinary suitcases cannot withstand such high temperatures and will be burned through.

“Ask for fresh unicorn hair that’s pure enough, or find a suitcase that can withstand the temperatures.”

Want to make a suitcase made of special materials? Loren shook his head.

Who knows what problems may be encountered in the process of making a suitcase. Maybe at first I just wanted to make a space equipment, but in the end it turned into an alchemy laboratory.

It's certainly impossible to find unicorn hair in the Forbidden Forest. Unicorns only like pure girls, and there is nothing he can do about it. There really is nothing he can do about it.

Box, high temperature resistant box.

Loren's mind flashed to the box containing frozen pears given by Malfoy. There seemed to be a kind of freezing magic in it, which might be able to meet his requirements.

Back in Gryffindor Tower, there were some little wizards in the lounge spending their weekend leisure time, and more little wizards were outside the castle looking for traces of summer.

There was no one in the dormitory, just as Loren wanted. With a light touch of his finger, silver light flashed, and his consciousness entered the book of fantasy.

"Flamel!"

He told Flamel about the problem of impurities in unicorn hair.

Flamel looked strange: "My oversight, Nico hasn't used unicorn hair with impurities for hundreds of years. So I didn't consider this issue."

Flamel thought for a while: "Are you going to learn how to remove impurities from unicorn hair without damaging it?"

"This involves a very classic magic circle. You need to learn about 73 pairs of symmetrical magic words and 151 asymmetric magic words."

"At your previous pace, you should be able to do well before graduating from Hogwarts."

Loren's face was expressionless, "Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

He talked about his idea of ​​using a box with refrigeration magic and asked Flamel for his opinion.

"You can give it a try."

After receiving Flamel's affirmative answer, Loren exited the fantasy book and dug out the empty box from under the bed.

The box is larger than a regular suitcase, but not the size of a suitcase. The outer layer is an unknown black leather, the wooden frame supports the main body, and the lock is made of gilt metal with decorative lines printed with peacock patterns.

Opening the box, a burst of icy cold air came out, and there was a circle of blue alchemical lines on the side of the box. Probably the modern alchemy style, the whole is mainly decorative, and the coldness is mainly due to the material of the box.

The leather of the box is made from some kind of magical animal from the snowy mountains or the polar regions. Magic and alchemy are used to enhance the function of constant temperature refrigeration.

Now that the Magical Creatures Protection Act is complete, it should be worth a lot of money. At that time, Malfoy was such a stinky kid that he just told him not to pay it back. I don’t know if old Malfoy has dealt with this prodigal son.

Loren returned to the Room of Requirement and began experiments...

The sky gradually dimmed into a dark, overcast night.

Harry, Ron and Hermione split into two groups. Hermione met them in the tower in case they missed Charlie's friends; Harry and Ron slipped out of the castle and went to Hagrid's hut to bring Norbert over.

The night was dark, and the sounds of unknown animals could be heard from time to time in the Forbidden Forest.

Harry and Ron stood by and watched Hagrid put Norbert into a large crate.

It was a little late when they arrived at Hagrid's hut, because Peeves had been playing badminton against the wall in the hall, and they had to wait for him to leave.

"I prepared a lot of mice and some brandy for him." Hagrid's voice was dull. He liked this little cutie, like a little rabbit.

"Maybe I should put his teddy bear in there so he won't be lonely all the way."

Charmander hit the box with his tail, making the box rattle.

"Look, he thinks so too." Hagrid opened a partition on the box and threw the teddy bear made of cloth through the opening.

There was a tearing sound from the crate, followed by a burst of fire. Obviously, the teddy bear has been sacrificed.

Ron shivered as if he was feeling the same thing, and felt a dull pain in his right hand.

Harry's scalp was numb. Damn it, the dragon egg must have some kind of dark magic, otherwise why would he have so obsessed with supporting Hagrid to hatch it in the first place.

After Hagrid said goodbye to Norbert, Harry used the Levitation Charm to lift the crate and let it follow him and Ron.

As soon as the invisibility cloak was on, the two people and a big box disappeared into thin air. In the darkness, no one knew they were smuggling the fire dragon.

Up on the tower, Hermione was alone in the dark night.

She knows lighting spells and fire spells, and has hundreds of ways to light up this place in her mind. But no, that would attract other people's attention.

"Damn it Loren, he's not here at this time." Hermione tightened her robe tightly. This behavior could bring her some comfort.

She forced herself to sort out the knowledge she was reviewing, but she always got distracted. Finally gave up and chose to focus on yelling at someone.

Just when Hermione was arranging some unreliable guy for the 101st time, Harry and Ron's bodies emerged from the bottom up, and they merged smoothly.

Although Hermione had many shortcomings and was not easy to get along with, the moment they saw Hermione, both Harry and Ron felt at ease.

The levitation spell was easy to use, and except for Norbert throwing tantrums from time to time, everything went smoothly.

"It's really lucky that there are no obstacles on the way. Maybe we can also look at the stars." Ron said.

No one paid attention to Ron's cold joke, and the three of them guarded the box, waiting for the arrival of Charlie's friends.

Summer has not yet arrived, and there is still some coldness remaining in the night. In the darkness, this coolness is even more obvious.

I don't know how much time passed, but a blond figure suddenly appeared at the door of the tower.

"Malfoy! What are you doing here?"

The three wands were pointed at Malfoy at the same time, and surging magic power surged in the wands.

"Idiot, I'm here to help you." Malfoy glanced back, as if he was worried that someone was following him.

Harry and Ron looked at each other with hatred, it was this guy who had been scaring them for almost two weeks.

"How about giving him a binding spell and unlocking it tomorrow."

"A stun spell would be more appropriate."

Only Hermione didn't get carried away. Malfoy's appearance meant that their plan was leaked.

She needed to know more details: "Speak clearly."

"Let's go first and talk as we go." Malfoy was a little anxious.

Harry said quickly: "Why should I believe you?"

"I really want to report you. You should bring the professor with me now." Malfoy wanted to curse, "Let's go, Crabbe and his father are coming."

"Death Eaters!" This sentence made Harry and the three of them panic for a while.

Hermione refloated Norbert's crate, Ron pulled Malfoy into the invisibility cloak, and Harry kept his wand pointed at Malfoy.

They reentered the hallway and listened carefully to the sounds coming from the stairs below.

There was the sound of armor falling to the ground downstairs, followed by Sir Nicholas' hearty smile.

Harry was the first to react: "Headless Nick is helping us."

Although Sir Nicholas always scares them, he has a good relationship with Loren.

Even with the help of the ghost, the sounds below were getting closer and closer, and they didn't dare to breathe.

"We have invisibility cloaks, so they may not be able to detect us." Ron said.

"Meow!" A cat meowed, it was Mrs. Norris.

The Crabbes bribed Filch!

"The smell of Norbert's body will definitely not escape that cat's nose." Harry's mind was racing, trying to find a way out of this predicament.

"Come with me quickly." In panic, Hermione thought of a place they couldn't find.

Harry and Ron immediately pulled Malfoy to follow them.

"Where are we going?" Harry asked, now blocked upstairs.

"Go find Loren."

"What's the meaning?"

Loren should be in the dormitory at the moment. Could it be that he is out at night again?

"Just follow me."

Hermione didn't want to bring a few people to the Room of Requirement.

That was the place where Loren celebrated her birthday, it was like a birthday present from Loren. The two spent many weekends in the Room of Requirement, a secret base known only to the two of them.

But now the situation is critical and only a few people can be brought over.

Several people followed Hermione quietly.

Malfoy began to tell the story: "When Mr. Crabbe visited the school doctor's office, he found a book containing a reply to you from Charlie Weasley."

Ron's hand holding the wand was shaking, "I forgot, I put the letter in the book."

"Idiot." Malfoy was happy to flog Ron's self-reproach.

Harry and Hermione didn't blame him, it was just a coincidence. No one would have imagined that someone from outside the school would suddenly visit Hogwarts and visit the school doctor's office.

Malfoy went on to say what happened next. A letter alone was not enough to win Professor McGonagall's trust. Crabbe and his son planned to take the stolen goods together, so they went to the tower to arrest them after turning off the lights.

"Once you are discovered with the fire dragon, just like that stupid guy, you will all have your wands broken and expelled from Hogwarts." After Malfoy said this, he began to gloat.

"Expelled!"

"Hagrid's wand was broken!"

Hermione and Harry had different concerns, but they both quickened their pace.

"Why are you helping us?" Hermione asked.

"Ha! I just see how pitiful you are."

Since the last incident in the stands, Crabbe had become alienated from him and did not obey his orders as before.

Malfoy felt that he was just trying to destroy this follower's plan and teach him a lesson. The great Malfoy family would never allow betrayal.

As for Harry, it was just bad luck.

He was actually not too anxious. Even if he was caught, the Crabbes would not do anything to him. While Crabbe dared to disobey him, his father certainly wouldn't dare to disobey another Malfoy.

Malfoy regarded this as a unique adventure and looked at the invisibility cloak with interest, thinking that maybe he should buy one too.

On the other side, the voices of Sir Nicholas's jokes were also rising higher and higher, and Filch was approaching with them.

Her footsteps kept moving, and the painting of Silly Barnabas was behind the corner. Hermione's heart was filled with unspeakable thoughts, and the closer she got to it, the weaker her feet became.

But the movement behind them forced them to get closer.

"Honestly, I'm surprised you guys are acting together with Malfoy."

A joking voice suddenly came from the front, and Loren was standing in front carrying a box. His eyes glowed bright blue and he had a playful expression on his face.

"Loren!" The big stone that had been weighing on Hermione's heart was put down, and she jumped up to Loren. She wanted to say something, but couldn't.

Harry and others came up to him and informed Loren of the current situation.

No one noticed a problem, how Loren found them under the invisibility cloak.

Sir Nicholas's voice grew louder and clearer, like a hammer on their hearts.

"I didn't expect it to come in handy so soon." Loren opened the box that released blue ice crystals. There was a pattern of a white six-pointed star on the bottom of the box, and there was a symbol on each corner.

The silver light flowing from time to time adds a bit of mystery to this magic circle.

Loren dragged the floating crate and struggled to push it toward the circle. Like a black hole, the crate gradually became smaller after it touched the magic circle, and it slowly got into it.

After closing the box, the small box bounced on the ground a few times and became quiet.

Harry and Ron watched this scene with their mouths wide enough to fit a fist into. No wonder Hermione said she wanted to find Loren. Although Loren was deceived by Snape, he was too reliable at other times.

"This is the box I gave you!" Malfoy looked excited.

Of course he had seen the Traceless Stretching Charm before, but this box certainly didn't have this effect before. This is so cool, Loren is nothing like those stupid Gryffindors.

Hermione was a little confused. This was against the regulations of the Ministry of Magic, but it was more important not to be expelled now.

"It's just been completed. Now we can only put one crate in it." Loren spread his hands and couldn't put the person in. He still couldn't escape the punishment of night wandering.

He is quite satisfied with this box and can continue to improve it in the future.

Once the fire dragon is hidden, the rest is not a big problem. If you are caught wandering at night, you will get deducted points. If you are lucky, you may not even need to be detained.

It is unrealistic to avoid it completely. With Mrs. Norris here, the invisibility cloak is not easy to use. They were able to fool Filch last time, but they might not be able to fool the Death Eaters this time.

Letting the smell disappear in front of the Room of Requirement is not a good idea either.

They plan to return to the tower and hand Norbert over to Charlie's friends. We all went out at night, so private meetings with people outside the school were not a big deal, and it was normal to give a small box to friends outside the school.

As long as the fire dragon is not discovered on the spot, deducting points is better than breaking the wand and being expelled.

In just a few minutes, Loren's appearance changed the situation. The few people walked back to the tower openly, as if taking a walk. I have never been so comfortable walking at night.

"Honestly, Malfoy, I thought you were eager for Harry to be expelled." Loren teased.

"Actually, I do think so. This time it's just to get revenge on Crabbe." Malfoy raised his head arrogantly, "Malfoy cannot betray."

Ron curled his lips, but this time, thanks to Malfoy's help, he could not say the sarcastic words on his lips.

8k, one update away from 10,000, I will try again tomorrow.