HP: By the lake of Snake Garden, flowers bloom on the other side

"Even if you are with Potega, you won't get as many excellent subjects as I do." Hearing Draco's hateful words, the Gryffindor trio had different expressions.

Potter rolled his beautiful green eyes at Malfoy, unable to refute this.

My best subject should be Defense Against the Dark Arts, so I should be able to pass it. The next best subject is Care of Magical Creatures, which I should be able to pass. As for the rest... I can only say, I hope Merlin will bless me.

Weasley's chest heaved with anger, and he hadn't figured out how to refute the annoying Malfoy.

Originally he thought that as long as he could pass three subjects, he would be able to graduate - everyone thought so - except Hermione.

Now I feel that I should have read more books and taken Hermione's lesson plan more seriously.

Weasley looked alternately at Potter and then at Hermione.

Hermione looked at her two good friends being hit by Malfoy and said directly, "Any one of Ron and I or Harry and I together will be taller than you."

In the original plot, Potter and Weasley took nine subjects.

Potter got an "excellent" grade in Defense Against the Dark Arts, five "good" grades, and one "pass" grade - seven passes. And Weasley got seven passes - no "excellent" grades, the seven "passes" were the combined scores of "good" and "pass".

Hermione took ten subjects, nine of which were "excellent" and one was "good".

Isn't this boring?

Licorice raised her eyebrows. Parents should not intervene when children quarrel.

Hermione is so powerful, isn't this bullying Xiaolong?

Draco heard Hermione's provocation, turned to look at Lycoris and winked at her.

"What do you think if Draco and I join together?" Lycoris smiled at Hermione, her tone so gentle that it was hard to fault her. "Or... would you rather have the three of us together?"

Licorice chuckled. "That's fine. Let's add up the totals and see who has more 'excellence'?"

This won’t work! That can’t compare!

Draco tugged at Lycoris's sleeve. Who doesn't know Granger's nickname "Miss Know-It-All"?

"But to be fair, we need to add one more person. You don't want to be accused of being unfair, do you?" Lycoris said as she looked at Pansy and Nott and gave them a look - "Will you come?"

Although I think being the head of a family requires good grades, I'm not aiming for all-round "excellence".

Pansy shook her head at Lycoris and raised her index finger to make a "1" - "one O at most".

No, really not.

Lycoris turned to Nott and gave him a look - "Are you coming?"

Nott nodded, he thought he should be fine.

He was very discerning and knew who he was benchmarking against. After all, how much more "excellent" could he be than Weasley?

As for Lycoris and Hermione Granger, and Draco and Potter...

That’s none of my business.

After receiving Nott's approval, Lycoris turned to look at the Gryffindor trio.

"You have one woman and two men, and we, with Nott, will also be one woman and two men. Do you have any objections?" Licorice smiled and offered a prize. "Now that everyone is here, what shall we compete in? How about gold Galleons? If you lose, each of you three will give us one gold Galleon."

"Let's compete!" Harry didn't want to lose when he saw Malfoy's annoying face as he relied on Lycoris' support.

"Harry!" Hermione grabbed Harry's arm and Ron grabbed the other.

"We made too much noise. This is not good." Hermione shook her head at Harry. She didn't expect it to turn out like this.

"Harry, I don't have any gold Galleons to pay for the loss." Ron whispered. He couldn't afford three gold Galleons.

He only had one gold Galleon in his pocket, which was a communication tool given to him by Hermione.

"You think we're going to lose before we even start the game?" Seeing his good brother like this, Harry cheered him on quietly, "The two of us just need to work harder to be better than Malfoy and Nott. Even if we lose, I'll pay for you!"

After saying that, Harry looked at Hermione and comforted her, "It's okay, we're not causing trouble. Slytherin has issued a challenge, can we not accept it?"

Seeing that Hermione was a little shaken, Harry said, "Hermione, just be yourself. If we win, it's because the three of us have a tacit understanding. If we lose, I'll pay."

Is it such a big fuss?

These three thought about it for so long?

Draco hadn't expected that the conversation would turn into a competition.

"Liko, are you sure you want to compete?" Draco heard the discussion from Harry's side and said to Lycoris, Nott and Pansy, "If we really want to compete, the win or loss will be mine."

"What else? Will it be my fault?" Theodore said to Draco, "I am here to help you. If you lose, it will definitely be yours."

"It's okay." Lycoris patted Draco's arm.

"Have you discussed it?" Draco finished his discussion and started to mock, "Is someone afraid? Is he unable to get an 'excellent' grade or can't afford to pay the compensation?"

When Harry heard this, he wanted to do it like last time, but was stopped by Hermione and Ron, who took a step forward.

"The three of us will compete to see who has more 'excellence'. If we lose, we will get one gold galleon for every three members of the other team." Hermione repeated it seriously and looked at Lycoris. "Do you have any questions?"

Lycoris held out her hand for a high five, and Hermione clapped her hand back with a crisp "pop".

cellar.

"So you're competing with Miss Granger over this kind of thing?" Snape frowned slightly. Why was she as impulsive as Harry?

Snape heard the rumor first, and then saw his daughter coming to him in person to explain the matter.

"Yes, Dad," Licorice answered straightforwardly, sitting on the sofa with a cup of red tea, "This is no small matter. It is not only related to one's personal OWLs test results, but also to the honor of the school."

"We won. Isn't it a great honor for us Slytherins?" Lycoris looked at her father with a smile and took a sip.

"Ms. Snape, have you ever thought about what would happen if you lost?" This was unlike her character, and Snape frowned even more tightly.

"Wouldn't that be Dumbledore's wish?" Lycoris looked at her father and said lightly, "Let Gryffindor step on Slytherin to achieve fame, just like the school flag hanging on the roof that suddenly turned from green to red after 170 minutes."

Snape looked at her and said it in a declarative sentence, "You are holding a grudge."

"Dad may feel the same way," Licorice nodded and continued, "If we win, it's the glory of us Slytherins. If we lose, it's the glory of Gryffindor stepping on Slytherins."

Snape looked at her with empty eyes. Lycoris smiled and stood up to say goodbye, "Dad, I'm leaving now. I've explained everything to you."

The cellar door closed behind them, and the smile disappeared from Licorice's face.

Is it impulse?

Merlin knew.