the Gambler

This morning owl is almost insane.The hall was full of feathers and chirping, and they threw copies of the Daily Prophet here and there, making choking noises from those who saw the first page headlines, and they turned their eyes to the Gryffindor sitting The 'Miracle Boy' at the front of the long table calmly cut off a piece of bacon. In front of him was a pile of letters, many of which were red roaring letters.

Hermione and Ron moved closer to Harry at the same time, helping their friends to shield the condemning eyes of others.Tom drew his wand and cast a powerful Silencing Charm over the smoking letter, trapping the obscenities in the bubble.Facing Hermione's surprised expression, he raised half of his eyebrows, and said sarcastically, "Why, Miss Know-it-all in Gryffindor never thought that a small silencing spell could solve this kind of trouble? Don't tell me You're all used to hearing all this yelling, and really, that made my eardrums hurt."

Hermione blushed for a moment, and looked at Ron awkwardly, who rarely showed admiration on his face, considering that he was often the subject of Mrs. Weasley's shouting letters.Tom offers him a great solution.

"Then what nonsense did Rita Skeeter say?" Harry weighed them one by one, and finally set his sights on Hermione. The witch was shocked for a moment, quickly collected her emotions, and cleared her throat and said: " You already know that Skeeter wrote the report?"

"She was hiding nearby, yes, Hermione, we did it on purpose."

"But that woman can always make things worse," Ron interjected, spreading the newspaper to face Harry. "She makes you look like a traitor."

[Harry Potter has given up his duties! 】

"It's good that she finally gave up the useless nonsense and went straight to the point." Harry said lightly, noticing the disbelief of the two, he put down his fork, and smirked with his chin, "Why? You are not happy with her Has it become more straightforward? Finally, there are no more so-called sleepless and haggard Harry Potters."

"You look like a Slytherin." Ron wrinkled his nose in disgust, "although not as annoying as I thought."

"Did I forget to tell you? The Sorting Hat originally wanted to throw me into Slytherin. I chose Gryffindor myself, but that doesn't mean I can't play my cunning side, does it?" Harry raised his fork and squinted. Looking at a certain Ravenclaw who was staring at him fiercely, he glanced back at the staff table. Dumbledore looked particularly happy, and even took time out of the heated discussion with Professor Flitwick to wink at him .Harry turned and said gravely, "This report is really entertaining, don't you think, Boot?"

With a pale face, Boot turned his head to hope for support from the people around him, and they all pretended to be ignorant under Harry's happy gaze, and ate breakfast by themselves.Boot turned around again, this time blushing with anger, and Harry could see that the boy was gathering courage to confront him, and sometimes he wondered if bravery really only belonged to Gryffindor, at least McLaggen would come out bold Challenge yourself, although in the end you run away with your tail between your legs.Harry coughed a few times, showing an extraordinarily mocking smile, which seemed to have a different effect, and Boot's face turned blue again, as if he wanted to hide among the crowd.

"Don't want to make some interesting comments?" Harry pulled out his wand and put it in his hand. "I won't curse you, don't worry."

Boot opened his mouth, and just as he was about to say something, Neville made a move first.

"The whole story is full of nonsense." Neville pulled out his wand, and said 'blazing' to the newspaper. This action made the whole hall quiet, and no one would have thought that the shy Gryffindor boy would do it in public. Such a thing.Neville stood up from his seat and announced loudly: "I don't want to see anyone question Harry's decision, because these are the ideas that should have been instilled in you long ago. blame on others.”

"I quite agree with what Neville said." Luna tilted her head and smiled, "There are lots of harassment flies around your ears, they must have affected your thinking. Calming down is the best way to deal with them."

Realizing that Lovegood, the crazy girl in the same courtyard, had found a step for himself, Boot gratefully glanced at the witch, and hurriedly threw himself into the meal without saying a word.

A tall Hufflepuff boy stood up whoosh and walked quickly to the Gryffindor table.Almost at the same moment, all the Gryffindors stiffened their muscles, ready to attack each other.That Hufflepuff—a little-known guy whose last name was Vallard that Harry could barely remember, was one of the gang that had been with Cedric.Harry couldn't help putting his hand on his wand, thinking of Cedric again, he still felt a heavy sense of guilt.

"What do you want, Vallad?" Harry folded his arms across his chest, and Harry's accurate calling of his name seemed to startle the boy, who suddenly stopped and looked at him warily.

"You can't simply abandon your responsibility." Valad held back for a long time before saying this, and the impulse just now restrained after noticing the obvious hostility.

"Kill Voldemort or protect you?" Harry said slowly, emphatically, "or both?"

"Of course it's the former!" Valad shouted.

"I'm going to face Voldemort, how about you?"

Vallard was speechless for a while, his brown eyes rolled around, and it took him a long time to utter the word 'I'. Ron interrupted his stuttering impatiently: "Harry did hit the point, do you think Woolen cloth?"

"But—" Valad closed his mouth again.

"So what do you want to say?" Ron stood between Harry and Hufflepuff, and the anger of being interrupted from eating was also added together. "Ask yourself what you have done, coward! You and your parents and those who are the same Stupid wizards, just put the responsibility of saving the wizarding world on a 16-year-old boy! You want Harry to get rid of the Dark Lord, and watch from the sidelines with black tea and snacks? Very brave, really , I don't even know what qualifications you have to accuse Harry of making the right choice!"

"The prophecy says he is our savior! He should kill the Dark Lord!" Valad growled, blushing.

"Fuck the prophecy! You dare to speak so arrogantly in front of Harry, why don't you put your courage on fighting Voldemort!" Ron pulled the other side's skirt, "Tell me, What were you doing when Harry took the Sorcerer's Stone in the first grade, when he killed the basilisk in the second grade, when he faced hundreds of dementors in the third grade, and when he faced the reborn Dark Lord alone in the fourth grade ? What are your parents doing?"

"I--"

"You're a bunch of cowards who just want to hide behind other people. Forget how you treated Harry a year ago! You're crazy to say he's a liar! Now that Voldemort is back, you're going to put your tail between your legs Run back?" Ron snorted, "Let me tell you clearly, I'm in the third camp, if you dare to move a finger from Harry, at least fifty wands will be pointed at the back of your head."

"What?" The scolded boy flinched involuntarily when he saw Hermione's and Ron's wands, and looked down at his shoes.

"If you're smart enough, you should choose your side instead of yelling, it won't bring you much sense of honor." Hermione stood up, her wand still pointing directly in the direction of Valad, and then , Neville, Dean, Seamus and other DA members stood up one after another, all holding their wands to their chests.

Just like fledgling chicks will look forward to the unreachable sky, conceited but not self-aware also make them think that the world is drunk and I am alone. Students are always the easiest to be incited, and what Tom needs most right now is The foolish loyalty and self-identity of the young man.Students won't affect the battle to a large extent, but the families behind them will.

The handsome black-haired boy quickly swept in Slytherin's direction and received his instructions. They also got up and walked to the Gryffindor long table under the leadership of Draco and Bryce, and finally stood respectfully behind Tom.Not to be outdone, the Gryffindor students all walked around the table and stood behind Harry.Vallard's mouth was open almost enough to fit an entire pie.

"Grandly introduce, this is the Knights of Volpes." Tom stretched out his wand and waved it gracefully a few times. A golden dragon emerged from the tip of the wand, swam around in mid-air, and then slowly coiled into a shield. The appearance of A, "We will be the lightning that cuts through the darkness, breaks through all the haze of death, and smashes the tyranny/dictatorship in power."

Dumbledore applauded first, and after a while the whole auditorium was full of applause. He stood up and nodded to Tom and Harry.In the next second, Fawkes, who was surrounded by flames all over his body, rushed into the auditorium, circled around everyone, and finally stopped on Dumbledore's shoulder.

"Looks like your camp has expanded." Luna smiled at Harry.