Once Halloween was over, Hogsmeade was unbelievably cold as if by magic.Rey, together with Delena and Dora, walked towards the Hog's Head against the wind.Fred and George were waiting at the door, and when they saw Rye, they went up happily: "Welcome to the Pig's Head, ladies."

"The boss won't give you some advertising fees?" Dora laughed. "Honestly, this is the first time I've been to a place like this."

"Umbridge wouldn't like us getting together for a reason like this," Rye said. "Hermione was very wise in choosing this place."

They walked into the dingy Hog's Head pub, where Harry, Ron and Hermione were waiting.Harry's expression didn't look good, as if he was enduring something.Before Rui Yi could speak, the door of the bar was opened again, and the small place of the Pig's Head Bar was instantly crowded with twenty or so people.

Rui Yi looked around for a week on tiptoe, and found that most of the people she knew were here.Needless to say, Gryffindors; Hufflepuffs such as Hannah, Ernie, and Justin have always had a good relationship with Harry and the others, so it is not surprising that they are here now.In addition to them, Susan Burns and Chad Bolton, a seventh-grade student, stood in the crowd, and Chad and Ray nodded.

There are many people in Ravenclaw.Cho stood at the head of the crowd, flanked by Marietta Ackmore, with her reddish-blond curls (she pouted curtly when she saw Rye), and Luna, who had been in a daze.Behind the girls are Michael Corner, Anthony Goldstein and the Bout Brothers.Terry Boot is the younger brother of Mon Lisa's boyfriend Baker Boot, who looks very similar to Baker Boot.And Mon Lisa was holding Baker's hand, looking at Rui with a smile on her face.

"There are a lot of people in Ravenclaw," Dora whispered. "I thought there was only one Laiqiu at most."

"Why is Marietta here?" Delena rarely showed disgust. "Why does she still have the face to follow Qiu all the time?"

Rae was silent because she had to join the others to help carry the stools—they were so crowded that they used almost all the stools in the Hog's Head.

When everyone was settled and everyone had the butterbeer that Fred and George had ordered, Hermione spoke.She looked a little nervous, but she was determined when she said that "no one would call that a Defense Against the Dark Arts".Her words resonated with everyone (including Delena and Dora who didn't need to take this class at all), and Ravenclaw Anthony applauded loudly.

However, when Hermione spit out the words "Voldemort is back", everyone who was emotional just now fell silent.Rui felt Dora trembling behind her, and she herself was not much better, but Fred reached out to her.His big and warm palm made her feel much more at ease.

"Well...that's the plan," said Hermione, "and if you want to join, we need to decide how we—"

"But," Marietta Ackmore interrupted Rie. "Is there any proof that the You-Know-Who is really back? I think you should have read the Daily Prophet. Fudge has denied this lie."

Delena cursed in a low voice behind Rui, and Rui tugged at her sleeve.

"Dumbledore believed—"

"Dumbledore believes in Potter, but it doesn't mean we believe in Potter." Marietta said coldly. "Dumbledore also said that Cedric is dead, but isn't he still lying in St. Mungo's well now!"

All eyes turned to Harry, and Rae saw that his face was pale.Qiu also paled: "Mary!"

"I'm just stating the truth, Cho." Marietta looked at Harry contemptuously. "Dumbledore took his word for it, I didn't. My mother and I both believed the Daily Prophet, Dumbledore was getting old, his judgment was failing—"

"If you want to question Dumbledore, or want to hear how Voldemort killed people, I can't help you!" Harry replied angrily. "I don't want to talk about Cedric Diggory, understand? If that's what you came here for, you can go now."

Fred and George muttered something cursing Marietta under their breath, and Rae, too, was so enraged by her comment about Dumbledore that she didn't even bother to stop Fred from swearing.

"Mary, I didn't force you to come with me. If you don't want to participate, you can go back to the castle by yourself!" Qiu's voice suddenly became louder. "Otherwise, please shut your mouth first!"

Everyone present had never seen Qiu lose his temper before, and everyone was stunned.Marietta sat back aggrievedly, and closed her mouth as if she was afraid of Qiu.Qiu took a deep breath: "Okay, Harry, now you can continue."

"Cool," Fred whispered excitedly to Rae. "Why didn't I find out that she was such a person before?"

"The matter of Seid has a great influence on her." Rui replied softly, looking at Qiu with a serious and resolute expression. "Perhaps it inspired her nature."

Hermione gave Cho a grateful look—Harry was about to shoot her through her eyes—and went on to suggest that we all set up a time and place to practice Defense Against the Dark Arts together.But the curious little badgers and eaglets were obviously more interested in Harry himself. Susan Bones first asked: "Is that true? Can you really conjure a Patronus?"

"Yeah." Harry said a little warily.

"A physical patron saint?"

"Well - you don't know Mrs. Burns do you?" Harry asked.

"Good question." Fred chuckled. "They're both named Burns, and Harry's got butterbeer in his head right now?"

However, Harry's affirmative answer to this question instantly aroused everyone's enthusiasm for discussion.

"Brilliant, Harry!" said Lee Jordan, with admiration. "I never knew that before!"

"It's nothing, Rye and Fred can do it too." Harry looked a little embarrassed.

"Don't say that, Harry." Fred shrugged. "You were only in third year when you used the Patronus Charm—"

"We're both in fourth and fifth grade," Rae added. "And that's what you learn in class, isn't it?"

"Sounds easy," Dora muttered behind her. "I'm already in the seventh grade, and I still can't spit out any white mist." Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed than before.

"You killed the basilisk with that sword in Dumbledore's office?" Terry Boot asked. "That's what a portrait on the wall told me last year."

When this question was also answered in the affirmative, several people who knew Harry began to talk about his adventures like a few treasures.It sounds like Harry has indeed experienced a lot.Judging from his 15-year-old age, he is simply unprecedented.Although these are all facts, Harry doesn't seem to think that these are of any importance. He responded very modestly (I don't think he is being modest yet), saying that those were all achievements with the help of others.

However, the few Ravenclaws who came over didn't think so. Qiu took the initiative to mention Harry's good performance in the Triwizard Tournament.This time he couldn't deny it anymore: "Yes, yes, I know I didn't get help with some things, but what I want to say is-"

"We're all here to learn from you, but you say you really don't know anything," Marietta asked meanly. "Or do you really know nothing and just want to hear compliments from others?"

Qiu's face flushed, she was ashamed that she had brought such a friend who could not speak.Harry's face was also flushed, but he was obviously angry.

"Harry doesn't need a compliment from someone like you!" exclaimed Rae, standing up. "When Qiu, the third grader, was petrified, what you did was to publicize that you were a pure-blood, and you were not afraid of being liquidated; but what Harry did was to risk himself and cut off the head of the basilisk with a sword! Why are you still here Wait? How dare you question what Harry did?!"

"If it weren't for Cho being here, I wouldn't want to come!" said Marietta, craned her neck. "Who wants to be with the little liar—"

"Then please go out." Qiu said coldly, crossing his arms. "I don't want to force you to do something you don't like. Since you don't want to participate in this kind of activity, please go out."

"Wow!" the twins whispered behind him, and Harry blushed even more.

Marietta obviously didn't expect Qiu's tone to be so tough.She stood up and asked angrily, "Is this what you want to tell me? God, Qiu, don't you forget who has been friends with you despite the gossip! And now you have to do it for this little liar— "

"Harry is not a liar, he never lies." Qiu replied calmly. "Whoever's lie you want to believe, just believe it. Take it slow."

Marietta slammed the door, and the rest of the pig's head bar looked at each other. "We thought she was close friends with that Akmo?" Hannah and Justin whispered, but Qiu replied indifferently: "I know what kind of person to choose to be friends with."

After this little episode, the meeting continued.Everyone enthusiastically discussed the time and place of the event, but it turned out that it was difficult to find a unified time because of different opinions, and it was not easy to find a learning venue. "Or so," Hermione offered a compromise. "We will record everyone's names first, and we will notify you after we find the contact point."

“Everyone can put together schedules and free time, so we can find a common time to practice,” Rae also suggested. "I can help adjust Hufflepuff's time."

"I'll clean up Ravenclaw." Qiu also volunteered.

"Oh, you are really kind!" Hermione gave them a grateful glance, and then took out a piece of parchment from her schoolbag, as if she had made a lot of determination: "I——I want to Everyone writes their name down so we know who's here today. I also think," she took a deep breath. "We should agree not to make public what we are going to do. So once you sign, you agree not to tell Umbridge or anyone else about us."

"Of course!" The long-armed Fred signed the parchment first, followed by George, Rui and Qiu.Of course, there are people who are skeptical about this matter, such as Ernie, who is a bit dilatory. "Is that safe?" he said slowly. "We're prefects—I mean, you said just now that if Umbridge found out..."

"Ernie, do you really think Hermione's going to throw this list around?" said Ron angrily. "Or do you want to do something bang bong too?" He shook his fist.

Ernie shrank his neck, but still wrote his name on it.

After writing their names, everyone stood up and prepared to leave.At this time, Mon Lisa asked a very constructive question: "Wait, but it didn't occur to everyone, how should we notify each other?"

"The communication badge is not working," Jordan also felt a little distressed. "Umbridge is always looking for reasons to confiscate them—"

"That's not it," said the twins smugly. "It cost us a lot of money."

Hermione rubbed her temples with a headache: "This is indeed—"

"How about making something similar?" Ron suggested. "Coins or something, with writing on them—"

"That's a great idea!" Hermione's eyes lit up. "Like a Galleon—"

"What if someone spends it?" Neville said a little embarrassedly. "If I forget..."

Everyone looked at Rui Yi, and no one present knew who invented the communication badge that was popular all over the school.

"Oh, don't look at me like that." Rui said with a bitter face. "For a while I also—"

She caught sight of the old watch on Fred's wrist, a present from Mrs Weasley when he and George were adults. "How about a watch?" she said. "When the time is fixed, let it heat—"

"Aha," Fred immediately understood what his girlfriend meant. "The time can be displayed directly on the dial."

"Accurate to the second!" George pushed his twin brother with his shoulder.

"Genius, Rye." Hermione exclaimed. "Then that's it!"

"Okay, it's decided like this. Everyone can give me the watch in a few days, and it's best to come in batches." Rui nodded. "The time and place of the first meeting, shall we verbally inform?"

"That's it." Harry finally made a decision, and everyone left the Pig's Head Bar one after another, and everyone was silent when they went out, as if they had just completed a secret agreement.Mon Lisa is busy continuing to date Bout, while Dora and Delina say they want to go to Fengya Clothing Store first.Rae and Cho were a step behind, Harry stopped them: "Rae, I have to trouble you—"

"It's okay," Rae said unimpressed. "There are not many people, and there is Qiu who can help me." Qiu smiled and nodded at Harry. Harry's face was now as red as a tomato. "Uh—thank you, Cho."

"You're welcome, Harry," Cho said softly. "I know what we're doing now, and I think Cedric would be happy to be there if he was there."

Rae noticed that when Cho mentioned Cedric, Harry seemed to be hit hard.The blood on his face faded quickly: "Uh, oh, yes...then, see you in the castle later."

After leaving the Hog's Head Bar, Rui couldn't wait to ask Qiu: "Is there something between you and Harry?"

"Nothing," Qiu said flatly. "There won't be any in the future."

"Oh, you saw his expression just now." Rui Yi said with a little pity. "Poor Harry." Cho smiled apologetically.

"So," Rui thought of Marietta who slammed the door and left, feeling a little worried. "Marietta's—"

"Don't worry, there are some things I've wanted to say for a long time." Qiu's voice was light and fast, as if a burden had been unloaded. "I used to think not to get too stiff with others. After all, Mary and I are in Ravenclaw, and my mother and her mother are colleagues." She kicked a small stone on the road. "I can ignore the past, but she is too much today, and - a little stupid."

Rae flashed a big smile.

"No matter what, I don't regret what I said today." Qiu tilted her head. "The only thing I have to worry about now is how to keep it a secret from Mary. Do you think she will give me Veritaserum?"

"I don't think she can get that." Rae pointed to her head. "Her IQ is not enough."

Both of them laughed at the same time.

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