manynovel Chapter 173 Who is at the top
Chapter 173 Who is at the top
"It looks like Mr. Campbell has violated school rules."
Hearing this, Afro was slightly stunned, and she looked at Percy with wide eyes. She forgot that Percy was famous for his integrity.
Percy saw the girl's lips curled in disappointment, and the smile in her eyes became bigger. He took the leaves off the girl's head and leaned over to whisper something in her ear.
"I can take a bribe."
Afro suddenly raised her head and bumped into eyes as clear as water. Her figure was deeply imprinted in the eyes, with fragmented streams of light floating in them.
"What bribe?"
Percy pretended to think, as if he hadn't thought of anything, and smiled at her, "Just owe it to me for now."
He took Afro's hand very naturally and gently kneaded her fingertips with his fingertips.
"Flint, this is a violation of school rules. I will tell Professor Snape to deduct Slytherin's house points."
"You are using your power for personal gain!" Flint was unconvinced and made a scene, and wanted to go to Snape to complain.
"I'm the president of the male student union. I have the right. You can go ahead." Percy nonchalantly brushed off the non-existent dust on his body, and his words choked Flint so much that he couldn't say anything.
Flint had no choice but to stomp his feet and leave angrily. The remaining little wizards watched Flint leave, and they didn't dare to say anything, so they left quietly.
"So handsome, Percy!" Afro did not hesitate to heap all the words of praise on Percy.
Percy just stood there, a slight smile on his face as he watched Afro rack his brains to praise him.
"Where are you going?"
Percy let Aphrodite go only after she really ran out of words.
"Let's go find Hagrid." Harry finally found an opportunity to intervene. He hooked the fingers of Afro's other hand and shook them gently twice.
Percy didn't even glance at Harry; he wanted to hear Avro's answer.
"Yeah, let's go find Hagrid, do you want to come?"
"No, I still have to prepare for the exam." Percy smiled, his movements gently sliding across her cheek, the smile in his voice was lazy and leisurely. "Have fun."
Percy watched the girl and his friends leave the hillside. He stared at the hand clasped with the girl. His eyes, which had a gentle smile on them a second ago, immediately became deep and dark. His hands behind his back were clenched into fists. His heart was like a violent storm, and it took a long time to calm down.
What should he do? It seemed too late.
The sun has slowly set below the horizon, dyeing the sky red in the afterglow of the bright sunset.
Hagrid welcomed the little guests in and took Ron's mouse out from under an upside-down copper basin and handed it to him.
"Scabbers!" Ron took it happily, holding it in his arms and examining it carefully from head to toe.
"I told you Crookshanks wouldn't eat your rat!" Hermione glanced at Ron with disdain and leaned alone on the table in front of the window.
Afro was also dumbfounded. How come the target she had worked so hard to bring out came back again?
"Sirius is really useless." She secretly complained to 23 in her heart.
Hagrid briefly explained that Fang had found it in the Forbidden Forest.
"You should apologize, Ron," Harry suggested casually.
Ron was reluctant to admit his mistake at this time. He felt very embarrassed, especially in front of Afro.
"Then I'll apologize to that cat next time."
"What I'm saying is—"
"Forget it, I don't want to hear his apology either." Hermione interrupted the apology storm directly. She could see that Ron was unwilling.
Sulking, she looked out the window alone, and a strange black shadow in the woods not far away caught her attention.
"So they want to fire you?" Harry pretended to check the water glass in his hand after hearing the new news, but he was very depressed in his heart.
"We sent so many cases, but they didn't accept any of them?" Ron questioned in his unique voice of voice change while holding the mouse.
In order to save Hagrid, Avro and his friends submitted many cases about Hagrid to the Ministry of Magic under the identity of Mr. Campbell.
They wrote that Hagrid was indispensable to Hogwarts, but none of that seemed to be happening.
"It looks like this now." Hagrid pinched the back of Fang's neck as he lay at his feet, and paused for a moment with a choked voice, "Fudge will come for a final inspection tomorrow."
Afro lowered her head and gently stirred the tea with a teaspoon, warming the cup and filling the room with fragrance.
"There is still one day left, there is still a chance." The fingers slid across the edge of the water glass, and the glass was placed back on the table.
Hermione noticed that Afro's eyes swept across her chest, and she subconsciously tightened her grip on the Time Converter through her clothes.
She could vaguely sense that Afro seemed to know her secret.
"What method? Let your father break into the Ministry of Magic?" Ron danced with excitement when he heard Avro's words, as if he had seen Mr. Campbell drive Fudge and the other school directors off the stage.
A drop of cold sweat dripped down Afro's forehead. He spread his hands and sighed helplessly, "I'm afraid you will be disappointed."
The Campbell family has an agreement with the Ministry of Magic that they will not interfere in the work of the Ministry of Magic or hold any positions in the Ministry.
Just as Ron was pestering Avro to tell him what the solution was, the glass window of Hagrid's hut was broken by a small stone.
"Hey!" Hagrid shouted through the window. He seemed to be used to this kind of thing. "It must be those Slytherin students again."
As he said this, he was about to open the wooden door. As soon as the door was cracked, Hagrid slammed it shut.
"What happened?" Harry asked puzzled.
"Hurry up!" Hagrid pushed them to the back door, "Dumbledore and Fudge are just ahead, hurry up and leave!"
"Isn't the hearing tomorrow?"
"Who knows, maybe Fudge has changed his mind!"
Hagrid was busy cleaning his cabin, covering up some small objects that shouldn't be there.
Afro noticed that in addition to Dumbledore and Fudge, there was another man who looked very old.
"Who is that?"
"Aphrodite!" Harry pulled the girl who was standing still, took her hand and dragged her away from Hagrid's Hut.
"Those are heather. They are all over the hillside." Dumbledore turned his back to them and pointed to the plants on the hillside in the distance, introducing them to the two guests.
Fudge and the man stopped and exclaimed in admiration out of courtesy.
After they all entered the house, Afro and the other three ran back to the marble corridor from another path.
They stood behind the archway in the corridor, looking in the direction of Hagrid's hut. It was too far away, so they couldn't hear or see the specific scene clearly, but they could see that Hagrid was very emotional and Dumbledore seemed to be comforting him.
Harry lowered his head in disappointment, and Afro released their clasped hands, hugged him gently, and patted his back soothingly.
At this moment, Scabbers seemed to sense some danger and bit Ron's hand. He subconsciously let go, and in the blink of an eye the mouse disappeared.
(I really like the Whomping Willow plot, so I didn’t intend to abandon it and just made some changes based on the original plot.)