Chapter 477: Chapter 477: A Major Event in the Wizarding World
Two days later, early morning.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione met in the common room as usual, but the atmosphere today was distinctly different. Students were gathered in small groups, their faces full of gossip, discussing something in hushed tones.
"What’s going on?" Hermione asked, blinking in confusion.
"Something must have happened," Ron said, rubbing his eyes. "But it doesn’t matter. No matter how bad it is, it can’t be worse than our upcoming Potions class."
"That’s true," Harry agreed, nodding. "Potions class is truly awful, especially having to look at Snape’s greasy long hair during class. It makes me feel even more nauseous than I already do."
"I don’t think Professor Snape is that bad," Hermione said after a moment’s silence. "You guys should really try not to let your imaginations get the better of you."
"What do you mean, ’let our imaginations get the better of us’?" Ron frowned. "He’s so obviously biased against us, can’t you see it? Aren’t you a target too?"
"That’s true," Hermione didn’t deny it, but she stood her ground. "But that doesn’t mean we have to express our dissatisfaction this way. At least Professor Snape’s professional knowledge is very solid."
"Damn it!"
Ron clutched his head, looking pained. "I really can’t believe you’d still say good things about that Snape bastard! Is it just because he’s a professor? Or is it because the person you like is also a professor, so you’re fond of all professors because of him?"
"N-no, it’s not!" Hermione’s face turned bright red. "Professor Zickrein and I are not like that at all!"
"I didn’t say Professor Zickrein," Ron narrowed his eyes. "Is that you confessing without being asked?"
"You..." Hermione was speechless, not knowing how to respond.
This was so embarrassing, truly embarrassing. It was all her fault for losing control last time and letting them see that. No matter how she explained it now, they probably wouldn’t believe her.
"Hey, you guys," fortunately, the Weasley twins, George and Fred, happened to walk over, saving Hermione. "Are you guys discussing that too? It’s really unexpected, isn’t it?"
"Unexpected?" Ron blinked. "You guys already knew, right? I thought I told you already."
"Ron!" Hermione’s cheeks flushed, and she yelled, "You, you actually went around telling people? Didn’t you promise me you’d keep it a secret?"
"Ahem, I don’t think it’s actually that big of a deal," Ron scratched his head and turned his face away. "It doesn’t matter even if people find out."
"Doesn’t matter?" Hermione was completely stunned, her expression blank.
What on earth was in this person’s head? Was it mush? How could it not matter? Such rumors between a teacher and a student, if they spread like wildfire, could cause huge problems!
Even, even those who were emotionally fragile might not be able to bear the public opinion and commit suicide! How could this be called "doesn’t matter"? Spreading other people’s privacy for amusement, people like that are disgusting!
At this moment.
Hermione genuinely felt that Ron would never find a girlfriend in the future. Anyone who became his girlfriend would be incredibly unlucky. Absolutely!
While she was silently complaining, she didn’t know that in the original story, she not only became Ron’s girlfriend in the future... but they also got married.
"Hey, what you guys are talking about seems to be different from what I was thinking," George interrupted their conversation, winking at Hermione. "As for Miss Granger and Professor Zickrein, that’s pretty much common knowledge now. It’s not a big deal, except that those girls are currently very hostile towards you."
"Oh, my god!" Hermione covered her face, feeling like she had lost all sense of dignity. No wonder those girls in the dormitory had seemed to be targeting her for the past two days; it wasn’t just her imagination?
"That’s right, what we’re talking about is a real big deal!" Fred chimed in. "Much bigger than when little Ronnie was dancing on a stool naked on the balcony!"
"Shut up, shut up!" Ron, fuming, reached out to grab Fred, but his brother nimbly dodged. "That wasn’t dancing on a stool, it’s because my butt got stuck with gummy bears!"
"Ron, you’ve got quite the artistic taste," Harry said, patting his shoulder with a teasing tone.
"So, what is this big deal then?" Hermione quickly changed the subject, not wanting to imagine Ron naked.
"The Polladgeyler family, have you heard of them?" Fred said in a low voice, lowering his head. "Their mansion was attacked yesterday during a banquet, and the patriarch and his wife were kidnapped."
"Polladgeyler?" Hermione and Harry said in unison. Having grown up in the Muggle world, they naturally knew little about the current aristocratic families of the wizarding world.
"Is that the Polladgeyler family, one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight pure-bloods?" Ron gasped. "I heard their influence is even stronger than the Malfoys. Who would dare attack them?"
"It’s a creature you would never expect!" George said mysteriously, lowering his voice. "Their house-elf! Surprised? Delighted?"
"What?"
"This, how is this possible!"
Ron and the others showed expressions of disbelief and surprise. It was practically impossible for house-elves to attack their masters.
This was because every house-elf, when assigned to a wizarding family, had a slave mark imprinted on them. This mark constantly reminded the house-elf that they were a slave, and that slaves must never resist their masters.
"We also thought it was impossible, but it’s the truth!" Fred shrugged. "Believe us, we have professional secret channels."
Ron seemed to be infected by the mysterious atmosphere and also lowered his voice to ask, "What secret channels?"
"Of course... the Ministry Weekly!" George and Fred said in unison. "The Ministry of Magic personally confirmed this small matter, there’s no way it could be fake, right?"
Ministry Weekly, what the hell! What kind of secret channel is that, you two scoundrels!
Ron gritted his teeth in anger, admitting that he had once again been tricked by the twin brothers.
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