Hogwarts: Harley from The Witch Way - Chapter 390

c376 Life is not a gamble, stud will eventually lose

It was already a little late when Harry arrived at the prefect’s box, and there were already many students sitting in the box.

The number of prefects in Hogwarts is actually quite large. After all, each house selects a male prefect and a female prefect in the fifth grade.

These prefects will continue to hold this position until graduation, and will not be removed unless they make a big mistake.

In other words, each college will have six prefects at the same time, two for each of the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades.

The person responsible for holding meetings for the prefects is the president of the male and female student unions, so this box can accommodate up to twenty-six people, or less than twenty-four people.

After all, although most of the time, the male and female student council presidents are selected from among the prefects, there are occasional exceptions.

When he was praising the Gryffindor prefect during the summer vacation, Sirius once mentioned that the prefect of their year was Lupin.

But in the seventh grade, Professor Dumbledore chose Harry’s father James as the male president of the student union.

When Harley appeared, the box quickly became quiet, and the atmosphere became a little uncomfortable.

Almost all the prefects held their breath, their eyes were filled with awe or pride, and of course some had hostility in their eyes.

Not to mention such big things happened at the end of last semester and during the summer vacation, just the fact that Harry won the International Wizarding Duel Competition was enough to make the other prefects respect Harley immensely.

Thanks to Rita’s efforts in popularizing science, everyone understood that the Duel Competition was not as simple as the Six-wizard Tournament.

There are even dark wizards who have killed people participating in this kind of competition, which shows how dangerous it is.

And Harley fought her way out of this kind of competition… Although not willingly, even Slytherin’s prefects had to admit that Harley was already someone they needed to look up to.

Without thinking much, Harry sat down on the sofa where the Gryffindor prefects gathered, and quickly looked around.

Most of the people here are acquaintances, such as Cedric, the seventh-year prefect of Hufflepuff and the president of the male student body, Autumn Zhang, the sixth-year prefect of Ravenclaw, and Malfoy, the fifth-year prefect of Slytherin. Pansy Parkinson…

Just as Harley looked at the others, the other prefects continued to watch Harley quietly.

Draco Malfoy, sitting among the Slytherin prefects at the other end of the box, was in a particularly complicated mood.

Just before heading to platform nine and three-quarters today, old Lucius held little Draco for a long conversation:

“Draco, you know, there are political turmoil in the Ministry of Magic right now, and things are not going well for Fudge recently.”

“And during this semester, Fudge may make a last-ditch effort to find a way to circumvent some of the rules and forcefully send people to intervene in Hogwarts affairs to cause trouble for Dumbledore and Harry Potter.”

“When the time comes, you must not follow the person who was sent to Hogwarts, but don’t go against her either.”

“You just need to remain neutral on the surface, protect yourself, and at the same time try to be on good terms with Harley secretly.”

Little Malfoy was very puzzled by this, after all, this was not like his father’s rules.

Isn’t it the consistent style of my family to support the Ministry of Magic and take advantage of it to gain profits?

But Lucius Sr. warned Draco: “Draco, I hope you will remember what I said.”

“Our Malfoy family is not a pure British wizard. Our ancestor Armand Malfoy came to England with William the Conqueror.”

“After that, we continued to marry Muggles, and even tried to marry the Muggle Queen of England.”

“However, after the advent of the Statute of Secrecy and the change in the direction of the magical world, we immediately severed ties with Muggles and became a complete pure-blood family and staunch anti-Muggles.”

“Our Malfoy family has existed for such a long time, while most other families in the same period have been lost in the long river of history.”

“What do we rely on? Is it winning in one or two gambles? Is it always riding a certain ship and fighting to the death with the people on that ship?”

“No, we rely on being good at identifying the direction of the wind, knowing how to flexibly change our position, and occasionally learning to hedge our bets.”

“Draco, remember. We are pure-blood nobles, not gamblers. Never think about stud.”

“Now the Dark Lord is back, but he was indeed defeated by Harry Potter himself, and he was defeated twice.”

“With the darkness of her methods and the cruelty of her magic, Harry Potter doesn’t seem to be a completely good person like Dumbledore.”

“So who the future magic world belongs to is not yet completely certain.”

“In this case, we must learn to burn incense at both ends and not place our hopes entirely on the Dark Lord.”

Old Lucius’s words severely impacted little Malfoy’s fragile mind.

He has always been proud of being a pure-blood wizard, and believes that the Malfoy family has the purest blood among all existing families in the wizarding world.

As a result, his father now told him personally that his ancestors followed Muggles to England and even married Muggles?

And his family is actually so good at “flexibly” changing its position?

This made little Malfoy feel in a daze, and he has not recovered yet.

What made him even more uncomfortable was that before entering the first grade, Malfoy regarded Harry as the biggest opponent he would face after entering Hogwarts.

He wanted to make friends with Harley in advance and draw her into his camp.

And after being humiliated by Harley, he wanted to trample Harley under his feet.

It’s a pity that after entering Hogwarts, the two of them didn’t have much interaction at all.

I wanted to take the initiative to provoke him, but was ignored.

Malfoy felt that in Harry’s eyes, he was just a weed on the roadside, and nothing he did was worth attracting her attention.

But despite this, Malfoy did not let go of his hostility towards Harry.

Every time Harry was imprisoned because he was targeted by Professor Snape, he would cheer.

As a result, now, it seems that he wants to repair his relationship with Harley again? This made Malfoy particularly uncomfortable.

“Thinking about it carefully, it seems that my relationship with Potter is not so tense?” Malfoy couldn’t help but scratched his platinum-blond hair.

“It’s hard to say whether she even noticed my hostility towards her… Speaking of which, why do I feel so miserable?”

“What’s wrong?” Pansy on the side noticed her boyfriend’s unusual behavior, and concern suddenly appeared on his face that looked like a poodle.

The Parkinson family is also a pure-blood family, and the current patriarch, Mr. Parkinson, has a high status among the Death Eaters.

So Pansy naturally knew about the return of the Dark Lord, and even more clearly knew that the Dark Lord now lived in the Malfoy family.

“Nothing.” Malfoy glanced at his girlfriend beside him and sighed silently.

Soon, all the prefects arrived.

The other Gryffindor prefect was actually Neville, which surprised everyone.

After all, apart from his grades in Herbal Medicine, Neville’s other grades didn’t seem to be outstanding, and he was notoriously bad at Potions.

Moreover, he usually seems to be particularly easy to bully, and is often targeted by Slytherin students. He does not look like a qualified Gryffindor, let alone a prefect of Gryffindor House.

However, since Professor McGonagall chose Neville as prefect and Professor Dumbledore approved it, the other Gryffindor prefects naturally quickly accepted Neville.

When Slytherin’s seventh-year male prefect, Bit McNeil, took the initiative to provoke him, the Gryffindor prefects immediately defended Neville.

Angelina even spit out the quintessence of Chinese culture, so much so that McNeil didn’t dare to talk back.

This moved Neville so much that he even started to have tears in his eyes.

After everyone arrived, the student union president quickly started the meeting.

This year’s Headmasters are Cedric of Hufflepuff and Pamela Gonzalez of Ravenclaw.

The meeting went quickly and ended after quickly dividing the patrol scope of the prefects and the disciplines they should abide by.

“This is all because of Percy two years ago.” After the meeting, Angelina whispered to Harry to popularize science.

“Percy wants to get into the Ministry of Magic, so when the prefects are meeting, he always speaks in an official tone.”

“This also led to the fact that after he finally became the president of the student union, the meeting on the train lasted until past two o’clock in the afternoon, and he also required us to patrol until the train entered the train station.”

“And in the subsequent semesters, he tried his best to imitate the senior officials of the Ministry of Magic when talking to us.”

“This disgusted everyone, and it also caused the meetings in the past two years to become more concise and clear after he left.”

Harry thought back to Percy’s tone of voice when he occasionally came to Black’s old house during the summer vacation, and suddenly nodded with a hint of fear.

It is said that there is no real empathy in the world, but when faced with people who speak in bureaucratic tones, everyone can still feel the same pain.

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The daily patrol tasks of the prefects are boring and tedious, with almost no difficulty.

All they need to do is hang out on the train for at least half an hour, and the rest of the time can end the task and make their own arrangements.

During the patrol, the prefects only need to restrain the students from various violations and avoid fights among the students.

If necessary, prefects still have the right to deduct points from students, but they must write a report to the school afterwards to explain their reasons and prove that they did not deduct points indiscriminately.

Harry and Neville were assigned to the same group and moved quickly along the carriage.

Along the way, classmates often jumped out to greet Harry, and some little witches even plucked up the courage to ask for autographs.

When she got the signature, the little girl was still jumping up and down, holding the signature in her hand as if she had gotten some precious treasure.

Even Harry felt a little embarrassed, while Neville watched the scene with envy.

“What? Do you want an autograph too?” Looking at Neville’s eyes, Harley couldn’t help but make a joke.

Neville quickly shook his head crazily and stammered: “No… no, I don’t need… no… I mean…”

Looking at Neville’s expression, Harry suddenly laughed:

“Why, classmate Neville, am I so scary? But we have been going to school together for four years, and I have never seen you so afraid of me.”

“Sorry.” Neville suddenly became dejected like a deflated ball.

“I just…I just envy your superb magical attainments, your excellent grades, and your popularity among everyone.”

“Unlike me, I am useless. Everyone doesn’t believe that I am a prefect. They think Professor McGonagall made a mistake.”

“Those Slytherin prefects were right to ridicule me. I am indeed too timid. I should not be a Gryffindor, let alone a Gryffindor prefect.”

Looking at Neville’s performance, Harry raised his eyebrows:

“Neville, the prefects of each term are personally selected by the dean of the college, and then approved by Professor Dumbledore.”

“Do you think Professor McGonagall made the wrong choice? Or do you think Professor Dumbledore made a mistake?”

Neville’s brain was stuck for a moment, and it took him a while before he whispered:

“It’s not impossible. After all, I’m not brave at all…”

Harry almost laughed out of anger, but still patiently encouraged Neville:

“Neville, you have to believe that when the Sorting Hat sorted you into Gryffindor, it means you are suitable for this house.”

“Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall have never looked the wrong way… especially with this class of students.”

“So you have to have more confidence in yourself and believe that you still have untapped potential.”

After a while of fooling around, Harry finally managed to fool Neville.

But this also made Harry wipe his sweat. Encouraging the little wizard is really not an easy task.

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In addition to signing autographs for other young wizards and encouraging Neville who was traveling with him, Harley also witnessed the diversity of talent at Hogwarts during her patrol.

I have to say that usually everyone in school pretends to be pretty decent, but once they get to a semi-private space like a box…many little wizards reveal their true colors.

More than once, Harley saw two boys walking together and hugging each other, so intimate.

There are even Hufflepuff classmates in the same grade as him, such as Justin! It’s simply outrageous!

Although this is the Great Empire, you should pay some attention to the impact, right?

In addition, Fred and George also added a lot of trouble to the work of the prefects.

After receiving a large amount of start-up capital and researching for such a long time, the two of them had already stabilized the magic effects of several products and could sell them in large quantities.

As a result, there are often wolf-fang flying saucers roaring in the corridors, screaming seeds suddenly exploding and emitting ear-piercing screams, and even the smell of enhanced dung eggs coming from the private rooms.

This made Harry physically and mentally exhausted. He ended his patrol as soon as the minimum time was up, said goodbye to Neville and slipped back to his box.

Patrolling was so draining that she needed Hermione’s lap pillow to heal her tired mind.

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