Because of the basilisk incident, Neville and Harry got 20 extra points, but this was not enough for Gryffindor to win this year's House Cup, at least compared to last year, which was more than 100 points in the final moments, compared with Slytherin and counterattack to win the House Cup, the gap is not ordinarily large.

So, in the last semester, the four colleges began to compete for the College Cup at the same time, after all, the difference between the first place and the last place was only 37 points.

The professors were clearly happy about this, and the students were more active in class, and they were no longer as perfunctory about their assignments and exams as before, cheering each other on, as if Hogwarts was really about to have a good spring after the basilisk haze had dissipated.

Against this backdrop, the intensity of Quidditch matches skyrocketed, with the leaders trying to consolidate their advantage and those behind trying to catch up, and after almost every match, a few people went to Madam Pomfrey's infirmary for a few days.

Gryffindor's cadet team was full of injuries, and Neville's chance to play was supposed to be coming soon, but in the last and most crucial game, he still didn't get a start, and he didn't even make the substitute list, so he had to stay in the student stands to watch the game.

Those who don't know the inside story are all surprised by this, because Neville's performance in training is obvious to all, and maybe his skills are not the best, but his physical qualities are unmatched, and he is capable of all positions except Seeker.

As for Harry and Wood, you may not believe it, but it was Neville himself who asked not to send him on the field.

Why......

Neville glanced down at the crappy lump of iron in his hand, round and not round, not square, the edges and corners seemed to have been gnawed by a dog, the plane was uneven, full of fingerprints, and the greatest value of this thing was probably to return to the furnace and reprocess it.

Once upon a time, Neville was close to putting the lump back into ball, and then he could go to Professor McGonagall to add back the points he had deducted, which was a small contribution to Gryffindor's quest for the House Cup.

However, since more than a week ago, he is getting farther and farther away from the desired result.

"Alas......"

Neville let go of the iron lump and sighed wistfully, an emotion that was still unusual to him, and only came when faced with some problem that he couldn't solve.

At this time, the game had been going on for a while, and the battle was fierce, and all that lingered in my ears was the cheers and cheers of the Gryffindor students, and next door to the stands was the opponent of this game, the Hufflepuff students, who were no weaker than this, not to mention the tireless efforts of the old Slytherin enemies on the other side.

Even Ravenclaw, who has always been neutral and known for his calm and rational position, has joined the encirclement of Gryffindor after losing to Gryffindor in the last game and falling to fourth place in the current standings.

The common enemy is the Slytherin?

That was before!

It was the final week of April, and a win would have lifted Gryffindor to the Quidditch Cup with four wins, while throwing Slytherin, the main rival of the House Cup, by more than 40 points.

With less than a month and a half left and preparations for the final exams, Gryffindor could almost be considered to have won the House Cup early.

And the final result of the game ......

After using up all the substitutes, the Gryffindor team relied on Harry's wonderful performance and did not give the other three houses any chance, and won the game safely.

By the time the celebration in the stands was almost over, Hermione and Ron realized Neville didn't know when he had left, but the little thing was quickly diluted by joy and excitement.

Away from the Quidditch pitch, Neville didn't know where to go, it was a nice day, and there were no classes, just squatting in the castle was too wasteful.

Scratching his head, Neville began to struggle with whether to go to the greenhouse to see the plants, or to Hagrid's hut......

"Hey, your stuff is off. ”

A voice interrupted Neville's train of thought, and as he followed the voice, Luna stood in front of him, holding a black piece of iron in her hand, looking familiar.

"Hmmm......"

It took Neville three seconds to realize that it was the iron ball he was playing with as plasticine.

"Oh, thanks. ”

After thanking him, he took the piece of iron, then looked at Luna, not knowing what he remembered, and couldn't help but laugh.

"What's wrong?"

Luna looked at Neville puzzled, then straightened the feathered headdress on his head, which looked like an Indian chieftain, frowned slightly, and said nonchalantly, "This is used by some African tribe to pray for blessings, and legend has it that it brings victory and a good harvest......"

Apparently, Luna thought Neville was like everyone else and thought her headdress was ridiculous, which made her a little upset.

Neville quickly defended, "Well, I didn't mean your headdress, it's just that what happened just now reminded me of a joke that Lyle once told me. ”

It is said that at this time, ordinary people will definitely ask what that joke is, but Luna is obviously not an ordinary person.

"Who is Lyle?" she asked.

"My teacher, a very good person......"

Without Luna continuing to ask questions, Neville took the initiative to take three minutes to briefly recount the matter about Lyle, and it was certainly not the first time he had answered such questions, or rather the first time he had introduced his teacher to others, because the lines were so smooth that he could blurt out hundreds of words without thinking.

"What's that joke?" Luna continued, as if she wasn't interested in Lyle.

"Well, let me think about it......" Neville touched his chin, weighed the iron, and said, "There used to be a boy who had never dared to strike up a conversation with the girl he liked, and after plucking up his courage, he stayed on the girl's way home. The girl walked in front of him, but he forgot the excuse he had thought of for the conversation, and in a hurry, he picked up a brick from the ground, walked forward, and said to the girl......"

"Hey, your brick is off. Luna preemptively said.

"Huh, that's not mine, I don't have ......"

Neville said as he realized that he was being teased by Luna, and he just scratched his head, but he didn't feel embarrassed.

"Okay, we're done now. ”

Luna said something that puzzled Neville, but it was a common thing, after all, Luna's mind jumped very much that even Hermione was very uncomfortable.

"Oh. ”

"Speaking of which, why didn't you celebrate with the others?" Luna looked back at the Quidditch pitch, where the students had already left, and said to Neville, "You're going to be upset that the others think you weren't played." ”

"Hey, will it be?"

Neville didn't expect this, he subconsciously wanted to go back to the court, but suddenly noticed something and stopped.

"What about you?"

"Me?"

"You probably want Ravenclaw to win. Neville looked at the weird headdress on Luna's head and asked, "But why did you leave before the game was over?"

Luna pushed back a little unceremoniously: "This matter has nothing to do with you." ”

"It's really irrelevant. Neville nodded and said, "Leave late, leave early, it's all your freedom." ”

"That's pretty much it. ”

"But I care about you, and it's my freedom, just like you reminded me just now. Neville laughed, "We're friends, don't we take care of each other, right?"

“……”

Luna stared at Neville for ten seconds with a complicated expression before she sighed and said as if talking to herself, "The one who took you for a fool, she was the real fool." ”

This was another sentence that puzzled Neville, but he didn't care, but said a little anxiously: "Then so be it, time is running out, I have to go back." ”

"Hmm......" Luna replied, and then thought of something, and shouted to Neville, who had already rushed more than ten meters away, "Will you come to my house to play this summer?"

"Of course!"