After the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin, it was even colder, and the snowflakes swirled outside the windows, beating the frozen lattices, and it was almost Christmas, and as in previous years, Hagrid had brought twelve more Christmas trees to the Great Hall, the railings of the stairs were wrapped in holly and metal foil, the helmets of the armor were flickering with everlasting candles, and the corridors were hung with bunches of mistletoe at intervals. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But it was these mistletoe creatures, and every time Harry walked down the hallway, there would always be piles of girls gathered underneath them, causing traffic jams, and it seemed that these girls knew the Christmas tradition of this plant, waiting for someone to kiss her, how could there be no difference between wizards and ordinary people at this time...... As a result, in addition to Harry's efforts to bypass the mistletoe, Darren was also careful to lead Hermione to avoid them.

Luckily, Harry was very familiar with the secret passages in the castle and was able to find a route without mistletoe between classes without too much difficulty, and Darren and Hermione naturally let him lead the way.

On the way back to the Gryffindor common room, Hermione said to Harry, "You need to be careful. ”

"What's wrong?" asked Harry, curious, and Darren looked at Hermione as well.

"When I went to the bathroom, there were a dozen girls there, including Romida Vanney, who were talking about how to get you to drink the aphrodisiac, and they all wanted to be taken by you to Slughorn's party, and they all seemed to have bought Fred and George's aphrodisiacs, and I thought they might be useful!" Hermione said as she walked.

"Why didn't you confiscate those things?" asked Harry.

"They didn't bring the potion into the bathroom," Hermione glanced at him, "I'm just discussing a strategy, and I'll invite someone if I do, so that others won't think there's a chance, it's tomorrow night, they're anxious." ”

Hearing this, Darren couldn't help but recall that during the Triwizard Tournament the year before, he had enjoyed similar treatment as a Hogwarts Warrior, and finally at that time, Penelope used a compound decoction in front, otherwise I am afraid it would be annoying enough, fortunately, he made it clear to Hermione a few days ago, and no one should come to him, but it seems that he is not as popular as Harry......

"But there's no one I want to invite," Harry muttered.

"Well, you have to be careful with the drinks, Romilda Vanny seems to be serious. ”

"Wait," Harry said slowly, "Didn't Filch ban everything that was bought at the Weasley Magic Tricks?"

"Who cares what Filch forbids?"

"Aren't all owls going to be checked, and how can those girls bring aphrodisiacs into school?"

Fred and George sent them as perfume and cough drops as part of the owl order service. ”

"You know so much. ”

"It's all written on the back of the bottle they showed me and Ginny during the summer. ”

"But Filch won't check?"

"Look," Hermione sighed, "the Secret Detector can detect Bad Luck Charms and Hidden Charms, right? They are used to detect dark magic and dark magic items, and they can detect a powerful spell in a matter of seconds, like the one on the necklace, but something in the wrong bottle can't detect it, and besides, the Aphrodisiac is not dark magic, and it's not dangerous, so it's up to Filch to find out if it's not a cough potion, but he's not a very clever wizard." ”

With that, they came to the entrance to the Gryffindor common room, "Worthless. Harry gave the command to the fat lady.

"The same goes for you. The fat lady smiled mischievously and spun forward to let them in.

"Hey, Harry!" said Romida Vanni as soon as Harry got out of the portrait hole, "Would you like a glass of canyon water?"

"......" Darren and Hermione both looked at Harry, this girl was really fast!

"Thanks, no," Harry quickly refused, "I don't like to drink much. ”

"Well, take this," Romida shoved another box into his hand, "a chocolate crucible with flame whiskey in it, which my grandmother sent me, but I don't like ......"

"Well, thank you, oh, I'm with ......" Harry stumbled as he quickly followed Darren and Hermione.

"I told you," Hermione said to Harry when Romida couldn't hear him, "Invite someone as soon as possible, and they won't bother you." ”

Harry was about to speak, but suddenly stopped, and then Darren saw that Ron and Lavender were tangled together, huddled in an armchair, and kissing together, and they seemed to think that every moment they didn't kiss was wasted.

Harry didn't bother the couple and found a place to sit away from them, "Professor Slughorn's Christmas party," Darren picked up the box of chocolate cauldrons, "Is that attractive?"

Hermione shrugged, "Probably, a lot of people want to join Professor Slughorn's club, and it's said that a lot of former members will be here, and they're all amazing people." ”

"Oh, that's right," Darren nodded, "put this away, or just throw it away," he tossed the chocolate cauldron back to Harry, "unless you want to experience the taste of an aphrodisiac." ”

Harry grabbed the box, "At least not throw it here, I'll dispose of it when no one is around." ”

At noon the next day, it was finally confirmed that it was Luna, and Peeves was yelling around the castle, at least, no one would be trying to send him anything now.

"You can take anyone!" Ron said incredulously during the meal, "anyone! But you chose the mad girl Lovegood?"

"Don't say that about her, Ron. Ginny reproached, as she passed behind Harry to her friend's side, "I'm glad you took her, Harry, she's excited." Then she walked over and sat down with Dean.

Looking at Ginny and Dean, Darren could feel Harry's PH plummeting, but Ron didn't seem to hear it, Lavender and Parvati had just come in. Lavender squeezed between Ron and Harry and put his arm around Ron's neck.

"Hey, Harry. Parvati said that she seemed to be a little embarrassed and annoyed by the behavior of her two friends, just like Harry.

"Hey," said Harry, "how are you? you're going to stay at Hogwarts? I've heard your parents want you to go back." ”

"I convinced them for the time being. Katie's affair really scared the hell out of them, but they were fine since then......"