Chapter Forty-Four: Come On, Neville!
Outside the door of the Potions classroom, Harry was torn between whether or not to wear women's clothes. If Dudley had known Harry's thoughts, I'm afraid that if Harry hadn't been fooled a few more times, the women's clothing boss would have been done.
"These things of yours are not very secretive. Dudley said slowly.
"You wouldn't know. Snape yelled as he slapped the table.
"It's impossible to know what?" Dudley looked up at Snape, "Can't know you like my aunt?"
"Enough. Snape pulled out his wand and pointed it at Dudley.
"Rude," Dudley calmly withdrew Snape's wand from his hand and placed it on the table, "It's been so long, you're still living in conflict, and if Aunt Lily knew, I hope you'd be happy." β
Snape pursed his lips, the expression on his face changing again and again.
Dudley, who was only three seconds old, said, "Don't you think it would be better to have Harry's eyes open for a picture, after all, his eyes are the most like Aunt Lily!"
Snape stared at Dudley and asked, word for word, "Potter... Got it?"
"I told him," Dudley said as he watched Snape pick up his wand again, "but Harry didn't believe it. β
"Don't tell him anything about me in the future. Snape's face was gloomy.
"Harry is the child of the woman you love the most. β
"But his face disgusted me. Snape suppressed his anger.
"I know, I won't say it again. Dudley motioned to Snape not to be angry, in fact he didn't want to say anything about bullying, it was too wide-ranging, and since James Potter was dead, it didn't make any sense to say anything more, he just hoped that Snape wouldn't live in remorse.
Snape pulled out a vial of potion from his wizard's robe and placed it in front of Dudley, the color of the potion was like molten gold, "Elixir of blessings, a Christmas present for you." β
Dudley looked at the potion in front of him and was full of joy, he didn't expect that there would be such a benefit, the Blessing Elixir could make everything go smoothly for the user, it was not cheap and there was no price.
"Remember what I say. Snape turned and walked away.
"Don't go. Snape paused, "You haven't answered what I asked to start asking how about Harry opening his eyes and taking pictures." β
"It's just a Christmas present for you. β
"I know it's a gift, eh, don't go so fast. Dudley shouted with a laugh.
"Another tsundere. β
As soon as Dudley came out of the classroom, his friends gathered around.
"Snape didn't embarrass you, did he?"
"How so!" said Dudley.
"Then why did he leave you alone. Ron asked.
Dudley glanced at Harry, "Of course, the Christmas present I prepared for him was very good. β
Ron exclaimed, "You would have prepared a gift for him, he wanted to kill Harry!"
"It's unlikely he's going to kill me. Harry said with a frown, and he reasoned after taking Dudley, Hermione, and Ron to a corner where no one was around.
"Dudley once said that Snape liked my mother, and if I guessed correctly, his liking has persisted to this day, and if that were the case, Snape could not have wanted to kill me. β
"But don't you see that his leg hurts, and he's going to steal the Philosopher's Stone for fear of something bad for you, so he's going to kill him?" Ron argued.
"Ron," Dudley thought for a moment, if Ron continued to lead Harry, it might cause some unnecessary trouble, anyway, Harry now knew and believed that Snape liked Lily Evans, and he added that it was not a violation of his agreement with Snape," Snape questioned Harry's mother's love for his mother. β
Hermione said uncertainly, "So, Professor Snape may have been using a counterspell at the time." β
Harry pondered for a moment, "There are too few clues to be learned so far, so let's go to the auditorium for dinner, and I'll be training in the afternoon." β
"Wait!" Ron called out to them, "I'm curious what you gave Snape?"
"Woo!
As soon as Dudley opened his mouth, Harry pounced, covered Dudley's mouth, and dragged him out.
Harry forbade Dudley to tell them about the picture, otherwise Harry would perform an on-the-spot explosion in front of Dudley.
A week later, in the afternoon, it was time for Quidditch.
Dudley, Hermione and Ron found their seats in the stands and waited for the game to begin.
Ron pointed to a high platform diagonally across from him and said, "You really called Professor Dumbledore." β
"You really believed him. Hermione looked at the surprised Ron and smiled, "In the last game, Harry's broom was cursed, and that's why Dumbledore is definitely coming to prevent this from happening again." β
"Oops. Ron clutched the back of his head.
Malfoy deliberately elbowed Ron and said pretentiously, "Sorry, I didn't see you there." β
Crabbe and Goyle grinned.
"I heard you say that Harry's broom was cursed last time?" Malfoy pouted disdainfully, "So many professors were cursed last time, so what's the use of saying Dumbledore is here." Does anyone want to bet on Harry's broomstick. β
"George cowhide. Dudley cheered and stood up and waved his arms. George actually dared to aim the Bludger at Snape, although he didn't hit it, and Snape awarded Hufflepuff a free throw.
Malfoy covered the corners of his mouth and pointed at Dudley with a face full of pain, "You... You..."
It turned out that Dudley had punched Malfoy in the mouth when he was cheering.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't see you here, you said you were idle and running around what we Gryffindor stands were doing. Dudley said unapologetically.
The lion cubs around them burst out laughing.
"What a laugh!" Malfoy yelled in exasperation, "I'm going to duel you, I'm not what I used to be." β
"Yes, yes, not only are you not the same person you used to be, but you also have to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun. β
As soon as Dudley finished speaking, the little lions laughed again.
"By the way, didn't you start by betting on a thousand gold Galleons, I bet that Harry won't fall and that he will catch the Golden Snitch and win. Dudley said.
Malfoy hesitated, a thousand gold Galleons exceeded his living expenses.
"Don't dare?" Dudley continued to sneer, just short of money, and he didn't want to give up just because a big guy came to give him money.
Malfoy looked at the disdainful eyes of the little lions around him, and he said sharply: "Why don't you dare, just bet." β
"Okay, then let's watch it honestly, and I'll be ready to pay later. β
A few minutes later, Snape did his rule and unreasonably awarded Hufflepuff another penalty.
Suddenly, Malfoy exclaimed, "Tsk, poor Gryffindor. It's just that no one paid attention to him, everyone watched the game with their eyes on the field, and he pointed the finger at Neville again, "Longbottom, I think you should also go to the Gryffindor team, you see, Potter has no father or mother, the Weasley brothers have no money, and you have no brains, what a match." β
Neville's face flushed, and he turned from his chair to face Malfoy and stammered, "I'm better than you even if I don't have a brain." β
Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle laughed out loud.
Dudley looked at Neville and sighed, Neville said it was quite good, but the confidence was too low, "Neville, as I told you, give Malfoy a little bit of power." β
"I'll see how powerful it is. Malfoy patted Neville on the cheek and said, "If IQ is golden, you're poorer than the Weasleys, that's telling." β
"Ahh It was full of people, and Malfoy didn't expect Neville to make a move.
Malfoy fell backwards, and the lion cubs behind him dodged and fell to the ground with a thud. Ron also took the opportunity to turn over and kick Malfoy a few times, he was already angry that Malfoy had been insulting the Weasleys just now.
"Ahh β
Dudley began to pretend to be dumbfounded, "I don't know, I don't know, I really don't know." β
"Youβ" Hermione was speechless.
Seeing that Malfoy was about to scuffle with Ron and Neville, Dudley smiled and said, "Malfoy, are you sure you want to fight? β
Malfoy stopped, he hesitated and looked around, the little lions were still very powerful, and they all made a look like if you dare to do it, we dare to fight. At this point, he looked at Dudley's smile againβit was cheap, but he only broke his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach.
At this time, the audience let out a burst of exclamation and applause, and it turned out that Harry had suddenly made a beautiful dive.
The fight was unstoppable, and Hermione snorted at Dudley and threw herself into watching the fight, her hands crossed on her chin as Harry was now shooting like a bullet to the ground.
"Hurry up, Harry!" Hermione screamed, jumping into her seat excitedly.
Harry flew towards Snape.
Snape, riding on a broomstick, had just turned his direction when he saw a golden object whizzing past his ears, just inches away. Then, Harry swooped down past him.
Snape had to turn around again. By this time Harry had stopped his dive, only to see him raise his arms triumphantly, the Golden Snitch clutched tightly in his hands.
There was a boil in the stands, it would be a new record, and there was no other game that caught the Golden Snitch so quickly as it did today
"Dudley, it's over! We've won!" Hermione yelled excitedly, jumping in her chair before she jumped out of her seat and hugged Dudley tightly.