In the Slytherin changing room next to the Quidditch pitch, William watched Draco sitting on a bench.

The latter lowered his head in some shame, not daring to look William in the eye.

Pansy, on the other hand, pretended not to care about anything, not at all as nervous and excited as when she found William just now.

She looked around at the decorations, her gaze lingering for a long time on the green and silver ribbons.

"Did one defeat knock you out, Draco?" Looking at Draco, who had no fighting spirit in front of him, William continued to question.

"I'm not, I'm not." Hearing this, Draco lifted his head at once, "I'm just, I just need a little time to adjust my emotions." ”

At this point, his voice lowered again.

"That damn Potter, he caught the Golden Snitch in my face, if I could have seen the Snitch then, if I could."

Before Draco could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by William.

"There are no ifs, if you lose, you lose, and you did lose to Potter."

"But."

"No one is going to win all the way, you have to fail sooner or later, and it's actually a good thing for you to experience failure so early."

"Isn't it, according to you, it's a good thing that I've been defeated by Potter?" Draco asked, incredulous.

"If I'm not mistaken, you've been having a good day, right? This is the first failure you've ever experienced, right? ”

Draco, who had been well protected since he was a child, had never failed like this, he had not experienced a miserable childhood like Harry, how could he face setbacks without caring about Harry.

After being defeated by Harry in public, Draco's heart changed dramatically, and an indescribable frustration poured over him.

"I've never been such a complete failure." Draco couldn't help but clench his fists, as William had said, he had never felt anything like this

"Do you think you'll be able to go on like this forever? Defeat is only a matter of time, even if you get lucky enough to catch the snitch today, it is not necessarily a good thing, it will only fuel your pride and conceit, do you remember your performance before and during the game? ”

Draco was silent, and obviously, he remembered all the bravado he had said before the game began, and the frantically taunting Harry just now.

"It's not a big deal to fail once, as long as you don't keep failing, do you want to admit that you're not as good as Potter?" Looking at the little dragon with no fighting spirit, William had to use the agitation method again.

Draco had always been a fan of this.

"That's impossible, I'm sure I'll beat Scarhead!" Sure enough, after hearing William's words, Draco replied without even thinking about it.

"Thank you, William. I'm feeling better now. ”

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me, I wanted you to realize these truths yourself, but Pansy found me, don't look at her acting like she doesn't care now, but she's actually worried about you."

William's words made Draco look at Pansy very unexpectedly.

"Really? I thought she would wait to laugh at me like she had done before. ”

"Of course it's true, otherwise who do you think told me you're still at the Quidditch pitch?"

William's words made Pansy, who had been looking at the dressing room decoration, unable to care as much as before.

"Humph! Draco, you'd better cheer me up quickly, or you'll wait for me to tell everyone about what you're secretly crying in the changing room!" ”

"Cut, I don't believe you'd do that!"

"Remember how I felt before, Draco. If you don't want to experience it again, then you need to train harder. As you should know, there's been a lot of noise coming out of Gryffindor lately that you've paid to get into the Slytherin team. ”

"I will, I'll use my strength to keep everyone shut!" Draco said with certainty.

"Alright, let's go to the castle first, and now the people outside are gone." After encouraging Draco, William led the two of them back towards the castle.

"Don't be too upset, you know that Potter lost an entire arm trying to catch the Golden Snitch, and Lockhart used a spell to wipe out all the bones in Potter's right hand." On the way back, looking at Draco, who was still a little depressed, William said to him with a grin.

"Really?! Then I really should thank Lockhart. Hearing this, Draco was immediately much happier, there was nothing more pleasant than seeing the enemy unlucky, the two of them had always loved and killed each other like this.

"Of course, I guess the Savior of Gryffindor is lying in the hospital room at this moment, how about it, do you want to visit the school hospital?"

"Forget it, I don't look like the stinky face I saw Potter." Draco shook his head slightly, he didn't want to ruin his mood for so hard to get better.

"I'm going to go to the kitchen to get something to eat, William, do you want to come along?" They made their way to the first floor hall of the castle, Draco

"I'll forget it, there's still a magic experiment to do." Today is the day he has made an appointment with Nick and Myrtle to conduct soul experiments, which is a very important research project for William now.

"By the way, don't wander around the castle these nights, as you know, there is a dark wizard in the castle who can perform black magic." William reminded his two friends that if they were not mistaken, there would be an attack tonight.

"No, we're not Muggle wizards, so what's there to worry about?" Pansy asked, a little curiously.

"You'd better be careful, even if it's against Muggle wizards, but if you happen to bump into this mysterious wizard at night, don't blame me for not warning you when you're petrified into a statue."

"Tell Draco about that, he's been sneaking out almost every night since you took him to discover the location of the kitchen, after the last time you took him to find out where the kitchen was." Pansy was merciless in exposing Draco.

"Don't talk nonsense, can that be called stealing? What's more, I'm growing my body right now! Draco blushed in pleading.

"Besides, don't just talk nonsense if you don't have evidence."

William and Pansy teased Draco with a hippie smile, and the quiet hallway was once again filled with a cheerful atmosphere.