69novels Chapter 146, get ready to lose points!
Chapter 146, get ready to lose points!
After the giant was hit on the head by the flying stick and knocked unconscious.
Lying on the ground, panting heavily, Malfoy realized just how foolish he had been.
He had been following Harry and Ron at a distance, and like them, he had also seen the troll's figure.
Then he saw that the two cowards did not go up to fight the troll, but instead "despicably" locked the troll in a room—of course, from the troll's perspective.
Malfoy's initial plan was to make his move when the two were about to defeat the troll. However, the two had no intention of fighting the troll at all, which made Malfoy look down on their courage.
After locking the troll up, Harry and Ron headed back, which Malfoy guessed was to call for help.
So, taking advantage of the fact that he wasn't discovered, he turned around and planned to leave.
However, just as he was about to go down another corridor to inform Professor Snape or the other teachers, the two cowards returned to the door of the room where the troll was imprisoned.
It's really hard to understand what those two are thinking!
Malfoy had no choice but to cautiously follow.
His goal was clear: to prevent these two guys from stealing the spotlight.
If I leave to call for help, and they've already defeated the giant when I come back, wouldn't that be letting the two of them get away with it?
With that thought in mind, Malfoy moved even closer.
Soon, he heard them shouting things like "Adam, run!" after they opened the door—Adam was inside, which was unexpected. Then, there were sounds of things being smashed.
It looks like a fight has already broken out.
So he continued to approach, wanting to see if the giant was about to be defeated.
However, the truth was quite the opposite; it was the Weasley boy who was defeated, and that idiot Harry Potter ended up hanging on the troll.
One of them was knocked to the ground, and the other was about to be thrown away by the troll. They didn't look like they could handle the troll at all; on the contrary, they were about to be taken down by the troll.
Malfoy discovered that the opportunity he had anticipated no longer existed.
"idiot!"
These two useless fellows infuriated Malfoy so much that he blurted out a string of curses.
He considered turning around and leaving them behind.
However, seeing the thick wooden stick in the troll's hand, it was clear that it hadn't given him much time to hesitate, so Malfoy had no choice but to follow Harry Potter's example and hug the other side of the troll as well.
During the critical moment of fighting the troll, Malfoy's mind wandered for a moment. He thought to himself with annoyance: I must have taken the wrong potion to become as stupid as Harry Potter and the Weasleys!
However, things have already come to this, and I have already joined this battle under very unfavorable circumstances, so I can only grit my teeth and persevere.
I am the son of the Malfoys, and I will never back down!
He mentally encouraged himself while angrily urging the two guys to come up with a solution quickly.
Fortunately, even fools have moments of brilliance. The poor Weasley boy finally came in handy, correctly casting the newly learned spell—the Levitation Charm—at a critical moment.
The giant was hit on the head by its own thick wooden stick that flew up—its head was so small that it was knocked unconscious.
……
"You guys almost killed me!" Malfoy said weakly, lying on the ground and staring at the ceiling, his voice filled with resentment.
"You're welcome!" Ron leaned against the wall, looking very generous.
The two were talking past each other, their conversation completely nonsensical.
Malfoy didn't bother arguing with him and continued lying down to relieve his fatigue.
Although it was only a short exchange, he felt completely exhausted and just wanted to lie down, not wanting to move at all, and even less wanting to talk to that stupid guy.
Then, for some inexplicable reason, he wondered if what he had done was actually preventing the two of them from showing off, or rather, quite the opposite, helping them to do so?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that things had developed beyond his initial expectations.
……
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After leaving the Gryffindor Tower, Qin Yu led Hermione quickly through the corridors.
His primary destination was the storeroom on the first floor of Hogwarts Castle, which was likely where Harry and Ron, those two little brats, were headed.
But when he arrived at the door of the storage room, he saw a scene that surprised him slightly.
Beside a small, mountain-like monster lying motionless on the ground, Harry was struggling to pull Malfoy up, who looked extremely reluctant, as if he were being forced to do something he hated.
Hey, you guys...
Qin Yu's gaze swept around.
Upon noticing the arrival of outsiders, especially Qin and Hermione, and feeling their gazes directed at him, Malfoy seemed to be electrocuted and quickly pulled his hand away from Harry's.
He was already unsteady on his feet, and this jerk made him sway and almost fall again. He had to help Harry up, which also made the latter stumble, causing Harry to show a displeased expression.
In short, the two who were just working together to fight the giant monster have now started to dislike each other.
"Tsk, is this a huge reaction? It's not like I did anything shameful," Qin Yu thought to himself.
Of course, Qin Yu didn't care about their relationship; he wasn't a "German-Harbin party" member.
"Can any of you tell me what happened?" This was what Qin Yu was most concerned about.
Although he could piece together a rough outline from the evidence at the scene, he still felt he should hear the account from those involved.
So Harry and Ron took turns recounting the main points of what had just happened, while Malfoy remained silent the whole time, looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, probably thinking that as a Slytherin, he had nothing to say to the Gryffindors.
“…I also want to thank Malfoy…he was quite helpful.” Harry said reluctantly, glancing at the man.
"Just helped out a little?! If I hadn't come, you and the Weasley idiots would have been beaten to death!" Malfoy finally couldn't help but widen his eyes and interrupt loudly.
After saying this, he regretted that his voice was too loud. If he angered Qin, that rude guy, he might not have a good outcome.
Fortunately, Qin didn't say anything for the time being, which made him secretly relieved.
"In the end, I used the Levitation Charm to knock the troll unconscious and save Harry and you," Ron said irritably.
"You just got lucky, you managed to cast a spell randomly..." Malfoy muttered, quite unconvinced.
He had already mastered the technique of using the Levitation Charm. If he hadn't been holding the giant monster and couldn't free his hands, he would have been the one to defeat the giant monster with the Levitation Charm, not Ron.
Seeing the three little brats acting awkwardly, Qin Yu secretly found it amusing.
However, he didn't show it on his face, but said in a playful tone:
"So, you're trying to claim credit for defeating this giant monster?"
"No……"
"No, it's not..."
Harry and Ron quickly denied it.
Malfoy, however, felt that Qin's tone was unfriendly.
Sure enough, Qin Yu continued in a serious tone, "You're all only thinking about vying for credit, haven't you considered that you'll be punished by the school for risking your lives by going out to fight the giant monster on your own?"
Upon hearing the word "punishment," the three little brats realized that their behavior was a serious violation of school rules. After all, Headmaster Dumbledore had asked everyone to return to their dormitories to wait, but they had gone out to "wander around."
"Hmph, now you're scared? Just wait to get points deducted!" Qin Yu snorted and said coldly.
Looking at the three people who were pale with fright, and then at Qin's slightly exaggerated acting, Hermione couldn't help but shrug, thinking that this guy could indeed be quite mischievous at times.