The brave must pay the price, even if Draco is a student of Slytherin.
Professor Snape mercilessly docked a hundred points from Slytherin and personally wrote a letter to Lucius, sending it to Malfoy Manor.
Inviting parents, this is the teachers' most skilled tactic.
It should be acknowledged that if they don't get any good, the Slytherin students don't want the Gryffindor people to benefit either.
So, the chess match between Ron and Draco was inadvertently leaked by a certain anonymous Slytherin student with a big hairstyle, and came to Professor Snape's attention.
It was the angriest Ron had ever seen Snape, in short... Gryffindor was docked 150 points too, including 100 because of Ron, and another 50 because Harry was watching nearby.
"He's completely lost it, Harry." Ron said, lowering his head.
The Gryffindor students expressed regret over the point deduction, but since the reasons for the deduction were accepted by the vast majority, Ron was not collectively despised by Gryffindor students but instead once again received a hero's treatment.
In a reasonable and compliant manner, allowing a Slytherin student to shout "Old bat, I want to wash your oily hair" in Magic Potion Class, was not just satisfying, Gryffindor students even considered trading five years without winning the House Cup for such a satisfying incident.
Just think, which Gryffindor student hasn't been given special attention by Professor Snape?
Of course, the wizard professors don't discuss teaching ethics; they don't have Kenxiu and Mensius as moral benchmarks for teachers.
At least in the Wizarding World, no one ever brought this up with Snape.
What comforted Ron was that Professor Snape didn't tell his parents about this matter.
In fact, even if he did tell the Weasleys, Mr. Weasley might secretly praise Ron with a few words after critiquing him.
Following Miss Pabi as our queen, Weasley also became Gryffindor's king, because he never took the old bat seriously.
The week after the old bat hair-washing incident, the strong Petrification antidote was also completed.
Colin, who had been lying in the school hospital bed for more than one semester, finally awoke faintly, and upon hearing he had missed the Gryffindor vs Slytherin Wizard Chess Tournament incident, Colin beat his chest and regretted not catching such a great news.
"So, how exactly were you petrified?" Fred asked curiously, "Is it really like they say, Harry thought you were too annoying, so he petrified you?"
"No," Colin shook his head vigorously, "I originally wanted to take pictures of the school's decorations, but all I remember is seeing two giant yellow eyes, and when I awakened, it was now."
"What's rather unfortunate is that Fitch's cat also woke up," George sighed, "That cat is really annoying, you know? It always manages to find us; who knows what Fitch feeds it."
"We should think about what cats are most afraid of," Fred suggested, "Think about it, if we can find a way to make the cat afraid of us, we can avoid that darn cat of Fitch's."
"I don't think cats are that smart," Ron replied, "If they knew what fear was, they wouldn't follow Fitch around and hassle us."
Everyone was eagerly discussing how to target Fitch's cat, without any regard for the scowling eyes of Fitch sitting nearby watching them.
In the young wizards' eyes, Fitch is not considered a good person.
On Wednesday, Hermione received her new pet, which her father bought for her from the Muggle World.
Originally, Hermione was worried about whether such a new pet would be allowed in the dormitory, but after consulting the professors, Professor McGonagall specially allowed her to keep the pet in the dormitory—but still gave her a soundproof pet box to avoid disturbing her dorm mates.
At lunchtime, Hermione brought the pet to the hall to show it off to everyone.
"This is a protected animal from Australia!" Hermione happily introduced to everyone.
The Gryffindor students gathered around and commented on Hermione's new pet.
"Why did you decide to buy a bird as a pet?" Ron asked with a laugh, reaching out to touch the bird's black beak, "But it's really quite beautiful, though I don't know why I feel like I've seen it somewhere."
You'd be surprised, after Ron said this, everyone felt the same way, including Harry, who also felt the bird looked familiar.
"What's its name?" Ron asked again.
"It's called Jack." Hermione chuckled as she stroked the bird's body, which, sensing its owner's touch, happily lifted its head and called out twice.
"Wow, this Australian guy has quite the loud voice." Ron said, covering his ears, "I was actually asking what kind of bird it is, not what its name is."
"Oh," Hermione finally realized and introduced, "Its species is the Cockatiel Sunflower Parrot, you see... look at the feathers on its head."
Saying this, Hermione reached out to scratch Jack's hindbrain.
Feeling its owner's touch, Jack spread its white crest.
"This is a white-crested species, so its crest is also white." Hermione laughed as she introduced to everyone, "Actually, I've always quite liked this type of parrot, it's just that it sheds a bit more feather powder, but that's not really a flaw."