Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 73 Malfoy compliments me
In the black lake, Ron and Harry felt the torrential rain and the swaying of the boat, and hugged each other in horror for a moment.

"This..." Harry's face turned pale with fright, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Ron, and stammered.

"How could this be?! I feel like this boat is going to capsize!!"

Listening to Harry's words, Ron's face, which was also too pale, was all wrinkled together.

With some fear, he said to Harry
"Fred told me... when Hogwarts opens every year... the horse-shaped water monsters in this lake will desperately shake the boat in the water!! If you don't want the boat to be destroyed...you have to throw it down A few newborns, feed them to the horse-shaped water monster!!..."

Speaking of this, Ron's voice has already appeared a bit of crying.He whimpered and continued

"This, I didn't believe this at first!!"

Hearing Ron's words, Harry, who had been a little flustered by the ups and downs and turbulent waves of the lake, couldn't hold back at all, so he hugged Ron even tighter.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa were was..
Although Harry didn't know what kind of thing the so-called horse-shaped water monster was...but it didn't stop him from being terrified.

On the other side, Draco's performance was not very calm.

I saw him raising his eyebrows, and in the turbulence, he held the book firmly in his arms with one hand, and barely grasped the side of the boat with the other hand.

Then he gritted his teeth and gave an order to Goyle and Crabbe who were protecting him in the center on both sides.

"Hurry up!! Crabbe, come here!"

"Gore, come this way, raise your hand! Hurry up! My book is going to be dripped!!!!"

The whole boat was full of exclamations and shouts, accompanied by sobs and cries from time to time, slowly drifting towards Hogwarts on the other side.

Filch was the only one standing firmly on the bow of the boat, his whole figure was like a part of the boat, with his legs firmly planted on it, heaving and falling with the floating of the boat.

He held up the lantern in his hand, his eyes were calm, and he looked at the hazy Hogwarts Castle in the thin rain and mist, his mouth was pursed, as if he was thinking about something.

From the beginning to the end, he was like this... in stark contrast to the group of little wizards who were terrified behind him.

His thin figure and half-bald hair were given a different layer of tragic color at this moment, like a standing statue, and like a hero holding hope.

"Hum..."

Filch's eyes moved, he turned his head slightly, and his eyes turned to the ugly faces behind him, the corners of his mouth could not help but twitched, revealing a bit of a smile, but then, when he saw the one on the boat When Draco, who was blond and holding a big book, seemed to have touched an inexplicable switch, the memory he least wanted to recall was triggered again.

His smile disappeared immediately, and he trembled unconsciously.He hastily withdrew his gaze, and looked back at Hogwarts Castle, which was becoming clearer not far away.

Finally, with the continuous screams, Xiaozhou gradually stabilized.And the heavy rain that was still pouring down immediately dissipated when the boat docked. In the sky, the dark clouds faded, revealing the covered night moon and starlight. Although there were only a few sporadic ones, here But it still looks dazzling...

"..." Ron and Harry opened their eyes in shock, maintained a posture of hugging each other tightly, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva together.

"We... survived?" Harry asked cautiously with gasps in his voice

"Well... I didn't feed the horse-shaped water monster." Ron sniffed, nodded and said, while reaching out his hand, touched the cheeks, whether it was rain or tears.

"Then... who went down?" Harry finally recovered the look in his eyes until this moment.He turned his head, looking back and forth, as if trying to make sure who had disappeared.

"Maybe it's Malfoy and his two trolls." Ron said casually, but then, after thinking about the possibility, there was some kind of hope in his eyes, and he quickly turned his head and stared at Hook cast his eyes on where Draco and the others were originally.

When he saw that one of the three people was not missing, the hope turned into deep disappointment, and he slowly withdrew his gaze.

This small boat is not very big, just barely big enough to hold all the new students.In addition, when Ron said this, he didn't deliberately lower his voice, so his words could easily penetrate into Draco's ears.

Draco carefully took out the notebook from his pocket, and finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that there was nothing wrong with it.

"Humph!"

Then he turned his head to look at Ron, snorted coldly, and said mockingly
"Only an idiot like you would really believe this—"

"The horse-shaped water monster is obviously real!"

Ron heard Draco's words, although the aftereffects of being taught a lesson by the other party were still there, but at this moment, he still mustered up his courage and turned back with angry eyes.

"???????"

Draco's pretty brows frowned, and at the same time he narrowed his eyes, looking at Ron with an indescribable expression on his face.

After a long pause, he finally said sincerely

"Your little head is amazing."

Then he shook his head, looked away, and refocused on his precious notebook.Ignore Ron.

Seeing that Draco was no longer looking at him, Ron looked away, and then looked at Harry beside him with surprise, smiling happily.

"Harry! Did you hear that? Malfoy just praised me... Do you think this means he is showing weakness to me?"

"Uh..." Harry looked at Ron with a happy face, and then at Draco. He was at a loss for words for a while, but he didn't clear up Ron's beautiful misunderstanding, and just nodded vaguely.

"I think...probably."

Harry looked away, then subconsciously reached out and touched the bridge of his nose, and said somewhat uncertainly.

"Ha! I'll just say it!" Ron straightened up, his eyes flickered, and he looked forward, seeing the majesty of Hogwarts clearly visible. For a moment, his chest was full of pride, and it surged in an instant.

Harry's eyes also looked at the castle of unknown height, and his mouth couldn't help opening slightly.

A mouthful of fresh air after the rain was inhaled into his lungs with a trace of coolness, and Harry's spirit was lifted.

"Okay! Now, the freshmen go to put their luggage in the designated place, and then go to the auditorium to attend the opening ceremony."

Filch jumped from the bow of the boat, yelling.

(End of this chapter)