"How did you get so many rewards?" Charlie Weasley asked.
While he was helping George, Percy tossed toad mints, licorice wands, and sizzling honey candies to the crowd.
Because George, Percy and the others' [different-color group] lost to Fred and his group's [same-color group], according to the rules of the game at today's party, the [different-color group] must receive a random small penalty.
The punishment is drawn from the lantern hanging above the common room - sharing the candy won during tonight's event.
It was only then that the little wizards intuitively understood how much the "cross-college team" had gained from tonight's party. Just the candies brought out by George and "Sister Momoxia" were several
It takes minutes to finish spreading.
There are more than one group of "big winners" like this, for example, Percy and Penello's prefect team followed closely behind.
"Charlie, you have to find a girlfriend...then you will understand that some things are different..."
George whispered in Charlie's ear, with an unstoppable look on his face.
Although he lost to Fred, because of George's attitude of fighting hard until his forearm cramps, "Miss Peach" reluctantly agreed and would still make him fruit salad, and it was not in vain for him to grit his teeth and cast a curse on himself.
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On the other side, the atmosphere between Percy and Penello's "frail prefects" was more harmonious.
Penello was still a little unhappy at first, but she didn't know what Percy said to her. Anyway, she didn't feel as disappointed as before after losing the game. Instead, she stood on the table openly and looked at the crowd happily.
Throw out snacks.
The girl's charming bright smile gave Percy many potential love rivals.
Only one person did not go to the banquet below.
Elena was lying on the edge of the quiet and cool stone staircase railing of the girls' dormitory, quietly watching the lively party. After finishing the "Sudoku" game booth, Hermione quietly left the main venue below and came to Elena's
around.
"So... aren't you going to go down and play together?" she asked softly.
"Why did you come up again? Get down quickly——"
Elena said, patting the butt of the little beaver next to her and pouting downward.
"Are you exhausted tonight? Take the time to go play games. After tonight's party, it may take a long time before there will be such a large party. Don't worry about me. I'll just watch from the side.
Already..."
"But...but...I feel like you obviously want to play too..."
Hermione frowned and glanced at Elena. She had noticed the yearning in Elena's eyes when she was down there just now.
You know, Elena spent so much effort designing the game, specially arranged "random grouping", and also put a lot of thought into preparing prizes - but all the joy belongs to the participants, and Elena has everything
No.
As the planner of tonight's social party, she can't play any content.
"It's just a childish game that children like. I--when did you start to believe in feelings?
Elena snorted lightly and replied with a disdainful expression.
Childish game?
This is not what Elena said when planning the party and assigning work.
Hermione's eyes glanced at the little fur on Elena's head. The usually lively little fur drooped down in an extremely rare way, which seemed incompatible with the pride, confidence and ease in Elena's tone.
--really!
This white-haired dumpling...is lying!
And more importantly, Hermione looked at the temporarily prepared corner behind Elena.
"What about Luna and Hannah? Haven't they finished their work yet-"
Behind the two of them, Luna and Hannah were still carefully counting the distribution of prizes for tonight's event.
Unlike the other stall owners who were responsible for the game session, the two of them were tasked with distributing prizes at the party.
As the exclusive welfare girl of today's social party, whether it is snacks, drinks, toys, or the large pillows, date coupons, Hogwarts kitchen set meal for two (three days)... these all need to be passed through
The two of them registered one by one, verified it, submitted it to Elena after the party, and distributed it one by one.
"Not yet, they should still have a while. Besides..."
Elena said seriously. She glanced at the two little witches who were checking the account books in a low voice, "They are not suitable to participate either."
"Because you are the prize givers and planners? This is too funny -"
"No, mainly because, well, well, the three of us participating will affect the balance of the game."
Elena sighed, pointed to the game items in the lounge below, and explained calmly.
"Guessing the number of dice in ten dice cups, wrench strength, blindfold stickers... We are not suitable to participate in these games. Unless we deliberately let go, no one can beat us in these events, which will seriously dampen everyone's morale."
interest.
"Affect the balance? Then why can I..."
Hermione raised her eyebrows high, crossed her arms and said amusedly, her smile gradually disappearing.
This is obvious, because Luna has never lost in any competition of luck, and Hannah, who has double A in strength and agility, is the notorious [Humanoid Tyrannosaurus-Commissioner of Discipline] at Hogwarts. As for Elena,
, that is at least double S...
"This is not a competition, nor is it an exam... If you want everyone to have fun, then it must be as equal as possible——"
Elena said, lying on the railing and looking at the lively lounge below, she said gloomily.
"In this case, these games based on pure luck and physical strength are undoubtedly the most suitable choice. As long as no one above the standard appears to disrupt the situation, then the gap between everyone will be narrowed - Hermione, your strength lies in learning,
This is an advantage that has been deliberately smoothed out, so it’s okay—but for me, Luna, and Hannah, it’s best for us not to participate.”
"So from the beginning you deliberately arranged for Luna and Hannah to be the ones giving out the prizes?"
Hermione looked at Elena calmly, "Because you know that you won't go to the party games no matter what?"
"That's right," Elena nodded lightly and replied quickly, "I asked for their opinions, if they were reluctant - but neither Hannah nor Luna had any objection - the association
Everyone can't be having fun at the party, right? Someone has to do something, that's it, Hermione...Okay, that's it."
"But shouldn't the theme of tonight be a celebration party for the Quidditch match? Are you thinking too much about it?"
Hermione frowned in confusion, her eyes passing over the laughing Ravenclaw students in the field.
Maybe students from other colleges are worthy of Elena's treatment like this, but the disagreement between those Ravenclaw girls and Elena is almost a secret known to the whole school. She really doesn't understand why Elena wants to take care of them.
feelings.
"Oh, so this is a Quidditch thing, right?"
Elena said, playing with her hair with her fingers, and answered casually.
"The competition for the Quidditch Cup made the relationship between the houses tense, but the emergence of the freshmen team and the master's team broke this vicious cycle of hostility. Ravenclaw lost their own team - this
The second good news is that they can support any team they like neutrally, but the premise is that they have more friends..."
"Supporting...any team? I don't quite understand—"
"Unionization, this is the trend - the head coach of Lady Malkin's robe-named team, the freshman team is by no means the last team to have outside sponsors and named teams, nor is it the last team to be cheered by multiple colleges - next time the game
You’ll understand.”
Elena smiled as she looked at the little wizards below who were communicating in pairs and whispering in pairs.
At some point, Qiu Zhang had already sat down with Cedric and was discussing how to defeat the combination of Charlie Weasley and Lee Jordan in the next round of the two-person three-legged competition; while Ginny was giving a lively speech
Harry told a story. Judging from Harry's stupid roe deer expression, it was probably a story about the Burrow that the head coach had specifically told him before...
Compared with cross-college friendships, some relationships are more likely to bloom when there is a certain distance and personality differences.
Maybe some flowers will grow a little slower, but it's not a big problem.
Anyway, Hogwarts never cares about puppy love. As long as you don’t do things in the library, empty classrooms, or after curfew that affect others and violate school rules, no professor will beat you. In view of the declining birth rate in recent decades,
Many parents from magical families even want their children to get married right after graduation. For example, the two Weasleys are the most obvious example.
Unknowingly, the clock passed twelve o'clock, and it extended to the next day.
This gala went beyond the scheduled end time. Both the little witches of Ravenclaw and the students of Gryffindor seemed to have forgotten the time and were still laughing and playing tirelessly in the lounge.
Noisy.
In order to have enough space to carry out activities such as [Dodgeball] and [Pillow Fight], Percy Weasley, as the prefect, even took the initiative to instruct the senior boys to clean up the dormitory and free up one floor of the dormitory as a game venue.
.
The dormitory access control at Hogwarts is only for boys, and girls can enter and exit the boys' dormitory at will.
Faced with this serious "violation of the right to choose a spouse," the Gryffindor girls would naturally not go back to the dormitory to sleep. Less than a quarter of an hour later, the Gryffindor boys' dormitory quickly turned into a new round of gaming carnival.
Place - or rather, hunting ground.
As time goes by, almost all the little wizards have completed the matching of [Team of the same color] and [Team of different colors].
At one o'clock in the morning, Professor McGonagall, wearing a plaid dressing gown and a hairnet, came to the lounge and urged everyone to go back to bed with an unkind look on her face. Along with her, she also discovered that most of the students in the college were late at night.
Professor Flitwick, who was not at home, and there was no one in the corridor, and Professor Snape and Professor Sprout, who were called out by the other two deans.
Under the gloomy faces of their respective deans, the social party in the Gryffindor lounge finally came to an end.
The students from other houses reluctantly left the Gryffindor lounge, while the Gryffindor students climbed up the stairs and returned to their beds, still happily discussing the games at the social evening and their "partners".
”.
Of course, there is some condemnation of the two "big traitors", Percy and George.
Many Gryffindor girls are even gearing up to take back their cattle from the Ravenclaws.
Most of the comments from Gryffindor boys were envy, especially those students who missed the "Potato War" compensation jump last semester. As time went by, most boys discovered the additional benefits of that compensation.
benefit.
Compared to the tough lionesses in this college, the girls in Ravenclaw look obviously much gentler.
A small group of boys are even plotting to repeat the "Potato War". Of course, they still have to lose——
However, the students' discussion did not last long.
"Everyone be quiet now!"
Professor McGonagall walked into the buzzing dormitory and shouted angrily.
"I want everyone to go back to bed and stop talking! If you ever want to have a party like this again—"
She waved her magic wand, and all the candles and magic lights in the dormitory went out immediately.
The only light was the moonlight coming in from the window. The fat chickens with round faces gathered at the window sill were all driven back to the owl shed by Professor McGonagall - she had long known that students secretly sent "messages" at night, and she was just too lazy to do so before.
Tube.
But we must not continue to indulge tonight, otherwise these little guys may even talk all night long.
Under Professor McGonagall's inspection, the girls' dormitory quickly became quiet.
Immediately afterwards, sleepiness poured out of the bodies of the little wizards like a tide. Many girls were lying in bed and remembered that they had not washed up tonight. There was another rumbling sound of wands and spells in the dormitory.
Today's sorority party is not a complete confrontation, the Gryffindor girls also learned a lot of skills from their neighbors.
For example, when you cannot enter the dormitory bathroom to wash up, how to use the wand to quickly remove makeup and perform personal cleansing.
Since the bronze eagle ring fell into the control of the "witch", it has become a must-have skill for almost all Ravenclaw girls, and the combination of these small magic skills has quickly spread among the girls' dormitories of Gryffindor College.
Come.
"...After you recite the cleansing spell, remember to put your wand next to your bed."
Professor McGonagall shook her head helplessly, thought about it, and gave an extra reminder.
"If you don't want to lose an eyebrow, hair, etc. in your sleep... please remember not to put the wand under the pillow or sleep with the wand in your hand - well, good night, girls."
After saying that, Professor McGonagall turned and walked towards the door.
She still had to visit the boys' dormitory, especially to check whether they had restored the dormitory to its original condition.
As soon as Hermione climbed into bed and pulled up the curtain to block the moonlight, she felt a familiar little man crawling into the quilt.
"Elena, this is my bed - you didn't wash your feet!"
She lowered her voice and complained softly, trying not to attract the attention of Professor McGonagall at the door.
"Shh-"
Elena yawned and casually poked Hermione on the waist to relieve her resistance.
"Tomorrow we have to go outside the school, let's take a rest early - if I have slept, you must remember to call me. Tomorrow's class is quite exciting. If you are lucky, you may witness the beginning of a new era of magic education.
…”
Hermione's struggling movements slowed down slightly, and she subconsciously asked curiously.
"Outside the school? A new... era of magical education? What is that?"
"Hey, hey, if you call me daddy, I will tell you mercifully——"